that radio patents should be under American patent when he learned that the British Marconi Company was about to buy-out part of General Electric. So when Roosevelt intervened General Electric not only purchased American Marconi, but also took control of the organization of the American radio control in October of 1919. They were later also merged with Westinghouse out of convenience and thus RCA was created. (MZTV Online 1)RCA’s revenues came over $50 million just six years later. One of RCA’s manufacturers, Westinghouse, was the first to get a commercial broadcasting license and was on the air just a few short days later. RCA itself was on the air just a few months later thanks to General Manager David Sarnoff. It was Sarnoff who had the idea for a nationwide network, and in 1926, RCA bought WEAF in New York, which was designated as the anchor station for NBC. (RCA Online 5)Although mechanical systems had demonstrated crude pictures, the television was not created until the engineer and inventor Vladimir Zwarykin cut a deal to work with RCA to create it in 1929.(RCA Online 7) It was not finished until ten years, tons of research and patents, and many millions of dollars later in 1939. The television was presented that year at the World’s Fair in New York City. It was then that Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first president aired on TV. (MZTV Online 1)Even though RCA was the first to introduce the television, the color TV was introduced by CBS. They did, however, win the color TV standards race. Color TV broadcasts began within a few weeks of the color television. In fact, the Rose Bowl parade was shown in color even though not many people had color receptors.*(RCA Online 9) America’s historic space exploration visions were brought to the United States by RCA. It was that same space technology that helped RCA in 1970 with the “solid-state” color TV’s. The next year David Sarnoff, the RCA le...
