Much of this history of the TV society was collected from an interview with Ken Casely, a long time resident of New Denver, who was heavily involved with the initial installation.

Glen Emary, the local telephone representative in 1957, gathered together interested individuals, who applied for and received a Certificate of Incorporation as the New Denver-Silverton Co-operative Television Society from the BC Registrar of Companies on 6th November 1957.  They set up a plan to offer ONE TV signal to the community.  Each member contributed $125.00 to purchase the equipment and cable needed, and then paid $5.00 a month for maintenance.

A receiver dish was carried up to the south west side of Goat Mountain just north of New Denver, and set up at around 4000' to pick up the Channel 4 signal from Spokane.  Amplifiers were installed at appropriate sites and power was delivered to the dish from the local power grid, owned by Sandy Harris.  A post was erected at the west side of Duncan's Farm (now owned by Steve Graupe) and from there underground cable was distributed to the members in both Silverton and New Denver.

In 1961, the U.S. Federal Government ruled that Channel 4 in Spokane had to reduce their signal strength. This had an impact on the TV society, for it meant that the dish at 4000 feet could no longer bring in the signal.  The problem was solved by setting up an antenna array at the very top of Goat Mountain (6400 feet), and then extending the feed cable up to that elevation.

The distribution system is a story in itself.  In New Denver, cable was buried no more than six inches underground, and surfaced wherever there were junctions (splitters).  Repairs were constantly required to fix breaks in this shallow, vunerable line.  In order to bring service from New Denver to Silverton, two bare copper wires were strung on trees for five kilometers along the lakeshore.  Weather conditions and falling branches caused continual shorts.  Eventually an insulated cable was strung to replace the bare wire, with an amplifier being necessary at Bosun Mine halfway along the route because of increased resistance in the line.

After 30 years, the present day society was formed and incorporated as the Area "H" North TV Society on 2nd May 1988.  Transmission towers were erected on the south side of the mouth of Carpenter Creek in New Denver, and many more residents were able to receive re-broadcasted signals.  All home owners or residents who pay property tax are automatically members of the society, since $3.18 monthly from their tax goes towards upkeep of the system. They receive six TV and three radio signals for less money per month than the original suscribers paid back in 1957 to receive a single TV channel.