I feel like even the concept of a tv station is a bit outdated despite technically still existing.

"Entertainment companies used to decide what shows were playing at 5pm"

I think my local channels used to do that too... Now they just fire up ads!

I learned about this from Poltergeist.

I blame this for my inability to sleep without white noise. I fell asleep to the television throughout my formative years.

Local 58 "Contingency" flashbacks

I was about to reply "you've got to be pretty old for that", then remembered that whenever I left the city for a beach vacation, they'd play infomercials after 1AM until programming resumed around 8AM. For big city channels, programming was 24/7, though.