Philadelphia Television

by Bill Shull

Book Overview

The history of Philadelphia television is the history of television in America. Philo Farnsworth, credited with inventing television, performed some of his earliest experiments at the Franklin Institute and at 1230 Mermaid Lane. Those experiments led to the city's first television station, W3XE. Channel 3 was also the first local station in the country to broadcast in color. WCAU-TV Channel 10 constructed the first building in the world designed specifically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467122769
• ISBN13: 9781467122764
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.1"