Where I live I can't recieve two local channels very well. One of them CBS (Channel 5) is a major local channel, the other is one that was more recently added CW (channel 14). The station claims that interferance from wires or building is the major contributing factor. However since I do not subscribe to cable television I should be getting lousy reception of all my channels if this was the case. The only other channel I have a worse time trying to get in is CW. I can get NBC, ABC, PBS, FOX, MNT, and even ION. With little or no reception problems only on CBS do I always have a "snow storm". I find this extremely amazing that with a $25 Phillips antenna I can get almost crystal clear reception of all, but two channels. However I find it also very annoying that one of them is one of them is a major local channel. I think their excuse of interferance is a lousy laim one. For if interferance was a major contributing factor it would stand to reason I would have "snow storms" on every local channel using an antenna. In fact I think it has to do more with their transmission bandwidth. Oh well, would they believe someone who worked in analog and digital communications for almost four years and has majored in communication networks? Most likely not......