July 1, 1941, was a seminal day in showbiz history, marking the launch of commercial television in the U.S. on New York’s WNBT-TV (better known today as WNBC) and WCBW-TV (aka WCBS). The July 1 date ...

Today, WNBC celebrates 75 years on the air as the nation's first commercial TV station. Take a look back through the station's history with the interactive timeline below.

As we march towards Super Bowl LI and the NFL’s annual showcase for multi-million dollar TV commercial placements, it’s worth recalling, on this Tuesday, another Tuesday many decades hence. The one ...

85 years ago today, television changed forever, and almost nobody watching noticed. It happened at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, moments before the Dodgers took on the Philadelphia Phillies, when NBC's ...