Timeline of Bensonian television

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Main article: Television in Bensonia

1940s[edit | edit source]

1950s[edit | edit source]

  • September 18, 1950: Inca Television makes its first broadcast on channel 3 in Grand Rapids.
  • January 20, 1951: Inca Television's second station, channel 6 in Galveston, debuts.
  • December 21, 1951: Inca broadcasts Bensonia's first televised soap, Your Life Belongs to Me, two nights a week until February 1, 1952.
  • April 10, 1952: Your Esso Reporter is shown on Inca, it was the first sponsored television program in the country.
  • September 1952: The government concedes two licenses for channels 5 and 7 in Grand Rapids and one license for channel 13 in Galveston.
  • September 27, 1953: Burton Television begins broadcasting on channel 7 in Grand Rapids.
  • February 1954: First broadcast of the Sentry Broadcasting Corporation on channel 7 in Grand Rapids.
  • July 15, 1955: GTV-13 debuts in Galveston. It soon signed a deal with Burton to form the United Broadcasters and to build a microwave link between the two.
  • September 8, 1955: Punku Television begins broadcasting on channel 4 in Solway. Like the two Inca stations, it was owned by the Associated Newspapers.
  • July 1957: The Sentry Broadcasting Corporation issues a license to the government to broadcast on channel 4 in Grand Rapids.
  • August 1957: The microwave link is completed by the United Broadcasters.
  • December 20, 1959: Southern Television begins broadcasting on channel 5.

1960s[edit | edit source]

  • April 21, 1960: Bensonland, the new federal capital, is founded and three television stations were awarded, om channels 3, 6 and 8.
  • May 1960: A violent fire destroys the headquarters of Burton Television, as a consequence it had to use GTV-13's link for basic sustenance.
  • June 1960: Saint Helen Radio Club conducts test transmissions. It was initially intended to be the first station to co on air.
  • June 1960: Daily Television begins broadcasting on channel 2.
  • August 1960: Inca Television in Grand Rapids moves to channel 4 in order to avoid interferences with the upcoming channel 2, Culture Television. The move had been planned for years.
  • September 18, 1960: Tenth anniversary of Inca Television and founding date of Supreme Television. As Inca's "gift to the newborn channel", the network's president informally said "break a leg" as if it were a play. Supreme broadcast on channel 9.
  • September 20, 1960: Culture Television begins broadcasting on channel 2.
  • October 29, 1960: Warang Television begins broadcasting on channel 12.
  • March 13, 1962: Solway Television begins broadcasting as an affiliate of the United Broadcasters and Supreme Television.
  • May 5, 1963: First broadcast of the Sangster Saints Show on SBC channel 7.
  • September 1, 1963: Supreme Television's Galveston station begins broadcasting for real, it also brought a promising future for the network, because, with there being two stations, Supreme had the resources to become national.
  • December 7, 1964: A unique aiance between Inca Television's Grand Rapids station and GTV-13 leads to the debut of an adaptation of The Right to be Born, a co-production between the two. The Galveston station suffered an economic crisis.

1970s[edit | edit source]

1980s[edit | edit source]

  • August 1981: The signing of Sangster Saints' TV license for channel 4 in Grand Rapids, PRNT-TV, with the president of the time John Fisher, marks the beginning of the National Television System's operations.

1990s[edit | edit source]

2000s[edit | edit source]

  • December 2, 2007: Digital terrestrial signals are switched on, the Federal Broadcasting Corporation acquires the former BETV and becomes TV Bensonia.

2010s[edit | edit source]

2020s[edit | edit source]