1996 Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast
1995 Former WMMS engineer William Alford is sentenced to 10 days and $1,000 fine for cutting feed during Howard Stern's broadcast from Cleveland
1995 Final TV broadcast of "Empty Nest" on NBC TV
1995 1st broadcast of "Woman of Independent Means" on NBC-TV
1994 Final broadcast of Arsenio Hall talk show
1994 Peter Hacker, U.S. journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at 69
1993 Last broadcast of "Knots landing" on CBS
1993 Last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV
1992 Howard Stern's radio show begins broadcast in Las Vegas Nevada (KFBI)
1990 Saddam Hussein demands U.S. networks broadcast his message
1988 Britain bans broadcast interviews with IRA members
1988 David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 73
1988 Last broadcast of "Crossroads" on British TV
1986 1st broadcast of "LA Law" on NBC-TV
1982 1st broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV
1982 CBS radio begins youth oriented broadcast Radio Radio
1981 1st broadcast of "Cagney and Lacey" on ABC-TV
1981 1st broadcast of "Miami Vice" on NBC-TV
1981 Last broadcast of "Waltons" on CBS-TV
1980 Last broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC
1979 ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage
1978 1st broadcast of "Diff'rent strokes" on NBC TV
1978 Last broadcast of "Columbo" on NBC TV
1978 1st broadcast of "Dallas" on CBS TV
1977 1st broadcast of "Love Boat" on ABC-TV
1977 Last broadcast of "Mary Tyler Moore Show" on NBC-TV
1977 1st broadcast of "Roots" mini-series on ABC TV
1976 Frank Forest, actor (Big Broadcast of 1937, Champagne Waltz), dies
1976 Last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV
1975 1st broadcast of radio Hilversum IV (classic music)
1975 1st broadcast of "One Day at a Time" on CBS TV
1975 House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for 1st time
1974 1st broadcast of "Derrick" on ZDF
1974 1st broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC-TV
1972 WGVC (now WUCX) TV channel 35 in Grand Rapids, MI (PBS) 1st broadcast
1972 1st TV broadcast of "Waltons" on CBS
1972 WRIP (now WDSI) TV channel 61 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (IND) 1st broadcast
1971 KCBJ (now KMIZ) TV channel 17 in Columbia, MO (ABC) 1st broadcast
1971 1st broadcast of "Columbo" on NBC-TV
1971 KTSC TV channel 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (PBS) 1st broadcast
1970 WYEA (now WLTZ) TV channel 38 in Columbus, Georgia (NBC) 1st broadcast
1970 KOAI (now KNAZ) TV channel 2 in Flagstaff, Arizona (NBC) 1st broadcast
1970 KIIN (now KUN) TV channel 12 in Iowa City, IA (PBS) 1st broadcast
1969 KXIX (now KVCT) TV channel 19 in Victoria, Texas (ABC) 1st broadcast
1969 WJJY (now WJPT) TV channel 14 in Jacksonville, IL (ABC) 1st broadcast
1969 WXPO (now WNDS) TV channel 50 in Manchester, NH (IND) 1st broadcast
1969 WHMA (now WJSU) TV channel 40 in Anniston, AL (CBS) 1st broadcast
1969 1st broadcast of "Marcus Welby MD" on ABC-TV
1969 WMUL (now WPBY) TV channel 33 in Huntington, WV (PBS) 1st broadcast
1969 Last radio broadcast of "Mrs Dale's Diary" on BBS
1969 WWVU (now WNPB) TV channel 24 in Morgantown, WV (PBS) 1st broadcast
1968 KVOF (KUDO, now KWBB) TV channel 38 in SF, California (IND) 1st broadcast
1968 KECC (now KECY) TV channel 9 in El Centro, California (CBS) 1st broadcast
1968 WKID (WSCV) TV channel 51 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast
1968 WRDU (now WPTF) TV chan 28 in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (NBC) 1st broadcast
1968 WTOG TV channel 44 in St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast
1968 1st broadcast of "Hawaii Five-O" on CBS-TV
1968 KMTC (now KDEB) TV channel 27 in Springfield, MO (IND) 1st broadcast
1968 1st broadcast of 60 Minutes on CBS-TV
1968 WMCV (now WZTV) TV channel 17 in Nashville, Tennessee (IND) 1st broadcast
1968 WHTV (now WTZH) TV channel 24 in Meridian, MS (NBC/CBS) 1st broadcast
1968 WBLG (now WTVQ) TV channel 62 in Lexington, Kentucky (ABC) 1st broadcast
1968 KEMO (now KOFY) TV channel 20 in San Francisco, California (IND) 1st broadcast
1967 Last broadcast of "What's My Line" on CBS TV
1967 1st British color TV broadcast, on BBC 2
