1950-1962

By Bullet_Whole

  • Lazy Boy

    Zenith introduces the Lazy Boy.The first television remote control

  • First color broadcast

    CBS television broadcast the first color TV program to five cities

  • I Love Lucy

    The first episode of i love Lucy aired on Monday October 15th

  • Television

    Coast to coast television is made a reality via telephone company cables

  • Colored Television

    The first colored television sets rolled out into stores and cost about $1000

  • The Regency TR-1

    The first transistor radio went on shelves for $49.99

  • Radio Shows

    NBC debuts a weekend radio network format called MONITOR on Sunday, June 12th

  • Record discs

    Audio Fidelity claims it created the world's first Stereophonic disks

  • Upgrading televison

    Sony introduces the first "solid-state" TV set, using transistors instead of vacuum tubes.

  • Cassette tapes

    Compact tape cassettes and players are developed by Phillips originally for dictation.