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New Movies for May on Channel 9.3

Kevin — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:26:47 +0000

I hope everyone is having a wonderful spring! Over the last few years since I’ve been going to Erie I have gained a huge level of respect for all of you and the winters you endure. People here in Chicago think they have a rough winter but I’ll tell you that, aside from the once a decade blizzard we get, I’ve never seen as much snow as you guys get.

In any case, here are the new movies for the month of May. I hope you enjoy them!

Behind Green Lights (1946) – Starring Carole Landis, William Gargan, and Richard Crane
City Without Men (1943) – Starring Linda Darnell, Edgar Buchanan, and Michael Duane
Drums of Africa (1941) – Starring Buster Crabbe, Charles Middleton, and Sheila Darcy
Secret Agent (1936) – Starring Madeline Carroll, Peter Lorre, and Robert Young
Sherlock Holmes, Terror by Night (1946) – Starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce
The Ghost and the Guest (1943) – Starring James Dunn, Florence Rice, and Robert Dudley
The Gorilla (1939) – Starring Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz, Al Ritz, and Bela Lugosi
The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936) – Starring Borris Karloff, John Loder, and Anna Lee
Sherlock Holmes, The Secret Weapon (1943) – Starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce
The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950) – Starring Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt, and John Dall
They Made Me a Killer (1946) – Starring Robert Lowery, Barbara Britton, and Lola Lane
Time Table (1956) – Starring Mark Stevens, King Calder, and Felicia Farr

New Movies in April for Channel 9.3

Kevin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:48:57 +0000

This month I have some interesting movies with stars like Angela Lansbury, Raymond Burr, Vivian Leigh, Lon Chaney Jr., Reginald Denny, and even Lou Gehrig (Yes the Lou Gehrig in a western no less).

Here is he list of 12 new movies for the month of April:

Blue Steel (1034) – Starring John Wayne, Eleanor Hunt, and Gabby Hayes
Mutiny (1952) – Starring Mark Stevens and Angela Lansbury
Please Murder Me (1956) – Starring Angela Lansbury and Raymond Burr
Rawhide (1938) – Starring Lou Gehrig, Smith Ballew, and Evalyn Knapp
Roundup in Texas (1937) – Starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Maxine Doyle
The Admiral Was a Lady (1950) – Edmond O’ Brien, Wanda Hendrix, and Rudy Vallee
The Indestructible Man (1956) – Starring Lon Cheney Jr., Max Showalter, and Marian Carr
Convicts at Large (1938) – Starring Ralphe Forbes, Paula Stone, and William Royle
Midnight Phantom (1935) – Starring Reginald Denny, Claudia Dell, and Lloyd Hughes
Dark Journey (1937) – Starring Conrad Veidt, Vivian Leigh, and Joan Gardner
Waterfront (1944) – Starring John CaradiJ. Carrol Nash, and Maris Wrixon
Kansas City Confidential (1952) – Starring John Payne, Coleen Gray, and Lee Van Cleef

I hope you enjoy this month’s movies!

BIG NEWS! – WLEP On Cable March 30th

Kevin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:59:34 +0000

Through a partnership with Mercyhurst University WLEP will be broadcasting (RTV) on Mercyhurst’s student cable channel Laker TV (Channel 19 on Time Warner Cable) starting this Friday March 30, 2012. I can’t thank Brian Sheridan, faculty adviser to Laker TV, and Mercyhurst University enough for working with me to put WLEP on cable.

I look forward to working with them even more in the future!

Below is the text of a press release sent out by Mercyhurst University today.

LAKER TV BEGINS AIRING RETRO TV THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH WLEP-TV;
NEW CONCERT SERIES ALSO DEBUTS

Family-friendly TV classics like “Ozzie & Harriet,” “Peter Gunn,” “Soupy Sales” and “Route 66” will soon be broadcast by Laker TV, thanks to a new partnership between Mercyhurst University and WLEP-TV, a low-power Erie television station. The arrangement makes Mercyhurst’s cable television station an affiliate of the Retro TV (RTV) network.

“These programs are classic and family friendly with many coming from the Golden Age of Television,” says Brian Sheridan, faculty adviser to Laker TV. “It gives Laker TV more regularly scheduled programs while still affording us plenty of airtime for our student-produced programing.”

WLEP, the newest TV station in the Erie market, is owned by Hapa Media Properties of Chicago. Kevin Bae, president of Hapa Media Properties, hopes this arrangement with Mercyhurst can lead to further opportunities for both the university and its students.

