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Sarkes Tarzian was born on 5 October, 1900 in Harpoot, Elazığ Province, Ottoman Empire, is an Ottoman-born American engineer, inventor and broadcaster. Discover Sarkes Tarzian's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 87 years old?

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Age 87 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 5 October 1900
Birthday 5 October
Birthplace Harpoot, Elazığ Province, Ottoman Empire
Date of death 7 October, 1987
Died Place Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Nationality Oman

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1900

Sarkes Tarzian (October 5, 1900 – October 7, 1987) was an Ottoman-born American engineer, inventor, and broadcaster.

He was ethnic Armenian born in the Ottoman Empire.

1907

He and his family immigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1907, following their persecution by Ottoman Turks.

"His father escaped to America from the Turkish massacres of Armenians, and got a job as a weaver."

1918

In 1918, he was the top high school graduate in the city of Philadelphia, earning him a four-year, all-expenses-paid college scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania where he received an undergraduate degree in 1924 and a graduate degree in 1927.

Tarzian worked for the Atwater Kent company and then for RCA in Bloomington, Indiana.

1941

(This idea was essentially a revival of the "Apex band", which had been discontinued in 1941.) Tarzian continued to operate his experimental station, which eventually became KS2XAP, until 1950, although by then its transmitting hours were greatly restricted, as the FCC required the station to remain off the air whenever nearby WFBM-TV in Indianapolis was broadcasting, because the TV station's audio transmitter used the same frequency as Tarzian's station.

1944

He founded the manufacturing company Sarkes Tarzian Enterprises in 1944, and was involved in early experiments in VHF audio broadcasting in 1946.

In May of that year, he began operating a 200-watt experimental AM station, W9XHZ, on 87.75 MHz in Bloomington.

He used the station to provide programming to the local community, including Indiana University and Bloomington High School Football games, special events, and live band music from local high schools.

Because standard AM radios could not tune to his station's high frequency, Tarzian modified a small number of sets himself and distributed them throughout the community.

1948

After two years of successful operation of what he referred to as his "HIFAM" station, in 1948 Tarzian proposed that the FCC allocate a small high-frequency HIFAM broadcast band, saying that an affordable $5.95 converter could be added to existing AM radios to make them capable of receiving the HIFAM stations.

1949

In 1949 he started television station WTTV in Bloomington, which at various times under Sarkes Tarzian ownership operated as a DuMont, NBC and ABC affiliate and as an independent station.

1950

Moreover, after the station's final license expired on June 1, 1950, the FCC denied Tarzian any further renewals.

1956

In 1956, two groups filed with the FCC to build a television station on channel 13 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the only allotted VHF channel for southern Kentucky.

The first group to file was Sarkes Tarzian.

A second application followed shortly thereafter, from George A. Brown, Jr., the Kentucky representative for Nashville-based General Shoe Corporation.

1957

It was not until February 1957 that the commission designated the applications against each other for hearing, and it took another 18 months for a hearing examiner to give the initial nod for the channel to Tarzian, citing its superior programming plans and broadcast experience as a factor that outweighed the local ownership represented by Brown.

In 1957, Sarkes Tarzian founded WPTA, serving Fort Wayne, Indiana, taking an affiliation with ABC; in 1973, the station was sold to Combined Communications for $3.6 million.

Sarkes Tarzian was able to get FCC approval to move the station to channel 18, which Rosenthal had been attempting since his purchase of the station in 1957.

1959

Brown appealed the initial decision, and the FCC granted him the permit in 1959.

The station is now WBKO.

In 1959, Sarkes Tarzian purchased dark WFAM-TV, channel 59, in Lafayette, Indiana from its owner, Henry Rosenthal.

1960

Sarkes Tarzian manufactured studio color TV cameras in the mid-1960s.

1967

In 1967, the station's call sign was changed to the current WLFI-TV.

1970

The manufacturing operations were spun off in the 1970s and today the company still exists as a broadcaster, owning several television and radio stations.

1978

The station was sold by Tarzian to Teleco Corporation in 1978.

1979

In 1979, the station was sold to Block Communications.

It is currently owned by Allen Media Broadcasting.

1980

In 1980, Sarkes Tarzian bought television station KTVN in Reno, Nevada from Washoe Empire for $12.5 million.

1982

In 1982, Sarkes Tarzian bought television station WRCB in Chattanooga, Tennessee from Ziff Davis.

The Sarkes Tarzian company was an important manufacturer of radio and television equipment, television tuners, and components.

Its FM radio receivers helped to popularize the broadcast medium.

1988

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had recently established the FM radio band on 88.1-107.9 MHz, but FM receivers were expensive purchases.

2000

Gray Television has owned a partial stake in Sarkes Tarzian, Inc., since the early 2000s.

Tarzian was married to Mary Mangigian Tarzian; they had two children.

The Sarkes and Mary Tarzian Nature Preserve in Bloomington, Indiana, commemorates their names.

Lake Tarzian located within the Hoosier National Forest is named after him.

Lake Tarzian is named after Tarzian who led the capital campaign to build the camp.

Currently Sarkes Tarzian Inc. owns two television stations, 4 FM radio stations, and one AM radio station.