I grew up in Port Dover, Ontario. I was all too often watching television shows from the Erie Pennsylvania stations. My mother and I watched quite a number of old movies on this station. Anybody remember “Q Classics”!?
All the Erie stations used to be on cable over there. The major network affiliates no longer are from what I hear, but WQLN (heavily dependent on London viewers for survival, thanks to our wonderful Pennsylvania state government cutting their funding) remains.
To this day, the majority of pledges still come from Canada. The city of London alone is more populous than Erie, Crawford, and Warren counties (WQLN's American viewing area) put together. That's before you count the other cities and towns on the Canadian side of Lake Erie within viewing range of WQLN.
Rabbit ear users in Erie got CFPL, CHCH, CKCO, CBLT, CFTO, and whatever Citytv 31 was in London (I think it was London, anyway) rather easily. I'm kinda shocked that our stations didn't reach The Forest City....
Interesting that you got CFTO from T-dot, because we in London could never receive that station, ever. And CHCH didn't become available OTA until late 1998, I'll assume for the same reasons that CFTO wasn't available.
@bane6744 the Toronto stations did indeed reach Erie once in a while. Mostly after dark or when the atmospheric conditions were just right. And usually whenever we picked up Toronto, we could also pick up Buffalo (not Canadian, but in that same general direction). It was mostly the London stations, channel 13 from Kitchener, and channel 11 from Hamilton that were the strongest Canadian channels here.
Our relationship with London is quite a peculiar one. Thanks to them and their city, we still have a public television station. Yet the London Knights are the Erie Otters' most bitter rival in hockey. Personally, I have nothing but love for London. Except for when the Otters and Knights play each other. 😂
It hurt when London lost WICU, WSEE and WJET but I'm glad we still have WQLN, and on basic cable. It has been several years, but I can't wait to visit Erie again.
@Mishi45 I know what you mean about losing the stations. None of your stations were ever on our cable, but before Canada did the digital transition we could pick up all the London stations as well as CHCH (channel 11 from Hamilton), with little more than a cheap set of rabbit ears. If the weather conditions were just perfect, we could also pull in Toronto (and the American stations from Buffalo). But those days are long gone now. Nowadays you need one of those super high-powered rooftop antennas, and even then reception in Erie is questionable. FM96 from over there is also a longtime Erie favorite. 😊 unfortunately, a low-powered station signed on over here at 95.9 FM and it's hard to even pick that up anymore depending on where you are.
With regular rabbit ears, it's not possible to pick up Erie stations from London. We get WQLN (cable 8), WICU (cable 61) and WJET (cable 62) via Rogers cable from London.
@@wolfywolf2sda We got CKWS (Kingston, ON) with our basic cable in Utica, NY when I was a kid in the 70s. (About 200mi away, and clear as local). Not sure now. But I sure know O Canada, lol
Cogeco digital cable did the same thing where I am. I'm in central Ontario and they pulled all of the Rochester TV stations and replaced them with the Buffalo TV stations. :( Oh first they pulled all of the Detroit TV stations and put them up on channels that we sure as hell aren't going to be able to get and then they pulled off all of the good channels from NYC, LA, and Boston and then they pulled the Rochester stations and put in the Buffalo stations. They took some awesome channels and...
Wow! How often do you see an American station acknowledge its Canadian viewers? This is pretty cool! I know WQLN's signal can be received over the air in some parts of Ontario (at least until Feb. '09) but does it really go as far as London, or is it just carried on cable in London?
WQLN most likely did this for two reasons. Number one, Erie's proximity to Canada and location on Lake Erie. And number two, their way of thanking Canadian viewers for donating pledge money. Even to this day, approximately 75% of pledges to WQLN come from viewers in Canada.
