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Hollywood Wrestling
''Hollywood Wrestling'', also known as ''Wrestling From Hollywood'', was an American professional wrestling television series which originally aired locally in Los Angeles on KTLA in the early 1950s, and by 1952 nationally (via kinescope) on the improvised Paramount Television Network. It was produced by Klaus Landsberg. It was also the first professional wrestling television series to broadcast on national television. History Pioneer television station KTLA broadcast pro wrestling matches as early as 1947, when the station began airing televised wrestling from the Grand Olympic Auditorium. Originally, the bouts were sponsored by the Ford Motor Company. By 1952, the matches were being syndicated nationally on the Paramount Television Network. The series was filmed (via kinescope) and then delivered to stations in the network. ''Hollywood Wrestling'' was a popular series, and although it was not seen in all areas of the United States, it did air on the following stations: * WLE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBTV
WBTV (channel 3) is a television station in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, affiliated with CBS and owned by Gray Television. The station's studios are located off Morehead Street, just west of Uptown Charlotte, and its transmitter is located in north-central Gaston County. In addition, WBTV's studios continue to house the operations of its former sister radio stations currently owned by Urban One: WBT-AM/ FM and WLNK, as well as WFNZ, which was previously owned by CBS Radio prior to its acquisition by Beasley Broadcast Group in 2014, followed by Entercom (now known as Audacy) in late 2017 and then Urban One in 2020 under a local marketing agreement. History The station first signed on the air on July 15, 1949. When it debuted, WBTV was the 13th television station in the United States and the first in the Carolinas; it is the oldest television station located between Richmond and Atlanta. Veteran Charlotte broadcaster Jim Patterson was the first person seen on the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WFBM-TV
WRTV (channel 6) is a television station in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by the E. W. Scripps Company. The station's studios are located on Meridian Street north of downtown Indianapolis, and its transmitter is located on the city's northwest side near Meridian Hills, Indiana. History WFBM-TV The station first signed on the air on May 30, 1949, as WFBM-TV. Founded by the Consolidated Television and Radio Broadcasters subsidiary of the Bitner Group, owners of radio station WFBM (1260 AM, now WNDE), it is the oldest television station in the state of Indiana. The first program broadcast on the station was a documentary titled ''Crucible of Speed'', about the early history of the legendary Indianapolis 500 auto race; this was followed by the inaugural live television broadcast of the event. The station originally operated as a CBS affiliate, although it maintained secondary affiliations with ABC and the DuMont Television Network. WFBM-TV be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KID-TV
KIDK (channel 3) is a television station licensed to Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States, serving the Idaho Falls–Pocatello, Idaho, Pocatello media market, market as an affiliate of Dabl, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox, and MyNetworkTV. It is owned by VistaWest Media, Limited liability company, LLC, which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with the News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG), owner of American Broadcasting Company, ABC/CBS/The CW Plus, CW+/Telemundo affiliate KIFI-TV (channel 8, also licensed to Idaho Falls), for the provision of certain services. Both stations share studios on North Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone Highway/U.S. Route 26 in Idaho, US 26 in Idaho Falls, while KIDK's transmitter is located on East Butte in Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated northern Bingham County, Idaho, Bingham County along the Idaho National Laboratory border. KIDK's signal is relayed on low-power broadcasting#Television, low-power broadcast relay station#Broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KPRC-TV
KPRC-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Houston, Houston, Texas, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Graham Media Group. Its studios are located on Southwest Freeway (Interstate 69 in Texas, I-69/U.S. Route 59 in Texas#Interstate 37 to Houston, US 59) in the Southwest Management District (formerly Greater Sharpstown),Districts ." Greater Sharpstown Management District. Retrieved on August 15, 2009. and its transmitter is located near Missouri City, Texas, Missouri City, in unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated northeastern Fort Bend County, Texas, Fort Bend County. Houston is the second-largest media market, television market (after WXIA-TV in Atlanta) where the NBC station is not owned-and-operated station, owned and operated by the network. History The station first sign-on, s ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WOOD-TV
WOOD-TV (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, serving as the NBC affiliate for West Michigan. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Battle Creek–licensed ABC affiliate WOTV (channel 41) and Class A MyNetworkTV affiliate WXSP-CD (channel 15). The stations share studios on College Avenue Southeast in Grand Rapids, while WOOD-TV's transmitter is located southwest of Middleville. In addition to its main signal, WOOD-TV operates Class A digital translator WOGC-CD ( UHF channel 25), licensed to Holland with a transmitter in Zeeland. There is also a digital repeater on channel 34, also licensed to Grand Rapids, with a transmitter in the Wolf Lake section of Egelston Township. History The station signed on the air on August 15, 1949, as WLAV-TV, originally broadcasting on VHF channel 7; it was the fourth television station in Michigan and the first located outside of Detroit. The station was originally owned by Grand Rapids bus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WDAY-TV
WDAY-TV (channel 6) is a television station in Fargo, North Dakota, United States, affiliated with ABC. It serves as the flagship television property of locally based Forum Communications Company, which also owns WDAY radio (970 AM) and ''The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead''. The television and radio stations share studios on South 8th Street in downtown Fargo, while WDAY-TV's transmitter is located near Amenia. Semi-satellites WDAY-TV serves one of the largest geographic viewing areas of any station in the United States. It consists of all of North Dakota as well as northwestern Minnesota, northern South Dakota, eastern Montana, southern Manitoba, Canada including Winnipeg, and far western Ontario, Canada including Kenora. It covers this region with a network of three full-power semi-satellites: WDAZ-TV (channel 8) in Grand Forks, KBMY (channel 17) in Bismarck, and KMCY (channel 14) in Minot, which itself is a semi-satellite of KBMY. WDAZ-TV WDAZ-TV (channel 8), serving Grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WEAU
WEAU (channel 13) is a television station licensed to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States, serving the La Crosse–Eau Claire market as an affiliate of NBC and The CW Plus. The station is owned by Gray Television, and maintains studios on South Hastings Way / US 53 Business in Altoona (with an Eau Claire postal address); its transmitter is located north of Fairchild, near the Eau Claire–Clark county line. History WEAU-TV signed-on December 17, 1953 under the ownership of Central Broadcasting Company. This ownership group was led by a predecessor to Morgan Murphy Media and also included the ''Eau Claire Leader-Telegram'' along with WEAU radio (790 AM now WEAQ at 1150 AM, and 94.1 FM now WIAL). It has always been a primary NBC affiliate but initially carried programs from CBS, ABC, and DuMont. The station later lost DuMont following that network's shutdown in 1956, CBS when La Crosse and Eau Claire were mixed into one giant market in 1958 (with WKBT becoming the mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KFEL-TV
KWGN-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States, airing programming from The CW. It is owned-and-operated station, owned and operated by network majority owner Nexstar Media Group alongside Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox affiliate KDVR, channel 31 (and its Fort Collins, Colorado, Fort Collins–licensed broadcast relay station#Satellite stations, satellite KFCT, channel 22). Both stations share studios on East Speer Boulevard in Denver's Speer, Denver, Speer neighborhood, while KWGN-TV's transmitter is located atop Lookout Mountain Park, Lookout Mountain, near Golden, Colorado, Golden. The station's signal is relayed on three Low-power broadcasting#Television, low-power Broadcast relay station#Translator stations, translators: K14JZ-D in Peetz, Colorado, Peetz, K15MH-D in Anton, Colorado, Anton and K31IQ-D in Sterling, Colorado, Sterling. KWGN is available to subscribers of satellite provider Dish Network throughout the United States as part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
