RJ Ron Joseph and UHF Television
WPCA-TV 17 was Philadelphia’s first commercial UHF television station
Its signal reached as far north as Doylestown and could be picked up in much of southwestern New Jersey.
Percy and Ruth Crawford were the owners of WPCA-TV. Their children,
sons Don, Dick, Dan, Dean and daughter Donna-Lee, ran the station.
In 1962, RJ Ron Joseph was a pioneer of UHF TV, getting people to buy the adapters
that would let them watch UHF stations on their older TV sets.
Before 1962, Philadelphia TV viewers only had channels 3, 6 and 10 to watch.
RJ's first television show ‘Spotlight on America’ aired on TV 17 at 8 o’clock Monday nights.
Links:
RJ on WikipediaBroadcast Pioneers
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