Josh Clark

There was a day that this happened.

It was April 30th, 1939 in Flushing, New York on Long Island.

And if you are familiar with that date in that area, you may know that this was the 1939 World's Fair.

And this is where TV got its start, where it was really kind of unveiled to the public at large.

That's right.

Not the 1940 World's Fair, HowStuffWorks.com, because there was not one.

No.

Yeah.

So, you know, TV had been around for a bit, but it wasn't super widespread at this point.

I feel like we talked about this a lot lately for some reason.

Yes.

Stuff is just really clicking these days.

I'm not sure why.

It really is.

But they had broadcast limitations.

They could only broadcast, you know, for a limited number of miles, like out a limited number of miles.

But by the time that World's Fair came along, they were like, hey, this is a chance to make a really big splash.

The RCA Corporation, the Radio Corporation of America, which also then led the way in TVs, they were putting out some pretty good televisions at the point.

But they were luxury items.

And again, they didn't have like the most regular broadcasting going on, but they knew that this World's Fair was a chance to make a super big splash.