Poor reception on several channels of the Extended Basic package.

I live in St. Louis and have the Basic Extended Cable package and there are about 5 channels that come in really poorly if at all. It wouldn't be so bad, but, one of them is the Guide channel which is really irritating. I really don't want to go to Digital Cable since that would mean putting a box on every TV. The TV in our bedroom is mounted on a wall with nothing nearby on which to place a converter box. I'm about ready to ditch them and put a digital antenna on my roof and rewire the inside cabling to use it.