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In early times, the printed press was used to present the news to local populations. There were many colonies that had printers and newspapers, but the high literacy rates and desires for a self government ultimately made Boston the perfect place for the creation of newspapers, making the first continuous press starting this year. -
With manufacturing being advanced with new machines, it helped make the production of newspapers a lot faster and a lot less expensive. A few presses mass produced papers by using technology such as the Linotype.
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The New York Times would be purchased by Adolph Ochs. He had a goal of creating more dignified newspapers that would tell important news to anyone reading about politics, the economy, and the world itself instead of comics that were shown previously. -
The NBC and the CBS would start broadcasting news programs and dramas through radios. These would enjoyed by not only those In cities, but those in rural communities too. -
Edward R. Murrow would make the move to television with his news show, See It Now. This would end up giving television journalism Its foothold and cause programming to expand with more and more channels being added. -
During the presidential election of this year, it featured the first ever televised presidential debate. It was seen by many people around the US since most households had a television by that time. With what viewers had seen on the televised debate, it showed that television had the potential to make or break a candidate for viewers. -
Computer programmer Ray Tomlinson would send the first email message by using two computers on the ARPANET, which also introduced the use of the ‘@‘ symbol in email addresses. -
On this day, Martin Cooper of Motorola would present the first handheld phone, using it to make the first public call as well. -
A campaign for FCC approval of Satellite radio would begin, the idea of it being to broadcast digital programming from satellites in orbit so local towers wouldn’t be needed any longer. -
After over a decade of the FCC approval campaign beginning, two Satellite stations would be approved for broadcasting. These would increase programming with specialized offerings, including channels that are dedicated to political points of view.