To celebrate this new phase of Laker TV, Friday will also mark the debut of a student-produced, in-studio concert by the Erie band “The Romantic Era.” It is the first episode of a new series on Laker TV called “Mercyhurst Unplugged.”

“The new series will feature local bands from Erie and surrounding regions, playing acoustic sets,” explains Laker TV manager Victoria Gricks. “College students love music, and this enables them to discover new bands or listen to those they already know. It’s like having their own personal concert.”

“Mercyhurst Unplugged – the Romantic Era” airs at 8 and 11 p.m. on Friday. It is rebroadcast Saturday at 9 p.m. and Sunday at midnight. Additional telecasts will occur throughout the following week.

Besides this new concert series, other series on the new Laker TV include “I Spy,” “The Saint,” “Highway to Heaven,” “Lassie,” and “Daniel Boone.” When programming is not being telecast, Laker TV will continue to serve as an announcement board for all local non-profit groups, clubs and organizations.
Laker TV is seen on Time Warner Cable, Channel 19, in Erie City and Corry. For more information, contact Brian Sheridan at 824-2464 or bsheridan@mercyhurst.edu

RTV Brings Soupy Sales on Sundays

Kevin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:22:50 +0000

RTV released their schedule for the second quarter of 2012 and there are no changes except the addition of Soupy Sales on Sundays from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm.

I used to watch Soupy Sales when I was growing up and haven’t seen his show in quite some time. For those who don’t remember him here’s a link to information on Wikipedia about Soupy Sales.

Corrected New Movie List for Channel 9.3

Kevin — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:10:21 +0000

It seems I missed adding the 12th movie I have playing in the month of march. Here is the corrected entire list including Mr. Moto’s Last Warning.

American Empire (1942) – Starring Richard Dix, Leo Carrillo and Preston Foster
British Intelligence (1940) – Starring Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay and Bruce Lester
Colonel Effingham’s Raid (1946) – Starring Charles Coburn, Joan Bennett and William Eythe
Evergreen (1934) – Starring Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale and Betty Balfour
Fit for a King (1937) – Starring Joe E. Brown, Helen Mack and Paul Kelly
Heading for Heaven (1947) – Starring Stuart Erwin, Glenda Farrell and Russ Vincent
Her Favorite Patient (1945) – Starring John Carroll, Ruth Hussey and Charles Ruggles
Hey Hey USA (1938) – Starring Will Hay, Edgar Kennedy and David Burns
I Thank You (1941) – Starring Arthur Askey and Lilly Morris
Letter of Introduction (1938) – Starring Adolphe Merjou, Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy and Andrea Leads
Li’l Abner (1940) – Starring Granville Owen, Martha O’Driscoll and Mona Rey
Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (1939) – Starring Peter Lorre, Ricardo Cortez, and Virginia Field

Sorry for the omission.

New Movies for March on 9.3

Kevin — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:48:31 +0000

Another month has flown by and leap day has leaped. So here is the new list of movies for the month of March.

American Empire (1942) – Starring Richard Dix, Leo Carrillo and Preston Foster
British Intelligence (1940) – Starring Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay and Bruce Lester
Colonel Effingham’s Raid (1946) – Starring Charles Coburn, Joan Bennett and William Eythe
Evergreen (1934) – Starring Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale and Betty Balfour
Fit for a King (1937) – Starring Joe E. Brown, Helen Mack and Paul Kelly
Heading for Heaven (1947) – Starring Stuart Erwin, Glenda Farrell and Russ Vincent
Her Favorite Patient (1945) – Starring John Carroll, Ruth Hussey and Charles Ruggles
Hey Hey USA (1938) – Starring Will Hay, Edgar Kennedy and David Burns
I Thank You (1941) – Starring Arthur Askey and Lilly Morris
Letter of Introduction (1938) – Starring Adolphe Merjou, Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy and Andrea Leads
Li’l Abner (1940) – Starring Granville Owen, Martha O’Driscoll and Mona Rey

I hope you enjoy the movies for March and the really good news is Spring is almost here!

