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A new way to work the TV is created using cathode rays and a vacuum tube
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John Baird creates the first moving picture which paved the way for movies and TV shows.
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The first long distance test ran between New York City and Washington D.C
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Talking films began to become a hit by starting off with Al Jolson in "The Jazz Singer".
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The first ever TV station is created. Called W3XK, it was owned by Charles Jenkins.
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The first ever TV broadcast was now available in London.
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At this time more than 200 TV sets were in use.
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The first major TV network, CBS, was created in 1937.
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The TV was tested at the World Fair which was open to the public. The first major brand of TVs was called RCA.
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In 1945, there were less than 7,000 working TV sets in the countr.
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The Blue Network offically became a part of the ABC Network. It was sold in 1943 to Edward Noble for $8 million dollars.
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The first children's series called "Howdy Doody" appeared on NBC and remained on air unti 1960.
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In Jaunuar of 1949, the number of TV stations grew to 98 stations!
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Scientists had been working on color TV for years but it was finally released to the public in 1950.
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Comedian Bob Hope took his radio show and turned it into a TV show called "The Bob Hope Show".
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The "Today Show" became the first and longest running morning show in the NBC network.
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"Captatin Kangaroo" became the first network kids show to be show on CBS.
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the 1939 movie "Wizard of Oz" debuts on CBS for the first time.
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In 1958, there are more than 525 cable TV systems that serve 450,000 suscribers in the US.
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Dr. Martin Luther King's speech "I have a Dream" was show on tv for millions to watch.
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73 million viewers tuned into the Ed Sullivan Show to see a new pop group called the Beatles perform.
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Neil Armstrong went to the moon in 1969 and those who had TVs saw his jounrey from the comfort of their home.
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Coca Cola debuted their "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" commerical.
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The Ed Sullivan Shows comes to an end after 23 seasons on CBS.
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MTV: Music Televison made it's debut in 1980.
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The home shopping network is launched on TV.
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Panasoinc developed and released the first flat screen TV which was an immediate hit with the public.
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Developers created HDTV which made the picture sharper.
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NBC launches "The Tonight Show" which features comedian Steve Allen