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Encyclopedia > 1941 in television

See also: 1940 in television, other events of 1941, 1942 in television and the list of years in television. For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This page indexes the individual year in television pages. ...


Events

  • April 30 - In the United States the FCC approves the NTSC standards of 525 lines and 30 frames per second, and authorizes commercial TV to begin on July 1.
  • May 2 - In the United States 10 television stations are granted commercial TV licenses (effective July 1). These stations are required to broadcast 15 hours per week. Bulova Watch Co., Sun Oil Co., Lever Bros. Co. and Procter & Gamble sign on as sponsors of the first commercial telecasts from WNBT in New York.
  • July 1 - Commercial TV authorized by the FCC.
  • July 1 - As a one-off special, Ralph Edwards hosts the first game broadcast on United States television, Truth or Consequences, simulcast on radio and TV and sponsored by Ivory soap. The first legal TV commercial in the United States for Bulova watches occurs at 2:29, superimposed over a test pattern. Weekly broadcasts of the show commenced in 1956, with Bob Barker.
  • December 7 WNBT airs special news report on Pearl Harbor attack pre-empting regular programming, a New York Rangers hockey game.

April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ... The FCCs official seal. ... NTSC is the analog television system in use in Korea, Japan, United States, Canada and certain other places, mostly in the Americas (see map). ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... Procter & Gamble headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Official language(s) English Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... Ralph Livingstone Edwards (January 13, 1913 – November 16, 2005) was a television host and producer. ... Truth or Consequences was an American quiz show, originally hosted on radio by Ralph Edwards from 1940 to 1957, and later on television by Edwards himself from 1950 to 1951, Jack Bailey from 1954 to 1955, Bob Barker from 1956 to 1975, and Bob Hilton from 1977 to 1978. ... Ivory is a bar soap which is one of the best-known products of the Procter & Gamble Company. ... A television commercial (often called an advert in the United Kingdom) is a form of advertising in which goods, services, organizations, ideas, etc. ... Bulova is a New York based watch and clock maker corporation. ... Test Pattern was a game show on the Canadian television channel MuchMusic in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bob Barker Bob Barker (born Robert William Barker on December 12, 1923) is an American television game show host best known for The Price Is Right. ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... WNBC-TV, NBC4 is the flagship TV station of the NBC television network, with studios located in Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. ... Satellite image of Pearl Harbor. ... The New York Rangers (NYR) are a National Hockey League (NHL) team based in New York City, New York. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...

Debuts

July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... CBS Television Quiz was the first television game show ever to be broadcast regularly. ... A game show is a radio or television program, involving members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, playing a game, perhaps involving answering quiz questions, for points or prizes. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the year. ...

Births


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