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1949 - WBTV signs on
Event Date:
July 15, 1949
Event Type:
Modern Era Begins 1946-1959
WBTV signs on: July 15, 1949.
- A crowd of 5,000 arrives at the Armory auditorium to watch WBTV sign on the air at 7 p.m.
- Many of the television station's performers come from radio station WBT. WBT is heard throughout the East and gives black musicians a larger audience than they have ever reached before.
- The Golden Bell Quintet were frequent broadcast performers.
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