• Astoria man set out to do something nice for his wife, ended up inventing cable TV

  • Feb 19 2025
  • Length: 9 mins
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Astoria man set out to do something nice for his wife, ended up inventing cable TV

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  • The nearest TV station was in Seattle. But Ed Parsons figured out he could catch a very weak signal on top of a building in town. All he had to do was figure out how to boost the signal without boosting the noise as well, and ... the rest was history. (Astoria, Clatsop County; 1940s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1109c-astoria-man-invents-cable-tv-as-favor-for-wife.html)
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