List of experimental television stations

This page is a list of the experimental television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...

s before 1946. After 1946, the television frequencies were opened up to commercialization, and regular broadcasts began.

Television stations, as of 1928

Television Call-sign (Original)	Television Call-sign (Current)	City or location	Owner	Transmitter antenna height	Television frequency	Television channel Television channel A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and... (current)	On air	Off air	Disk holes or lines	Frame rate (frame/s)	Original broadcast system	Current broadcast system
Television stations, as of 1928 ---- United States of America
WGY WRGB WRGB, channel 6, is a television station located in Schenectady, New York, USA. WRGB is owned by Freedom Communications, and is the CBS affiliate for the Albany-Schenectady-Troy television market...	WRGB-TV	Schenectady, NY	General Electric General Electric General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...	380 m	790 kHz	Channel 6 (VHF)	May 10, 1928	Present	48	Unknown	Mechanical television	NTSC-M
WRNY	None	New York City	Experimenter Publishing	326 m	920 kHz	None	August 13, 1928	1929	48	7.5	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None
2XAL	None	New York City	Experimenter Publishing	(with WRNY), 30.91	9700 kHz	None	August 13, 1928	1929	48	7.5	Mechanical television	None
3XK W3XK W3XK is widely regarded as the oldest television station in the United States. It was operated by Charles Jenkins of Charles Jenkins Laboratories from July 2, 1928 to 1934. It was the first station to broadcast to the general public. The station's frequency started out at 1605 kHz, but moved to...	None	Washington, DC	Charles Jenkins Laboratories Charles Jenkins Laboratories Charles Jenkins Laboratories was the enterprise headed by Charles Francis Jenkins that was granted the first commercial television license in the United States, station W3XK. The Laboratories also operated experimental station W2XCR....	46.7 m	1605 kHz	None	July 2, 1928	1932 (1934?)	48	Unknown	Mechanical television	None
WOR WWOR-TV WWOR-TV, virtual channel 9 , is the flagship station of the MyNetworkTV programming service, licensed to Secaucus, New Jersey and serving the Tri-State metropolitan area. WWOR is owned by Fox Television Stations, a division of the News Corporation, and is a sister station to Fox network flagship...	WWOR-TV WWOR-TV WWOR-TV, virtual channel 9 , is the flagship station of the MyNetworkTV programming service, licensed to Secaucus, New Jersey and serving the Tri-State metropolitan area. WWOR is owned by Fox Television Stations, a division of the News Corporation, and is a sister station to Fox network flagship...	Secaucus, NJ formerly New York City	Bamberger Broadcasting (from WOR-AM)	405 m	740 kHz	Channel 9 (VHF)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Mechanical television	NTSC-M
KDKA KDKA-TV KDKA-TV, channel 2, is an owned and operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. KDKA-TV broadcasts from a transmitter located in the Perry North neighborhood of Pittsburgh, and its studios are located in downtown Pittsburgh at Gateway Center....	KDKA-TV KDKA-TV KDKA-TV, channel 2, is an owned and operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. KDKA-TV broadcasts from a transmitter located in the Perry North neighborhood of Pittsburgh, and its studios are located in downtown Pittsburgh at Gateway Center....	Pittsburgh, PA	Westinghouse Electric Company Westinghouse Electric Company Westinghouse Electric Company LLC is a nuclear power company, offering a wide range of nuclear products and services to utilities throughout the world, including nuclear fuel, service and maintenance, instrumentation and control and advanced nuclear plant designs...	62.5 m	4798 kHz	Channel 2 VHF	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Mechanical television	NTSC-M
1XAY W1XAY W1XAY was one of the first television stations in the world, being founded on June 14, 1928. It was also branded as "WLEX" from its sister radio station, in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA ....	None	Lexington, MA	WLEX-AM	51-62 m	1900 to 4700 kHz	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Mechanical television	None
4XA	None	Memphis, TN	WSM-AM WSM (AM) WSM is the callsign of a 50,000 watt AM radio station located in Nashville, Tennessee. Operating at 650 kHz, its clear channel signal can reach much of North America and various countries, especially late at night...	120-125 m	2500-2100 kHz	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Mechanical television	None
9XAA (short-wave station of WCFL WMVP WMVP is the callsign of a commercial radio station in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is owned by ABC. Its transmitter is located in Downers Grove. The station broadcasts live sports talk, both locally and nationally. Daily programming consists of talk shows that are both national and local... , officially W9XAA)	None	Chicago, IL Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...	WCFL-AM WMVP WMVP is the callsign of a commercial radio station in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is owned by ABC. Its transmitter is located in Downers Grove. The station broadcasts live sports talk, both locally and nationally. Daily programming consists of talk shows that are both national and local... /Chicago Federation of Labor Chicago Federation of Labor The Chicago Federation of Labor is an umbrella organization for unions in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is a subordinate body of the AFL-CIO, and as of 2011 has about 320 affiliated member unions representing half a million union members in Cook County....	61.25 m	4800 kHz	Unknown	June 19, 1928	1937	48	15	Mechanical television	None
Television stations, as of December, 1928 ---- United States of America
