Out First TV

It much have been around 1955 when we got our first TV not long after the first TV station was put on the air in Wilmington. There was a lot of snow in the picture not outside, which you people that have never watched anything but digital or cable probably have no idea how lucky you are, because everything was analog in those days. You only had one channel to watch and it was WMFD Channel 6 and everything was in black and white. Not much to the programming ether, just the fact you could see a picture was entertainment enough back then. With in a few years we had Howdy Doody and Buffalo Bob, Pinky Lee, The Lone Ranger, Mighty Mouse, etc. Some of the local favorite were Ben McDonald giving his version of the news and advertising BMF to cure baldness, Wayne Jackson and the sports and Jim Burns doing the weather and his Bermuda High. Then there was the Jim Burns Show at 12 noon each day. Now that was a talk show the whole family could watch. Sure wish we could get some local programming to match that now.