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cUuodFIRST IDAHO TELEVISION—Lt. Gov. Edson Deal, left, put Idaho’s first television station on the air when he pulled the slide that supplied the test pattern for KFXD-TV of Nampa. With Deal is Ed Hurt, KFXD-TV manager, at the power switch. The transmitter is at Deer Point overlooking Boise Valley and the station broadcasts on Channel 6.IT’S HEREIdahoFirst TV SignalsReach as Far as WeiserNampa’s KFXD-TV. first television station to go into operation in Idaho, sent test patterns for five hours yesterday.Reception was reported as far away as Weiser and Ontario. Ore Station Manager Ed Hurt said about 130 viewers telephoned to report they were receiving the test pattern.Hurt said patterns will be sent out daily from 1 to 5 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. “so the stationcan adjust its transmitter and the viewer can adjust his set for the best picture.”Transmission of programs will begin “probably after the middle of July,” he said.The station received a telegram of congratulation of Idaho's Rep. Grade Pfost, whose home is inNampa.Lt. Gov. Edson Deal went to the transmitter site on Deer Point,itigh above the Boise Valley, and itficiated at a ceremony marking the establishment of video broadcasting in Idaho.Deal inserted the test pattern slide on the Channel 6 station while Station Manager Hurt pulled theswitch that put the station on the air.KFXD’s initial broadcast yesterday climaxed a race among several Idaho grantees to see which would be first to make television broadcasting in Idaho a reality.
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Nampa Idaho Free Press
Nampa, Idaho, US
Fri, Jun 19, 1953
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