June 25, 1951 First Color TV Broadcast In The World - ON THIS DAY!!!
On June 25, 1951, CBS broadcast the very first commercial color TV program. Unfortunately, it nearly went unwatched since most people had only black-and-white televisions. In 1950, there were two companies vying to be the first to create color TVs—CBS and RCA. When the FCC tested the two systems, the CBS system was approved, while the RCA system failed to pass because of low picture quality. With the approval from the FCC on October 11, 1950, CBS hoped that manufacturers would start producing their new color TVs only to find nearly all of them resisting production. The more CBS pushed for production, the more hostile the manufacturers became. The CBS system was disliked for three reasons. First, it was considered too expensive to make. Second, the image flickered. Third, since it was incompatible with black-and-white sets, it would make the 8 million sets already owned by the public obsolete. This first color program was a variety show simply called, "Premiere." The show featured such celebrities as Ed Sullivan, Garry Moore, Faye Emerson, Arthur Godfrey, Sam Levenson, Robert Alda, and Isabel Bigley—many of whom hosted their own shows in the 1950s.
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