See it now was an American Television documentary series that CBS aired weekly on Sundays from the years of 1951 to 1958. Edward Murrow and Fred Friendly created this show as being a spin-off from the radio show Hear It Now. Edward Murrow hosted the show as he was recorded sitting in the Central control room in Studio 41. It usually ran from about 30 to 48 minutes and gave a synopsis of news that was going around the world and in different cities in America. Each city would first check-in with Edward Murrow and give brief description of the weather, population and the cities current whereabouts depending on the time of year. Alcoa, an aluminum company, sponsored it until 1955. Although, this show was not considered political for a time being, it did cover many political topics and even is said to have led to the downfall of Joseph McCarthy during the Red Scare. See it Now was not a show that differentiated from others. Generally, it was a spin-off from radio and when it ended, it downfall had lots to do with the upcoming era and phenomena of game shows.
This particular episode aired on December 23rd, 1951 and only lasted for about 30 minutes. It was two days before Christmas and America was still in Korea fighting the war. The show starts off with some general background information that they will be covering news from New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Washington, Kentucky and Korea. Then goes to the face of Edward Murrow who also gives background about what will be covered on the episode. Then we see the camera’s looking over the city of New York and giving some background about the weather, population, etc. The camera shifts to Korea and we see soldiers sitting around talking about what they would be doing if they were home for Christmas. This section of the show was very emotional and displayed the true of effects of war and how it separates people from their families during times of love and giving. Implicitly it shows how the soldiers are America’s ultimate Christmas gift by fighting for their country.
Then the show continues and travels to the different cities stated above giving general information and the camera showing different parts of each city. San Francisco shows a Naval Ship, Los Angeles shows Hollywood, Nebraska shows kids singing, Chicago shows a post office, St Louis shows a church and Cleveland shows a ship port. Overall, each of the cities shows the variety of Christmas spirit happening around the country. Each cameraman from the city ends their segment with “ Merry Christmas from …” which also shows the commonality around the country. There are two Alcoa commercials that relate to Christmas and their involvement with the war. The show concludes with a brief synopsis of the Christian story of Christmas and then comes back to Edward Murrow. Overall, the show aligns with its name See it Now, by directly showing a view of cities and giving news. (RLT/110)

Season 1, episode 6.
Original air date: 23 December 1951.
Cast: Edward R. Morrow (Himself - host/ anchor).
From IMDB.
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The last Denver TV station to sign off analog I am pretty sure was KDVR FOX 31 and KWGN-TV channel 2 ( which oddly enough was the first station in Colorado ). Maybe KCNC-TV CBS 4..signed off at the same time too.

The other stations..KMGH ABC 7, KUSA NBC 9, KTVD "My Denver 20" and KRMA PBS had already went DTV well before. Come to think of it prior to the "deadline to go DTV"..I am pretty sure KMGH and KUSA were the largest stations in terms of market size in the US to had made the switch to DTV before anyone else.

They kinda made a BIG deal about it at the time.

It must have been exciting to watch back then. Simultaneous Live views of major American cities were rare. Many cities did not have TV back then because the FCC froze new license applications from 1948 to 1952. This link explains why: http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=freezeof1

Interesting bit of history about broadcasting history and Denver. Question: What Denver TV station was last to go "off the air" (analog) back in 2009? I put my antenna in storage after the Philadelphia stations went "off the air" back in June 2009. I don't watch television.