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How to Receive NewsNet

NewsNet is available on numerous cable lineups throughout northern Michigan:

Provider	SD	HD
Charter	13	13 or 789
Acentek	5	305
ATI Networks	14	n/a
Lighthouse Cable Engadine Area	56	56
Lighthouse Cable Mackinac Island	9	9
Summit Digital LeRoy Area	11	n/a
Summit Digital McBain Area	13	n/a
Antenna	26.1	26.1

NewsNet and all of our additional subchannnels can also be received by viewers watching TV using an antenna in Wexford, Missaukee, northern Osceola, and parts of the surrounding counties.

NEWSNET IS NOT AVAILABLE TO DISH NETWORK OR DIRECTV SUBSCRIBERS AT THIS TIME. If you have one of these services and would like to receive our channels, click here to learn more about how to contact your provider and request NewsNet be added to your local channel lineup. Your feedback is extremely helpful as we work to negotiate carriage on the satellite systems reaching our area.

To receive our station using an antenna, new viewers will need to re-scan their TV or digital converter box. In some cases, you may need to re-scan a few times to receive our station. Here are a few other tips:

An amplified rooftop antenna on a rotor will generally provide the best reception of antenna TV signals. When a rooftop antenna isn’t an option, an amplified indoor antenna is usually the best option. If your antenna has a power switch, it’s amplified.
Our tower is located near M-55, about halfway between Cadillac and M-66. Pointing your antenna toward our tower will give your TV the strongest signal.
When re-scanning your TV to find NewsNet, you may need to re-scan a few times, slightly adjusting your antenna between scans, before your TV recognizes our station.

Eric Wotila says:

June 22, 2013 at 12:28 am

Dennis,

We are actively working to be added to the DirecTV lineup. However, despite continued requests from their subscribers in northern Michigan, both Dish Network and DirecTV have continually refused to carry our signal.

Check this link for more info: http://www.minews26.com/content/?p=22259

Thanks for your interest in our station!

Eric Wotila
General Manager, MI News 26

dennis brown says:

June 19, 2013 at 11:32 pm

will your channel be on directv in the future , i am from parkdale outside of manistee

Rick says:

April 22, 2013 at 8:05 pm

Ludington is not that far away, I would like to see Charter communications carry these stations. I figure if charter carries you in Petoskey and Cheboygan, why not here? Besides we’re closer anyway. 🙂

Thanks and have a great day!

Jeff says:

April 4, 2013 at 10:56 pm

I know its a long shot, but I had to move to Saginaw from Houghton Lake, what are the chances of Charter adding you to the line up down here?? I miss the old movies 🙁

Eric Wotila says:

January 19, 2013 at 8:09 pm

Dede,

It’s possible that ice on a receiving antenna or, in some cases, our tower can reduce the signal strength and make it more difficult to pull in our signal, even if you’ve received it in the past. Due to our broadcast license classification, we broadcast at a lower signal strength than some of the other stations in northern Michigan, so signal fade due to ice or other environmental factors tends to make a bigger difference in reception of our station than some others in the area. I should note that Fife Lake is considered to be on the “fringe” of our coverage area so at times when environmental factors do make it harder to receive our signal, it’s likely that they would affect your reception.

Our transmitter is located about four miles east of Cadillac, right on the western edge of Missaukee County, so pointing your antenna between Lake City and Cadillac rather than straight at Cadillac might help improve your reception.

If there’s anything else I can do to help, just let me know. Thanks for watching, and we hope you’re able to pick up our over-the-air signal again soon!

Have a great weekend,

Eric Wotila

Dede says:

January 19, 2013 at 5:54 pm

I have been able to get your station for over 2 months. Today I was unable to get your stations. I loved watching the old movies, and Ozzie and Harriett. I scanned for the channel and had my husband go up on the roof to change the antenna. Nothing I am really upset I love those stations. I live in Fife Lake and have the antenna facing Cadillac but no luck. Any suggestions

Eric (SE Mason County) says:

September 1, 2012 at 8:01 am

Would like to see you increase your signal power someday so I have a chance of watching. You might also talk to Carr Communications. They offer IPTV over here and it would be nice if they could start carrying your channel. http://home.carrinter.net/

margaret says:

July 22, 2012 at 3:23 pm

Your weather people shouldn’t talk so fast, it’s not a race and we wouldn’t be going What????

Paul J Elliott says:

February 8, 2012 at 1:23 pm

I just found this site. We would love to have MI26 here in Big Rapids. We have a waiting and anxious audience here in Mecosta county and Ferris State.

Casey says:

October 24, 2011 at 10:14 am

Could you pan on creating a repeater in Big Rapids, because I haven’t really seen this station, just heard of it, and 425 watts aren’t going to cover from Cadillac to Big Rapids, or satellite coverage, at the least.

Eric Wotila says:

May 15, 2011 at 10:46 pm

Keith,

Thanks for the compliments! A good amount of our local programming is indeed available here on our web site. Most of it is in the “Featured” section. The most recent content from that section is at the top of our home page. You can also catch the Weather Authority’s video forecasts by clicking on the “Weather” section of our site.

As to helping, we’re always open to using viewer-submitted content such as photos and videos on-air, so if you ever have any to send our way — feel free to do so!

Eric Wotila
News Director, MI News 26

Keith Brown says:

May 15, 2011 at 2:03 pm

Eric; I think its awesome that you were able to put this together, I wish you all the luck in the world. That being said, will you be putting any of your programming on this website, (maybe it already is and I missed the link) and also, would you mind if I put a link to your website on our website? If I can help you in anyway, just shout out and I’ll do my best. thanks and good luck. Keith

Eric Wotila says:

April 18, 2011 at 9:38 am

Matt,

We don’t currently have plans to increase our transmitter power, but that’s not to say it couldn’t happen down the road… To do so, though, would require us to apply for some changes to our broadcast license and purchase a new, more powerful transmitter. Both are expensive, so as much as we’d love to reach your community, we’d need to pull in a lot of additional advertising from the increased coverage to offset the cost.

Thanks for your interest in watching, though!

Matt says:

April 16, 2011 at 4:58 pm

Hello,

I only have broadcast tv and recently my DVR picked up your channel, but only enough to let me know that it’s there and I cannot watch it. I have no intentions of ever purchasing cable again, but I also would love to receive your channel. I was really excited to see that I might get Johnny Cash, Johnny Carson, Cartoons for kids, 24 local news, etc.

Long story short, I’m asking the same thing as Larry. I live in between Gladwin and Houghton Lake and would require you to beef up your power in order to receive your station. Do you guys have ANY plans in the future for something like that to happen, or is it just not possible?

Eric Wotila says:

April 14, 2011 at 12:32 am

Larry and Shawn,

We’re currently in talks with Charter about obtaining cable carriage. They’ve requested we forward any viewer requests for cable carriage to them. If you’d like to send an email to news@minews26.com mentioning that you’re interested in seeing MI News 26 on cable, we’ll pass the feedback on to Charter. Each email we get will help us as we work toward getting our station added to their lineup.

Thanks for your interest!

shawn says:

April 13, 2011 at 9:38 am

you’ll need to ask them to apply for a repeater in Traverse City (or at the very least, cable coverage)… they operate at just 425 watts, and Cadillac is a long way from Traverse City.