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1. The 1939 World’s Fair Introduces Regular U.S. Television Service
2. 60 Minutes Becomes the First Televised Newsmagazine
3. ABC Begins Its Own Network Television Service
4. ABC Makes a Landmark Deal with Disney
5. Aleksandr Stepanovich Popov
6. All in the Family Introduces a New Style of Television Comedy
7. Amahl and the Night Visitors Premieres on American Television
8. America Online Agrees to Buy Time Warner
9. The Amos ’n’ Andy Radio Show Goes on the Air
10. Antitrust Prosecution Forces RCA to Restructure
11. Armstrong Perfects FM Radio
12. The Art of Radio Develops from Early Broadcast Experience
13. Barbara Walters
14. The BBC Begins Television Broadcasting
15. Bell System Demonstrates Long-Distance Television
16. Bonanza Becomes an American Television Classic
17. The British Broadcasting Corporation Is Chartered
18. Cable Television Rises to Challenge Network Television
19. Captain Kangaroo Debuts
20. Carl Sagan
21. Cigarette Advertising is Banned from American Television and Radio
22. The Civil War Rivets the Attention of the United States
23. Commercial Radio Broadcasting Begins
24. Community Antenna Television Is Introduced
25. Congress Establishes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
26. The Cosby Show Makes Television History
27. Dallas Popularizes the Prime-time Soap Opera
28. Debut of Commercial Television
29. The Decline of the Big Three Networks Becomes a Fall
30. The Dick Van Dyke Show Popularizes Situation Comedy
31. Disney Company Announces Plans to Acquire Capital Cities/ABC
32. Dolly Parton
33. Dragnet Is the First Widely Popular Police Show
34. Easy Rider Captures the Spirit of 1960’s Youth
35. Edward R. Murrow
36. Electronic Warfare
37. Fessenden Perfects Radio by Transmitting Music and Voice
38. First Baron Reith of Stonehaven
39. The First Color Television Broadcast Takes Place
40. First Digital High-Definition Television Signals Are Broadcast
41. The Flintstones Popularizes Prime-Time Cartoons
42. The Forsyte Saga Is a Hit on Public Television
43. The Fox Television Network Goes on the Air
44. Goodman Begins His Let’s Dance Broadcasts
45. Gunsmoke Debuts, Launching a Popular Television Genre
46. Happy Days Exemplifies Escapist Television
47. Hasbro Advertises Toys on Television
48. Hill Street Blues Defines Hard-Reality Television
49. Home Shopping Service Is Offered on Cable Television
50. The Honeymooners Enchants Audiences of All Ages

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