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Period of major spurt in TV technology

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1919-1939; Between WWI & WWII

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Vladimere Zworkyn

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iconoscope tube - breaking up TV picture

kinescope tub - higher fidelity pictures

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When was the kinescope demonstrated?

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1929

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Philo Farnsworth

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  • The dissector tube - breaking up/resembling pictures
  • Produced 1st all electronic TV
  • 1st to transmit TV image
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Interlaced Scanning

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TV screen illuminates all the odd lines first (1,3,5,7), then starts the process over again in a matter of 1 millisecond

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Progressive Scanning

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TV screen illuminates all the lines in a progressive order (1,2,3,4,5)

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First image transmitted on TV by Farnsworth

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”$”

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When and where did TV make it’s formal debut? Which company?

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April 30, 1939, The World’s Fair (NYC), RCA

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When did TV become full operational in the U.S.?

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Late 1940s

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The first TV commercial was broadcast on what network, who was the client, and how much did they pay?

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NBC, Bullova, $9

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When did the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begin, with what act?

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Communications Act of 1934 - provide the regulation of interstate and foreign communication by wire or radio and for other purposes
-combined and organized federal regulation of telephone, telegraph and radio communications

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5 reasons for delayed start of TV

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  1. The depression
  2. A lack of investment capital
  3. WWII
  4. A lack of TV standards
  5. lack of receivers hampered acceptance
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Radio Manufacturers Association (RMA) standard

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RCA announced plans to setup production or receivers

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What was the NTSC standard?

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National Television Systems Commitee, an advisory group for the industry and for the FCC

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What was the main problem with the NTSC standard?

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Didn’t work for color TV

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How many channels did the FCC set aside following WWII?

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12

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VHF

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Very High Frequency allocation, made possible the operation of 405 TV stations across the country

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UHF

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Ulta High Frequency, 70 new channels in addition to VHF

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The FCC “Freeze”

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1948-1952, The broadcast license demand outnumbered the availability

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The Sixth Order Report

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  1. 70 new channels were allocated in the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) band.
  2. Channels for 242 stations allocated for non-commercial educational TV.
  3. *Mandated a single, uniform television station class, (providing for some differences in transmission power & antenna heights)
  4. Regulated power of each stations transmitter, the theory was to help UHF stations maintain an even playing field with the VHF
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All Channels Receiver Bill

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1962, the FCC passes bill to require all future television sets be equipped with UHF and VHF capability

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Color systems adopted by the FCC

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1950 - Authorized CBS’s color television technology as the national standard (Zworkyn’s failed)

1953 – FCC approved RCA’s color system. compatible with black and white TV

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Why was color TV production halted?

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The Korean War

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First color coverage of the World Series

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Sept. 28th, 1955

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Bonanza begins in color
Sept. 12, 1959
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This TV show was the turning point for color TV set purchases, and when...
September 1961, Disney's Wonderful World of Color
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First network to convert all of their shows to color, and when?
NBC. My Birthday! 1966
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What year did color TV set sales outpace B&W
1972
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The 1st color film
The World, The Flesh, and the Devil
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First Michigan station to being color broadcasting
WOOD-TV, Grand Rapids
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What are the channel allocations for VHF
2-13
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What are the channel allocations for UHF
14-69
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What was channel 1 used for?
Amateur radio stations and other uses
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What did TV copy from the radio (3 things)?
1. Programming 2. Economic structure 3. Regulation
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The only TV genre to be in the top 10 rated program every years from 1949-2009
Sitcoms
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Local Acces time slot
7pm-8pm
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Primetime time slot
8pm-11pm
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Desilu Innovations
1. Interracial stars 2. Marketing research 3. Studio audience, 3-camera set-up 4. #1 Show in its first year 5. Shift to Hollywood
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"I Love Lucy" Effect
1. Not allowed to say "pregnant"..."expecting" | 2. Not allowed to show one bed in bedroom scences
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I Love Lucy radio show was called...
"My Favorite Husband"
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Syndication
Domestic and foreign leasing of a program
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First-run syndication
Runs in "strips"; same time, everyday, never on network TV (Oprah)
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Off-network TV syndication
Old network shows for reruns during fringe times (Two and a Half Men)
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Longest running TV show in the U.S.
"Meet The Press"
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Longest running religious TV show that was 1st in color
"It is Written"
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Longest running sports program
NFL on CBS
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When did the tomorrow show air and on what network?
NBC, 1973-1982
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Saturday Night Live air date and network
Oct. 11, 1975, NBC
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SNL band name
"Not Ready for Primetime"
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What age demographic was SNL geared toward?
18-34
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Who was the first guest on SNL?
George Carlin
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What show is considered to be the most distinctive and significant program in TV history?
Saturday Night Live
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What is the Fairness Doctrine, and what are its dates?
Ensures that all controversial issues discussed are fair and honest, from 1980-87
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The only remnant of the Fairness Doctrine
Election coverage
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FIN/SYN rules and dates
Financial Interest and Syndication Rules, 1970; Prohibited network participation in creation of in-house syndication arms
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Programming that arises in late 80s-90's
Cheap programming, the start of reality TV
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Niche marketing
Targeting specific audiences
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What happened to the Big 3 network audiences between 1975-1995?
Declined to 69%
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Why did we see these declines?
Time shift, movie rentals and DVR use.
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When did Lettermen move to CBS
August 1993
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Longest running ABC late night TV show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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By 1940, there were __ quiz shows on radio
50
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Quiz shows dried up during...
WWII
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__________ produced "Stop the Music" and created "The $64 Question"
Louis Cowman
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The $64 Question turned into...
"The $64,000 Question"
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The quiz show "21" incident
The show was rigged, a contestant (stempel) was told to fidget and pretend not to know the answer to a question and allow his opponent to win.
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What sponsor was behind the "21" indicident?
Geritol
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Most popular TV drama in the 50s-60s
TV Western's
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First Western for kids?
Roy Roger
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First successful "adult" western?
Gunsmoke
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What caused the fall of Westerns
Vietnam War
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Sports Broadcasting Act of ____
1961, negotiated the sale of national broadcast rights -Granted anti-trust immunity to sports leagues to pool and sell their rights to sponsored telecasts of games (not college sports)
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First decade to see taboo topics on TV
the 70s
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Show that showcased a single, working woman
Mary Tyler Moore
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Considered the first "TV War"
Vietnam
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What is "social consciousness" and who created it?
Norman Lear, a genre of shows that observed problems facing American life
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Norman Lear created what show?
All in the Family
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Jiggle TV genre
Sexual gratification and bawdy humor
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Fantasy TV genre hit shows
The Love Boat, and Fantasy Island
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The variety show ended its run in what year?
late 70s
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What shows ended the variety show genre?
The Carol Burnett Show, The Flip Wilson Show, Sonny & Cher, Tony Orlando and Dawn, Donny and Marie
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Primetime dramas
Soap melodrama, masculinized
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1st Primetime drama with a serial plot
Dallas; 1978-1991
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Noxious affect of Americans on European culture
"Dallasification"

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