1967 WSJK TV channel 2 in Sneedville/Knoxville, Tennessee (PBS) 1st broadcast
1967 WMET (now WHSW) TV channel 24 in Baltimore, MD (IND) 1st broadcast
1966 WUSF TV channel 16 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (PBS) 1st broadcast
1966 WTVX TV channel 34 in Ft. Pierce-Vero Beach, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast
1966 WCMC (now WMGM) TV channel 40 in Wildwood, New Jersey (NBC) 1st broadcast
1965 Today Show's 1st totally color broadcast
1965 KTCI TV channel 17 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) 1st broadcast
1964 1st official broadcast of Trans World Radio on Bonaire
1964 1st broadcast by Trans World Radio on Bonaire
1963 Sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53
1962 WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton, New York (ABC) 1st broadcast
1962 KIKU (now KHNL) TV channel 13 in Honolulu, HI (IND) 1st broadcast
1962 WMHT TV channel 17 in Schenectady-Alby-Tro, New York (PBS) 1st broadcast
1961 KNDU TV channel 25 in Richland-Pasco-Kennew, WA (NBC) 1st broadcast
1961 1st live television broadcast from Soviet Union
1960 1st broadcast of "Coronation Street" on British ITV
1960 "Amos 'n' Andy" made its last broadcast on CBS radio
1960 KSOO (now KSFY) TV channel 13 in Sioux Falls, SD (NBC) 1st broadcast
1960 WKBM TV (now WLII) channel 11 in Caguas/San Juan, PR 1st broadcast
1960 KPEC TV channel 56 in Lakewood Center-Tacoma, WA (PBS) 1st broadcast
1959 KJTV (now KGET) TV channel 17 in Bakersfield, California (NBC) 1st broadcast
1959 WABG TV channel 6 in Greenwood-Greenville, MS (ABC) 1st broadcast
1958 1st radio broadcast from space (President Eisenhower voice "To all mankind, America's wish for Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men Everywhere")
1958 KGLD (now KSNG) TV channel 11 in Garden City, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast
1958 Yanks threaten to broadcast games nationwide if NL goes ahead with plans to broadcast, games into New York City
1958 Holly Hunter, born in Atlanta Georgia, actress, Broadcast News, Roe vs Wade
1958 KDUH TV channel 4 in Scottsbluff-Hay Spring, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast
1958 KTVU TV channel 2 in Oakland-San Francisco, California (IND) 1st broadcast
1958 Holly Hunter, born in Conyers, Georgia, actress, Broadcast News, Once Around
1958 KRSD (now KEVN) TV channel 7 in Rapid City, SD (ABC) 1st broadcast
1957 CBS states it won't broadcast baseball where minor league games are on
1957 WEEQ (now WWTO) TV channel 35 in La Salle, IL (IND) 1st broadcast
1957 WLWI (now WTHR) TV channel 13 in Indianapolis, IN (ABC) 1st broadcast
1957 KJAC TV channel 4 in Port Arthur-Beaumont, Texas (NBC) 1st broadcast
1957 WHC (now WPXI) TV channel 11 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (NBC) 1st broadcast
1957 WRLP TV channel 32 in Greenfield/Keene/Brat, MA (IND) 1st broadcast
1957 Last broadcast of "I Love Lucy" on CBS-TV
1957 Larry King's 1st radio broadcast
1956 KFSA (now KFSM) TV channel 5 in Ft. Smith, AR (CBS) 1st broadcast
1956 WSYE (now WETM) TV chan 18 in Elmira-Corning, New York (NBC) 1st broadcast
1956 WESH TV channel 2 in Daytona Beach-Orlando, Florida (NBC) 1st broadcast
1956 KHPL (now KWNB) TV channel 6 in Hayes Center, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast
1956 P A M Speet, Dutch broadcast CEO (KRO), dies
1955 1st World Series color TV broadcast on NBC-TV (Yanks beat Dodgers)
1955 KRNT (now KCCI) TV channel 8 in Des Moines, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast
1955 WHIS (now WVVA) TV channel 6 in Bluefield, WV (NBC) 1st broadcast
1955 WTVT TV channel 13 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (CBS) 1st broadcast
1955 KFAR (now KATN) TV channel 2 in Fairbanks, AK (ABC/NBC) 1st broadcast
1955 KORK (now KVBC) TV channel 3 in Las Vegas, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast
1955 KMSP TV channel 9 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (IND) 1st broadcast
1954 KEPR TV channel 19 in Pasco-Kennewick-Richl, WA (CBS) 1st broadcast
1954 KCKT (now KSNC) TV channel 2 in Great Bend, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast
1954 WLOS TV channel 13 in G'ville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (ABC) 1st broadcast
