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As commercial telecasting enters its tenth year, KSD-TV . . . America's FIRST completely postwar-equipped TV station . . . notes here some of its pioneering achievements in serving the TV audience of the nation's 9th largest market, and on several occasions the national TV audience as well.
KSD-TV
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TV station to originate a closed circuit program in St. Louis (Veiled Prophet Parade, October 8, 1946.)
TV station in St. Louis to transmit a special "dealer meeting" telecast. (RCA dealers, Hotel Statler, St. Louis, February 3, 1947.)
TV station in St. Louis to telecast on-the-air programming. (Commercial operations began on February 8,
1947. )
TV station in the middle-west to originate programs for the NBC network. (Kiel Auditorium, September 20,
1948. )
TV station in St. Louis to originate a closed circuit telecast of a surgical operation. (Firmin Desloge, St. Mary's and Barnes Hospitals, November 30-December 3, 1948.)
TV station to telecast the wedding reception of a Vice President of the United States. (Vice President and Mrs. Alben W. Barkley, November 18, 1949. Program carried by NBC network.)
TV station to telecast a funeral service. (City Comptroller Louis Nolte, January 4, 1950.)
TV station in St. Louis to originate a program for the CBS-TV network. (Address by President Truman, June 10, 1950.)
TV station in St. Louis to originate a program for four networks at one time. (Address by President Truman on November 4, 1950.)
TV station in America to participate in the simulcast of a regularly scheduled series of religious programs. (The Protestant Hour, KSD and KSDTV, since December 10, 1950.)
TV station to originate a network telecast of a U.S. Senate Committee Hearing in St. Louis. (Kefauver Crime Investigation, February 23 & 24, 1951.)
TV station to telecast a Police Board hearing direct from the Board of Police Commissioners offices. (February 15, 1952.)
TV station in St. Louis to originate live network telecasts from another city for exclusive coverage on its own station. (Interviews at Democratic and Republican National Conventions in Chicago, July, 1952.)
TV station in St. Louis to operate on the maximum power authorized by the FCC. (100,000 watts on VHF Channel 5 since May 20, 1953.)
TV station in St. Louis to telecast a network program in full color. (Address by Gen. Sarnoff, December 17, 1953.)
TV station in St. Louis to telecast a commercial network program in full color. ("Dragnet," December 24, 1953.)
TV station in St. Louis to participate in origination of a live network program in full color. (Grant's Farm, St. Louis County, June 9 & 10, 1954.)
TV station in St. Louis to originate a local film program in full color. (December 11, 1954.)
K S D"TV
THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH TELEVISION STATION
100,000 WATTS ON VHF CHANNEL 5
National Advertising Representative: NBC SPOT SALES
Broadcasting • Telecasting
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