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WBUF-TV was a television station that broadcast on ultra high frequency (UHF) channel 17 in Buffalo, New York, United States. It broadcast from August 17, 1953, to February 1955 and again from March 1955 until the morning of October 1, 1958.

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rdfs:label	WBUF-TV (en)
rdfs:comment	WBUF-TV was a television station that broadcast on ultra high frequency (UHF) channel 17 in Buffalo, New York, United States. It broadcast from August 17, 1953, to February 1955 and again from March 1955 until the morning of October 1, 1958. (en)
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dcterms:subject	1958 disestablishments in New York (state) National Broadcasting Company Television stations in Buffalo, New York 1953 establishments in New York (state) Television channels and stations established in 1953 Defunct television stations in the United States Defunct mass media in New York (state) Television channels and stations disestablished in 1958
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Robert Sarnoff Rochester, New York Dave Garroway Dave Roberts (broadcaster) Rick Azar Ultra high frequency Variety (magazine) 1958 disestablishments in New York (state) WVET-TV National Broadcasting Company NBC The Marin Mac McGarry Broadcasting & Cable Buffalo, New York CBS Today (American TV program) WBEN (AM) WFSB WGRZ WIVB-TV WKBW-TV WNED-TV WPVI-TV WRC-TV WSEE-TV WUVN WVIT Television stations in Buffalo, New York All-Channel Receiver Act American Broadcasting Company DuMont Television Network Erie, Pennsylvania Federal Communications Commission Hartford, Connecticut J. Fred Muggs 1953 establishments in New York (state) The Buffalo News Television channels and stations established in 1953 Defunct television stations in the United States Code of Practices for Television Broadcasters Defunct mass media in New York (state) New Britain, Connecticut Very high frequency WBES-TV Television channels and stations disestablished in 1958 Frieda Hennock WIVB Sylvester "Pat" Weaver
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airdate	1953-08-17 (xsd:date)
callsign meaning	"Buffalo" (en)
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has abstract	WBUF-TV was a television station that broadcast on ultra high frequency (UHF) channel 17 in Buffalo, New York, United States. It broadcast from August 17, 1953, to February 1955 and again from March 1955 until the morning of October 1, 1958. The first of two early UHF television stations in Buffalo, the station—like others in its day—struggled to gain traction because of coverage and reception issues specific to UHF stations and not experienced by their very high frequency (VHF) counterparts. The station went on the air under the aegis of local owners. After its initial shutdown in February 1955, it was bought by NBC in part as an experiment hoping to mitigate the issues ailing UHF broadcasting across the country and also because revised ownership rules allowed station groups to purchase additional UHF stations. In August 1956, all NBC programs moved to WBUF, which at the same time moved into a new showplace studio facility. Despite high UHF set conversion rates (as sets had to be converted to receive UHF in the days before the All-Channel Receiver Act) and a high-power installation, WBUF was generally a failure—NBC ratings were far lower in Buffalo than in most other cities, and the station lost money—and the approval of a third VHF station for the city signaled WBUF-TV's final demise in 1958. WBUF left a legacy in Buffalo of notable broadcast personalities in and out of the market, including Rick Azar and Mac McGarry, as well as a substantial physical plant. The channel 17 transmission facility was donated to start WNED-TV, Buffalo's educational TV station, which began broadcasting in March 1959. The studio has been occupied since 1960 by WIVB-TV. (en)
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