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Originally Posted by pbkmaine

Since location is important here, I will tell you that we are near the Savannah Center. Below is an out-of-order summary of the stations we get with the attic antenna Tom put in:
12 Spanish
8 Religious
NBC (Tom will tell you that this one is iffy, but we get it fine)
ABC
CBS
PBS
PBS Create (cooking, home repair, crafts, travel)
PBS World
FOX
CW
ME-TV (classic TV)
THIS (classic TV and movies)
LAFF (comedy)
HEARTLAND (country)
GRIT (westerns)
ESCAPE (true crime and movies)
MOVIES! (classic movies)
COZI (classic TV)
GET TV (oldies)
MY 65 (oldies and judge shows)
TV 27 (classic TV)
ANTEN (oldies)
BOUNCE (comedy, movies, talk shows, game shows)
BUZZR (classic game shows)
PBS ARTS
NASA
FLORIDA GOVERNMENT

You can find program information for most of these if you go to the TV Guide website, select "what's on", then "TV listings" then, next to "provider", select "change", then put in the zip code and select "antenna". The channels listed are not exactly the same , but there is about an 80% overlap. What I don't get, for example, are the Daytona PBS stations (I get Orlando and Cocoa Beach), ION, QVC and others.

This gives us what we need for network shows. We also are enjoying the old movies. In addition, we get Netflix, HuluPlus and Amazon Prime, which total less than $25 per month. If we are feeling spendy, we may put in Sling TV at another $20 per month, which will gives us ESPN, ESPN2 TBS and a bunch of other channels, like HGTV and History. We are on the fence about it currently. We do have a Roku box that unites and searches across all these extra services, which simplifies things. We also have fast internet through Comcast.

Great info, PBK!! Thanks! That's the sort of stuff I was looking for, to try and decide if OTA was going to provide enough of the "critical mass" of programming for free (less the antenna & install), then just add, as you have, the other add-on's to round out the total pkg. I need to learn more about the Roku box and it's capabilities, too. Sounds like that might be a good option. Sling will likely be a must for us with sports, etc. Again, thks for all the good info!