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PHOTOS: WTVR, South’s First Television Station, celebrates 75 years

The legacy CBS affiliate, which is now owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, first broadcast on April 22, 1948. It was the first TV station granted a license south of the Mason/Dixon line.

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  • Photos: PHOTOS: South’s First Television Station celebrates 65 years!
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