Dish network did some thing similar with the CBS and NBC stations. Thay WISH who is owned by LIN media had a contract with dish was in talks to renew. Unfortunately we ended up with a blocked channel for a week. Wile that was going on we had to watch WBBM . Now I just watch TV through an antenna and I get more channels that I watch. And I get 2 of each network.
forced us to pay for them. It's just like WTF do they think they are pulling this kind of shit on us and thinking that we wouldn't notice if a few channels were missing? I noticed and my TV wasn't ready for the switch to digital technology because it's an annolog TV. :(
Now they don't even have a sign-off. It just cuts to a computerized .gif of a boat going across the screen really slow and this generic soft-jazz melody playing in the background. So modern, so bland lol.
Because about 95% of channel 54's pledge money comes from viewers in London, Ontario. Without them, Erie would have lost their PBS station at least 30 years ago.
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From Erie... Thank you London for FM 96
I grew up in Port Dover, Ontario. I was all too often watching television shows from the Erie Pennsylvania stations. My mother and I watched quite a number of old movies on this station. Anybody remember “Q Classics”!?
I also remember Q Classics.
This was common for stations that were close to the border and viewd in Canada. WQLN is on Cable in London
All the Erie stations used to be on cable over there. The major network affiliates no longer are from what I hear, but WQLN (heavily dependent on London viewers for survival, thanks to our wonderful Pennsylvania state government cutting their funding) remains.
Version by the American Brass Band, was used at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Because much of WQLN's funding came from viewers in London, Ontario, Canada. I guess it was Channel 54's way of saying thank you.
In later years they would list "London" alongside "Erie" in their logos.
I remember they mentioned London and Kitchener.
To this day, the majority of pledges still come from Canada. The city of London alone is more populous than Erie, Crawford, and Warren counties (WQLN's American viewing area) put together. That's before you count the other cities and towns on the Canadian side of Lake Erie within viewing range of WQLN.
This video was shot before the Tower was built at the end of State.
As a visitor to Erie, the Bay Front now looks very impressive. And London... looks the same :P
Rabbit ear users in Erie got CFPL, CHCH, CKCO, CBLT, CFTO, and whatever Citytv 31 was in London (I think it was London, anyway) rather easily. I'm kinda shocked that our stations didn't reach The Forest City....
Interesting that you got CFTO from T-dot, because we in London could never receive that station, ever. And CHCH didn't become available OTA until late 1998, I'll assume for the same reasons that CFTO wasn't available.
@bane6744 the Toronto stations did indeed reach Erie once in a while. Mostly after dark or when the atmospheric conditions were just right. And usually whenever we picked up Toronto, we could also pick up Buffalo (not Canadian, but in that same general direction).
It was mostly the London stations, channel 13 from Kitchener, and channel 11 from Hamilton that were the strongest Canadian channels here.
Our relationship with London is quite a peculiar one. Thanks to them and their city, we still have a public television station. Yet the London Knights are the Erie Otters' most bitter rival in hockey.
Personally, I have nothing but love for London. Except for when the Otters and Knights play each other. 😂
It hurt when London lost WICU, WSEE and WJET but I'm glad we still have WQLN, and on basic cable. It has been several years, but I can't wait to visit Erie again.
@Mishi45 I know what you mean about losing the stations. None of your stations were ever on our cable, but before Canada did the digital transition we could pick up all the London stations as well as CHCH (channel 11 from Hamilton), with little more than a cheap set of rabbit ears. If the weather conditions were just perfect, we could also pull in Toronto (and the American stations from Buffalo). But those days are long gone now. Nowadays you need one of those super high-powered rooftop antennas, and even then reception in Erie is questionable.
FM96 from over there is also a longtime Erie favorite. 😊 unfortunately, a low-powered station signed on over here at 95.9 FM and it's hard to even pick that up anymore depending on where you are.
Did wqln ever use a test pattern before and did it say wqln 54 London erie on it also before too
Yet, London's stations reached Erie with signals almost as good as ours.
Yes, that's from CFPL, I just didn't edit this properly.
Does anybody know any network (besides a local Public Station) that signed off every night at any point in the 1990's?
"FM stereo radio enthusiasts"?! Sounds more like 1965 than 1995 - but then, this IS a PBS station.
