"Far-Off Speakers Seen as Well as Heard Here in Test of Television"
Newspaper article
By: The New York Times
Date: April 8, 1927
Source: "Far-Off Speakers Seen as Well as Heard Here in Test of Television." The New York Times, April 8, 1927. Available online at http://www.att.com/spotlight/television/nytimes_article.html; website home page: http://www.att.com (accessed April 24, 2003).
Introduction
Although television would not rival radio in nationwide popularity until after World War II (1939–1945), the development of technologies necessary for both broadcasting media overlapped at the turn of the century. The first radio broadcast occurred in San Jose, California, in 1908, and the first public radio broadcasts began in 1920. The ensuing decade witnessed the development of hundreds of radio stations. In the midst of the...
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1920's Media Primary Sources
The 1920's: Primary Sources
