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RE: No worries - probably one of those fake news stories from the Washinton Compost [nt] ;-)

Posted by JURB (A) on January 8, 2017 at 23:57:35

In Reply to: RE: No worries - probably one of those fake news stories from the Washinton Compost [nt] ;-) posted by mkuller on January 8, 2017 at 20:25:34:

I'll post this, you decide the relevance.

I remember the old days. We only had a few TV channels. Of course we did not spend all day in front of the thing. There were a few givens, even the adults watched Saturday morning cartoons sometimes, and the road runner and coyote did not talk. The background music and effects were orchestral in nature.

Another thing that came along was Star Trek. Kids had choice, shut up or get out. There were no VCRs back then.

Other TV times like Friday night for example, usually it was Big Chuck and Hoolihan, movie hosts and they got the worst movies. And they were great. No culture, cheesy special effects. Remember the firs Outer Limits series ? They literally cranked out an episode every week. It was pretty terrible as well.

But it was entertainment.

Originally we had three channels, then UHF came along. So far so good.

Now we got 300 channels and there is nothing to watch. I am seriously considering that everything that can be written has been written. If you listen to pop/rock, half of it is remakes, and that is the good half.

In other words, more choices does not mean better choices.

In the old days we had locally generated programming. We had local businesses that could afford to advertise on TV.

When the TV station signed off for the night there was a notice that you could write to the FCC if you believe the station had not acted in the public interest and that letter would be reviewed at license renewal time.

I don't run a tuner in the house. In the garage yes, but I do burn CDs for out there. Put on the hillbilly station and the commercials have rap themes. WTF is wrong with them ? Don't they realize their listeners do not want to hear that shit ? It is almost like negative advertising. And another thing I would like to strap them down and do like they did in The Clockwork Orange - Rascal Flats is not country music.

for the classical stations you need a program. The pieces are longer and if you just tune in at random you get the last half of something and the first half of something else.

The local flavor is lost forever, and honestly, looking at this locale these days, it is no big loss.

Rant over.

They want to go all digital because of control. One day I'll have to post about Radio Solidarity. (not here) a group of guys who built a transmitter and overrode the TV sound in Poland in support of the solidarity movement. With digital, such things are impossible and if the TV stations say you can't buy any airtime, you are successfully muted.

Controlled.

As such I have pretty much given up on all of it. I do not have a TV, at least connected.

Ad Norway eliminated cash a long time ago, even checks. Take a check to the bank there and the teller might not know what it is. Now how the hell do they buy a bag of weed there ? How do they have a garage sale ? Oh, the government disapproves because they are not getting their cut. Fukum, the sales tax was paid when it was bought new.

It is all a matter of control. Cars, noone in the US has owned a car in a long time, you own a certificate of title which you but for the price of the car. So they charge sales tax on the new certificate of title they issue you when you buy a used car.

It is all a matter of control. They can give you a million stations but you can only listen to one. But then you'll spend a lifetime finding that one.

That's progress.

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