Interesting: I learned that when radio was first being used for the military, people that were also experimenting with radio would call in false orders on military channels.
Surprised me: I was surprised that Westinghouse, now a popular tv company, was around in the 1930s and were a big name back then also.
New information: I learned that the first baseball telecast was in 1939 and was actually a college game. I thought baseball wasn't popular enough to make it to tv until after WWII.
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It is kind of cool to think of how these companies started out and what they're doing now. Westinghouse has stood the test of time (not to the likes of RCA or AT&T, but they're still hanging in there).
ReplyDeleteYou picked right up on the baseball part. I vaguely remember reading, but was not interested enough in baseball to retain the information. Great job.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about the false military calls on the radio- that was really interesting to learn! The baseball thing was cool too, it truly is the American pasttime.
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting to see how far back "modern" companies go.
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