The FIRST Program Guide - Issued June 30 to July 5th, 1941. The first two TV stations licensed for commercial broadcasting were New Yorks WNBT (which later became WNBC) and WCBW. They were both licensed on July 1, 1941. Earlier broadcasting was considered 'experimental'.
Definition of gage. 1  1 : a token of defiance; specifically : a glove or cap cast on the ground to be taken up by an opponent as a pledge of combat. 2  2 : something deposited as a pledge of performance.
Difference Between Gage and Gauge. Gauge is a word that is used both as a noun as well as a verb as it refers to a scale of measurement and the act of measuring the quality or quantity of something. There is another spelling for the gauge, and that is without the U in the word.