Which color set came first?

[Sandy G]

Well, we could start talkin' about WLOS...THEY had color kinda early on, as well as I remember....We had 'em on our Cable TV system, & they had network color as far back as at least '64...Even Mr Bill was in color...This is SORTA back on topic...Moreso than talkin' about Biltmore..You prolly don't appreciate Biltmore, growin' up w/it being right there & all, but I grew up hearin' "The Sight to see in Asheville, Is Biltmore House & Gardens..." Never got to see it til I was grown up..

[holmesuser01]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Well, we could start talkin' about WLOS...THEY had color kinda early on, as well as I remember....We had 'em on our Cable TV system, & they had network color as far back as at least '64...Even Mr Bill was in color...This is SORTA back on topic...Moreso than talkin' about Biltmore..You prolly don't appreciate Biltmore, growin' up w/it being right there & all, but I grew up hearin' "The Sight to see in Asheville, Is Biltmore House & Gardens..." Never got to see it til I was grown up..

I've toured the house twice. I did audio-visual work up there for many years, and got to know alot of the behind the scenes people there. It is a beautiful home. Mr Vanderbilt had all the forests planted allover the ranges to the mountains, as this was all well-used up pasture land, for the most part.

WLOS got a new color film chain around 1964, when they started running the individual Hanna Barbera cartoons on Mr. Bill's show. Before that, they played black and white prints of the color Warner Bros. Cartoons, Storybook cartoons, and The Stooges. Wonderful time in our lives, getting to see all these great old cartoons before we were off to school!!!