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blogslut

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12. Well, I was young at the time but

Reply to Control-Z (Reply #8)

Sat Oct 26, 2019, 11:38 PM

Oct 2019

Even I, a mere child watched the Watergate hearings on network television. As for Clinton, I worked a day job then so I can't say how much the major networks aired the live hearings.

I mean, as someone asked above, are we talking the Senate hearings or the hearings from the House?

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Will the formal impeachment hearings [View all] Teach-only-love Oct 2019 OP

DUNNO, elleng Oct 2019 #1

We'll see blogslut Oct 2019 #2

You mean back when there was no cable? Control-Z Oct 2019 #8

Well, I was young at the time but blogslut Oct 2019 #12

It's up to the networks StarfishSaver Oct 2019 #3

wth good is Deep State if we can't order people around?!?1 Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #10

Lol, but I think the word of the era is "push," rather than "order." Hortensis Oct 2019 #15

I read on Twitter, the open hearings will begin in mid November. dewsgirl Oct 2019 #4

Just the opening act, a healthy tease just before the Thanksgiving break Brother Buzz Oct 2019 #5

Good. dewsgirl Oct 2019 #6

We should push for over the air broadcast Teach-only-love Oct 2019 #7

I don't think the Clinton impeachment hearings were carried by commercial broadcast tv onenote Oct 2019 #9

The Clinton impeachment was a joke Teach-only-love Oct 2019 #11

They were BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #13

'to cover both the debate in the House and the bombing of Baghdad' Celerity Oct 2019 #16

"I had literally just turned 3 years old at that time" BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #19

The broadcast networks did not provide live coverage of the Clinton impeachment hearings onenote Oct 2019 #21

See this BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #22

See this. onenote Oct 2019 #23

And as I also posted BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #24

According to this 2010 data, only 8% of homes get their tv by antenna. Kaleva Oct 2019 #14

It probably is less now, as that is almost 10 year old data. Celerity Oct 2019 #18

What eventually happened with the switch from analog to digital broadcasts BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #20

PBS would likely carry them on broadcast TV DeminPennswoods Oct 2019 #17