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Cathode-Ray tube has been invented by Karl Ferdinand Braun.
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Three to four letter codes have been assigned to radio stations for 360m wavelenghts because of signal jamming.
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Commerce Department allows only the most powerful stations to use 400m wavelength as long as only live music is broadcasted.
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General Electric, RCA and Westinghouse created NBC which operates two national radio networks.
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Philo Farnsworth transmits the first all-electronic television image.
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CBS is created by William Paley.
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Edwin Armstrong introduces Frequency Modulation (FM), a static-free method of transmission.
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Robert Kane creates the Batman cartoon.
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The orthicon tube, developed by RCA, improves light sensitivity a hundredfold. The FCC creates the commercial broadcasting spectrum of 13 channels, and 130 applications for broadcast licenses follow.
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Colored television has been introduced in the United States.
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The revenue for television broadcasters finally surpasses that of radio broadcasters. Gross revenue for television is $593 million. NBC broadcasts the World Series in color for the first time.
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Ninety percent of U.S. homes have a television set.
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Congress creates PBS.
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Time Inc. transmits HBO, the first pay cable network.
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Ted Turner launches CNN, the first all-news network.
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MTV is launched as Music Television for musical purposes only.
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Barry Diller, head of News Corp., creates Fox.
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Ninety-eight percent of U.S. households have at least one television set.
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Ninety-nine percent of U.S. households have at least one radio, with the average being five.
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The Simpsons air on FOX becoming a hit instantly.
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The controversial television ratings system debuts on cable stations and broadcast networks. The ratings, TV-Y, TV-G, TV-Y7, TV-PG, TV-14 and TV-M, appear for 15 seconds in the upper left-hand corner of the screen at the beginning of each show, except news and sports programs, which are not rated.
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Reality TV continues to dominate the airwaves.
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Jersey Shore hits the screens on MTV which becomes a hit and a king of controversy on the East Coast.
