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ozbonus | 5 years ago

This was the first time I've watched live broadcast US TV since leaving the country ten years ago. Are there any shows on, or is every channel besides PBS just advertisements all day?

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bane|5 years ago

Try listening to a music radio station sometime. I turned one on for the first time a 10 years a couple weeks ago and in a 45 minute drive heard approximately 2 songs. The entire rest was station identifiers and commercials.

Ed314159|5 years ago

The non-commercial band in the United States is 88-92FM. All the best (many college) stations will be in this band: KFJC, WFMU, KEXP... Radio is alive and well in the U.S., its just not commercial radio.

Hendrikto|5 years ago

Most of the time, I prefer silence to the radio. It is really bad…

mfkp|5 years ago

That's why I pay ~$5/mo for satellite radio. I don't even drive that much but it's worth it to not listen to ads the whole time.

Xunxi|5 years ago

AM radio stations work for me, none of the twaddle and blather that you experience on FM stations. There's also a lot more productive content on AM radio.

mysterydip|5 years ago

Even PBS has ads nowadays. At the beginning of a show, "sesame street was brought to you today by support from viewers like you, and..." (ad for abcmouse, some minivan, etc plays)

jlcummings|5 years ago

The advertisers (?) are different, but more than 35 (!) years ago, I remember the same format, just different sponsors for different programming.

compsciphd|5 years ago

example from 1982: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtU6H5j6ozc

nojito|5 years ago

PBS has always been like that. That's how public broadcasting works.

aahhahahaaa|5 years ago

yeah holy crow it has gotten way worse? are episodes shorter or something? I think I just sat through 5 minutes of ads.

kevin_thibedeau|5 years ago

Hour shows are 40 minutes. Half hour are 18.

neuralRiot|5 years ago

I was thinking the same just days ago after watching a live broadcast since the shutting down of analog TV (never bothered to install an antenna even after buying a new HD TV) i said to myself, no wonder cord cutting is a thing, for every 2 minutes of content you get 15 of mind numbing ads.

LeoPanthera|5 years ago

At the time you posted this, it was late evening / overnight.

Most programming is on earlier.