1954 1st Miss America TV broadcast
1954 KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast
1954 WGAN (now WGME) TV channel 13 in Portland, ME (CBS) 1st broadcast
1954 KGLO (now KIMT) TV channel 3 in Mason City, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast
1954 WAST (now WNYT) TV channel 13 in Albany-Troy, New York (NBC) 1st broadcast
1954 WWTV TV channel 9 in Cadillac-Traverse City, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
1953 WAIM (now WAXA) TV channel 40 in Anderson, South Carolina (IND) 1st broadcast
1953 KVFD (now KTIN) TV channel 21 in Ft. Dodge, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast
1953 WTRF TV channel 7 in Wheeling-Steubenville, WV (CBS) 1st broadcast
1953 KRDO TV channel 13 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (ABC) 1st broadcast
1953 WNOK (now WLTX) TV channel 19 in Columbia, South Carolina (CBS) 1st broadcast
1953 KROC (now KTTC) TV channel 10 in Rochester, MN (NBC) 1st broadcast
1953 KCTV (now KLST) TV channel 8 in San Angelo, Texas (CBS) 1st broadcast
1953 WTPennsylvania (now WHTM) TV channel 27 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (ABC) 1st broadcast
1953 KOAA TV channel 5 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (NBC) 1st broadcast
1953 WSUN TV channel 38 in St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast
1953 WNEP TV channel 16 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (ABC) 1st broadcast
1953 WBRE TV channel 28 in Wilkes-Barre Scranton, Pennsylvania (NBC) 1st broadcast
1952 KKTV TV channel 11 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (CBS) 1st broadcast
1952 1st TV broadcast in Hawaii
1952 1st "Bandstand" broadcast in Philadelphia on WFIL-TV (Dick Clark joins in 1955 as a substitute-host)
1951 1st Netherland TV broadcast (Toverspiegel)
1951 1st broadcast of "Search for Tomorrow" on CBS-TV
1951 1st broadcast of "Love of Life" on CBS-TV
1951 1st transcontinental TV broadcast, by President Truman
1950 Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast
1950 WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
1950 1st broadcast of "What's My Line," on CBS-TV
1949 WOAI (now KMOL) TV channel 4 in San Antonio, Texas (NBC) 1st broadcast
1949 WSAZ TV channel 3 in Huntington-Charleston, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast
1949 WTTV TV channel 4 in Bloomington-Indianapol, IN (IND) 1st broadcast
1949 WOC (now KWQC) TV channel 6 in Davenport, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast
1949 WFMY TV channel 2 in Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina (CBS) 1st broadcast
1949 WKY (now KTVY) TV channel 4 in Oklahoma City, OK (NBC) 1st broadcast
1949 Dragnet is 1st broadcast on radio, KFI in Los Angeles
1949 KNBH (now KNBC) TV channel 4 in Los Angeles, California (NBC) 1st broadcast
1949 WTOP (now WUSA) TV channel 9 in Washington, D.C. (CBS) 1st broadcast
1948 1st opera to be televised, "Othello," broadcast from the Met (New York City)
1948 Israeli Radio Station Kol Yisrael's 1st broadcast
1948 KSTP TV channel 5 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (ABC) 1st broadcast
1948 KCPX (now KTVX) TV channel 4 in Salt Lake City, UT (ABC) 1st broadcast
1948 KNXT (now KCBS) TV channel 2 in Los Angeles, California (CBS) 1st broadcast
1947 Albert Brooks, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Broadcast News, Lost in America
1947 1st broadcast of 1st U.S. TV soap opera "A Woman to Remember"
1946 1st baseball broadcast in Chicago, Cards vs Cubs
1944 1st broadcast of Radio Herrijzend Netherland
1944 Betsy Finley Ashton, broadcast journalist/author/lecturer
1944 WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in New York City (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast
1943 "Archie" comic strip 1st broadcast on radio
1942 1st U.S. president to broadcast in a foreign language-FDR in French
1942 1st broadcast of Roy Plomley's "Desert Island Discs" on BBC
1940 James L. Brooks, producer/director, Broadcast News, Taxi, Critic
1940 1st radio broadcast of "Young Dr. Malone" on CBS
1940 1st radio broadcast of "Truth or Consequences" on CBS
1940 1st radio broadcast of "Road to Happiness" on CBS
1939 WRGB TV channel 6 in Schenectady-Alby-Troy, New York (CBS) 1st broadcast
