![]() The transmitter occupied the entire back of the building. Remote stories were shot on 8mm film with no live sound and were edited together on film-cutting film loops. The "news" department was a small desk off of the control room and consisted of two Teletype machines that ran non-stop. There was a smaller 2nd camera available which was rarely used. It had a hydraulic pedestal and moved up or down by pressing on foot pedals. There were no zoom lenses, which meant the camera was "trucked" in and out for close ups or wide shots. ![]() KQTV had one very large General Electric black & white image orthicon TV Camera. The regular sponsor for this show was Schultz Brothers car sales from Algona, who would drive the "featured" car of the week to the studio early afternoon on Saturday, drive it into the studio and wax it down in preparation for the evening's live commercials. It featured local country & western talent in a Grand Ole Opry style format. Other locally produced shows were Saturday Night's Barn Dance, which was televised live from KQTV studios. Bob Shannon was also the daytime news announcer for KVFD radio in Ft. Shannon was also Hormel's Wilfred The Wiener Wolf mascot when portrayed on the Uncle Dick's Funhouse afternoon show. Bob Shannon handled the noon and 10 o'clock nightly news, occasionally with Vince Fleming, who also focused on sports reporting. He also served as a news anchor for the station. Breen himself appeared on-air, with a couple of news/public affairs programs, Conference Table and Calling Ed Breen. It was an NBC affiliate, with local programming including the Barndance program, and Uncle Dick's Fun House with longtime KQTV/KVFD-TV announcer, weather and newscaster Dick Johnson. Breen, a Fort Dodge attorney and former Democratic state legislator, owned KVFD radio and bought KQTV Channel 21 in 1953. KVFD-TV, UHF analog channel 21, was an NBC- affiliated television station licensed to Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States, which operated from Novemto May 4, 1977.Įdward J.
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