With a test pattern and some film shorts, at 6:19 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6, 1958, KIRO 7 hit the airwaves to test its signal ahead of its official television launch.
The test was a “disappointment,” according to the Times Colonist of Vancouver, British Columbia. Homes that could receive Channel 11 could barely see the test and for others, it was so faint, that the test was unwatchable.
The original facility was atop Queen Anne hill, next to the massive tower that still sits on its crest. Footage from the University of Washington archives, dated Sept. 3, 1958, shows the construction of the tower and a bit of behind-the-scenes in the new studio.By Saturday, Feb. 8, the bugs were worked out and KIRO 7 officially hit the air.
“It’s apt to be the dial-switchingest weekend the TV set has had for some time,” proclaimed an article from The Province of Vancouver, British Columbia. Programming KIRO’s first day on Saturday, Feb. 8, 1958, included Perry Mason in “The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister” at 6:30 p.m., Have Gun, Will Travel at 8:30 p.m., and Gunsmoke at 9 p.m.
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