1935 in American television

Television related events in the USA during 1935

List of years in American television:
1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938

1934–35 United States network television schedule
1935–36 United States network television schedule
List of American television programs currently in production

This is a list of American television-related events in 1935.

Events

February - In a February 1935 legal decision, the inventor Philo Farnsworth is vindicated, successfully facing the patent interference suit brought against him by RCA in 1934. Farnsworth's high school chemistry teacher, Justin Tolman, produced a 1922 sketch as evidence that Farnsworth had been working on the principle of the image dissector and the development of an electronic television system since the early 1920s. Farnsworth won the suit; RCA appealed the decision in 1936 and lost.^[1] Farnsworth received royalties from RCA, but he never became wealthy.^[2]
September 18 - In a memorandum dated September 18, 1935,^[3] the Blue Network subsidiary of NBC complained about its lack of access to broadcasts of the World Series. The report was followed by a letter dated October 5, 1935, in which Hearst Radio complained that Amos 'n' Andy and the Al Pearce programs had been moved from the Blue Network to the Red Network. Hearst further complained about the weakness of the Blue Network's programming at the time.^[4]
Specific date unknown -
- In 1935, tests for a 343-line television system started from New York City (W2XF on the Empire State Building^[5]), where NBC had converted a radio studio in the Rockefeller Center for television use.^[6] 343-line broadcasts were officially introduced by RCA and NBC on November 6, 1936.Systems with this number of lines were used with 30 interlaced frames per second by the United States from 1935 to 1938, when they were replaced by a 441-line television system.^[7]^[8]^[9]
- In 1935, the Red Network subdidiary of NBC started live remote broadcasts of popular music. From 1935 to 1950, it presented numerous live remote broadcasts of popular music from ballrooms, hotels, supper clubs and Army camps. Among the band leaders with regular time slots on NBC were Carmen Cavallaro, Nat King Cole, Xavier Cugat, Tommy Dorsey, Eddy Duchin, Benny Goodman, Stan Kenton, Guy Lombardo, Glenn Miller, Leo Reisman, and Paul Whiteman.^[10]

Births

Deaths

References

^ Schatzkin 2002, p. 117.
^ Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Incorporated. 2006. p. 658. ISBN 9781593392932.
^ "NBC History Files". Retrieved January 8, 2007. NBC History Files, Folder 784
^ "NBC History Files". Retrieved January 8, 2007. NBC History Files, Folder 299
^ Strong, John (October 1937). "Television Range Expanded" (PDF). Radio News. p. 203.
^ "Early Electronic Television - RCA's Television Field Trials and Stations W2XF/W2XK/W2XBS/WNBT". Early Television Museum.
^ "Recent Progress in Television Technique" (PDF). Proceedings of the Radio Club of America. 17, No.1 (February). 1940.
^ "RCA Displays 343-Line TV". MZTV Museum of Television. June 27, 2017.
^ Marshall, Paul (2011). Inventing Television: Transnational Networks of Co-operation and Rivalry, 1870-193 (PDF). University of Manchester.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Dunning (1998), pp. 60–74.

Sources

Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-507678-8.
Schatzkin, Paul (2002). The Boy Who Invented Television: A Story of Inspiration, Persistence, and Quiet Passion. TeamCom Books. ISBN 1-928791-30-1.