AH Challenge: American Television

Guys, think of this example

in the 1950's the only places where you can see NBC , ABC , CBS , & DuMont are in metro areas

elsewhere, there would be 1 tv station serving the region, 1 serving the state, & 1 serving their DMA

luckly, independent stations like WGN are not affected

Do i make myself clear?
 
No, at least it's not clear to me what you're asking.

What is the difference between Australian, British and American television that you are specifically referencing? At the very least, there are different cultural traditions, different technological standards and different government oversights. Which one are you most interested in mixing?

What do you mean by "there would be 1 tv station serving the region, 1 serving the state, & 1 serving their DMA"? As I was born somewhat later than the 1950's, I don't know what this means. Could you provide an example of this in one or more particular cities?

Why wouldn't WGN be affected by drastic changes in American television?
 
in british television, ITV, Channel 4, Five was commerical television, in the 1950's ITV was made up of regional tv stations

in aussie television, the only places to see channels 7, 9, & 10 are in cites like syndey, of course in the 1950's there 1 station serving the region

WGN is in chicago & was an independent station
 
So you're asking how to make American television not develop into national corporations?

If so, you'd need a POD sometime before the 1920s. American television broadcasting corporations followed the lead of the old radio corporations, which had also developed along national lines.
 
i can't with the date but i will say this:
"in the early 1920's the only stations to carry Both NBC Red & Blue Networks, CBS & Mutual are the ones that are owned & operated by their affiliated networks, so the other station gets to pick which program is best suited to be on that station, when NBC Blue became The Blue Network their O&O stations now serves their homestate, when WWII came along The FCC ordered that there will be 1 station covering each region"

that's all i got for now
 
Absent huge changes to US society, government, political thinking, culture, and other aspects, this is pure ASB.

The networks-affiliate-independent relationship grew out of radio and proved extremely profitable to all involved. That same arrangement was carried forward into TV with the expectation of even more profit. If anyone in the federal government even thought about establishing government monopolies or quasi-monopolies for TV broadcasting they would be fired and/or voted out of office immediately.

Just as with the radio system that preceded it, the number of broadcast TV stations in a given region is limited by the available frequencies and the prospective advertising revenues. Nothing more.
 
this POD butterflies away Jim Henson's tragic early death.

he becomes the American Commonwealth's Minister of Education in 2005, and Prime Minister in 2010.

On very, very special occasions, out comes Kermit :)
 
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