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1931 In Television
The year 1931 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1931. __TOC__ Events *May 1 – The first wedding is broadcast by television, on New York City's W2XCR. *June 3 – First television outside broadcast of a sporting event: Baird televises the Epsom Derby horse race in England. *July 21 – CBS's station W2XAB begins broadcasting 28 hours a week in New York City* August – At the Berlin Radio Show, Manfred von Ardenne gives the world's first public demonstration of a television system using a cathode-ray tube for both transmission and reception. Ardenne never develops a camera tube, using the CRT instead as a flying-spot scanner to scan slides and film. *October 9 – Canada's first television station, VE9EC, begins broadcasting in Montreal, Quebec. VE9EC is owned jointly by radio station CKAC and the newspaper company '' La Presse''. *October 30 – NBC installs a television transmitter on top of the Empire State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion.Diggs-Brown, Barbara (2011''Strategic Public Relations: Audience Focused Practice''p. 48 In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other developed countries. The availability of various types of archival st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exhibition Boxing Bouts
''Exhibition Boxing Bouts'' is the possible title for a very early American television series. Aired 1931 to 1932 in New York City, it consisted of miniature boxing matches, and aired on what was then mechanical television station W2XAB, which later became WCBS-TV. Time-slots varied from 15 minutes to 30 minutes, and it aired without commercials, as United States television was still an experimental service. According to the section ''"Radio Dial Log"'' in the August 20, 1931 edition of ''The New York Sun'', one of the episodes featured a description by Harry Von Zell and Bill Schudt Jr, with Jimmie deForrest as the referee. None of the episodes still exist, as it aired live, and practical methods to record live television did not exist until late 1947. A still photograph of the series appears in page 19 of the February 20, 1932 edition of ''The New York Sun ''The New York Sun'' is an American online newspaper published in Manhattan; from 2002 to 2008 it was a daily newspape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Baldwin (director)
Peter DuBois Baldwin (January 11, 1931 РNovember 19, 2017) was an American actor and director of film and television. Baldwin started his career as an actor, employed as a contract player at Paramount Studios. He played Johnson in the film ''Stalag 17'' and Lieutenant Walker in '' Little Boy Lost'', both made in 1953. In 1962 he played the role of murderer Tony Benson in the ''Perry Mason'' episode, "The Case of the Melancholy Marksman", and appeared in the 1970 Italian thriller ''The Weekend Murders''. Baldwin eventually became a television director with an extensive r̩sum̩. As well as directing many of the episodes of ABC's hit situation comedy ''The Brady Bunch'', he also directed episodes of other ABC hit sitcoms, ''The Partridge Family'', from 1970 to 1971 and ''Benson'', from 1979 to 1980. He was among the directors of episodes of the 1973 NBC sitcom ''Needles and Pins'' and of the 1985-1986 CBS sitcom ''Foley Square'', and also helped direct a few episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlene Sanders
Marlene Sanders (January 10, 1931 – July 14, 2015) was an American television news correspondent, anchor, producer and executive who worked for ABC News in the 1960s and 1970s and moved to CBS News in 1978. She is known for being the first woman to achieve several milestones in the then male-dominated field of television news. Shortly after joining ABC News as a correspondent in 1964, Sanders became the first woman to anchor an evening news broadcast for a major network when she substituted for the regular anchor, Ron Cochran, who had become ill. She was also the first woman to report on the Vietnam War from the field. In 1976, ABC promoted her to vice president and director of documentaries, making her one of the first women to reach upper management in the field. She also won three Emmy Awards for documentaries she produced for CBS. Early life and education Sanders grew up in a Jewish family in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Her family was relatively secular, though they did attend a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Remsen
''Alice Remsen'' is the assumed title of one of the earliest scheduled television segments, pre-dating ''The Television Ghost''. She appeared on the station W2XCD during 1931. On her segment she performed songs. Nothing remains of the series today, as it aired live, and practical methods to record live television did not exist until late 1947 (though there is a poor-quality experimental recording of BBC TV of the 1930s which suggests mechanical television could be entertaining. Additionally, from the early electronic television era some German programming of the 1930s survives as it was shot on film instead of being live). Scheduling An early episode aired at 9:00PM, followed by a Felix the Cat Felix the Cat is a cartoon character created in 1919 by Pat Sullivan and Otto Messmer during the silent film era. An anthropomorphic black cat with white eyes, a black body, and a giant grin, he was one of the most recognized cartoon charac ... cartoon. A later episode aired at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Haynes
''Helen Haynes'' is the assumed title of an early American television series. It aired in 1931 and again in 1932 on experimental New York City station W2XAB, and was a 15-minute music program viewed on mechanical television sets. There is scarce information about the series and its star, Helen Haynes, but the series is significant as one of the earliest regularly scheduled television series. In the section "Dramas, Plays and Soloists on Television" in the October 8, 1932, edition of the ''New York Sun'', the 1932 episodes were described as a "miniature musical comedy song revue," a genre that would later come to be known as the variety show. In the October 29, 1932, edition of ''The New York Sun'', section "Television Programs for the Week", there is a picture of Haynes. In the section "Week's Vision Offerings" of the November 21, 1931, edition of the same newspaper, it is mentioned that Haynes was a former "Follies girl", and a soprano. It is mentioned that her next episode (whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Lee (TV Series)
