Of course…every response they put out has …“We are sorry…working on it…but here is our website for cbs live”…many will get 7 day trial…
Some will cancel in time others will not…
You can find most of Colbert’s opening monologues on YouTube. Love it.
Very interesting feedback. I can only get CBS via Tablo app but not a direct signal from my tv. We get all the other LA stations… My tv just no longer tunes channel 2. Anyone know why it comes through via tablo but not regular antenna outside the app?
I noticed on Thursday 1/12 the picture going in and out. I get tv via an HDTV antenna. That afternoon there was no reception. I live in N Hollywood south of Hollywood/Burbank Airport. I called the station and spoke with an engineer. The main antenna on the transmitter was damaged by what they think was a lightning strike. Severe damage was sustained by much of the electronics. The first backup transmitter was also knocked out and the remaining backup is located in an area that cannot transmit into the “shadows” of the Verdugo Mts. Today they told me that due to severe weather conditions technicians cannot climb the transmitter, so it will be awhile before full-power broadcast transmission . Before this happened, my HDTV signal meter showed the signal strength to be around 93%. Today, it is 38%. Transmission of the signal to cable companies is via a high frequency signal that only cable companies can receive because of a special antenna need to pick-up this kind of signal. That’s why folks who get KCBS 2 have had no problem. The remaining transmitter’s signal is not geographically accessible to all the different terrains of southern California.
Folks who get KCBS 2 VIA CABLE have no problem.
It’s ludicrous that KCBS nor CBS can get priority for a primary antenna repaired in the 2nd largest television market in the country. I live in South Pasadena close to both the Mt. Wilson antenna and Glendale antenna and have 0% signal from either tower.
CBS seems to to care less about their viewers than other broadcasters. I cut the cord 4 years ago when CBS had the dispute with Time Warner over fees and Time Warner halted all CBS and related channels (i.e. Comedy Central) from TWC’s channel line-up. C’mon CBS, put your big boy pants on.
It’s bad PR that no information is available on any CBS site. A simple update on the repair status would be better PR than nothing. Other than the Denny’s site listed in this topic, there is no public information available about the loss of signal.
CBS ‘thinks’ the problem may have been caused by a lightening strike. I would have thought all tranmissions towers are grounded to prevent this type of problem. It also seems suspicious that no other towers or broadcasters on Mt. Wilson were affected. There are not 40 some odd towers up there, so any particular tower serves mutliple broadcasters.
Without OTA vierwers, I’ll be selling the CBS stock I don’t own because CBS won’t be meeting Wall Street expectation for this quarter. CBS must be losing a ton of advertising dollars for everyday the antenna is out of service. I guess CBS has not heard that cable subscriptions are down 15% thanks to cord cutters like those on this website. You would think that the loss of revenue would be enough incentive to expedite any reprair.
I am in Pasadena and I am still having problems receiving CBS
It may have something to do with California becoming an independent nation.
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Yesterday’s during Trump’s phone conversation with Putin, Putin volunteered to send some technicians to fix the problem. The problem now is that they are Syrian and are stuck in customs at the airport.
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I am in Anaheim, using an indoor antenna and a converter box. Like some others, it is only CBS channel 2 that I have trouble receiving. I do get it sometimes, then I lose it again. I replaced my converter box about a month ago. With the previous box, I found CBS to have the weakest signal of the major networks. Now things have gotten worse, especially during and after rains. No problem getting their sister station, KCAL 9. Am surprised about the news blackout on this online, and like others I have to wonder if this has been given the high priority by CBS to attend to the problem. Of course, not being a specialized transmission person, I don’t know what it would take to implement the fix.
I’m farther away than you and I have a signal. But I do have a nice antenna, even if it is inside 
And I have CBS back now for a week or so
Is someone having problems receiving the digital signal for CBS??? We have all other channels but now channel 2???
It likely is just in your area. What city are you in? Have you looked at the station’s twitter feed or webpage to see if they have had issues?
Broadcasters do tower maintenance every so often, and the power is usually reduced considerably when during that time. But three weeks seems way too long for maintenance.
In Pasadena…I have been reading about towers in Mt Wilson being down
I have been reading about Towers in Mt. WIlson and Glendale being down and CBS has sent a response to a person regarding this in another website.
It seems that there are at least two threads on this topic. I believe that the cause of the problem was actually quoted in one of the threads.
But people seem to think that when a tower, primary transmission equipment, and some secondary transmission equipment suffer damage due to a lightning strike some wizard will fix it the next day. They probably have been watching to many reruns of the Hobbit.
CBS seems to be back online. I just rescanned today and get all green from Irvine (40 miles away).
I am in Irvine, as well. But sadly, a rescan did not bring back 2.1 or 2.2. My CBS LA Channel 2 came in perfectly prior to their antenna signal dying/being decreased in strength.
I really hope they fix it soon.
I had been good until Sunday nights shows, which were pretty pixelated
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