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The BBC's first in-house organ - a Compton organ - was unveiled at the BBC Radio Theatre (then named The Concert Hall) within Broadcasting House on 16 June 1933. [1] To celebrate the event, the corporation broadcast a concert with George Thalben-Ball, G. D. Cunningham, and Walter Alcock.
Plenty of British imports do well once they cross the pond, thank you very much. They often show up on BBC America or PBS in their beautifully unadulterated British forms. Pour yourself a cup of tea, and read on to discover some U.K. shows that Americans have embraced in their original form.
- Susan Sherwood
29 June – Life with the Lyons, one of the first successful British sitcoms (though starring the American Ben Lyon), makes its debut on the BBC Television Service, having previously been broadcast only on radio. 9 July – Dixon of Dock Green makes its debut on the BBC Television Service.
Oct 18, 2022 · To mark the BBC turning 100 years old today (October 18) we've taken a look back at the national broadcaster's history in the century since it first began with 50 facts about the institution
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In the experimental days of television, the very first full-length program broadcast in the US was a drama in one act called The Queen's Messengerby J. Harley Manners. The WGY radio station in Schenectady, New York first aired the drama on September 11, 1928. Gruff, grainy, and intended for screens no larger than a postage stamp, The Queen's Messan...
In the United States, popular culture paints the 1930s as a decade of radio listening, and it's true that many families gathered around to hear President Roosevelt's fireside chats. Although, NBC had fifteen hours of programming a week by 1939, this "regular program schedule," as described by Hutchinson in Here is Television, seems thin compared to...
According to the Guinness World Records, the first sitcom in the history of television was Pinwright's Progress (1946-1947) in the UK, which starred James Hayter as J Pinwright. The United States followed in 1947 with Mary Kay and Johnny, starring Mary Kay and Johnny Stearns. Sitcoms and drama programs that aired in the years proceeding I Love Lucy...
ABC was established as an independent entity in 1943, but it existed in other forms before that. CBS was established in 1927, and NBC was founded by RCA (Radio Corporation of America) in 1926, technically making it the first of the major networks to exist. There were other networks that are now defunct, most notably DuMont, which ceased operations ...
The BBC can take credit for the first televised children's programming. Their Children's Hour in 1946 came from their radio show of the same name, which had been on the air since 1922. Kukla, Fran, and Ollie began in the US in 1947 as a puppet show for children. The same year brought Howdy Doody, the famous puppet that entertained little ones with ...
Crusader Rabbit (1950-1957)was the first animated series that was made for TV. It was created by Alexander Anderson and Jay Ward. Anderson was the nephew of Paul Terry, a competitor of Disney animation. He and Ward ran into some lawsuits with Crusader Rabbit, but they also created Rocky and Bullwinkle, two iconic characters of the toon world. Inter...
Though film had been an established practice for quite some time before the advent of television, films made specifically for television would not manifest until the 1960s. Several live productions intended only for television were broadcast and recorded via kinescope, but the made-for-TV movie is thought to have originated alongside NBC's Saturday...
Cable had its beginnings in 1948 when Oregon, Arkansas, and Pennsylvania sought to improve remote regions' television signals with the use of antennas. The first pay television channel did not launch until 1972, and it was HBO, Home Box Office. RELATED: 10 Best TV Shows Like HBO Max's Hacks With this development came the implementation of satellite...
Today, audiences enjoy—or are perhaps beleaguered by—constant access to breaking news. However, in the 1960s and 1970s, this wasn't the case, as most stations dedicated no more than an hour to national news per day. That changed in 1980 when CNN became the first news network to offer 24/7 coverage of news and current events. The network would see a...
Like cable, home video was a field to pioneer in the 1970s. Though the 1950s brought the Quadruplex and the 1960s offered helical scan and open reel tapes, the 70s saw the distribution of the first videocassettes, and Sony coined the short-lived Betamax tapes. Obsolete media fans wouldn't want to forget LaserDisc endeavors such as MCA DiscoVision. ...
The early days of television, from its battle for invention, through early technical and creative triumphs at Alexandra Palace and its reinvention after WW2, and finally the great televisual ...
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The organ was the first to be installed in a West End cinema, the New Gallery, where it revolutionised the experience for cinema-goers in 1925 and indirectly lead to the popularity of the...
