Repro of c.1956 WRGB Test Pattern
A repro (with film chain calibration approximation to match) of the test pattern used for several years starting around 1956 by WRGB (Channel 6) in Schenectady, NY, placing emphasis on its original owner, General Electric, in the center. (This design was also used in the 1950's by WFIL-TV in Philadelphia, now WPVI-TV.) One of the early experimental television stations, it became commercial in 1942. Originally on Channel 4, it moved two dial positions up in 1954. At the time an NBC affiliate, since 1981 it was affiliated with CBS. As featured in ads from broadcast engineering magazines of the time.
Repro of c.1956 WRGB Test Pattern
A repro (with film chain calibration approximation to match) of the test pattern used for several years starting around 1956 by WRGB (Channel 6) in Schenectady, NY, placing emphasis on its original owner, General Electric, in the center. (This design was also used in the 1950's by WFIL-TV in Philadelphia, now WPVI-TV.) One of the early experimental television stations, it became commercial in 1942. Originally on Channel 4, it moved two dial positions up in 1954. At the time an NBC affiliate, since 1981 it was affiliated with CBS. As featured in ads from broadcast engineering magazines of the time.