RCA TK-42s at WKTR-TV - KETTERING, OH.

(Fall 1968) - Photos: Courtesy of Tom Mulvaney - Lexington, KY

       
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TK-42 - Camera 1 TK-42 - Camera 2 Telecine & VTR Room Master Control
WKTR-TV went on the air in 1967 as Dayton's 1st Independent Commercial Broadcaster,
but only stayed on air for 5 years. (In 1972 Channel 16 became a PBS TV station)
Tom worked at WKTR-TV briefly as a film projectionist while going to college.
He took these photos in the Fall of 1968. - (Submitted to OLDRADIO.COM Oct. 2005)

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