Many more far-flung locales couldn't get a picture at all. Hills and mountains blocked TV signals. This new business that Magness was sizing up was the bridge for a simple but critical gap. Like others in this CATV service, he would plant a large antenna on a mountain to catch the broadcast network signals from faraway local TV stations-gigantic rabbit ears, essentially-then string wire from pole to pole into the valleys, where folks had poor reception. The terrain of West Texas was just hilly enough to need the new business. And there were nooks, crannies, and bowl-shaped valleys all across
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