Until the NFL lifted the blackout restrictions, in order to watch the Cowboys' home games we had a wide antenna on top of a 50-foot pole with a rotor so we could swing and pickup Channel 12 in Sherman or Channel 7 in Tyler which were outside the blackout zone.
OMG, before we got the stupid antenna, we would take a road trip if the game was big enough. Good times.
Don't forget...we had to walk uphill both directions to GET the channel-locks before we could then trudge to the television console...
At UT in the late 80's, Austin had ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS and independent KBVO (now the CBS affiliate). All were off the air by midnight, with the exception of KBVO. They played "Hart to Hart" and "Knight Rider" reruns every night. Since me and my roommate were too cheap to pay for cable, we watched every episode of both there series multiple times. - Mike
That's a name from the past, I remember they prided themselves on being American made and costing a little more but being worth it. Friday night was always Midnight Special followed by a monster movie. Saturday night was always Saturday night live followed by sneaking out the house to meet up with friends.
BTW Being a child of the 80's my dad got this Satellite dish that was about 6 feet across and had it mounted on a poll at the top of our roof and it would automatically rotate when a satellite was picked. He also had a de-scrambler but didn't need it when we found the satellite with the Spice channel. I learned a lot, but mostly that I was not blessed with the talent to be a Porn star.
I remember my Dad driving me & my brother to hotels outside the DFW area to rent a room to watch blacked-out Cowboy games - mostly big conference games or playoff games. This was back in the mid-to-late 60's - early 70's. We would rent the room, bring in pizza or sandwiches, watch the game and go home. Had not thought about that in a long time... good memories.
