MooMooMooMoo

All I want is my local stations. No indoor antenna will work where I live. I'm trying to get permission from the local Mobile home HOA to put up an outdoor rooftop.Best Buy stated on the phone if I use their installation service & the reception doesn't cut it, there would be no charge.

I can't afford to pay Comcast over $60 a month for something I used to get for free.

Dear god, the networks are greedy. They still get the advertising revenue that they got when one could actually receive TV over the air; & then they tack on $30-$50 in supposed fees.

All I want to watch is local sports, news & politics. Where I live an indoor antenna is worthless; amplified or not. I can't afford comcast's television prices (my only option other than dish where I live).

DJariya

You cannot get "free" local networks via streaming. The networks charge retransmission fees. Anyone who claims to have it for "free" is pirating a signal. That's how Locast got into trouble and eventually shut down.

There are a few "free" streaming apps that televise local newscasts from select markets. Like Haystack News, NewsOn, Local Now. And your local market news station may also have a free ad supported streaming app.

and CNN, NBC News, CBS News also have free live streaming apps.

But, you're not going to get "free" local sports networks. It's all on paid services.

MooMooMooMoo

The way to get it is to live near the broadcast towers & use an antenna. They are still broadcasting over the air, but many of us can't receive it. The stations are being extremely greedy. Their revenue has probably increased by 1000% since many people HAD to get cable to get television. And the reason why: Digital TV takes up much less bandwidth than analog. The "spare" PUBLIC bandwidth created was sold to the cell phone companies at pennies on the dollar.

I was just HOPING in these already inflationary times, that someone might know of an option that I don't.

Nick Danger

I can get local news through Roku on Haystack News. I don't watch sports, so I can't help you there.

MooMooMooMoo

Do you get the full news broadcast in real time?

DJariya

I also suggested Haystack News in my post. Yes, you get the full newscast. I also suggested a few others.

TomOpus

Hopefully the HOA will approve. Especially if you can find an outdoor antenna that looks nice.

Alan Smithee

I thought the FCC decided outdoor antennas can’t be banned?

I had one at my apartment but had to move it inside as the cable used for it now delivers my internet. It still gets most of the local stations and some out of town on good days, if it didn’t work I would just do without them though.

kefrank

By law, your HOA can't prevent you from installing an outdoor antenna nor can they impose an onerous process of obtaining permission to do so (assuming your mobile home isn't on the National Register of Historic Places and your HOA doesn't already offer a central antenna that all the properties can tap into). All the relevant info about the law is here:
https://www.groundedreason.com/tv-antennas-fcc-hoa/

MooMooMooMoo

Hopefully it will receive the stations!

MooMooMooMoo

Thank you, this may be very helpful.