The further we go back in Hollywood history,
the more that fact and legend become intertwined.
It's hard to say where the truth really lies.
Donna Allen-Figueroa
April 30, 1939
April 30, 1964
The FCC ruled that all TV receivers should be equipped to receive both
VHF and UHF channels.
The majority of the 165 UHF stations to begin
telecasting between 1952 and 1959 did not survive. Under the All-Channel Receiver Act, FCC regulations
required all new TV sets sold in the U.S. after 1964 to have built-in UHF
tuners that could receive channels 14–83. In spite of this, by 1971, only about
170 full-service UHF stations were in operation.
To quote the Bicentennial Minute, "And that's the way it was".
April 30, 1939
NBC began regular U.S. television broadcasts, with a telecast of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt opening the New York World's Fair.
Programs
were transmitted from the NBC mobile camera trucks to the main transmitter,
which was connected to an aerial atop the Empire State Building.
Ten days prior to the Roosevelt
speech, David Sarnoff, President of RCA (The Radio Corporation of America and
NBC's original parent company) made a dedication speech for the opening of the
RCA Pavilion at the New York World's Fair. Staging this event prior to the
World's Fair opening ceremonies ensured that RCA would capture its share of the
newspaper headlines. The ceremony was televised, and watched by several hundred
viewers on TV receivers inside the RCA Pavilion at the fairgrounds, as well as
on receivers installed on the 62nd floor of Radio City in Manhattan. Back then,
the programs included operas, cartoons, cooking demonstrations, travelogues,
fashion shows, and skaters at Rockefeller Center along with numerous live
telecasts relayed from within the fair itself.
April 30, 1964
The majority of the 165 UHF stations to begin
telecasting between 1952 and 1959 did not survive. Under the All-Channel Receiver Act, FCC regulations
required all new TV sets sold in the U.S. after 1964 to have built-in UHF
tuners that could receive channels 14–83. In spite of this, by 1971, only about
170 full-service UHF stations were in operation.
To quote the Bicentennial Minute, "And that's the way it was".
Stay Tuned
Tony Figueroa
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