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Sponsors experiment with tv commercials |
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German tape recorders captured
FCC moves FM “upstairs” in radio spectrum
Set manufacture approved as war ends |
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Stanton becomes CBS pres
Murrow, new CBS vp, starts documentary unit
Tv sets go on sale
Opening of UN security council televised
Color tv demos by CBS and NBC |
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Congress opening televised for 1st time
Blue baby operation televised
Kraft Television Theater series begins
FCC denies CBS color tv petition
Durr questions value of undocumented, unsolicited FBI data
Counterattack newsletter launched
HUAC hearings on Hollywood |
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Frieda Hennock becomes first FCC woman commissioner
33 1/3 and 45 RPM records appear
Philly becomes convention site because of tv cable
Truman stressed barnstorming tour instead of broadcasts
CBS talent raids on NBC based on capital-gains tax rate
Armstrong sues RCA over Fm patent infringement
US v. Paramount et al won by govt
FCC starts “freeze” on tv licenses
Rise of Negro radio stations |
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Inauguration telecast for first time
I Can Hear It Now LP album appears |
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Paul Draper appearance on Toast of the Town attacked
Red Channels appears
Cases of Jean Muir, Phillip Loeb, and many others
Laurence Johnson of Syracuse enters the blacklist field
CBS institutes a loyalty oath
Hear it Now radio series launched by Murrow |
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Movie attendance dropping sharply in tv cities
Wave of movie theater closings
ABC-Paramount Theaters merger negotiated
NBC launches Today tv series
CBS starts Murrow-Friendly See it Now tv series
Blacklisting institutionalized at networks and agencies |
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FCC reserves tv channels for edu
Amendments to Communications Act
FCC lifts “freeze” and processes license applications
Nixon “checkers” speech
Eisenhower 20-sec spot campaign
Hundreds of tv stations rush to air |
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ABC and Paramount Theaters merge
Noncommercial tv begins in Houston
Sen Joseph R. McCarthy directs purges and appointments at Voice of America and FCC
Marty broadcast on Goodyear TV playhouse
Radio Liberation launched
Formation of Aware, Inc. |
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See it Now documentary on Sen. McCarthy, and his reply
Army-McCarthy hearings carried live by ABC
Increase in censorship disputes on anthology series
Rise of filmed episodic series
Disney and WB contract to produce for ABC
Armed Forces radio service launches tv outlets |
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Filming of Eisenhower press conferences permitted, subject to pre-release review
The $64,000 Question precipitates big money quiz boom
Commercial tv in Britain and Japan widens market for telefilms
Sarnoff takes of NBC presidency |
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John Henry Faulk files suit over Aware attack and blacklist conspiracy
Cheyenne stirs avalanche of tv westerns
Release of hundreds of pre-1948 features brings decline in local tv production
Huntley-Brinkley team formed for NBC conventional telecasts
Eisenhower-Stevenson campaign features 5 min “hitch-hike” programs |
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Inauguration recorded for first time by videotape
William Worthy broadcasts over CBS from Peking and Shanghai and is deprived of passport by State Department
American Cancer Society report on smoking brings advertising emphasis on long and filter cigs
Nikita Khrushchev on Face the Nation over CBS
John C. Doerfer becomes FCC chairman |
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Bribery evidence brings resignation of FCC commissioner Richard A. Mack
CBS ends See it Now
Robert Kintner becomes NBC pres as Sarnoff assumes chairmanship |
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Khrushchev “kitchen debate” in Moscow
Khrushchev tour of US widely covered by tv
Revelations of quiz riggings bring rise in public-service budgets and debut of CBS Reports
James T. Aubrey becomes CBS pres
1960 Radio Swan launched by CIA to prepare for invasion of Cuba
Time documentary Primary stirs cinema verite movement
FCC chairman John C. Doerfer resigns on request over issue of fraternization with industry
Networks ban news docs other than their own
The Untouchables leads trend to violence in telefilms
Khrushchev-Castro meeting on Harlem sidewalk televised
Nixon and Kennedy meet in The Great Debates |
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Eisenhower in tv farewell, warns against military-industrial complex
Kennedy inaugural signals policy of encouragement to arts
Murrow heads USIA
Kennedy allows filming and televising of pres press conference without restriction
