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Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc., formerly traded as Bell of Pennsylvania, is the Bell Operating Company serving most of Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1879 as Bell Telephone Company of Philadelphia, owned by National Bell Telephone Company, which later became American Bell. In 1899, the company became a subsidiary of American Telephone and Telegraph Company following its buyout of American Bell.
The company is separate from Verizon North, which consists of former GTE-owned assets in rural Pennsylvania.
[edit] History
The company was founded in 1879 to serve Philadelphia. In 1907, the company changed its name to The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, a name under which it began to expand.
Bell Telephone Building, Pittsburgh
In 1918, the company embarked on a series of acquisitions enlarging its coverage area from Philadelphia to state-wide. In 1918, it acquired Central District Telephone. In 1924, it acquired Pittsburgh and Allegheny Telephone. In 1925, Bell of PA made a $1.84 million acquisition of telephone exchanges in Wayne, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Berks, Bucks, Montgomery, and Schuykill counties from Lehigh Telephone. It also acquired Tri-State Telephone and Pennsylvania State Telephone that year. In 1926, it acquired Strousburg and Bushkill Telephone and Meadville Telephone. In 1927, it acquired Home Telephone Company, Blairsville Telephone Company, Summerville Telephone Company, Brookville Telephone Company, and Huntington & Clearfield Telephone Company.
In April 1930, Bell of PA acquired Lehigh Telephone. During 1930, it also exchanged assets with Cumberland Valley Telephone Company in Dauphin, Mifflin, and Cumberland Counties. In 1932 Bell acquired properties of Clinton Telephone, which operated in portions of Lycoming and Clinton Counties.
In 1944, it acquired Keystone Telephone Company of Philadelphia for $13.4 million.[1]
[edit] Divestiture
In 1984, the Bell System Divestiture split Bell of Pennsylvania off into a Regional Bell Operating Company, along with the 21 other BOCs AT&T had a majority stake in. On January 1, 1984, Bell of Pennsylvania became part of Bell Atlantic.
Throughout the 1980s to the first half of the 1990s, Bell of Pennsylvania, also called Pennsylvania Bell, kept its traditional identity. In 1994, Bell Atlantic started rebranding all its companies to Bell Atlantic-(state), so Bell of Pennsylvania became Bell Atlantic - Pennsylvania, Inc. In 2000, after the Bell Atlantic-GTE merger, the corporation changed its name to Verizon, and so Bell of Pennsylvania once again changed its name, this time to Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc., a name it retains to this day.
The company's headquarters in Philadelphia are shared with Verizon Delaware, an arrangement that has existed since the Bell System existed.
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 Bell of Pennsylvania Commercial (1986) "Baby walked? That's great!!" |  Bell Of Pennsylvania/Bell Atlantic Ad (1988) Commercial for Bell of Pennsylvania Telephone. Later was just known as Bell Atlantic, and was eventually merged in with a few other companies to form Verizon. |  Bell of Pennsylvania (with David Leisure) A commercial for Bell Atlantic's Pennsylvania phone book, starring actor David Leisure (Joe Izusu, Charley Dietz on "Empty Nest") in a Dragnet-type takeoff (complete with that great Dragnet theme). From 1986. |  The Bell of Pennsylvania business office numbers have been changed If you would like to make ... Download at www.thisisarecording.com 4125620090 The Bell of Pennsylvania business office numbers have been changed If you would like to make payment arrangements please call 800-292-2231 For all other inquiries please call 800-522-1156 Thank you We're sorry due to telephone company facility trouble your call can not be completed at this time Will you try your call again later This Is a Recording Telephone Sounds and Recordings www.thisisarecording.com Touch Touch Tunes : Play Songs on Your Touch Tone Phone www.thisisarecording.com Proxy Checker : Checks Proxy Anonymity www.thisisarecording.com Phone Fonts www.thisisarecording.com Telephone Tunes : Songs About or Involving the Telephone www.thisisarecording.com Phone Images : Small Collection of Plant Equipment, Logos, etc. www.thisisarecording.com This Is Not a Zine : Assorted Text Files www.thisisarecording.com Electric Dreams : About the Movie Electric Dreams www.thisisarecording.com WELCOME TO JENN! : Personal Site jayeennenn.thisisarecording.com the.fingers.you.have.used.to.dial.are.too.fat.thisisarecording.com |  1986 - Commercial - Bell of Pennsylvania - Whenever