51 untruths from television

History of Television

By borr3

  • First TV

    First TV
    The First TV
    Electronic television was first successfully demonstrated in San Francisco on Sept. 7, 1927; designed by Philo Taylor Farnsworth, a 21-year-old inventor

  • FIrst Regular Schedule of Television Service

    FIrst Regular Schedule of Television Service
    Roosevelt Opening World Fair
    RCA's station, W2XBS, began the industry's first regular schedule of television service to 4,000 locally-owned
    sets on April 30, 1939, showing President Roosevelt opening the 1939 New York World's Fair.

  • First Children's Show

    First Children's Show
    Small Fry Club
    Dumont premieres the first network children's show, Small Fry Club, at 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. It originated on radio in 1921.

  • Longest Running Variety Show

    Longest Running Variety Show
    The Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show""The Ed Sullivan Show" is TV's longest running variety shows that lasted for a lengthy 23 years. Many famous people made their debut on this show.

  • First National Color TV Broadcast

    First National Color TV Broadcast
    1954 Tournament of Roses
    The 1954 Tournament of Roses was the first broadcast in color. For the next ten years, the majority of progrgams remained in black and white.

  • First Live Presidential News Conference

    First Live Presidential News Conference
    John F Kennedy
    John F. Kennedy holds the first live televised presidential news conference.

  • MTV Launches

    MTV Launches

    The Original Broadcast    The MTV Network premieres with music videos aimed at the younger adult crowd.

  • First Flat-Screen

    First Flat-Screen
    Flat Screen History
    Flat-screen plasma display televisions like today's version were invented by Larry Weber. Panasonic began selling the TV in 1997.