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About the picture at:

http://www.videokarma.org/attachment...1&d=1403628344

Originally Posted by Kamakiri

. . . . . Since the stations on the pushbuttons indicate that this set is native to the area. . . . .

I've tried to get late 1940s information here, as call signs, frequency and power has changed over the years:

WGR 550KC Buffalo, NY
CBL 740KC 50,000 Watts Toronto, Ontario, Canada
WBEN 930KC 5,000 Watts Buffalo, NY
WEBR 970KC Buffalo, NY
WNYC 830KC 1,000 Watt NYC, NY
( button missing )
WBNY 1440KC Buffalo, NY
WKBW 1480KC 50,000 Watts Buffalo, NY

OK, something is very wrong here!

Six stations are correct for Buffalo.

There is no way that WNYC, at the time a puny 1,000 watt public daytime-only station with transmitter located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, could be received in Buffalo, especially since in the late 1940's also on the same 830KC frequency was 50,000 watt clear channel WCCO located in Minneapolis, Minnesota! WNYC is one of, if not the oldest public owned radio station still using the same call letters.

Me thinks someone grabbed an AM button from another TV set that was from NYC.

James