I appreciate the consolidation of threads. I actually subscribe to appropriate threads and get notified when one of them is updated. To me, there is nothing more frustrating than seeing that there are three new threads that cover information that were included in a thread from last week.
I would rather see fewer threads with more posts because, quite honestly, we haven't had so many different questions lately.
Asking the same question but inserting a different town doesn't warrant a new thread, in my opinion. Maybe a different forum each for OTA, Locals via Satellite, HD (non-local), equipment, etc.
The Voom forum, though I no longer encourage anyone to use the product, is a good model for the forum. I would suggest they still consolidate more, but I think they may have a good point.