@Bruce-Get the shingles vaccine. I've seen several people who have suffered with it, and I'm glad to have my vaccination. It's one of the few recommended vaccinations, for those of us who are well seasoned, that my doctor said is worthwhile.
KFMB TV-8 was the first television station in San Diego when it began broadcast on May 16th, 1949. Below is a short YouTube video of the beginning of KFMB.
For the first few years, TV-8 was affiliated with all four national networks: CBS, NBC, ABC and DuMont. Yes, DuMont was a major network -- more on a future post.
Below is a YouTube video of the four television network IDs (including DuMont).
The first San Diego broadcast featured a host of local and Hollywood celebrities including "The Sons of the Pioneers".
However the broadcast was a dud.
A problem at the transmitter caused a very weak signal, that evening, and the signal either was not received or the picture quality was very bad.
So the next day, on May 17th, the problem had been fixed and at 7:30pm the first show went on the air. It was "Time for Beany" (about Beany and Cecil) that was relayed from KTLA in Los Angeles.
So technically "Time for Beany" was the first TV show broadcast in San Diego. Below is a YouTube of "Time for Beany"
The first show was advertised for weeks around San Diego County.
Chula Vista appliance stores like Kinmore Electric, on 3rd Avenue, had open houses where people could come to see the first broadcast.
They probably were very disappointed at the bad picture.
One man called KFMB, the next day, and told them if that is what TV looks like, "he is having no part of it"
This Video is a short--quick story about the beginning of KFMB TV-8:
This one is the network IDs. Do you remember the NBC Chimes?
According to KFMB TV Engineer Gary Stigall, before the first broadcast on May 16th, 1949 a technician at the station cleaned out part of the cooling system for the transmitter with carbon tetrachloride and it got into some of the electronics causing a shunt to ground that greatly lowered the power delivered to the antenna. Only a small amount of the transmitter's 5K watts of power reached the antenna.
KFMB and KTLA had made an agreement to have KTLA shows broadcast to San Diego. A KFMB antenna on top of Mount Soledad could easily pick up the signal from the KTLA broadcast antenna on top of Mount Wilson.
KTLA was originally affiliated with the DuMont Network (KTLA later went independent) which was a forth television network in the very early days. DuMont broadcast such shows as the Jackie Gleason show and Ernie Kovacs show. DuMont Network went out of business by the mid 1950s.
DuMont also made TV sets and TV cameras. KFMB TV-8 had DuMont cameras.
Here is a picture of KFMB covering a parade (probably Mother Goose) circa 1960:
We took a hike down the Bayshore Bikeway today to see how the new addition, Bikeway Village, which is predicted to open in April, is coming along. (Would Ms. Hassler have given me an A+ on that constuction?).
It's very nice.
Fogot to bring the camera, but it has progressed since this was taken.
Coronado Brewing already has one store in IB near the pier and a second is contemplated for here too. Hence the shirt.
The boy who cried NOLF? Not wolf mind you. Does everybody know this acronym?
And ...
In a process that has taken 19 years, the former salt flat in the southern part of San Diego Bay near Imperial Beach is finally going to be developed in a plan that combines economic development with nature preservation via an environmental trading process called “mitigation banking.”
The dried-out marsh is a familiar sight to people driving into Imperial Beach on Palm Avenue. The Port of San Diego, which owns the property, along with the San Diego and Imperial Beach city governments, have agreed to create a nature area on most of it while selling a small part of it for economic development.
For all those U.C. Davis fans (Rip, Terry, Nancy?) they have a chance of getting into the NCAA "Final 64" this year. They have to beat N.C. Central on Wednesday.
Speaking of Nancy (from around 2007):
NANCY SCANLAN, D.V.M., F.S.F.P., C.V.A. received her Bachelors Degree in Veterinary Medicine in 1968 and her D.V.M. Degree in 1970 from the veterinary school at the University of California, Davis, California. She became interested in nutritional therapy during her senior year in veterinary school, after reading a book about the effects of vitamin E for heart failure. She received permission to try it on a patient in her charge, and the results sparked her interest in nutrition and nutraceuticals.
