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The year 1939 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1939. Events. March 4 ...
That day, the opening ceremony and Roosevelt's speech were seen on black and white television sets with 5 to 12-inch tubes. [1] The exhibits of the 1939 New York World's Fair included early television sets. [2] May 1 - Four models of RCA television sets went on sale to the general public in various department stores around New York City. The ...
27 March – The BBC Television Service broadcasts the entirety of Magyar Melody live from His Majesty's Theatre, London. The 175-minute broadcast is the first showing of a full-length musical on television.
1940: The American Federal Communications Commission, (), holds public hearings about television; 1941: First television advertisements aired. The first official, paid television advertisement was broadcast in the United States on July 1, 1941, over New York station WNBT (now WNBC) before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies.
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BBC television broadcasts ceased in 1939, as did the production of television receivers, resuming in 1946 after World War II. [53] The golden age of British television enjoyed its peak around the same time as in the United States, ranging from approximately 1949 to 1955 – although the term has been used to describe the period until the mid-1970s.
1939 television series endings (1 C) Television channels and stations established in 1939 (1 P) F. 1939 television films (2 P) P. 1939 television plays (1 P) S.
This list should not be interpreted to mean the whole of a country had television service by the specified date. For example, the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and the former Soviet Union all had operational television stations and a limited number of viewers by 1939. Very few cities in each country had television service.