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W1XAY was one of the first
How Television came to Boston — The Forgotten Story of W1XAY
by Donna L. Halper 1928 establishments in Massachusetts 1930 disestablishments in Massachusetts Experimental television stations History of television in the United States Television pioneers Television channels and stations established in 1928 Television channels and stations disestablished in 1930 Defunct mass media in Boston 1XAY {{Massachusetts-tv-station-stub
W1XAY was one of the first television stations
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in the United States. It debuted on June 14, 1928. At that time, it was the sister station of "WLEX" in Lexington, Massachusetts
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, United States (near Boston
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), the current day WVEI in Worcester
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The television station broadcast on a wavelength of 85.7 meters (3.5 MHz), with 48 vertical lines of resolution, and 18 frames per second. It shut down in March 1930.
The station was owned by the Boston Post
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Edwin Groz ...
, which also owned WLEX.
The WLEX call letters now reside with WLEX-TV
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, the NBC
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television network affiliate in Lexington, Kentucky
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See also
*List of experimental television stations
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* W1XAV
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How Television came to Boston — The Forgotten Story of W1XAY
by Donna L. Halper 1928 establishments in Massachusetts 1930 disestablishments in Massachusetts Experimental television stations History of television in the United States Television pioneers Television channels and stations established in 1928 Television channels and stations disestablished in 1930 Defunct mass media in Boston 1XAY {{Massachusetts-tv-station-stub