Walson, John, 1915-1993.
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John Walson was recognized by the U.S. Congress as the founder of the cable television industry. In 1948, Walson erected a mountaintop antenna tower and ran a coaxial cable on Pennsylvania Power & Light Company (PP & L) poles to his Mahanoy City, Pa. appliance store to demonstrate television; he then extended lines to homes of TV purchasers, which marked the beginning of Service Electric Cable TV, Inc. In 1987, Service Electric was the largest single-owner CATV system in the United States with 85,000 subscribers.
From the description of John Walson papers. 1950-1997. (Cable Center, The). WorldCat record id: 48515116
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Subjects:
- Cable television
- Electric lines
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- Pennsylvania--Mahanoy City (as recorded)
