Title:
KATV Window Display
Photographer:
Paulu T. Saari
Description:
Television came to Ketchikan in November 1953, when local businessmen started KATV, a cable station. Their first office was at 422 Water Street (across from Sockeye Sam's.) Programs were shipped up from the Lower 48 on 16mm film and broadcast on the KATV network.
This window display touted a weekly TV series, "The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok," which featured Guy Madison as Marshal Hickock and Andy Devine as his deputy, Jingles P. Jones. " (Devine actually lived here once, when he served aboard the lighthouse tender Cedar.) The program was sponsored by Kellog's Sugar Pops - thus the cereal boxes.
This window display touted a weekly TV series, "The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok," which featured Guy Madison as Marshal Hickock and Andy Devine as his deputy, Jingles P. Jones. " (Devine actually lived here once, when he served aboard the lighthouse tender Cedar.) The program was sponsored by Kellog's Sugar Pops - thus the cereal boxes.
Collection:
Ketchikan Museums: Paulu T. Saari Collection, KM 2003.2.63.955
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KATV window display
KATV window display