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Kolin Hager broadcasts farm and weather reports three times weekly on W2XB
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-Televised from the State Capitol Building in Albany, New York
-Broadcast the Democratic National Convention
-Governor Al Smith accepted his nomination for Democratic Presidential Candidate -
First sporting event is televised. It is a Princeton - Columbia baseball game.
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-9-Hours coverage of the attack on Pearl Harbor
-Announcement that the Japanese have attacked Hawaii -
-Nightly 15-second News Broadcasts
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-Described Walter Cronkite's role at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions
-First full TV coverage of the Conventions -
Max Robinson made this historic moment when he became the TV News anchor in Washington, DC in 1969.
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Barbara Walters becomes the first ever woman to co-anchor a network evening news show. She set a world record by having the largest payout ($1 million) in that ABC'S history at the time.
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CNN begins production, allowing viewers to have access to 24 hours of news every day.
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Rachel Maddow becomes the first openly gay news anchor.