The date was January 3rd , 1970, and the time was 6:30pm. With the push of a button, the airwaves changed from a vertical array of colors and a constant tone to a full spectrum peacock. Three familiar chimes and the introduction of two icons, Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, began the latest entry into the television industry by WHAGTV, its parent, The Regional Broadcasting Company and NBC. Warren Adler, owner of radio stations WHAG and WQCM, and future novelistscreenwriter, War of the Roses started the process with an application to the FCC for a new commercial broadcast station on June 19, 1967. Within that original document, a 250 foot tower and antenna was proposed to be anchored to the top of the 125 foot Hagerstown Motor Inn, currently the Alexander House more than doubling the size of that building. That idea was rejected due to structural incompatibility.

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