Link: http://wgsf.oldgleaner.com/

Mobile TV Production Van
Van currently housed at The Early Television Museum, 5396 Franklin Street in Hilliard, Ohio

An advertisement for the sale of an RCA equipped mobile television production van caught the eye of WGSF station manager Leland Hubbell in early 1969. This van was owned by KCPX, Salt Lake City, Utah. (Originally purchased by KDYL(W6XIS) Salt Lake City in 1948, the call sign was changed to KCPX).
The van was purchased by WGSF through a grant from the Thomas J. Evans Foundation.
Station Manager, Leland Hubbell, and his wife, Dorothy, flew to Salt Lake City, and drove the van back to Ohio.
It saw extensive use in Newark and surrounding communities, televising graduations, parades, fairs, festivals and sporting events. TV Production Van
When WGSF terminated broadcasting in 1976, the van was donated to the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus, where it sat in a warehouse for over thirty years.
WGSF Van in warehouse
The Ohio Historical Society agreed to loan the van to the Early Television Museum in 2008, where it will be put on display. The van has most of its original equipment, including TK-30A cameras and the microwave system.

Link to article about the WGSF mobile production van, with commentary by Daniel Black:
http://www.earlytelevision.org/wgsf_van.html

See also this promotional advertisement by RCA:
http://www.earlytelevision.org/rca_remote_1948.html

The Early Television Museum is located at 5396 Franklin Street in Hilliard, Ohio (614) 771-0510

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