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televitoin history

  • 9% of americans had a tv.

    9% of americans had a tv.
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  • cost to cost live television brodcast begin

    cost to cost live television brodcast begin
  • CBS and NBC started color broadcasting. even though just 1% had color t.vs

    CBS and NBC started color broadcasting. even though just 1% had color t.vs
  • fist televiset presidential debate takes place

  • ABC,CBS,and NBC broadcast four days of continuos live coverage of the assassination and funeral of president John F. Kennedy.

  • sesame street airs for the fist time, new children's education programming

  • the sitcom Julia was the fist to feature an African American actor

  • under federal law, cigarettes advertising is banned on television and radio

  • the first cable network, HBO begin broadcasting

  • cable news network offers the fist 24 hours news service

  • the challenger space shuttle explodes just over a minute of takeoff. millions of Americans witness the disaster on live tv

  • v-chip technology is introduced, allowing parents to block violent or unsuitable television programming from their children

  • 98% have tvs and 76% has more then one set at home and 68% have cable tv.