KTVK ABC History

[Tom_Desmond]

Re: Phoenix TV in 1967

> A statement was made about most markets not having two
> indies. The Seattle/Tacoma market did have two indies
> (regardless of finances).

The statement was "two strong indies", which if nothing else implies that both stations had at least somewhat competitive programming in the market.

I also grew up in that market, and never watched channel 13 because they had nothing on but ancient B&W movies and stock market reports. Channel 13 wasn't popular with kids (or anyone else) during this period of time.

 

[ironbear]

Re: KOOL-TV History (Was: KTVK ABC History)

> Ahhh the good old days of Phx television, when you knew who
> owned the stations...Autry & Chauncey ran 10, Karl Eller ran
> 12, the McFarlands ran 3, and the cheap SOBs at Meredith who
> ran/run 5 (and the reason why there are very few Wallace &
> Ladmo shows from the 60s-70s...KPHO reused and erased the
> tapes!)

That was common everywhere in TV in those days...a reel of quad tape was hundreds of dollars. Only with the introduction of cheap formats like U-Matic into broadcasting (it was originally designed for home use) did significant archiving of shows begin.

I'm thankful KPHO saved what they did of the W&L legacy.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

Re: Phoenix TV History

Wasn't KPHO-5 the only TV station in the Phoenix area to get the okay to go on the air prior to the FCC's 1948-52 "freeze" on granting new TV station licenses??

If that was the case, KPHO probably had all the networks for several years. And if KPHO had all the networks, I suspect it (like many early TV stations in one-station markets) carried quite a few NBC and CBS programs, but very little from ABC or DuMont.