2019 Early Television Convention

Early Television Museum

The 2019 Convention was held May 3-5 at the Early Television Museum in Hilliard.

Thanks to all our volunteers and presenters. Without you the convention would not be possible.

See you next year.

Here is a summary of the convention:

Attendance: 130 (120 in 2018)

Saturday Dinner: 65 (65 in 2018)

Auction Sales $3,970 ($21,556 in 2018)

Donations $2,737 ( $4,658 in 2018)

Net income to ETF $5,983 ($18,157 in 2018)

Here is information on the 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 Conventions.

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Meet other collectors at the museum. Demonstration of sets in the Museum's collection. Food, beer and wine will be available for purchase.

7:30 am – 8:00 am

Swap Meet setup

8:00 am – 11:00 am

Registration and Swap Meet

9:00 am - 12:00 noon

Live Auction

12:00 noon – 12:30 pm

Buffet Lunch

12:30 pm - 2:15 pm

Presentations

	Visions from the West: History of Early Television in St. Louis	John Coleman
	Reverse Engineering the mysterious REM Cathode Recovery Unit and CRT Tester	Matt D'Asaro
	CBS Television City Tour (1953), a film produced by : Edward R Murrow and Fred W Friendly	Ralph Sargent

2:15 pm – 2:30 pm

Break

2:30 pm – 4:15 pm

Presentations

	Television Coverage of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II	Richard Wirth
	Charles Francis Jenkins: A Closer Look at His Life and Contribution to Early Television	Carl Dole
	Celebrating Television's Longest Remote: The July 1969 Apollo 11 Broadcast From the Moon	James O'Neal

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Presentation of an unopened Motorola EVR to the museum by Olin Shuler.

5:30 pm

Deadline for purchasing CT-100 drawing tickets

6:00 pm

CT-100 Drawing

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Browse the museum’s collection, talk to fellow collectors

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Dinner

9:00 am – 5:00 pm	Browse the museum’s collection, talk to fellow collectors. Demonstration of sets in the Museum’s collection.
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Early Television Foundation Annual Meeting
10:30 am – 11:00 am	Meeting - CRT rebuilding at the museum