Posted by greenbeanman in Kansas on November 22, 2010 at 06:22:45 from (99.91.13.206):
In Reply to: First Television posted by olddog on November 22, 2010 at 05:54:49:
First I saw would have been in the early 1950s. A neighbor of my grandmother had a set and she would take us to see it on rare occasions.
About all I remember of seeing on it were the Hamm's beer commercials---the song Hamm's--the beer refreshing. Tend to remember a canoe on a stream or river.
We bought our own set about 1952 because I remember seeing some of the presidentional nomination/convention procedures with Eisenhower. I remember Truman being replaced which dates me eh?
First show I remember seeing on our own set was Jalopy Derby. The racers drove a figure 8 course and had to avoid each other or suffer the consequences. Mr. Wizard was another as was Howdy Doody although I wasn't a fan.
We were able to get 1 station when the weather was decent and none if it wasn't. Snowy all of the time. The station was about 90 miles away. We were living well when a new station started broadcasting from just 65 miles away give a decent signal and a second programming option.
We didn't get grid power but a year or two before the set purchase. Prior to that we listened to radio via our 32 volt unit fed by glass encased batteries and charged by gasoline Delco light plant generator.
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