Television Call-sign (Original)	Television Call-sign (Current)	City or location	Owner	Transmitter antenna height (m)	Television frequency	Television channel Television channel A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and... (current)	On air	Off air	Disk holes or lines	frame rate (frame/s)	Original broadcast system	Current broadcast system
WGY WRGB WRGB, channel 6, is a television station located in Schenectady, New York, USA. WRGB is owned by Freedom Communications, and is the CBS affiliate for the Albany-Schenectady-Troy television market...	WRGB-TV	Schenectady, NY	General Electric General Electric General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...	380 m	379.5 MHz	Channel 6 (VHF)	1928	Still On Air	24	21	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	NTSC-M
2XAF (Upgrade of WGY)	WRGB-TV	Schenectady, NY	General Electric General Electric General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...	380 m	31.4 MHz	Channel 6 (VHF)	1928	Still On Air	24	21	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	NTSC-M
2XAD (upgrade of W2XAF above)	WRGB-TV	Schenectady, NY	General Electric General Electric General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...	Channel 6 (VHF)	21.96 MHz	Channel 6 (VHF)	1928	Still On Air	24	21	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	NTSC-M
WRNY	None	New York City	Experimenter Publishing	326 m	920 kHz	None	August 13, 1928	1929	48	7.5	Mechanical television	None
2XAL	None	New York City	Experimenter Publishing	(with WRNY), 30.91	9700 kHz	None	August 13, 1928	1929	48	7.5	Mechanical television	None
3XK W3XK W3XK is widely regarded as the oldest television station in the United States. It was operated by Charles Jenkins of Charles Jenkins Laboratories from July 2, 1928 to 1934. It was the first station to broadcast to the general public. The station's frequency started out at 1605 kHz, but moved to...	None	Washington, DC	Charles Jenkins Laboratories Charles Jenkins Laboratories Charles Jenkins Laboratories was the enterprise headed by Charles Francis Jenkins that was granted the first commercial television license in the United States, station W3XK. The Laboratories also operated experimental station W2XCR....	Unknown	46.72 MHz	None	July 2, 1928	1932 (1934?)	48	15	Mechanical television	None
W9XAA WCFL WMVP WMVP is the callsign of a commercial radio station in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is owned by ABC. Its transmitter is located in Downers Grove. The station broadcasts live sports talk, both locally and nationally. Daily programming consists of talk shows that are both national and local...	None	Chicago, IL	Chicago Federation of Labor Chicago Federation of Labor The Chicago Federation of Labor is an umbrella organization for unions in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is a subordinate body of the AFL-CIO, and as of 2011 has about 320 affiliated member unions representing half a million union members in Cook County....	61.25 m	61.5 MHz	Unknown	June 19, 1928	1937	45	15	Mechanical television	None
WKBI-TV	None	Chicago, IL	Unknown	?	215.7 MHz	?	?	?	48	15	Mechanical television	None
WIBO-lost license May 15, 1933 AKA W9XAO	None	Chicago, IL	Western Television (Sanabria Ulises Armand Sanabria Ulises Armand Sanabria was born in southern Chicago of Puerto Rican and French-American parents.-Career:... )	?	305.9 MHz	?	Summer 1929	1933	45	15	Mechanical television	None
KGFJ	None	Los Angeles	?	?	212.6 MHz	?	?	?	48	--	Mechanical television	None
WLBX	None	Lexington, MA	?	?	62.5 MHz	?	?	?	48	--	Mechanical television	None

Television stations, from 1928 to 1939

Television Call-sign (Original)	Television Call-sign (Current)	City or location	Owner	Television frequency	Television channel Television channel A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and... (current)	On air	Off air	Disk holes or lines	frame rate (frame/s)	Original broadcast system	Current broadcast system
Television stations, from 1928 to 1939 ---- United States of America
KS2XBS (First pay-TV service, "PhoneVision")	None	Chicago, IL	Zenith	2.1-2.2 MHz, later Channel 2	Channel 2	1939, 1951	1953?	?	?	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
W1WX W1WX W1WX is Boston's second television station . This station started up in April of 1929, and was owned by Shortwave and Television Laboratory, Inc., by A.M. "Vic" Morgan, Hollis Baird, and Butler Perry).The station started off broadcasting on 2120 kHz , alternating between 48 and 60 vertical lines... (later became W1XAV)	None	Boston, Massachusetts	SW and Television (Hollis Baird)	2120 kHz	None	April 1929 (became W1XAV in December 1929)	1931	48 (and later, 60 lines)	15	Mechanical Television	None
W1XAV	None	Boston, MA	SW and Television (Hollis Baird)	2.1-2.2 MHz	None	1930	1931	48	15	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None
W1XAV	None	Boston, MA	Unknown	2.1-2.2 MHz	SW and Television (Hollis Baird)	1931	1934	60	20	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None
W1XAY W1XAY W1XAY was one of the first television stations in the world, being founded on June 14, 1928. It was also branded as "WLEX" from its sister radio station, in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA ....	None	Lexington, MA	Boston Post Boston Post The Boston Post was the most popular daily newspaper in New England for over a hundred years before it folded in 1956. The Post was founded in November 1831 by two prominent Boston businessmen, Charles G... , WLEX	2.0-2.1 MHz	None	1928	1930	48	18	Mechanical Television	None
W2XB/WGY/W2XAF/W2XAD	WRGB WRGB WRGB, channel 6, is a television station located in Schenectady, New York, USA. WRGB is owned by Freedom Communications, and is the CBS affiliate for the Albany-Schenectady-Troy television market...	Schenectady, NY	General Electric	2.1-2.2 MHz	VHF 6	1928	?	48	20	Mechanical television	NTSC-M
