[Jeffhs]

Were there many TV stations operating from 1939 until 1941, and if so, how many? Was it even worth it to have a TV set in those days if you lived anywhere else other than in New York? (I live near Cleveland, which did not get its first TV station until 1947; I think most areas of the US were in the same situation, some not getting TV until the mid-1950s.) I think New York's NBC O&O (owned and operated) station WNBT (now WNBC) was on the air during this period on channel 1, but I'm not sure. In any case, the station was probably ordered off the air by the FCC when WWII began, not to return until at least 1946. It may not have mattered much if the station was off the air during the war, as there likely were not that many televisions in New York at the time anyway.