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Major channels are UHF and it’s still a great way to watch national television (election coverage in recent past) and sports (particularly NFL) without having a cable connection.

We should be pro OTA services not against.

The election coverage was a great argument against free-to-air television

A lot of the VHF band is already used for fixed and/or land mobile wireless. Think stuff like voice communications, SCADA systems, etc.

It wouldnt be too useful for high speed bidirectional communications though because the signals travel well and thus it would be difficult to pack stations densely.

We could reclassify it as an amateur band so that a handful of other boomers can do everything except actually communicate anything meaningful aside from their call signs to each other.

OTA TV is even more important with streaming and cord cutting because it’s the only way to get access to information about live events such as weather emergencies.