Im writing a paper on how commercials transformed over the years and how some have nothing to do with the item they are advertising. Does anyone know what the absolute first commerical was for and if I could view it anywhere?
2006-12-05 16:26:40 · 8 answers · asked by newyorktocountry 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
G'day Newyorktocountry,
Thank you for your question.
The first TV commercial was on 1 July 1941 for the Bulova Watch Company during a broadcast of a baseball match between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies shown on WNBT (now WNBC). Bulova paid $9 for an ad that simply showed a Bulova watch over a map of the U.S., with a voiceover of the company's slogan "America runs on Bulova time!"
I have attached sources for your reference.
Seasons regards
2006-12-05 16:36:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
According to Wikipedia it was at 2:29pm on July 1 1941. It was an ad for Bulova watches on the NYC NBC affiliate WNBT, now known as WNBC. The cost ... a whopping $9.
2006-12-05 16:37:05 · answer #2 · answered by b_plenge 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first commercial news bulletin followed in 1955, with the advent of commercial television.
The first regional TV bulletin was aired in 1957 and viewers saw the first female news reader - Nan Winton, in 1960.
BBC TV's Nine O'Clock News was launched with Robert Dougall on September 14, 1970 and continued for 30 years until it was moved to the 10pm slot in 2000.
Read a potted history of BBC TV news
Presenters have included Angela Rippon, John Humphrys and John Simpson.
In 1983, Breakfast Time became Britain's first early-morning TV news programme, presented by Frank Bough and Selina Scott.
Now called Breakfast, the programme is presented by Dermot Murnaghan and Natasha Kaplinsky.
BBC1's Six O'Clock News first appeared in September 1984 and the One O' Clock News in 1986.
The BBC is now the largest broadcast news organisation in the world, with more than 2,000 journalists.
Outlets include BBC World, BBC News Online and digital channel BBC News 24, which has been running since 1997.
BBC Director of News Richard Sambrook said: "We must build on our fantastic heritage.
"BBC television news needs to report the stories that matter and explain them in a way people can make sense of."
And he stressed the importance of helping people to "make sense of the ever-changing world they live in" by disseminating news accurately, impartially and quickly.
i hope i could help =]
2006-12-05 16:32:23 · answer #3 · answered by ♥!BabyDoLL!♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All I know it the first video on MTV was ironically
Video Killed The Radio Star by the Buggles.
May seem like a useless, quirky fact, but you may use the fact as a transition or as an opening point...or as a joke.
2006-12-05 16:32:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boliva clocks
2006-12-05 16:29:23 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. Right 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'll wonder where the yellow went, when you brush your teeth
with pepsodent!
2006-12-05 22:15:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
google it dude
2006-12-05 16:28:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-12-05 16:27:50 · answer #8 · answered by john 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