TV lovers hit by the weak economy and fat cable bills are going old-school. More and more people are using antennas to get free programming. That's right: The pair of rabbit ears that your grandmother ...

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:54:17 GMT — They were long thought to be a thing of the past, but rooftop antennas are making a comeback thanks to high cable and satellite prices and online programming options.

When cable TV arrived in the ' 70s, rabbit ears seemed destined to go the way of the polyester pantsuit. So, too, the clunky outdoor antenna, a rooftop fixture that once upon a time signaled the rise ...

It was 1947 when Don Hutcheson installed his first television antenna, in Whittier, California. Back then, you could get exactly one channel. Today, more than 150 channels broadcast in Southern ...

LOS ANGELES — On a recent winter night, the Lams and their three children sat in front of a television set with rabbit ears sprouting out of the top. Wait a second, rabbit ears? Is this 1950? No, it’s ...

While the number of households with antennas in the U.S. dipped slightly in the last year, nearly 20,000 Asian-American homes in the region began using rabbit ears, and another 8,000 blacks switched ...

A merger of public broadcasting stations has changed WXEL’s signal transmission point from Boynton Beach to Miami and left some over-the-air viewers with snowy screens. It has crimped Zach Schwartz’s ...