1931 in television
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This is a list of television-related events in 1931.
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Events
- May 1 - The first wedding is broadcast on television, on New York City's W2XCR.
- July 21 - CBS's station W2XAB began broadcasting 28 hours a week in New York City. [1]
- October 30 - NBC installs a television transmitter on top of the Empire State Building.
- November 1 - Television images are transmitted from JOAK radio station in Tokyo, Japan by Professors Kenjiro Takayagani and Tomomasa Nakashima. The images comprise 80 lines at 20 frames per second.
- December 22 - NBC begins broadcasting experimental test transmissions from the Empire State Building transmitter.
- December 23 - Don Lee Broadcasting signs on W6XAO (later KTSL) from Los Angeles with low-definition electromechanical television, broadcasting one hour of film footage, six days per week.
- Canada's first television station, VE9EC, begins broadcasting in Montreal, Quebec.
Debuts
- The Television Ghost premieres on the experimental W2XAB (1931-1933).
Births
- January 17 - James Earl Jones, actor
- March 22 - William Shatner, actor
- September 21 - Larry Hagman, actor
