Question: Can you name the first place in Bloomington-Normal to be hooked up to what became known as cable TV, and what year that was?
Answer: In October 1969, a Twin City man, Mike Vandegraft, stopped by the Western Avenue Tap at 1301 N. Western Ave. in Bloomington to hook up something never attached in B-N before: cable TV. It cost $5 a month. You got nine channels. Now, 53 years later, what’s become known as “streaming” indeed threatens the future of cable.
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Kim Schoenbein, Tracy Patkunas, Tyler Cox, Jennifer and Jeff Mroz
Kim Schoenbein, Annie Swanson, Dan Adams
Melissa Isenburg Tremper, Mark Tremper
Phyllis and Hans Rasmussen
Dennis and Cathy Wentworth, Roger Finney
Shane and Angie Starkey, Lucy and Dick Meads, Paula Pratt
Rick and Kim Percy
Vanessa Campos, Chad Bevers, Kiel Macewan, Patty Young
Mike and Wendy Dwinal, Mega and Scott Novotney
Eleanor and Will Nave
Jeannie Higdon, Brendan O’Neill, Chris McConnell
Dan Adams
John Street, Steve and Julie Sturm, Christine Street
Maggie Stolfa
Linda Simkins, Alan Novick
J Balmer
Jonell Kehias, Brad Glenn
Carla Orr, Tonya Rut
Karen and Robert Starckovich, Frank and Angie Hoffman
Sara Larsen, Michael Miller
Michael and Kim Campbell
Heather and Sarah Rod, Anthony Schuhmacher
Mackenzie Bouavong, Drake Folkerts
Roseanne and Brad Secord
Michael and Liz Fornero
Adam and Alexa Buffington
Michael and Laura O’Connor
Healthy Homes Crew
Brews at Zoo check-in volunteers
