KGUN-TV is celebrating a major milestone. Wednesday marks 70 years since KGUN first signed on the air.
When the station signed on in June of 1956, the call letters were actually KDWI-TV, using the initials of owner D.W. Ingram.
Ingram built his TV studio on 6th Avenue, with a contingency plan.
“A big, big studio but in the center of the studio there’s this big H,” said former KGUN General Manager Scott Vaughan. “Ever go get your oil changed, and you get raised on one of those? He was figuring that this building would ultimately have another use if television didn’t become a thing.”…