Direct Line, yes that was it. I called in many, many times. NET was to me back then what FRee Republic is to me today.
One of the very first television efforts by conservatives to circumvent the Drive-By Media. It was the forerunner of Fox News, in my opinion. I always thought had it been able to get on cable tv nationally, it would have been a hit.
Godspeed to Heaven Mr. Weyrich
From wiki...”Under the auspices of the FCF, he founded the Washington, D.C.-based satellite television station National Empowerment Television (NET), later relaunched as the for-profit channel “America’s Voice” in 1997. In 1997 Weyrich was forced out of the NET television network he had founded when the network’s head persuaded its board to force out Weyrich in a hostile takeover. Chip Berlet of Political Research Associates says this was “apparently for his divisive behavior in attacking GOP pragmatists.”
I remember this because I used to watch this channel all the time. I remember an interview where Weyrich was asked who was at blame. He said it was the liberal GOPers. After that the network stopped being conservative and went out of business all together. It was then that I knew the biggest enemy of conservatism were RINOS not Democrats
Was Direct Line on really late on Saturday night in the late 70s?