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Paper Roses

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7. NECN, cheaper is not better. Can't stand the new Braudy Beat.

Reply to MADem (Reply #6)

Mon Apr 6, 2015, 04:45 PM

Apr 2015

As for Comcast=dirty word. I can afford only basic cable. My selections are so bad that I don't watch TV other than the NECN news AM and PM. I'd rather read a good book!

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Do you watch NECN? I miss Jim Braude. [View all] Paper Roses Apr 2015 OP

WGBH Boston PBS @ 7pm, Mon-Thurs. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2015 #1

Well, it's COMCAST, and they're no friend to the common man or woman...! MADem Apr 2015 #2

That's where Jim Braude is. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2015 #3

That's where he WAS...he bailed out, to PBS! (WGBH, specifically, which is slightly better...) MADem Apr 2015 #4

That's what I said. He is at 'GBH. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2015 #5

They are more of a friend to the common man or woman than the parent organization, but only just. MADem Apr 2015 #6

NECN, cheaper is not better. Can't stand the new Braudy Beat. Paper Roses Apr 2015 #7

I keep the cable because I've got a large multigenerational family and some of the MADem Apr 2015 #8

Do you have an al la carte option? I don't. Wish I did. Paper Roses Apr 2015 #9

No. By "a la carte" I mean I'll install a high quality antennae on the roof, MADem Apr 2015 #10

I think it's greater boston, but can't swear to it. Have you googled Braude PBS? merrily May 2015 #11