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 |  Subject: The stars who turned Detroiters into couch potatoes  Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:17 am | |
|  The stars who turned Detroiters into couch potatoesSunday, February 27, 2000 By Vivian M. Baulch / The Detroit News
It all started in 1947 when WWJ-TV began broadcasting over Channel 4 to a handful of viewers in Metro Detroit. But WWJ, started by The Detroit News in the 1920s as the nation's first commercial radio station, was not alone for long.
But WWJ, started by The Detroit News in the 1920s as the nation's first commercial radio station, was not alone for long. Later in 1947, WXYZ went on the air on Channel 7 and WJBK set up shop on Channel 2.
The stations competed for a tiny audience at first. Only 6,400 Detroit homes had television sets in 1948. In 10 years, that number exploded to 1.9 million sets, and with the growth came a host of local television heroes.
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| | Subject: Re: The stars who turned Detroiters into couch potatoes Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:23 am | |
| | Wow, that's pretty interesting gogetem, thanks! |
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