Did your TV antenna channels disappear on your Roku Smart TV. if so here is how you fix it.
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- My friend Robbie AKA The Happy satellite nerd basically made the video I was going to make talking about the channels I am missing because of some zip code GPS glitch thing going on but when you disconnect the internet all the channels come back. so I resorted to using a ATSC converter box again. Because I love using my smart TVs smart features. Lol
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So I got a phone call this morning from one of my cousins who uses TV antenna and none of our local channels were there.
and her family enjoys Watching MeTV on 10.3.
I run a Facebook page called SooAntenna.
So my friend Trevor and I looked at the settings and realize we have to take off the IP internet channels just to make the antenna work again
I'm not sure if this was a mistake in an update Roku did yesterday or last night because I think my antenna was working yesterday or the day before. Or Roku is trying to hide Free TV antenna channels. who knows
Or just a mistake with our postal code / zip code
Anybody else in my area having the same problem with the same or similar TV.
Algoma / EUP
P6B 3G2
49783
Anybody else having the same problem that doesn't even live in this area let me know in the comments
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THANKS A MILLION! Finally solved my problem. Received a Roku tv for Christmas and was ready to pull back out my tv with white spots just to somewhat see my channels I get with the digital antenna.😅
You’re welcome and I’m surprised people are still having problems with this. I thought they would’ve fixed it. What a weird update.
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I bought my TV and one for my grandparents a couple of years ago for Christmas also
Thanks! I was looking for this video. What I had to do was checked "hide streaming channels" first. Then I rescanned my channels under the cable option, because I have a cable connection. That restored my local and antenna channels, then I went back into settings and un - checked "hide streaming channels" and now everything is back like before. I have CNN, MSNBC, Bravo and others back! Thanks so much for sharing.
You’re welcome happy to hear it worked for you.
Now I’m having a new problem it’s locked out certain channels I had to resort to using a ATSC converter box I was gonna make a video in the future talking about it.
Pretty cool you could still hook up a cable connection to your TV in your area. in my area. It has not been like that in about 10 years you need a cable box here and if you don’t use one, you just get one test pattern and channel now. And a couple of years ago you got a couple of music channels now you get nothing.
Finally someone who actually help. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Hey, you’re welcome I just wish companies like this (like Roku) didn’t keep changing their stuff and doing updates to lockout features. For example, I’m now missing antenna. channels because of my ZIP Code. if I disconnect the Internet, the channels come back.
Why fix what’s not broken. and now it is broken.
I’m happy to help with this problem.
I’m guessing you couldn’t find other videos and how did you find mine?
Thanks for watching and commenting
After I got back my OTA channels, I went back and unchecked the hide streaming channels box, now it works as it did before the loss of OTA channels ....once again... thanks 😊
Thanks, worked for me also
We had the same problem in East Texas. Thank you for sharing this information! Very helpful!
You’re welcome.
thanks for watching
Thanks !! I tried calling Roku but there was an hour and a half wait to talk to someone . This is badly designed software . The broadcast channels should be in a different icon from the streaming channels.
This occurred in a new Westinghouse Roku TV in the mid Atlantic East Coast of the US
Cool thanks for letting me know and didn’t know Westinghouse made Roku TVs?
I like having both of them combined especially for my family. It was just easier but now it doesn’t work.
But I do like the idea of having it in two separate apps /channels, in case you don’t want to combine them. I myself personally would probably not want to combine them unless I was setting up a TV for a friend or relative or a senior citizen.
They do have it separate, but you have to dig through the Roku TV channel app then you find the live channels.
don’t know why they went that route like you said just have a separate input or app basically for the live IP channels
And you were on hold for that long
feels like contacting a Internet or cable company.
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I didn't mention that they said they were having bad weather (snow?) Near their call center but most places now understaff human customer service reps anyway so ...
Thank you so much! I like having the antenna channels by themselves and didn’t realize the live tv channels were already on the Roku channel.
