tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post1263537662893969472..comments2024-03-27T13:22:37.478-07:00Comments on The Glass Character: 1948: Television's YearMargaret Gunninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-27372908047913936382020-11-15T18:39:21.092-08:002020-11-15T18:39:21.092-08:00Thanks for the comments! Most informative. One of ...Thanks for the comments! Most informative. One of my first memories is of Ernie Kovacs pulling faces to make it look as if the TV was on the blink. Margaret Gunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-38845175525923518412020-11-15T11:42:47.076-08:002020-11-15T11:42:47.076-08:00In 1947 you were crazy to own a tv, or even to be ...In 1947 you were crazy to own a tv, or even to be seriously interested in tv. The average person only saw them in big city bars, when sporting events were on. <br /><br />In 1948, several things happened at once, each making the others possible. The FCC granted a new spate of tv station licenses...network hookups became feasible...popular priced sets hit the market...and advertisers began to clamor for programming, as they had done with radio. <br /><br />Tv was now a medium, but not quite a mass market. The network lines didn't make it to Chicago till early 1949, and it would be '51 before California was reached. Meanwhile, sets sold like hotcakes. By 1952 more ad dollars were being spent on tv than on radio. pwlsaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15301642133484044429noreply@blogger.com