Happy 50th Birthday, Sutro Tower! At the bottom of SF's iconic tower, a crumbling stone stairway is all that is left of the historic Sutro Mansion called 'La Avansada' where KGO-TV, Channel 7, launched its first broadcast in 1949.
At the bottom of San Francisco's iconic Sutro Tower, you can still find the remnants of early Bay Area television. A crumbling stone stairway is all that is left of the historic Sutro Mansion called "La Avansada" where KGO-TV, Channel 7, launched its first broadcast in 1949.At the bottom of San Francisco's iconic Sutro Tower, you can still find the remnants of early Bay Area television.
Channel 7 signed on for the first time at 6:45 p.m. on May 5, 1949. The station first broadcast a dedication ceremony from the studio at Sutro Mansion, but the main event was a live TV show from the Golden Gate Theatre with singing, dancing and a roller skating act.Originally, KGO-TV broadcasted five days a week. When the crew had to break for lunch or dinner, the station went off the air.
The coverage was a challenge. Crews piled cameras and miles of cables into the station's one remote truck for both professional and college games all over the Bay Area. The next year, ABC announced it was renovating an old lodge building at 277 Golden Gate Avenue. The work took a year, and in 1954, KGO-TV and KGO Radio moved into the new modern facility. They would stay there for the next 31 years.
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