WMUR

[Mark Watson]

Sid Schweiger wrote:


 When I first went to work for WGIR back in the late 1970s I was told that 
Eaton would not spring for a proper color transmitting setup.  The reason 
their color pictures were so awful was that he was sending a color signal 
through an exciter designed for monochrome.

  Wasn't WMUR one of the last ABC affiliates in the country to go color?

  I heard a story once, don't know if it's true or false (Kevin Vahey may be 
able to confirm/deny), but back in the days when WMUR was still all black & 
white, they had a couple of borrowed color cameras for a telethon or other 
special event, and while they had them they used them for one "Uncle Gus" 
hour.

  For a few years in the early and mid 70's my family spent a week each year 
vacationing at Newfound Lake in Bristol NH. The only 2 stations we could 
receive were a snowy WMUR and a less snowy WMTW Channel 8 from Mt. 
Washington. WMTW had slightly better offerings than WMUR, but WMUR was more 
fun to watch, not only for "Uncle Gus" but for the low budget news. Loved it 
when the film would break and fall off the screen during the closing credits 
of "Timmy & Lassie" while booth anouncer (and the sportscaster on the 11PM 
news) Doug Edwards told us "the preceding program came to you on film".

Mark Watson