More than a quarter of a century after it had been introduced to the rest of the Western world—and against the will of the apartheid government, South Africa had its first television broadcast on this day in 1976. Initially programming was limited to the time slot from 19:00 to midnight with half the airings in English and the other half in in Afrikaners. The first programmes were a re-broadcast of the acclaimed British documentary miniseries The World at War and an episode of The Bob Newhart Show.
synchronoptica
one year ago: The Wiz (with synchronopticรฆ), assorted links to revisit, Galileo’s coded astronomic observations plus Ron’s Place preserved
twelve years ago: a treasury of vintage marketing plus a trip to Idstein
thirteen years ago: OMG! from 1917
fourteen years ago: colony collapse syndrome
fifteen years ago: augury and the economy
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