I don’t remember WQLN going stereo until 2000 when they got their transmitter upgrade.
With regular rabbit ears, it's not possible to pick up Erie stations from London. We get WQLN (cable 8), WICU (cable 61) and WJET (cable 62) via Rogers cable from London.
I didn’t know Erie stations were on Canadian cable tv. I wonder if there are places in the US that have Canadian stations on US cable tv?
@@wolfywolf2sdaSome US cities near the border might get CBC, but I wouldn't think much more, certainly not the specialty channels.
And it has just been WQLN for a decade in London now.
@@wolfywolf2sda We got CKWS (Kingston, ON) with our basic cable in Utica, NY when I was a kid in the 70s. (About 200mi away, and clear as local). Not sure now. But I sure know O Canada, lol
@@APizzaDriver thank you for letting me know. It’s nice that both countries could share their broadcasting.
Kinda trippy seeing London from 1995. Not much has changed in downtown though to be honest.
Cogeco digital cable did the same thing where I am. I'm in central Ontario and they pulled all of the Rochester TV stations and replaced them with the Buffalo TV stations. :( Oh first they pulled all of the Detroit TV stations and put them up on channels that we sure as hell aren't going to be able to get and then they pulled off all of the good channels from NYC, LA, and Boston and then they pulled the Rochester stations and put in the Buffalo stations. They took some awesome channels and...
That may kill WQLN since they get a big percentage of pledges from southern Ontario (London, St. Thomas, Woodstock).
Proud Laker here. What are the odds 2:12 and 2:26 are State St. near Gannon and 2:40 is on the west side?
Everything after 2:05 is in or around London, Ontario.
They aren't. They are scenes in London, Ontario.
I belive a few years ago there transmitter was damaged by a strong wind and they went all digital .
Wow! How often do you see an American station acknowledge its Canadian viewers? This is pretty cool!
I know WQLN's signal can be received over the air in some parts of Ontario (at least until Feb. '09) but does it really go as far as London, or is it just carried on cable in London?
It might still be possible to pick up Erie stations from Nanticoke and Simcoe. I'm not sure about London.
All the stations in Buffalo New York always did and still do acknowledge Canada in their sign offs like this.
WQLN most likely did this for two reasons. Number one, Erie's proximity to Canada and location on Lake Erie. And number two, their way of thanking Canadian viewers for donating pledge money. Even to this day, approximately 75% of pledges to WQLN come from viewers in Canada.
my 10th double anthom sign off. the only way this station would be caried in ontario is if cable shows this station.
Dish network did some thing similar with the CBS and NBC stations. Thay WISH who is owned by LIN media had a contract with dish was in talks to renew. Unfortunately we ended up with a blocked channel for a week. Wile that was going on we had to watch WBBM . Now I just watch TV through an antenna and I get more channels that I watch. And I get 2 of each network.
@Superbook4Eva You could pick up WQLN from my house in London with a large outdoor antenna. :)
Yep it was when the remains of Hurricane Ike came up through last year. It distroyed there trasmitter. After that they went all digial
Not at all surprised that WQLN would play both anthems....... Try to find a tv station in Canada
that plays both anthems........ Not!!!!!!!!!
Dang that’s some damaged vhs at the beginning
Mishi, Mishi, Mishi... you shoulda hit "Record" sooner.
0:48 Star Spangled banner
2:05 Oh Canada
forced us to pay for them.
It's just like WTF do they think they are pulling this kind of shit on us and thinking that we wouldn't notice if a few channels were missing?
I noticed and my TV wasn't ready for the switch to digital technology because it's an annolog TV. :(
yutube y dis appeared on me recommended
Now they don't even have a sign-off. It just cuts to a computerized .gif of a boat going across the screen really slow and this generic soft-jazz melody playing in the background. So modern, so bland lol.
why did this hae canada's anthem?
Because about 95% of channel 54's pledge money comes from viewers in London, Ontario.
Without them, Erie would have lost their PBS station at least 30 years ago.