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I remember when the largest city in the county got their first McDonalds and we had to drive nearly 30 miles to get there and no one trashed the idea of fast foods.
Similarly, one McDonald's opened in a town about 5 miles away. We were allowed to go there once a year as a "treat". Sodas were 8 ounces back then, and only single hamburgers (no Big Macs).
Back in the day when Wendy’s served both burgers and hot dogs. And Arbys used an actual roast of beef which was carved by hand into slices for their sandwiches.
We had Zayre and Arlan's. Arlan's closed and Kmart moved into the space.
We had Arlan's too...it gave way to "Insurance Liquidators," which I think just sort of bought them out and took over. They painted all the walls of the store black as I recall.
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Kmart had those tube testing machines in the late 1970s. Before that we would call up a TV repair shop and have them come and change out the tube.
That's an interesting video but they sure did mix up a lot of time periods there, everything from the 1940s to the 1980s. I could be wrong but I don't think TV reached popularity in 1948. Since in 1948 most of the country didn't even have any TV stations and in the few cities that did have them, not a lot of people would have owned TV sets at that time.
Maybe depends on what part of the country?
Before 1947, only a few thousand American homes owned television sets. Just five years later, that number jumped to 12 million. By 1955, half of American homes had a TV set.
Before 1947, only a few thousand American homes owned television sets. Just five years later, that number jumped to 12 million. By 1955, half of American homes had a TV set.
Yeah that was my point. He said, "The history of television is really very hard to trace, but the year where it really reached popularity the watershed year was 1948". But as your source says there was only a few thousand TV homes in 1947. I guess maybe it reached popularity with the few thousand families that had it. But the masses just didn't have TVs at that time.
A bunch of new TV stations went on the air in 1948, but then the FCC didn't allow any new stations until 1952. Because they realized that 12 channels was not going to be enough. After they started allowing new stations again that is when it grew fast. I would guess that 1954 was actually the "watershed" year. The FCC started allowing new licensees in 1952. Those stations went on the air in 1953-54. Maybe another year for a substantial amount of people to buy TVs, and by 1955 50% of homes had them.
Even then people in a lot of remote areas couldn't watch TV until cable TV systems started to bring TV signals to those areas in the late 1950s.
Before 1947, only a few thousand American homes owned television sets. Just five years later, that number jumped to 12 million. By 1955, half of American homes had a TV set.
Even a major market like Milwaukee had no station until Dec 3, 1947.
Even a major market like Milwaukee had no station until Dec 3, 1947.
Lucky them. Denver didn't have a TV station until 1952. By 1953 they had four stations. Portland Oregon also got their first TV station in 1952, but took a lot more time to get more channels.
I think TV was mostly a Northeast thing in the 1940s. Regular TV broadcasts started out in New York City in the early 1940s and slowly spread out from there as the distribution network expanded. Though there were a few stations in the west, but not many. And there were experimental TV stations all over the country in the 1930s. But they were just expermantal and I doubt they had many viewers. The distribution network reached the West Coast in 1952. That was the first time that regular network programs could be seen all over the country.
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