It wasn’t so long ago that black-and-white television was the norm.
Not until the late 1970s did every American consumer household own a color TV.
One reminder of this not-so-ancient history is a now-viral clip of an Iowa station’s first-ever color broadcast.
It shows the transition from black and white to color as the anchor reads the evening’s news.
Grant replies, Well, we think you’ll see a big difference on black and white receivers.
On April 14, 1967, Iowa Channel 2 aired its first-ever color TV broadcast.
