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Early Electronic Television

W9XBK, WBKB - Chicago

W9XBK was the second electronic station on the air in Chicago, starting transmission in 1939. (the first was W9XZV Zenith Radio Corporation's experimental outlet on channel 1), W9XBK transmitted at 60-66 megacycles, then television's channel 2.  The station went on the air in April of 1941. Balaban & Katz also held the experimental television licenses for W9XBT, W9XBB, and W9XPR. When the VHF frequencies were changed by the FCC, W9XBK found itself transmitting at 66-72 megacycles, the current channel 4.  W9XZV ended up on channel 2.  Late in 1943, the station would become the first commercial station in Chicago, WBKB. 

  • A story at Chicago Television about WBKB
  • An article about a 1947 program at WBKB
  • Chicagology article
  • WBKB during World War Two
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Howard Tuller, son of Morton Tuller, who worked at WBKB from 1946 to 1949, provided us with many documents related to the station:

1944-45 Television program scripts

  • The Perfect Crime - February 9, 1944
  • Perfect Ending - October 26, 1944
  • Welcome to the Walkers - April 5, 1945
  • Telequizicalls - May 1, 1945
  • Telequizicalls - May 23, 1945
  • Telequizicalls - May 24, 1945
  • Treasury Hour - May 9, 1945
  • Look at the News - June 8, 1945
  • Treasury Hour - June 13, 1945
  • Telequizicalls - June 21, 1945
  • Telequizicalls - July 12, 1945
  • Telequizicalls - July 26, 1945
  • Herkimer Wins the Red Heart - 1945
  • Lake Bluff Orphanage - 1945?
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1946 Television program scripts

  • Northwestern University Football - September 28, 1946
  • Northwestern University Football - October 26, 1946
  • Northwestern University Football - November 23, 1946
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Audience suveys

  • Audience Survey Questionaire - February 22, 1947
  • Audience Survey Results - February 22,1947
  • Audience Surveys - 1947 and 1948
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Other documents

  • Documents related to programming
  • Documents related to programming operations
  • AMA Television Handbook
  • Continuity of Action in the Televising of Baseball Games
  • Television Remote Operations
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