|
1851 |
-Erie railroad relies
on telegraph
- Cable laid across the English Channel
- Talbot takes a flash photo at 1/100,000th of a second |
|
1854 |
-Telegraph used in
the Crimean War
- Bourseul builds experimental telephone in France
- Carte de Visite process simplifies photography |
|
1855 |
-Printing telegraph
invented in the US |
|
1858 |
-Eraser fitted at the
end of a pencil |
|
1860 |
-Pony Express carries
mail from St. Joseph's, MO to Sacramento, CA |
|
1861 |
-Telegraph ends the
short life of the Pony Express
- First Chemical means to color photography |
|
1862 |
-Caselli sends
drawing over the wire |
|
1865 |
-Atlantic cable ties
Europe and US for instant communication |
|
1870 |
-Stock ticker comes
to Wall St. |
|
1871 |
-Halftone process
allows newspaper printing of pictures |
|
1873 |
-Illustrated Daily
Newspaper appears in NY
-Maxwell publishes theory of radio waves
- First color photographs |
|
1875 |
-Thomas Edison
invents the Mimeograph |
|
1876 |
-Alexander Graham
Bell invents the telephone |
|
1877 |
-In France, Charles
Cron and in the US Edison both invent the phonograph |
|
1878 |
-Full page newspaper
ads |
|
1880 |
-First photos in
Newspapers, using halftones
- Edison invents electric light |
|
1886 |
-The linotype machine
is invented to set type |
|
1887 |
-Celluloid film
replaces glass plate photography |
|
1888 |
-Kodak Box camera
makes picture taking simple
- Pay phones appear |
|
1892 |
-Four-color rotary
press
- Portable typewriters |
|
1893 |
-In New Jersey,
Dickson builds the first motion picture studio. |
|
1895 |
-Dial telephones go
into Milwaukee's City Hall |
|
1896 |
-In Britain, Motion
picture projector is invented
- X-Ray photography |
|
1897 |
-General Electric
creates a publicity department |
|
1898 |
-Photographs taken by
artificial light
- New York state passes a law forbidding misleading advertising |
|
1899 |
-Sound recorded
magnetically in Denmark |
|
1901 |
-First electric
typewriter, the Blickensderfer
- Marconi sends radio signal across the Atlantic |
|
1903 |
-London Daily Mirror
illustrates only with photographs |
|
1904 |
-Telephone answering
machine service is invented.
- The Comic Book
- The Great Train Robbery increases demand for fiction motion pictures |
|
1906 |
-A program of voice
and music is broadcast in the US
- An animated cartoon film is produced |
|
1907 |
-DeForest begins
regular radio music broadcasts
- Rosing develops theory of television in Russia |
|
1909 |
-Radio distress
signal saves 1,700 lives after ships collide
- First broadcast talk: The subject was women's suffrage. |
|
1911 |
-Rotogravure aids
magazine production of photos |
|
1912 |
-US passes law to
control radio stations
-Feedback and heterodyne systems usher in modern radio |
|
1914 |
-Radio message sent
to an airplane
- The 35mm camera The Lecia is invented in Germany
- First transcontinental telephone call |
|
1915 |
-Wireless radio
service connects US and Japan
- Birth of a Nation sets new movie standards |
|
1916 |
-Radios get tuners |
|
1917 |
-Frank Conrad begins
a radio station, later KDKA |
|
1920 |
-The first
broadcasting stations are opened
- Sound recording is done electronically
- KDKA in Pittsburgh broadcasts first scheduled programs |
|
1921 |
-Quartz crystals keep
radio signals from wandering
- Western Union begins wire photo service |
|
1922 |
-A commercial is
broadcast, $100 for ten minutes |
|
1924 |
-The Everyday Hour is
the first sponsored radio program
- Two and a half million radio sets in the US |
|
1926 |
-Permanent radio
network, NBC is formed
- Bell telephone labs transmit film by television |
|
1927 |
-NBC begins two radio
networks, CBS is formed
- Al Jolson's "The Jazz Singer" is the first popular "talkie"
- Movietone offers newsreels in sound
- US Radio Act declares public ownership of the airwaves |
|
1928 |
-Television sets are
put in three homes, programming begins
- Steamboat Willie introduces Mickey Mouse |
|
1929 |
-The car radio is
introduced
- Television studio is built in London |
|
1930 |
-"Golden Age" of
radio begins |
|
1931 |
-Electronic TV
broadcasts in Los Angeles and Moscow |
|
1932 |
-Disney adopts a
three-color Technicolor process for cartoons
- NBC and CBS allow prices to be mentioned in commercials |
|
1933 |
-Armstrong invents FM |
|
1934 |
-Drive-in movie
theater opens in New Jersey
- Associated Press start wire photo service
- Communications Act of 1934 creates the FCC
- Half of the homes in the US have radios
- Mutual Radio Network begins operations |
|
1935 |
-Audio tape recorders
go on sale in Germany
- All-electronic VHF television comes out of the lab
- Eastman-Kodak develops Kodachrome color film
- Nielsen's Audimeter tracks radio audiences. |
|
1936 |
-Berlin Olympics are
televised closed circuit |
|
1937 |
-Carlson invents the
photocopier |
|
1938 |
-CBS "World News
Roundup" ushers in modern newscasting
- DuMont markets electronic television receiver for the phone
- Radio drama, "War of the Worlds," causes national panic |
|
1939 |
-New York World's
Fair shows television to the public
- Regular TV broadcasts begin
