While comment one is true, it is off or it is on.
Comment 2 is off the mark, reception can be dependent on many things.
So tell me exactly where I'm wrong.
>> reception can be dependent on many things <<
Of course. But the average homeowner in the average location simply isn't going to get reliable reception from a station whose transmitter is 65 miles away. I know because I am trying to pick up distant stations almost every day -- and I've been in the game for more than 60 years.