Is WBZ AM-TV

[Peter Q. George]

A similar situation occured in Bridgeport, CT at WICC-TV (Channel 43) in 1960.  The first caller to Channel 43 within the allotted time would win a crisp new $100 bill.  Nobody called.  The next day, WICC-TV went silent, with the FCC's blessing. 

Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts
"Scanning the bands since 1967"
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> My Dad told the story of how WTAO-TV ended.
> 
> One night they invited viewers to send a post card for a
> sweepstakes
> drawing worth $500 ( a huge sum 50 years ago ) They wanted
> to show
> advertisers that people were watching.
> 
> Not a single card came in and they pulled the plug. Luckily
> for my Dad
> he hooked up with channel 5 a few months later.
> 
> On 11/17/08, chris2526 <chris2526@comcast.net> wrote:
> > Dan, I remember the big WCAS sign in Central Square
> having a scroll
> > at the very bottom: Kaiser-Globe Broadcasting.
> >