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Old 05-10-2008, 09:52 PM
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My little 1948 7" Admiral has a "history". It was the 1st TV in town, purchased by Mr Miller, who ran the theater, & had a radio repair business as well. He & his pals rigged up an antenna on top of one of the tallest hills, had power up there, & during decent weather, they'd take the Admiral up there. If the Gods of Television were smiling on them that night, maybe they'd pull in WSB or WAGA from Atlanta or WBT from Charlotte... If they did, everybody would cheer-this was a BIG DEAL for 1948...We didn't have a local TV station in NE Tennessee til 1954, so that's as good as it got...
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