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     The Small Screen 
     
     Takes Over 
     
    
   
   
    
     In the mid-19505 Sturgeon and 
     
     the rest of the Island hustled to put 
     
     together the dollars required to 
     
     purchase the first television sets. The 
     
     twentieth-century marvel began with 
     
     a small studio and transmitter on the 
     
     top of a hill at Strathgartney. The 
     
     programming was transmitted in 
     
     black and white and was limited to a 
     
     few hours each day, beginning in the 
     
     late afternoon. Every home had to 
     
     have a roof- top antenna to receive the 
     
     CFCY—TV signal. 
     
    

    
     About three or four o’clock in 
     
     the afternoon, the set came alive with 
     
     a telecast of the test pattern. The 
     
     station showed the familiar design for