Wide falsification of Bay of Pigs news by CIA fronts
Sen. Thomas Dodd studies tv violence
ABC inaugurates 40-sec station break for extra commercial, and other networks follow example
FCC chairman Minow finds a vast wasteland |
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Non-commercial tv acquires NY Channel 13
Faulk wins unprecedented award of blacklist conspiracy
Telstar I inaugurates satellite relays of tv programs
Growth of noncommercial tv aided by federal grants for facilities
Cuban missile crisis bring televised ultimatum
NBC broadcasts The Tunnel
Rise of The Beverly Hillbillies |
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E. William Henry succeeds Minow as FCC chairman
“I Have a Dream” speech by MLK climaxes March on Washington telecasts
Westward move by baseball Giants and Dodgers linked to plans of Subscription TV, Inc
Networks start half-hour evening newscasts
Assassination and funeral of President Kennedy and murder of Lee Harvey Oswald rivet world attention 4days |
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United Church monitors tv stations in Jacksonville, Mississippi
Fred Friendly becomes CBS News pres
Instant replay adds new dimension to sport telecasts
CBS buys NY Yankees baseball team
Johnson-Goldwater campaign features girl-with-a-daisy and other spots
Subscription TV, Inc. halted by Cali referendum |
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Former FCC commissioner Ford heads National Community TV Association
Early Bird synchronous satellite makes debut
Increased coverage of Vietnam as war escalates
John Schneider succeeds Aubrey as CBS pres
Tv network news shifting to color
CBS occupies new skyscraper headquarters |
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Referendum outlawing pay-tv declared unconstitutional by Cali Supreme Court
Friendly resigns over CBS decision to halt coverage of Senate hearings on Vietnam war
FCC assumes jurisdiction over cable tv
Spies and war dominate telefilms
Asian tour by Pres Johnson receives wide coverage |
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Anti-war marches and demos seen with increasing frequency on newscasts
Occasional use of newsfilm from North Vietnam
PBL series launched over NET stations
Corp for Public Broadcasting formed |
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NET schedules portion of Felix Greene film Inside North Vietnam and is assailed by congressmen
Tv coverage of NH primary indicates strong support for anti-war stand of Sen. Eugene McCarthy
MLK announces Poor People’s March as war protest
Pres Johnson broadcasts decision not to be a candidate for re-election
Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In popularizes kaleidoscopic comedy style
ITT-ABC merger blocked
Televised funeral of MLK, killed by sniper
CBS broadcast of Hunger in America stirs wide response
Televised funeral of Sen. Robert Kennedy, assassinated after primary victory
Scenes of violence mark Democratic convention coverage
Record sums spend on Nixon-Humphrey tv campaigns, but many voters abstain
Tv films temporarily pruned of violence |
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CBS cancels Smothers Brothers after frequent censorship clashes
Apollo flights climaxed by televised moon landings
Dean Burch becomes FCC chairman
Debut of Sesame St
Pres Nixon makes televised appeal to “silent majority”
VP Agnew beings attacks on network news |
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Sarnoff becomes RCA board chairman
Widespread Earth Day telecasts
Whitehead becomes White House adviser on “telecommunications policy”
Fiftieth anniversary of KDKA debut that launched broadcasting era
Who Invited Us? On public tv, irks White House |
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Ban on broadcast cig advertising goes into effect
New surge of protest against Vietnam war, on and off air
The Selling of the Pentagon on CBS
All in the Family, emulating British comedy scores success on CBS
The Great American Dream Machine on public tv
Pres Nixon announces plans for Peking and Moscow visits |
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Telecasts of Nixon visits to Peking, Moscow, Warsaw
Watergate break-in dismissed by White House spokesman as “third-rate burglary attempt”
Kissinger tells nation that peace is “within reach”
Landslide victory for Nixon over McGovern
Nixon veto of public-tv appropriation precipitates reorganization and decentralization of system |
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Accumulating evidence leads to televised Watergate inquiry by Senate committee
Watergate hearings give public tv record ratings
Existence of White House tape recordings revealed, Agnew resigns after revelations of income tax fraud/bribery
British import Upstairs, Downstairs wins kudos on public tv in Masterpiece Theater series |
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Widespread telecasts and radio broadcasts of White House tape transcripts
Nixon visits Middle East and Moscow televised
