All of the Following Statements Regarding Early Television Are True

question 24

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements regarding early television are true EXCEPT that

• A) in the 1920s there were experiments in broadcasting pictures and sound.
• B) in 1946 there were 17,000 television sets in the United States.
• C) the federal government largely kept big business sponsorship out of television advertising.
• D) all three major television networks had started as radio companies.
• E) television quickly became the most powerful medium of mass communication in history.

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