Today in 1953, the first color television sets went on sale, for about one-thousand-175-dollars. Here are some other facts about television.
FACT: Use of television sets in the United States and other countries surged following World War II.
FACT: The Federal Communications Commission or "FCC" regulates television broadcasting in the United States.
FACT: Regis Philbin holds the record for the most hours logged on TV. As of 2008, the 79-year-old had spend over 16-thousand hours of his life on the airwaves.
FACT: In recent years, the television set has had multiple uses in the family home. These days, sets come with inputs for video game consoles, video players, headphones and more.
