The "Telstar" communications satellite (above) sent the first live 
television broadcast to Europe.     

The first public images beamed from New York to the Goonhilly Satellite
Earth Station in Cornwall (above) on July 23 should have been of President
John F Kennedy, but because of a delay in the United States viewers were
first treated to footage of a baseball game which was being shown on US
television.

The satellite was used for several television demonstrations before going
out of service on February 21 the following year.

Control staff at the British Goonhilly Earth Station
in Cornwall.

Popular Mechanics is a magazine of popular technology. First published by
H. H. Windsor, it has been owned since 1958 by the Hearst Corporation. The
magazine features regular sections on automotive, home, outdoors, science,
and technology topics. In 2013, the US edition changed from twelve to ten
issues per year. There are nine international editions of the magazine.

December 2015/January 2016 issue.

Camille Bohannon

Neil Percival Young is celebrating his 70th birthday today.

Neil Young was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice: once for his
solo career and another time as a member of Buffalo Springfield.

The technology magazine ‘’Popular Mechanics” has been owned since
1958 by the Hearst Corporation. There are nine international editions.

Popular Mechanics, January 2015 issue.

The Edsel Show is an hour-long television special broadcast live on CBS to
promote Ford Motor Company‘s new Edsel cars. It was a milestone in Bing
Crosby‘s career, and was notable as the first CBS entertainment program
to be recorded on videotape, for rebroadcasting in the western part of the
country after the show was performed live for the east.

The oldest known Quad Videotape of The Edsel Show, recorded at
CBS Television City in Hollywood.

       
         The Ampex VTR machine