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I was thinking about having some sort of celebration... Here in Los Angeles, KTLA ch. 5 was the first commercial TV station to go on the air in 1947, and actually started broadcasting under experimental callsign W6XYZ before the War. I have friends working there, so I will find out what the actual plan is, regarding the changeover. They've been broadcasting on the new digital channel for 6 or 8 years, which most people don't know.
SO, I think it would be fun to have a bunch of TV collectors and historians over, and have a 1947 TV on, along with many other milestone TVs, and we will all tune in to Channel 5 at the last moments, and witness it live. I will definitely do something to commemorate, and how big will depend on how many people would show up.
Charles
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Collecting & restoring TVs in Los Angeles since age 10
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