Radio Era to the Golden Age

By abby619

  • NBC was established

    NBC was established
    NBC is the oldest broadcasting network in the US. The National Broadcasting Company began in 1926 with a four hour long radio program.

  • Invention of the electronic television

    Invention of the electronic television
    Philo Farnsworth invented the first fully electronic television system which eventually leads to the development of commercial television broadcasting.

  • CBS was established

    CBS was established
    CBS was established in 1927 as a radio network that has since branched off into many areas.

  • First television broadcast in the US

    First television broadcast in the US
    Television's first drama,The Queen's Messenger, is broadcast from Schenectady, New York station WGY on September 11, 1928.

  • ABC was established

    ABC was established
    Created in 1943 by the former NBC Blue radio network. It was first broadcast on television in 1948.

  • FCC freezes television licenses

    FCC freezes television licenses
    In 1948, the FCC put a freeze on awarding new television station licenses because the fast pace of licensing prior to 1948 had created conflicts with the signals. Initially, the freeze was only supposed to last a few months. But the FCC did not start granting new television station licenses again until late in 1952.

  • Launch of "I love Lucy"

    Launch of "I love Lucy"
    By 1955 I Love Lucy achieved a significant television first―it became the first television series to be broadcast as reruns

  • Color TV system was made

    Color TV system was made
    By 1953, RCA devised the first complete electronic color TV system. Eager to promote color TV as a new profit generator, RCA brought out the first consumer color set, the CT-100, in 1954.