1931 in television

Events

April 6 - Little Orphan Annie debuts television (Blue Network of NBC).
May 1 - The first wedding is broadcast on television, on New York City's W2XCR.
July 21 - CBS's New York station begins broadcasting the first regular seven days a week television schedule in the U.S. The first broadcast included Mayor James J. Walker, Kate Smith, and George Gershwin.
October 30 - NBC installs a television transmitter on top of the Empire State Building
November 1 - Television images are transmitted from JOAK radio station in Tokyo, Japan by Professors Kenjiro Takayagani and Tomomasa Nakashima. The images comprise 80 lines at 20 frames per second.
December 22 - NBC begins broadcasting from the Empire State Building transmitter
Canada's first television station, VE9EC, begins broadcasting in Montreal, Quebec