1952 in American television

none 1952 This is a list of American television-related events in 1952. Events Date Event Ref. January 14 The Today Show makes its debut on NBC. McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television. Penguin Books USA, Inc. 0-14-02-4916-8. May 22 The first televised atomic bomb detonation, billed as "Operation Tumbler–Snapper", is broadcast on KTLA in Los Angeles, and fed to the three major networks via a 140 mi microwave link. September 20 KPTV in Portland, Oregon, begins broadcasting on channel 27 as the world"s first commercial Ultra High Frequency (UHF) television station. October 7 In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bandstand, the predecessor to American Bandstand, debuts on WFIL-TV to change emphasis to teens dancing to popular music records. November 16 Television City, at this time known as CBS Television City, opens on Beverly Boulevard in Hollywood, California as the network's first television studio based on the west coast. November 27 CBS broadcasts the first telecast of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade from New York City. Other notable events in 1952 The FCC reserves some channels for non-commercial, educational broadcasting. The first political advertisements appear on television. The Democratic Party buys a 30-minute time segment for their candidate, Adlai Stevenson, who eventually received unfavorable mail for interfering with a broadcast of I Love Lucy. Dwight Eisenhower buys 20 second commercial segments and wins the election. Television programs Debuts Date Debut Network January 1 Battle of the Ages DuMont January 6mcneil 167 Claudia NBC January 8https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F38QAAAAIBAJ&pg=5619%2C526607&q=Tuesday+January+Quick+Draw TELEVISION PROGRAMS 2 The Free Lance-Star (Virginia) 1952-01-08 2025-03-21 Quick on the Draw DuMont January 8McNeil Alex Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present 1996 Penguin Books USA, Inc. New York, New York 0-14-02-4916-8 579 4thBrooks Tim Marsh Earle The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22My+Friend+Irma+situation+comedy%22&pg=PA940 My Friend Irma 2007 The Ballentine Publishing Group New York 978-0345497734 940-941 9th 2025-08-21 My Friend Irma CBS January 13 CBS Television Workshop CBS January 14 Today NBC February Steve Randall DuMont February 12 The "TV Guide" TV Book: 40 Years of the All-Time Greatest Television Facts, Fads, Hits, and History https://archive.org/details/tvguidetvbook40y00wein registration Weiner Ed 1992 Harper Collins New York 216 0-06-096914-8 Life Is Worth Living DuMont February 24 Meet the Masters NBC February 25 Guide Right DuMont March 1 Death Valley Days First-run syndication March 5 The Unexpected First-run syndication March 6 The Cases of Eddie Drake DuMont March 16 The Week in Religion DuMont March 19 It's a Business DuMont March 20 Gang Busters NBC March 22McNeil Alex Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present 1996 Penguin Books USA, Inc. New York, New York 0-14-02-4916-8 192 4th Dagmar's Canteen NBC April The Paul Dixon Show DuMont April 14Hawes William Filmed Television Drama, 1952-1958 2001 McFarland 978-0-7864-1132-0 221 https://books.google.com/books?id=0pQKmPSfHCQC&dq=%22Broadway+Television+Theatre%22&pg=PA275 March 12, 2022 en Broadway Television Theatre WOR-TV May Boxing From Eastern Parkway DuMont May Monodrama Theater DuMont June 1 China Smith First-run syndication June 6 The Campbell Playhouse NBC June 10 Meet the Boss DuMont June 16 My Little Margie CBS June 19The TV Guide TV Book: 40 Years of the All-Time Greatest Television Facts, Fads, Hits, and History https://archive.org/details/tvguidetvbook40y00wein registration Weiner Ed 1992 Harper Collins New York 216 0-06-096914-8 I've Got a Secret CBS June 20McNeil Alex Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present 1996 Penguin Books USA, Inc. New York, New York 0-14-02-4916-8 190 4th Curtain Call NBC June 30https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2020/11/general-hospital-long-running-american-drama-series-key-art 'General Hospital' is American Television's Longest-Running Drama Series soapoperanetwork.com November 24, 