Where is everyone from?

[wa2ise]

I'm from New Jersey, just outside New York City (14 miles directly north of the Empire State Building, old and current home of NYC's TV stations). If not for the trees I could SEE the Empire State Building from here.

When I was a young kid, my family never traveled outside the NYC metro area, and thus never saw any TV stations on channels 3, 6, 8, 10 or 12. And as the networks were based in NYC, and CBS was on WCBSTV2, NBC on WNBCTV4 and ABC on WABCTV7 and they said that they did nationwide broadcasting, I took it to mean that these TV stations covered the entire country. But then why the empty channels? At the time I was in early grammar school, where we had to do lots of pointless things like memorize poems and such. I figured that the government made the TV makers add the empty channels on the dials of TV sets for no other reason than that the government could make them do it. Just like the teachers made you do stuff in school. Why should adult life be any different?....

Remember the old WOR-9 Secaucus Howard Stern show? Got all the episodes and am slowly revisting them. What a perv (him AND me!)

Anthony

[drh4683]

Im originally from Downers Grove, IL which is about 20 miles west of chicago. Moved a little farther west to Batavia, IL last July. I loved my home town of Downers Grove had alot of fun finding old TV's around the area in the past. All my TV interest started with a fascination of circuit boards and vacuum tubes at a very very young age of about 3. Im surprised it started that early, but thats what mom always said.

[maxm]

I was born right here in Chicago, in a hospital about 6 blocks from where I live. I probably would be happier in a smaller town, but I have grown to like it here in the Windy City...

[DaWoofer]

OldTVMan- you have a PM

[blue_lateral]

Im in Wenatchee, the town I grew up in, right in the middle of Washington State. I recently moved back here from West Seattle.

[glen65]

Originally Posted by oldtvman

It seems unusal to find a group of people with the same pasion for history and quality. I'd like to meet all of you but chances are most of you are spread out across the country, my name is Larry Melton and I live in northern Indiana, South Bend, Indiana area

Shelby Ohio

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Windsor-Home of CKLW...Ah, yes....-Sandy G.

I listened to that station alot before they changed their format.
Actually I didnt really know they were located in Windsor untill
some time after. It was because they kept playing this as
thier station ID.
http://www.thebig8.net/mocity.wav

[Big Dave]

Grove City, Ohio (near Columbus)

[Dave A]

I'm originally from Rockford, IL with a move to a tv job in Philadelphia in 1980. Still in broadcasting today.

Started collecting in 1984 with a flea market set that was in pieces for $25. No idea what I had and knew nothing about sets then. Just some radio collecting before that. The set turned out to be a 621TS.

Dave A

[Eric H]

Originally from Barstow Calif but have lived in the "Inland Empire" area of So Cal for the last 18 years, currently in Redlands.

Eric

[Sandy G]

Rogersville, Tennessee-very close to Pixley & Hooterville. Seriously, I'm in NE Tenn, about halfway between Bristol & Knoxville.-Sandy G.

[mhardy6647]

Rogersville, Tennessee-very close to Pixley & Hooterville.

:-) ! (half of the folks here probably have no idea what you're talking about -- unless "Petticoat Junction" and "Green Acres" are still out there in rerun-land)

[Bill R]

I'm located in Jackson, TN. Thats in west Tennessee between Memphis and Nashville on I-40.

[Sandy G]

Think I saw "Green Acres" on TV Land the other night-Don't know what I lusted over more-Eva Gabor or the big Lincoln 4-door convertible they drove. Last season they had a Mercury Marquis De Sade convertible-it just wasn't the same.-Sandy G.

My favorite was character was Mr. Haney "Oh, Mr. Dug-less!"