Residents receive over-the-air reception of 3ABN (W15BU on analog RF channel 15) and the following digital broadcast channels from network affiliates:

Cablevision executives do not anticipate that many people will subscribe to that service, because over-the-air reception is good across most of the Island.

The station was sold to Apogeo Television Phoenix LLC in 1999 and moved to channel 48 later that year, improving over-the-air reception.

Residents receive over-the-air reception of the following digital broadcast channels from network affiliates:

A translator network also serves areas where over-the-air reception for a regular station is hindered by area topography, distance and to fill in holes between full-power stations.

At the time, the surrounding mountains in Schuylkill County made over-the-air reception from Philadelphia television stations difficult.

Meanwhile, KXII's over-the-air reception in Ada and surrounding areas was poor due to the northern fringe location of that station's coverage.

In Berlin, which has 1.8 million TV households, 160,000 homes had over-the-air reception before the switchover, while 90,000 homes used over-the-air broadcast for second or third sets.

This in turn was because the city's geography made over-the-air reception problematic.

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