Chicago TV listings from early color days

[wa2ise]

In New York City one of our TV stations had "Modern Farmer" on at 5AM, as if there were any farmers in the area. Actually, in our area, a farm was defined as: "a place where they haven't built houses just yet".

[W.B.]

Originally Posted by wa2ise

In New York City one of our TV stations had "Modern Farmer" on at 5AM, as if there were any farmers in the area. Actually, in our area, a farm was defined as: "a place where they haven't built houses just yet".

From what I've gathered, the station in question was WRCA/WNBC-TV.

[Jeffhs]

Originally Posted by wa2ise

In New York City one of our TV stations had "Modern Farmer" on at 5AM, as if there were any farmers in the area. Actually, in our area, a farm was defined as: "a place where they haven't built houses just yet".

I'm not familiar with the New York City metro area, but I would think that there must have been farmers living in semi- or totally rural areas of Connecticut and New Jersey for whom that program was intended. For many years in the '60s through the '80s or thereabouts, before 24/7 TV became the norm, channel 3 (WKYC-TV, NBC) in Cleveland telecast, in very early-morning hours (after sign on at six a. m. or so) a short farm-news program, the title of which escapes me as I write this. This program was also intended for farmers within the station's viewing area; since channel 3, like all Cleveland television stations (three at that time, channels 3, 5 and eight), covers 17 counties in northeastern Ohio (including many rural areas in outlying counties), there were, without a doubt, more than a few farmers tuning in to get the latest agricultural news while they were having their breakfast or getting dressed before starting their work day in the fields.

[NowhereMan 1966]

Originally Posted by Jeffhs

I'm not familiar with the New York City metro area, but I would think that there must have been farmers living in semi- or totally rural areas of Connecticut and New Jersey for whom that program was intended. For many years in the '60s through the '80s or thereabouts, before 24/7 TV became the norm, channel 3 (WKYC-TV, NBC) in Cleveland telecast, in very early-morning hours (after sign on at six a. m. or so) a short farm-news program, the title of which escapes me as I write this. This program was also intended for farmers within the station's viewing area; since channel 3, like all Cleveland television stations (three at that time, channels 3, 5 and eight), covers 17 counties in northeastern Ohio (including many rural areas in outlying counties), there were, without a doubt, more than a few farmers tuning in to get the latest agricultural news while they were having their breakfast or getting dressed before starting their work day in the fields.

I know some of their signals go on into Northwest PA as well so there is al ot of rural areas there plus I remember when I drove through Andover, Ohio, there were a lot of farms there. I asked a young kid working on a tractor, about 15 for directions and he called me "sir" and my mother and her friend, "ma'am," he was so polite, it was so refreshing. BTW, from Jamestown, PA, I was able to hit a Cleveland repeater on 147.090 Mc using 2.5 watts into a 5/8th's wave antenna mounted on top of my 1994 Ford Explorer. That areas has three areas overlapping it, Cleveland, Youngstown and Erie stations but I think Youngstown takes the lion's share since that was the closest major city.

[NowhereMan 1966]

Originally Posted by wa2ise

In New York City one of our TV stations had "Modern Farmer" on at 5AM, as if there were any farmers in the area. Actually, in our area, a farm was defined as: "a place where they haven't built houses just yet".

I remember when TV stations signed on and/or when 5 or 6 AM rolled around, they always broadcast the farm report first thing.