Retro Television Network Off The Air

By WKRG Staff

Published: Tue, January 06, 2009 - 5:30 pm

Short URL: http://wkrg.com/a/22380/

The Retro Television Network on Channel 5.3 is temporarily off the air.

RTN broadcasts classic TV shows like "Leave It To Beaver," "The Rockford Files," and “The Incredible Hulk."

Equity Media Holdings Corporation, the company that uplinked RTN to a satellite, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is no in business. So RTN is now looking for another provider. This process is not expected to take more than a few days.

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Click here to find out why you can't see classic TV favorites like "Leave It To Beaver," "The Rockford Files," and “The Incredible Hulk" on Channel 5.3

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Cosmictraveler Says:

Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 8:33 pm

All I get on 5.3 is a blank screen. We were told RTN would be back in a few days but that was over a week ago.

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fried Says:

Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 3:22 pm

RTN still off here, but is on air other places, the new web addy is myretrotv.com. i miss it, much better than most other daytime programming, especially on the weekends.

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tvman Says:

Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 10:44 am

WKRG’S foot print will actually shrink a few miles on the outmost parts of the foot print ie: parts of covington county, okaloosa county, choctow county, perry county, harrison county, monroe and conecuh.
RTN is carried by most cable companies that carry wkrg, at wkrg’s request.
RTN is still off as of 1/11/2009.

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claycitymadness Says:

Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 8:26 am

you could get it over the air, dont know abnout cble. if you have a new converter box or digital tv you could get it. jsut noticed it the past few days.

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BamaBob Says:

Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 7:53 pm

Why? Did Mel get some new shoes?

Not sure about footprints, but soething is widening. Found this on the Uncle Henry Blog.

TreyLane’s Most Cherished Memories From the 2008 Uncle Henry Show Season

10) Everything NeoCon Ron touched turned to gold.

9) The widening of Jene’ Young’s fanbase

http://www.newsradio710.com/pages/unclehenry2006.html

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carl Says:

Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 7:42 pm

That reminds me! Has anyone heard if WKRG is gonna change their broadcast foot print?

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carl Says:

Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 7:39 pm

Yea! I believe we were getting it on digital over the air.Next month is gonna bring a lot more changes to over the air viewing.

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hobboswife08 Says:

Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 7:24 pm

HaHa! Yeah! I guess you’re right! Didn’t think about that.

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BamaBob Says:

Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 7:20 pm

Must be sorta like TVLand….. or WKRG on a weekend.

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hobboswife08 Says:

Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 7:07 pm

I think you only get it if you don’t have cable service and have an HD television. We never had it until we cut our cable off and now we have it. It was pretty cool to watch. Brought back memories from childhood.

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