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Originally Posted by Jeffhs
Most everyone in my neighborhood, including us, had TV in the '50s, mostly black and white. The first television station in Cleveland went on the air in 1947 on channel 5, followed the next year by channel 3, then in 1949 channel 8, though when they first went on the air they were on channels 4, 5 and 9 respectively, where they remained until Detroit got its network stations.
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Not sure what you meant as Detroit got it's network stations in 1947 and 1948 on channels 2, 4 and 7 where they remain to this day. (although none of them are going back to these after the transition)
http://www.earlytelevision.org/postwar_stations.html
Late 40's and 50's sets used to show up here regularly 20-30 years ago, but it's pretty rare to find one now. The 1956 Sentinel Color set that Steve has was found in the Flint area this spring, in what was a very large house in an affluent area, so they still do turn up.
Darryl