1939 BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) formed
1939 Final broadcast of The Fleischmann Hour was heard on radio
1939 1st broadcast of "Dinah Shore Show" on NBC-radio
1938 Orson Welles panics a nation with broadcast of "War of the Worlds"
1938 1st radio broadcast of "Young Widder Brown" on NBC
1937 1st broadcast of Soap Opera "Guiding Light" on NBC radio
1936 1st high-definition TV broadcast service, by BBC in London
1936 AVRO radio broadcast studios in Hilversum opens
1935 1st broadcast of "Gang Busters" on NBC-radio
1935 1st "Hawaii Calls" radio program is broadcast
1935 1st radio broadcast of "Fibber McGee and Molly"
1934 Chicago Bears beat Detroit (19-16) in 1st NFL game broadcast nationally
1934 Judge Landis sells World Series broadcast rights to Ford for $100,000
1933 Curom, Curacaose Broadcast System starts: Princess Juliana's speech
1932 1st broadcast of "Buck Rogers in the 25th century" on CBS-radio
1932 1st broadcast of "One Man's Family" on NBC-radio
1932 1st U.S. radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD)
1931 1st broadcast of Dutch Radio Peoples University
1931 1st broadcast of "Little Orphan Annie" on NBC-radio
1931 VARA begins experimental TV broadcast in Diamantbeurs Amsterdam
1930 1st U.S. football game broadcast to England (Harvard 13, Yale 0)
1930 Dumont's 1st TV broadcast for home reception (New York City)
1930 1st broadcast of "Death Valley Days" on NBC-radio
1930 1st round-the-world radio broadcast Schenectady NY
1930 1st U.S. radio broadcast from a ship at sea
1930 1st radio broadcast of "Lone Ranger" (WXYZ-Detroit)
1929 1st broadcast of "Goldbergs" on U.S. radio
1929 Jocelyn Barrow, deputy chair person, British Broadcast Standards
1928 1st color TV broadcast in London (John Logic Baird)
1927 Grand Ole Opry makes its 1st radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN
1927 1st U.S. radio broadcast of "Cities Service Concerts"
1927 1st national opera broadcast from a U.S. opera house (Faust, Chicago)
1926 1st radio broadcast in the Sprinfield area (WCBS)
1926 VPRO (Free thinking Protestant Radio Broadcast) forms
1926 Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms
1925 1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast)
1925 1st regular-season Cubs game to be broadcast on radio (WGN)
1925 President Coolidge's inauguration broadcast live on 21 radio stations
1924 1st political convention broadcast on radio - Republicans at Cleveland
1924 1st foreign language course broadcast on U.S. radio (WJZ, New York City)
1923 1st transatlantic radio broadcast of a voice, Pittsburgh-Manchester
1923 1st presidential address broadcast on radio (President Calvin Coolidge)
1923 1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Washington D.C.)
1923 1st broadcast of "Barn Dance Show" (WBAP - Ft. Worth Texas)
1922 1st coast-to-coast radio broadcast of a football game
1922 For 1st time, entire World Series broadcast over radio (WJZ and WGY)
1921 1st World Series radio broadcast, Yanks beat Giants 3-0
1921 1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pitts)
1921 KDKA broadcast 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee)
1921 1st religious service radio broadcast in U.S., KDKA-Pittsburgh
1920 WTAW of College Station, Tx, broadcast 1st football play-by-play
1920 Jack Dempsey KOs Billy Miske in 3 for heavyweight boxing title 1st radio broadcast of a prizefight
1920 Detroit radio station is 1st to broadcast a news program on the air
1916 Daniel Schorr, broadcast journalist, CBS
1915 David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head, Washington, Paris
1914 Fayard Nicholas, U.S., actor, Big Broadcast of 1936
1910 Sharon Lynn, born in Weatherford, Texas, actress, Way Out West, Big Broadcast
1909 Einar Dessau of Denmark makes 1st ham broadcast
1907 1st radio broadcast of a musical composition aired
1906 Reginald A Fessenden became 1st to broadcast music over radio (Mass)
1904 J Dito, Dutch dominican/broadcast chairman, KRO, 1938-45
1903 1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between U.S. and England
1866 Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice and music
1857 Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast and receive radio waves
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