miami was almost 200 miles from the bahamas so they could only get miami when the weather was right mainly only for tv-dx we know how long tv-dx conditions last for. cable is the only way in the bahamas to get miami and anything else
not all of the Bahamas. some islands are less than 50MI from MIA or West Palm, and, farther away from Nassau than that. considering its an archipelago, i doubt they have much in the way of decent cable providers. i imagine Dish Network probably does good business there.
@@mulletboater The Bahamas does have cable providers such as Rev that were around at least since the 1990s; because of their internet and phone service offerings, they seem to compete with telecom company BTC even more than ever, much in the way of Comcast and AT&T. People, from what I remember seeing, have had satellite dishes there over the years, but I could never confirm who serviced them.
ZNS was a secondary ABC affiliate for the Bahamas from the mid-1970s through the late 1990s. That station stopped airing network programs once cable arrived in the Bahamas.
This station informed like CNN, educated like PBS and entertained like NBC/CBS/ABC/FOX back then. That's like the television version of a Swiss Army knife!
If you mean ZNS, I suppose that it was catering to those who didn't have cable or satellite. I am not sure what channels outside of ZNS were accessible in Nassau in 1992. Fast forward to today....ZNS is more like public television, and I assume it is because the entertainment shows are now easily accessible on cable/satellite there. I was there in 2003, and a Bahamas "general entertainment" channel was not needed.
@@christopherdunne7848 Yes, ZNS was the one I was referring to. Times change, and certain stations drift to new formats when people switch to other means to get their entertainment fix, whether it be cable, satellite, or streaming device.
@@christopherdunne7848 Hopefully, with the adoption of ATSC 3.0, maybe someday they will add a new general entertainment subchannel to appeal to people who 'cut the cord' with their cable or satellite providers...
one reason ZNS might be such a "rare catch"; they start at one and most likely knock off before 2am. If its not on half the time, its literally %50 rarer.
ZNS Television is accessible online now via znsbahamas dot com. I believe that their OTA carrier (now digital RF ch 13 I believe---correct me please if I am wrong) runs 24 hours, but overnight programming is usually obituaries with photo slides that repeat, while AM 1540/FM 104.5 Nassau audio runs on it.
Addendum: I understand that ZNS 13’s antenna array was directed away from the USA. As digital, I assume it still is. Despite being less than 200 air miles from my home, I attest that it was *never* an easy catch, ever. I wanna say that from home I saw it three times (1987, 1992, 2000).
it seems to be a sweepstakes commercial, something very common in third world countries XD, the 2 brands that appear in the ad: casami, a Haitian appliance company and jialing, so I guess that in the purchase of an appliance they were giving away motorcycles (that's what I guess). I am from mexico
Was that Bahama Station on 6....?....In Riverside county channel 6...was opened to Caribbean. ....Cuba..and Latin America Doing Summer E-Skip.....Also 2...3...4...5...was Latin America....
Do a DX TV video of Receiving from California. ...I got Denver on 4.... Great Falls on 3... Vancouver BC Canada on 2...than Cuba on 6... from Los Angeles and Riverside county California... Doing the 80s and 90s.. Channel 7-13...was Stations from Mexico and Latin America.... Channel 14-83 was a mixed Bag of Ham TV and TV Stations from Mexico.....And San Diego....On Channel 10..in Received KTNV Las Vegas in Big Bear California... via F-2 Skip across the Desert... Also K-Love 100.3 Las Vegas was also Received Via F-2 Skip... from Daggatt in the same area....in the 90s
…and I hope one day to catch ZNS TV in digital. Assuming they still use RF 13, it’ll battle West Palm Beach’s RF 13 from my home. Best to try from the upper FL Keys under optimum tropospheric conditions.
Solía viajar a las Bahamas en la década de 2000 y el hecho de que ZNS pasara del entretenimiento a los asuntos públicos incluso antes de que yo naciera, ¡apesta! ¡¡¡¡Apesta!!!! ¡¡¡Apesta mal!!! 😡😣
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The Bahamas didn't even have a TV station (ZNS) until 1977, but of course they'd been watching Miami TV since 1949, when WTVJ in Miami started up.
Still, conditions/antenna had to be good. Of course it also depended on where in the Bahamas you were.
miami was almost 200 miles from the bahamas so they could only get miami when the weather was right mainly only for tv-dx we know how long tv-dx conditions last for. cable is the only way in the bahamas to get miami and anything else
not all of the Bahamas. some islands are less than 50MI from MIA or West Palm, and, farther away from Nassau than that. considering its an archipelago, i doubt they have much in the way of decent cable providers. i imagine Dish Network probably does good business there.
@@mulletboater The Bahamas does have cable providers such as Rev that were around at least since the 1990s; because of their internet and phone service offerings, they seem to compete with telecom company BTC even more than ever, much in the way of Comcast and AT&T. People, from what I remember seeing, have had satellite dishes there over the years, but I could never confirm who serviced them.
ZNS was a secondary ABC affiliate for the Bahamas from the mid-1970s through the late 1990s. That station stopped airing network programs once cable arrived in the Bahamas.
It was also a secondary NBC and CBS station as well...
