A.B.C. T.V.
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Captures by
Ruud Koopman
Background
A.B.C. T.V. was a micro pirate television channel run from a house in South Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 1981 by Ruud Koopman. The channel had a very small audience and only broadcast it's own productions using one rented camera. The station sold a total of 3 advertisement slots, of which the entire profits were used to run the channel. Ruud feared the RCD (Radiocontrolle Dienst), so he stationed his channel in a colleague's house and set up a radio using the frequency of the RCD officers, which would alert him of a raid. The channel used the exact same method of "breaking-in" as Rabotnik TV / P.K.P. TV, in which it broadcast directly to a receiver for BRT 2 on the Okura hotel building after it signed off, which would then increase their reach.
Logo (1981)
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Visuals: A drawing of Phil (from Famous Spanish comic strip "Mort and Phil") with his left hand waving and right hand on a switch saying "Dit is een uit-zending van: A.B.C. T.V." in a speech bubble.
Technique: Traditional ink and paint.
Audio: Unknown.
Availability: The only image is sourced directly from Ruud's website.
