The Past, The Past, Present and Present and

Future of Future of BroadcastingBroadcasting

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LeAnne AgneLeAnne Agne

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1910 1910 First radio signal broadcast to the public

1916 1916 Phonograph concert service offered three times a week

Nov. 7, 1916Nov. 7, 1916 First broadcast election coverage in the U.S.

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1917-19181917-1918 Department of Commerce suspends amateur licenses; takes over wireless land stations

Fall of 1919Fall of 1919 Wartime ban is lifted; the Radio Corporation of America is formed

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Nov. 1919Nov. 1919 First broadcast of a football game

Sept. 6, 1920Sept. 6, 1920 WWJ becomes the first to broadcast a prize fight

Fall of 1920Fall of 1920 First college station started

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19211921 Warren G. Harding becomes first president to speak over the airwaves; first baseball game with a play-by-play airs

Jan. 1922Jan. 1922 AT&T announces plans to enter broadcasting

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Feb. 12, 1924Feb. 12, 1924 First network sponsored show

Feb. 22, 1924Feb. 22, 1924 President Calvin Coolidge broadcasts from the white house

July 1925July 1925 First station to operate a 50-kilowatt transmitter

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April 1926April 1926 Frequency choice ruling

July 1926July 1926 Radio jurisdiction ruling

Nov. 1926Nov. 1926 NBC debuts with 24 stations

March 1927March 1927 First FRC meeting

19251925 Synchronized transmission of pictures and sound

19261926 New York Times editor dismisses TV as a passing fancy

April 1927April 1927 First successful long distance TV demonstration

Sept. 1927 Sept. 1927 First electronic TV transmission demonstration

Feb. 1928Feb. 1928 FRC grants first TV license to Jenkins Laboratories

May 1928May 1928 General Electric starts regularly scheduled programming

Oct. 1931 NBC puts a Television transmitter atop the Empire State Building

1932 RCA demonstrates 120 line all-electronic television system

Nov. 8, 1932 CBS TV transmits coverage of the presidential election to estimated 7,500 sets

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1934-1935 Stations begin switching from mechanical to electronic systems

Summer of 1936 343-line TV signal transmitted from the Empire State Building

Apr. 1, 1937 CBS applies for an experimental video station with a transmitter in the Chrysler building tower.

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Oct. 1927 First international broadcasting license issued

Dec. 1928 NBC sets up permanent coast-to-coast network

1935 FCC allows stations to re-broadcast

June 1936 First 500,000-watt radio station

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May 6, 1937 Hindenburg disaster

Oct. 30, 1938 “War of the Worlds” broadcast

Oct. 1939 Stations begin using FM system

Oct. 1943 Blue Network changes to ABC

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