2024 Early Television Convention

Early Television

Early Television Museum

2024 Early Television Convention

The 2024 Convention was held May 3-5 at the Early Television Museum in Hilliard.

Schedule

Events in gray were at the museum and those in green at the Hilliard Civic and Cultural Arts Center

Friday, May 3

8 am - 6 pm	Enter items for the Auction, register for the Convention.
6 pm – 9 pm	Meet other collectors at the museum. Demonstration of sets in the Museum's collection. Food will be available for purchase from the Valle Verde taco truck, or at the Center Street Market food court a block from the Museum. Beer and wine will be available for purchase at the museum. Coffee and pastries will be provided courtesy of Coffee Connections and Destination Hilliard.

Saturday, May 4

Coffee and pastries will be provided courtesy of Coffee Connections and Destination Hilliard
7 am – 8 am	Swap Meet setup
8 am – 10:00 am	Swap Meet. Register for the Convention.
8 am - 12:00 noon	Enter items for the Auction. Deadline is 12 noon.
10:00 am - 12:30 pm	Presentations A Short History of the Electronic Character Generator, or How 'Chyron' Became a Generic Term - James O'Neal Behind the scenes of 84 years in television servicing - Mike Sheppard The History of Radio and Television Manufacturing at the Westinghouse Electric Co. - Mike Molnar
12:30 pm – 2 pm	Buffet Lunch
2 pm - 3 pm	Live Auction
2 pm - 5 pm	Silent Auction
4 pm – 7 pm	Browse the museum’s collection, talk to fellow collectors
7 pm - 9 pm	Dinner

Sunday, May 5

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