In 1971 we had a small 18-inch color TV that sat on a stand in our front room. The television had a wire that ran through the wall to a pole located outside the west wall of our home. On top of the pole was an antenna. We received three channels on that antenna, CBS out of Hays, which often ran commercials for Weilert mobile homes. Jan Weilert’s mission in life was to put everyone into a mobile home, from Weilert homes in Hays, America. We got NBC out of Great Bend, where the station’s sole newscaster, a Midwest institution named Bob Dundas, did the news, weather, and sports. We also picked up an ABC affiliate from Fairbury, Nebraska. This is relevant because in 1971, ABC carried the biggest sporting event of the week, Frank Gifford, Dandy Don Meredith, Howard Cosell, and Monday Night Foot

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