Broadcasting History By abbasalem821 Sep 21, 1872 A series of photographs can be viewed by stroboscopic disc Sep 21, 1888 Edison attempts to record picture photos onto a wax cylinder. Sep 21, 1897 Development of the Cathode Ray Tube by Ferdinand Braun Sep 21, 1907 Use of cathode ray tube to produce television images Sep 21, 1923 Patent for the iconoscope, the forerunner of the picture tube. Sep 21, 1930 RCA conducts black and white broadcasting experiments. Sep 21, 1938 Initial proposal for color TV broadcast made by George Valensi Sep 21, 1946 The Blue Network, part of NBC, officially becomes the ABC network. Sep 21, 1954 the first network kids show, begins on CBS; "Captain Kangaroo" Sep 21, 1966 A live-action representation of the comic strip Batman is brought to TV and achieves instant success with its star, Adam West. Sep 21, 1977 ABC airs the first episode of its 26-hour miniseries "Roots". Sep 21, 1980 MTV: Music Television makes its debut in August. Sep 21, 1986 NBC's "The Cosby Show" breaks existing records for a network series by commanding $350,000 to $400,000 for 30 seconds of commercial time. Sep 21, 1993 By the start of year, 98% of U.S. households own at least one TV set, 64% have two or more sets. Sep 21, 1999 Sony releases Digital 8 video format and the world prepares for Y2K. Sep 21, 2000 The year of the Digital Disc, aka DVD. Sep 21, 2006 Blu-Ray DVD's are released in the middle of the year. Sep 21, 2010 3D movies and 3D television sets arrive.
