Radiolympia

Radiolympia , also known as the Radio Show , was a pioneering exhibition of radio equipment, latterly television equipment, held annually at Olympia in London, England, in the 1920s to 1940s, ^[1]^[2] except for a period of interruption during World War II . ^[3]

The first such exhibition was held in 1926. ^[1]

On 26 August 1936, the first high-definition standard (Baird 240 lines) television transmission was made in a test by the BBC to the exhibition from the BBC's studios in Alexander Palace. ^[4]^[5]^[6] The day after, the Marconi-EMI ( 405 lines ) system was used.

The record attendance was 238,000 in 1934. ^[1]

References [ edit ]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Radiolympia in the 1930s" . ORBEM . Retrieved 26 December 2018 .
^ " "Radiolympia" " . Nature . 164 (4172): 652. 15 October 1949. Bibcode : 1949Natur.164..652. . doi : 10.1038/164652a0 .
^ "Sets at 1938 Radiolympia" . RadioCraft . Retrieved 26 December 2018 .
^ "Television Begins" . www.bbc.co.uk . 2 November 2016 . Retrieved 9 November 2020 .
^ "History of the BBC: The First Television Era" . Television Heaven . Retrieved 26 December 2018 .
^ "TV as we know it - History of the BBC" . BBC . Retrieved 23 November 2016 .

External links [ edit ]

1947 exhibition opening on YouTube

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[ORBEM-1] "Radiolympia in the 1930s" . ORBEM . Retrieved 26 December 2018 .

[Nature-4172-2] " "Radiolympia" " . Nature . 164 (4172): 652. 15 October 1949. Bibcode : 1949Natur.164..652. . doi : 10.1038/164652a0 .

[radiocraft-3] "Sets at 1938 Radiolympia" . RadioCraft . Retrieved 26 December 2018 .

[4] "Television Begins" . www.bbc.co.uk . 2 November 2016 . Retrieved 9 November 2020 .

[TH-5] "History of the BBC: The First Television Era" . Television Heaven . Retrieved 26 December 2018 .

[6] "TV as we know it - History of the BBC" . BBC . Retrieved 23 November 2016 .

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