The document summarizes key events in the development of television networks in the United States between 1945-1948. It discusses the end of WWII in 1945 and Edward R. Murrow's reports from Buchenwald. It then outlines the growth of television stations and sets in the late 1940s, the establishment of the first television networks by NBC and DuMont, and the rise of sports and children's programming as early television content.

1. EMC 2410 Intro to Electronic Media Edward Bowen Lecture Eleven Network Beginnings

2. 1945 World War II ends.

3. 1945 Earlier in April, Edward R. Murrow reports from the Buchenwald Concentration Camp over radio.

4. 1945 FCC resumes television licensing, moves FM to another part of the spectrum, allocating open frequencies to television.

5. 1946 RCA gets its black and white television sets on the market. The FCC adopts RCA ’s television format. The FCC receives 600 applications for TV station licenses. Television stations are still experimental and local.

6. 1946 FCC chairman Charles Denny resigns and joins NBC as vice president and general counsel.

7. 1946 Sports becomes an early hit. Boxing: Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn on NBC. Estimate: 150,000 watching on 5000 sets. WNBT – New York from Yankee Stadium

8. 1946 Kinescopes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HbODxTSDmM

9. Television Sets By the end of 1945, there were fewer than 7,000 working TV sets in the U.S. and only nine stations on the air. By 1948, 190,000. By 1950, 10,500,000. By 1955, half of all households in U.S. owned a television set.

10. Network Building 1928: NBC is the first permanent coast to coast radio network. Stations are linked using dedicated telephone lines. 1940 - 1941: Experimental NBC television transmissions from New York to Philadelphia and Schenectady over relay antennas. 1946 - 1949: The DuMont Network uses coaxial cable to join three television stations in New York, Washington DC and Pittsburgh. First post-war network. 1947: NBC links New York, Philadelphia, Schenectady, Boston and Baltimore. 1947-1948: CBS and ABC begin television operations.

11. 1947 Opening of Congress televised. Medical operation televised by NBC and watched by several hundred doctors and nurses.

12. 1947 Sports becomes a television mainstay. The World Series on NBC. http://www.thoughtequity.com/video/clip/5110009AA6729_005.do

13. 1947 Sports becomes a television mainstay. Zoomar lens introduced for CBS telecast of the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds. http://books.google.com/books?id=kiQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA126&lpg=PA126&dq=zoomar+1947&source=bl&ots=8szmvxupYk&sig=TR75yiv_smY65IHEb-Mrx2GSB0k&hl=en&ei=Q12zTJf9CYSBlAftlsGxCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CC8Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q&f=false

14. 1947 Sports becomes a television mainstay. Zoomar lens introduced for CBS telecast of the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds. Wrestling personalities. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFksSkMllT8

15. 1947 Sports becomes a television mainstay. Zoomar lens introduced for CBS telecast of the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds. Wrestling personalities. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmb9Mr3CYGI

16. 1947 Sports becomes a television mainstay. Zoomar lens introduced for CBS telecast of the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds. Wrestling personalities. Roller Derby. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCExtdqhuFQ

17. 1947 Children ’s Television begins with Howdy Doody from New York … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ-IPXpvRaU

18. 1947 Children ’s Television begins with Howdy Doody from New York … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_8x4w4o7YI

19. 1947 Children ’s Television begins with “Howdy Doody” from New York, and “Kukla, Fran and Ollie” from Chicago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYik7iwbYqs

20. 1947 NBC and CBS gain sponsors for evening news broadcasts. John Cameron Swayze - NBC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_duF46SmTs

21. 1948 NBC and CBS gain sponsors for evening news broadcasts. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4068469n Douglas Edwards - CBS

22. Television Pioneers: Edward R. Murrow 1908: Born April 25. 1935: Joins CBS as Director of Talks. 1937: Becomes CBS ’s Director of European Operations. 1940: “This is London.” Helps create “London After Dark.” 1945: Buchenwald. 1951: Launches “See It Now.” 1953: Premieres “Person to Person.”

23. Television Pioneers: Edward R. Murrow