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The Times Square Ball is a time ball located in New York City's Times Square.Located on the roof of One Times Square, the ball is a prominent part of a New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square commonly referred to as the ball drop, where the ball descends down a specially designed flagpole, beginning at 11:59:00 p.m. ET, and resting at midnight to signal the start of the new year.
Guy Lombardo hosted 48 straight New Year's Eve broadcasts on CBS until his death in 1977, beginning on radio in 1928 (and for a period, splitting with NBC Radio following midnight ET), and on CBS Television from 1956 to 1976 (which also featured coverage of the ball drop in Times Square).
How to watch the 2024 New Year's Eve Ball Drop in person. You can catch the 2024 New Year's Eve Times Square Ball Drop in, of course, NYC’s Times Square. So if you happen to be in Manhattan on ...
A commercial-free webcast of the 2024 Times Square NYE ball drop will be available on Times Square's official website, TimesSquareNYC.org, beginning at 6 p.m. ET on December 31.
The Waterford Crystal Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball will begin its descent at 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 31. Related: 10 Food Traditions for Good Luck in the New Year .
On New Year's Eve, many localities in the United States and elsewhere mark the beginning of a new year through the raising or lowering of an object.Many of these events are patterned on festivities that have been held at New York City's Times Square since 1908, where a large crystal ball is lowered down a pole atop One Times Square (beginning its descent at 11:59:00 p.m. local time, and ...
The New Year's Eve ball first fell in 1907, welcoming 1908, though Times Square celebrations began at least three years earlier. The first ball was made of iron, wood and lightbulbs.
How to watch the Times Square ball drop in New York City to ring in 2024. ... Ryan Seacrest is back again in 2023 to host the 52nd annual New Year's Rockin' Eve in Times Square. The show begins at ...