Isn't it ironic that Channel 64 in Providence has the same call letters. I wish they had kept WSTG... that was when 64 had some worth to it... now it just carries FOX and is a sister station to WPRI 12. Thank you for breaking down the history of channel 7 as I remember very well how it used to be back then.
In addition, the prompter apparatus housed atop the lens of the RCA TK-46 was the Q-TV VPS-100 system, which was first introduced in the mid-'70's.
wmbrown6 3 months ago
Isn't it ironic that Channel 64 in Providence has the same call letters. I wish they had kept WSTG... that was when 64 had some worth to it... now it just carries FOX and is a sister station to WPRI 12. Thank you for breaking down the history of channel 7 as I remember very well how it used to be back then.
newstart2009 7 months ago
Why was RKO unfit to have a tv station?
stevations 1 year ago
@stevations Look up the "RKO General" article on Wikipedia and all your questions will be answered.
pooka5472 1 year ago
Of course, no mention made to it being the final night of WNAC-TV. No time to hold your head in shame, I suppose ;-)
kstarpictures 1 year ago
And the studio camera seen around 0:03-0:06 next to Brad Holbrook is the RCA TK-46.
wmbrown6 1 year ago
That Channel 7 jingle was on Aussie's own Channel 7 affiliate, TVW7 in Perth two years later!!!!
videonut33 1 year ago
Of course, if the final test pattern used by Channel 7 as RKO-owned WNAC-TV were to surface, I'd be a happy clam. :-D
wmbrown6 1 year ago