She became certified in Veterinary Acupuncture through the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society in 1989, and her studies in Chinese herbs added them to her tools to help fight cancer. She also uses Western herbs, homotoxicology and nutritional and nutraceutical therapy to help her cancer patients. Trigger point therapy and massage therapy are also part of her regimen, in selected patients. A patient’s mental state is part of the program too, and the desires of the pet are always considered during treatment.
Dr. Scanlan is active in the holistic veterinary world. She is currently Vice President of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association (AHVMA), Vice President of the Veterinary Botanical Medical Association (VBMA), and Editor of the Journal of the American Holistic Veterinary Association. She is a board member and co-founder of the Veterinary Institute of Integrative Medicine (VIIM) and Veterinary Research Council (VRC), and on the Veterinary Advisory Board for Gulf Coast Nutritionals, Thorne Research, Inc., and Food Science Corporation.
This is on youtube, so I'm thinking she wouldn't mind it appearing here.
The Wolf(man), who used to live by Ream Field would not recognize the NOLF.
Naval Outlying Landing Field.
The history of the U.S. Navy property which is South and Southeast of Imperial Beach started around 1917 when it was used by the Army and called Aviation Field. A year later it was re-named Ream Field in honor of Army Major William Roy Ream, the first flying surgeon to be killed in an aircraft accident. Ream Field was used for air gunnery practice by the Army during World War I. After the war, Ream Field was decommissioned. The Navy began using the field during the 1920's. Just prior to World War II, practice aircraft carrier landings were conducted. In 1943, runways were built and Ream Field was re-commissioned on July 17th. After the War, Ream Field was again de-commissioned and put under the control of Naval Air Station North Island. In July, 1951, Ream Field was commissioned again as a Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, and in 1955 designated Navy Auxiliary Air Station. January 1, 1968, the name game continued and it was designated a full Naval Air Station. August 1, 1974 the status again changed to Naval Auxiliary Landing Field. To Most Imperial Beach'ers, it is simply "Ream Field." With pride to some and pain (in the ears) to others, it was known as the "Helicopter Capitol of The World."
Gonzaga 4 Arizona 6 UOregon 9 UCLA 11 Nevada 47 New Mexico St 55 UC Davis 65 (Aggies had to put away the UCI Anteaters to get in)
Meanwhile, the father of a UCLA standout freshman, wants $1 Billion merchandise contract for his three kids (and himself). He also claims he beat Michael Jordan one-on-one.
Age group mile records in case all this sports talk is stimulating a desire to come out of retirement. (men, I don't have the women's at hand right now).
Despite many trips here, I always forget the name. Not Otay Lake, the park.
Oh yeah, Mountain Hawk. The big fire burned along the ridge on the left. I went to the park to assess the danger and there was so much smoke it was difficult to breathe. The freeway north was closed so our escape route was west to Coronado, but we didn't have to.
Tim Young - the guy who missed the McAllister Yankees team photo
Mystery guy - I knew his brother well
Which brings us to batting cages. While playing in Little League Mr. Hollister took a bunch of us out to the batting cage which I believe was on Midway. My first and only visit to one. I seem to recall balls as fast as 70 mph, maybe 80.
Anybody else?
This is not Midway, but is purported to be 80 mph and it's not Boomer Beach in La Jolla it's on Clairemont Mesa.
Don't wear flip-flops, remember tyour helmet.
CV had a cage down on Industrial Blvd. which closed down about 2016.
Boomers was still open as of December, 2013. This is the last place Jay Hollister hit the waves before his untimely death back when we were in high school. From what Mike told me, he never should have been out in the water. .
I used to live right up the street from here (well, for that matter so did Bette Davis). You wouldn't think it from this video, but Woods Cove used to get some very large waves. Very dangerous body surfing due to submerged rocks.
The sunsets were great and the price was right for a student budget.
Whoops, it won't play here. Just click on it and it will take you to utube.
BITD, when my home town of National City was recognized as a city and the Pueblo of San Diego was, simply enough, composed of Old Town, Middle Town and New Town.
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