ah, the 50s, black & white TV, 9" screen, a Dumont…50 pounds of maple furniture surrounding a pull out chassis of vacuum tubes and wires…cost my dad a month’s wages with a good antennae on the roof we received all of the over the airways broadcast stations from NYC 2=CBS…4=NBC, 5=WNYW the Dumont network at the time, 7=ABC, 9= WOR an independent, 11=WPIX an independent, and 13=with a broadcast license out of Newark, NJ whose call sign I cannot recall.
KYW-3 (NBC), WFIL-TV 6 (ABC), WCAU-10 (CBS), WHYY-12 (NET), WPHL-17 (Ind), WTAF-29 (Ind), WKBS-48 (Ind). Philly was pretty well fixed for TV back in the day, I gotta say. Ah, the days of adjusting rabbit ears and fixing the horizontal hold… ;-)
To be honest, I wouldn’t have minded having a modern flat screen set back then, though…
Pascagoula MS, same time and equipment. Got CBS and NBC from Mobile AL 40 miles away. ABC in Pensacola FL, 98 miles away, we couldn’t get. All three of those cities were on the Gulf Coast. But for some unknown reason… signal bouncing off the ionosphere?…on some clear spring mornings we’d get a Spanish language channel from Mexico City, a bit over 1000 straight line miles away, most of it over the Gulf itself. All I recall is that the programs were populated largely by dark haired people but the commercials were staffed by blondes and blonds.
I remember we could sometimes get a Philly station way late at night (Baltimore area was our local), as well as DC.
My husband (in Australia) lived in a regional area (we still do), got the ABC which was the government channel, then a commercial one. In the mid 1980’s!!!
TXPAScot. almost 6 years ago
Life for those in the neighborhood who had the first color sets…
Kip W almost 6 years ago
You can tell it’s green because the characters comment on it often. “Look how green it is!!”
Bobtul07110 almost 6 years ago
Remember televisions when they were large pieces of furniture?
Russell Bedford almost 6 years ago
ah, the 50s, black & white TV, 9" screen, a Dumont…50 pounds of maple furniture surrounding a pull out chassis of vacuum tubes and wires…cost my dad a month’s wages with a good antennae on the roof we received all of the over the airways broadcast stations from NYC 2=CBS…4=NBC, 5=WNYW the Dumont network at the time, 7=ABC, 9= WOR an independent, 11=WPIX an independent, and 13=with a broadcast license out of Newark, NJ whose call sign I cannot recall.
heathcliff2 almost 6 years ago
Nancy is fortunate Peewee doesn’t know where the glue is.
gigagrouch almost 6 years ago
Chanel 2 (CBS affiliate WBBM) Ch. 5 (NBC affiliate WMAQ) Ch. 7 (ABC affiliate WLS) Ch. 9 (Tribune owned WGN) Ch. 11 (NET affiliate WTTW)
And they signed off at midnight. Pre-UHF, all analogue, all the time… what’s “digital” what’s “cable”?
Major Matt Mason Premium Member almost 6 years ago
KYW-3 (NBC), WFIL-TV 6 (ABC), WCAU-10 (CBS), WHYY-12 (NET), WPHL-17 (Ind), WTAF-29 (Ind), WKBS-48 (Ind). Philly was pretty well fixed for TV back in the day, I gotta say. Ah, the days of adjusting rabbit ears and fixing the horizontal hold… ;-)
To be honest, I wouldn’t have minded having a modern flat screen set back then, though…
jimmjonzz Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Pascagoula MS, same time and equipment. Got CBS and NBC from Mobile AL 40 miles away. ABC in Pensacola FL, 98 miles away, we couldn’t get. All three of those cities were on the Gulf Coast. But for some unknown reason… signal bouncing off the ionosphere?…on some clear spring mornings we’d get a Spanish language channel from Mexico City, a bit over 1000 straight line miles away, most of it over the Gulf itself. All I recall is that the programs were populated largely by dark haired people but the commercials were staffed by blondes and blonds.
Hoosier Poet almost 6 years ago
How long has it,been since “T.V.” became just plain ol’ TV?
PammWhittaker almost 6 years ago
I remember we could sometimes get a Philly station way late at night (Baltimore area was our local), as well as DC.
My husband (in Australia) lived in a regional area (we still do), got the ABC which was the government channel, then a commercial one. In the mid 1980’s!!!