Media wars are nothing new. In the 1880s modern journalism began. By the 1890s, "ratings wars" pushed publishers into increasingly reckless territory.

In 1800, nothing went faster than a sailing ship or a team of horses, not even communiques. Electronics did not exist and machines were unknown. By 1900, you could talk by phone to different cities, take a subway to go see a movie, and drive a car.

Does Trump's upset in the 2016 election mark the death knell of journalism? From telegraph to television, newspapers to newscasters, telegraph cables to cable news. How Morse Code was the binary code that started the first Information Age,

On the very first episode of the TV ROOM podcast, we discuss: What exactly is the Age of Television? What are its origins? How did it change us? When will we know it's over?

In this episode of the TV Room podcast, with the shadow of the 2016 Presidential election looming large, we ask and attempt to answer: What's up with the Electoral College System anyway, and why do we still use it?

On this episode of the TV ROOM PODCAST: Donald Trump takes the White House...What started with JFK looking more presidential during a televised debate with Richard Nixon in 1960 has led 56 years later to a TV personality shattering the glass screen to ...

In this episode of the TV Room: The Jefferson Airplane visit American Bandstand… The Beatles turn on… San Francisco talent + L.A. marketing = Monterey Pop… Rolling Stone turns pro…Bewitched goes hippie… And the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour boldly...

Lyndon Johnson won the 1964 Election in a landslide, and managed to get landmark legislation passed early in his term. Yet, by early 1968, the Vietnam War had become so unpopular that Johnson decided not to run for a second term as President.

On the second episode of the TV ROOM PODCAST, we notice that the phenomenon of the rock star came about just when the television was arriving en masse in American living rooms, and we wonder if this was mere coincidence or something more?