{"id":7986,"date":"2015-07-08T14:35:54","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T19:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gomohu.com\/?p=7986"},"modified":"2021-10-15T13:10:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T18:10:28","slug":"over-the-air-tv-better-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gomohu.com\/blog\/over-the-air-tv-better-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Over-the-Air TV in the US and CA: Quality and choice better than ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

Antennas have come a long way from a clothes hanger over your old TV. The channels you can receive with your antenna<\/a> have also come a long way in both quality and variety. As of June 2015, there are 119 national over-the-air TV networks covering the United States and Canada. (Not counting all the small regional networks.) With the move to digital broadcasting, more channels than ever are available over the air. No longer do you receive just 4 or 5 channels like your grandfather did. Many people receive over 40+ channels.<\/p>\n

A quick survey of the Cord Cutters News<\/a> Facebook fans and \/r\/cordcutters<\/a> subreddit shows the average cord cutter is receiving about 48 channels for FREE\u00a0<\/strong>over the air with their antenna.<\/p>\n

So what can you expect? Let\u2019s look at a few of the larger cities in the United States and Canada and count the main channels\u2014not the sub channels<\/a>, like MeTV, etc. (We used TVfool.com<\/a> as our source for these numbers, and we only counted channels reportedly picked up by an indoor antenna.)<\/p>\n

New York, NY: 30
\nLos Angeles, CA: 37
\nChicago, IL: 29
\nHouston, TX: 30
\nPhiladelphia, PA: 18
\nMontreal, Quebec: 9
\nToronto, Ontario: 10<\/p>\n

(Expect to find 1-3 sub channels, like MeTV or ION Television, for every main channel, like Fox or ABC.)<\/p>\n

So other than the big four networks ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC, here is a taste of some of the non-major networks you could expect to find for FREE\u00a0<\/strong>with an antenna, and the percentage of area they cover in the United States.<\/p>\n