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Broadcasting facts

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  • The first radio broadcast ___ (transmit) by KDKA in the USA in 1920.
    was transmitted
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  • The first soap opera, The Smith Family, ___ (broadcast) on the radio in 1925.
    was broadcast
  •  15
  • In 1928, a television image ___ (send) from England to the USA for the first time.
    was sent
  •  10
  • In 1928, the first television set ___ (sell).
    was sold
  •  25
  • In 1936, the first BBC TV programmes ____ (make) in the UK.
    was made
  •  5
  • Colour TV sets ___ (demonstrate) by CBS in the UK in 1940.
    were demonstrated
  •  20
  • Baseball games ____ (televise) for the first time in 1947.
    were televised
  •  25
  • More money ___ (earn) by TV broadcasters than by radio broadcasters in 1954.
    was earned
  •  5
  • Colour TV sets ____ (buy) by families across the USA in 1964.
    were bought
  •  10
  • The final episode of the comedy series M*A*S*H ___ (watch) by more than 125 million viewers in 1983.
    was watched
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  • The first episode of The Simpsons ___ (show) on Fox in 1990.
    was shown
  •  10