Star Trek on Channel 3 ...about 20 years ago.
Courtesy of Mike Elliott
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Star Trek on Channel 3 ...about 20 years ago. Courtesy of Mike Elliott |
| Channel Info: | WCAX |
| Cable (West Montreal) | 21 |
| Cable (Central and East) | 21 |
| Cable (Digital) | 53 |
| Look TV | 80 |
| Bell ExpressVu | N/A |
| Star Choice | N/A |
| Cable (Burlington) | 3 |
| Cable (Plattsburgh) | 3 |
On September 26th, 1954 WCAX-TV became the first television station in the Burlington/Plattsburgh area. (WCAX began broadcasting its test pattern on September 7th of that year) Mr. Hasbrook, the original owner of the radio station, was the father-in-law of the current owner.
As far as local affiliates go, WCAX is pretty reliable for carrying network programming. They almost always carry the entire CBS schedule. One rare exception occurred in the 1996/7 season when WCAX was a secondary Fox affiliate carrying the World Series. Also that same year, WCAX opted out of CBS’s Sunday afternoon programming to carry Fox NFL football. The move was quite controversial though because WCAX refused to preempt 60 Minutes, meaning that if the game went into overtime and past 7 PM, they wouldn’t show the end of the game. However, you could still listen to it by using the SAP function.
1975 WCAX News ad Courtesy: Daren Gleason |
In the 80s, WCAX was home to "Hour Magazine" with Gary Collins at 9 AM and in the late-eighties, "Hollywood Squares" with John Davidson at 7:30 PM.
(mp3s - click to listen)
Courtesy: Dan Kowal
"You and Channel 3, We've Got The Touch!" Courtesy of Mike Elliott.
"Channel 3 Spirit, Oh Yeah!" There was also another version which went "Burlington Spirit, Oh Yeah!"
"Get ready for Channel 3"
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According to WCAX.com and fybush.com, WCAX began as a radio station distributing information to farmers in the 1920s. It was part of the University of Vermont’s College of Agriculture outreach program known as The Extension Service. That's where the CAX (College of Agriculture eXtension) call letters originate. FYI: the radio station in question exists today as WVMT.
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