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20. We had tv from about 53 on.

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Tue Feb 18, 2020, 10:17 AM

Feb 2020

I watched I Love Lucy live. The little Mermaid was my fav cartoon.

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Did most Americans have televisions when JFK was assassinated? [View all] Mike 03 Feb 2020 OP

All my acquaintances and family had TVs. Black/white only. apcalc Feb 2020 #1

We had TV. There was constant coverage for days. Raven Feb 2020 #2

By that time, we'd had TV for many years, so I don't know about your parents. Frustratedlady Feb 2020 #3

Most had black and white. True Blue American Feb 2020 #4

Exactly! polmaven Feb 2020 #9

I'll double check with my mother. Mike 03 Feb 2020 #6

Everything was live. The entire world watched live. Chipper Chat Feb 2020 #5

Close to 90% of households had tv by 1960 hlthe2b Feb 2020 #7

Schools let out. Events were cancelled. Businesses closed up. Chipper Chat Feb 2020 #8

Not all schools let out. Lindsay Feb 2020 #11

That's awful. Even if they did not let wnylib Feb 2020 #24

I was in Catholic elementary school. The teachers and nuns were in tears. Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #55

In my experience, most families had tv well before then. Probably one reason they began dameatball Feb 2020 #10

Yes we did. I cried for 3 days watching TV non stop. katmondoo Feb 2020 #12

I was watching, True Blue American Feb 2020 #15

Yes, most Americans had tv....except Sancho Feb 2020 #13

Dont forget the Dumont Television Network. Chipper Chat Feb 2020 #30

Yes...we occasionally would tune in UHF and get Dumont... Sancho Feb 2020 #34

Everybody I knew had one. Small town SC. Nt raccoon Feb 2020 #14

According to these Nielsen figures, about 90% of households had a TV then. sl8 Feb 2020 #16

Memories and reflections from 1962 South Carolina (not mine): sl8 Feb 2020 #17

I was living on James Island in 1962...so that was great... Sancho Feb 2020 #37

I think most people in cities had tv. Seems like the day of there were news bulletins then updates Srkdqltr Feb 2020 #18

Absolutely, yes snowybirdie Feb 2020 #19

We had tv from about 53 on. WhiteTara Feb 2020 #20

Everyone I knew had a TV. We were one of the last to get one. Taraman Feb 2020 #21

Everyone I knew had one. redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #22

There were still some families that did not wnylib Feb 2020 #23

Yes, by the 1960s most families had televisions Fla Dem Feb 2020 #25

No. AirmensMom Feb 2020 #26

I know my dads parents didnt have one The Genealogist Feb 2020 #27

It happened at mid day Jarqui Feb 2020 #28

Yes, televisions were plentiful. I didn't know anyone who didn't have a television. Eyeball_Kid Feb 2020 #29

We didn't. brer cat Feb 2020 #31

Everyone I knew in 1964 had television radical noodle Feb 2020 #32

I think all my friends had TVs by then. CanonRay Feb 2020 #33

People relied on Newspapers, remember those? 2naSalit Feb 2020 #35

Yes, they did. We got our first TV set in 1954 Glorfindel Feb 2020 #36

I was in first grade class Bayard Feb 2020 #38

Everyone had televisions. bikebloke Feb 2020 #39

Yes, it was covered on radio as well as TV lastlib Feb 2020 #40

Yes. nancy1942 Feb 2020 #41

We even had TVs in the barrack's day rooms. sarge43 Feb 2020 #42

My parents had a TV MissMillie Feb 2020 #43

We had one and everybody I knew had one. We weren't rich & neither were any of our catbyte Feb 2020 #44

We always had a BW TV. Mendocino Feb 2020 #45

I saw it all from Mexico lunatica Feb 2020 #46

In urban areas customerserviceguy Feb 2020 #47

Hi! I lived in Gary then, too. kas125 Feb 2020 #48

I vaguely remember Brunswick school customerserviceguy Feb 2020 #49

I was a Brunswick kid, you were a Glen Park kid, lol. kas125 Feb 2020 #50

Yes, Merrillville customerserviceguy Feb 2020 #53

I said the same thing when I went to look at our Brunswick house. kas125 Feb 2020 #56

You're lucky to have it so available! customerserviceguy Feb 2020 #57

Yes everyone my parents knew had a tv. kimbutgar Feb 2020 #51

I think so, though they would have been black & white. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #52

We had TVs randr Feb 2020 #54

We did not have a television. hamsterjill Feb 2020 #58

Most in the US had TVs, but ours was Still Sensible Feb 2020 #59