Now that the Digital transition happened on the US, every one seeing OTA probably gets those channels, right?
no. Here in Minneapolis its set up as such
2-1 TPT HD (all programs in HD or SD with bars)
2-2 TPT MN Channel (programs from various PBS stations in MN, WI, ND, SD)..all PBS stations in MN and a couple in ND have this station
2-3 TPT Life (kinda like Create but some different programs..they dropped the national feed due to "inferior picture")
2-4 TPT WX (24/7 aeronautical weather)
The positive thing is we have 2 PBS stations in Mpls so when the digital transition took place the above channels are actually split up between 2 digital channels. 2-1 & 2-2 are the original channel 2 station (DT34) and 2-3 & 2-4 is the secondary station (which was analog 17)
Whats weird is each of the PBS stations in MN have different things
-Duluth PBS has a 2nd chance channel (for replays), Create & MN Channel
-Austin, MN has MHZ Worldview, Create & MN
-Pioneer has Create, MN and a SD simulcast
-Lakeland PBS has 6 (SIX!!) channels, HD, SD, Kids, Create, MN and PLus which has reruns of programs
edit: found the news article about Mpls PBS dropping Create
"TPT Life will be similar to the national Create channel, which TPT says it is dropping, in part, due to poor picture and sound quality."
I didnt know the national feed had poor picture & sound quality?