2020http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/arts_and_media/tv_shows/longest_running_tv_drama.aspx Longest Running TV Drama Arts & Media Guinness World Records https://web.archive.org/web/20110419222504/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/arts_and_media/tv_shows/longest_running_tv_drama.aspx April 19, 2011 2009 Guiding Light CBS July Guess What? DuMont July 1 The Power of Women DuMont July 3 Mister Peepers NBC July 17 Operation Information DuMont August 14 Pick the Winner CBS/Dumont August 24McNeil Alex Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present 1996 Penguin Books USA, Inc. New York, New York 0-14-02-4916-8 223 4th The Doctor NBC September The Abbott and Costello Show First-run syndication September The Fisher Family DuMont September 2 Where Was I? DuMontSeptember 6 Happy's Party DuMont Golf Instruction with Phil Galvano DuMont September 10 Stage a Number DuMont September 13 Cowboy G-Men First-run syndication September 14 New York Times Youth Forum DuMont September 15 Famous Fights From Madison Square Garden DuMont September 19Adventures of Superman http://epguides.com/AdventuresofSuperman/ epguides.com September 21, 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150921083535/http://epguides.com/AdventuresofSuperman/ September 21, 2015 Adventures of Superman First-run syndication September 20The TV Guide TV Book: 40 Years of the All-Time Greatest Television Facts, Fads, Hits, and History https://archive.org/details/tvguidetvbook40y00wein registration Weiner Ed 1992 Harper Collins New York 217 0-06-096914-8 The Jackie Gleason Show CBS September 25 Four Star Playhouse CBS September 29Okuda Mulqueen 2004 51-66http://www.chicagotelevision.com/frazier.htm Frazier Thomas Chicago Television 6 February 2011Hollis 2001 92-93 Garfield Goose and Friends WBKB-TV/WBBM-TV October 1 Cavalcade of America NBC October 1 This Is Your Life NBC October 1 Trash or Treasure DuMont October 3 Dark of Night DuMont October 3 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet ABC October 3Hawes William Filmed Television Drama, 1952-1958 2001 McFarland 978-0-7864-1132-0 39 https://books.google.com/books?id=0pQKmPSfHCQC&dq=%22Gulf+Playhouse%22&pg=PA39 February 14, 2022 en Gulf Playhouse NBC October 3 Mr. and Mrs. North CBS October 3 Our Miss Brooks CBS October 6 Football Sidelines DuMont October 6 One Man's Experience DuMont October 6 One Woman's Experience DuMont October 7 American Bandstand WFIL-TV October 7 Life with Elizabeth First-run syndication October 7 Ramar of the Jungle First-run syndication October 13 Ladies' Date DuMont October 14 Leave It to Larry CBS October 14This Week (Cont'd) https://archive.org/details/rossreportstele25ross/page/n30/mode/1up?view=theater February 10, 2022 Ross Reports October 12, 1952 2 The Red Buttons Show CBS October 15 I Married Joan NBC October 26 "Victory at Sea [Song Collection]", U.S. Library of Congress, 2005, webpage: LOC-VaS-23. Victory at Sea NBC November 6 Biff Baker, U.S.A. CBS November 8 My Hero NBC November 9 Omnibus CBS November 13Brooks Tim Marsh Earle F. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present 24 June 2009 Random House Publishing Group 978-0-307-48320-1 Biff Baker, U.S.A. 135 https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Biff+Baker%2C+USA%22&pg=PA135 October 31, 2021 Biff Baker, U.S.A. CBS November 24 Ding Dong School NBC December 1 The Abbott and Costello Show First-run syndication December 1 Report Card for Parents DuMont December 16 Wisdom of the Ages DuMont December 30 The Ernie Kovacs Show CBS Changes of network affiliation Show Moved from Moved to Say It with Acting NBC ABC The Arthur Murray PartyCBSDumontAuthor Meets the CriticsABCDumontThe Drew Pearson ShowABCDumontYouth on the MarchABCDumontReboundABCDumontCharlie Wild, Private DetectiveABCDumontGruen PlayhouseABCDumontLife Begins at EightyNBCDumont Ending this year Date Show Network Debut Notes January 1 We the People NBC June 1, 1948 (on CBS) January 13 Out There CBS October 28, 1951 February 22 Say It with Acting ABC January 8, 1951 (on NBC) February 28 Public Prosecutor NBC February 1951 March 2 Major Dell Conway of the Flying Tigers DuMont April 7, 1951 March 2 Stage Entrance DuMont May 2, 1951 March 20 Shadow of the Cloak