Friends,
I’ve been threatening to get rid of the absurd fees charged by my satellite television programming provider for a very long time now. Some event, though, has cropped up to stand in the way. Think Beijing Olympics. Think Superbowl. Think college football.
Now, with not much going on, I’m back on the idea of getting rid of this dumb standard definition box, so I’m researching antenna options for over the air broadcasts for some sort of connectivity. At this point, you might think that I’m a fool for trying to pick up local broadcast television and you may be exactly right since local news is roundly the worst. For instance, we had three wildfires raging around my bucolic alpine haven yesterday, but the lead on all of the Los Angeles news stations was about a guy who drowned in his pool and reactions from the public and G-list celebrities to this fellow’s passing, but I digress.
When the Federal Communications Commission decided that analog broadcasts needed to die in favor of digital, they assured us that the broadcast signal strength and reach wouldn’t be affected. Click this link to go to their signal map site and put our Zip Code, 92549, into the search box. (SPOILER: zero results)
So no amount of antenna with no amount of amplification will receive absolutely no stations whatsoever, according to the new map. I used to get a half dozen analog stations.
Can I get season 5 of The Bachelorette online?
Asking for a friend.
– bob