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Early Television Stations W9XBK, WBKB - ChicagoW9XBK 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. 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.
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 1946 Television program scripts
Audience suveys
Other documents
DuMont camera, during World War Two
News reporter Ann Hunter pointing to a WWII map of Italy. Early example
The Control Room. Again, notice the all-female staff. During the war it was common for women to take over jobs which previously were exclusively for men. (Above 3 photos courtesy of Steve Dichter)
The set is a General Electric HM-226 Courtesy of Steve Dichter
1944 telecast
A picture of the staff from the mid 40s. Two cameras can be seen; one is a DuMont (right) and the other is a homemade camera (left).
Another view of the homemade camera
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