At 6:00 pm on Wednesday, April 21, 1982, WTTO-21 made its debut with "Buck Rogers in the 21st Century". Anyone else remember the advertising slogan they used? "Birmingham's Turning 21".
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It was 33 years ago tomorrow---
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That was just a little before my time, but as a child growing up in Tuscaloosa I don't think 21 was carried on our cable system back then so I wouldn't have seen it unless someone hooked up an antenna.
Strangely, I don't remember WDBB's sign on, either, in 1984. I don't think it was on the cable, either. The cable was just 12 or 13 channels, and one of those was a local barker channel.
Two years after that, I do remember the debut of WCAJ 68, and receiving it off the air with just a cheap bowtie antenna in Tuscaloosa. That was around the time I started to marvel at off air reception of radio and TV, and the start of my life long love of all things broadcasting.
Strangely, I don't remember WDBB's sign on, either, in 1984. I don't think it was on the cable, either. The cable was just 12 or 13 channels, and one of those was a local barker channel.
Two years after that, I do remember the debut of WCAJ 68, and receiving it off the air with just a cheap bowtie antenna in Tuscaloosa. That was around the time I started to marvel at off air reception of radio and TV, and the start of my life long love of all things broadcasting.
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