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Welcome To The CBS 5 History Page!

One of the Valley's earliest and most popular television personalities welcomes you to relive the days when KPHO signed on the air from a hotel and Wallace, Ladmo, Gerald, Aunt Maud and Ladmo Bags were all the local rage.
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  • KPHO-TV Channel 5 in Phoenix signed on as the first television station in the market on Sunday, Dec. 4, 1949. Read about the milestones at CBS 5 over the more than six decades of broadcasting.
    KPHO-TV Channel 5 in Phoenix signed on as the first television station in the market on Sunday, Dec. 4, 1949. Read about the milestones at CBS 5 over the more than six decades of broadcasting.
  • Early History

  • The first programs created by KPHO which were directed at children included "The Man From Planet X" and "The Lew King Show."
    KPHO was Arizona's first television station. It was started by entrepreneurs John Mills, Rex Schepp, Dr. J.N. Harber and John Mullins.
  • CBS 5 History - CBS 5 Broadcasting Milestone

  • A very brief history for those who did not grow up in the Valley when "Wallace and Ladmo" was on the air.
    A very brief history for those who did not grow up in the Valley when "Wallace and Ladmo" was on the air.
  • Wearing a beanie and armed with cartoons, "Wallace" burst onto the scene with his own show "It's Wallace" in 1955 and went on to create and sustain the longest-running children's TV show in America.
    Wearing a beanie and armed with cartoons, "Wallace" burst onto the scene with his own show "It's Wallace" in 1955 and went on to create and sustain the longest-running children's TV show in America.
  • Ladmo in his youth had his eyes set on becoming a major league baseball player until one day in 1956 "Wallace" came along and the rest is history!
    Ladmo in his youth had his eyes set on becoming a major league baseball player until one day in 1956 "Wallace" came along and the rest is history!
  • With a Midwestern upbringing under his belt, Pat moved to Phoenix after the Army, landed a "jack-of-all-trades" job at KPHO, and was soon snatched away by "Wallace."
    With a Midwestern upbringing under his belt, Pat moved to Phoenix after the Army, landed a "jack-of-all-trades" job at KPHO, and was soon snatched away by "Wallace."
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