Growing up in Iowa, one of the default rural states the left loves to mock, nobody I knew watched PBS. If they didnt have cable or satellite, it was by choice and they watched the Iowa Public Broadcast System
Okay, a couple things there friend, cuz I'm also from Iowa and you're neglecting a few things there.
Iowa Public (IPT) is a PBS affiliate.
IPT was consistently THE TOP American contributor to the Red Green Show for basically the show's entire run.
IPT most definitely holds the record for the longest continuous airing schedule of Doctor Who (beating even the BBC, who didn't air reruns during the 90's).
When SyFy tried to get an exclusive license for Doctor Who, the BBC refused ON THE BASIS of IPT's (then) 40 year continuous run of the show.
IPT was I believe the only PBS station to buy BBC 2's Neverwhere adaptation.
Friday night IPT in the 90's was legit. Red Dwarf, classic Doctor Who, and Blake's 7.
spent a good chunk of my childhood in Buchanan County, and hell, Winthrop had fiber optic internet in the early 00s, and that was a town of <1000.
we had five local stations in the 90s, KGAN(CBS) on 2, KWWL (NBC) on 7, KCRG(ABC) on 9, IPTV(PBS) on 12/13(I think?!?), and I forget the fox affiliate on 28 (later it was KFXA on 40).
Okay, a couple things there friend, cuz I'm also from Iowa and you're neglecting a few things there.
Friday night IPT in the 90's was legit. Red Dwarf, classic Doctor Who, and Blake's 7.
An affiliate yes, but their programming was independent and superior, thus nobody watched the Fed's slop.
spent a good chunk of my childhood in Buchanan County, and hell, Winthrop had fiber optic internet in the early 00s, and that was a town of <1000.
we had five local stations in the 90s, KGAN(CBS) on 2, KWWL (NBC) on 7, KCRG(ABC) on 9, IPTV(PBS) on 12/13(I think?!?), and I forget the fox affiliate on 28 (later it was KFXA on 40).