1945 in American television

none 1945 This is a list of American television-related events in 1945. Events February 25 - The script for a February 25, 1945, broadcast of Ladies Be Seated, which was a relatively popular audience-participation/stunt game show on Blue Network radio, still exists, and is reprinted in full in Ritchie."Please Stand By: A Prehistory of Television, Michael Ritchie (Overlook Press, New York, 1994), pages 223 ff. It is, in fact, the script for the first broadcast of the show in television.Please Stand By: A Prehistory of Television, Michael Ritchie (Overlook Press, New York, 1994), pages 67–8 It was hosted by Johnny Olson, who would later become the long-running announcer on most of CBS's Goodson-Todman-produced game shows, most notably Match Game and The Price Is Right. On May 8, 1945, WNBT broadcast hours of news coverage on the end of World War II in Europe, and remotes from around New York City. This event was pre-promoted by NBC with a direct-mail card sent to television set owners in the New York City area.http://www.tvhistory.tv/1945-Apr-20-VE-DAY-NBC-WNBT.JPG 1945 April 20, VE Day NBC/WNBT Postcard tvhistory.tv https://web.archive.org/web/20051109062100/http://www.tvhistory.tv/1945-Apr-20-VE-DAY-NBC-WNBT.JPG November 9, 2005 October 16, 2019 At one point, a WNBT camera placed atop the marquee of the Astor Hotel in New York City panned the crowd below celebrating the end of the war in Europe.http://eyesofageneration.com/may-8-1945-victory-in-europe-day-times-square-except-for-germany-and-japan/ May 8, 1945...Victory in Europe Day, Times Square May 15, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170824174621/http://eyesofageneration.com/may-8-1945-victory-in-europe-day-times-square-except-for-germany-and-japan/ August 24, 2017 eyesofageneration.com Television programs Debuts Date Debut Network February 27McNeil Alex Total Television 1996 Penguin Books USA, Inc. New York, New York 0-14-02-4916-8 460 4thBlue Net Test Video Economics https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/45-OCR/1945-02-26-BC-OCR-Page-0062.pdf 23 November 2018 Broadcasting February 26, 1945 62Blue Video Test Uses WABD, WRGB https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/45-OCR/1945-01-22-BC-OCR-Page-0061.pdf 23 November 2018 Broadcasting January 22, 1945 61 Ladies Be Seated Blue Network FebruaryTele Review Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Billboard 27 7 February 17, 1945 32 0006-2510 https://books.google.com/books?id=pxEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT31 2015-08-13 Dr. Death WNBT OctoberBillboard 25 May 1946 Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 0006-2510 https://books.google.com/books?id=3xkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT19 2015-07-08Billboard 20 October 1945 Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 0006-2510 https://books.google.com/books?id=mhgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT11 2015-07-08 Teletruth WNBT Date uncertainBillboard 1995-02-25 Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 0006-2510 https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_4gsEAAAAMBAJ 2015-02-13 On Stage, Everybody WABD Date uncertainSteinhauser Si Vox Pop Leads 'Horning In' on Bing's Night https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88887903/the-pittsburgh-press/ November 13, 2021 The Pittsburgh Press October 1, 1947 36 Newspapers.comNBC's Record Wax Sale; KYW Hypoes Football Programming https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1946/BB-1946-09-28.pdf#page=14 November 13, 2021 Billboard September 28, 1946 14 Television Quarterback WNBT Births 1945 in television#Births Deaths 1945 in television#Deaths References External links List of 1945 American television series at IMDb 1945 *