Oddly enough, I very clearly remember the first broadcast of the ANH SE that I saw here in the States was a local one.

IIRC, it was on channel 20 here in DC (WDCA), which by that point was part of UPN (it was actually one of only four Paramount stations in the entire country pre-‘95 and therefore the home of TNG and DS9 in this neck of the woods (and Babylon 5 before it moved to TNT for its final season)).

Anyway, I remember realizing somehow that this wasn’t a network broadcast and I found that really weird for a Star Wars movie.