NBC's historic firsts:
• First Major Radio Network (November 1926)
• First Televised Breaking News Event (November 1938)
• First Televised Presidential Event (April 1939)
• First Commercial TV Advertisement (July 1941)
• First Longest-Running TV Program (November 1947)
• First Morning News Broadcast (January 1952)
• First Color TV Broadcast (January 1954)
• First Late-Night Broadcast (September 1954)
• First Full-Hour Color Western (September 1959)
• First Made-For-TV Movie (October 1964)
• First Soap Opera in Color (November 1965)
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