- Lots of broadcasting firsts Sports coverage, variety show, feature
film |
|
1940 |
-Fantasia introduces
stereo sound to American public |
|
1941 |
-FCC sets US TV
standards
- CBS and NBC start commercial transmission |
|
1942 |
-Atanasoff and Berry
build the first electronic, digital computer
- Kodacolor process produces the color print |
|
1944 |
-Harvard's Mark I,
first digital computer, put in service
- NBC presents first US Network Newscast |
|
1946 |
-Pennsylvania's ENIAC
heralds the modern electronic Computer |
|
1947 |
-The transistor is
invented, to replace vacuum tubes
- The zoom lens covers baseball's world series for TV |
|
1948 |
-Public clamor for
television begins; FCC freezes new licenses |
|
1949 |
-Network TV in the US
- Whirlwind at MIT is the first real-time computer |
|
1950 |
-Regular color
television transmission
- A.C. Nielsen Audimeters track viewer watching |
|
1951 |
-One and a half
million TV sets in the US, a tenfold jump in one year |
|
1952 |
-EDVAC takes computer
technology a giant leap forward
- The Univac Computer projects the winner of the presidential election
on CBS |
|
1954 |
-USSR launches
Sputnik
- Radio sets in the world now outnumber newspapers printed daily
- Regular color TV broadcasts begin
- Sporting events are broadcast in live color |
|
1955 |
-Music is recorded on
tape in stereo |
|
1957 |
-Soviet Union's
Sputnik sends signals from space |
|
1958 |
-The laser |
|
1959 |
-The microchip is
invented
- Xerox manufactures a plain paper copier |
|
1960 |
-Zenith tests
subscription TV; unsuccessful |
|
1961 |
-Boxing match shows
potential of pay-TV
- FCC approves FM stereo broadcasting; spurs FM development |
|
1962 |
-FCC requires UHF
tuners on TV sets
- Telstar satellite transmits an image across the Atlantic |
|
1963 |
-CBS and NBC TV
newscasts expand to 30 minutes in color
- Communications satellite is placed in geo-synchronous orbit
- TV news "comes of age" in reporting JFK assassination |
|
1964 |
-Olympic games in
Tokyo telecast live globally by satellite |
|
1965 |
-FCC rules bring
structure to cable television |
|
1966 |
-Xerox sells the
telecopier, a fax machine |
|
1967 |
-Dolby eliminates
audio hiss
- Pre-recorded movies on videotape sold for home TV sets |
|
1969 |
-Astronauts send live
photographs from the moon |
|
1970 |
-The computer floppy
disc is an instant success |
|
1971 |
-Intel builds the
microprocessor, "a computer on a chip"
- Wang 1200 is the first word processor |
|
1972 |
-HBO starts pay-TV
service for cable
- Sony introduces 3/4 inch "U-Matic" VCR cassette
- New FCC rules lead to community access channels
- Polaroid camera can focus by itself
- "Pong" starts video game craze |
|
1973 |
-The microcomputer is
born in France |
|
1974 |
-Electronic News
Gathering, ENG |
|
1975 |
-Sony's Betamax and
JVC's VHS battle for public acceptance
- Thilla' from Manilla substantial original cable programming |
|
1976 |
-Apple I introduced
- Ted Turner delivers programming nationwide by satellite |
|
1978 |
-PBS goes to
satellite for delivery, abandoning telephone lines |
|
1980 |
-Sony Walkman tape
player starts a fad
- Atlanta gets first fiber optic system
- CNN 24-hour news network launched |
|
1981 |
-IBM PC launched
- Laptop computers are introduced
- First mouse pointing device |
|
1982 |
-USA Today type set
in regional plants by satellite command
- Kodak camera uses film on disc cassette |
|
1983 |
-Cellular phone
network starts in US
- Lasers and plastics improve newspaper production
- AT & T forced to break up, 7 baby bells are born |
|
1984 |
-Portable compact
disc player arrives
- National Geographic puts a hologram on its cover
- Camera and tape deck combined in the camcorder
- Apple Macintosh, IBM PC AT introduced |
|
1985 |
-US TV networks begin
satellite distribution to affiliates
- At Expo, a Sony television screen measure 40 x 25 meters
- Pay-per-view channels open for business |
|
1986 |
-HBO scrambles its
signals |
|
1987 |
-Half of all US homes
with TV are on cable
- Government deregulates cable industry |
|
1989 |
-Tianamen Square
demonstrates power of media to inform the world |
|
1990 |
-Videodisc returns in
new laser form |
|
1991 |
-Beauty and the Beast
a cartoon Oscar nominee for Best Picture
- CNN demonstrates news coverage worldwide during Gulf War
- Live TV switching between world capitals during the war looks simple
- Terminator 2 demonstrates computer morphing
- Baby Bells get government permission to information services
- Collapse of Soviet, Anti-Gorbachev plot aided by the Internet
- More than 4 Billion cassette tape rentals in the US alone
- 3 out of 4 US homes own VCRs, fastest selling domestic appliance in
history |
|
1992 |
-At least 50 US
cities have competing cable service |
|
1993 |
-Dinosaurs created to
star in Jurassic Park
- Demand begins for "V-chip" to block out violent TV programs |
|
1994 |
-After 25 years, the
US government privatizes internet management
- To reduce Western influence. a dozen nations ban or restrict satellite
dishes |
|
1995 |
-CD-ROM disk can
carry full-length feature film.
- Lamar Alexander declares candidacy for President on the Internet. |