Television and Radio History

Newsreel that played in movie theaters.

• In 1929, Paul Galvin invented the first car radio. Consumers couldn't purchase radios from carmakers, that had to buy them separately. Galvin coined the name Motorola for the company's new products combining the idea of motion and radio. 
• In the 1950s, people relied on Movietone News to view an event. These news segments played before every movie.
• In 1954, the now Carmel News Caravan broadcast the first network news show in color, though this did not become a regular thing until 1965.
• In June of 1956, the practical television remote controller first entered the American home.
  
• Sirius XM Radio, Inc. was formed on July 29, 2008. It provides pay-for-service radio and includes 73 different music channels, 39 news, sports, talk and entertainment channels, 21 regional traffic and weather channels and 23 play-by-play sports channels.