Big Brother... The
ADELPHIA CABLE CO.

APPEARS TO BE AROUND A 50 TO 65 FOOT TOWER

Although this is not part of the Westmoreland County Radio System, I thought I would give you just a bit of background on this tower and company.  I do not speak from experience so I could be completely wrong but I remember about 38 years ago this tower suddenly appeared on the Donahue Road between Latrobe and Greensburg, Pa.  All of a sudden this small company called HIGHLAND VIDEO appeared.  They began knocking at doors all over in an attempt to sell "TV Signals" to us, boasting better signals and a few more channels (just look at all the antennas, lol).  Anyhow, sooner or later people started to ADD this service to the standard antenna system already on top of most peoples homes.  Most people purchased this service because something called "HBO" or Home Box Office was offered for $5 more.

I don't remember the year but HIGHLAND VIDEO was then bought out or purchased by Adelphia Cable Co. and then all HELL broke lose.  Besides doubling or even tripling the monthly bill, installers at Adelphia were told to CUT the wires from the Antennas mounted on top of their customer's homes.  That leaves only one choice, ADELPHIA !  That was told to me by several Adelphia Cable Installers, not just one.  I was one of those who fell victim to this scam.  After complaining to Adelphia, they came to my Derry home and put new cable from my brand new VHF/UHF antenna back into my home.

(I no longer own that home.  I had it a long time ago when I was handsome.)

To date I still think they either cut the cable or take down the roof top antenna on houses unless you tell them otherwise.  Naughty Naughty !

(recently purchased by Comcast)
 

K3SAM - he Blah-ger