1. Audio Video Production
History of American Broadcasting
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Trade & Industrial Education

2. Broadcasting: A Young Media
KDKA In
Pittsburgh PA
Newspapers in USA
Television in homes
Telephone
1700’s
Telegraph
First commercially licensed radio station
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3. Television Development
Many people/companies experimenting with and developing TV.
1926
Philo T. Farnsworth (American) experimented with electronic TV—stream of electrons.
1928
Vladimir Zworykin develop/refines iconoscope tube.
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4. Television Development
1928
1st TV Drama broadcast
“The Queen’s Messenger” from GE Station
1931
Regularly scheduled TV begins
CBS experimental station
1935
Electronic TV is demonstrated to the press
Few people have TVs
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5. Television Development
1936
1939
Germany: televises Olympics.
Britain: few hours of regular programming a day.
RCA presents TV at New York World’s Fair.
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6. Television Development
1941
CBS hours programming per week.
1945
1942
FCC authorizes TV broadcast.
150 applications for TV stations
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7. Color Television
During WWII, CBS experimented with color
1932-
1945
CBS presents non-compatible mechanical color system.
1946
FCC refuses CBS color request.
1947
50 TV stations on air, 124 authorized.
FCC: four year freeze on new TV licenses.
1948
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8. Color Television 1950 1951 Korean War slows color TV progress.
FCC announces CBS mechanical color system.
Negative response from stations, public.
1950
National Television System Committee (NTSC) explores color.
1951
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9. Cable Television 1950 1952 Community Antenna Television (CATV)
AT&T installs coaxial cable in large cities, reduces ghosting.
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10. Color Television 1952 1953 FCC lifts TV freeze
FCC approves UHF
Old TV’s don’t get UHF
Ruling: all new TV’s must have both VHF and UHF
1953
FCC approves NTSC compatible electronic color system
Korean War ends
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11. Ampex demonstrates videotapes
Video Recorders
1956
Ampex demonstrates videotapes
1963
Sony home VTR $995
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12. Television 1950’s 1952 1960 1960’s Live dramatic series.
Rampant growth in TV, from 108 in ‘52…
1960’s
Large variety of TV programs.
1960
…to 522 stations. 90% of homes have TVs.
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13. Television 1966 All 3 networks have color. 1967
Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 authorized the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
1967
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14. Television 1980 1984 Consumer camcorder by Sony.
1% of homes have VCRs.
Consumer camcorder by Sony.
1984
Stereo AM & TV.
FCC begins deregulation.
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15. Cable Television 1972 1977 FCC ends ban on cable TV in large cities.
HBO starts “pay TV” for cable.
1972
Two-way cable in Columbus, Ohio.
1977
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16. Cable Television CNN begins MTV on cable
1980
CNN begins
1981
MTV on cable
1987
50% of homes with TV have cable
1998
Digital compression used in cable
2004
More than 30% (around 22.9 million) of U.S. cable receive digital cable service
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17. Digital Television DVD introduced.
FCC rules: all U.S. SDTV stations must be DTV by 2006, now 2009.
1997
Stations begin broadcasting Digital TV and wide screen HDTV.
1999
More than 1000 US TV stations broadcast digital signal.
3 million HDTV sets in homes.
All manufactured sets 36” and larger must have a digital tuner.
2004
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18. 2006 2009 2010 Digital Television 3-D TV sets go on sale in U.S.
1000+ U.S. digital TV stations on the air.
Consumers buy HDTV sets in significant numbers.
2009
Broadcast TV in U.S. goes all digital.
Most analog TV transmitters shut down.
2010
3-D TV sets go on sale in U.S.
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19. What about the future?
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