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Photo Courtesy: Hulu Special to the Director's Cut Blog By Matt Granite, WKYC Ways 2 Save Reporter CLEVELAND -- The cost of cable and satellite services are too high for many families to afford, so today by viewer request... how to lower that monthly bill to $7.99. While this certainly isn't for everyone or the most demanding viewers, I have successfully lowered my bill from the previous $100 per month I was paying. Considering I was only watching eight of the channels in my provider package, I've made the personal decision to go Roku. Here's how to sever the ties: 1) Buy a Roku for a one-time fee of $49.99 (more on Roku in a minute). CLICK HERE 2) Get a subscription to Hulu Plus for $7.99 a month (so you can watch your favorite new primetime shows, as well as previous episodes). CLICK HERE 3) Buy a good HD antenna so you can still watch us! CLICK HERE So what is Roku? It's a beautiful little box that you might want to consider that allows you t...

Matt Granite By Frank Macek The latest addition to the Channel 3 News staff is Matt Granite who joined us in February from our Gannett sister station in Buffalo. Matt is our "Ways to Save" guru and produces the weekday 4:30 a.m. morning show on Channel 3. We recently sat down with Matt over a delicious cup of coffee and asked him a few questions that will help you get to know Matt better. Here is what Matt had to say to the Director's Cut Blog in our "Get to Know Team 3" feature. Question: What stations have you worked for during your career so far? Matt: In grad school I worked for WYCC-TV, a PBS Station in Chicago and went on from there to work as a Washington D.C. Capitol Hill Correspondent for WCAX-TV (Burlington, VT). Unfortunately, the weather wasn't cold enough for me so I relocated to Minnesota and worked for KXJB-TV and KVLY-TV (Fargo, ND) as the morning show producer and live reporter. I then moved to Buffalo (WGRZ-TV) where I developed ...

Matt Granite Channel 3 News Director Rita Andolsen announced Tuesday that reporter Matt Granite is officially joining the WKYC family as a multimedia journalist. Matt comes to WKYC from Gannett sister station WGRZ in Buffalo where he has beeen a morning show co-producer and multimedia journalist who loves to help viewers find ways to save money. The Director's Cut Blog has learned he knows everything there is know about Black Friday deals! Matt will continue in the same capacity at WKYC as he did in Buffalo for Channel 3 News Today, weekdays between 5 am and 7 am, where his reports can already been seen in the morning. He is originally from Toronto, Canada, but has been working the United States for a number of years including in Buffalo and the chilly tundra of Fargo, North Dakota. He has also worked as a Washington D.C. correspondent for a CBS affilate station in Vermont and an NPR affiliate station on Long Island. Matt also has a Master...