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How'd WBOC survive before TV's were required to have UHF capability?

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ixnay

I don't live in the Salisbury/OC/Sussex Co. market, but I have vacationed at the Delaware beaches/Ocean City quite a few times and watch the Salisbury market stations.

IIRC WBOC went on the air in 1954(?). It wasn't until 19*6*4 that Congress or the FCC required new TV sets to have UHF reception capability. How did WBOC and other UHFs survive before then?

ixnay
 
ixnay said:
I don't live in the Salisbury/OC/Sussex Co. market, but I have vacationed at the Delaware beaches/Ocean City quite a few times and watch the Salisbury market stations.

IIRC WBOC went on the air in 1954(?). It wasn't until 19*6*4 that Congress or the FCC required new TV sets to have UHF reception capability. How did WBOC and other UHFs survive before then?

ixnay
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Not well. Mostly people "below the canal" and on the Eastern Shore watched VHF affiliated stations from Baltimore, DC or Philly. People had roof-top antennas that could pick them up. UHF stations operated on the cheap with left-overs not picked up by VHF stations. I was in Kent County in the late 60's and the cable system didn't even carry WBOC, just major market VHF stations.
 
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