Abstract:
In 1949, two broadcasting stations, WBT in Charlotte and WFMY in Greensboro, competed to be the first station in the state to broadcast in a new medium--television. Both stations filed applications with the Federal Communications Commission in 1947. harlotte was the winner by a close margin. WBT began televising on July 15, 1949, and Greensboro's WFMY followed on August 18. Tomlin recounts those early days of the new broadcast medium.