While I do have personal and professional interest in Boston and Detroit, that you are getting Buffalo might make this a worth while experiment, even if it just gets me through the Holidays.
I do occasionally find this of value.
Buffalo stations know that they attract viewers from Toronto and usually their weather reports include the golden horseshoe. When the recent incident happened at the Rainbow Bridge, the US cable networks depended upon local Buffalo reporters to provide coverage.
Can you give me a specific loop model, and a from where?
The most popular design resembles a flat rectangular sheet of plastic, with a coax cable coming out of it that attaches directly to the tuner. Some of the more elaborate models include a small signal amplifier that plugs into the wall. In my experience, sometimes the amplifier helps, sometimes it does not.
The design is pretty standard and most of the brands are unrecognizable so it's hard for me to
The item is too niche for most mainstream television stores to stock. Most of the companies that specialize in over-the-air signals, such as "The Antenna Guys" (http://theantennaguys.com/), make their money installing large antennas on rooftops or apartment balconies. So I would suggest your best bet comes from online stores that appear to stock quite a few.