The First Television in Western New York: 50 Golden Years of Excellence on Channel 4

By Vic Baker - April 15, 1998

Television was born in Buffalo on May 14, 1948 when Channel 4 brought wrestlers and a ventriloquist into a select number of homes for the first time.

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