W2XCR W2XCR W2XCR was founded in 1931 in Long Island City, NY by the radio station WGBS . During the period early part of 1931, but before the call letters were changed to WINS, the station began experimenting with mechanical television broadcasting, operating a Jenkins mechanical scanner through the...	None	New York, NY	Charles Jenkins Laboratories Charles Jenkins Laboratories Charles Jenkins Laboratories was the enterprise headed by Charles Francis Jenkins that was granted the first commercial television license in the United States, station W3XK. The Laboratories also operated experimental station W2XCR....	2.75-2.85 MHz	None	1929	1931	48	15	Mechanical Television	None
W2XCR	None	New York, NY	Charles Jenkins Laboratories Charles Jenkins Laboratories Charles Jenkins Laboratories was the enterprise headed by Charles Francis Jenkins that was granted the first commercial television license in the United States, station W3XK. The Laboratories also operated experimental station W2XCR....	2.75-2.85 MHz	None	1931	1933	60	20	Mechanical Television	None
W2XBS	WNBC-TV	New York, NY	RCA RCA RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was an American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. The RCA trademark is currently owned by the French conglomerate Technicolor SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Technicolor...	2.0-2.1 MHz	Channel 4 (VHF)	1928	1929	60?	20?	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	NTSC-M
W2XBS	WNBC-TV	New York, NY	RCA RCA RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was an American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. The RCA trademark is currently owned by the French conglomerate Technicolor SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Technicolor...	2.75-2.85 MHz	Channel 4 (VHF)	1928	1929	60	20	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	NTSC-M
W2XAB	WCBS-TV WCBS-TV WCBS-TV, channel 2, is the flagship station of the CBS television network, located in New York City. The station's studios are located within the CBS Broadcast Center and its transmitter is atop the Empire State Building, both in Midtown Manhattan....	New York, NY	CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...	2.1-2.2 MHz	Channel 2	1931	1933	60	20	Mechanical television	NTSC-M
WRNY	None	New York, NY	Unknown	1010 kHz	None	1928	1929	36	?	Mechanical Television	None
WRNY	None	New York, NY	Unknown	1010 kHz	None	1928	?	48	10	Mechanical television	None
W2XR	None	Long Island City, NY	Hogan's Radio Pictures	2.85-2.95 MHz	None	1929	1934	60	20	Mechanical television	None
W3XK W3XK W3XK is widely regarded as the oldest television station in the United States. It was operated by Charles Jenkins of Charles Jenkins Laboratories from July 2, 1928 to 1934. It was the first station to broadcast to the general public. The station's frequency started out at 1605 kHz, but moved to...	None	Wheaton, MD (Moved to Silver Spring, MD?)	Charles Jenkins Laboratories Charles Jenkins Laboratories Charles Jenkins Laboratories was the enterprise headed by Charles Francis Jenkins that was granted the first commercial television license in the United States, station W3XK. The Laboratories also operated experimental station W2XCR....	6420 kHz (6.42 MHz)	None	1928	1931	48	15	Mechanical television	None
W3XK W3XK W3XK is widely regarded as the oldest television station in the United States. It was operated by Charles Jenkins of Charles Jenkins Laboratories from July 2, 1928 to 1934. It was the first station to broadcast to the general public. The station's frequency started out at 1605 kHz, but moved to...	None	Washington, DC	Charles Jenkins Laboratories Charles Jenkins Laboratories Charles Jenkins Laboratories was the enterprise headed by Charles Francis Jenkins that was granted the first commercial television license in the United States, station W3XK. The Laboratories also operated experimental station W2XCR....	2.0-2.1 MHz	None	1931	1934	60	20	Mechanical Television	None
W9XX, later became W5XA W5XA W5XA was an experimental television station broadcast in Shreveport, Louisiana from 1929 to 1934.-History:W5XA originally began as W9XX and began broadcasting on 1604 kHz with 100 watts power as a radio station. In September 1930, it was licensed to Rev. Lannie W. Stewart, in Carterville, Missouri....	None	Shreveport, LA	Rev. Lannie W. Stewart	1604 kHz	None	1929	1934	45	15	Mechanical Television	None
W5XA W5XA W5XA was an experimental television station broadcast in Shreveport, Louisiana from 1929 to 1934.-History:W5XA originally began as W9XX and began broadcasting on 1604 kHz with 100 watts power as a radio station. In September 1930, it was licensed to Rev. Lannie W. Stewart, in Carterville, Missouri....	None	Shreveport, LA	Paul L. Carriger	1594 kHz (video on the 160-meter amateur band)	None	1932	1934	45	15	Mechanical television	None
W6XAH W6XAH W6XAH was an experimental television station that broadcast in Bakersfield, California, starting on January 6, 1932 and continuing until 1935.W6XAH was operated by Frank Schamblin, Leo Schamblin and Charles Schamblin of the Pioneer Mercantile Company, which also started the first radio station in...	None	Bakersfield, California Bakersfield, California Bakersfield is a city near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California. It is roughly equidistant between Fresno and Los Angeles, to the north and south respectively....	Pioneer Mercantile Company	2000-2100 kHz, also simulcast on 1550 kHz in 1932	None	January 6, 1932	1935	96	20	Mechanical television	None
W9XR	None	Downers Grove, Illinois Downers Grove, Illinois Downers Grove is a village in Downers Grove and Lisle Townships, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 48,724 at the 2000 census, with an official estimated population of 49,250 in 2008.-History:... (Chicago)	Great Lakes Broadcasting Samuel Insull Samuel Insull was an Anglo-American innovator and investor based in Chicago who greatly contributed to creating an integrated electrical infrastructure in the United States. Insull was notable for purchasing utilities and railroads using holding companies, as well as the abuse of them... / National Broadcasting Company after 1931.	2.85-2.95 mHz	None	1929	1933	24	15	Mechanical television	None
