{"id":21542,"date":"2016-09-04T06:12:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-04T10:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eyesofageneration.com\/?p=21542"},"modified":"2021-01-25T10:55:55","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T15:55:55","slug":"september-4-1951-americas-first-coast-to-coast-tv-broadcast65-years-ago-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/?p=21542","title":{"rendered":"September 4, 1951&#8230;America&#8217;s First Coast To Coast TV Broadcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>September 4, 1951&#8230;America&#8217;s First Coast To Coast TV Broadcast<\/p>\n<p>65 years ago today, the first live transcontinental television signals were transmitted from San Francisco to New York, as President Harry S. Truman&#8217;s opening speech before the Japanese Peace Conference was broadcast across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>This was the debut of AT&amp;T&#8217;s new route of long lines and state-of-the-art microwave technology, with the microwave transmission covering about a quarter of the route west of Denver. The historic broadcast was picked up by 87 stations in 47 cities on all 4 TV networks. (ABC, CBS, Dumont, NBC).<\/p>\n<p>Part of the speech can be seen here.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Truman makes first coast to coast TV broadcast\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VYNv8nphW5o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is was the configuration of the new coast-to-coast AT&amp;T broadcast net for television. There was a total of 109 operating TV stations serving 64 markets. There were 40 one station markets, 10 two station markets 10 three station markets, and 4 four station markets. At the time, only 63 cities were connected to the AT&amp;T net to receive live television broadcasts. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/189359747768249\/photos\/a.197108410326716.39183.189359747768249\/1077161642321384\/?type=3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp_automatic_fb_img\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/September-4-1951...Americas-First-Coast-To-Coast-TV-Broadcast-65-years-ago-to.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/189359747768249\/posts\/1077161642321384\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 4, 1951&#8230;America&#8217;s First Coast To Coast TV Broadcast 65 years ago today, the first live transcontinental television signals were transmitted from San Francisco to New York, as President Harry S. Truman&#8217;s opening speech before the Japanese Peace Conference was broadcast across the nation. 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