The first black and white television sets were introduced to the public in the late 1920s, with regular broadcasts beginning in the 1930s. Specifically, in the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the transmission of television signals in 1939. This marked the beginning of public television broadcasts, and the first television sets became commercially available shortly thereafter.
While there were earlier experimental broadcasts, it was this period that truly paved the way for television as we know it today. The advent of black and white TV revolutionized entertainment by bringing moving images into homes, changing how people consumed media.