Television stations, from 1928 to 1939 ---- United States of America and Canada
Television Call-sign (Original)	Television Call-sign (Current)	City or location	Owner	Television frequency	Television channel Television channel A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and... (current)	On air	Off air	Disk holes or lines	frame rate (frame/s)	Original broadcast system	Current broadcast system
KGFJ	None	Los Angeles, CA	Unknown	?	?	1928	?	48	?	Mechanical television	None
W3XAD	None	Camden, New Jersey Camden, New Jersey The city of Camden is the county seat of Camden County, New Jersey. It is located across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 77,344...	RCA RCA RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was an American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. The RCA trademark is currently owned by the French conglomerate Technicolor SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Technicolor...	124 MHz to 130 MHz	Channel 5	July 1930	Became W3XEP	525	30	Unknown	None
W6XS	None	Los Angeles, CA	Don Lee Broadcasting Don Lee (broadcaster) Donald Musgrave Lee was the exclusive west coast distributor of Cadillac automobiles in the early 20th century. In 1919 Lee purchased the Earl Automobile Works of Hollywood, California. Harley Earl, the son of the company's owner, was kept on as manager...	2.1-2.2 MHz	?	1931	1935	80	20	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None
W6XAO	KCBS-TV KCBS-TV KCBS-TV, channel 2, is an owned-and-operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Los Angeles, California. KCBS-TV shares its offices and studio facilities with sister station KCAL-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter...	Los Angeles, CA	Don Lee Broadcasing Don Lee (broadcaster) Donald Musgrave Lee was the exclusive west coast distributor of Cadillac automobiles in the early 20th century. In 1919 Lee purchased the Earl Automobile Works of Hollywood, California. Harley Earl, the son of the company's owner, was kept on as manager...	44.5 MHz (44-50 MHz, Channel 1)	Channel 2	December 23, 1931	1936	80	20	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	NTSC-M
W7XAO	None	Portland, OR	Wilbur Jerman	2.75-2.85 MHz	?	1929	?	Unknown	Unknown	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None
W9XAA, WCFL WMVP WMVP is the callsign of a commercial radio station in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is owned by ABC. Its transmitter is located in Downers Grove. The station broadcasts live sports talk, both locally and nationally. Daily programming consists of talk shows that are both national and local...	None	Chicago, IL	Chicago Federation of Labor Chicago Federation of Labor The Chicago Federation of Labor is an umbrella organization for unions in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is a subordinate body of the AFL-CIO, and as of 2011 has about 320 affiliated member unions representing half a million union members in Cook County....	2.0-2.1 MHz	None	June 19, 1928	1937	45	15	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None
WIBO-lost license May 15, 1933 AKA W9XAO	None	Chicago, IL	Western Television (Sanabria Ulises Armand Sanabria Ulises Armand Sanabria was born in southern Chicago of Puerto Rican and French-American parents.-Career:... )	?	?	Summer 1929	1933	45	15	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None
W9XAK	?	Manhattan, KS	Kansas State College	2.1-2.2 MHz	?	1932	1939	60	20	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None?
W9XAL	Unknown	Kansas City, MO	First National Television	2.1-2.2 MHz	?	1933	1935	45	15	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None?
W9XAO	None	Chicago, IL	Western Television (Sanabria Ulises Armand Sanabria Ulises Armand Sanabria was born in southern Chicago of Puerto Rican and French-American parents.-Career:... )	2.0-2.1 MHz	?	Summer 1929	1933	45	15	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None?
W9XAP	WMAQ-TV WMAQ-TV WMAQ-TV, channel 5, is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC Television Network, located in Chicago, Illinois. WMAQ-TV's main studios and offices are located within the NBC Tower in the Streeterville neighborhood, with an auxiliary street-level studio on the Magnificent Mile at 401...	Chicago, IL	Chicago Daily News/National Broadcasting Company(after 1 November 1931)	2.1-2.2 MHz	Channel 5	August 27,1930	August 1933	45	15	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	NTSC-M
W9XAT	Unknown	Minneapolis, MN	George Young, radio station WDGY	42-50 MHz, 60-86 MHz (Channel 1)	?	1933	1938	125	?	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None?
W9XD	WTMJ-TV WTMJ-TV WTMJ-TV, digital channel 28 ; branded as "Today's TMJ4", is the NBC-affiliated television station located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the flagship station of the Journal Broadcast Group. Its signal covers most of southeastern Wisconsin and parts of northeastern Illinois, including Racine, Kenosha,...	Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee Journal	?	?	1931 (Transmitter used for Apex radio station W9XAZ in 1934)	Experiments ended 1933; License deleted in 1938	45	15	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves... - Western
W9XG	?	Lafayette, IN	Purdue University	2.75-2.85 MHz	?	1931	1939	60	24	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	?
W9XK/W9SUI "WSUI", W9XAZ	?	Iowa City, IA	State University of Iowa	2.0-2.1 MHz	?	1933	1939	45	15	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	?
W9XUI	?	Iowa City, IA	State University of Iowa	2.0-2.1 MHz, later Channel 1, then Channel 2	?	1933	1941	441	30	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	?
