In nearby Lansford, Pennsylvania, Robert Tarlton organized a group of fellow TV set retailers in 1950 and together financed a community antenna system that offered Philadelphia broadcast signals for a fee. This particular CATV system was featured in Newsweek, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal—and the resulting publicity sparked an explosion of cable system construction across the country. Robert Tarlton soon became a valuable consultant to many of these systems—and his equipment supplier, a new company called Jerrold Electronics, emerged as a leading provider of amplifiers,
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