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In the 60's most folks had 3 or 4 stations, in the sparce midwest you generally only had 2, abc often shared with cbs or nbc since theyw ere the small

Posted by zeitgeist Oct 9 '10, 18:56

est of the three, having spilt from nbc by government anti trust order.

large urban areas often had a pbs and an independent station that showed mostly old movies, crappy local kids shows.

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In the 70s also. I grew up with ABC, NBC, CBS, and a UHF station -- nm - Bacon Oct 9, 19:01
KTLA was L.A.'s first station around 1946 about. I remember seeing Betty White on her first program... - BAD Oct 9, 19:00
and lets not forget the holyroller stations where the preacher would basically just ask for your money 24 hours a day, Repo Man (the original) made... - zeitgeist Oct 9, 18:59

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In the 60's most folks had 3 or 4 stations, in the sparce midwest you generally only had 2, abc often shared with cbs or nbc since theyw ere the small

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