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Rural brothers boast 12-foot dish draws WV viewers
In Focusing on Blue Creek West Virginia two unemployed brothers Bert and Fred Jett sit by a tar paper shack and operate a 12 foot dish worth 7800. They pull in a U.S Czechoslovakia Davis Cup tennis match and other programs nightly staying up to 3 a.m. They say their setup has sold about 36 antennas to rural West Virginia customers in 18 months.
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