German phrases: How to Speak Oktoberfest. Some of the German phrases with translations that youâll hear at the Alpine Village Oktoberfest. If youâve visited Alpine Village in Torrance for our amazing Oktoberfest celebration, youâve probably picked up on some of the German words and phrases that we use here.
The FCC approved RCA color televisions toward the end of 1953, marking the start of major color TV sales in the United States. Sales of color televisions slowly overtook those of black-and-white sets. By the mid-1970s, more color televisions were being purchased than black-and-white TVs. By the 1980s, black-and-white television sales began to dry up for good.
1954 was the year that RCA introduced color television in the US and was the first broadcaster to do so. In 1954 it is estimated that fewer than 5000 color televisions were soâ¦ld at a price of $1000 each. It is hardly surprising that so few were sold.