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Who conducted research that led to the development of the television (electro magnets)?
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James Maxwell, Heinrich Hertz, Gugliemo Marconi
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What two men separately invented the first electronic picture tube?
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Philo Farnsworth, Valdimir Sworykin
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Who crated the iconoscope first, but who got the patent for it?
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Farnsworth; Zworykin
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What was the fist television transmission?
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the dummy named 'Stooky Bill'
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The ____ grants the first lisence for visual broadcasting to station ____ in New York Ctiy.
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FRC, W2XBS
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Which two networks air regular prime time programs?
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DuMont, CBS
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What was the first TV commercial?
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WNBT runs the first commercial of a watch face ticking for the Bulova Watch Company
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What severely hinders the growth of the television industry? Why?
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World War II, manufacturing plants are used for the war effort
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How was ABC created?
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NBC was forced to divest itself of one of its radio outlets by a federal court decision
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What channels did the FCC set aside in the VHF frequency band?
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Channels 2 to 13
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