Portland Press Herald from Portland, Maine • 23

WCSH Has Proud 28-Year History Of Broadcasting WCSH -TV threw it test pet-tern on the television sir for the first time last week It will continue the proujl history which WCSH the parent radio station has achieved over more than 38 years of broadcasting WCSH has come a long way since the day it was founded in June 1925 as 500-watt from Sunshine DISTANT RECEPTION In those pioneer days of radio WCSH could be heard fairly consistently for 1000 miles and attained recognized reception up to 3500 miles Letters from listeners poured in at a great rate from June to September 1925 more than 10000 were received split about equally between those from Maine and those from out of state Range of reception and volume of mail were just about the only things that were bigger in 1925 for WCSH than they are now Three men William Foss engineer-manager James Nicholson Jr chief operator and John Fraser technician made up the payroll at the time of the initial broadcast in July a 925 rhe Congress Square Hotel Co of Portland with Henry Rines as president owned the 500-watt transmitter which had already seen limited service under private ownership in Massachusetts Speech input equipment fed from a single studio on the top floor and a pair of 90-foot towers on the roof WC8H was at once licensed for full-time operation However since the license in those days did not oblige the station to broadcast all the time WCSH went on the air more at the whim of its staff than for any other reason Program availability was another consideration ORIGINAL ANNOUNCER Initial program was notable for one feature along the technical line Lacking an announcer the station brought a newspaperman to do the talking He was Linwood Pitman who is the only member of the original production staff still affiliated with WCSH and now with WC8H-TV Eventually in 1925 a full-time announcer and program director WCSH-TV CHANNEL 6 Population 700797 Home 202420 Retail Sale sa-ss $660188000 Seta in Area Oct 1 1933 88607 Estimated Seta Air Tim 78000 WCSH-TV will be visible over the above area when it begins full telecasting December 20 Figures below give the population and estimated TV sets in the region covered range will be approximately equal to that of WGAN-TV Wanting: BE SURE OF SERVICE BEFORE YOU BUY ANY TV SET! For Dependable Performance See Admiral FOR DEPENDABLE SERVICE BUY YOUR ADMIRAL from MORSE RADIO CO MEMBER APPLIANCE COUNCIL) 243 CONGRESS DIAL 2-9505 Open Evening a Till Nine Archie Legro joined the staff It was he who first issued mimeographed program schedules for newspaper publication take a quick glimpse at WC8H back in 1925 The main studio was on the sixth floor of the Congress Square Hotel Formerly a private dining room its walls were hung with 'heavy acoustical cloth Old Press-Herald photos make It seem more lika a mausoleum than a radio station Above on the roof was the The Gillette Safety Razor Co sponsor of the Of was the first sponsor of a televised boxing bout On Sept 29 1944 NBC cameras televised the Willie Pep-Chalky Wright featherweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden In those days televising a fight applied for the same channel Recommends WCSH-TV CHOSE RCA-TV Victor-TV? er mahogany Model 21T373C s0 SELECT NOW FOR CHRISTMAS DELIVERY Most Locations Will Not Need Roof Antenna Open Saturday and 9 to 9 Monday Terms or Pay In January Easy Charge Now Allen 571 LISBON STREET LEWISTON 517 CONGRESS STREET PORTLAND.