Ed Whitney is named the first Executive Director of the National Cable Television Association. Bill Daniels starts Daniels and Associates, the industry's first brokerage and financial consulting service. In Pahoulis v. United States, the U.S. Court of Appeals becomes the first federal court to affirm the master antenna concept as applied to CATV systems. This tax issue leads to the formation of the National Community Television Council. Weather scans provide an additional opportunity to sell local advertising with the advertiser's message printed on a fixed placard beside the gauges.
Customers can also listen to background music while they watch the weather information.
The FCC issues its landmark opinion in Frontier Broadcasting Company v. Collier that CATV systems are not common carriers so the agency has no jurisdiction over them. The FCC issues its first official investigation of the CATV industry's impact on broadcasters.