Cable Coming To Tempe - Tempe Daily News - November 1, 1977 (2 of 2)
DateNovember 1, 1977
MediumEmulsion on paper
Dimensions5 x 5 in. (12.7 x 12.7 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Catalog number2001.19.1940
DescriptionFrom a photograph caption published in Tempe Daily News, Tuesday, November 1, 1977:Cable Coming To Tempe -
Heralding the coming of cable television for Tempe residents, American Cable Television President Bruce Merrill (center), of Paradise Valley, and Tempe Mayor Bill LoPiano (right) formally accepted new R.F. Systems, Inc., satellite communications earth station for Tempe, Monday, from Milt Deever (left), vice president of COMTECH Laboratories. R.F. Systems is a subsidiary of COMTECH and a leading supplier of earth station antenna and cable television equipment. Merrill said the new station will be providing programs for portions of five television channels to be delivered to Tempe residents via a cable communications system to be constructed in Tempe next year by American Cable Television.
The film negative of this photograph is housed in box 2G7-E.
Status
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January 1978
January 1978
City of Tempe--Media Services
