Formats change, stations are sold, and personalities retire. But looking through broadcast history, you’ll find some heritage callsigns throughout.
Category: History
Broadcast History: When AM Stations Moved to the Expanded Band
The process of moving stations to an expanded AM band began more than 30 years ago and is actually still underway, with a few dozen stations still using both their new and old frequencies.
Voices of the Dead: Sounds of Now-Deleted AM/FM Stations
Forget about the graveyard frequencies: These audio files are the voices of AM and FM stations that are actually dead.
Broadcast History: Why Nebraska’s Capital Had Only One TV Station for Decades
For more than four decades, there was only one TV station in Nebraska’s capital city. The situation in Lincoln was the result of a brief, tumultuous period in which one station bought…
Broadcast History: Pre-Deregulation AM-FM Pairs in Minnesota
Lost in consolidation, especially to younger readers, are the historic pairings of AM and FM stations before consolidation.
Broadcast History: Twin Cities TV Dials, 1948-2002
Have you ever wondered if it’s true when people say they only had three channels growing up? Do you have fond memories of the simple TV lineup you had as a child?…
Broadcast History: Cities That Never Got Their Allotted TV Stations
Looking at an early list of TV allotments, you can see that regulators may have thought the broadcast TV industry was going to be a lot bigger than it became.
Broadcast History: The Two Sets of Original VHF TV Allotments
The original VHF TV allotments, which still mostly dictate virtual channels used today, fit together a bit like a puzzle or a game of Sudoku.
Broadcast History: The Early Days of Duluth’s Channel 21
In the mid-1990s, few people knew that Duluth had a TV station on channel 21, but one person who worked there made sure some of its history was preserved.
Broadcast History: Longest TV Channel, Callsign, Affiliation Combos
Which Upper Midwest stations have had the same channel (real or virtual), primary network affiliation, and callsign for the longest?