W2XJT	None	Jamaica, New York	Jamaica Radio Television Company	Channel 3, then Channel 13	None	1940, moved to Ch. 13 in 1945	Unknown	?	?	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None
VE9EC (also given as VE9AK)	CBFT-TV	Montreal, Quebec	Canadian Television, Limited (built by Peck Television Corp.)	41 MHz	VHF Channel 6	1931-1935, 1952-Present	1935-1952	60-150	Unknown	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	NTSC-M NTSC NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
VE9AK	CBLT-TV CBLT-TV CBLT-DT is a television station serving Toronto, Ontario and outlying regions and is an owned and operated station of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is the oldest television station in Ontario, and the second oldest in Canada after Radio-Canada flagship station CBFT in Montreal...	Toronto, Ontario	Rogers Communications Rogers Communications Rogers Communications Inc. is one of Canada's largest communications companies, particularly in the field of wireless communications, cable television, home phone and internet with additional telecommunications and mass media assets...	42 MHz	VHF Channel 5	1938, 1952-Present	1938-1952	Unknown	Unknown	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	NTSC-M NTSC NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
Television stations, from 1928 to 1939 ---- Europe
Television Call-sign (Original)	Television Call-sign (Current)	City or location	Owner	Television frequency	Television channel Television channel A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and... (current)	On air	Off air	Disk holes or lines	frame rate (frame/s)	Original broadcast system	Current broadcast system
Baird Television Ltd. via BBC BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff... transmitter 2LO	Unknown	London, England	Baird Television Ltd.	Unknown	?	September 30, 1929	June 1932	30	25	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	PAL PAL PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is an analogue television colour encoding system used in broadcast television systems in many countries. Other common analogue television systems are NTSC and SECAM. This page primarily discusses the PAL colour encoding system... /DVB-T DVB-T DVB-T is an abbreviation for Digital Video Broadcasting — Terrestrial; it is the DVB European-based consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television that was first published in 1997 and first broadcast in the UK in 1998... ?
Unknown (Possibly 2LO 2LO 2LO was the second radio station to regularly broadcast in the United Kingdom . It began broadcasting on 11 May 1922, for one hour a day from the seventh floor of Marconi House in London's Strand... , as above?)	BBC One BBC One BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...	London, England	Baird Television Ltd.	?	?	August 22, 1932	September 11, 1935	30	25	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	PAL PAL PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is an analogue television colour encoding system used in broadcast television systems in many countries. Other common analogue television systems are NTSC and SECAM. This page primarily discusses the PAL colour encoding system...
Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow	Unknown	Berlin, Germany	Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft The Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft , which can be loosely translated as the State Broadcasting Company, was a national network of German regional public broadcasting companies active from 1925 until 1945...	?	?	1935 (tests started in 1929)	1944	180/441 beginning in 1937	25	Electronic television	PAL PAL PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is an analogue television colour encoding system used in broadcast television systems in many countries. Other common analogue television systems are NTSC and SECAM. This page primarily discusses the PAL colour encoding system... ?
Doświadczalna Stacja Telewizyjna	(none)	Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most... , Poland	Polskie Radio Sp. Akc. Polskie Radio Polskie Radio Spółka Akcyjna is Poland's national publicly funded radio broadcasting organization.- History :Polskie Radio was founded on 18 August 1925 and began making regular broadcasts from Warsaw on 18 April 1926....	?		September 1937 (according to other sources regular broadcasts started in 1938)	last week of August 1939	120	25	Mechanical television

Television stations, as of 1941

Television Call-sign (Original)	Television Call-sign (Current)	City or location	Owner	Television frequency	Television channel Television channel A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and... (current)	On air	Off air	Disk holes or lines	frame rate (frame/s)	Original broadcast system	Current broadcast system
Television stations, as of 1941 ---- United States of America
W1XG	None	Boston, Massachusetts	General Television	?	Channel 1	Unknown Channel	?	?	Unknown	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None
W2XVT (Becomes W2XWV in 1944)	WNYW WNYW WNYW, virtual channel 5 , is the flagship television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. The station's transmitter is atop the Empire State Building and its studio facilities are located in the Yorkville section of Manhattan...	Passaic, New Jersey Passaic, New Jersey Passaic is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 69,781, maintaining its status as the 15th largest municipality in New Jersey with an increase of 1,920 residents from the 2000 Census population of 67,861...	DuMont DuMont Television Network The DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC for the distinction of being first overall. It began operation in the United States in 1946. It was owned by DuMont...	Channel 4	Channel 5	1938	Still On Air	525	30	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	NTSC-M
W2XBS	WNBC-TV	New York, NY	RCA RCA RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was an American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. The RCA trademark is currently owned by the French conglomerate Technicolor SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Technicolor... , NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...	Channel 1	Channel 4	1932	Still On Air	525	30	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	NTSC-M
W2XAB	WCBS-TV WCBS-TV WCBS-TV, channel 2, is the flagship station of the CBS television network, located in New York City. The station's studios are located within the CBS Broadcast Center and its transmitter is atop the Empire State Building, both in Midtown Manhattan....	New York, NY	CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...	Channel 2	Channel 2	1931	Still On Air	525	30	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	NTSC-M
