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See also: 1928 in television, other events of 1929, 1930 in television and the list of 'years in television'.

Table of contents 1 Events 2 Hit Television Shows 3 Other Popular Television Shows 4 Births 5 Deaths

Events

• June 27 - The first public demonstration of a mechanical color television, by H. E. Ives[?] and his colleagues at Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York City. The first images are of a bouquet of roses and an American flag. The images are transmitted between New York and Washington, DC.
• September 30 - The BBC and John Logie Baird begin daily experimental broadcasting of 30-line television transmissions using the BBC’s 2LO transmitter.
• Milton Berle appears in an experimental television broadcast in the US.

Hit Television Shows

Other Popular Television Shows

Births

Deaths