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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Signal Heard ‘Round the World
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
Signal Heard ‘Round the World
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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