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May 21 – Bell Telephone Laboratories transmits a 441-line video signal, with a bandwidth of 2.7 MHz, by coaxial cable from New York to Philadelphia and back. June – W2XBS in New York ( NBC ) covers the Republican National Convention from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania for 33 hours, during a five-day period.
May 21 – Bell Telephone Laboratories transmits a 441-line video signal, with a bandwidth of 2.7 MHz, by coaxial cable from New York to Philadelphia and back. June – W2XBS in New York ( NBC ) covers the Republican National Convention from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania for 33 hours, during a five-day period.
1940: The American Federal Communications Commission, (), holds public hearings about television; 1941: First television advertisements aired. The first official, paid television advertisement was broadcast in the United States on July 1, 1941, over New York station WNBT (now WNBC) before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies.
The early days of television introduced hour-long anthology drama series, many of which received critical acclaim. [6] [7] Examples include Kraft Television Theatre (debuted May 7, 1947), The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (debuted September 27, 1948), Television Playhouse (debuted December 4, 1947), The Philco Television Playhouse (debuted October 3, 1948), Westinghouse Studio One (debuted November 7 ...
John Warnock, American computer scientist and businessman (d. 2023) October 7 – Bruce Vento, American educator and politician (d. 2000) October 9. Gordon J. Humphrey, American politician; Joe Pepitone, American baseball player and coach (d. 2023) October 13 – Pharoah Sanders, American saxophonist (d. 2022) October 16. Barry Corbin, American ...
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1940 – Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry and Woody Woodpecker make their cartoon debuts; 1940 – Billboard magazine publishes its first music popularity chart, the predecessor to today's Hot 100; 1940 – U.S. presidential election, 1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected president to a record third term, Henry A. Wallace is elected vice president