1940 in television
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This is a list of television-related events in 1940.
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Events
- January - The FCC holds public hearings on television.
- February 25 - The first ice hockey game is televised, the New York Rangers vs Montreal Canadiens, from Madison Square Garden.
- February 28 - The first basketball game is televised, from Madison Square Garden; Fordham vs the University of Pittsburgh.
- March 15 - RCA cuts the price of television sets.
- June - W2XBS in New York (NBC) covers the Republican National Convention from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for 33 hours, over a five day period. The signal is transmitted via coaxial cable.
- August 29 - Peter Carl Goldmark of CBS announces his invention of a color television system.
- September 3 - CBS resumes its television transmissions with the first demonstration of high definition color TV, by W2XAB, transmitting from the Chrysler Building.
Births
- February 2, David Jason, actor
- February 6, Tom Brokaw, journalist
- February 8, Ted Koppel, journalist
- February 27, Howard Hesseman, actor
- March 7, Daniel J. Travanti, actor
- March 8, Susan Clark, actress
- August 9, Beverlee McKinsey, actress
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