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.
Gage Height-the height of the water surface above the gage datum (zero point). Gage height is often used interchangeably with the more general term, stage, although gage height is more appropriate when used with a gage reading. Cubic Feet Per Second (cfs) - a rate of the flow, in streams and rivers, for example.It is equal to a volume of water one foot high and one foot wide flowing a distance of one foot in one second. One cfs is equal to 7.48 gallons of water flowing each second.For example, if your car's gas tank is 2 feet by 1 foot by 1 foot (2 cubic feet), then gas flowing at a rate of 1 cubic foot/second would fill the tank in two seconds.age Height-the height of the water surface above the gage datum (zero point). Gage height is often used interchangeably with the more general term, stage, although gage height is more appropriate when used with a gage reading. Cubic Feet Per Second (cfs) - a rate of the flow, in streams and rivers, for example.