O.T.A. (Over the Air) Channels for Toronto GTA Area

If you are paying for cable and compare basic cable with Over the Air (OTA), you got to wonder what you are doing? Living in the GTA (Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Scarborough, Markham, Richmond Hill, Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa, Vaughan, Etobicoke, Oakville , Milton and surrounding areas) and paying for Rogers or Cogeco Cable TV with its inferior picture quality compared to the new era of Digital TV (DTV) makes absolutely no sense. Below is a list of TV stations you can receive with off air OTA broadcasts using superior products like the channel master 4228 HD, 4221 HD, HDTV OTA antennas. Some of the channels like City TV, Global, CBC, Fox 29, NBC, ABC, WIVB (Buffalo 4) and many others in dazzling HD. The HD you receive from even satellite TV is not as good as OTA DTV. This is because the compression that is used in Satellite TV loses definition unlike OTA HD. Even the standard definition channels that come over the air are far superior then cable could ever deliver to your TV. Your TV maybe only HD ready and after paying so much for your new HD TV you don't have to subscribe to expensive services to see the most amazing HDTV. Below is the list of channels that are available within Toronto and the GTA using an Over the air Antenna. This is a general list of the GTA an OTA list of what is available you can also go to zap2it link here type in your postal code and choose the last link local broadcast (antenna). These listings changes from time to time  and below is listed the best you can get as OTA is very area dependent. For most of the GTA Toronto, Buffalo and Hamilton towers are pretty easily obtainable using either a channel master 4221HD or a channel Master 4228HD.

Digital Channels (DTV is Standard definition and HDTV) Note Syracuse and Rochester are very difficult to get in toronto an are not listed here, they are only repeats of channels like ABC, NBC, CW, FOX, PBS Rochester is a great alternative to people east of Durham region!

Broadcast Channel Number Channel Logo Broadcast City and Power Level Channel Name and Resolution 2-1 Buffalo (480 kW (968') WGRZ-2 NBC in High Definition (1080i / 2.0) 2-2 Buffalo NBC Sports / Weather Channel in Standard Definition (480i / 2.0) 2-3 NBC/ RTV Buffalo Retro TV (oldies shows all day) Standard Definition 4-1 Buffalo (790 kW, 1368) WIVB-4 CBS in High Definition (1080i / 5.1) 5-1 Toronto (38 kW, 1611') CBLT-5 (CBLT-DT) CBC in High Definition (1080i / 5.1) 7-1 Buffalo (358 kW, 1420') WKBW-7 ABC in High Definition (720p / 5.1) 9-1 Toronto (17.4 kW, 1532') CFTO-9 (CFTO-DT) CTV in High Definition (1080i / 5.1) 11-1 CHCH - Hamilton CHCH Hamilton 15-1 CKXT-DT Hamilton HD 17-1 (43-1) Buffalo (156 kW, 1076') WNED-17 PBS in High Definition (720p / 5.1) 17-2 (43-2) Buffalo PBS in Standard Definition (480i/2.0) 17-3 (43-3) Buffalo Think Bright in Standard Definition (480i/2.0) 23-1 Buffalo (1000 kW, 994') WNLO-23 The CW in High Definition (1080i / 5.1) 25-1 Toronto (2.5 kW, 1611') CBLFT-25 (CBLFT-DT) CBC French in High Definition (1080i / 2.0) 26-1 TBN-HD Jamestown SD 26-2 TBN Jamestown HD 29-1 Buffalo (1000 kW, 981') WUTV-29 Fox in High Definition (720p / 5.1) 29-2 Buffalo Fox 29 Fox in SD 36-1 Hamilton (5 kW, 1110') CITS-36 CTS / Crossroads in High Definition (1080i / 2.0) 41-1 Toronto High Definition 44.1 Toronto (Omni 2) HD 49-1 Buffalo (175 kW, 946') WNYO-49 My TV in High Definition (720p / 5.1) 49-2 Buffalo My TV in SD 51-1 ION WPXJ Batavia Buffalo   51-2 qubo Batavia Buffalo Childrens' programming made up of a 6-hour block of shows repeated 4 times each day. 51-3 ION Life Batavia Buffalo Lifestyle programming: health and wellness, cooking, home decor, travel and more. 51-4 Worship Batavia Buffalo Christian worship-themed programming. 57-1 Toronto (1.2 kW, 1690') CITY-57 (CITY-DT) City TV in High Definition (1080i / 5.1) 64-1 Toronto (Omni 1) HD 66-1 Toronto (Omni 1) HD Analogue Stations in VHF Channel Call Sign Network City 5 CBLT CBC Toronto 6 CIII Global Paris, Ontario 9 CFTO CTV Toronto, Ontario 12 CHEX CBC Peterborough 13 CKCO CTV Kitchener 19 CICA TVO Toronto 41 CIII Global Toronto 47 CFMT Omni 1 Toronto 52 CKXT Sun Toronto 57 CITY City Toronto 69 CJMT Omni 2 Toronto

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