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Zenith Phonevision

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(Donated by Tim Poliniak)

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Zenith had experimented with pay television as early as 1931. By 1947 they had a working system and in 1951 they introduced Phonevision. After receiving FCC approval, they began a 90 day test run with 300 families from the Lakeview-Lincoln Park area in Chicago. More information on Phonevision can be found at the Chicago Television History site.

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The following is from a 1954 Zenith publication The Zenith Story

Courtesy of Al Anderson

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Zenith equipped some of its 1951 model sets with a connector for Phonevision. Below are pages from a Zenith owners manual.

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From the 1953 Zenith Corp. Annual Report

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The Phonevision system was operational on station WHCT in Hartford, CT for at least two years, ending in 1969. The station would run conventional (non-subscription) entertainment programming during the day, and then switch to Phonevision-encoded programming in the evening.

The following is from a Facebook post by Maureen Carney:

June 1962 - Subscription TV comes to WHCT Hartford, as the FCC authorized a 3 year trial. Authorization would be extended through 1968 before being ended.

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