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1985 1st live telecast of Easter Parade
1983 1st live telecast of Christmas Parade 1968 1st live telecast from a manned U.S. spacecraft (Apollo 7) 1959 1st telecast transmitted from England to U.S. 1955 1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba 1955 1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup) 1954 1st color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs Troy in MSG, New York City 1954 Jacques Cousteau's 1st network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS) 1953 1st live color coast-to-coast telecast (New York City) 1953 1st color network telecast in compatible color, Boston, Massachusetts 1953 1st U.S. telecast transmitted to Canada-from Buffalo NY 1952 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event 1951 1st color telecast of football game on network, Philadelphia (CBS) 1951 1st color baseball game, Braves vs Dodgers, telecast, WCBS-NYC 1951 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race) 1951 1st telecast of atomic explosion 1948 San Francisco receives its 1st telecast 1948 1st newsreel telecast, "20th Century Fox-Movietone News" shown on NBC 1947 1st "Howdy Doody Show," (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC 1943 1st telecast of a complete opera (Hansel and Gretel), Schenectady, New York 1943 1st missing persons telecast (New York City) 1940 1st U.S. opera telecast, W2XBS, New York City, I Pagliacci 1940 1st U.S. telecast from an airplane, New York City 1940 1st intercollegiate track meet telecast, MSG, New York City 1938 1st telecast of an unscheduled event (fire), W2XBT, New York 1938 1st play telecast with original Broadway cast, "Susan and God" 1932 1st political telecast (Democratic National Committee) at CBS, New York City 1931 1st telecast of a sporting event in Japan (baseball) 1930 1st religious services telecast in U.S. (W2XBS New York City) |
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