Today in History - 1946

A coin-operated television receiver was displayed in New York City. To sneak a peak at various test patterns and a model of Felix the Cat, folks dropped in a quarter. Why Felix? Well, back in 1929, RCA transmitted its first experimental television by station W2XBS (New York-Channel #1). A 13" Felix the Cat figure made of paper mache was placed on a record player turntable and was broadcast using a mechanical scanning disk to an electronic kinescope receiver. The image received was only 2 inches tall, and the broadcasts lasted about 2 hours per day.
[And they say Reality TV is unimaginative!]