Now ZNS brosdcating in ATSC in Nassau
Can you tell me the actual “RF” channel that ZNS TV uses for digital? I would think 13 (210 thru 216 MHz), but I am not sure.
Btw, the song ZNS-13 uses for it's bumps is called: Black Box - Ghost Box
There's Some My Shows
3 2 1 Contact
Fresh Prince Bel Air
This station informed like CNN, educated like PBS and entertained like NBC/CBS/ABC/FOX back then. That's like the television version of a Swiss Army knife!
If you mean ZNS, I suppose that it was catering to those who didn't have cable or satellite. I am not sure what channels outside of ZNS were accessible in Nassau in 1992. Fast forward to today....ZNS is more like public television, and I assume it is because the entertainment shows are now easily accessible on cable/satellite there. I was there in 2003, and a Bahamas "general entertainment" channel was not needed.
@@christopherdunne7848 Yes, ZNS was the one I was referring to. Times change, and certain stations drift to new formats when people switch to other means to get their entertainment fix, whether it be cable, satellite, or streaming device.
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@@christopherdunne7848 Hopefully, with the adoption of ATSC 3.0, maybe someday they will add a new general entertainment subchannel to appeal to people who 'cut the cord' with their cable or satellite providers...
one reason ZNS might be such a "rare catch"; they start at one and most likely knock off before 2am. If its not on half the time, its literally %50 rarer.
ZNS Television is accessible online now via znsbahamas dot com. I believe that their OTA carrier (now digital RF ch 13 I believe---correct me please if I am wrong) runs 24 hours, but overnight programming is usually obituaries with photo slides that repeat, while AM 1540/FM 104.5 Nassau audio runs on it.
Addendum: I understand that ZNS 13’s antenna array was directed away from the USA. As digital, I assume it still is. Despite being less than 200 air miles from my home, I attest that it was *never* an easy catch, ever. I wanna say that from home I saw it three times (1987, 1992, 2000).
9:12 -- I see a text from a station under ZNS for three seconds.
I think it was Cuba.
Sounds like ZNS broadcasts in TV-Stereo!
Possible, but I don’t have the proper equipment to record TV in stereo. Nowadays, audio yes, video no.
@@christopherdunne7848 ITS YOUUU!!!!!!!
ZNS has some funky start up music.
nad i still want to know the name
@@karonzilla agreed
The audio At 10:23 is WESH 2
I didn't know that Neighbours was in US syndication until now.
It was. But this was recorded from Bahaman Television.
9:30 what is this? is this every mtv show smashed together in haitian creole?
it seems to be a sweepstakes commercial, something very common in third world countries XD, the 2 brands that appear in the ad: casami, a Haitian appliance company and jialing, so I guess that in the purchase of an appliance they were giving away motorcycles (that's what I guess). I am from mexico
ZNS aird 3-2-1 Contact, the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital, and WWF wrestling!
What about _Blossom_ with Mayim Bialik?
Was that Bahama Station on 6....?....In Riverside county channel 6...was opened to Caribbean. ....Cuba..and Latin America Doing Summer E-Skip.....Also 2...3...4...5...was Latin America....
Channel 13, via tropospheric reception.
Does somebody know the name of the song that plays at 4:51 in the video?
Nevermind, it was Yonell Justillien.
ZNS had wrestling? Cool.
what was the song used for the ZNS startup?
7:16 ZNS news
Start on 2pm until 3 or 5am during Daily schedule on Television
ZNS had Fresh Prince... but what about Blossom?
Where can I see more of this from the 90's and on
Do a DX TV video of Receiving from California. ...I got Denver on 4.... Great Falls on 3... Vancouver BC Canada on 2...than Cuba on 6... from Los Angeles and Riverside county California... Doing the 80s and 90s.. Channel 7-13...was Stations from Mexico and Latin America.... Channel 14-83 was a mixed Bag of Ham TV and TV Stations from Mexico.....And San Diego....On Channel 10..in Received KTNV Las Vegas in Big Bear California... via F-2 Skip across the Desert... Also K-Love 100.3 Las Vegas was also Received Via F-2 Skip... from Daggatt in the same area....in the 90s
At 10:49 looks like Two and a Half Men".
It was "Good Luck Charlie." I think the upper right even had a Twitter feed.
The Bahamas using NTSC eh? I thought The Bahamas using PAL...
Nope! Any viewer in the Bahamas with a decent antenna could see Miami TV often. It *had* to be a compatible system.
@@christopherdunne7848 Most of the Americas used NTSC for analog TV. I also think Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines used NTSC
St. Pierre et Miquelon, Saint Martin, French Guiana and Martinique used SECAM-K
Falkland Islands used PAL-I
Now Bahamas uses ATSC.
…and I hope one day to catch ZNS TV in digital. Assuming they still use RF 13, it’ll battle West Palm Beach’s RF 13 from my home. Best to try from the upper FL Keys under optimum tropospheric conditions.
Wake up it’s 1992.
Solía viajar a las Bahamas en la década de 2000 y el hecho de que ZNS pasara del entretenimiento a los asuntos públicos incluso antes de que yo naciera, ¡apesta! ¡¡¡¡Apesta!!!! ¡¡¡Apesta mal!!! 😡😣
7.8/10 too much ZNS