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1940 in television
See also:
1939 in television
,
other events of 1940
,
1941 in television
and the
list of 'years in television'
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 Popular Television Shows
3 Births
4 Deaths
Events
January
- The
FCC
holds public hearings on television.
February 25
- The first
ice hockey
game is televised, the
New York Rangers
vs
Montreal Canadians
, from
Madison Square Garden
.
February 26
- The first quiz show,
Spelling Bee
, is televised.
February 28
- The first
basketball
game is televised, from
Madison Square Garden
;
Fordham[?]
vs the
University of Pittsburgh
.
March 15
-
RCA
cuts the price of television sets
June
- W2XBS (
NBC
) covers the
Republican National Convention[?]
from
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
for 33 hours, over a five day period
August 29
-
Peter Goldmark[?]
of
CBS
announces his invention of a color television system.
September 3
-
CBS
resumes its television transmitions with the first demonstration of high definition color TV, by W2XAB, transmitting from the
Chrysler Building
.
Popular Television Shows
Births
Deaths
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