How to watch local channels on Roku devices (It's easier than you think)
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- “How can I watch local channels on my Roku device?” This is one of the most common questions we field from Roku customers, especially cord cutters…
Channels featuring local news and weather are no longer the missing piece to your streaming experience - there are more options than ever before!
In this video, we break it all down for you in 4 categories:
• Live and local news and sports
• Local radio stations
• Weather coverage
• And local channels for free with an antenna
Think we missed anything? Sound off in the comments section!
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How to stream local channels on Roku:
0:00 Intro on how to stream local channels on Roku devices
0:32 How to watch local news and sports
2:03 Listen to local radio stations
2:40 Get local weather news
3:28 Watch broadcast TV for free with an HDTV antenna
4:53 Conclusion on how to stream local channels on Roku devices - บันเทิง
What's your favorite way to watch local channels?
Antenna, at least for now. I had to give up cable recently because it's just too pricey. Now if I could find a way to get my local sports channels without cable. No streaming service carries them, except cable or satellite TV.
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I've always used my roof top antenna. Been there for decades, lol. I've never owned cable TV and I refuse to pay for it. I just got Roku the other day, but I just flip off HDMI input back to Antenna if I wanna watch local.
DirecTV. Your solution didn’t work.
I think I found the solution:. Go to settings on your Roku TV. Scroll down to TV Inputs. Select LIVE TV and then Manage Channels. Cilck the box to hide Streaming Channels. Then go back one step and select Scan for Antenna Channels. FINALLY :D
THANK YOU...MY MOM WAS HAVING A FIT WITH OUT HER LOCAL CHANNELS😂
Thank you so much!!! This works and I would never have figured it out by myself.
You were more helpful than this video thank you
Waaay more helpful than this video. Thank you 😊
Thank You So Much ! I just happened to stumble up on your post ! Wow , I couldn't figure this one !
I want to be able to watch my local CHANNELS not local NEWS.
I just purchased a Roku and can't find the regular channels?
@@maryruss362 only way to get regular channels is with a decent antenna
@@adstiles We bought a very good new antenna and still cant get local channels
Apparently you can’t. And for some reason, cannot or will not, Roku is not interested in letting us switch out of Roku to use one’s antenna. This Roku You Tube, like others have commented is totally misleading. The title would have you believe that you can watch local channels but then the lady talks about watching local news, this is a deceitful ploy to answer a need that they know their customers have been asking about. I don’t know about current Roku TV’s but my older one does allow me to simply click on local over the air channels, while my new ‘stick’ on a regular TV will not. If there is a simple way to do so that l have missed, l would love to know.
lol Ik I want my channel 9
It's crazy how it's become so complicated to watch free local channels.
Right tf 😂😂😂 sheez I missed the old school days
and too many channels with absolutely nothing to watch!
Cable ruined TV due to the cost.
it used to be a thing when locast still existed
After all the searching for one answer, can I get my local TV? The answer is no, you need to buy on of the streaming packages like you tube TV or whatever one you like, there are many out there. By cutting the cord you get rid of the cable fees, and all there stuff. Im still glad I did it cause my picture is so much better and my streaming stick gives me so much more. I'm saving about $50.00 a month.
Thanks for the video! You really need to fix the audio levels on this. The girl is very quite, so I have to crank it up to hear her but then the music comes blasting out and I have to lunge for the volume control...
TOO LOUD!
I still don't know how to watch the local channels I had before I got my Roku. I didn't have cable.
Feel like a training work video from the 90's
Lies again? Old Jerk
I got Roku because I wanted to watch Netflix on my non smart tv. But in doing so I can not watch my regular channels Fox, ABC, NBC and CBS. It is like I switched one availability for another. I am disappointed. I am not interested in News, Sports or Exercise channels. I am not interested in buying a new tv, a new antenna or another streaming service.
You need to raise the gain on your voice or lower the gain on the transitions. Either I can't hear you or the transition music becomes loud as heck!
NO DOUBT. The video started out mildly interesting and then quickly became annoying. At any rate, I gave up when she started imitating the DJ "scratching" sound.
This infomration is totally false. You can't watch local channels on Roku
This didn’t help for nothing 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ I’m trying to get my local channels where i live not all this other stuff
I can’t even watch local channels with my $175 per month DirecTV service. They blacked out FOX over a year ago and now they’ve blacked out NBC. I wish I could use an old analog TV with rabbit ears like from back in the 1970s.
