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"Bob Dobbs" wrote in message
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David Eduardo wrote:

After TV "arrived," meaning the two to three years after the freeze was
lifted, radio at night was barely listened to. So skywave reception (or
DXX
reception) became of little use as there were few listeners and fewer
advertisers.

That blatant lie
just goes to illustrate what an uninformed jerk you are

--

Operator Bob
Echo Charlie 42

It took a lot longer than two or three years for television to penetrate..
most people couldn't begin to afford a set. I think the first TV we had
was in 1962. Mind you, not all were as poor as we were, but almost nobody
I knew when I was very young had a television. It was still several
months' pay to buy one new, and most of the "older" sets were still in use
by their original owners because they were a heavy investment.

TV started right after W.W. II, and they fury to get licenses was so great
the FCC stopped granting them for nearly 3 years during the "Freeze" so they
could revise the allocation system. Still, there were nearly 200 stations on
the air and when the freeze lifted, several hundred more were granted, and
got on very quickly. By 1955, the time I indicated, TV had over 60%
penetration, a figure which was even higher in the large metros where there
might be as many as 7 stations on the air.

Data from Radio Daily's "Radio Annual" editions through the 50's.