Do you get free to air satellite broadcasts in the USA?
Sort of.
"In North America (USA, Canada and Mexico) there are over 80 FTA digital channels available on Galaxy 19. (The majority of them are ethnic or religious.) Other popular FTA satellites include AMC-4, AMC-6, Galaxy 18, and Satmex 5. A company called GloryStar promotes FTA religious broadcasters on G-19 and AMC-4."
C and KU band stuff - and the programming is kind of, um, narrow interest:
http://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Channels/American-FTA-free-to-air-Satellite-TV-Channels.htm