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30
Nov
FIRST USE OF VIDEOTAPE ON THIS DATE IN 1956
The first commercial use of Videotape in Television was
with the Ampex VRX-1000 video recorder, shown above.
The broadcast was Douglas Edwards with The News on
CBS. It was a telecast from New York to the Television
City studios of CBS in Hollywood.
Douglas Edwards, on the right, in the CBS- Newsroom.
23
Nov
THE FIRST “JUKEBOX” ON THIS DATE IN 1889
The first Jukebox, originally called the “nickel-in-the-slot player”,
made it’s debut at The Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco. It
was constructed by The Pacific Phonograph company. Patrons
listened to the music through individual stethoscope-like tubes
attached to an Edison electric phonograph which was fitted
inside a wood cabinet.
made it’s debut at The Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco. It
was constructed by The Pacific Phonograph company. Patrons
listened to the music through individual stethoscope-like tubes
attached to an Edison electric phonograph which was fitted
inside a wood cabinet.
The Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco
21
Nov
IT WAS EDISON’S SOUND INVENTION!
The Phonograph, a device for both recording and replaying
sound, invented by Thomas A. Edison was introduced on
this date in 1877.
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