TV Digest 02-02-52 Issue Cover
TV Digest in Philadelphia, along with TV Guide in New York City and TV Forecast in Chicago, were purchased by Triangle Publications which then began publishing a national TV magazine in 1953 - the name TV Guide barely won over TV Digest.
The article about new stations for Philadelphia discusses the freeze on new stations imposed by the FCC in 1948 and that Philly was allocated four UHF channels (one designaled for educational use only). It says people were not happy with the UHF allocations because most TV sets would need converters to tune UHF.
TV Digest 02-02-52 Issue Cover
TV Digest in Philadelphia, along with TV Guide in New York City and TV Forecast in Chicago, were purchased by Triangle Publications which then began publishing a national TV magazine in 1953 - the name TV Guide barely won over TV Digest.
The article about new stations for Philadelphia discusses the freeze on new stations imposed by the FCC in 1948 and that Philly was allocated four UHF channels (one designaled for educational use only). It says people were not happy with the UHF allocations because most TV sets would need converters to tune UHF.