Sig Mickelson on television news coverage of the 1952 political conventions

News executive Sig Mickelson tells of television news coverage of the 1952 political conventions, which had expanded greatly from 1948, and which began to effect the way the conventions were run.

“There were only 400,000 television receivers during the conventions in 1948. The television networks reached the enormous distance from Boston and Washington and west to Pittsburgh… And by 1952, we had gotten to the point where we were anticipating at least 16 million television homes, and coverage from coast to coast.”

Watch Sig Mickelson’s full interview, which details his long career as an executive with CBS News.

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