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Your 90s experience doesn't match my own. I'm not saying your version is wrong, just speaking from my experience, in the south USA. NY or some other metropolis could be miles different I'd imagine.

At one point I had two part time jobs and took night classes. At none of those places were a TV.

In fact, the only places I distinctly remember with TVs were airports and bars/restaurants, and those were hit/miss with having news playing.