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Encyclopedia > 1931 in television

This is a list of television-related events in 1931. 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

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List of years in film List of years in television

This page indexes the individual year in film pages. ... See also: 1929 in film 1930 1931 in film 1930s in film 1920s in film years in film film Events Top grossing films The Indians Are Coming Madam Satan Der Blaue Engel Academy Awards Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front - Universal Studios Best Actress: Norma Shearer - The Divorcee... See also: 1930 in film 1931 1932 in film 1930s in film years in film film Events Top grossing films Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert Winstead Mata Hari, starring Greta Garbo and Lionel Barrymore Academy Awards Best Picture: Cimarron - MGM Best Actor: Lionel Barrymore - A Free Soul... See also: 1931 in film 1932 1933 in film 1930s in film years in film film Events Shirley Temples film career begins Disney released Flowers and Trees their first cartoon in three-strip Technicolor film. ... This page indexes the individual year in television pages. ...

Events

  • May 1 - The first wedding is broadcast on television, on New York City's W2XCR.
  • July 21 - CBS's station W2XAB began broadcasting 28 hours a week in New York City. [1]
  • November 1 - Television images are transmitted from JOAK radio station in Tokyo, Japan by Professors Kenjiro Takayagani and Tomomasa Nakashima. The images comprise 80 lines at 20 frames per second.
  • December 23 - Don Lee Broadcasting signs on W6XAO (later KTSL) from Los Angeles with electronic television. Don Lee should be considered as the world's first electronic television service.
  • Canada's first television station, VE9EC, begins broadcasting in Montreal, Quebec

May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York and abbreviated NYC) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... December 23 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... This article needs cleanup. ...

Debuts

  • The Television Ghost premieres on the experimental W2XAB (1931-1933).

1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Births


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1931 in television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (182 words)
October 30 - NBC installs a television transmitter on top of the Empire State Building.
November 1 - Television images are transmitted from JOAK radio station in Tokyo, Japan by Professors Kenjiro Takayagani and Tomomasa Nakashima.
The Television Ghost premieres on the experimental W2XAB (1931-1933).
1931 W2XCR-WGBS Television Studio (USA) (429 words)
There were 16 stations (in ten states) broadcasting various forms of mechanical television in the United States, between the years 1928 to 1939.
On October 10, 1931, WGBS was sold to William Randolph Hearst, who in January 1932, changed the call letters to WINS, which stood for Hearst's International News Service, then one of the nation's three major wire services.
During the period early part of 1931, but before the call letters were changed to WINS, the station began experimenting with mechanical television broadcasting, operating a Jenkins mechanical scanner through the experimental transmitter, W2XCR.
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