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Originally Posted by Nowhere Man 1966
I remember my mother's family had the first TV on the block in 1948. There was only one channel here in Pittsburgh although many shortwave radio and amateur radio enthusiasts did construct antennas so they can receive the station from Johnstown, PA (a small, coal mining and steel town to the east in the mountains) that actually had TV before Pittsburgh. Later on, there were station in Wheeling, West Virginia, Steubenville and Youngstown, Ohio and Newcastle, PA but the last one went dark quick. Everyone flocked to my mother's house to watch TV back then.
Chuck M.
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TV industry and consumer habits from the early days are fascinating I find -now that TV is the many headed corporate behemoths you have today .I like the idea of small stations "flying by the seat of their pants " so to say .
My campaign had a tv -channel in it a while back - the partys official propaganda instrument - PAC-TV .Many a surviving celebrity or b or c celebrity or d even found them selves coerced into appearing as anchor men,supporters etc .All of us enjoyed it whenever the party got down to do some good ole`fashion bullshitting on TV to keep the populace at bay and staining the enemies rep.Of course re-runs were the staple ,but they did make news programs and a soap (!) -the widely popular
"UNDER A BURING SUN" - a current affairs inspired ,sexy tv drama about three families and their struggles in love and business amidts the torrenst of their time . (hehe)