Our TV picked up ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, and one or two independent TV channels from New York. Our antenna was on a rotator so that you could point it in the optimal location for each.
After my dad divorced wife #2 and traded up to wife #3, he moved into her place for a few years in the mid-80’s… They were on a high ridge halfway between Concord, N.H, and the seacoast. House had a 40 foot aerial with a rotor and one of those huge channelmaster antennas. It was absolute gold for TV reception.
Get this:
WGBH - 2 out of Boston
WCAX - 3 out of Burlington, Vt. or point the antenna southwest and get WFSB - 3 out of Hartford, Ct.
WBZ - 4 and WCVB - 5 out of Boston,
WCSH - 6 out of Portland, Maine,
WHDH - 7 out of Boston,
WMTW - 8 out of Portland,
WMUR - 9 out of Manchester, N.H,
WCBB - 10 out of Portland Maine, or WJAR - 10 out of Providence, R.I. (that was early mornings mostly)
WENH - 11 out of Durham NH,
WPRI - 12 out of Providence, R.I. (also only early mornings)
WGME - 13 out of Portland Maine
WNHT - 21 out of Concrd, NH (it didn’t last long…)
WXNE - 25 out of Boston (Now it’s a Fox channel, WFXT)
WMEA - 26 out of Portland, Maine
WHLL - 27 out of Worchester, Mass, that went adult after hours… If you had an analogue pulse cross generator you could watch the naughty films… otherwise it was scrambled - I remember my younger brother madly trying to watch the fuck films while the picture danced and shook! LOL!
WSBK - 38 out of Boston… Red Sox games anyone?
WGBX - 44 off of Cape Cod (mornings mostly)
WNDS - 50 out of Manchester, NH. (had Al Kaprelian, a local meterologist, who was actually the ONLY weatherman to call out that “perfect storm” in 1992 (the one that a movie was made about) and warn people about it… Short dude who was kinda goofy but absolutely knew his shit…)
WLVI - 56 - had the Creature Double Feature monster movies on Saturady afternoons in the 70’s…
WVJV - 66 - aka “v66” which tried to be an MTV clone but lasted 4 or 5 years and is now a spanish network channel…
WQTV - 68 out of Boston…
More TV channels on that spot than anywhere I’d lived, including the Bay Area in California.
Our TV got 1-5 channels depending on the weather. Our antenna rotator was one person outside turning the tube that held the antenna and one person inside saying “A little more! A little more! No, go back! Go back!”
I remember visiting a rich person’s home and his son showing me his cable TV. He was bragging that he could watch Dukes of Hazard on the regular channel at 4pm and a cable channel also had the Dukes at 7pm.
Two Dukes of Hazards in a day?! That’s how rich folks live!!
Our TV picked up ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, and one or two independent TV channels from New York. Our antenna was on a rotator so that you could point it in the optimal location for each.
Oh man… antenna rotors were the best!
After my dad divorced wife #2 and traded up to wife #3, he moved into her place for a few years in the mid-80’s… They were on a high ridge halfway between Concord, N.H, and the seacoast. House had a 40 foot aerial with a rotor and one of those huge channelmaster antennas. It was absolute gold for TV reception.
Get this:
WGBH - 2 out of Boston WCAX - 3 out of Burlington, Vt. or point the antenna southwest and get WFSB - 3 out of Hartford, Ct. WBZ - 4 and WCVB - 5 out of Boston, WCSH - 6 out of Portland, Maine, WHDH - 7 out of Boston, WMTW - 8 out of Portland, WMUR - 9 out of Manchester, N.H, WCBB - 10 out of Portland Maine, or WJAR - 10 out of Providence, R.I. (that was early mornings mostly) WENH - 11 out of Durham NH, WPRI - 12 out of Providence, R.I. (also only early mornings) WGME - 13 out of Portland Maine WNHT - 21 out of Concrd, NH (it didn’t last long…) WXNE - 25 out of Boston (Now it’s a Fox channel, WFXT) WMEA - 26 out of Portland, Maine WHLL - 27 out of Worchester, Mass, that went adult after hours… If you had an analogue pulse cross generator you could watch the naughty films… otherwise it was scrambled - I remember my younger brother madly trying to watch the fuck films while the picture danced and shook! LOL! WSBK - 38 out of Boston… Red Sox games anyone? WGBX - 44 off of Cape Cod (mornings mostly) WNDS - 50 out of Manchester, NH. (had Al Kaprelian, a local meterologist, who was actually the ONLY weatherman to call out that “perfect storm” in 1992 (the one that a movie was made about) and warn people about it… Short dude who was kinda goofy but absolutely knew his shit…) WLVI - 56 - had the Creature Double Feature monster movies on Saturady afternoons in the 70’s… WVJV - 66 - aka “v66” which tried to be an MTV clone but lasted 4 or 5 years and is now a spanish network channel… WQTV - 68 out of Boston…
More TV channels on that spot than anywhere I’d lived, including the Bay Area in California.
Our TV got 1-5 channels depending on the weather. Our antenna rotator was one person outside turning the tube that held the antenna and one person inside saying “A little more! A little more! No, go back! Go back!”
I remember visiting a rich person’s home and his son showing me his cable TV. He was bragging that he could watch Dukes of Hazard on the regular channel at 4pm and a cable channel also had the Dukes at 7pm.
Two Dukes of Hazards in a day?! That’s how rich folks live!!
Dukes of Hazard…
Fck’n Cletus!
LOL!