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Station WQED

Station WQED is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Allegheny County, dedicated 1964.

4802 5th Ave., Oakland (Pittsburgh)

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Television station, located here, opened April 1954, as first community-sponsored educational television station in America. In 1955 it was the first to telecast classes to elementary schools.

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USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection

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Pittsburg East, Pennsylvania, 1951, covering the location of Station WQED, with a pin at the marker's coordinates
Pittsburg East, Pennsylvania, 1951, covering this location. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.
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