you need us, we'll be there. Brought to you by www.VideoArcheology.com Follow us on Twitter @ http Doyou have a favorite memory pertaining to this video artifact? Please share your comments with us. Can you recognize or identify any of the actors or personalities? Please let us know. Do you know any of the creative staff and crew involved in producing this piece? Your comments are welcome. Your meaningful comments contribute to the contextualization and documentation of our cultural history. www.videoarcheology.com - discover, document, digitize, distribute All works presented are © and TM of their respective owners. "Fair Use Law" (17 USC 107 (1988 & Supp. IV 1993). Section 107) |  WTAE-TV commercial break 2 (Feb 23, 1986) Taped off of WTAE-TV on Feb 23, 1986 Tylenol: Important message Permasoft "foreign exchange" commercial: 1:01 Red Lobster commercial: 1:31 ABC "Monday" Promo for Hardcastle & McCormick: 2:01 WTAE/ABC "Tuesday" promo for Who's The Boss and Growing Pains: 2:24 Snowy all-fabric bleach commercial: 2:55 Bell of Pennsylvania Call Waiting "Hospital" commecial: 3:25 WTAE Action News @ 11 bumper 3:55 No rights expressed or implied, just sharing this bit of classic local news(and the 80s). |  WCAU Channel 10 August 1988 Logs and Commercials Part 2 This was an original recording of "Quincy ME" (with Philadelphia's own Jack Klugman) from late August 1988 on Philadelphia's WCAU Channel 10 (CBS). This contains network logos and national and local commercials. Commercials: Channel 10's "40 Years with You" promo featuring 1951's "Willie the Worm" and Gene Crane People Magazine featuring John Lennon and Yoko Ono Roy Rogers restaurants Macy's one-day sale Era Plus Detergent Channel 10's Republican National Convention Promo Chevy Dealers sale IGA supermarket Sheba cat food Armour Dinner Classics microwave meals Bell of Pennsylvannia and Diamond State Telephone Stearns & Foster mattresses at John Wannamaker department store Giant Carpets Honda Dealers Sheba cat food (repeat) White Cloud bathroom paper (cloud guy at a hotel) Ivory's Pure Magic Sweepstakes for Disney Sing-A-Long Video Cassettes (repeat) |  Early 90's Heaven can wait commercial break #3 re-uploaded for better quality* Part 3-taped in the early 90's during an airing of "Heaven can wait"* 1.Bell of Pennsylvania-(back when call waiting,3 way, & *69 was a big thing) 2.Bennigan's-(some lady jumped off that Hollywood sign years ago...serciously! Peg Entwistle her name was...on a lighter note..the food looks good!) 3.The Money Store-(some loud jibberish about 8%) *I do not own these or any rights. No copyright infringement intended. Up for historial education purposes only..blah,blah,blah.. |  Commercials - August 1986 Part 1 A block of commercials from August 1986. Miller Lite - Dave Cowens and Bob Lanier MCDonalds - Free Hash Browns NFL Football - Philadelphia Eagles vs. Detroit Lions Saturday Night Dead Promo Howard the Duck (Alternate Preview) Bell of Pennsylvania Yellow Pages -- "Dragnet" Parody (With... |  Commercials - August 1986 Part 3 Commercials from August 1986. Michelob -- "In the Air Tonight" (I deliberately muted the audio, Phil Collin's "In the Air Tonight" to avoid a WMG copyright - you can see it unedited here: img191.imageshack.us ) KYW Newsradio 1060 (The Place to Get the Latest News) New York Deli Potato Chips Miller Genuine Draft (Farm Work) Colgate WMFP "Radio Station" McDonald's NFL Kick Off Payoff (Collector's Card Contest) Philadelphia Pro Athletes Against Driving Drunk (PAD) Public Service Announcement Busch (Mechanical Horses) Paper Mate Metal Roller Pens Right Guard (Mr. Right) Bell of New Jersey Yellow Pages "Dragnet Parody" (with David Leisure) Pontiac Pacesetters "Bob Hope Lampoons The New TV Scene" Promo (look for Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo!) Hollywood Squares (the John Davidson years) Bell of Pennsylvania (Big Question) Historic New Hope (Pennsylvania) -- Eyewitness News Special Saturday Night Dead Promo Miller Lite (with Joe Piscopo) Tic Tac (the Pendulum Lady again!) KYW 3 Eyewitness News "We're There for You" (Longer Version) Definitely check out the unedited version of the Michelob commercial, it is worth the watch, as the song really adds to the darkness of it! I have another block of 1986 commercials to dig up, as well as some blocks from 1991, 1992, and 1995. Stay tuned...and thanks for watching! :-) |
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Following discharge, Updike worked in Pennsylvania in a military depot before starting his 30-year career with Bell of Pennsylvania, later Bell Atlantic and now Verizon. He retired in 2001 and is now involved with helping homeless veterans.
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