It is a big anniversary in the history of our station, KOTV. In 2024, we are celebrating 75 years on the air. October 15 is the anniversary of the first time we showed a test pattern on TV and the ...

Long before HD and digital television, before cable and flat screens, Channel 6 looked a whole lot different. A slide, called a test pattern, was the first-ever image broadcast on KOTV on October ...

When KOTV's first test pattern went over the air, TVs were still few and far between in Oklahoma. But starting in the fall of 1949, Green Country could turn on Channel 6. There was no reason to ...

News On 6 is celebrating 75 years ... station's reach goes beyond the TV screen. KOTV was Tulsa's first television station, signing on in October 1949 with a test pattern. There were a few ...

Three years ago, News On 6's Jonathan Cooper did a story about ... Related: Piece Of Oklahoma History Lives Again After Original KOTV Test Pattern Discovered Mike found a guy on the internet ...