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Printing Telegraph Company
new york mississippi valley printing telegraph company is founded in rochester -
telegraph Competeing Companies
new york and mississippi printing telegraph company acquired several competing companies and changed its name to western union -
Telegraph Line
new york and mississippi printing telegraph company acquired several competing companies and changed its name to western union -
Typewriter
christopher and coleages developed the first practical typewriter -
Remington Arms
the remington arms company sighs a deal to market soles -
Cylinder/Phonograph
edison invented the cylinder phonograph used to record and play back sounds -
Microphone
emile berliner invented the microphone -
Flat Record Player
emile berliner invented the flat record player -
Jukebox
louis glass invented the modern jukebox -
Orchestra in Silent Pictures
an orchestra is used in silent motion pictures in london -
Eldredge Johnson mass duplication
Eldredge Johnson perfects first system of mass duplication of pre-recorded flat disks -
Electric Theater
The Electric Theater in Los Angeles is opened by Thomas L. Tally -
Model Record Player
RCA Victor's Victrola model record player is introduced. -
Double-Sided Phonograph
The first double-sided phonograph records are introduced by Columbia -
American Motion Picture Star
Mary Pickford becomes the first American Motion Picture Star via her silent films -
Disk Recordigs
Disk recordings overtake cylinders in the popular market. Columbia drops cylinders. -
Transcontinental Telephone Call
First transcontinental telephone call from New York to San Francisco -
AM Radio
commercial AM Radio broadcasting begins on KDKA, Philadelphia -
Electrical Records
Electrical records replace acoustic discs -
Iwan Surrerier
Dutch- born Iwan Surrerier re-designs hes rear-projection device for home viewing movies into a machine to make film editing easier, and sold his first one to Douglas Fairbanks. -
Hank McCune Hall
The NBC-TV series "Hank McCune Hall" used laugh tracks from other shows on
its soundtrack since it was filmed without a studio audience, and the era of "canned
laughter" began; later that year a CBS-TV engineer named Charlie Douglas made a
device that could produce a "laugh track" using multiple tape loops, which could be
played like a "laugh organ", and began a company to supply this service to producers. -
CBS Eye
The "CBS Eye" network logo debuts on September 10, 1951, designed by network art
director William Golden. An animated version debuted on the air on October 17th -
First ID Jingle
The first ID jingle company to "sing-over" pre-recorded backgrounds - PAMS, Inc. is
formed in Dallas, Texas by former radio studio musician Bill Meeks on August 20 -
First Public RCA TV Broadcast
The First public RCA "compatible-color" TV broadcast was an episode of NBC's
"Kukla, Fran and Ollie" on August 30th; The first regularly scheduled prime-time
series in RCA compatible color was on Nov. 22nd (NBC's "Colgate Comedy Hour". -
First pre-recorded Tape Sale
The first pre-recorded reel-to-reel tape (at 7 1/2 ips) is offered for sale -
Transistor Radio
The First "transistor radio" went on sale in the U.S. named The Regency TR-1
(it had 4 transistors and cost $49.99.) -
Color Television
On March 25, the first color television sets rolled out of the RCA Victor factory
in Bloomington, Indiana; (The model CT-100 had a 12-inch screen, and a suggested
retail price of $1000. A total of 5,000 model CT-100 sets were made.) -
T.V. Dinner
Swanson employee Gerry Thomas invents the frozen "T. V. Dinner" to get rid of extra
turkey. He received a $1000 bonus from the company and a pay increase to $300 per month.
At first the company received letters from irate husbands who wanted their wives to continue
"cooking from scratch" like their mothers. But soon the idea was widely accepted, and the
segmented aluminum dinner compartments (inspired by airline food containers) fit nicely -
Larger LP's
Larger 12" LP's overtake 10" LP's as the preferred size for long-playing records. -
Weekend Radio Network
NBC debuts a weekend radio network format called MONITOR on Sunday, June 12th,
a creation of Pat Weaver, who also created NBC's Today and Tonight Shows -
NBC Peacock Logo
The "NBC Peacock" logo (symbol of compatible "Living Color") debuts in July,
designed by Fred Knapp and the NBC graphics department under John J. Graham. -
Ampex Co.
Ampex Co. of Redwood City, CA demonstrates the first videotape system in February -
Compatible Stereo Disks/Record Players
Compatible Stereo disks and record players are offered for sale (33 1/3 and 45rpm.) -
First Solid State TV set
Sony introduces the first "solid-state" TV set, using transistors instead of vacuum tubes. -
FM Radio
FM Stereo radio broadcasting begins and FM slowly starts to gain respect. -
Multitrack Analog Tape Recording
Multitrack analog tape recording starts being used in recording studios -
Computer Graphics
Ivan Sutherland does his M.I.T. Doctoral Thesis on Interactive Computer Graphics
creating a "Sketchpad" program using an interactive light pen instead of a mouse;
which leads to the first practical uses of interactive graphics on computers. -
Compact Cassettes and Players Developed
Compact tape cassettes and players are developed by Phillips originally for dictation.
Despite a sneak preview at a Berlin fair on August 30, its "official" introduction
to the world was at Phillips headquarters in Amsterdam on September 13.
Who would have thought its use as a portable music medium would still be alive
and well in some countries 50 years later. -
Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor records "Never Can Say Goodbye" -- the first disco record on US radio -
First Cellular Phone
Martin Cooper of Motorola conceived the first cellular phone system, and led the
10-year process of bringing it to market. -
Napster
internet music swiping site napster is created -
Sales Drop
the first year recording sales went down -
DVD's
dvd's were intruduced -
Digital Booklets
digital books become a part of publishing industries -
Internet Bubble
internet bubble exsploded shaking internet industries -
Napster Sued
napster i forced to censor content due to lawsuit
