MORE NIAGARA TRIVIA By GEORGE BAILEY 2009-12-08 10:17:56
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Readers of this blog tell me they like trivia...well, trivia you will get.
The first international telecast ever made in North America took place in Niagara Falls, Ontario on Sunday, September 12th, 1948 when WBEN-TV (now WIVB-TV) of Buffalo, New York made a live broadcast from Niagara Falls to Buffalo. It took place atop the General Brock Hotel (now Crown Plaza Hotel). The one-hour show had interviews and featured the falls in the background. It was considered a technological achievement for it's time.
Here's another similar event. In the winter of 1936 the sound of Niagara was broadcast around the world from the Table Rock Scenic Tunnels, now Journey Behind the Falls, as part of a Christmas radio show. You can still hear the roar of Niagara when you walk behind the falls and listen to the waters of 4 Great Lakes comes crashing over the falls. The attraction is open year-round.
