Comments by "MacAdvisor" (@MacAdvisor) on "The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered" channel.

  1. I would like to take this opportunity to drive a stake through the heart of the "three stations" myth. NBC started as a network in 1940 with ABC and CBS in 1948. However, in 1948, there were only 35,000 televisions and a total of 37 stations in the whole country. National Educational Television, which later became PBS in 1969, began broadcasting in 1954. By 1954, there were 26 million, but that was still only 55% of households in the country. So, only one out of two families had the "only three stations" situation. From 1954 on, there were FOUR networks: NBC, ABC, CBS, and NET (what is now PBS). I am 65 years old and by the time I can remember TV, there were four channels. I don't know how old you are, but you look younger than I am or have great genes, but I am willing to bet there were four channels when you started watching, too.
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