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October 1957 – KTNT 11 Dumps CBS News, Throws To KTVW 13

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The CBS Network installed a special hook-up to KTVW to keep the Douglas Edwards program running in the Puget Sound region…

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  • July 1, 2024 at QZVX

    T.K. says:

    I would guess that Channel 11 deliberately chose not to change their schedule to accommodate Douglas Edwards. They had already known for a couple months they would be losing CBS to KIRO in early ’58. KTVW only carried Edwards as a stopgap until then.

    As for it being a special hookup, I would assume that Channel 13 already had a connection to the coaxial cable. It would have been a simple affair for someone at the phone company in Tacoma to switch the CBS feed away from KTNT each night.

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