Trivia: What aired on the first TV broadcast at the New York World’s Fair in 1939?
Disney float parade
Speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hot dog eating contest
Ribbon cutting ceremony
The correct answer is Speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt
So why is this answer correct? : On April 30, 1939, the New York’s World Fair opened with a speech by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, broadcast live by NBC from the RCA pavilion. The speech was transmitted from mobile camera trucks to the main transmitter on top of the Empire State Building. The broadcast was only shown inside the fairgrounds, but later that year, NBC began a regular slate of live programming.