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Wide Country (TV series)
Wide Country was an American Western television series that aired on NBC from September 20, 1962 to April 25, 1963.
Synopsis.
The series stars Earl Holliman and Andrew Prine as brothers, Mitch and Andy Guthrie, respectively, who are traveling rodeo competitors. In the recurring story line, older, wiser brother Mitch, a champion bronco rider, discourages Andy from following in Mitch's footsteps.
The pilot for the series entitled "Second Chance" was aired on March 13
did not require the large number of radars nor the country-wide coverage. To reduce the cost of this much smaller network, studies on integrating the military radars with civilian air traffic control led to the Linesman/Mediator system of only five primary stations. The original ROTOR was replaced by Linesman in stages, starting in 1967.
A similar expedient system in the United States was the Lashup Radar Network.
Post-war situation.
UK radar operations were wound down late in the war, and by the time