Pioneers of Cable Television: The Pennsylvania Founders of an Industry

by Brian Lockman and Don Sarvey

Although there are different opinions about where cable television actually began, a great deal of the ingenuity that developed cable into today's multibillion dollar industry came from Pennsylvania. In this state, with its mountainous geography, the need for an unusual means of obtaining a television signal gave birth to the community antenna television system that was the forerunner of the cable we know today.

This volume traces the history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786423145
• ISBN13: 9780786423149
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher