The Citizens' Voice

Service Electric Cable TV continues growth despite more competition

In the face of new and increasing competition, Service Electric — the Wyoming Valley’s first cable TV and internet provider — ...
Morning Call PA

Cable TV’s first family comes of age ** Service Electric grows into the nation’s largest private cable company.

Service Electric founder John Walson Sr. didn’t become the father of cable television by following a crowd. Walson built the nation’s first cable TV system in 1948. What began as a single wire strung ...
The Times Leader

Service Electric Cable TV shows off renovated customer service center in Wilkes-Barre

Mark Plosa, fourth from right, general manager of the Wilkes-Barre office of Service Electric Cable TV & Communications, and Mayor George Brown, third from right, get ready to cut the ribbon on the ...
Morning Call PA

Cable TV invented in Mahanoy City ** Service Electric’s founder first strung cable so customers would have a reason to buy a TV. It landed him in the Cable Television Hall of ...

Service Electric founder John Walson happened to be in the right place at the right time to give life to the cable industry. He lived in a valley with poor television reception at the dawn of the TV ...
The Times Leader

Service Electric in Wilkes-Barre was first-ever cable television company

WILKES-BARRE — Despite some dispute, the people at Service Electric stake claim to being the first cable television company in the U.S., having been established in 1940. With 17,000 customers in ...