Ahhhhh the good ole days..........

[ViperHorn]

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.

 

[Giovanni Jones]

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.

To which I say, Good For Y’all!

 

[Texex81]

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.

 

[mb227]

Remember when you had to walk over to the TV and actually touch the thing to change channels? Times were tough back then, kids these days don’t understand the struggle.

Don't forget...we had to walk uphill both directions to GET the channel-locks before we could then trudge to the television console...

 

[Texex81]

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.

and I was the remote control for our tv!

 

[Mike the Texan]

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

 

[Austin_Bill]

Miss the old Curtiss Mathis giant

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.

Literal struggles, man. I had an older brother and oftentimes we wouldn't agree on what to watch on Friday nights. Our debates over the selection from three (3!) channels tended to become quite physical by the time a resolution was reached.

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.

 

[Austin_Bill]

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.

 

[WorsterMan]

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.

 

[BurntOrangeLH]

Dad had 3 boys. He wasn't going to spend money on a rotor motor....

Must have been hell in thunderstorms.

 

[BevoJoe]

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.

Yep! We did the same thing. Hated that blackout rule.