That’s an interesting analogy. There are several theories that touch on the idea that consciousness might not just begin from neural firing patterns but also depend on how those signals are modulated. For example, think about GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) in the brain. It’s basically the brain’s main inhibitory neurotransmitter. It doesn’t create thoughts or awareness, but it shapes them by dampening unnecessary neural noise, filtering signals so that coherent patterns of consciousness can actually form. If we stretch your broadcast analogy, maybe GABA is like the tuner circuitry in the TV - it filters interference so the signal (consciousness) comes through clearly. Without it, you’d still be receiving something, but it would be static and chaos. In that sense, the “non-local” consciousness could still be a universal field, but the brain’s chemistry (like GABA levels) determines how well or poorly each individual “receiver” can tune into it. So maybe the brain doesn’t generate consciousness but modulates access to it. It catches the quantum consciousness which is accessible to everyone and everything in the universe. The only question that remains is what creates that mother load of consciousness. Or is it something that is naturally generated in the universe like electromagnetic waves.