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Rca
2000
62nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at RCA Dome Indianapolis
1985
General Electric acquires RCA Corp and its subsidiary, NBC
1971
David Sarnoff, U.S. TV pioneer (RCA), dies at 80
1960
RCA TIROS (TV and Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched
1956
RCA Records reports Elvis Presley sold over 10 million records
1956
Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA
1956
Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville
1955
RCA Victor's best investment paying $25,000 to Sun Records and Sam Philips for rights to Elvis Presley, a truck driver from Tupelo Miss
1955
RCA demonstrates 1st music synthesizer
1954
RCA manufactures 1st color TV set, a 12-inch screen for $1,000
1953
FCC approves RCA's black and white - compatible color TV specifications
1952
"RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day," debuts on NBC TV
1949
RCA releases 1st single record ever (45 rpm)
1949
RCA introduces 45 RPM record
1941
Glenn Miller records "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for RCA
1940
1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pa
1940
RCA demonstrated its new electron microscope in Philadelphia
1940
Artie Shaw records "Frenesi" on RCA Victor label
1939
NBC/RCA 1st public TV demo with Franklin D. Roosevelt at opening of New York World's Fair
1937
NBC and RCA sends 1st mobile-TV vans onto the streets of NY
1936
RCA displays TV for press
1936
RCA shows 1st real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives, Bonwit Teller fashion show and monologue from Tobacco Road and comedy)
1934
RCA Victor re leases 1st 33 1/3 rpm recording (Beethoven's 5th)
1931
1st LP record demonstrated (RCA Victor, New York City), venture failed
1926
1st formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T 25 station Network (NBC)
1926
AT&T sells WEAF radio to RCA (New York City)
1919
Radio Corporation of America (RCA) created
1917
1st jazz record "Dixie Jazz Band One Step," recorded by Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released by RCA Victor in Camden NJ
1892
Ezio Pinza, Rome, Italy, bass singer, South Pacific, RCA Victor Show
1891
David Sarnoff, U.S., radio/TV pioneer/CEO, RCA
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