US Television Stations by State

Television Broadcasting Stations and Media

The 'first' generation of television sets' display (TV screen) had a small motor with a spinning disc and a neon lamp, working together to give a blurry reddish-orange picture about half the size of a baseball card.
Between 1935-1941, the 'electronic' television became operational with several countries began experimentally broadcasting with limited numbers of TV-sets. World War-II halted nearly all television broadcasting worldwide. With the rebirth of the television after World War-II , families had accumulated savings during the war years, and were eager to purchase homes, cars and other luxuries denied them during the war, and television sets were added to the 'must have' list. The explosion of TV sets into the American marketplace occurred during 1948-1949. The post-war sales boom for England followed a few years later. During the period 1950-1959 in the USA, the black and white television exploded onto the market at the beginning of the decade; mid-decade saw electronic color television and remote controls; and at the end of the decade some there were interesting styling changes and the introduction of transistorized television.

A television network Television Station (US) is an broadcasting entity that provides programs to individual television stations, which are only licensed to broadcast in a specific area. Each network can hold a few stations it owns and operates, usually in the big markets.