UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 02: In 1893 Charles Jenkins (1867-1934) created the forerunner to the motion picture projector. By 1924 he had invented the phantascope, one of the earliest successful motion picture projectors. In 1925 he invented an experimental television system that worked on a mechanical scene-scanning method and his first ‘radiovision’ broadcast took place in June of that year when he transmitted moving pictures of a windmill. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)
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Radio with Pictures: The Rise of Television

November 16, 2020
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Noël de Souza

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padding:0in;background:white’>Before the idea of Hollywood, a small town in Indiana was the first to experience the magic of motion pictures in the United States. On June 6, 1894 inventor Charles Francis Jenkins created history by projecting a filmed motion picture by way of reeled film and electric light before a live audience. Severalmso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in;background:white’>June 13, 1925, color:#202122;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in;background:white’> demonstrated synchronized transmission of pictures and sound which led to the creation of tmso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in’> Washington, D.C., and aired “radio movies” to the public five nights a week until 1932. 

January 30, 1930: A woman smiles while turning the dial of an early television receiver, the Jenkins ‘Model 200 Radiovision’.

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mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in;background:white’>, created in 1931 by Dr. Allen B. DuMont with only $1,000, and a laboratory in his basement. DuMont’s was one of the world’s pioneer commercial mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in;background:white’>. Most early shows such as news, variety shows, old dramas, and comedy series were broadcast live and never recorded. Which is why most of them have been completely forgotten.Truth or Consequences with host Ralph Edwards which became the first commercial TV show for NBC. It was disrupted by WW II but returned to TV in 1950. Among the first breakout hits for NBC was Texaco Star Theatre, a television version of a popular radio variety show.

Bandstand is still regarded as one of the most important shows in TV history. Running 37 seasons, 31 of which were hosted by Dick Clark, the show had an immense impact on youth music culture and inspired shows like color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
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mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in;background:white’>proved to be an important show for the CBS line-up. It was considered the foundation for soap opera programming that continues even today. normal’>Suspense aired on CBS from 1949 to 1954. This anthology series was an adaptation of the radio programs of the same name. Broadcast live from New York, Suspense had a total of 6 seasons with 260 episodes hosted by Rex Marshall.

Talk Fast, Mister) and the first network with a regular situation comedy Mary Kay and Johnny. DuMont also aired the first televised soap opera titled Faraway Hill which innovated the “Continued Next Week” (end-title card) and the first science fiction show, Captain Video and His Video Rangers. The network also broke ground with the first shows featuring minority leads like mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in;background:white’> starring Anna May Wong, and The Hazel Scott Show, a music program hosted by Trinidadian-born performer Hazel Scott, the first Black person with an American TV show.

Carol Burnett Award for special contributions in television which was instituted in 2019.

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