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WKBS-TV, UHF analog channel 48, was an independent television station licensed to Burlington, New Jersey, United States, which served the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania television market. The station broadcast from 1965 to 1983. ==History== The station first signed on the air on September 1, 1965, and was originally owned by Kaiser Broadcasting.〔WKBS-TV/Kaiser Broadcasting advertisement. ''Broadcasting'', July 19, 1965, pg. 15. ()〕 It was the second independent station in the Philadelphia market, having signed on almost six months after WIBF-TV (channel 29, later WTAF-TV and now WTXF-TV) and two weeks before WPHL-TV (channel 17). WKBS-TV's studios were located at 3201 South 26th Street in South Philadelphia, and its transmitter was located on the Roxborough tower farm in Philadelphia.〔("New TV stations." ''Broadcasting'', May 10, 1965, pg. 56 )〕 The station struggled at first, in part because it signed on only a year after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) required television manufacturers to include UHF tuning capability. However, WKBS was on stronger financial footing than WPHL and WIBF, and quickly established itself as the leading independent in Philadelphia, retaining the top spot for almost a decade. WKBS' schedule was typical of most independent stations of the time, with a mix of off-network syndicated programs, children's programs, movies, and local-interest shows, including a dance show hosted by local radio personality Hy Lit, which also aired on at least three of Kaiser's other stations: WKBD-TV in Detroit, WKBG-TV in Boston and WKBF-TV in Cleveland. In addition, WKBS aired shows produced by other Kaiser stations, such as ''The Lou Gordon Program'' from WKBD.〔()〕 In a controversial 1972 episode, then-Philadelphia mayor Frank Rizzo, frustrated with Gordon's line of questioning, walked out of the interview.〔Frank Rizzo appearance on ''The Lou Gordon Program'', 1972. ''YouTube''. Retrieved 2013-03-07. ()〕 In the mid-1970s, WKBS also aired ABC shows that WPVI-TV (channel 6) preempted in favor of local programming, and during the 1976-77 season, it aired NBC shows preempted by KYW-TV (channel 3, now a CBS owned-and-operated station). In 1973, Kaiser sold a minority interest in its operations to Field Communications, which owned WFLD-TV in Chicago.〔"Kaiser, Field put their U's together." ''Broadcasting'', May 29, 1972, pg. 8. ()〕〔"Kaiser-Field merger passes FCC muster." ''Broadcasting'', May 14, 1973, pg. 34. ()〕 Programming on Channel 48 in the late 1960s included shows like The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Munsters, Gilligan's Island, Perry Mason, Felix The Cat, Casper, Speed Racer, Dickory Doc, The Little Rascals, You Bet Your Life, The Honeymooners. Most of these shows aired into the 1970s and were joined by shows like Star Trek, McHale's Navy, Get Smart, Avengers, The Merv Griffin Show, Yogi Bear/Huckleberry Hound, The Banana Splits, Mighty Mouse, The Flintstones, The Brady Bunch, The Monkees, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Lucy Show, and others. Until 1974, Channel 48 signed on daily between 10:00 a.m. and 12 noon and off the air by 1 a.m. Beginning in 1974, the station began signing on Sundays before 8:00 a.m. In the Fall of, 1974, Channel 48 began signing on weekdays at 7:00 a.m., resumed 10:30 a.m. sign ons winter of 1975, resumed 7:00 a.m. sign ons in the fall of 1975, and 8:00 a.m. sign ons weekdays until the fall of 1976. In the fall of 1976, the station began 6:30 a.m. sign ons during the week and off the air by 3:00 a.m., resumed 10:00 a.m. sign ons in the winter of 1977, returned to 6 a.m. sign on weekdays that fall only to cut back and sign on at 10 a.m. in the winter of 1978. Finally in the Fall of 1978, Channel 48 began signing on at 6:00 a.m. for good daily and was off the air by 4:00 a.m. The station lost the Merv Griffin show in the fall of 1976 and replaced it with older movies. In 1976, Channel 48 began running preempted ABC shows not run on WPVI Channel 6 such as The Edge Of Night and eventually weekday reruns of Love Boat. In 1977, Kaiser left the television business and sold its share of the stations, including WKBS-TV, to Field.〔"FCC approves Field purchase, cites benefit to UHF medium." ''Broadcasting'', June 27, 1977, pp. 29-30. ()()〕 For most of the next few years, WKBS waged a spirited battle with WTAF for first place among the city's independents. However, by the early 1980s, WTAF was the entrenched top independent in Philadelphia. In the late 1970s some older shows like Get Smart, Speed Racer, and Gilligan's Island were retired and the station lost Star Trek to WPHL 17. Shows like The Flintstones, The Brady Bunch, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Munsters, Emergency, Adam-12, and others kept running. The station picked up shows at this point like Odd Couple, I Love Lucy, The Six Million Dollar Man, All In The Family, Woody Woodpecker, Theatrical Popeye, post 48 and pre 41 Bugs Bunny/Porky Pig, Sanford & Son, Wonder Woman, The Incredible Hulk, and others. They also had Philadelphia 76ers Basketball. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WKBS-TV (Philadelphia)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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