1949 in American television

none 1949 This is a list of American television-related events in 1949. Events Date Event Ref. January 11 All four American television networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, and DuMont) broadcast a two-hour special celebrating the linking of the eastern and mid-western networks via a coaxial cable. January 31 The annual Emmy Awards were presented and broadcast on television for the first time ever, from Los Angeles. May Milton Berle hosts the first-ever telethon, which lasted 24 hours, to benefit the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund. August 29 The development of RCA's compatible color television system was announced. September The ABC Television Network becomes the first television network to offer a four-hour primetime programming schedule on Sunday nights. The 1949-50 television season marks the first time all four networks offered at least some prime time programming on all seven nights of the week. December 29 KC2XAK in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the first-ever experimental UHF television station to operate a daily schedule, begins operation. Unknown The Sears and Roebuck catalog offers television sets by mail order for the first time. Television programs Debuts Date Debut Network January TV Department Store DuMontJanuary 3 Colgate TheatreNBCNBC Presents January 6 Suspense CBS January 12 Arthur Godfrey and His Friends CBS January 12 Photographic Horizons DuMont January 16 ABC Television Players ABC January 17 Café de Paris DuMont January 17IMDB entryDuMont historical website Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room DuMont January 17 Manhattan Spotlight DuMont January 18 The School House DuMont January 20 Hotel Broadway DuMont January 21 Your Show Time NBC January 27 Window on the World DuMont January 28 Admiral Broadway RevueNBC/DuMont January 31McNeil Alex Total Television 1996 Penguin Books USA, Inc. New York, New York 0-14-02-4916-8 829 4th These Are My ChildrenNBC February 16NBC: America's Network Michele Hilmes, Michael Lowell Henry; University of California Press, 2007 - Performing Arts - 362 pages, page 176. Camel News Caravan NBC February 21 ABC Barn Dance ABC February 21Hyatt Wesley The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television 1997 Watson-Guptill Publications 978-0823083152 https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofda00hyat registration 22 March 2020 469 A Woman to Remember DuMont February 28 Time for Beany Paramount Television Network March 1 Believe It or Not! NBC March 7 Teen Time Tunes DuMont March 7 The Vincent Lopez Show DuMont March Feature Theatre DuMont March 10Flight to Rhythm DuMont March 15 And Everything Nice DuMont March 25 Front Row Center DuMont March 26 Think Fast ABC April 5 Fireside Theatre NBC April 17 The Fred Waring Show CBS May 5 https://books.google.com/books?id=dctkAAAAMAAJ&q=%22blind+date%22 Alex McNeil Total Television 4 1996 103, 936 Penguin Books 9780140267372 2019-08-25 Blind Date ABC May 5 Crusade in Europe ABC May 8 Wesley CBS June 4 Cavalcade of Stars DuMont June 4 Spin the Picture DuMont June 22 Program Playhouse DuMontJune 27Woolery George W. Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series 1985 The Scarecrow Press 0-8108-1651-2 106–110 Captain Video and His Video Rangers DuMont Time for Reflection DuMont June 28McNeil Alex Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present 1996 Penguin Books USA, Inc. New York, New York 0-14-02-4916-8 285 4th Fireball Fun for All NBC July 1Hyatt Wesley The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television 1997 Watson-Guptill Publications 978-0823083152 https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofda00hyat registration 22 March 2020 278 Mama CBS July 4 Broadway to Hollywood DuMont July 7 They're Off DuMont July 13 Talent Jackpot DuMont July 18 The Magic Cottage DuMont August 24 Hands of Murder DuMont August 29 Versatile Varieties NBC September Amateur Boxing Fight Club DuMont September Boxing From Sunnyside Gardens DuMont September