On January 4, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson delivered the first evening State of the Union address broadcast on television. The timing of the speech, as well as the use of mass media, illustrated to the American people that the annual address was a report to them, as well as the Congress.
History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, “President Johnson’s 1965 State of the Union Address,” http://history.house.gov/Collection/Detail (May 24, 2013)
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