I don't think local (over the air channels) are encrypted. I
The reason I get cable is because there is nothing worth watching (IMHO) on the broadcast channels.
Not to say that the cable-only channels are that watchable, but they are better than broadcast. Again, IMHO.
13 posted on 08/16/2015 10:20:47 AM PDT by markomalley
(Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)