User blog:The Testcardiologist/Television in the Waller Islands

1950s
WTS signed on in October 1958. It became the second Anglosovic territory in Caribsia to introduce television, but since the WI had an autonomous self-governing rule since Jonah Quimby was elected in 1954, the islands voted against the decision of making the station an ITV company, just like in the Seleines. Running on channel 4 in Waller City, the station had CBS and Remission (who owned a successful - but somewhat limited - cable radio service limited to political and Anglosovic elites) as its main shareholders.

1960s
As Atlansian influence started taking the islands by storm, Remission's assets at WTS were reduced every few months. In October 1960 they still owned 50%, but in April 1961 their stake was reduced to just 35%. More local and Atlansian investors were strenghtening their ties at WTS. WTS was perceived to be pro-Atlansian and anti-colonial.

In the weeks leading to the independence of the Waller Islands as a separate republic within the Commonwealth, the government awarded three new television channels - emulating many cities in the United Republics where there were four stations, three commercial outlets and one public station. It was suggested that the public station would, unlike PBS, belong to the government.