You might get lucky and find you can get marginal signals because of special
circumstances with your location.
In our case, the Potomac river seems give us better than expected reception:
I have picked up Philadelphia and Harrisburg (PA) early the the mornings.
If I really,really wanted to "get" these stations I might try getting a
larger antenna.

other than news and some local shows most stations are network, and
offer the exact same programming much of the day, heck even syndicated
shows aree all the same, since they are distribuited by satellite to
your local station.

might look nice to get 50 stations but most programs will be the same:
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