Al Jessup's TV World

Man beams 5,000 radio, TV channels with a dozen satellite receivers

Unlike Ned Flanders (from the Simpsons) who has all of his channels blocked, Al Jessup just can't get enough programming...

Are 20 movie channels on demand just not enough?

Do constant reruns of "I Love the '80s" on VH1 have you ready to gouge out your eyeballs?

Then come to Al Jessup's house - where his 5,000-plus radio and television stations from around the world beamed in by his 12 satellite dishes are bound to keep you entertained somehow.

Since 1998, the Beckley resident has amassed a collection of 12 dishes around his James Street home. He said he first just began subscribing to Direct TV and Dish Network, but he later learned that by purchasing special satellite receivers he could receive "free to air" programming from several different satellites swirling the globe. The information on how to adjust a dish and set up a receiver to pick up programming from these stations such as Galaxy 10, AMC 2 and Telestar 5 is included with these receivers.

Story by Amelia A. Pridemore, Register-Herald Reporter