ROAR shows up instead of ABC for Verizon FiOS in Providence

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Bibbit
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ROAR shows up instead of ABC for Verizon FiOS in Providence

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Davice ID's: 1310F260 & 131C5C48

My HDHomeRun Setup tool properly shows channel 506 as ABC HD, though it actually shows the channel as WJAR ABC HD. WJAR is not an ABC station, it is an NBC station. The network ROAR shows up in the guide instead of ABC but the channel does show ABC content. The problem arises from what is described in the article below:

.....It’s the end of an era in New Bedford and Providence media. According to a memo from the general manager at WJAR-TV “Turn to 10” in Providence, the television station’s parent company, Sinclair, has signed an agreement with ABC and Standard Media to move ABC network programming and local ABC6 News from Channel 6 to WJAR 10.2 (a subchannel of NBC 10).

........viewers who turn on Channel 6 will no longer see ABC6 programming. What will they see instead? Hope they like to laugh, because WLNE will begin airing ROAR.


The cable cards show the station 506 as WJAR ABC HD, but the guide thinks it's ROAR (6.1 WLNE ROAR) which is an easy to make mistake. However, the channel 506 is actually channel ABC 6 WLNE (called CoastalABC now) which is on 10.2 WJAR ROAR. I hope this makes sense. Is it possible to make the guide show ABC programming for channel 6 in Providence? The reason I didn't notice this sooner is I don't normally watch ABC. The only time I do is when they show NHL or NFL games, and now that the Cup finals are here I'd like to be able to easily schedule recordings. Other NHL games shown on ABC were also on ESPN, but it seems the finals aren't on ESPN.

Thanks
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Re: ROAR shows up instead of ABC for Verizon FiOS in Providence

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How does it look now?

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All is good. THAT WAS FAST!!! Thanks :D

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