Harriet Lee was an American radio singer during the Golden Age of Radio in the 1920s–1930s. She was best known as a blues contralto on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and, later, NBC Radio Networks. Called the "Songbird of the Air", she was named Miss Radio 1931 based on nationwide submittals from radio stations, judged by Flo Ziegfeld and McClelland Barclay, to select the "most beautiful radio artist" for the Radio World's Fair in New York City. Lee was one of the highest paid radio stars that year. She hosted the ''Harriet Lee'' show on experimental New York City station W2XAB (now WCBS-TV) in 1931, making her one of the first singers to have a show on U.S. television. After her radio appearances ended in the mid-1930s, Lee was a voice coach working with various film stars for major Hollywood studios. Between the 1930s–1960s, she gave singing lessons to Dorothy Lamour, Ava Gardner, Esther Williams, Rhonda Fleming, Ginger Rogers, and Janet Leigh, among others. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Yeager
''Grace Yeager'' is the assumed title of a 1931–1932 United States television series which aired on New York City television station W2XAB. Among the earliest regularly-scheduled series, it featured the singer of the same name, who was a soprano. According to an article in the October 31, 1931 edition of The New York Sun titled ''W2XAB Source of Features'', Yeager had previously been a member of the San Carlos Opera Company. None of the episodes still exist, as it aired live, and practical methods to record live television Live television is a television production broadcast in real-time, as events happen, in the present. In a secondary meaning, it may refer to streaming television over the Internet when content or programming is played continuously (not on demand) ... did not exist until 1947. Scheduling The series typically aired on Tuesdays, at the end of the programming day. For example, one episode was scheduled at 10:45 pm on September 29, 1931 and was preceded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliot Jaffee
''Elliot Jaffee'' was an American television series, which aired 1931 to 1932 on experimental television station W2XAB (now WCBS-TV). Featuring the tenor of the same name, it was a live music series on mechanical television Mechanical television or mechanical scan television is a television system that relies on a mechanical scanning device, such as a rotating disk with holes in it or a rotating mirror drum, to scan the scene and generate the video signal, and a si .... Jaffee was also a radio performer during the early 1930s. None of the episodes still exist, as methods to record live television were not developed until late 1947. The series aired in a 15-minute time-slot. Scheduling Aired on Saturdays, it typically aired at 8:00PM, and was followed by a segment with Lilyan Crossman. References {{Reflist External links''Elliot Jaffee'' on IMDb 1931 American television series debuts 1932 American television series endings 1930s American television series American live te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Sharp
''Doris Sharp'' is the assumed title of a very early television series starring a vocalist of that name, which aired from 1931 to 1932 on New York City station W2XAB (now WCBS-TV). Production Doris Sharp had a 15-minute segment on the station, in which she sang songs. The program appeared frequently in TV listings as simply "Doris Sharp, songs," as W2XAB's schedule was arranged in the manner of a vaudeville program; moreover, the series did not air on a specific day of the week. For example, one episode aired on Monday August 31, 1931 at 8:45 P.M., preceded by a "negro quartet" and followed by a fashion show. A different episode, airing Thursday January 14, 1932 at 8:00 P.M., was the first program on the schedule, followed by "mixed quartet". In his 1932 study, ''The Outlook for Television'', Orrin E. Dunlap reproduces the station's entire broadcast schedule for two consecutive days, beginning on August 24, 1931. The listing for that evening's 8:45 slot reads "Television Crooner, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connie Boswell
Constance Foore "Connie" Boswell (December 3, 1907 – October 11, 1976) was an American vocalist born in Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City but raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. With sisters Martha Boswell, Martha and Helvetia Boswell, Helvetia "Vet", she performed in the 1920s and 1930s as the trio The Boswell Sisters. They started as instrumentalists but became a highly influential singing group via their recordings and film and television appearances. Connie herself is widely considered one of the greatest female jazz vocalists and was a major influence on Ella Fitzgerald, who said, "My mother brought home one of her records, and I fell in love with it... I tried so hard to sound just like her." In 1936, Connee's sisters retired and Connee continued on as a solo artist (having also recorded solos during her years with the group). Biography Boswell was born in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. The Boswells came to be well known locally while still in their early teens, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Today
''Television Today'' was an early television series which aired in New York City in 1931 on experimental mechanical television station W2XAB. Also known as ''Looking at Television'', the series featured Charles E. Butterfield, who gave a series of talks. According to the article "Vision Offers Boxing, Chess" in the August 22, 1931, edition of ''The New York Sun'', Butterfield was the radio editor of the Associated Press. Scheduling The episode telecast August 21, 1931, (listed as "Looking at Television") aired at 9:00 PM, preceded by a play titled ''Hawaiian Shadows'' and followed by a demonstration of television by Lighthouse for the Blind. The episode telecast August 28, 1931, aired at 9:00 PM, preceded by Irwin Trio and followed by ''How the Blind See''. The episode telecast September 4, 1931, aired at 9:00 PM, preceded by pantomimes by Grace Voss and followed by tenor Elliott Jaffe. The episode telecast September 11, 1931, aired at 9:00 PM, preceded by " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
