In April 1948, the first television station in the U.S. South signed on the air. Today, WTVR-6 in Richmond is celebrating its 75th anniversary. But, the E.W. Scripps Co. station affiliated with CBS says the station's story requires going back even further than that celebratory sign-on date.
Alan Kommisaroff suffered a heart attack after exercising at his home, a GoFundMe page established following the 47-year-old's sudden passing reveals. It was not the first time he suffered a cardiac episode.
From Bilbao to Barcelona and from Malaga to Madrid, the Spanish government anticipated a wholesale shutdown of standard definition TV signals. That won't happen just yet, because that would prevent many from watching broadcast television in Spain.
NEXTGEN TV signals are now available for those who have television sets capable of receiving the ATSC 3.0-powered digital broadcasts for all but the network affiliates serving Illinois' state capital and two neighboring cities.
It's the owner of former Cox Media Group stations that made its mark as the owner of the MVPD-distributed INSP channel. Imagicomm Communications today owns broadcast television stations from the Mississippi to the Redwood Forest. Now, it's named a new GM in Memphis.