Cinema Varieties DuMont September Jim and Judy in Teleland First-run Syndication September 1 Martin Kane, Private Eye NBC September 2 The Al Morgan Show DuMont September 6 The O'Neills DuMontSeptember 9 The Family Genius DuMont Wrestling from Sunnyside Gardens DuMont Mystery Theater DuMont September 11 The Magic Clown NBC September 11 Chicagoland Mystery Players DuMont September 11 They Stand Accused DuMont September 13 Uptown Jubilee DuMont September 15https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/29/arts/clayton-moore-television-s-lone-ranger-and-a-persistent-masked-man-dies-at-85.html Clayton Moore, Television's Lone Ranger And a Persistent Masked Man, Dies at 85 Goldstein Richard The New York Times December 29, 1999 April 25, 2010 The Lone Ranger ABC September 16 The Big Story NBC September 17 Wrestling from Marigold DuMont September 21 Starring Boris Karloff ABC September 22 The Ed Wynn Show CBS September 23 Oboler Comedy Theater ABC September 28 Photocrime ABC October Music & the Spoken Word First-run Syndication October 2 The Aldrich Family NBC October 4https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&q=%22Life+of+Riley,+The+(Situation+Comedy)%22&pg=PA790 Tim Brooks Earle Marsh The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows – 1946–Present 2007 790 978-0-345-49773-4 Ninth The Life of Riley NBC October 5 The Crisis NBC October 7 Fishing and Hunting Club DuMont October 7 Man Against Crime CBS October 12 Famous Jury Trials DuMont October 12Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and TV Shows 1946 – Present, Ballantine Books, 1979, page 497 The Plainclothesman DuMont October 16 Let There Be Stars ABC October 23 The Ruggles ABC November The Herb Shriner Show CBS November 2 Twenty Questions WWOR-TV November 3 Romance CBS November 4Schemering Christopher The Soap Opera Encyclopedia 1987 Ballantine Books 0-345-35344-7 2nd 176–178 One Man's Family NBC December 1McNeil Alex Total Television 1996 Penguin Books USA, Inc. New York, New York 0-14-02-4916-8 172 4th Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge NBC December 14 Easy Aces DuMont Changes of network affiliation Show Moved from Moved to Candid Camera ABC NBCBowling HeadlinersABCDumontThe Wendy Barrie ShowABCDumontThe Morey Amsterdam ShowCBSDumontThe Armed Forces HourNBCDumontThe Ted Steele ShowNBCDumontOkay, MotherWABDDumont Ending this year Date Show Network Debut Notes January 10 Champagne and Orchids DuMont September 6, 1948 January 14 Tales of the Red Caboose DuMont October 29, 1948 March 4 Café de Paris DuMont January 17, 1949 March 4 These Are My Children NBC January 31, 1949 March 5 Quizzing the News ABC August 11, 1948 March 7 Photographic Horizons DuMont January 12, 1949 March 17 Hotel Broadway DuMont January 20, 1949 April 14 Window on the World DuMont January 27, 1949 April 19 The School House DuMont January 18, 1949 April 22 Stop Me If You've Heard This One NBC March 4, 1948 May 24 Places Please CBS August 16, 1948 May 26 The Adventures of Oky Doky DuMont November 4, 1948 June 3 Admiral Broadway Revue NBC/DuMont January 28, 1949 June 23 King Cole's Birthday Party DuMont May 15, 1947 Charade Quiz DuMont November 27, 1947 July 4 Americana NBC December 8, 1947 Doorway to Fame DuMont May 2, 1947 July 5 Teen Time Tunes DuMont March 7, 1949 July 15 A Woman to Remember DuMont February 21, 1949 July 15 Your Show Time NBC January 21, 1949 July 23 Television Screen Magazine NBC November 17, 1946 August 3 The Growing Paynes DuMont October 20, 1948 August 23 Talent Jackpot DuMont July 13, 1949 August 27 Stand By for Crime ABC January 11, 1949 August 30 Wesley CBS May 8, 1949 September 10 For Your Pleasure NBC April 15, 1948 September 12 Academy Theatre NBC July 25, 1949 September 14 Program Playhouse DuMont June 22, 1949 September 22 Flight to Rhythm DuMont March 10, 1949 September 23 Key to the Missing DuMont July 4, 1948 September 30 The Family Genius DuMont September 9, 1949 October 16 Stained Glass Windows ABC September 26, 1948 October 20 Uptown Jubilee CBS September 13, 1949 October 27 