[Steve D.]

That recession period really hit color tv sales hard. RCA Victor was the last man standing and the sole manufacturer & promoter of a full line of color receivers for a couple of years. Many dealers still having left over stocks of RCA & other brands of color tv's for sale at fire sale prices. RCA owned NBC continuing, for obvious reasons, their some what limited color programming. CBS pretty much cutting color shows back to almost but not quite zero. ABC yet to introduce any color telecasts during this period. The public saw no reason to invest hard to come by big bucks in tinted tv.

-Steve D.