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For those with U-Tube TV

Mom2Dogs — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:02:23 GMT

We have UTube TV for watching TV...thru Frontier. We have only had this service for 3 months and really with no issues.

The last two days we have had a problemwith our local channel not showing up on our Live channels..it just disappeared yesterday!

Now we are getting news out of Columbus...Yes, I did check the settings on the app and our zipcode is correct.

I did see that Fronteir has merged...I think with Verison, I wonder if they are having issues?

I tried doing a chat...what an issue! It is hard to get past their automated chat, I will call on Monday if I can't get it fixed on my own.

And yes, we have shut the TV off, unplugged and turned back on.

Thanks

Re: For those with U-Tube TV

Ainhisg — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:33:19 GMT

You don't have to wait until Monday to call. Here's the number, and if you get a message that they will return your call, they will. There is an active YTTV Facebook group that addresses these problems frequently. It's called YouTubeTV if you're interested in joining.

Re: For those with U-Tube TV

Mom2Dogs — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:51:16 GMT

@Ainhisg Great, thank you

Re: For those with U-Tube TV

conlt — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:40:44 GMT

I have You Tube TV and really like it. I stream my TV over my Internet which is Comcast. Comcast has nothing else to do with You Tube TV.

Is Frontier your Internet Provider?

I think the problem you are having is that You Tube TV might not have a contract with your local stations. That is my guess.

Last year, I lost ABC TV locally because there was a contract dispute between You Tube TV and the ABC affiliates.

I would check with You Tube TV as to why you do not get your local news. etc

Re: For those with U-Tube TV

Kachina624 — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:41:19 GMT

@Mom2Dogs. I went through a period when I was getting a station in and local news from El Paso, Tx., in which I wasn't remotely interested since I'm in the Albuquerque area.

As I recall, I took the steps you've taken and sent YouTubeTV a message every day. After a week or little more, it was corrected.

Re: For those with U-Tube TV

Mom2Dogs — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:58:34 GMT

@conlt Hmm, we had our local channel when we signed up, I will have to check I guess. You think we would have been notified. Thank you

Re: For those with U-Tube TV

Mom2Dogs — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 17:00:23 GMT

@Kachina624 Ha, ha. I will have to try that..it is irritating when one day every thing is ok and the next it is not. I had to go thru and remove all sport channels and a couple other things we never watch a couple of times before my chanages took effect.

We do like the streaming service and the app is easy to navigate on my laptop.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 17:21:17 GMT

@Mom2Dogs. I also have an interior antenna on each of my TVs. Easy to install and use. If wifi goes out or in the situation you describe, I just switch over to "antenna" and can watch all the local stations + QVC.

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shoekitty — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 20:25:50 GMT

@Mom2Dogs hooe you figure it out. We don't have YouTube, but we have Frontier. Our town hardly offers anything else. We have found there is literally no way to speak with a real person. Everything is chat. When our internet goes out, and it does a lot with this company, we can't event contact them. It's unreal. I let my husband deal with it, as I to,d him not to get that company. lol.

Re: For those with U-Tube TV

Mom2Dogs — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:47:31 GMT

...so odd, we have 3 televisions all with UTube TV...1 television set will get our local channel the other two will not....we have unplugged and plugged back in all the TV's and turned back on...still no local channel on the two sets.

I have gone into the app multiple times and made sure the zip code is correct and that the network we want is active, sigh.... I am going to have to call them today.

I also joined the Facegroup book that was mentioned, the suggestions mentioned were things I have already done. It is just really odd

thanks,

Re: For those with U-Tube TV

Shanus — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:26:55 GMT

Direct TV here and we do have YouTube on our TV. We just added Disney+ and Hula (1 month free trial). I'm not sure we need it...don't see many shows I'd watch. We'll probably stay with Amazon Prime, Netflix and HBO/Max.

Re: For those with U-Tube TV

Mom2Dogs — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:48:21 GMT

STILL having an issue with UTube TV not holding our local channel, which we are supposed to be getting. I have done everything except stand on my hands to get this resolved.

I thought I had it fixed two weeks ago...we were getting local channel again, then it dropped out earlier this week, and I was able to get it back, this morning, no local channel...I am beyond tired of dealing with this.

UTube has been no help at all...and they barely speak English.

If we can't get this fixed we will have to find another streaming service, which is an exhausting chore...UTube had the most extensive programming for us...any advice, thanks?

Re: For those with U-Tube TV

Spurt — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 23:36:26 GMT

you tube TV always has issues, my sister and friends have it, there always seems to be a contract dispute with some broadcast partner or another.....or a problem with You Tube pulling channels off their lineup....Or like you and several others have had, instead of getting local sports team games on fanduel, they got the dallas team, mavericks....smh

This is why I stick with cable, and the channels I like it would cost me $35 more a month to cut the cord....🙄

Re: For those with U-Tube TV

Mom2Dogs — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 22:26:25 GMT

@Spurt We are saving $80.00 ish a month with Frontier internet and UTube TV, which is worth it...WHEN it WORKS! We were gone most of the day today, came home and to our surprise the local channel is back on!

I am hoping the change is permanent but we shall see.