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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Origins of Cable TV

Government Weather Radio Coverage Map for Astoria Oregon and the surrounding area. The big blank area on the left hand side of the map is the Pacific Ocean. Radio signals like the clear air you find over flat ground and water. They don't like the ground so much, especially when it's in the form of hills and mountains.

Cable TV is ubiquitous now, but I didn't realize that it got started way back in 1948. There were only a few TV stations back then, but already the masses were becoming TV crazed. Astoria didn't have a station, but they had a wise guy who was able to pick up signals from the station in Seattle and pass them along to his "friends". Full story here. Via Post-hip Scott .

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