We have good service on the East side of the US just using the NATL BROADCAST TV from the local towns where we stay at. They are all in full blown high def mode and of course FREE TO THE PUBLIC...
Also our local towns here at home all have APPs for smart phones or tablets. Can always get the local home town weather and news from that... Being a police/fire/rescue squad radio scanner guy we can also pick up all the local home town police scanner info LIVE AUDIO from RadioReference.com for locations all over the USA using the internet. Your cellphone has an APP for that as well called RADIO SCANNER...
Roy Ken