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Reception reported to be good on TV set in Adair County The Adair County News, January 5, 1949 Columbia's first television set was installed last week by GaspardBrockman, manager of Columbia General Appliance Store, in his home onFrazer Ave. Reception on the set, a $329 table model with a ten-inch screen, isreported to be excellent when atmospheric conditions are favorable.However, interference from power lines sometimes prevents perfect reception. Programs from Louisville and Cincinnati television stations can bepicked up regularly. The Brockman's have viewed sports, educational,religious and quiz programs, musical variety shows and movie productionson their set. Television programs are being staged at both stations in the eveningsfrom 7 to 10 p.m., with some afternoon programs. Effective range of the television stations is supposedly a 40-mileradius, but reports from Somerset and Campbellsville indicate perfectreception there. The aerial on the Brockman set is about 50 feet abovethe ground. (Your humble reporter notes that programming seems to have changedlittle in the ensuing 56 years, with one exception: the folks back in'49 never got to watch reality TV. One might also note that $329 in 1949would be the equivalent of a cool $2,500 today -- and you didn't evenget a remote control!) In the same issue of the News, an ad for Columbia General Appliance(Jamestown Street, Phone 207A), advised shoppers to look for blue tagspecials, including "the famous Philco 500" table model radio for $19.95. Or, you could become the proud owner of a 1949 Philco Radio-Phonographmodel #1601, which played "the new 45 minute record with 'concert hall'realism," thanks to "Philco's exclusive Balanced Fidelity Reproducer."Also featured on this model was a "powerful AM radio." The cabinet forthis technological marvel was a "stunning, compact modern Georgianwalnut cabinet." What a deal at $159.95! Reporting way back when from way up north, Cyrus This story was posted on 2005-04-27 11:46:04
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