W2XWV	WNYW-TV	New York, NY	DuMont DuMont Television Network The DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC for the distinction of being first overall. It began operation in the United States in 1946. It was owned by DuMont...	Channel 4	Channel 5	1938	Still On Air	525	30	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	NTSC-M
W2XB	WRGB WRGB WRGB, channel 6, is a television station located in Schenectady, New York, USA. WRGB is owned by Freedom Communications, and is the CBS affiliate for the Albany-Schenectady-Troy television market...	Schenectady, NY	General Electric General Electric General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...	Channel 3	Channel 6	1939	Still On Air	525	30	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	NTSC-M
W3XWT	WTTG WTTG WTTG, channel 5, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Fox Broadcasting Company, located in the American capital city of Washington, D.C...	Washington, DC	DuMont DuMont Television Network The DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC for the distinction of being first overall. It began operation in the United States in 1946. It was owned by DuMont...	Channel 1	Channel 5	1941	Still On Air	525	30	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	NTSC-M
W3XNB	WRC-TV WRC-TV WRC-TV, channel 4, is an owned and operated television station of the NBC television network, located in the American capital city of Washington, D.C...	Washington, DC	NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...	Channel 2	Channel 4	1939	Still On Air	525	30	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	NTSC-M
W3XE	KYW-TV KYW-TV KYW-TV, virtual channel 3, is an owned and operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. KYW-TV shares a studio facility with its sister station, CW flagship WPSG just north of Center City Philadelphia...	Philadelphia, PA	Philco Philco Philco, the Philadelphia Storage Battery Company , was a pioneer in early battery, radio, and television production as well as former employer of Philo Farnsworth, inventor of cathode ray tube television...	Channel 3	Channel 3	1932	Still On Air	525	30	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	NTSC-M
W3XEP	None	Camden, NJ	RCA	42 MHZ-56 MHz and 50-86 MHz	None	1931	1941?	525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None
W3XPF (Portable unit: W10XX)	None?	Philadelphia, PA	Farnsworth Philo Farnsworth Philo Taylor Farnsworth was an American inventor and television pioneer. Although he made many contributions that were crucial to the early development of all-electronic television, he is perhaps best known for inventing the first fully functional all-electronic image pickup device , the "image...	Channel 3	Unknown	1937	Unknown	525	30	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	Unknown
W3XPP	Cancelled Permit, Now WCAU WCAU WCAU, channel 10, is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC Television Network, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. WCAU has its studios on the border between Philadelphia and Bala Cynwyd. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 34 from a transmitter in the...	Philadelphia, PA	NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...	Channel 7	Channel 10	1939	Unknown	None	None	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	NTSC-M
W6XAO	KCBS-TV KCBS-TV KCBS-TV, channel 2, is an owned-and-operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Los Angeles, California. KCBS-TV shares its offices and studio facilities with sister station KCAL-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter...	Los Angeles, CA	Don Lee Broadcasting Don Lee (broadcaster) Donald Musgrave Lee was the exclusive west coast distributor of Cadillac automobiles in the early 20th century. In 1919 Lee purchased the Earl Automobile Works of Hollywood, California. Harley Earl, the son of the company's owner, was kept on as manager...	Channel 1	Channel 2	1936	Still On Air	441, changed to 525 in late 1941	30	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	NTSC-M
W6XYZ	KTLA KTLA KTLA, virtual channel 5, is a television station in Los Angeles, California, USA. Owned by the Tribune Company, KTLA is an affiliate of the CW Television Network. KTLA's studios are on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson...	Los Angeles, CA	Television Productions	Channel 4	Channel 5	1942	Still On Air	525	30	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	NTSC-M
W6XDL	None	San Francisco, CA	Don Lee Broadcasting Don Lee (broadcaster) Donald Musgrave Lee was the exclusive west coast distributor of Cadillac automobiles in the early 20th century. In 1919 Lee purchased the Earl Automobile Works of Hollywood, California. Harley Earl, the son of the company's owner, was kept on as manager...	Channel 1	None	1941	Off-Air	525	30	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None
W8XCT	WLWT-TV	Cincinnati, OH	Crosley Crosley The Crosley was an automobile manufactured by the Crosley Corporation and later by Crosley Motors Incorporated in the United States from 1939 to 1952.-History:...	Channel 1	Channel 5	1939	Still On Air	525	30	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	NTSC-M
W9XV/W9XZV	Became KS2XBS	Chicago, IL Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...	Zenith Zenith The zenith is an imaginary point directly "above" a particular location, on the imaginary celestial sphere. "Above" means in the vertical direction opposite to the apparent gravitational force at that location. The opposite direction, i.e...	Channel 1, then CH 2	None	1939-1941, 1951-1953 as KS2XBS	Off-Air	441, later 525	30	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None
W9XBK	WBBM-TV WBBM-TV WBBM-TV, virtual channel 2 , is the CBS owned-and-operated television station in Chicago, Illinois. WBBM-TV's main studios and offices are located in The Loop section of Chicago, as part of the development at Block 37, and its transmitter is atop the Willis Tower.-History:WBBM-TV traces its history...	Chicago, IL Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...	Balaban and Katz Balaban and Katz The first incarnation of the Balaban and Katz Theatre corporation appeared in 1916 in Chicago by A. J. Balaban, Barney Balaban, Sam Katz, and Morris Katz. It held its first meeting as a Delaware corporation on January 21, 1925. Famous Players-Lasky Corporation bought a controlling interest in...	Channel 2	Channel 2	1940	Still On Air	525	30	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	NTSC-M
W9XMJ		Milwaukee, WI	The Journal Co.	Channel 3		1940		525	30
WMJT		Milwaukee, WI	The Journal Co.	Channel 3		1941	CP returned in 1946	525	30

Television stations, from Jan. 3, 1945 to 1955

