I’m 25 miles from Tupelo.... can’t get WE TV
Yeah. Their over-air broadcast sucks. Before I went with satellite I used an HD antenna at my tailgate that could pick up Birmingham but a scan wouldn't even acknowledge that channel 9 existed. I went online and searched and found others complaining about it and saw that WTVA responded with "We are transmitting with the maximum power allowed by law" yeah bull...cough cough ****!!!
The guy at the station was probably being factual. I believe the stations that were VHF (channels 2-13) are required to broadcast with a lower power than the UHF stations. Was the B'ham station you were getting in the UHF band?
I used an HD antenna at my tailgate that could pick up Birmingham but a scan wouldn't even acknowledge that channel 9 existed.