RE: WXPO-TV in Lowell????

[Gary F <gff@mediaone.net>]

WXPO-TV signed on in late fall of 1969 and went black in March of 70 (power company cut the power to the Windham transmitter site while station was off the air early one morning)

It was an Ampex showcase facility - 7 Marconi color cameras, etc. 

Most remembered show - The live telecast of Lowell's Holiday Festival Parade (we just rolled a camera out the front door) - show was replayed to death.

- -gary francis

PS - got my first on-camera TV job there as a 17 yr old newscaster


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Subject: 	WXPO-TV in Lowell????


Does anyone know what years WXPO in Lowell was actually on the air?

I'm surprised I never saw or heard this station...And I live in the
Merrimack Valley...

In my area...we wouldn't watch Channel 9, because all the same shows
were on the Boston network afilliate...With ONE exception!  UNCLE GUS!

Every kids knew how to tune in Uncle Gus on Channel 9!  The picture was
a little fuzzy because all our antennas were pointed towards Boston....
opposite of Manchester...

BM

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