KXGN TV Channel 5 Begins Broadcasting (1957) | Launches and Openings | Nov 1, 1957
KXGN TV Channel 5 in Glendive, Montana (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting.
Richard Pryor (1975) | Firsts | Dec 13, 1975
First time NBC TV’s Saturday Night Live uses a time delay, when comedian Richard Pryor hosts.
NBC Television, RCA (1937) | Firsts | Dec 12, 1937
NBC & RCA send the first mobile-TV vans onto the streets of New York City for news gathering duties.
NBC Television (1948) | Firsts | Dec 10, 1948
WMC TV channel 5 in Memphis, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting.
NBC Television (1949) | Firsts | Dec 11, 1949
WOAI (now KMOL) TV channel 4 in San Antonio, Texas (NBC) airs its first broadcast.
Phrase "Grand Ole Opry" Heard First Time On-Air (1927) | Milestones | Dec 10, 1927
The phrase “Grand Ole Opry” is used for the first time on-air. At the time, the NBC Red Network’s Music Appreciation Hour, a program with classical music and selections from grand opera, was followed by George D. Hay’s Barn Dance. That evening, as he was introducing the show and DeFord Bailey, his first guest, George ….