Televised impeachment deliberations by House judiciary committee
Nixon telecasts resignation statement, is succeeded by President Ford |
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World audiences watch US evacuation of Cambodia and Vietnam, and the collapse of its “client” regimes
Bionic heroes and heroines bring new wave of omnipotence drama and rise of ABC to competitive position
Nielsen’s demographic ratings increasingly important in sponsorship decisions |
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Nation celebrates 200th bday with tv spectaculars
World vies Martian landscape via American tv
Presidential victory of Jimmy Carter, new face on the tube, reflects disillusionment with “Washington”
ABC wins season lead with Olympics coverage
Lawsuit by Writers Guild voids “family viewing policy” of NAB code |
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First indications of slump in tv popularity and viewing
AT&T starts in Chicago test of glass fiber as substitute for copper wires
Roots series of 8 programs, family saga depicting history of slavery in America, breaks audience records |
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Holocaust series wins largest audience of year
Public Broadcasting System launches plan for satellite interconnection of its stations via W union satellite, giving stations program choice
Library of Congress announces plans for tv and radio archive to “preserve the broadcasting heritage of the American people” |
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NBC bid wins right to televise 1980 Moscow Olympics
US postal service conducts Washington-London electronic mail experiments, looking to eventual integration into home and office telecommunication systems
COMSAT announces plans for satellite programming direst to home, via rooftop dishes
Moral Majority and other groups threaten sponsor boycotts over sex-and-violence issue |
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US boycott of Moscow Olympics in protest of Soviet troops in Afghanistan cancels NBC tv coverage
Political Action Committees play prominent role in pres and congressional tv campaigns
Warner’s two-way cable-tv system, Qube, quickly wins a following in Columbus, Ohio
“Who Shot J.R.?” mystery sends Dallas to top of Nielsen ratings
American hostages in Iran, newscast topic throughout year, a factor in undermining Carter reelection drive
Reagan and Bush win election landslide |
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Reagan inaugural and return of hostages share headlines and tv spotlight
Nation horrified by attempted assassination of Reagan on Washington sidewalk, seen widely via instant replays
First National Video Festival organized in Washington by American Film Institute, spotlighting a decade of video prod
CBS broadcasts 5-part documentary on The Defense of the US, with global view of problems and plans |
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Reagan admin stress on broadcasting deregulation augurs era of fierce competition among new technologies
Cable tv experiencing boom period via numerous new satellite program services
Allegations of illegal US arms sales to Iran appear in press but are generally ignored by electronic media |
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| Rupert Murdoch announces plans for DBS (direct broadcast satellite) program services |
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Qube, troubled by nonrenewal in Columbus interactive cable system, pulls back from its plans
The Cosby Show debuts on NBC and moves quickly toward ratings leadership
US Supreme Court sanctions noncommercial off-air home tapping, upholding Sony against Hollywood suit |
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| Amid rash mergers and take-overs, ABC, CBS and NBC pass to new ownership; Multimedia conglomerates increasingly dominate media world |
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| Eyes on the Prize, film series chronicling civil-rights struggles, wins many honors via PBS telecasts |
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Home video rentals boom amid further innovations: Top Gun cassette includes a commercial for Pepsi Cola
Nielsen switches from audiometers to people meters, pioneered by British research firm; new research procedure documents shift away from networks toward other program choices |
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ABC’s Amerika miniseries assailed and ridiculed
Televised congressional Iran/contra hearings probe wide spectrum of governmental deceptions and related private frauds
Negative advertising and PACs play prominent role in presidential election campaign
Pres Reagan visits Moscow in new televised spectacular
1989 Pres George Bush and VP Dan Quayle take office amid worldwide political upheaval, economic pressures, and environmental crises
Tim, Inc. absorbs WB to create new multimedia colossus
Rise of “trash TV”
US media face unprecedented uncertainties and challenges |
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