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What goes on behind the scenes at a television studio is just as important as what happens in front of the camera. This engineer is responsible for getting the show on the air and out to the viewing audience.
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What goes on behind the scenes at a television studio is just as important as what happens in front of the camera. This engineer is responsible for getting the show on the air and out to the viewing audience. Television Comes to America, 1947-57 James L. Baughman University of Wisconsin, Madison When television finally came to America in the late 1940s, few could disguise their fascination with what some dubbed "the home screen." Many saw their first telecasts in bars, which won or retained customers by installing sets, often tuned to an early filler of the schedule, professional wrestling. In department store appliance departments and store windows, people stared at television sets and asked about prices and installation costs. Many entrepreneurs temporarily entered TV set retailing. In some localities, sets could be bought at beauty parlors, gas stations, and dry cleaners. Television sales took off in the late 1940s following the start of individual stations in the...
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