Hey, you’re welcome I noticed a lot of modern day smart TVs are like this. antenna channels and IP channels together like for example LG. not sure how to turn off on LG but I’ve set up a couple of TV antennas on LG TVs for people
I noticed for some people, including myself. It’s now a little bit harder to access the smart IP Roku channels, but my family mainly uses Pluto nowadays anyway.
Mixed feelings I kind of liked it and didn’t like it together and not together. I guess it matters what I’m trying to do and trying to watch.
Anyway, thanks for watching and commenting
This is clear as mud. Start at the home page and then you do this but first, let me tell you about the 37 other things it could be and then we will go to the antenna and make that work but there are 23 other things I want to tell you about first and THEN we will go back to the start.
Thank you so much this just happened to me. I live in Florida and i was stumped for a couple days trying to figure this out.
You’re welcome
I’m surprised this happened and I’m happy to hear I helped somebody else out
I run a local TV antenna Facebook page in the northern Michigan area and for Ontario Canada and I had like three phone calls and messages that morning.
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Same in Arizona. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you
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To AZ from ON/MI
I uncked & scan for live TV channels & it worked. Thx so much. ❤
Hey, you’re welcome
I wonder when and if Roku is going to fix this properly.
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This has also happened to me in Iowa! This helped me so much! Got my channels back!
Is it still doing it to you I heard it got fixed for some people
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Thanks all the Way From CHICAGO
A think you from the southern point of the great lakes.
and you’re welcome from the northern point of the Great Lakes.
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Thanks for posting this, it helped a great deal, much appreciation from TN!
You're welcome. I didn't imagine I would have so many people messaging me and calling me asking me how to fix this or if they have to reset or delete stuff off the TV
You're welcome from 1 mile up from northern Michigan/ in Ontario
To you in Tennessee
THANK YOU!I have been trying to figure this out for over a year lol
You're welcome happy to help.
now I'm having other troubles with my TV though some channels are missing because of my zip code
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It happened to us also in Oklahoma. Hope this solution is a long term fix! Thank you.
Thank you for watching and commenting and you’re welcome it helped. I hoped they fix it to how it used to be in an update.
I'm in OKC mines is great but my mother in-law in Clinton doesn't work thanks for helping 🙏🏿
Happy to help did everything work out for you
I'm having new issues now where I'm missing most of my antenna channels but my other TVs can get them
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You can still find the local channels on the Roku Channel guide. They just moved them all to the "recommended" section of the guide. Took me forever to figure that out.
for me, I still think it’s on the Roku channel itself. I don’t think it moved yet for me, but I will double check after.
You are the best, thank you so much. I live in Louisiana.
Hey, you’re welcome. I’m still surprised more people are having this problem and it seems like it’s getting worse.
Some people I talk to it was fixed for a bit and then messed up again.
You saved my day! Thank you!!! Southern Va
You’re welcome
Did it just happened to you now?
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Thanks, works in Arkansas too
Happy to hear it helped.
Now I'm having other troubles with my TV basically zip code it doesn't think I can get certain channels on antenna even though I can so I resorted to using a converter box again
Great job from Indiana!
Happy to hear it helped you
Thank you, sir. I was getting very frustrated
I live in illinois
Happy to hear it helped.
Now I’m having a different problem. Some of my channels are missing because of my ZIP Code, and if I disconnect the Internet, or if I use an antenna box, I get those channels back.
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Wow so CTV 2 Sault Ste Marie still exists. Other CTV stations in different areas of Canada like Sydney shut down the analog channels over a year ago.
Yeah good old CHBX MCTV CTV Northern Ontario still exist on channel 2 here.
One of the antenna databases online did say digital channel 13 but that never happened.
CHCH channel 38 is gone either because they shut it off or it died and didn't bother fixing it or the UHF repack removed it a couple of years ago channel 38 to 69 gone for LTE and 5G.
but I do have some but I do have some older videos of CHCH on my channel.
