
FIRST - Community Antenna Television Installation, Astoria, Oregon
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N 46° 10.884 W 123° 49.043
10T E 436915 N 5114527
Site of the FIRST community antenna television installation in the United States. Completed February, 1949. Astoria, Oregon
Waymark Code: WMF7B
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 06/18/2006
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Site of the FIRST community antenna television installation in the United States. Completed February, 1949. Astoria, OregonCable television was invented and developed by L.E. "Ed" Parsons on Thanksgiving Day 1948. The system carried the FIRST television transmission by KRSC-TV Channel 5 Seattle. This marks the beginning of Cable TV.
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