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mlbhzings Tlic Xalional liroadcasting Company was foniied in 1926. It was tlu- luuiou's first radio network. Todav it is America's luiiiihcr one lU'twurk in innizianimini;. in latilitics and in its ser\ ice to the \iiieiiran jioople. Indi( ali\r ol llic reasons '■\vliy"\ are the following excerj)ts from the NBC log. Connnon- place today, these hroadra.st.- were startling innovations in tlic radio liroad<a>ling picture when thev appeaic(l firsl on \ BC — '77ic hriKididsl (III laiiiuiry 1. 1927 oj ihr ' TIw Dt'vciiiht'r 23. ]9.>1 hroailcnsl nj "Honsel liiJorir .tiiniial Tournament of Rnacs Foot- ami Gretvl" direct jroin \ci( )oih s Metro- hall Came at Pasadena . . . politan Opera House . . . FIRST liroacicast to tin- F.astciii Seaboard of FIRST ui a regular series of Grand Operas an event originating on ihe I'aeifie Coast. liioa(i<'a>t 111 llifir cntn'etv. "The broadcast oj one act oj "Faust" jrom the oji,^ establishment of the \BC Symphonr stance oj the Chicafio Civic Auditorium on Orchestra \ovember 11 I'liT with .irturo .laiiuar\ 21. I')27 Toscanini as conductor . FIRST Opera Uaiismission on am network. FIRST lull S\ ni|,iioiu Oi, lustra lo l.r,lev ,,trj e\iiii>i\el\ lo liidadi asliiig. "Ihe svmpliony concert sliorl-ii aieil to .iiner- ica jroin Queen's Hall in Fuiilaml. February r \ nT< , u)>() *The telecast b\ MiC. television station If \BT oj the opening: day ceremonies direct jrom FIRST schedule,] iiiteiiiatioiial |.rofirani. ^/,^, ()-„,./,/•, /•,,/, (bounds. Ipril .W. l'lt<) . . . FIRST |iiiiilie lele\ isioii liroadeast in the "7Vie Christmas broadcast jrom America to I nxW^\ Stales «hieii inaugurated the first Holland and Fiii^land. December _'.T. 1929 . . . resuhn high-d,.|inlll,.ii lele\ i-.i,,M -erx iee in FIRST ^hml-waM- piograin ln-amed ahroad. Vinerica. Tiiesf mi]e>ton('s are signifuant ol MiC's con.sisteut pace-setting record in the Inoad- casting industr\ . Tlic\ aic ixaniplcs of a pioneering spirit \\oilh\ ot NBC s pioneering parent (diniiany—Radio Corporation of America—leader for a ipiarter centnr\ in every phase of radio and ch'ctionic research and development. National broadcasting ompany America's No. 1 Network A Service of Radio Corporation of America