Broadcast Television

Broadcast news in it's earliest form started on the radio. Broadcast television news first started commercially in the 1930s and the first television broadcast aired in 1937. Broadcast news was a great way to inform the public of world events happening. During the second world war, radio and television broadcasts were pre-recorded broadcasts from war correspondents. In 1967 the US created the Public Broadcasting System which centered around large main cities such as, Los Angeles, and New York which included main stations that spanned across the country. For example, PBS is comprised of over 300 stations. In 1939 the National Broadcasting Station or NBC was aired for the first time. It aired at the New York World's Fair to the world and in 1941 FCC authorized commercial television. By 1948 there 36 television stations broadcasting. Today we have many channels that broadcast news, shows, music, movies, etc and the possibilities continue to grow.


Links:
http://www.mbcnet.org/history-of-broadcast-news-and-media-outlets.htm
http://www.nyu.edu/classes/stephens/History%20of%20Television%20page.htm
http://law.jrank.org/pages/4874/Broadcasting-History-Television.html