Media+Timeline

1884- Samuel Morse granted a patent for the telegraph. 1848- Associated Press founded. 1877- Edison invents the "talking machine". 1888- Edison lab develops movie camera. 1914-1918- WW1 propaganda, censorship, technology. 1920- First radio stations in the U.S. and Canada. 1923- AT&T merges two radio stations to become the first "network". 1927- Philo Farnsworth applies for electric T.V. patents. 1934- FCC is established. 1938- Orson Welle's broadcast of "War of Worlds". 1939- T.V. is a hit at the Worlds Fair. 1950's- Golden Age of Television. 1954- Elvis Presley is discovered by Sam Philips of Sun Records. 1958- Videotape is introduced.

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