W2XCR was founded in 1931 in Long Island City, NY by the radio station WGBS (now WINS-AM). The stationDuring the period early part of 1931, but before the call letters were changed to WINS, the station began experimenting with mechanical television broadcasting, operating a Jenkins mechanical scanner through the experimental transmitter, W2XCR. The station broadcast using both 48-line / 15 FPS, and 60-line / 20 FPS standards during 1931. Mechanical TV broadcast in the AM radio band (550-1600 kHz… (More on W2xcr)