Television
Television, at times, boggles my mind. The numerous channels to suit many interests. I was not aware of this until I came to the States; and even then it was strictly the basic networks.
I was brought up on radio and my recollections are of the programs during WW II. The six o’clock news was short and precise; opening with “This is the BBC Home Service and here is the news” There was no ’stayed tuned’; or ‘at nine o’clock we will give an update on’. In fairness I should say that there were no competing stations.
The first television I saw was when the neighbors invited us to watch the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953; and this was in black and white. Obviously there were no commercials; but I do believe that was not the case when it was broadcast in the States.
When I was in Canada, again there was no television. Our closest city with a station was Edmonton; four hundred miles south. A few short years after my arrival. a local radio station expanded to broadcasting television; dare I say very sophomoric.
Like many things, television is good and bad; the choices are ours to make
