April - WNBQ Chicago becomes the first TV station to broadcast all its local programming in color.
April - AmpexNeeds more here on the development of the system. Plus, Ampex isn't just a tape format, it's also a company, so maybe needs separate entries for each. AMPEX is an acronym, created by its founder,. It actually stands for (A)lexander (M). P)oniatoff (Ex)cel demonstrates a videotape recorder at the NAB Convention in Chicago, IllinoisThis article is about the city, for other uses of the term see Chicago (disambiguation : Hog butcher for the world,Tool maker, stacker of wheat,Player with railroads and the nation's freight handler;Stormy, husky, brawling,City of the big shoulders. Carl. The three networks place orders for the recorders.
May 6May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). There are 239 days remaining. Events 1527 Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. 1682 Louis XIV of France moves his court to V - Elvis Presley appears on The Milton Berle Show
July 1July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. Events 1097 Battle of Dorylaeum Crusaders under Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Turkish army under Qilich Arslan I. 1690 Battle of the Boyne as reck - Elvis Presley appears on The Steve Allen Show .
August 8August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. Events 1585 John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in quest for the North West Passage. 1588 Battle of Gravelines ends Defeated by the English duri - Final telecast of the DuMont NetworkThe DuMont Television Network was the first licensed American television network, beginning operation in 1946 and predating CBS, NBC, and ABC as networks. It owned and operated three television stations, WABD (named for Allen B. DuMont) in New York City,.
September 4September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). There are 118 days remaining. Events 476 Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, was deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself King of Italy. 1781 Los Angeles is founded - Television broadcasting begins in SwedenThe Kingdom of Sweden Konungariket Sverige in Swedish) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak and the Kattegat on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf.
October 29 - First use of videotape in network television programming; CBS uses its Ampex VTR to record the evening news, anchored by Douglas Edwards . The tape is then fed to West Coast stations three hours later.
November 3 - The 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz is shown on television for the first time in the US, on CBS (the viewing audience was estimated at 45 million people).
November - The first use of videotape on a network television entertainment program; Jonathan Winters, uses videotape and superimposing techniques to be able to play two characters in the same skit for his NBC television show.