Finally found an alternate to the continuous begging mode of my local PBS stations, especially on weekends.
The implementation of digital TV has added many new channels for those of us who are not cable subscribers.
Among those channels is Create which among other things shows current NYW programs.
Don't need PBS to get my fix.
If you are interested go to
and locate the stations serving your area.
Have fun.
Lew
It is a PBS offshoot though. If no begathon, it is a good deal. Create?: Now in its fourth year! Create TV is a nationwide channel delivered courtesy of your local public television station. Presenting the best of public television's lifestyle programs, Create TV is produced and distributed by American Public Television (APT), WNET.ORG and WGBH Boston in association with NETA and PBS.
... They solved my "problem" for me--w/ the digital transition they disappeared entirely...(and attempted discussion w/ engineering staff indicates they don't much care about fringe areas even if in previous coverage area. Conclusion must be they're adequately funded within smaller geographic region.)
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I've burned through 2 digital decoder boxes this year. We don't miss it most of the time, but during football season my wife starts to get more vocal about it when her Gators are playing. Of course, even when we had one it was an exercise in frustration, because of the dropped frames and audio artifacts.
We're too cheap to get cable though, so I'll probably cave in and buy another one before too long and see how long it stays alive.
Create IS PBS
We used to get it when we lived in the Andover,Ks area. The local SE Kansas independent cable guy keeps saying he is going to add it but has not come through yet. Create gave us a good, rounded menu of programming including woodworking, gardening, crafts, cooking, etc. If local cable guy doesn't come through soon we might be switching.
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