WSB TV signed on 9/29/48 (on channel 8), the same day as WBAP Ft Worth. WTVR Richmond signed on 4/22/48 as the South's first TV station (although some don't consider Virginia in the south anymore, they did at the time). So WSB TV would be second in the South to sign on behind WTVR (Ft Worth could be called first in the South West). WAVE Louisville signed on 11/24/48, WMC Memphis signed on 12/11/48, and finally WDSU 12/18/48. The FCC froze new applications for TV in Sept 1948, but if you had already been issued a construction permit you could build and come on air: In the south WAGA Atlanta, WTVJ Miami, WMBR (WJXT) Jacksonville, WBRC and WAFM (WVTM) Birmingham, WFMY Greensboro and WBTV Charlotte signed on in 1949. WSAZ Huntington WV in 1949 as well, if you consider that the South. WSM Nashville and WHAS Louisville signed on in 1950. WLTV (WXIA) Atlanta signed on 9/30/51 as the last pre-freeze station with a construction permit. The freeze was lifted in April, 1952.
@@johnnyballenatl true., but I was saying not and referring to the entire deep south (the original 7 CSA states (excluding Texas) ) since Channel 6 (New Orleans) Is Older. There is a page about The construction of the first WDSU tower on the Hibernia Bank Building, and the top caption read "WDSU-TV...FIRST TELEVISION STATION IN THE DEEP SOUTH...1948 " source: broadcastmuseum.tripod.com/wdsu3.html
@@johnnyballenatl yes, WTVR is oldest in the south Thanks, Virginia to D.C. Distance I bet was part of the large reason WTVR got on 8 months before the rest of the south got in on the act.
PLUS WHEN LOOKING AT LICENCING DATES WDSU (New Orleans): September 30, 1949 WAVE (Louisville KY): May 11, 1951 WMC(T) (Memphis TN) November 7, 1949 WSB (Atlanta) September 5. 1952 While WMC signed on The week before WDSU, and WAVE The Month Beforehand, WDSU was the first licensed station between these 5. CONTINUING ON WTVR was licensed December 12 1949. WBTV: December 18, 1950 WVTM February 10, 1950 This means that WDSU is the first licensed station in the south.
Rest in heaven Jovita. You will never be forgotten.
And now Fred Blankenship is the only surviving person in this video.
damn, 2009 and 60fps
Interesting how the news banner was adjusted to fit the 4:3 and 16:9 ratio.
Probably because it was set up to fit on TVs that people still used that still used the 4:3 aspect ratio, like the TV at 0:45.
@@morganrussman analouge swich off
@@morganrussman digital tv
RIP Jovita Moore
WSB TV signed on 9/29/48 (on channel 8), the same day as WBAP Ft Worth. WTVR Richmond signed on 4/22/48 as the South's first TV station (although some don't consider Virginia in the south anymore, they did at the time). So WSB TV would be second in the South to sign on behind WTVR (Ft Worth could be called first in the South West). WAVE Louisville signed on 11/24/48, WMC Memphis signed on 12/11/48, and finally WDSU 12/18/48.
The FCC froze new applications for TV in Sept 1948, but if you had already been issued a construction permit you could build and come on air: In the south WAGA Atlanta, WTVJ Miami, WMBR (WJXT) Jacksonville, WBRC and WAFM (WVTM) Birmingham, WFMY Greensboro and WBTV Charlotte signed on in 1949. WSAZ Huntington WV in 1949 as well, if you consider that the South. WSM Nashville and WHAS Louisville signed on in 1950. WLTV (WXIA) Atlanta signed on 9/30/51 as the last pre-freeze station with a construction permit. The freeze was lifted in April, 1952.
this was a classic
Sometimes I still think analog was better than digital it was more reliable that's for sure
I mean if you had a bad signal it was better, but fewer and fewer people have bad tv signals nowadays, at least in first world countries.
OH HELL YEAH 2009 aka The End of the First Decade of the 21st Century.
RIP Don
RIP
Wow she said Flip That #Switch
Taken from a DIGITAL TV! first
yes! it is from WSB directly, after all.
@@pxltron2807 analouge
@@pxltron2807 swich off
From "NOT" the deep south's first tv station (actually 2nd)
But they are _Georgia’s_ first TV station.
@@johnnyballenatl true., but I was saying not and referring to the entire deep south (the original 7 CSA states (excluding Texas) ) since Channel 6 (New Orleans) Is Older.
There is a page about The construction of the first WDSU tower on the Hibernia Bank Building, and the top caption read
"WDSU-TV...FIRST TELEVISION STATION IN THE DEEP SOUTH...1948
"
source: broadcastmuseum.tripod.com/wdsu3.html
@@davidmatthewvinotjr8396 But the geographical South includes Virginia, and WTVR in Richmond is months older than WSB or WDSU.
@@johnnyballenatl yes, WTVR is oldest in the south Thanks, Virginia to D.C. Distance I bet was part of the large reason WTVR got on 8 months before the rest of the south got in on the act.
PLUS WHEN LOOKING AT LICENCING DATES
WDSU (New Orleans): September 30, 1949
WAVE (Louisville KY): May 11, 1951
WMC(T) (Memphis TN) November 7, 1949
WSB (Atlanta) September 5. 1952
While WMC signed on The week before WDSU, and WAVE The Month Beforehand, WDSU was the first licensed station between these 5.
CONTINUING ON
WTVR was licensed December 12 1949.
WBTV: December 18, 1950
WVTM February 10, 1950
This means that WDSU is the first licensed station in the south.