Channel 79

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Channel 79 has been removed from television use in 1983, but was formerly used by several television stations in North America which broadcast on UHF frequencies covering 861.25-865.75 MHz:

Toronto's CITY-TV broadcast on channel 79 from the CN Tower between 1976 - 1983

• CITY-TV in Toronto, Ontario first broadcast on this frequency in 1972, originally with a 31 kW signal, upgraded in 1976 to 208 kilowatts from the CN Tower. On July 1, 1983 the station was moved to channel 57.
• WTOH-TV in Toledo, Ohio was allocated to the now-defunct DuMont Television Network, but is not in operation.^[1]
• WVIT 30 Hartford once operated W79AI, a repeater in Torrington, Connecticut which is now abandoned.^[2]
• KRQE (CBS Albuquerque) rebroadcaster K79AP Bayfield, Colorado was moved to K42DI channel 42.
• KGW (NBC Portland) rebroadcaster K79AI Hood River, Oregon has moved to K34FK channel 34.^[3]
• KHQ-TV (NBC Spokane) rebroadcaster K79AM Chelan, Washington was moved to K07JO channel 7.
• KIRO-TV (CBS Seattle) rebroadcaster K79BE Puyallup, Washington moved to K54GS channel 54.
• KOAA-TV (NBC Pueblo) rebroadcaster K79BQ Deora, Colorado has moved to K45BU channel 45.
• KOPB-TV (PBS Portland) rebroadcaster K79BN Cottage Grove, Oregon was moved to K52CV channel 52.
• KOB-TV (NBC Albuquerque) rebroadcaster K79AD Romeo, Colorado has moved to K63AN channel 63.
• KOIN (CBS Portland) rebroadcaster K79AE Tillamook, Oregon moved to K52ET channel 52.
• KVBC (NBC Las Vegas) rebroadcaster K79CA Santa Clara, Utah has become KVBT-LP channel 41.
• KSL-TV (NBC Salt Lake City) rebroadcaster K79AC/K79AL Evanston, Wyoming was moved to K32DS channel 32.
• KATU (ABC Portland) rebroadcaster K79AK Milton-Freewater, Oregon moved to K55GC channel 55.
• WBRE-TV (NBC Wilkes-Barre) rebroadcaster W79AC Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania moved to W51BP channel 51.
• Dominican Republic's Tourist TV is also branded as "Channel 79"^[4]

[edit] References

1. ^ The DuMont Television Network: Appendix Eleven
2. ^ RadioDXer.com->W79AI, Channel 79, Torrington, CT
3. ^ (obsolete) Stations above channel 69
4. ^ Dominican Republic Tourist TV | Puerto Plata, Sosua, Cabarete tourist information | channel 79

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