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Tuesday, April 16, 2019

SIX YEARS WITHOUT TV - THIS IS AN UPDATE ON MY UPDATE ON MY ARTICLE "THINK YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT TV? Hmmm.".

Dear Readers:
 
Can you believe it - 6 years without TV!!!!  Other than to stream an old series, or an old movie, I don't watch the thing.  

I do have some updates on the old time radio shows I listen to on my 'puter or kindle.  
  • Rumsey Retro no longer streams.

  • Stations mentioned in the 2/16/15 post that are still operating.
    1. WNAR
    2. Old Time Radio Fan 
  • New stations:
    1. Antioch Old Time Radio
    2. Crimetime Old Time Radio
    3. 20th Century Radio 
If you type in their names in your search bar, you will be able to find the links.

Of course there are many more stations, some devoted to a particular genre, i.e. comedy, soap opera, etc.  

Enjoy!


2/16/15

Dear Readers:
Well, it has been two years without TV.  Don't miss it at all, in fact, hardly even think about it.  I did find another old time radio station (Rumsey Retro Radio out of Alberta, Canada) that I really like, so now I have three that I listen to on iTunes on my computer and on Tune-In on my Kindle.  If you are interested, here are the links:

11/23/13
Dear Readers:

I wanted to update on our 'experiment' of living without TV.  I published the below article on April 8th of this year, which is now making the length of this experiment almost one year.  Actually, I can't believe it has been that long.  We REALLY don't miss it at all.  Ah, you say, "that can't be true."  Well, it is.  The advice I gave about belonging to Netflex and Amazon Prime, using Wii and our Roku, and streaming old time radio shows on the computer still stands.   We actually have time to work on other projects.  And it is amazing how quickly the time passes.  As I say at the end of the article - "You really won't miss the TV."

4/3/13

"About three months ago, my husband and I decided we had enough of cable/dish television (see the latest article about 'no' TV people - click HERE) paying over $80 per month for "200" channels with no premium channels.  

Now, you have to understand that those "200" channels included at least 18 or more 'advertising' channels, about 108 plus radio/music channels, 13 Spanish / Chineese / Koran speaking channels, and 20 or more sports channels.  In my book that leaves about 40 plus regular TV channels.  All in all it just wasn't worth the money, especially when you would have that occasional evening you wanted to watch TV and there was not anything worthwhile watching.  
Like the people in the article mentioned above, we don't miss it!  We have Netflex and Amazon Prime - combined cost of both is less than $15 a month,  We use our Wii and our Roku (costs about $58 at Walmart) to stream to our TVs when we want to watch a movie or an older TV show, and both of these come with free streaming programs similar to Netflex.  

I personally like to stream old time radio shows - i.e. Johnny Dollar, Gunsmoke, Dragnet, the Lone Ranger, Suspense, to name a few.  (Links to old time radio shows - WNAR   Old Time Radio Fan  and Old Time Radios Shows).  What's nice is I can do this on my computer while I'm working on my web page, etc.  

The upside of all of this is we save over $80 a month, feel much less tension, and have total control over when and what we want to watch or hear.  If you're thinking about doing this, my advice is to go ahead.  You really won't miss the TV!"

Helen

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