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The very first television
info In 1927, Philo Farnsworth made the world's first working television system with electronic scanning of both the pickup and display devices,[ which he first demonstrated to the press on 1 September 1928..WRGB claims to be the world's oldest television station, tracing its roots to an experimental station founded on 13 January 1928, broadcasting from the General Electric factory in Schenectady, NY, under the call letters W2XB.[20] It was popularly known as "WGY Television" after its sister radi -
1930's television
links However the first actual broadcasts happened over a decade before this in the US. The first actual scheduled television broadcast happened on July 2, 1928 in a Washington, DC suburb, however initially only silhouette images were first broadcast. On July 21, 1931 the first regular 7 days a week television schedule was introduced by CBS’s New York station. -
1940's televsion
legends.com It wasn't until 1947 that television’s growth truly exploded. Some of the biggest shows premiered including: The Ed Sullivan Show, Candid Camera, Howdy Doody, Philco Playhouse, and Kukla, Fran & Ollie. Meet the Press began broadcasting out of the nation's capitol to become the longest-running news program ever -
1950's
link[Home] 1950-1959 was an exciting time period for television. In the USA, B&W television exploded onto the scene at the beginning of the decade, mid-decade saw electronic color television and remote controls launched, and at the end of the decade the public witnessed some interesting styling changes and the introduction of transistorized television. The toddler was becoming an adolescent. Prior to Cable.tv getting so darn complicated, television used to be simpler. Long before “How I met You -
1960's
linkssTelevision in the 1960s saw dramatic changes in sales, in technology and in the way people perceived television. Prior to the 1960s, T.V. was more of an entertainment factor and not a necessity. When the Telstar I satellite was placed into orbit in 1962, T.V. became an important news resource -
1970'ss television
television in 1970
Sesame Street debuts to children across the country. The show is still on the air after almost 40 years. Nighttime broadcasts broke the traditional molds. Couples were now sleeping in the same beds, actresses could show their belly buttons and “All in the Family” and “MASH” are two of the most popular evening programs. Although it wasn’t the first home video game, Pong became the most popular.
The average salary is 7,500 a year and the average price for a TV was between $400 and $700 doll -
1990's television
televisions in the 1980'sIf the 1970′s were the age of exploration, then the 1980′s were a time of all out assault on the public. Instead of having three basic channels to watch, cable television now made it possible to have more channels than you could possibly watch. It would grow from 3 to 60, and then over 200 channels. And if you could not find anything on television to watch, then you could always plug in the Atari or Commodore and play video games.
The explosive growth of the video industry in the 1980′s caused -
2000's
2000's
By the later 2000s, CRT display technology was largely supplanted in the home electronics market by flat screen displays such as LCD and plasma.
People now sit on couches to watch their tv. -
now 2013
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