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NBC Transmitter
The National Broadcasting Company was formed in 1926. It was the nation s first radio network. Today it is America’s number one network in programming, in facilities and in its service to the American people.
Indicative of the reasons “why", are the following excerpts from the NBC log. Commonplace today, these broadcasts were startling innovations in the radio broadcasting picture when they appeared first on NBC —
*The broadcast on January 1, 1927 oj the historic Annual Tournament of Roses Football Game at Pasadena . . .
FIRST broadcast to the Eastern Seaboard of an event originating on the Pacific Coast.
*The broadcast oj one act oj “Faust" from the stage oj the Chicago Civic Auditorium on January 21, 1927 . . .
FIRST Opera transmission on any network.
*The symphony concert short-waved to America from Queen's Hall in England, February 1, 1929 . . .
FIRST scheduled international program.
* The Christmas broadcast from America to Holland and England, December 25, 1929 . . .
FIRST short -wave program beamed abroad.
* The Decem ber 25, 1931 broadcast of "Hansel and Gretel ” direct from New York's Metropolitan Opera House . . .
FIRST of a regular series of Grand Operas broadcast in their entirety.
* The establishment of the NBC Symphony Orchestra November 13, 1937 with Arturo Toscanini as conductor . . .
FIRST full S ymphom Orchestra to be devoted exclusive!) to broadcasting.
"The telecast by SBC television station WNBT of the opening day ceremonies direct from the World's Fair Grounds, April 30, 1939 . . .
FIRST public television broadcast in the United States which inaugurated the first regular high-definition television service in America.
These milestones are significant of NBC's consistent pace-setting record in the broadcasting industry. They are examples of a pioneering spirit worthy of NBC’s pioneering parent company— Radio Corporation of America— leader for a quarter century in every phase of radio and electronic research and development.
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