I’ve created a Terrestrial Broadcast Television Reception Guide to help anyone who wants to pick up television broadcasts using an antenna. The guide is a bit long, but I wanted to make it comprehensive enough to get most people past any problems they’ll encounter.
Broadcast TV in the US has become all-digital (to my knowledge the transition from analog is complete). It’s free, and the picture quality is much better than the old analog format, and for a lot of stations it’s better than satellite or cable.
If you pay for satellite or cable TV and don’t watch much or only watch the local stations, you should seriously consider using an antenna so you can quit paying for TV, if reception is feasible.