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Parades - The annual Macy's
Thanksgiving Day Parade (sponsored by Macy's Department Store) featuring
marching bands, floats and helium filled balloons was first televised in
1951.
The first coast-to-coast color broadcast of the Tournament of Roses
Parade in Pasadena, California was telecast on NBC to over 21 cities on
January 1, 1954. Actor Don Ameche was the parade's official host; James
Wallington and Roy Neal were the parade announcers.
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