At first, we called it “radio movies.”
Variety has covered every aspect of the television business since the first flickers of the powerful medium emerged out of radio infrastructure in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The first use of the word “television” came in our Jan. 12, 1927, edition.
As we explained back then, “Television is a process of making possible the viewing of a broadcasting artist in one’s own home no matter how far away the broadcasting station may be.” Even in this moment of radical, AI-fueled transformation, it’s still worth pausing to celebrate the miracle that
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