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Encyclopedia > 1928 in television

See also: 1927 in television, other events of 1928, 1929 in television and the list of 'years in television'. 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... This page indexes the individual year in television pages. ...

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1 Events
2 TV Shows
3 Births
4 Deaths

Events

  • February 9 - John Logie Baird transmits television pictures across the Atlantic. The pictures are transmitted from Motograph House, London by telephone cable to Bert Clapp's station GK2Z at 40 Warwick Road, Coulsdon, Surrey, and then by radio to Hartsdale, New York, USA.
  • May 11 - The first regular schedule of TV programming is begun in the Schenectady, New York, United States by the General Electric's station WGY. A half hour program is broadcast on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons.
  • June 12 The first outside broadcast is made by Baird on his roof in 133 Long Acre, London, featuring the actor Jack Buchanan.
  • July 3 Baird demonstrates a colour television system achieved by scanning through red, green and blue filters.
  • August 22 - Alfred E. Smith accepts the Democratic presidential nomination, with WGY simulcasting the event on radio and television. This was the first live broadcast and the first television news event.
  • September 11 - The first broadcast of a play on television, The Queen's Messenger on W2XAD.
  • W2XBS, RCA's first television station, is established in New York City.

February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... John Logie Baird (August 14, 1888 – June 14, 1946) was a Scottish engineer, who is best known for being the first person to demonstrate a working television. ... Hartsdale is an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York. ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... Schenectady is a city located in Schenectady County, New York, of which it is the county seat. ... The General Electric Company, or GE, (NYSE: GE) is a multinational technology and services company. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... July 3rd is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... Alfred Emanuel Smith ( December 30, 1873– October 4, 1944), often known as Al Smith, was Governor of New York and a U.S. presidential candidate in 1928. ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years). ... RCA, formerly an initialism for the Radio Corporation of America, is now a trademark used by two companies for products descended from that common ancestor: Thomson Consumer Electronics, which manufactures RCA-branded televisions, DVD players, video cassette recorders, direct broadcast satellite decoders, camcorders, audio equipment, telephones, and related accessories; and... City nickname: The Big Apple Location in the state of New York Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area  - Land  - Water 1,214. ...

TV Shows

1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1928 (7932 words)
May 10 - The first regular schedule of television programming begins in Schenectady, New York by the General Electric's television station W2XB (the station was popularly known as WGY Television; after its sister radio station, WGY).
Griffiths experiment was conducted in 1928 by Frederick Griffith which was one of the first experiments suggesting that bacteria are capable of transferring genetic information, otherwise known as the “transforming principle”, which was later discovered to be DNA.
William Joseph Kennedy (born January 16, 1928) is an American writer and journalist from Albany, NY, whose novels, many of which feature the interaction of members of the fictional Phelan family, are based in local history and the supernatural.
Television (6050 words)
Most television researchers appreciated the value of colour image transmission, with an early patent application in Russia in 1889 for a mechanically-scanned colour system showing how early the importance of colour was realized.
Television has grown up all over the world, enabling every country to share aspects of their culture and society with others.
Television usage in the United States skyrocketed after World War II with the lifting of the manufacturing freeze, war-related technological advances, the gradual expansion of the television networks westward, the drop in set prices caused by mass production, increased leisure time, and additional disposable income.
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