Channel Changer

[Muddyboots]

 

[Ricky C]

Hey Muddy, thanks I needed that chuckle!

 

[cornshank]

Me to , and it was in the snow and up hill both directions!

 

[Muddyboots]

And adjust the ears for the channel change! Ah, the good old days.....NOT! PITA TV's!! More snow on screen inside than outside in winter!

 

[Coyote Shadow Tracker]

Darn y'all were really lucky. All we had was a Radio and was AM!

 

[Huntsman66]

Or when we had only 3 TV stations and they went off air at like midnight!…..

 

[Coyote Shadow Tracker]

Or when we had only 3 TV stations and they went off air at like midnight!…..

CBS, NBC, ABC and then it had a CROSS Section with Circles for a steady screen and BEEEEEEK sound from 12:00AM to 6:00AM (Naturally Black & White).
I think one of the first TV Shows was the Ed Sullivan Show.
The only thing we watched (my father controlled what was watched and twisted the "Rabbit Ears with Tin Foil") when we did get a TV was the NEWS that came on at 6:00 PM. I think later on I remember Walter Cronkite

The pictures are from a "Magnifying TV VIEWER" 12" X 12" X 4" with a Sliding Mount that you attached and put in front of the Little B&W TV to make the picture look bigger. We all sat on the floor - Mom & Dad had chairs and we watched the TV! Distorted the picture, but did make our TV look like out new 70" 4K Flat Screen.

 

[squeeeeze]

Good one Muddy! . I was the channel changer for my dad on the rotary dial through channel 13 (I believe it was) as a tot. Once the ends broke we had to use vise grips to change channels on the Old Zenith lol.

 

[Coyote Shadow Tracker]

CBS, NBC, ABC and then it had a CROSS Section with Circles for a steady screen and BEEEEEEK sound from 12:00AM to 6:00AM (Naturally Black & White).
I think one of the first TV Shows was the Ed Sullivan Show.
The only thing we watched (my father controlled what was watched and twisted the "Rabbit Ears with Tin Foil") when we did get a TV was the NEWS that came on at 6:00 PM. I think later on I remember Walter Cronkite

The pictures are from a "Magnifying TV VIEWER" 12" X 12" X 4" with a Sliding Mount that you attached and put in front of the Little B&W TV to make the picture look bigger. We all sat on the floor - Mom & Dad had chairs and we watched the TV! Distorted the picture, but did make our TV look like out new 70" 4K Flat Screen.

I'll have to pull out the Telegraph that my Dad used when he took me to work with him. No phones on the side of a mountain only telegraph wires. My father sent all comm by a telegraph key and received messages out of a box. will post pictures tomorrow. i have the telegraph and receiver box along with many Rail\\Road items.

 

[Muddyboots]

Ok this will really age me. Right after Johnny Carson you got this.

 

[Coyote Shadow Tracker]

Ok this will really age me. Right after Johnny Carson you got this.
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Is that one of those older "F" Class Targets!

 

[.gacton]

Three channels? We had one. Armed Forces tv. On a small black and white. Wasn't until we got back State side that I found out otherwise.

 

[Muddyboots]

Remember 9" diameter round screen? In a 4' cube cabinet? You had to sit within 3' to recognize the blurry figures!!!