Can you tell me if my cable company is doing something illegal?

I used to get basic cable provided with my lease, I had the option to upgrade at the time, but since I only watch the news I didn’t.

They just switched to AT&T, and now there is no option. If you want to watch cable, you have to pay. Fine with me. I didn’t sign up, b/c like I said, I only watch the news.

But I just discovered that when they did the official switch, I no longer get my channels (KTLA, the basic publicly broadcast channels!!!)

Is this legal? Should they be able to take away free channels like the news?

If not, what can I do?

Any insight on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.