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Originally Posted by drh4683
I must say, the local UHF station in chicago WWME channel 23 is a 24-7 station of 50's-70s TV shows. Luckily there are no bugs or alterations to the end credits of any show on that station. I will miss WWME when it goes off the air next year.
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I just looked up WWME-TV on Google. It is a class-A low-power UHF station; its entry on Wikipedia states that the station will continue to be available on digital cable (Comcast) in Chicago, even after the analog stations' shutdown deadline. I don't know what cable system serves your area, but again, if it is Comcast you will still be able to get WWME. There may be other systems in the area that will or currently do carry this channel digitally, but again, the only one mentioned on Wikipedia is Comcast.
BTW, I like the old 1950s-'70s TV shows as well, especially those from the '70s as I grew up in that decade. Neither TV Land nor Nick at Nite have very many of the shows I really like anymore, but that doesn't bother me, as I can get on DVD (through Netflix) the programs I cannot see on cable. Two of my many personal favorites are ABC's "The Odd Couple" (1970-'75) with Jack Klugman and the late Tony Randall and "Quincy" (1976-'83), an NBC series centering around a Los Angeles medical examiner, also starring Klugman in the title role.
I would suggest that, once WWME does go off the air for whatever reason (if it does, which I doubt), you look for your favorite old shows on DVD; they are available through Netflix and Blockbuster Video, to name but two. These DVD rental services have very reasonable subscription rates (in fact, Netflix reduced my rate last year), and best of all, IMHO, no late fees, meaning you can take your time watching the shows, rather than having to rush to meet a 2-week deadline, as is common with some places (Blockbuster used to have late fees, but they don't any longer). I've had a subscription to Netflix since getting a DVD player for Christmas in 2005, and have enjoyed all but one of the movies and shows I have seen to date (1973's "Serpico", starring Al Pacino, which was the very first movie I rented from Netflix). I am currently watching the old "Adam-12" shows on DVD in the evenings and am enjoying every minute of them. Netflix and Blockbuster have 90,000+ titles available, so you can almost always find your favorites. Netflix has multiple distribution centers throughout the US as well, so it is rare that any given show cannot be found; if one distribution point doesn't have your movie, the chances are excellent another one will.
BTW (2): I wish there was a MeTV affiliate in my area near Cleveland. Oh well, maybe some station may elect to carry the channel on a DTV subchannel after digital TV has been around a while.