Something odd I stumbled accross

[ikki]

MINNESOTA:

Alexandria's Selective TV system has lost most of the national channels that were once part of its 17-channel UHF lineup.

The only major channels remaining are MSNBC and The Weather Channel, with Discovery, Hallmark, and The History Channel disappearing in the last year.

The system once scrambled some national channels but went in the clear about a decade ago, and Selective TV's president told the Alexandria Echo Press last year that the national channels were uncomfortable being carried in the unscrambled format.

Besides MSNBC and The Weather Channel, the system's current offerings include eight broadcast channels, C-SPAN, FamilyNet, and Shaw TV, an anchorless news channel intended for Shaw cable systems in Canada.

Selective TV has also added two digital translators carrying PBS stations KWCM/10 (Appleton) and KAWB/22 (Brainerd). Complete listings are on the Alexandria Dial Guides page.

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Selective TV, Inc. is an over-the-air broadcasting company in Alexandria, Minnesota.

It is notable for retransmitting several pay television channels for free over the air, one of only a few known broadcasters to have such an arrangement (UHF-TV Inc. in nearby Willmar being another), and the only one that relays more than one cable channel as of 2010.

Among Selective TV's offerings, in addition to local channels relayed from Minneapolis, include:

Channel 34 (K34AF): RFD-TV
Channel 47 (K47KZ): Discovery Channel
Channel 50 (K50DB): The Weather Channel (complete with Weather Star 4000 local forecasts)
Channel 51 (K51JY): Hallmark Channel
Channel 52 (K52DZ): History
Channel 55 (K55ID): Great American Country
Channel 57 (K57JX): MSNBC
Channel 62 (K62AU): C-SPAN
Channel 67 (K67HI): Outdoor Channel

 

[Mr Tony]

yep read that too (probably from the same site)

Last summer when I was at my uncle's I went to Alex for some stuff (they're 1/2 hour away) and stopped at Fleet Farm. Played with the TV's and picked those stations up
They are only at like 1500 watts so they're not the strongest

Have an old card I found in the freebie papers from there about it. They were asking for donations of $80 a year...probably 3-4 years ago and the list.
14 KSAX ABC
16 KSTC (Ind)
18 KARE NBC
21 CBC
26 WUCW CW
30 KWCM PBS
32 Family Net
34 RFD
38 KMSP FOX
44 3ABN
47 Discovery
48 WFTC UPN (at the time)
50 Weather
51 Hallmark
52 History
55 Country Videos (GAC but it says country videos on the card)
58 MSNBC
62 C-Span
67 Outdoor Channel

The only stations in the market otherwise are 7 KCCO (CBS) and 42 KSAX (ABC)...the reason KSAX is on the translator list is the main tower for 42 is south of town

One of the other places that does this (although scrambled) is west of Mankato. Federated co-op has upgraded to digital for most stations but they have some cable stations
Basic Package ($12.25 per month)
14 FSN
16 Discovery
26 TBS
35 TNT

Basic Plus Package (16.95 per month)
above +
21 CNN
24 ESPN