Life was so much simpler when there were only 3 channels, 3 6 & 10 from Phila and tv sets had a pair of rabbit ears atop them. My father once sent a fan letter, the only one he ever wrote, to John Facenda.
It can still be simple and inexpensive, just get an antenna and dump cable. Does anyone really need to see Appalachian Outlaws or Moonshine Moguls or 24 hour weather?