Not Done With Color TV Yet

Hi again!

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Anyway, we'll try and continue where I left off. Because color TV was so expensive, only 3.1 percent of households in the United States had one as late as 1964. However, NBC announced that their prime time schedule for fall of 1965 would be almost entirely in color and this started the speed up of color programs. By the 1966-67 broadcast season all three networks, NBC, ABC, CBS had full color prime time schedules but the number of color TV's sold didn't out sell black and white until 1972. That was only 36 years ago, which sounds like a long time, but really isn't. That year more than 50% of people that had TV sets had a color set.

Believe it or not Cuba became the second country in the world to introduce color TV broadcasting in 1958. These broadcasts ended in 1959 during the Cuban Revolution and they didn't get it again until 1975.

For more detailed information check out http://en.wikipedia.org for the history of TV.

Color broadcasts in Mexico were authorized in 1963, Canada's started in 1966, Europe seemed to have some technical difficulties and ended up with a system used through most of Western Europe called PAL. The first broadcasts started in July 1967. Italy adopted the PAL system in 1977. Color broadcasts were introduced throughout the rest of the world at different intervals from 1959 on. Some countries continued to have only black and white until the 1980's until they changed over to color.

My grandpa passed away in 1974 and they still had a black and white TV, but boy did he enjoy it. Especially variety shows and Base Ball. He was a huge fan, and for many of us, depending on what our spouses favorite sport is also become fans (of a sort), or become sports widows while our man (or woman) glues themselves to the TV to watch. I know right now the Sacramento Kings are dominating some of my favorite channels and pre-empting some of my shows. Sports has become BIG business for the all of the networks.

A lot of commercials lately have been using black and white and then throwing in a little bit of color to really get your attention. It is all pretty cool, and color TV has grown and evolved and we will continue in the journey of TV and see where it has webbed out, next time.

I am trying really hard to not let you go too long without something new to read and learn and hopefully enjoy.

Later Gater!