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Originally Posted by Sandy G
The local stations down here start the "6 o'clock" news at 4 or 5. They have Live at 5 on 5, then rehash the same dopey stuff at 5.30, regurgitate it AGAIN at 6, the networks take over a 6.30, then quite a few of 'em rerun the same 3 stories of a Horrible Wreck on the Interstate at 7 & 7.30 that we've heard about EVERY 30 minutes since 4 or 5.... And just in case you missed it, they dutifully repeat it AGAIN at 11 PM..The ads are even worse-down here, there's some bucktoothed guy w/a cheesy beard/stache who has been the spokesperson for "Johnson City Honda... Johnson City" for AGES, to try to get you believe that you'll get less of a screwing at the JC Honda emporium than you would if you went to the Dastardly cutpurses in Bristol or Kingsport.
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Yes there are also several news hours throughout the day on the locals here too. Fortunately, only so much bad or could-care-less news happens in the Harrisburg-York-Lancaster market, so it seems pretty lame. Only the weather is truly unpredictable
Now for the Philly channels, well that's a different story and the car dealers must shout (especially the NJ dealers, where its even cheaper) how they are simply DESPARATELY INSANE to get rid of the overstock and will NOT LET YOU OUT OF THEIR STORE until a deal is to your liking.
And now for something completely different....
I got used to a 7-inch set when I was a teenager and took my Sony TV-720 "upstate" to the cabin in the late 70s so i wouldn't miss SNL and SCTV.
There was only 12 volts DC and two channels available.
My father-in-law recalls a very popular neighbor in the late '49 hosted "friday night fights" parties similar to Bob's description.
i'll keep working on him to remember if it was a Moto VT71 or RCA 621TS..=)
Fortunately, that town was not limited to the one channel intended to cover the area, but could get all three Philly stations as well.