I'm going to join the chorus of obvious comments saying get an antenna. Those news streaming 'channels' often stream old content from previous day. I get the latest from the antenna.
Thanks for the tip. Happy Streaming!
Here is the jist of this video. If you bought a built in Roku tv. Good luck using your OTA antenna. In other words, Roku does not want you to use your antenna because they dont make any money if you go that route.
What if you live in an area where Antennas don't work.
Its not that simple like u say. I scan my local channels but they not up in roku.
Yep
You need an antenna to get local stations.
Clear as mud! Worthless !
I get 51 FREE local tv channels on my antenna in the Michigan Thumb area. I have a 55 inch element Roku TV. I am glad Roku re-added the Charter Spectrum TV app.
im trying to set my mom's tv. She only wants the local channels not the other 1,000 useless channels
Happy streaming!!!!!! I have a Roku TV 📺
Too bad they don't let you stream local channels just like that.
What options are out there to watch live sports in 4K?
Oh I have the new Roku 4800 in one room. The remote dies every two days I have to put new batteries in it, Yet the living room remote has not been replaced once. I’m also sick and tired of trying to log into every channel I want to see and then having it tell me I have to have a TV package not just my Internet provider account. This is very frustrating
Do antennas not work just with Roku devices like Roku Express and a projector since they lack a coax connector?
I came here to find the answer 😅
These channels are not up to date. If you are watching the news on one at 6:00 PM the channel will be 8:00am in the morning. Also they don't show all local channels.
I heard the Roku rep in this video say we can watch “relevant local news” - that sounds like we’d be watching video of news clips (over and over) not live news casts.
And when your Roku device doesn't have a cable input then what do you do??🤷♂️🤷♂️
All you have to do is go to settings then go to tv input pick live tv then will ask you do you want to setup channels say yes
Why only Live News channels available? Why not local TV channels?
Would love to See How to record live Tv with roku
Today's date is 4-4-23 just bought me a hisense roku tv and when I connect live TV it's only weather channels I know its still early but how ima supposed to watch my NFL on Sundays and other local channels
How about making a functionality that lets you actually input the channels directly from the TV remote without having to rely on having to rescan the TV every time when you move your TV antenna just to go to another TV market!
I don't have a Roku TV and my Roku soundbar doesn't give me an option to setup a HDTV antenna to stream broadcast channels. Help!
Do I need internet to make the Roku device work on my TV as a set top box for older TV's to watch my normal free to air TV
I get up in the morning and I want to watch ABC channel--GMA followed by Kelley Ripa.... Can I do that with Roku. In other words can I access plain TV with Roku....?
An OTA antenna or a Live TV service is a good solution for local channels. We outline them both in this video!
I have not been able too
I have an HDTV that is not a Roku TV but does have an antenna. If I buy a Roku device, how do I get access to my antenna channels? Will I have to switch between inputs?
Happy Streaming 😁😁
not on my roku tv,, i hit the outside or hdtv antenna and i get some internet channels,, my lg tv does the same thing but I can hit the tv symbol and watch local,, not on the roku tv
Will I be able to record Network Channel Programming (ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX) with Roku?
THis was a fancy video but did not describe the specific steps to get TV channels
As much as I like cheerfulness,.... it appears we would give it up for DETAILS. You know, like Roku for Idiots or a senior citizen version.... s l o w.
For Live TV / OTA how do you change to a specific channel?
Hitting the UP or DOWN arrow a million times is not ideal to get to a channel.
I've tried various universal remotes, including ones that say they're compatible with ROKU tv but they all have the SAME issue. They cannot do the DASH/DOT for the digital OTA channels (i.e. 3.1, 31.4, 40.1, etc.)
And I do not want to have to use the Roku remote app for this. I want to be able to have this done with a remote.
Please help with any info, I'm sure I'm not the only one who is annoyed by this.
EXACTLY🙄
Do you have the me me channel and the start channel
can hear this better with headphones but then the goofy music blasting will nearly deafen you!!
I'm in Milwaukee So I just watch WTMJ4 on youtube
My onn TV doesn't show any antenna selection. I plugged in an old channel box but lost 30 channels. What now?
Can anyone explain to me why 1 of my tv's has 3 channels under "MY FEED",
1) coming movies,
2) movies
3) tv shows... and the other one only displays the 1) coming movies, section. I've factory reset the tv and it did not bring up the other 2 options.
