When did the age of cable television start?
In the late 1940’s and early1950’s Cable television originated in the United States. Cable television, started out as a service to relay TV stations to people that could not receive TV with an antenna thus the name Community Antenna Television or CATV came into existence. The very first system is under dispute but one system John Walson, an appliance store owner in the small town of Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania had difficulty selling television sets to local residents because reception in the area was so poor. The problem was his location. The town was in a valley and nearly 90 air miles from the Philadelphia television transmitters. The signal could not pass through the mountains, and clear reception was virtually impossible, except on the ridges outside of town. Mr. Walson put a TV antenna on top a large utility pole on top of the nearby mountain. Television signals were received, and transported over twin lead antenna wire down to his store. Once people saw the TV picture, interest in