DuMont June 6, 1951 March 27 The Bill Goodwin Show NBC September 11, 1951 March 29 The Talent Shop DuMont October 13, 1951 April 13 CBS Television Workshop CBS January 13, 1952 April 19 Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town CBS June 16, 1951 April 24 Stop the Music ABC May 5, 1949 March 2 Major Dell Conway of the Flying Tigers DuMont April 7, 1951 May 21 It's a Business DuMont March 19, 1952 May 29 The Cases of Eddie Drake DuMont March 6, 1952 June 4 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse ABC October 6, 1950 June 5 Casey, Crime Photographer CBS April 19, 1951 June 14 Dagmar's Canteen NBC March 22, 1952 June 19 Charlie Wild, Private Detective DuMont December 22, 1950 (on CBS) June 19 The Ruggles DuMont October 23, 1949 June 25 Celanese Theatre ABC October 2, 1951 June 26 DuMont Royal Theater DuMont April 12, 1951 June 27 The First Hundred Years CBS December 4, 1950 June 30 Claudia CBS January 6, 1952 (on NBC) July 4 Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room DuMont January 17, 1949 August 26 Guess What DuMont July 8, 1952 September 12 The Magic Cottage DuMont July 18, 1949 September 18 Operation Information DuMont July 17, 1952 September 21 Celebrity Time CBS November 20, 1948 September 26 Curtain Call NBC June 20, 1952 November 11 The Power of Women DuMont July 1, 1952 November 13 The Frank Sinatra Show CBS October 7, 1950 November 24 Pentagon DuMont May 6, 1951 November 29 Battle of the Ages CBS January 1, 1952 (on DuMont) December 9 Quick on the Draw DuMont January 18, 1952 December 10 The Unexpected DuMont March 5, 1952 December 22 Famous Fights from Madison Square Garden DuMont September 15, 1952 December 22 Football Sidelines DuMont October 6, 1952 December 23 Leave It to Larry CBS October 14, 1952 December 25 Gangbusters NBC March 20, 1952 Unknown date At Home with Billie Burke DuMont June 1951 Television stations Station launches Date City of License/Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/Ref. July 18 Denver, Colorado KFEL-TV 2 DuMont September 20 Portland, Oregon KPTV 27 NBC (primary) ABC/CBS/DuMont (secondary) World's first commercial UHF television station; now a Fox affiliate on channel 12. October 12 Denver, Colorado KBTV 9 CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) November 1 Denver, Colorado KLZ-TV 7 CBS November 13 Lubbock, Texas KDUB-TV 13 CBS (primary) DuMont (secondary) November 27 Austin, Texas KTBC-TV 7 CBS (primary) ABC/DuMont/NBC (secondary) Now a Fox O&O station December 1 Honolulu, Hawaii KGMB 9 CBS (primary) NBC (secondary) December 7 Colorado Springs, Colorado KKTV 11 CBS (primary) ABC/NBC/DuMont (secondary) December 11 Roanoke, Virginia WSLS 10 NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) December 14 El Paso, Texas KROD-TV 4 CBS (primary) ABC/DuMont (secondary) December 15 Honolulu, Hawaii KONA-TV 11 NBC (primary) DuMont (secondary) December 20 Spokane, Washington KHQ-TV 6 NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) December 21 Atlantic City, New Jersey WFPG-TV 46 NBC (primary) CBS/ABC/DuMont (secondary) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania WSBA-TV 43 ABC South Bend, Indiana WSBT-TV 22 CBS (primary) ABC/NBC/DuMont (secondary) December 30 Mobile, Alabama WKAB-TV 48 Independent Network affiliation changes Date City of license/Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation Notes/Ref. December 15 Honolulu, Hawaii KGMB 9 CBS (primary) ABC/NBC (secondary) CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) Station closures Date City of license/Market Station Channel Affiliation First air date Notes/Ref. August 23 Bridgeport, Connecticut KC2XAK 24 NBC World's first experimental UHF station; a rebroadcast station of WNBT/New York City Births 1952 in television#Births Deaths 1952 in television#Deaths References External links List of 1952 American television series at IMDb Sources http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781621034087 Hi There, Boys and Girls! America's Local Children's TV Programs Hollis Tim 2001 University Press of Mississippi 978-1-578-06396-3 Project MUSE subscription The Golden Age of Chicago Children's Television Okuda Ted Mulqueen Jack Lake Claremont Press 2004 978-1-893-12117-1 1952 *