Television Call-sign (Original)	Television Call-sign (Current)	City or location	Owner	Television frequency	Television channel Television channel A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and... (current)	On air	Off air	Disk holes or lines	frame rate (frame/s)	Original broadcast system	Current broadcast system
Television stations, from Jan. 3, 1945 to 1955 ---- United States of America
W6XAO	KTSL (Now KCBS-TV KCBS-TV KCBS-TV, channel 2, is an owned-and-operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Los Angeles, California. KCBS-TV shares its offices and studio facilities with sister station KCAL-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter... )	Hollywood, California/Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...	Don Lee Broadcasting Don Lee (broadcaster) Donald Musgrave Lee was the exclusive west coast distributor of Cadillac automobiles in the early 20th century. In 1919 Lee purchased the Earl Automobile Works of Hollywood, California. Harley Earl, the son of the company's owner, was kept on as manager...	Channel 1	Channel 2	1931	Still On Air	525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	Now NTSC-M NTSC NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
W6XHH	None	Los Angeles, CA	Hughes Tool Company Hughes Tool Company Hughes Tool Company was established in 1908 as Sharp-Hughes Tool Company when Howard R. Hughes, Sr. patented a roller cutter bit that dramatically improved the rotary drilling process for oil drilling rigs. He partnered with longtime business associate Walter Benona Sharp to manufacture and market...	2	None	None	None	525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None
W6XZY	KTLA-TV	Los Angeles, CA	Television Productions, Inc.	4	5	1942	Still On Air	525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	Now NTSC-M NTSC NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
KSEE	None	Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...	Earl Anthony, Inc.	6	None	Unknown	off-air	525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None
W6XHT	None	San Francisco, CA San Francisco, California San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...	Hughes Tool Company	2	None	Unknown	off-air	525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None
W3XWT	WTTG WTTG WTTG, channel 5, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Fox Broadcasting Company, located in the American capital city of Washington, D.C...	Washington, DC	DuMont Labs, Inc. DuMont Laboratories DuMont Laboratories was an American television equipment manufacturer. The company was founded in 1931, by inventor Allen B. DuMont. Among the company's developments were long-lasting cathode ray tubes that would be used for television. Another product out of the lab was a DuMont invention, the...	Channel 1	Channel 5	1941	Still On Air	525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	Now NTSC-M NTSC NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
WNBW WRC-TV WRC-TV, channel 4, is an owned and operated television station of the NBC television network, located in the American capital city of Washington, D.C...	WRC-TV WRC-TV WRC-TV, channel 4, is an owned and operated television station of the NBC television network, located in the American capital city of Washington, D.C...	Washington, DC	NBC	2	4	1941	Still On Air	525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	Now NTSC-M NTSC NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
W9ZV/W9XZV	None	Chicago, IL	Zenith Radio Corp. Zenith Electronics Zenith Electronics Corporation is a brand of the South Korean company LG Electronics. The company was previously an American manufacturer of televisions and other consumer electronics, and was headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois. LG Electronics acquired a controlling share of Zenith in 1995...	Channel 1, then Channel 2	None	1939-1941, 1951-1953 as KS2XBS	Off-Air	525	30	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None
W9XAP	WNBQ-TV 1948-1964 WMAQ-TV WMAQ-TV WMAQ-TV, channel 5, is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC Television Network, located in Chicago, Illinois. WMAQ-TV's main studios and offices are located within the NBC Tower in the Streeterville neighborhood, with an auxiliary street-level studio on the Magnificent Mile at 401... 1964-	Chicago, IL	National Broadcasting Company	Channel 5	Channel 5	August 27,1930	On-Air	525	30	Mechanical Television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	Now NTSC-M
W9XBK	Became W9XCB, then WBKB, now WBBM-TV WBBM-TV WBBM-TV, virtual channel 2 , is the CBS owned-and-operated television station in Chicago, Illinois. WBBM-TV's main studios and offices are located in The Loop section of Chicago, as part of the development at Block 37, and its transmitter is atop the Willis Tower.-History:WBBM-TV traces its history...	Chicago, IL	Balaban and Katz Corp.	Channel 2	Channel 2	1940	Still On Air	525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	Now NTSC-M NTSC NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
W9XCB	WBBM-TV WBBM-TV WBBM-TV, virtual channel 2 , is the CBS owned-and-operated television station in Chicago, Illinois. WBBM-TV's main studios and offices are located in The Loop section of Chicago, as part of the development at Block 37, and its transmitter is atop the Willis Tower.-History:WBBM-TV traces its history...	Chicago, IL	CBS	Channel 4	Channel 3	1940	Still On Air	525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	Now NTSC-M NTSC NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
W9XG		West Lafayette, IN West Lafayette, Indiana As of the census of 2010, there were 29,596 people, 12,591 households, and 3,588 families residing in the city. The population density was 5,381.1 people per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 74.3% White, 17.3% Asian, 2.7% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.03% Pacific...	Purdue University Purdue University Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...	3	None	1930	1946?	525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None
W9SUI		Iowa City, IA Iowa City, Iowa Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, State of Iowa. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total population of about 67,862, making it the sixth-largest city in the state. Iowa City is the county seat of Johnson County and home to the University of Iowa...	University of Iowa University of Iowa The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...	Channel 1, later Channel 12	None	1931	1941?	525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None
W1XG		Boston, MA	General Television Corp.	Channel 1	None	1931	1941?	525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None
