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Beaver Island household reflects on living a year without television

Also A year without television 2004

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TypeEvent
Date2004-11
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2004-11
Kind
Publication
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communicationtechnologyfamilycommunitypublication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The essay “A year without television” reflects on a household’s decision to remain television-free despite having satellite receivers and wiring available, and on the activities and conversations that filled the time instead.

Evidence limits

This is one household’s personal account, not a survey of island media use.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, November 2004, "A year without television."
    A first-person essay describes choosing not to connect the household to satellite television and filling the time with other activities. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the personal essay.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-11_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island household reflects on living a year without television”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-year-without-television-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2004, "A year without television." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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