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Sunday 30 June 2024
On This Day July 1
Commercial television was authorized by the FCC on July 1, 1941 and NBC television begun commercial operation by its affiliate WNBT New York using channel 1 the same day. The world's first legal television commercial advertisement, for Bulova watches, was aired at 2:29 PM on July 1, 1941 before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.
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