SAP/MTS Audio Fixed on Channels 9.1 and 9.2

Kevin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:44:08 +0000

I was able to fix the problem with no audio on the SAP/MTS audio streams. SAP stands for Secondary Audio Program and MTS stands for Multichannel Television Sound but on your television they essentially mean the same thing. The original purpose of this audio feed was so other languages could be simulcast along with the video allowing for multilingual people to hear programming in their own language. It never worked out that way and thus left this extra audio to deal with and confuse the viewer. If you look carefully, you might see a button on your remote labled SAP or MTS and when you press that it changes the audio being received to that secondary channel.

Prior to today, WLEP has not fed that audio channel (because I didn’t know how) and that led to a lot of confusion where people would tune into the station and not realize they had selected SAP or MTS. As far as I can tell all the other stations in Erie are broadcasting their main audio on the SAP/MTS channel so when channel flipping it made WLEP appear as if there was no sound.

Well, for channels 9.1 and 9.2, it’s fixed and channel 9.3 will be fixed on a future visit to the station. I didn’t have the proper cabling with me to fix the channel 9.3 SAP/MTS issue but I will have it next time.

One more mystery solved!

New Movies for February on Channel 9.3

Kevin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:27:12 +0000

Sorry that I’m a day late (and a dollar short quite honestly) with the movie list. I thought I had set this to automatically post at the right time but obviously was wrong.

5 of the movies this month feature the actress Zasu Pitts. When I was searching for more films to broadcast I came across a couple of the films below. I remember hearing her name but have never seen one of her films. She is one of the few actresses that made a successful transition from the silent film era to sound.

Here are the movies that will be playing this month on channel 9.3:

And Then There Were None (1945) – Starring Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Houston, and Louis Hayward
Bowery at Midnight (1942) – Starring Bela Lugosi, John Archer, and Wanda McKay
Breakfast in Hollywood (1946) – Starring Tom Breneman, Bonita Granville, and Beulah Bondi
The Crooked Circle (1932) – Starring Zasu Pitts, James Gleason, and Ben Lyon
Dressed to Kill (1946) – Starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce
Escape by Night (1937) – Starring William Hall, Anne Nagel, Dean Jagger
Hell’s House (1932) – Starring Bette Davis, Pat O’Brien, and Junior Durkin
Niagara Falls (1941) – Starring Zasu Pitts, Marjorie Woodworth, and Tom Brown
So’s Your Aunt Emma (1942) – Starring Zasu Pitts, Roger Pryor, and Warren Hymer
Strangers of the Evening (1932) – Starring Zasu Pitts, Lucien Littlefield, and Eugene Pallette
The Woman in Green (1945) – Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce
Uncle Joe (1941) – Slim Summerville, Zasu Pitts, and Gale Storm

I hope you enjoy this month’s films!

No Sound on Channel 9.3

Kevin — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:45:59 +0000

Seems I’m starting off the new year on the right foot (sarcasm intended). I’ve received a couple of phone calls this morning reporting no sound on channel 9.3. Unfortunately I’m unable to verify this at all because my Internet connection at the station is down at the moment.

I apologize for this and will get it fixed as soon as I can. If the Internet connection comes back I’ll be able to see if I can fix it right away if it does not the earliest I can solve the issue is sometime tomorrow afternoon as I’m planning on making a trip to the transmitter.

Thanks for bearing with me! Happy 2012!

New Movies on Channel 9.3 for January 2012 – Happy New Year!!

Kevin — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:01:54 +0000

New movies have been uploaded and ready to broadcast for January 2012. It’s amazing how time flies by. The station is approaching its one year anniversary for carrying non-temporary programing. So happy new year to everyone and I hope you enjoy this new slate of classic films!

Blood on the Sun – Starring James Cagney, Sylvia Sydney and Porter Hall
Charlie Chaplin in The Kid – Starring Charlie Chaplin and Edna Purvlance
The Fast and the Furious – Starring John Ireland, Dorothy Malone and Bruce Carlisle
Five Minutes to Live – Starring Johnny Cash, Donald Woods, and Cayy Forrester
Impact – Starring Brian Donlevy and Ella Raines
‘Neath the Arizona Skies – Starring John Wayne and Sheila Terry
Oh, Mr. Porter! – Starring Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt
San Fernando Valley – Starring Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
The Big Trees – Starring Kirk Douglas and Eve Miller
The Little Princess – Starring Shirley Temple and Richard Greene
The Son of Monte Cristo – Starring Louis Hayward and Joan Bennett
Three Husbands – Starring Eve Arden, Ruth Warrick, and Vanessa Brown

I hope your 2012 brings you good health and prosperity!