In Philadelphia, Broadcasting Begins in Roxborough
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In Philadelphia, Broadcasting Begins in Roxborough
Looking toward Center City Philadelphia, from Roxborough, in 2020. Credit: Rob Ekund “From a new tower standing almost 910 feet above sea level and located in the population center of the greater Philadelphia area in a region clear of the obstacles encountered in mid-city sites …” In a full-page ad in the Philadelphia Inquirer the morning of Oct. 4, 1949, TV Channel 6, then WFIL(TV), had begun transmitting from a tower at the corner of Umbria Av…
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