What happened to home shopping network Is electronic channel on your roku
I watch my local channels with a regular antenna
with the one i have it still requires good internet connection not available in my area to even watch over the air channels
I like how she says "devices" but no it's just a Roku TV with the antenna hookup. If you buy an external device you're screwed on the locals unless you want to slip your TV back and forth from sources very irritating. Roku should divulges information before you buy an external device.
My question is how do you program antenna channels to appear on the home menu (or anywhere). No answer here.
I think Plex can do that but you'll have to watch everything while you're in the Plex app.
I found my local news channel. But I can't find a way to watch it live. It's all pre-recorded segments from an earlier broadcast. Anybody have any suggestions ?
Hi, I have a Roku Smart TV, but the Antenna icon/app is not in the settings. How do I add the antenna button? I have scanned for the antenna channels and it found about 36 stations. However, the stations don't appear on the LIVE TV ROKU app. I don't know how to access them. Someone please help. Thanks.
I am having trouble accessing local channels as well!!--Let me know if you find out!
Same here
Can I watch local channels on Roku without a cable subscription and without antenna? I tried an indoor antenna and I didn't get any channels.
Just for the record, there is no such thing as an HDTV antenna. But in fairness you'll see a lot of ads for HDTV antennas.
Some of these antenna companies could have just said "an antenna for your HDTV".
Yea. It's B.S. I was telling everyone as well when THE BIG SWITCH happened.
Seems to me a better way is to have a remote with channel numbers on it so that people can switch between an antenna, cable, and a Roku; but that's just me. I don't like having to go up, up, up, up, etc. and down, down, down, down, etc. with my Spectrum app; again, that's just me.
Roku, Amazon, and Apple TV+ are all extremely tone-deaf on this.
...Roku has a thing called favorites. Once you find the channels you like put them in favorites. This will stop the constant up and down searching.
It is weird. IN west Allis I got All the Mikwaukee Locals, but now I moved to the city of Milwaukee and Get less Milwaukee Locals at this house. LOL
The internet is a strange place. I was able to actually look up where one site thought I was. I mean the exact address. It was about 2 hours away. Weird.
What about SEC network?
This is deceptive. You cannot watch local channels on a Roku. If you have a Roku TV then it is no different then any other TV. You simply run an antenna to the back. Many cities do not allow their local news to be rebroadcast through ROKU. I put an antenna on my roof and receive 28 plus channels for free. If you have an HOA the FCC forbids HOA's from trying to prevent you from installing an antenna.
Hi John, all of the channels listed are available on Roku streaming players, audio, and Roku TVs. You're correct that the antenna section applies to Roku TVs. Thanks for watching!
Why do my live ROKU local news channels default to Florida? I live 600 miles away...
I'm using the right zip code in settings but that makes no difference.
💥WARNING: CLICKBAIT: you CAN NOT get "local" channels on a Roku device. Unless you have a Roku "TV" you will not be able to get "local" channels. The woman in this video loves the sound of her own voice, she "loves" hearing herself talk😆
How can I get the football games on fox?
I added the local channels,
but it's almost impossible to find them when you turn your tv back on.
I'm cursing at the tv and the remote for fifteen minutes trying to find a way
back to the local channels.
After fifteen minutes of searching I finally fine the setup for antenna tv,
then you have to click several other things before your back to the listing
of local channels.
Turn the tv off, and when you turn it back on,boom, you're back to wasting another fifteen minutes trying to find them again.
Glad I saved the box, it's going back tomorrow.
I want to watch CBS, Antenna don't work for that channel
Hi, I am from Romania and I got a Hisense roku 55 inch r55a7200gtuk from Uk, but when I try to find local channels it says “No channels found”. What should I do? I am begging you, help me someone 😔
In the US I bought a TV antenna off of Amazon, 20 dollars, plugged it into the TV, up popped the local channels.
I just bought a RCA antenna, I don’t see where I can get to a channel without scrolling because the Roku remote doesn’t have numbers so I have to scroll and it’s over 800 channels
May have been able to use a universal remote. Either way looks like you solved the problem.
Not any of those work for local Chanel’s in chino California
How come Roku gives a code to sign into the ctv/activate website but does not show up on their list and thus makes it impossible to sign into ctv 😅? ANYONE? Help
I don't think you can actually watch regular TV on this TV. I can find hiw to just scan, add, and then watch channels, you have to have cable (lmao) or be subscribed to whatever, can't even watch local football on the station. They say add the app from where it's being broadcasted, then that app wants (said it earlier) you to have cable or a subscription.
