# @scrippsnationalspellingbee on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DcJWyiwoA9o
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69392281-scrippsnationalspellingbee-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-17T15:26:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Scripps National Spelling Bee (@scrippsnationalspellingbee) — https://gondola.cc/scrippsnationalspellingbee

## Caption

This year is the 80th anniversary of the first broadcast of the Bee on national television in 1946 on NBC! 📺 John McKinney from Iowa captured the crown that year, followed by Mary McCarthy of New York in second and Leslie Dean of New Jersey in third. 🐝 #spellingbee

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