Sorry if I kind of rushed all my channels I want to show people how to fix it I've already had two phone calls about this problem
Here's the channels I get
2 CTV CHBX
4.1 NBC 7&4.sometimes
4.2 ABC 29&8.sometimes
4.3 comet.sometimes
6.1 PBS wcmu.sometimes
6.2 PBS Kids.sometimes
6.3 create/world.sometimes
6.4 Michigan learning .dxing
8.1 ABC 29&8
8.2 NBC 7&4
8.3 charge
10.1 CBS 9 and 10
10.2 local 32 Fox
10.3 MeTV
10.4 Laff
10.5 Shopping Channel
10.6 Shopping Channel
10.7 Grit
12.1 global Toronto
Was getting a whole bunch of channels on 28.1 to 28.7 but lost them now
And 30.1 was showing 9 and 10 Northern Michigan webcams thanks so was 28.3 or 4
Sorry for the long, just thought you might find that interesting
More up-to-date local than 10 information check out my Facebook page search for Soo antenna
Thank you so much. It worked! In NV
Thank you this was driving me nuts
Happy to hear it works for you. I know some other people are still having issues and now I’m having a different issue. I’m missing half of my channels for some reason.
I plan on talking to them. Personally, I got disconnected once on the phone with Roku and I plan on making an update video in the future.
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In Tx your info was great I'm fixed tks
You're welcome happy to help.
There's some other problems too going on now with local channels being missing because of zip codes.
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Thanks just cut the cord a week ago been with Comcast exactly 23 yrs and figured I spend over 27k to watch commercials and a ton of channels i didn't like plus paying $220.00 a month. It was killing me turning on the TV and the channels were in the thousands when I just wanted the 72 local ones my antenna got. I'm like 20 mi south of Detroit.
Nice you must get a lot of Detroit programming like the CBS and PBS affiliates. The same ones I get on cable in my area.
Happy to hear you are not having any problems with your Roku TV like other people are having.
Right now some of my channels are missing, but my other TVs can pick it up so I have to use a converter box
Like I’m supposed to be picking up 12 channels but it’s hiding five of them.
Thanks for watching and commenting double check and see if your TV is hiding any of your channels.
Thank you very much!!
You’re welcome but now I’m having another problem with some of my channels are missing but a normal TV in the house can get it so I have to hook up an antenna converter box to the Roku TV just to watch all my channels.
It’s funny when I scan the antenna channels, it shows I have like 13 of them and then when I click continue, I lose about five of them I’ll make a video talking about it in the future
Thanks for watching and commenting. Happy to hear this video helped.
It happened to me and in in Detroit but unfortunately this didn’t work for me but thanks 😊
Your welcome sorry it didn’t work for you
I don't use an antenna...i have cable hooked up to the back. I tried using my neighbor's Wi-Fi and didn't like it so I tried to go back to watching TV now I can't find any channels on your home screen and finding channels and I've reset TV and everything I don't know what to do
When I go to live TV and it says push input to scan for channels it won't do anything and yes the coax cable is hooked up with the wall and TV
Does your cable system still support analog or digital cable through the cable cord. if not you need to get a set-top box or see if your cable company has an app.
If you want to tell me the name of your cable company I might have a rough idea.
If your cable company somehow still supports analog or has free digital channels over the cable cord it could be similar to my situation where you're missing certain channels because of a zip code postal code problem
Roku didn't update a while back when I first started having that problem because where I live and I'm picking up channels from a different state it wants to block them out.
The only way you can get your antenna or cable to work is by disconnecting the internet
Did the cable work before you did the internet Wi-Fi password
Tyvm for this!
You’re welcome. happy to help.
Thank you for watching and commenting.
Now I’m having another issue where I am missing some of my antenna channels plan to make an updated video about that the future.
Our tv will show antenna tv channels only when you first check to hide streaming channels. But after you exit live tv it goes back to streaming only showing, even with the hide streaming option still checked🤦🏻♂️
Oh that’s weird sounds like your TV is glitched
Don’t factory reset it.
just reset the TV or turn it on and off if you can’t find that in settings, just unplug it and plug it back in see if that works
Or disable fast start
When you turn your TV on, do you see the logo for your TV?
