Benjamin Franklin Is the Man of the Moment

As a letter to Franklin from George Washington goes up for auction, the author and inventor also figures in New York Lottery ...

The BBC once made the arts ‘utterly central’ to television – 100 years later they’re almost invisible

After British television was established in 1926, it went on to foster a productively rich relationship with the arts, but coverage has seriously declined this century.
American Institute of Physics

100 Years of Physics and Television

We hope you enjoyed this look back at the last 100 years of television in science. From the early days of physicists ...

100 Years Ago Today, an Entrepreneur Revealed His Wacky Invention—and Changed the World

John Logie Baird took his Televisor out of stealth on January 26, 1926. But the demonstration faced some serious skepticism.

University rebuilds John Logie Baird's first TV set

Exactly one century on, a team at Bournemouth University is recreating the first receiver.
Hackaday

One Hundred Years Of Telly

Today marks an auspicious anniversary which might have passed us by had it not been for [Diamond Geezer], who reminds us that ...

A century ago, John Logie Baird achieved a landmark moment in television history. The viewers weren’t convinced

In Soho, London, 100 years ago, John Logie Baird’s mechanical television system broadcast recognisable human faces for the ...
LateNighter

The Case for a Late-Night TV Hall of Fame—and Its First Class

That is, the new additions to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame were announced this week, with a pair of slugging center ...
Associated Press

Corporation for Public Broadcasting votes itself out of existence

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An entrance to the Arizona PBS offices in the ...