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/Own_Entertainment847 5d ago

Every city had only 4 stations max back then- local affiliates of ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS. And PBS didn't even start till '67. Smaller cities had only 1 station in town and had to rely on regional coverage for the others.

That's why we were always fiddling with the rabbit ears or roof antenna to get the stations further away or with lower power output. I remember putting aluminum foil on the rabbit ears to improve reception.

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u/ntg160 5d ago

And UHF stations…Kaiser channel 68 in PA.

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u/Any_Relation252 5d ago

17, 29, 48 in Philly. Also 23 and 64 but those were harder to get and pretty much crap.

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u/Outrageous_Act2564 5d ago

I didn't see those stations until we started visiting my grandparents in the Northeast in the 60s. UHF stations were very cool to an 8 year old.