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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #173
WARM TV ANNOUNCES DEBUT DATEThese two newspaper articles in both the Tribune and Times highlight just exactly when the new TV station, Channel 16 will go on the air. The ads ran on the 12th and 13th of...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #173
WITH TV, YOU HAD TO HAVE ONE OF THESEWARM TV started with what every TV station in America started. A test pattern. Not many people over the age of 40 have a clue what a test pattern was. But they...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #172
LOCAL PROGRAM TO HELP KICK OFF WARM TV OPENING It would have been very easy for WARM TV to just go on the air and run network programming. I'm sure there is a segment of the population that would have...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #171
THEN THERE WAS THE INITIAL TALENT LINE UP OF WARM TVThis is an ad that came out announcing line up of WARM talent, national local. Take a look and you might, or might not see familiar faces. Win and...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #170
OPERA ON WARM RADIO???YOU BET!!!!At one time, as a matter of fact it was January 1954 that WARM Radio programmed opera. In this ad from the Scranton papers dated January 26th, 1954 WARM presented...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #169
THE MORNING MAN OF WARM IN THE MID 50s Before there was Harry Newman, George Gilbert, Harry West, Lenny Woloson, Kim Martin, Terry McNulty and others in the morning drive time slot on WARM, there was...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #168
ELVIS GONE @ 40 WARM Radio and Elvis essentially grew up together and then faded away as the rock icon each one was in their own right. This month we look at the 40th anniversary of the death of The...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #167
WARM AND HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALLAs far back as the 1940s and 50s, WARM Radio would broadcast basketball games. Here's an ad from 1954 on an out of area game between Scranton Prep and...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #166
WARM TV LOCAL LINE UPHere's an ad from the Scranton Tribune touting the new Channel 16 local team as well as a preview of the TV programming.
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #165
THE HISTORIC McCARTHY HEARINGS ON WARM TVApril 1954 was a pivotal time in American history. Senator Joseph McCarthy appeared before the United States Senate to answer questions about his claims about...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #164
WARM TV GETS A BIG THANK YOU FROM THE CITY OF SCRANTON The day after WARM TV began, the city of Scranton sent out public kudos to the new broadcast entity. Mayor Bil Hanlon met with the principles and...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #163
JACK WILSON ON WARM TV TOOBack in the 1950s when radio first began, radio was more popular than TV. WARM TV saw that and decided to have their popular Morning Man at the time Jack Wilson to do the last...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #162
WARM"s TV PROGRAMMINGHere's a programming ad from the Scranton Newspapers for WARM TV, Channel 16 in the spring of 1954. One of the show being featured was "Space Ranger".
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #161
WARM RADIO AND THE SONGS OF SEPTEMBER September 1967, fifty years go had a number one song called "Ode To Billy Joe" by Bobbie Gentry. Neil Diamond was coming up at number 6 with "Thank The Lord For...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #160
WARM TV AND FOOTBALLWARM TV, Channel 16 was broadcasting live football events on the local scene. Plus WARM tapped into the ABC TV networks growing, later to become storied NCAA College Football...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #159
WHO SPONSORED ALL OF THAT FOOTBALL ON WARM TV? BANKS When WARM TV went on the air, as well as the heyday of WARM 590, banks around here were plenty and competitive. Many advertisers felt the best way...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #158
WARM INCREASES POWER As soon as WARM got the TV license, the management started to address the issue of reaching a wider audience. Here's a news article with news of that increase. This is from...
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #157
WARM HIGH POWER TOUTED IN AD This ad in the Scranton newspapers made the announcement about the new power increase of WARM TV. This was extremely important in the early days of TV because the see was...
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590 MIGHTYMEMORY #156
THE GLOBE AND WARM TV Two entities that no longer exist, The Globe Store which was a Scranton institution as well as WARM TV partnered to broadcast high school football. Here is an ad from that era.
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590 MIGHTY MEMORY #155
WARM TV LINE UPCheck out this TV lineup from the fall of 1954 on WARM TV. Boxing, Charlie Chan, Ronald Reagan, as well as a chance to lead a band. Who could ask for more! "So You Want To Lead A Band"...
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