They would, for example, erect an antenna on a mountaintop, catch the broadcasts coming out of the nearest city and run them downhill on a wire to subscribers, an early version of cable television.
Could an odd-jobber in the hills of Pennsylvania simply catch the free broadcast signal coming out of New York or Philadelphia and sell it to cable customers, or did the networks have to be compensated?
With a few taps, the fans were able to witness the Buckeyes win from multiple viewpoints around the stadium, pull up rosters and in-game matchup details or turn to catch the main broadcast on what looked like the building's big screen.
(It is hidden on your basic cable dial on Versus and replayed each night just in case you can't take the days off from work to catch the live broadcast each morning).
If you're in the area but can't make it to the parade, you can catch the event broadcasted on local cable's WDIV.
In Japan, the media took note that L.A. authorities were careful to schedule the news conference at an unusually late hour in order to catch the evening news broadcasts in Japan.
I caught the radio broadcast on the New York station WQXR, streamed over the Internet.
Five stops later, I reemerged uptown and caught the time/temperature broadcast from the top of the CNN building.
Who could resist singing along to patriotic anthems such as "This Land Is Your Land" and "America The Beautiful" that not only ignited an even grander spirit of patriotism among the enthusiastic masses and those who caught the HBO broadcast, but probably among the international audiences that attended by satellite as well?
And when many want to catch the Games on television, the broadcasts are tape-delayed — even though the events are being played here in the homeland.
