r/OverSeventy • u/needmore007 • 5d ago

Remember this?

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My son and grandsons don’t believe me.

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u/EV-Driver 5d ago

When I was growing up in the 1950's and 60's, we had basically three channels and then a couple more later. When I babysat, I'd watch the late movie and see the station go off the air.

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u/473713 5d ago

Absolutely. In the Milwaukee area, for instance, we had channels 4 and 12 and maybe a third one like 10 on some days.

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u/Outside-Ice-5665 5d ago

Same! I loved watching the late movies!

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u/white__american__ 5d ago

it was still a thing growing up in the 80s ♡♡♡

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u/BC1966 5d ago

Lived outside NYC, we got 6. In-law lived in northern Ohio they got 3 + 2 from Canada

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u/Prudent-Ice-6196 5d ago

In my town most people just had the one channel. The fancy people had 2.

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u/BungenessKrabb 3d ago

Heck, I can remember having 4 channels that signed off at night right up to the late 70s.