# For all the cord cutters and OTA folks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 18, 2019, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-the-cord-cutters-and-ota-folks/841939 "2019-10-18T05:20:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bonnie14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@Bonnie14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonnie14)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-the-cord-cutters-and-ota-folks/841939/1 "2019-10-18T05:20:16Z")
Today is a major rescan day. Lots of channels are changing their frequency. If you use an OTA antenna you must rescan your TV. I post this because I have a TIVO and they have already screwed up my Thursday night recordings because of this. The guide they have has 2 channels for the one i want to record. The one i have set up doesn’t work. I have to manually record it. Thank all you streamers for screwing up my tv.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bonnie14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@Bonnie14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonnie14)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-the-cord-cutters-and-ota-folks/841939/2 "2019-10-18T05:26:11Z")
I mean, I don’t know. Isn’t all about the band with and the FCC assigning it to the cell phone companies… ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-the-cord-cutters-and-ota-folks/841939/3 "2019-10-18T12:15:35Z")
Important reminder: 1. There is not one rescan day even for a given market. My market has had 3 notable ones so far with more to come. None of them are yesterday. 2. Rescan days for different markets are all over the place. Check [here](https://www.tvanswers.org/when.asp) for more info on where you live. While it is important that OTA people are made aware of these changes, a more general caution is a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-the-cord-cutters-and-ota-folks/841939/4 "2019-10-18T12:27:14Z")
I mostly use OTA to watch football, so I had great difficulty at the start of the season because I couldn’t get the channels. Now I know why, most of my local stations had their rescan days this past August. Good thing to know, if I have problems in the future, I should rescan before throwing the remote through the TV screen. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-the-cord-cutters-and-ota-folks/841939/5 "2019-10-18T16:13:45Z")
I know there’s a big rescan in Chicago this week, because my son expects he still won’t be able to get CBS-2 over the air, and never will until his landlord lets him put an antenna on the roof. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-the-cord-cutters-and-ota-folks/841939/6 "2019-10-18T23:37:35Z")
I had to rescan today to get CBS and FOX. They seem to be stronger than they were. Fortunately I remembered to also rescan my OTA DVR. Just three more lesser used TV’s to go. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-the-cord-cutters-and-ota-folks/841939/7 "2019-10-18T23:44:56Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > I know there’s a big rescan in Chicago this week, because my son expects he still won’t be able to get CBS-2 over the air, and never will until his landlord lets him put an antenna on the roof. CBS-2 is available on two channels in Chicago: 2-1 and 48-3. Unfortunately, 2-1 is not changing during the big rescan – it’s still on RF 12. Channel 48-3 is moving however. Tell him to check 48-3 to see if he gets CBS-2 there. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-the-cord-cutters-and-ota-folks/841939/8 "2019-10-19T01:35:13Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > CBS-2 is available on two channels in Chicago: 2-1 and 48-3. > > Unfortunately, 2-1 is not changing during the big rescan – it’s still on RF 12. > Channel 48-3 is moving however. Tell him to check 48-3 to see if he gets CBS-2 there. No 48s at all here by O’Hare. 2-1 is good, ol’ CBS, 2-2 is Start TV and 2-3 is Dabl, same as yesterday. 68-1 is a very poor CBS signal. 67-1 is a very poor CBS Sports. Is that the CBS -2 you are looking for? ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-the-cord-cutters-and-ota-folks/841939/9 "2019-10-19T04:58:08Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > No 48s at all here by O’Hare. 2-1 is good, ol’ CBS, 2-2 is Start TV and 2-3 is Dabl, same as yesterday. 68-1 is a very poor CBS signal. 67-1 is a very poor CBS Sports. Is that the CBS -2 you are looking for? I don’t know what you are pulling in on 67-1 or 68-1. [CBS2 really is on 48-3.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMPgKP2PjVw) ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-the-cord-cutters-and-ota-folks/841939/10 "2019-10-19T08:23:59Z")
Had to re-scan my TV yesterday (greater Chicago area). Only have the one, and it only took a few minutes. Probably the most minor annoyance of my day. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-the-cord-cutters-and-ota-folks/841939/11 "2019-10-19T14:40:48Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > I don’t know what you are pulling in on 67-1 or 68-1. > > [CBS2 really is on 48-3.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMPgKP2PjVw) Not on my TV, but it’s just one more example of the ways this place sucks. If I could stand and walk over to hook up my own OTA box I could get out of here. Instead I’m stuck. They probably fucked it up when they injected an ad for this dump on 42-1. And does the world really need three channels playing MeTV? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-the-cord-cutters-and-ota-folks/841939/12 "2019-10-19T14:45:08Z")
Oh, and what is the difference between CBS-1 and CBS-2? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-the-cord-cutters-and-ota-folks/841939/13 "2019-10-19T15:58:47Z")
WBBM’s virtual channel number is 2, the number they use to identify themselves on air. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-the-cord-cutters-and-ota-folks/841939/14 "2019-10-19T16:55:42Z")
Yeah, I just figured it out. Analog name for their analog audience. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-the-cord-cutters-and-ota-folks/841939/15 "2019-10-19T23:47:44Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > I don’t know what you are pulling in on 67-1 or 68-1. > > [CBS2 really is on 48-3.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMPgKP2PjVw) Thanks! I get TV again. I was wondering about that.