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September 7th, 2012, 12:19 AM
From the Denver Post:
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Technicians at Channel 6 prepare for the station's first program.
In October 1955, television studio technicians at Channel 6, located in the Emily Griffith Opportunity School, prepared for the first show to be produced for the fledgling TV station. It was a closed-circuit educational show for development and training of the Denver chapter of the National Office Management Association.
In January 1956, KRMA-TV Channel 6 began broadcasting to anyone with a television receiver.
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Left to right are Gerald J. Willsea, Henry H. Mamet, station manager, and cameraman Glenn Annis.
Three of the men responsible for the station’s operations were Gerald J. Willsea, director of radio and television for the schools; Henry H. Mamet, manager; and Glenn Annis, who was a cameraman. The first programming was broadcast nightly from 6:45 to 8:45 p.m.
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Sportsmen were the audience for "Let's Go Fishing," with Colbert Cushing, at left, talking to Bud Flinn of the Colorado Game and Fish Dept.
By May 1956, programming included an hour-long show called “Let’s Go Fishing,” with Colbert Cushing, a former instructor at the University of Denver fishing clinic. The program featured an anglers’ mailbag, tips on equipment, fish and road reports.
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Miss Carol Price starred in a series of twice-weekly shows called, "Shorthand Simplified" in 1958.
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A 'boom dolly' was donated to Channel 6 by NBC television. Carol Price tries it out.
These wonderful photos show equipment, the early (and basic) studios and the on-air personalities that were all the start of something big for Denver: Public Broadcasting television, with its firm mission of education.
http://blogs.denverpost.com/library/files/2012/08/CH6PBS6-495x397.jpg
A show called "Clash of Young Minds" is filmed in 1959 at Channel 6 studios.
By 1959, special programming for the summer viewers was on the air. Earl Reum hosted a light summer series called “Summertime,” which aired each Wednesday.
http://blogs.denverpost.com/library/files/2012/08/CH6PBS7arms-300x242.jpg
Fun in the summer arrived in 1959 with Earl Reum hosting "Summertime."
http://blogs.denverpost.com/library/files/2012/08/CH6PBSwoman-495x612.jpg
In 1959, lessons in Spanish were taught by Mary Jane Guiteras in a program called "Paco a Poco."
http://blogs.denverpost.com/library/files/2012/08/CH6PBS9man-495x399.jpg
"Square Dancing" on Monday nights was hosted by caller and instructor Jim Mason in 1959.
More (http://blogs.denverpost.com/library/2012/09/05/channel-6-launches-denver-tv-programs-1956/)
http://blogs.denverpost.com/library/files/2012/08/CH6PBS1-495x423.jpg
Technicians at Channel 6 prepare for the station's first program.
In October 1955, television studio technicians at Channel 6, located in the Emily Griffith Opportunity School, prepared for the first show to be produced for the fledgling TV station. It was a closed-circuit educational show for development and training of the Denver chapter of the National Office Management Association.
In January 1956, KRMA-TV Channel 6 began broadcasting to anyone with a television receiver.
http://blogs.denverpost.com/library/files/2012/08/CH6PBS2-300x245.jpg
Left to right are Gerald J. Willsea, Henry H. Mamet, station manager, and cameraman Glenn Annis.
Three of the men responsible for the station’s operations were Gerald J. Willsea, director of radio and television for the schools; Henry H. Mamet, manager; and Glenn Annis, who was a cameraman. The first programming was broadcast nightly from 6:45 to 8:45 p.m.
http://blogs.denverpost.com/library/files/2012/08/CH6PBS4-495x397.jpg
Sportsmen were the audience for "Let's Go Fishing," with Colbert Cushing, at left, talking to Bud Flinn of the Colorado Game and Fish Dept.
By May 1956, programming included an hour-long show called “Let’s Go Fishing,” with Colbert Cushing, a former instructor at the University of Denver fishing clinic. The program featured an anglers’ mailbag, tips on equipment, fish and road reports.
http://blogs.denverpost.com/library/files/2012/08/CH6PBS3-300x159.jpg
Miss Carol Price starred in a series of twice-weekly shows called, "Shorthand Simplified" in 1958.
http://blogs.denverpost.com/library/files/2012/08/CH6PBS5boom-495x406.jpg
A 'boom dolly' was donated to Channel 6 by NBC television. Carol Price tries it out.
These wonderful photos show equipment, the early (and basic) studios and the on-air personalities that were all the start of something big for Denver: Public Broadcasting television, with its firm mission of education.
http://blogs.denverpost.com/library/files/2012/08/CH6PBS6-495x397.jpg
A show called "Clash of Young Minds" is filmed in 1959 at Channel 6 studios.
By 1959, special programming for the summer viewers was on the air. Earl Reum hosted a light summer series called “Summertime,” which aired each Wednesday.
http://blogs.denverpost.com/library/files/2012/08/CH6PBS7arms-300x242.jpg
Fun in the summer arrived in 1959 with Earl Reum hosting "Summertime."
http://blogs.denverpost.com/library/files/2012/08/CH6PBSwoman-495x612.jpg
In 1959, lessons in Spanish were taught by Mary Jane Guiteras in a program called "Paco a Poco."
http://blogs.denverpost.com/library/files/2012/08/CH6PBS9man-495x399.jpg
"Square Dancing" on Monday nights was hosted by caller and instructor Jim Mason in 1959.
More (http://blogs.denverpost.com/library/2012/09/05/channel-6-launches-denver-tv-programs-1956/)