May 8, 1945, Victory In Europe
To celebrate, WNBT broadcast hours of news coverage on the end of World War II in Europe with remotes from around New York City. Here, we see an RCA Orthicon camera atop the marquee of the Astor Hotel in panning the happy crowd below. This vivid coverage was a prelude to television’s rapid growth after the war ended.
In the spring of 1946, the station changed its frequency from channel 1 to channel 4 after VHF channel 1 was removed from use for television broadcasting.
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