Free TV?

Channels 2-4-7 have always been the network stations on my TV. They were part of the free airways we are guaranteed by the Constitution, I think. This has always been in my lifetime with channels 5-9-11 and 13 as the also rans with cartoons, and Yankee Games.

Don't know when but all that has changed and while the same stations exist it is really hard to understand why there are commercials for channel 9 programming, MY9 on channel 2 and WPIX, then PIX is now the CW and I think owned by CBS! Anderson Cooper from CNN is a regular reporter on CBS' 60 Minutes, it is all very disorienting. When two baseball teams would face one another there was an palpable rivalry among the players, with spikes held high while sliding into second and pitchers brushing back home run hitters. Now when Big Papi rumbles into second he is greeted with a pat on the tush by Derek Jeter, all very disorienting.

At some point we started to be charged for TV other than the 7 channels, deemed as FREE. Cable tauted the fact that there were now options, over 100, 200, 600, channels to choose from. WOW! What a country. At first this luxury cost $14.95 a month, then 19, 29, 45, 60 and our last bill topped out at $194.85 a month. Yikes! but hey quality programming like Honey Boo-Boo, Jersey Shore, Iron Chef, Cupcake Wars, and endless shows about vampires cannot be free in the home of the free and the brave. 

With Optonline, Netflix, You Tube, and Apple TV I am ready for the next wave of must see TV