TV: streaming of national news "live"
 

Hi,
I've searched this forum, but can't find an answer.

Rental houses for past few years have had either Roku or Fire stick streaming devices.

Regardless of installed app, we can't seem to be able to watch national news (ABC, CBS, or NBC)..

we've tried to use the Spectrum app from our own account, the "local live" app, etc...but not the 6:30pm or 11pm national news live....

The app will need to offer local channels and the account will need to have subscribed to local channels. For example, the Hulu app is capable of providing locals if the account has subscribed to the HuluLive content.

The Hulu app and the YouTube TV app are capable of providing locals. Satellite and cable providers may also have streaming services that include locals though availability might be limited outside your subscription area.

Try the free CBS News app. It has mostly national news all the time. Replays the regular CBS news and morning shows with about an hour delay.

Why would anyone watch MSM news anymore? The industry is dying, along with print newspapers. Years of lying and narrative-pushing has made them untrustworthy.

There are so many good independent news sources these days. Take advantage of them.

For example .....

I provide Hulu-plus for my renters, same as I use at home, so they get all the channels they'd get with cable, plus a ton of streaming stuff.

But if all you care about is the legacy "news" channels, Roku provides that for free. Just click the Roku channel, select "live" from the left menu, and scroll down to find NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox local (not the one you want), Reuters, Euronews, Sky News, Scripts News, NewsMax, OAN, and a few others.

I think Firestick has recently added these free news channels, too, but we switched to Roku several years ago.

We put a ROKU stick on our Fire Tv to get away from the incessant Amazon larded-up advertising. Fire devices have become major billboards for pushing sales ads. ROKU "live tv" is very good at providing news sources.

go to clickorlando.com and you can stream local CBS news

Ain't THAT the truth! If I ever want actual news rather than just indoctrination, I go to foreign sources. Most large foreign cities have English-language newspapers available online and a lot of them, quality of writing as well as content, far outstrips what our domestic sources offer.

The days of the CBS Evening News with "Uncle Walter" Cronkite as the most trusted man in America are ancient history.

RoKu and Fire Stick are devices to access a streaming service - Xfinity, Hulu, Fubo, Sling, etc. The streaming service has what you are looking for.

FireStick News app provides all the news channels including Orlando News.

Huh? Roku is a streaming platform. It needs an internet connection. It can access other streaming services, but there are tons of free content, including Roku Live TV channel.

so true!! if you want to know what's going on in the US, you need to read the foreign press :ho:

Do you really want to pay to know who got shot or run over in Orlando.

No, But I like to watch the local weather.

They would watch network news because - they WANT to. I'm sure they appreciate your valuable wisdom and insight about their choices but - they never asked your opinion of their choices. They asked how their choices could be accommodated.

To answer their question - which was how to watch national news on the major networks - all the streaming devices will provide you with the network news apps. Certain newscasts might only be available via paid subscription, while the rest of them are free.

My go-to for news is X (aka Twitter). There are lots of unbiased journalists like Glenn Greenwald, Matt Tiabbi, Michael Schellenberger, etc that provide information that is ignored (likely intentionally) by the MSM.

You can also go to allsides.com or mediabiasfactcheck.com where you can at least choose an outlet that is in the middle rather than one on either side.

the bird has been my sole non financial news source since 2009, but anything humans are reporting on is biased, because all humans are biased. The reason people like non MSM is that the news source is much more focused and nuanced instead of for everyone's basic needs, and of those of the advertiser.

If all you want is local weather, btw, Orlando isn’t local, there are dozens of apps on your phone that will give you more accurate weather. I put up my own weather station in my backyard which gives me very local conditions, uploads this data to the weather underground database every 10 seconds so my sprinkler system can use this data to determine if it should water the lawn or not

I love watching MSN news, it brings me back to the days my kids were teanagers and I woluld ask them it they were drinking when they came home. They convincingly assured me "oh no Dad we would never do that" .After that I could blissfully fall asleap knowing my kids were angels.

Thank you!!!

I live in the Marion County district of The Villages, and have very few problems with over the air TV reception from Orlando. Also, the local stations all have their own apps on Roku, these just need to be installed. NBC, CBS both have 24 hour live streaming on their News apps. NBC also posts the Evening News to their YouTube channel about 20 minutes after the west coast feed finishes its live broadcast, 9:20 Eastern time. No advertising on that venue.

While technically true, I was merely pointing to other options, Options that perhaps they were unaware of, and may prefer. There is a reason MSM is dying.

Roku has a live directory..for more options Youtube TV and Hulu live tv Streaming service offer local channels. They are both about 75.00 a month. Well worth It. Cheaper then cable

Look for rental with antenna
 

Look to see if rental offers antenna TV, that’s how we watch local channels when here.

I get the local weather on my cell phone, that I check every morning. (I have to give a report to my hubby)

I done streaming for while. I was lucky to stream anything live.

You know that's a great idea! The news networks don't seem to be providing real news anymore..

I use Local Now to watch the local news out of Orlando to see who got shot, robbed, intoxicated, or run over. Also has national news so I can be sure my 1 vote goes to the one hero who will save the world and the other side will go to jail. Helps give me anxiety knowing we're all gonna die soon. Or by 2095, when everything turns to dust. Or floods. Or water shortages.

Seriously, though, it's pretty good. Has a bunch of old time shows and channels, and a bunch of on-demand.

It's a free app, and the content is free. Runs on most streaming sticks
Free News, Shows, Movies and Channels | Local Now


Also use the PBS app to watch the most amazing show, Central Florida Road Trip. (and Florida Road Trip). Lots of history around here, lots to discover!

Download the PBS App for Free

Central Florida Roadtrip | PBS
Florida Road Trip | PBS

The PBS app is also free and a lot of content is free, but they do get their money from our taxes and donations.

We do too. Wife and I watch the NBC WESH Channel 2 local weather every night. We like their futurecasts, which are pretty accurate IMO. Covers the Villages pretty well.
My favorite meteorologist is Kellianne, but they don't show her often. Wife likes Tony, of course.

If you are on vacation the news will only distract from your fun. If anything happens, someone will let you know. Relax. Most likely there is nothing you could do about it anyway.

I live in the same area and using the CM-4228HD antenna. Its not big and works great with no problems. What antenna are you using?

My go-to news is BBC World Service, which is pretty straight and unbiased.
I also watch Al Jazeera, which is a very informative site.
For comedy, I read the Hindustan Times. Hilarious, and some of the worst Photo Shop pictures ever.