Television Stations in Bloomington, Indiana - Wttv, Wipx-TV, Wtiu (Paperback)

Chapters: Wttv, Wipx-Tv, Wtiu. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: WTTV - WTTV began operation on November 11, 1949; on channel 10 as Indiana's second television station, after WFBM-TV (channel 6, now WRTV). It has made the claim to being Indiana's oldest 'continuously operating' television station because WFBM-TV had a transmitter failure which put it off the air for an extended period of time shortly after WTTV went on. The station was owned by Sarkes Tarzian, a Bloomington-based radio manufacturer, and was an NBC affiliate with secondary ABC and DuMont affiliations. In 1957, the station activated its current tower in Trafalgar (Geographical coordinates: ). At 1,171 feet (357 m), it is the tallest structure in Indiana. WTTV moved from channel 10 to channel 4 on February 21, 1954. It dropped ABC two months later after WISH-TV (channel 8) signed on. In 1956, NBC moved its affiliation to WFBM-TV, and WTTV became an independent station. Also in 1956, it moved its studios from Bloomington to Indianapolis. At that point, the station signed on air weekdays at 2:00 p.m., and showed a test pattern until 4:00 p.m., when its programming began. The station initially ran old movies and low budget syndicated shows as well as producing some of its own local programming. Throughout the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s, WTTV was known in Central Indiana for its local programming, including children's shows Janie (previously Popeye and Janie) and Cowboy Bob's Corral (previously Chuckwagon Theatre, both starring Bob Glaze as Cowboy Bob). By then, WTTV was on the air by 6am and stayed on until at least 2am. In addition to local programming, WTTV aired plenty of movies in the early afternoon and prime time slots. It also aired cartoons both mixed in with locally produc...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2182249