@debbiegolden-alvarez9555 this work for some people and it didn’t work for others I noticed. a cable box wouldn’t work for TV antenna stuff you could probably go to Walmart and buy a ATSC converter box. They usually range between $20-$60.
But at this point, I would just contact Roku and tell them the issue and tell them multiple people are having this issue.
Why would we need to buy a digital box for a digital TV? The main reason why we got new TVs to begin with.
Thank you for watching and commenting. Sorry it didn’t work for you.
The hide streaming channels is not on on my tv at all when it was on it when trying to fix it numerous times
Interesting I want to try to help you with this
You follow the steps and looked through it, and you still don’t see it. like the option is not even there.
I’ll double check my TV after and make another reply.
I’m guessing you have an antenna hooked up and you can get your channels anymore.
@@GROUPGALAXYEntertainment yes , I went to Roku community support and I guess everyone is encountering the same issues with not being able to see antenna channels at all 👎
I know in the state there's some kind of law with being able to watch your local channels for free By antenna. I'm not sure if that's the case in Canada even though I'm from here and live here LOL.
But I think roku's going to have a lot of complaints on this
Try contacting them directly let me know what happens I will try to
Thank you! That worked!
You’re welcome happy to help. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Now I’m having other issues with mine. losing antenna channels.
I’m supposed to be getting 10.1/10.2/10.3/10.4/10.5/10.6/10.7
But I’m only getting 10.1 and 10.2 for some reason on my Roku TV but I get them on the other TVs and the ATSC box, and I have plugged into the Roku TV I get them
Yup I have the same problem same tv in New England. It’s a pain in the ass
I'm happy it helped and it fixed your problem.
But
I'm having another problem now basically a zip code error it's locking out channels I should be picking up when I scan it shows I have that many channels but then the TV purposely hides and removes about five channels.
Never thought I would have to be using a converter box again in 2023 2024.
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@@GROUPGALAXYEntertainment try unplugging the tv for a minute or 2 I’ve had strange problems with mine and I unplugged for a few and it worked I actually called the tv manufacturer and that’s what they said to try. When all else fails unplug they said. It worked
Yep I done this and I called them one time and i got disconnected.
my grandparents TV was still getting these channels and then I did an update and they lost all all the same channels.
Add same with some clients I have in my area for my Facebook antenna page. @SooAntenna also have the same problems and had to resort to using a antenna box again or different TV.
Thank you problem solve!!! Mo
Hey, you’re welcome thanks for watching and commenting.
Must be a roku issue, i just put up a ota antenna for a older lady and her tv scans 42 channels ,but then it hidden the next time i look for it, crazy.. shame on roku. Also in michigan. Im not going to recommend another roku tv to anybody.
Yeah, I feel kind of the same way right now for Roku until they fix this problem if they fix this problem.
Are you able to hide the IP channels to get the antenna channels working?
Did you happen to get the channels working or every time you turn on the TV or reset TV they disappear?
Might need a converter box temporarily sadly, and didn’t think I’d be saying that nowadays with new TVs
I don’t see a person buying a brand new TV unless they use it for antenna only.
Thanks!
You’re welcome I’m guessing it worked for you.
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I Don’t Have The Antenna Tv Icon Anymore 😣 Won’t Let Me Get It Back I’m In Kck
Interesting and I had to Google where KCK was the third letter messed me up
Google told me Kansas City I don't know if this is right
Check your settings and see if you can somehow get it back by checking and checking the things I show in the video
And go to live TV if that's an option on the main screen
I labeled my antenna but I'm pretty sure it's originally called live TV.
Comment back if you need any other help
I live in Ohio & it happened to me as well
This is crazy and annoying that we’re still having this problem and I posted the video almost a year ago.
I Hope my video helped.
Now I’m having a new problem where some of my antenna channels are missing, but I get them on different TVs so I have to have a converter box plugged into my TV.
Thanks for watching and commenting.