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My first exposure to Radio on the TV was also my first exposure to cable television. In the early 1970s, a motel in Chincoteague Virginia featured the island's
by WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
My first exposure to Radio on the TV was also my first exposure to cable television.
In the early 1970s, a motel in Chincoteague Virginia featured the island's cable TV provider. One station consisted of a b&w camera that swiveled between showing a thermometer, barometer, clock and a written board with the local forecast. It played an audio feed of the island's radio station.
Grade school me was so fascinated by all tech in action, it became a permanent memory.
- breput 3y agoHackaday did a story[0] on this type of proto-weather channel. [0] https://hackaday.com/2022/10/20/retrotechtacular-the-original-weather-channel/ https://hackaday.com/2022/10/20/retrotechtacular-the-origina...
- WarOnPrivacy 3y agoDang. That's really cool. I had always assumed this was the cable operator's homebrewed invention.