W3XEP	None	Camden, New Jersey Camden, New Jersey The city of Camden is the county seat of Camden County, New Jersey. It is located across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 77,344...	RCA	5, 10, 12	None	July, 1931 (as portable W3XAD)	1941?	525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None
W2XVT	WNYW WNYW WNYW, virtual channel 5 , is the flagship television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. The station's transmitter is atop the Empire State Building and its studio facilities are located in the Yorkville section of Manhattan...	Passaic, New Jersey Passaic, New Jersey Passaic is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 69,781, maintaining its status as the 15th largest municipality in New Jersey with an increase of 1,920 residents from the 2000 Census population of 67,861...	DuMont Laboratories DuMont Laboratories DuMont Laboratories was an American television equipment manufacturer. The company was founded in 1931, by inventor Allen B. DuMont. Among the company's developments were long-lasting cathode ray tubes that would be used for television. Another product out of the lab was a DuMont invention, the...	Channel 4	Channel 5	1938	Became W2XWV in 1944	525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	Now NTSC-M NTSC NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
W2XWV	WNYW WNYW WNYW, virtual channel 5 , is the flagship television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. The station's transmitter is atop the Empire State Building and its studio facilities are located in the Yorkville section of Manhattan...	Passaic, New Jersey Passaic, New Jersey Passaic is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 69,781, maintaining its status as the 15th largest municipality in New Jersey with an increase of 1,920 residents from the 2000 Census population of 67,861...	DuMont Laboratories DuMont Laboratories DuMont Laboratories was an American television equipment manufacturer. The company was founded in 1931, by inventor Allen B. DuMont. Among the company's developments were long-lasting cathode ray tubes that would be used for television. Another product out of the lab was a DuMont invention, the...	Channel 4	Channel 5	1944	Became WABD-TV in 1944	525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	Now NTSC-M NTSC NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
W2XJT	None	Jamaica, New York	Jamaica Radio & TV Corp.	Channel 3, then Channel 13	None	1940, moved to Ch. 13 in 1945	1947?	Unknown	Unknown	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	None
WNBT	WNBC-TV	New York City, New York	NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...	Channel 1	Channel 4	1928 (as W2XBS)	Still On Air	525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	Now NTSC-M NTSC NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
WCBW	WCBS WCBS-TV WCBS-TV, channel 2, is the flagship station of the CBS television network, located in New York City. The station's studios are located within the CBS Broadcast Center and its transmitter is atop the Empire State Building, both in Midtown Manhattan....	New York City, NY	CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...	Channel 2	Channel 2	1938 (as W2XAB)	Still On Air	525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	Now NTSC-M NTSC NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
WABD	WNYW-TV	New York City, NY	DuMont Labs, Inc.	Channel 4	Channel 5	1938 (as W2XVT, then W2XWV)	Still On Air	525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	Now NTSC-M NTSC NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
W2XXB		New York, NY	Bamberger Broadcasting Svc.	6	Experimental
W2XMT		New York, NY	Metropolitan Television Inc.	8	Experimental
	WRGB	Schenectady, NY	General Electric	3	Commercial			525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	Now NTSC-M NTSC NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
W8XCT		Cincinnati, OH	Crosley Corporation	1	Experimental
W3XE	WPTZ	Philadelphia, PA	Philco Radio & TV	3	Commercial			525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	Now NTSC-M NTSC NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
W3XAU		Philadelphia, PA	WCAU Broadcasting Co.	5	Experimental
W8XGZ		Charleston, WV	Gus Zaharis	1	Experimental
KS2XBS (First pay-TV service, "PhoneVision")	None	Chicago, IL	Zenith Zenith Electronics Zenith Electronics Corporation is a brand of the South Korean company LG Electronics. The company was previously an American manufacturer of televisions and other consumer electronics, and was headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois. LG Electronics acquired a controlling share of Zenith in 1995...	2.1-2.2 MHz, later Channel 2	None	1951	1953?	525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	Now NTSC-M NTSC NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
KC2XAK KC2XAK KC2XAK was the world's first UHF television station. It was simply a rebroadcast/broadcast translator transmitter of New York City's WNBT , and broadcast on UHF Channel 24 in Bridgeport, Connecticut...	None, now part of WNBC-TV	Bridgeport, Connecticut Bridgeport, Connecticut Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...	RCA RCA RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was an American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. The RCA trademark is currently owned by the French conglomerate Technicolor SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Technicolor... /NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...	UHF 24	None	December 29, 1949	August 23, 1952	525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	Now NTSC-M NTSC NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
KPTV KPTV KPTV is the Fox-affiliated television station serving the Portland, Oregon market, which includes most of the state of Oregon and portions of Southwest Washington. KPTV is owned by the Meredith Corporation in a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate KPDX , with its studios located in Beaverton and...	KPTV KPTV KPTV is the Fox-affiliated television station serving the Portland, Oregon market, which includes most of the state of Oregon and portions of Southwest Washington. KPTV is owned by the Meredith Corporation in a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate KPDX , with its studios located in Beaverton and...	Portland, Oregon Portland, Oregon Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...	Unknown	Channel 27	Channel 12	September 20, 1952	Still On Air	525	30	Mechanical television Mechanical television Mechanical television was a broadcast television system that used mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display video images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves...	Now NTSC-M NTSC NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...

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