AWARDS CEREMONY ON TV ~ FIRST TIME ON THIS DATE IN 1953

NBC tv titlel card

bob hope hosting awards

The 25th annual Academy Awards show was first televised on NBC which continued to cover the event until 1960 when the ABC Network took over, televising the festivities through 1970, after which NBC resumed the broadcasts. ABC once again took over broadcast duties in 1976; it is under contract to do so through the year 2020. Bob
Hope is shown above hosting the first televised ceremony.

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