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may 9, 1939 - Television

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A handful of TV stations began to broadcast, led by RCA's New York City station, a direct ancestor of today's WNBC.

By the end of the year, television was regularly broadcasting in about a dozen cities.

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Date:

may 9, 1939
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~ 87 years ago