How might it have turned out?

[Kevin Vahey]

of note 5 moving from Worcester to Boston opened up 5 for NYC


On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 12:25 AM, Garrett Wollman <wollman@bimajority.org>wrote:

> The FCC revised the initial table of TV allocations several times in
> the early years, including twice in late 1945 after the end of World
> War II.  Here's what /Broadcasting/ reported were the assignments for
> our area in late November, 1945:
>
> Albany-Schenectady-Troy .... 2 4 7 9 11
> Allentown-Easton-Bethlehem . 8 (a "community" station)
> Atlantic City .............. 8 ("community")
> Binghamton ................. 12
> Boston ..................... 2 4 7 9 13
> Bridgeport ................. 1 ("community")
> Buffalo-Niagara ............ 4 7 9 13
> Fall River-New Bedford ..... 1 ("community")
> Hartford ................... 8 10
> Lowell-Lawrence-Haverhill .. 6
> Manchester (N.H.) .......... 1 ("community")
> New Haven .................. 6 ("community")
> New York City .............. 2 4 7 9 11 13
> Philadelphia ............... 3 6 10 12
> Portland ................... 3 8
> Providence ................. 11
> Rochester .................. 2 6 11
> Scranton-Wilkes-Barre ...... 11 plus 1 ("community")
> Springfield-Holyoke ........ 3 plus 1 ("community")
> Syracuse ................... 5 8 10
> Utica-Rome ................. 3 13
> Waterbury (Ct.) ............ 12
> Worcester .................. 5
>
> Aside from Portland, there were no allocations for anywhere in
> Northern New England.
>
> It would be a considerably different TV dial, that's for sure.  (Of
> course, as we know now, even before most of these stations were built,
> it was obvious that it didn't work in reality.  The "community"
> stations were dropped early on, along with channel 1.)
>
> -GAWollman
>