Television broadcasts of the 1952 Democratic and Republican National Conventions
The two major party presidential nominating conventions of the 1952 United States presidential election (the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention) marked the first instance in which television networks broadcast live convention coverage across the continental United States. Accommodating and adapting to the advent of television coverage was a major consideration in the logistics of the two conventions, which were each held at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago during different weeks of July 1952 (Republicans convening July 7–11; Democrats convening July 21–26).