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Television related events in the USA during 1951
This is a list of American television -related events in 1951.
Date
Event
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March 22
RCA introduces an eight-pound (3.6 kg) monochrome television camera with a 53-pound (24 kg) backpack transmitter, both operated by batteries. It is the first portable television camera.
May 28
The Federal Communications Commission 's approval of the Columbia Broadcasting System's color television system is upheld by the United States Supreme Court .
June 25
CBS presents its first commercial color telecast, featuring Arthur Godfrey , Ed Sullivan , and Faye Emerson .
August 11
A double-header between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves becomes the first baseball game to be televised in color.
September 4
The first live transcontinental television broadcast occurs in San Francisco, California from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference .
September 29
CBS presents the first American football game to be presented in color , a college game between the University of California Bears and the University of Pennsylvania Quakers , taking place in Philadelphia
NBC broadcasts the first live sporting event coast-to-coast, in all time zones. It was a college football game between the Duke University Blue Devils and the University of Pittsburgh Panthers .
October 3
The first-ever color telecast of a World Series baseball game.
October 20
CBS debuts its trademark eye logo .
November 11
Bing Crosby Enterprises demonstrates black-and-white video recording through using a modified Ampex tape recorder.
December 6
The National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters (NARTB) establishes the Television Code , a set of ethical standards for television broadcasting in the public interest. It would be abolished in January 1983.
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December 23
The 1951 NFL Championship Game becomes the first professional football game ever to be telecast on a live, coast-to-coast basis on the DuMont Television Network . DuMont purchased the rights to broadcast the championship game for the next five years. The game resulted in the Los Angeles Rams winning their second pre-Super Bowl era NFL championship by defeating the Cleveland Browns , 24-17.
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