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Astoria man set out to do something nice for his wife, ended up inventing cable TV

The nearest TV station was in Seattle. But Ed Parsons figured out he could catch a very weak signal on top of a building in town. All he had to do was figure out how to boost the signal without boosting the noise as well, and ... the rest was history. Every term in the History of Telecom class I teach at Oregon State University, I always ask for a show of hands from students: "How many of...
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McKenzie River Reflections broke the news in McKenzie Bridge, United States on Tuesday, September 30, 2025.
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