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Yeah, it was a vicious circle-Color TVs were VERY expensive, but paled in comparison to what a station had to lay out for broadcast equipment. If your town had only 5 or 6 color sets in it, it made no sense for the local TV stations to drop a wad into cameras, extra people, etc, etc. Color TVs started coming down in price a bit by the early '60s, people began buying them, & the local stations started investing in color equipment, so the people would have something to watch on their new toys. Then in fall '65, the critical mass had been achieved, & most of yr network shows were in color. At least on NBC.-Sandy G.
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