Repro of 1960's WCMC-TV Color Test Pattern
A repro (with color film chain calibration approximation to match) of the early test pattern as used by what initially took to the air on January 25, 1966 as WCMC-TV (Channel 40) in Wildwood, NJ (which is counted as part of the Philadelphia market). The station (which became WAAT in 1981, and changed in 1984 to the current WMGM-TV) was affiliated with NBC from its sign-on until the last day of 2014; today it carries the True Crime Network. Layout confirmed by a DX photo on a website devoted to early UHF TV stations.
Repro of 1960's WCMC-TV Color Test Pattern
A repro (with color film chain calibration approximation to match) of the early test pattern as used by what initially took to the air on January 25, 1966 as WCMC-TV (Channel 40) in Wildwood, NJ (which is counted as part of the Philadelphia market). The station (which became WAAT in 1981, and changed in 1984 to the current WMGM-TV) was affiliated with NBC from its sign-on until the last day of 2014; today it carries the True Crime Network. Layout confirmed by a DX photo on a website devoted to early UHF TV stations.