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To activate the TV, the viewer had to insert coins into a slot, which would grant them timed access to local TV stations. Initially, these coin-operated TVs were extremely profitable since America was still in the early stages of developing its national TV addiction, and people were willing to pay for the novelty of watching TV outside their homes.
The Coinage Act of 1792 (also known as the Mint Act; officially: An act establishing a mint, and regulating the Coins of the United States), passed by the United States Congress on April 2, 1792, created the United States dollar as the country's standard unit of money, established the United States Mint, and regulated the coinage of the United States. [1]
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WGN-TV (channel 9) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, serving as the local outlet for The CW.It is owned and operated by the network's majority owner, Nexstar Media Group, and is sister to the company's sole radio property, news/talk/sports station WGN (720 AM).
Area served City of license VC RF Callsign Network Notes Bowling Green: Glasgow: 11 11 WDNZ-LD: MyNet/Antenna TV/Biz TV : The Nest on 11.2, The Country Network on 11.3, Antenna TV on 11.4, Estrella TV on 12.1, Talk 104.1 on 9.30
WYCC (channel 20) was a public television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States.It was last owned by not-for-profit broadcasting entity Window to the World Communications, Inc., alongside PBS member station WTTW (channel 11) and classical music radio station WFMT (98.7 FM).
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The company was founded by Chicago broadcasting veteran John Weigel, whose career dated back to the 1930s. With $1,000 of his own money and another $1,000 from his attorney, Daniel J. McCarthy, Weigel bought the broadcasting license for what became the first UHF television station in the Chicago area. WCIU signed on the air on February 6, 1964.