Can’t scan in the Channel 9 CBET/CBC station from Saint Clair Shores, Michigan

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Hello,
First posting here. Very glad to be a member here and proud long time Tablo user.
We can’t scan in the Channel 9 CBET/CBC tv station from our home Saint Clair Shores, Michigan with the Tablo 4th Gen, 4 tuner device. While we’re aware that it is a Canadian television station, it has long been considered as a Detroit area television station. It’s across the river from Detroit in Windsor, Canada. We can receive it via our outdoor antenna on our televisions, but our Tablo will not add it to our guide. Can you please add it to our zip code 48080 as a station that can be added to our guide on the Tablo? Or is there a workaround that I am not aware of, that will bring it in? Thank you.

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I grew up watching channel 9 (CKLW then) back in the 60s and 70s. Not just the hockey, but a slightly different view of the world, different competitors in the Olympics, …
And some of that was at my grandparent’s in St. Clair Shores.

Unfortunately I can’t get CBET even with my rooftop antenna. Ever since the switch to digital it’s just been gone. I’ve assumed they’ve shaped their reception area differently. But having viewing areas defined by one market and using the zip code is a problem. I live out where I’m close to equidistant from Detroit, Flint, Lansing, Jackson, and Toledo. I can get stations in each of those markets.

Back when we got hard copy TV guides, there wasn’t one that gave me all my choices.

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Hi mgbirdsall,
We were finally able to get our Tablo DVR to recognize and scan in CBET Channel 9.

As they are a VHF station, sometimes the signal and reception is on the weaker side. Had read somewhere online that they had moved transmitter to another location from where the original one was located?

We are presently using a Channel Master Masterpiece 45 antenna which has VHF high and low frequency capabilities along with UHF.

It’s aimed westward towards Southfield where most Detroit stations are broadcasting from. That may be why CBET does not have a strong signal here?

We probably will upgrade our outdoor antenna someday and get something with more range than our current antenna has.

Thanks so much for your reminiscence of your television experiences in this area. Always good thing to learn about these things!