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Pioneer television engineer and future (1949) Academy president Harry Lubcke suggests “Immy,” a nickname for the image-orthicon camera tube instrumental in the technical development of television.“Immy” is feminized as “Emmy” because the statuette, designed by engineer Louis McManus (who enlisted his wife Dorothy to model for it) depicts the winged “muse of art uplifting the electron of science.”  \n1949 First Emmy Awards – given to Los Angeles area programming – take place at the Hollywood Athletic Club on January 25. Tickets are $5.00. It is broadcast on local station KTSL. There are less than a million television sets in the U.S. The master of ceremonies was popular TV host Walter O’Keefe.  \nSix awards are given:  \n• Most Outstanding Television Personality: Twenty-year-old Shirley Dinsdale and her puppet sidekick Judy Splinters for “The Judy Splinters Show.”  \n• The Station Award for Outstanding Overall Achievement: KTLA (the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River) .  \n• Technical Award: Engineer Charles Mesak of Don Lee Television for the introduction of TV camera technology.  \n• The Best Film Made for Television: “The Necklace” (a half hour adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's classic short story) .  \n• Most Popular Television Program: “Pantomime Quiz.”  \n• A special Emmy is presented to Louis McManus for designing the statuette.  \n1950 Second Emmy Awards (January 27, Ambassador Hotel)  \n• KFI-TV broadcasts, the six other Los Angeles area stations share expense of the telecast. Total estimated show cost: $250.  \n• Bill Welsh and Dick Lane share hosting duties.  \n• Academy drops requirement that all competing shows be produced in Hollywood; contenders now include kinescope programs out of New York, Chicago and elsewhere.  \n• A few hours before the ceremony, winners' names are leaked, but the majority of recipients appear surprised when announced.  \n• Ed Wynn is named Outstanding Live Personality; Milton Berle is awarded Outstanding Kinescope Personality.  \n1951 Third Emmy Awards (KLAC-TV, January 23, Ambassador Hotel) .  \n• Academy founder Syd Cassyd hosts the event.  \n• Best Actor and Actress categories added.  \n• 1,000 people attend the ceremony.  \n• Emmys are recognized as a major entertainment industry event.  \n• When Groucho Marx is named Outstanding Personality, he carries “Miss Emmy”(former Miss America Rosemary LaPlanche) offstage rather than his statuette.  \n1952 Fourth Emmy Awards (February 18, Coconut Grove)  \n• Telecast locally by ABC's KECA in Los Angeles.  \n• Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz are the hosts.  \n• No coast-to-coast network broadcast available; New York winners are contacted by phone.  \n• Special achievement award goes to Senator Estes Kefauver who investigated organized crime and opened Congressional hearings to the television audience.  \n• AT&T presented with special achievement award for developing microwave relay system that enables television to be viewed nationwide.  \n• Awards committee is set up to develop a national awards system.  \n1953 Fifth Emmy Awards (KLAC, February 3, Hotel Statler)  \n• Art Linkletter emcees, handling with aplomb falling scenery and a microphone that goes dead for 10 minutes.  \n• Lucille Ball accepts Emmys for Best Situation Comedy (“I Love Lucy”) and Best Comedienne. 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