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.
umbrella. n. 1. a portable device used for protection against rain, snow, etc, and consisting of a light canopy supported on a collapsible metal frame mounted on a central rod. 2. (Zoology) the flattened cone-shaped contractile body of a jellyfish or other medusa.mbrella. 1  umbrella-Etymologically, it is a little shadow.. 2  parapluie-A French word for umbrella, derived from Latin pluvia, rain.. 3  bumbershoot-Another word for umbrella, formed by combining an alteration of the word umbrella and an alteration of the word parachute.