[SmokingJoe]

You don’t need cable or satellite to get ABC, CBS or NBC. They are totally free.
Whether you already have cable/satellite or not has nothing g to do with it.
But you need to pay for cable/satellite to get any cable programs including cable news.

[Armscor38]

“You don’t need cable or satellite to get ABC, CBS or NBC. They are totally free.”

About 14% of US tv households watch “free” broadcast network television over the air. Which means 86% have cable, satellite or streaming services. There is no way ABC news, CBS news or NBC news could have the ratings they do if all the viewers they had got the programs strictly over the air for free.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/15/nielsen-16m-u-s-homes-now-get-tv-over-the-air-a-48-increase-over-past-8-years/