Selective TV

12/12/2025

OFFICE PHONE
The phone at the Selective TV office has failed. A replacement phone is on the way overnight delivery and should be back up tomorrow. You can call and leave a message.

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12/12/2025

BRIEF OUTAGE
There may be a brief 10 to 15 minute outage on all channels sometime after midnight tonight when we reboot an internet switch at the transmitter.

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12/11/2025

FIBER OPTIC TESTING
There may be outages on channels 4, 5, 9, 11, and 41 from midnight tonight 12/11/25 until 5:00AM as tests are run on the fiber optic circuit that delivers these channels to the Selective TV transmitters. We are attempting to determine the cause of the momentary loss of signal blips we have been seeing on these channels. It's a process, thanks for your patience.

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12/07/2025

JINGLE BELLS
We have received a number of comments regarding the quality of the Jingle Bells Telethon on Selective TV channel 20.5. What viewers need to understand is that LALA is owned and operated by Gardonville Cooperative Telephone Association. The quality of the video and audio on this channel, 20.5, is controlled by Gardonville. Selective TV provides this over the air channel to Gardonville as a public service at no charge. Selective TV can only broadcast what it receives from Gardonville. If what is received by Selective TV from Gardonville is of low quality, what will go out over the air will be of low quality. If you would like to express your concern or lodge a complaint contact Gardonville as they are solely responsible for making any improvement to their over the air content.

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11/14/2025

TRANSMITTER ADJUSTMENTS
There may be brief interruptions today 11/14/25, on channels 4, 5, 9, and 11 as adjustments are made to the transmitters to correct brief signal losses you may have been seeing on these channels.

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11/11/2025

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10/16/2025

30 YEARS AND STILL SERVING
At a recent board meeting Jim Borgrud was awarded the Selective TV lifetime service award. Jim became a Selective TV board member in 1995. He became the President of the board of directors in 2005 and served as President for the next 20 years. Jim continues to serve as the Vice President of the board. It would be impossible to even begin to calculate the time, effort, and expertise Jim has dedicated to Selective TV. Generations of viewers owe Jim a huge debt of gratitude. Congratulations Jim, and thank-you from all of us who depend on Selective TV.

10/13/2025

NEW CHANNELS
Selective TV has added 5 new channels to the line up, they are: 17.1 Biz TV, 17.2 AMG, 17.3 Fun Roads TV, 17.4 Main Street, and 17.5 Right Now TV. The new channels offer a variety of programming from camping and traveling to fishing and hunting, and a whole bunch of other programs. You can google each channel to get a look at their programming schedules. We will try to get these new channels incorporated into the on air channel guide on channel 1.2. You will have to re-scan your television to pick up these new channels. We also discovered there was an issue with the transmitter for channel 10 PBS. That issue reduced the signal strength on that channel. The issue has been resolved and channel 10 is back up to full power. These new channels were made possible by membership dues which are $150.00 a year, or $12.50 a month. If you are not a member of Selective TV you need to understand that membership dues are only thing that keeps Selective TV on the air. You can send a check once a year to Selective TV 2308 S. Broadway Suit 2, Alexandria MN 56308. You can also set up monthly reoccurring payments through your online banking or thru paypal on the Selective TV website Selectivetv.org

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09/23/2025

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09/18/2025

All 4 new transmitters have been successfully instaled and the issue with channel 41 has been resolved. A big thank you to our engineeer and board member Jimm Miller.

09/09/2025

PROJECTS AND CHANNEL INTERRUPTIONS
It's been a while since I posted but I do want to keep everyone updated. Of the 4 big projects this summer 2 have been completed. They are the installation of the new electrical service and the installation of a backup generator. The next project is the installation of 4 new transmitters. I do not have exact dates yet but we anticipate this work will take place within the next couple of weeks. The new transmitters will replace those currently in use for channels 4, 5, 9, and 11, the 4 major networks. When this work takes place each of these channels, one at a time, will be off the air for a short time. The work will take place over a two day period, I will let you know the exact dates as soon as I know. During this 2 day period we will also be working on adding some new channels. We hope to add Biz TV, Fun Roads TV, Right Now TV, AMG, Mainstreet TV and Scripts News.
The last project of the year will be the installation of a new lighting system on the tower. That will probable take place late this fall and will require that all channels be off the air for part of a day. Again, I do not have an exact date yet but will let everyone know as soon as I do. Projects like this are never easy and often times unanticipated challenges pop up that can quite frankly be very frustrating, but we'll get there. I personally am looking forward to an uneventful winter. Stay Tuned.

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07/24/2025

Work is moving along well at the transmitter building. All outside work is done. Hope to hear soon that we are ready to fire things back up. Stay tuned, will let you know when we are back on the air