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WPAG-TV was a television station in Ann Arbor, Michigan assigned to Channel 20 from 1953-1957. WPAG-TV signed-on April 3, 1953,〔St. Joseph Herald Press, 4 March 1953, p. 5〕 making it both Washtenaw County's first TV station and the first UHF station in Michigan (Saginaw's WKNX-TV (now WEYI-TV), signed-on two days later). WPAG-TV was owned by the same people (Washtenaw Broadcasting) who operated WPAG radio (now WTKA). Art Greene (president) and Edward Baughn (general manager) were listed as both owning 50% of the station's stock (by 1957, Baughn would own 100% of the station); studios were located in downtown Ann Arbor, in the same building as the radio station. As of 1955, WPAG-TV broadcast during the evening hours only, from 6pm to 11:30pm.〔(Broadcasting Magazine Telecasting Yearbook, 1954-55 )〕 WPAG-TV was nominally an independent station, but is believed to have been at least a part-time DuMont affiliate.〔(A trail of bleached bones, DuMont historical website )〕 After the demise of DuMont, the station allowed the University of Michigan to supply educational programming. On December 31, 1957, WPAG-TV suspended operations after a failed attempt to get an allocation for Channel 12, with the ownership claiming to have lost $145,680 over the previous four years. 〔Ironwood Daily Globe, 28 December 1957, p. 2〕 The license for Channel 20 was later assigned to WJMY-TV in Allen Park, which barely made it to the air (one night in 1968). WMYD-TV has held the frequency since 1972. After WPAG's demise, Ann Arbor would not see another TV station for a generation; WUOM-TV, to be operated by University of Michigan, was assigned Channel 26 in 1958, but never made it to the air. Finally, in 1981, independent WRHT signed on; they are now WPXD, an affiliate of Ion Television. ==References== 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「WPAG-TV」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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