Well, RTV is gone for good in my area

[radiotvnut]

I actually saw the writing on the wall only a few months after RTV was launced in my area. In my area RTV and FOX share the same subchannel, with FOX programming taking first priority. That was the first mistake by not giving RTV it's own subchannel so that all RTV programming could be seen. The second mistake happened when they started chopping off RTV programming in favor of the same stupid s**t that's on every other channel. The other day, I tuned in to RTV, only to be greeted by some stupid "Judge so-and-so" program. Looking at the programming schedule for the TV station, I noticed that most of the day is filled with "judge this" and "judge that". Of course, they didn't cancel "AFV", "Dr. Phil", or "deal or no deal" that took the place of the 4-7 PM RTV slot months ago. Today, I was working on a TV and the more I saw of what was on the former RTV slot, the more irritated I became. So, I fired off the following message to the CEO and to the station program director.

"When you launched RTV on channel 30.1 in, I believe, early 2009; I was very excited to finally be able to see decent TV programming on a local TV station. I recently noticed, however, that all RTV programming had been removed and replaced by the same type of "Judge This", "Judge That", and other "sludge" programming that can be seen on any other TV station in the area. Regretfully, you have lost a viewer over your recent decision to drop RTV and I'm sure there are many more people in the area who feel the same way over this matter."

If I get a reply at all, it will probably be the standard "we're sorry you feel that way; but, it was a business decision" line. It has really gotten to the point where pre-recorded DVD's and tapes are the only way to see the older shows.

BTW, our local line-up consist up: (ABC, MyNetworkTV, CW), (PBS-SD, PBS-HD, and the create channel), (CBS and some weather channel), (FOX and NBC). So, not much to pick from as far as OTA. Cable isn't much better.