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1939

1939 World’s Fair

1939 | April 30 – Television was introduced to the public at large at the New York World’s Fair. The “Phantom Teleceiver” (made of Lucite) and the entire line of RCA televisions were demonstrated at the RCA Pavilion. NBC televised the opening ceremonies including the first televised presidential address, by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, to approximately 1,000 viewers who own television sets. The New York Times reported that the picture is “clear and steady.”


RCA pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair


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