REVOLUTION
In the 1930's televisions began to spread across America. By 1939, the World's Fair hosted the first presidential speech on television ever. This was a monumental step in the widespread phenomenon to communicate to wide audiences started by television.
An advertisement of the 1939 World's Fair in New York. (Courtesy of thehistoricalarchive.com)
In the mid 1940's the number of television stations went from a mere 9 to 48 and service of commercial television in 8 cites grew to 23 cities. Sales of television sets increased by 500 percent as well. In 1960, 85 percent of American households had a television set. (FCC.gov)
In the 1950's the transition from black and white television sets to color television sets was a remarkable advancement. When CBS- Columbia was the first company to sell an FCC Approved Commercial Color Television many others like WGN-TV followed right behind. The first color broadcast was done by CBS-Columbia in late June of 1951 but was only available to just over twenty television sets due to limited amount of color television sets. (tvhistory.tv)
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