The popular account involves him solving problems receiving radio signals from Philadelphia television stations, which were blocked by mountaintops.
His claim is recognized by the U.S. Congress and the National Cable Television Association and has been repeated by journalists and scholarly sources alike.
Returning to Mahanoy City in 1934, Walsonavich began working as a lineman and occasional repairman for Pennsylvania Power & Light (PP&L).
[1] Walson needed to solve problems receiving signals from Philadelphia television stations, which were blocked by the mountains surrounding the town.
Walson erected an antenna on a utility pole on a local mountaintop that enabled him to demonstrate the televisions in his store with strong broadcasts coming from the three Philadelphia stations.