[tasha]

Think in terms of money instead of conservative/liberal. Rural areas tend to be less affluent than metropolitan areas. The big divide in who had and who didn't have early TV's in the Appalachians was the cable system. Technically my town is just a hop skip and a jump by signal standards from several broadcast stations. The issue for good reception is whether there is a mountain in the way. Of course there are a dozen or more in the way and so that fueled the development of cable TV. I still find pieces of the original system that was run in the late 40's when I dig around certain areas of the yard. And of course, in the rural areas, if it was beyond repair, the dump was the place to go. My parents bought a new '55 Philco before they married. What way to start, in debt with the latest entertainment device! It was a good one tho, lasted until 1968.