Tag: Line of Sight — Klaus Landsberg

Book tells of TV pioneer, station debut at Paramount

Book tells of TV pioneer, station debut at Paramount

| December 1, 2016 | 0 Comments

In 1941, Paramount Pictures sent Klaus Landsberg to Los Angeles to build an experimental television station: W6XYZ. By 1947, the station’s name was changed to KTLA, (Channel 5), and the German immigrant and legendary TV pioneer was at its helm. Its first commercial broadcast went on the air Jan. 22, 1947 from a garage on […]

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