Show us where to input zip code!!!!
They can't bring locust back wow.
No, I want to watch local channels. Over the air. How do I scan for those?
Hi Dave, do you have an antenna? You can learn more here: www.roku.com/products/roku-tv/antenna
@@RokuUS Hi, and thank you for replying. I love the channel guide, and ROKU channelas in the grid. It just I can get local FOX station and subs. But not ABC, CBS, NBC, WB, and the subs of those channels. Can't seem to find the scan option. We have a Sharp brand ROKU TV.
Thank you for your help.
@@RokuUS roku
so basically to get my local channels that were lost back are to buy a streaming service. Got it😤
What about Canada?
I want to watch CW and wjtv channel 12
What if i dnt jst want news and weather
Why can I watch all the local Antenna TV Chicago stations except for CBS??
U can't watch local channels as in ur description. U can only watch a local news station. All the hype got on my nerves.
Cutout the distracting music
Can’t watch local NY or LA news, just minor markets like El Paso🤷♀️🤷♀️
How can I get all day programming on Roku for all the Buffalo , Ny , Channels , I get 2 , 4 , 7 , out of Buffalo , Ny , But ,Channels 2 and 7 only give me only the News , But , Channels 4 programming is All day Programming , So I want all day programming for 2 and 7 and ESPN ,
How do people get access to a Roku device?
Yep you have to have antenna,switch from Roku to antenna to see local stuff whatever you are able to pick up.or you can get fubo pay for Roku and fubo.😢😮😢
Nope. You don't have to switch antenna on and off. Read the comments. Someone here gives instructions to get local TV channels. I just did it, and it's perfect!
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I felt like I dropped a hit of acid watching this!
How come I cannot get the movie line watch for free
Want local channels out of Anchorage, Alaska
I just don't just want to watch newa i want to watch the actual local channel
What if there’s something I want to record so I can skip ADs
Show me how you easily you could skip channel by channels
Show me how you easily record a program either by phone or weekly
Could you please show an example. Watching on your TV or on your phone
Also how would I be notified if someone or you guys answer my questions . 🤷🏻♂️
Ok, I'm a bit of a technotard. You're gonna have to walk me through how to add my mom's favorite local news on the tv.
Cuz I'm sure as all fuck lost and no one seems to be able to help me.
Your best bet would be to add NewsON or Haystack News and input her location. 😀
All you can get is NEWS on the locals. Its my understanding Congress let you have FREE local TV through an antenna. BUT... they made a bill where ALL others (satellite,cable) have to pay for locals. So you can't get free unless you can use an antenna. Which I can't. So am forced to keep Satellite since my networks haven't added themselves to Roku even for a fee. It is One of the biggest complaints regarding ROKU and other streaming devices.
@@RokuUSNope, ROKU! We want local STATIONS that carry network tv and news, not local news which is prerecorded and on repeat. What's so difficult about being forthright and not costing people more money, unnecessarily? Sheesh!
I like Roku but I don't buy them because for some reason you block all 3rd party apps.
I had local channels & now I dont.don't.. I called & yall said cally local provider.. now how tf do I do that.. I want my local channels back.. asap
Doesn't it occur to them that digital channels need to by accessed from a roku tv and not everybody is looking for news and weather? Come on Roku. How do I get there on a roku tv that doesn't even show a digital antenna button to do that?
Hisense Roku TV from walmart. Also why cant i watch AMC+ ON THIS TV. AMC KNOWS IT AND SAYS YOU KNOW IT BUT NOTHING IS DONE ABOUT IT. WHY? IT IS S ROKU TV AND IT SHOULD WORK WHY ARE YOU NOT FIXING IT?
That link isn't even about Roku DEVICES...it is for a Roku TV
I need to watch this again.I got distracted by the announcer.
Basic freken station 2,7,10,ABC CBS NBC UHF VHF what the big deal
I have Roku tv… how do I get local channels app? No news please… I want to see sports on local channels
Your best bet for local sports would be with a Live TV service or perhaps an antenna.
So you are telling me that i have to pay apps to watch local free chanel no thank you roku and by chanels i mean chanels not news 👎 yall need to fix that big L roku
Roku remote only works sound for some reason..so i can only watch youtube as it's the only app on my phone..glad i can use the phone as a remote otherwise Roku would've been completely useless.
This was not helpful at all
She just stood there & Lied…..😂
That option is not given.