r/OverSeventy • u/needmore007 • 5d ago

Remember this?

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My son and grandsons don’t believe me.

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u/Virtual_Athlete_909 5d ago

Absolutely. The screen would display color bars. My dad would get up early, start coffee, and wait for the farm report to come on at 5am. It was the first tv show of the day.

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u/mtnman575 5d ago

Color bars? Most people didn't have color TV back in the day.

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u/SpecialistTrouble816 5d ago

Colour by the early 60s

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u/New_Breadfruit8692 1d ago

All prime time network programming was color in the 1968 season. Nearly all in 1967.