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radio, sound communication by radio waves, usually through the transmission of music, news, and other types of programs from single broadcast stations to multitudes of individual listeners equipped with radio receivers. From its birth early in the 20th century, broadcast radio astonished and...

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A family gathered around a radio console, 1930s.

MTV

MTV, cable television network that began as a 24-hour platform for music videos. MTV debuted just after midnight on August 1, 1981, with the broadcast of "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. Following the format of Top 40 radio, video disc jockeys (or "veejays") introduced videos and...

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Michael Jackson

American Idol

American Idol, American reality television series in which aspiring singers competed for a recording contract and a shot at wealth and fame. Following its debut on the Fox network, American Idol (2002–16) became one of the most-watched shows in the United States and produced numerous imitations....

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Randy Jackson, Kara DioGuardi, Paula Abdul, and Simon Cowell on American Idol

Disney Company

Disney Company, American corporation that was the best-known purveyor of family entertainment in the 20th and 21st centuries. It also was one of the world's largest media conglomerates, with such notable holdings as ABC, ESPN, Pixar, Marvel Entertainment, and 20th Century Fox. Disney headquarters...

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Main Street, U.S.A.

CBS Corporation

CBS Corporation, major American mass-media company that operates the CBS national television network and that includes the Simon & Schuster publishing groups and the Showtime cable network, among other holdings. The company was incorporated in 1927 as United Independent Broadcasters, Inc. Its name...

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Jean Stapleton and Carroll O'Connor in All in the Family

Philips Electronics NV

Philips Electronics NV, major Dutch manufacturer of consumer electronics, electronic components, medical imaging equipment, household appliances, lighting equipment, and computer and telecommunications equipment. Philips & Company was founded in 1891 by Frederik Philips and his son Gerard, who had...

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NEC Corporation

NEC Corporation, major Japanese multinational corporation, producer of telecommunications equipment and related software and services. Headquarters are in Tokyo. Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. (NEC; officially NEC Corporation in 1983), was founded in 1899 with funding from the Western Electric...

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NEC Corporation

HBO

HBO, American cable television company that arguably became the leading premium cable station for its mix of movies and innovative original programming. It was founded in 1972 by Time Inc. The company's headquarters are located in New York City. HBO—as its full name, Home Box Office,...

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The Sopranos

Glee

Glee, American musical comedy television series that aired on the Fox network (2009–15). Its inventive blend of broadly satiric humour, heartfelt drama, and dynamic musical productions earned it a loyal following. Cocreated by producers Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan, Glee centred on...

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Glee

British Broadcasting Corporation

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), publicly financed broadcasting system in Great Britain, operating under royal charter. It held a monopoly on television in Great Britain from its introduction until 1954 and on radio until 1972. Headquarters are in the Greater London borough of Westminster....

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BBC headquarters, London

WarnerMedia

WarnerMedia, one of the largest media and entertainment conglomerates in the world. It was founded as Time Warner following the merger of Warner Communications and Time Inc. in 1990, and after becoming a subsidiary of AT&T in 2018, it was renamed WarnerMedia. It consists of three major divisions:...

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The Jazz Singer

Motorola, Inc.

Motorola, Inc., American manufacturer of wireless communications and electronic systems. In 2011 it split into two companies: Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions. Its headquarters are located in Schaumburg, Illinois. The company was founded in 1928 in Chicago by brothers Paul and Joseph Galvin...

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Motorola logo, 2005.

The Tonight Show

The Tonight Show, long-running American late-night television talk show. Airing since 1954 on NBC, it is the standard against which others of its genre are judged. The show has won multiple Emmy Awards. Except for a brief (and unpopular) switch to a magazine-type news program in 1957, the format of...

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Robert Blake and Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show

Public Broadcasting Service

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), private, nonprofit American corporation whose members are the public television stations of the United States and its unincorporated territories. PBS provides its member stations with programming in cultural, educational, and scientific areas, in children's fare,...

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Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live (SNL), American sketch comedy and variety television series that has aired on Saturday nights on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) network since 1975, becoming one of the longest-running programs in television. The series is a fixture of NBC programming and a landmark in...

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Saturday Night Live

American Broadcasting Company

American Broadcasting Company (ABC), major American television network that is a division of the Disney Company. Its headquarters are in New York City. The company's history traces to 1926, when the Radio Corporation of America (now RCA Corporation) and two other firms founded the National...

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Happy Days

Late Show

Late Show, American late-night talk show that began airing on the CBS television network in 1993, with comedian David Letterman as host, and won numerous Emmy Awards for its innovative, frequently off-the-wall approach to the talk-show format. After Letterman stepped down in 2015, Stephen Colbert...

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Barack Obama and David Letterman on the Late Show with David Letterman

Television in the United States

Television in the United States, the body of television programming created and broadcast in the United States. American TV programs, like American popular culture in general in the 20th and early 21st centuries, have spread far beyond the boundaries of the United States and have had a pervasive...

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Milton Berle

Communications Act of 1934

Communications Act of 1934, U.S. federal law that provided the foundation for contemporary U.S. telecommunications policy. The Communication Act of 1934 established the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), an independent U.S. agency responsible for the regulation of interstate and foreign...

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National Broadcasting Co., Inc.

National Broadcasting Co., Inc. (NBC), major American commercial broadcasting company, since 2004 the television component of NBCUniversal, which is owned by the Comcast Corporation. The oldest broadcasting network in the United States, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) came into being on...

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