The Blue Network dates to 1923, when the Radio Corporation of America acquired WJZ in Newark, New Jersey, from Westinghouse, … See more

Cooperation with the Red Network
The Red and Blue Networks shared a common pool of engineers and facilities, and would on … See more

Initial moves by the FCC
During the 1930s, accusations were leveled at both NBC and CBS, in part by their rival Mutual, that the two senior network systems engaged in a series of anticompetitive activities, by locking up talent through in … See more

As noted above, during the 1930s and 1940s, the Blue Network was divided into groups of stations. The core group of stations was known … See more

RCA (as well as its consortium partners General Electric and Westinghouse) received a break in 1926, when AT&T made a corporate … See more

In the April 21, 1947, issue of Time, Mark Woods called the Blue Network of 1942 (that is, just before the sale) "a dump." The article describes … See more

By June 1945, commercial television in the United States had been frozen, owing to the lower level of priorities given to it as compared to war … See more