Did television’s first act of censorship talke place on May 24th, 1944 when NBC cut the audio during a song by Eddie Cantor?
Category: Television Firsts
Television’s First Sports Delay
Television’s first sports delay took place on December 15th when NBC stuck with a football game rather than cut to an episode of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
First Televised Collegiate Debate
The first televised collegiate debate took place in April 1940 between Columbia University and Bucknell University. The topic was the Dust Bowl. It aired on W2XBS in New York City.
First Televised Movie Trailer?
Did experimental TV station W2XBS in New York City air the first televised movie trailer in September 1939 for a movie called Golden Boy?