Crusade in Europe ABC May 5, 1949 October 27 Fireball Fun for All NBC June 28, 1949 October 30 ABC Television Players ABC January 16, 1949 November Cinema Varieties DuMont September November 4 Oboler Comedy Theater ABC September 23, 1949 November 14 ABC Barn Dance ABC February 21, 1949 November 27 Let There Be Stars ABC October 16, 1949 December The Roar of the Rails CBS October 26, 1948 December 14 Photocrime ABC September 28, 1949 December 15 Starring Boris Karloff ABC September 21, 1949 December 15 Tonight on Broadway CBS April 6, 1948 December 28 The Crisis NBC October 5, 1949 December 29 Romance CBS November 3, 1949 Unknown date Boxing From Jamaica Arena DuMont 1946 See What You Know CBS 1946 Musical Merry-Go-Round NBC July 25, 1947 Amanda DuMont November 1, 1948 Missus Goes a Shopping CBS November 19, 1947 Television stations Station launches Date City of License/Market StationPostwar stations - EarlyTelevision.org. Archived July 3, 2013. Retrieved July 26, 2019. Channel Affiliation Notes/Ref. January 1 Houston, Texas KLEE-TV 2 NBC (primary) ABC/CBS/DuMont (secondary) Los Angeles, California KTTV 11 CBS Now a FOX affiliate since 1986 January 11 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania WDTV 3 (now 2) DuMont (primary) NBC/ABC (secondary) Eventually became CBS affiliate KDKA, now a CBS O&O station branded as CBS Pittsburgh January 16 Los Angeles, California KNBH 4 NBC (O&O) Washington, D.C. WOIC 9 CBS February 23 Dayton, Ohio WHIO-TV 7 CBS (primary) DuMont (secondary) March 8 Atlanta, Georgia WAGA-TV 5 CBS March 15 Dayton, Ohio WLWD 5 (now 2) NBC (primary) DuMont (secondary) Erie, Pennsylvania WICU-TV 12 NBC (primary) ABC/CBS/DuMont (secondary) March 18 Lancaster/Harrisburg, Pennsylvania WGAL 4 (now 8) NBC (primary) ABC/CBS/DuMont (secondary) March 21 Miami, Florida WTVJ 4 CBS Now an NBC affiliate on channel 6 March 25 Wilmington, Delaware WVUE 12 NBC (primary) DuMont (secondary) First licensed television station in Delaware April 3 Columbus, Ohio WLWC 4 NBC April 4 Cincinnati, Ohio WKRC-TV 11 (now 12) CBS May 5 San Francisco, California KGO-TV 7 ABC May 18 San Diego, California KFMB-TV 8 CBS (primary) NBC/DuMont (secondary) May 29 Birmingham, Alabama WAFM-TV 13 CBS May 30 Indianapolis, Indiana WFBM-TV 6 CBS (primary) Paramount/DuMont (secondary) June 1 Salt Lake City, Utah KSL-TV 5 CBS (primary) ABC/DuMont (secondary) June 6 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma WKY-TV 4 NBC (primary) CBS/ABC/DuMont (secondary) June 11 Rochester, New York WHAM-TV 8 NBC (primary) DuMont (secondary) July 1 Birmingham, Alabama WBRC-TV 4 (moved to 6 in 1953) NBC Minneapolis, Minnesota WTCN-TV 4 CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) July 10 Providence, Rhode Island WJAR 11 NBC (primary) CBS/ABC/DuMont (secondary) July 15 Charlotte, North Carolina WBTV 3 CBS (primary) NBC/ABC/DuMont (secondary) July 26 Cincinnati, Ohio WCPO-TV 7 (now 9) ABC August 15 Grand Rapids, Michigan WLAV-TV 8 NBC (primary) CBS/ABC/DuMont (secondary) August 29 Omaha, Nebraska WOW-TV 6 CBS September 1 Lincoln, Nebraska KMTV 3 NBC September 15 Jacksonville, Florida WMBR-TV 4 CBS (primary) ABC/NBC (secondary) Johnstown/Altoona, Pennsylvania WJAC-TV 13 (now 6) NBC (primary) ABC/CBS/DuMont (secondary) September 16 Los Angeles, California KECA-TV 7 ABC September 17 Dallas, Texas KBTV 8 DuMont September 22 Greensboro, North Carolina WFMY-TV 2 CBS (primary) ABC/NBC/DuMont (secondary) September 29 Columbus, Ohio WTVN-TV 6 DuMont (primary) ABC (secondary) September 30 Indianapolis, Indiana WFBM-TV 6 CBS (primary) DuMont/Paramount (secondary) October 5 Columbus, Ohio WBNS-TV 10 CBS October 11 Secaucus, New Jersey/New York City, New York WOR-TV 9 Independent October 16 Kansas City, MO/KS WDAF-TV 4 NBC (primary) CBS/ABC/DuMont (secondary) October 22 Tulsa, Oklahoma KOTV 6 CBS (primary) ABC/DuMont/NBC/Paramount (secondary) October 31 Davenport, Iowa (Bettendorf, IA/Moline/Rock Island, IL) WOC-TV 5 (now 6) NBC (primary) CBS/ABC/DuMont (secondary) November 11 Bloomington/Indianapolis, Indiana WTTV 10 (now 4) NBC (primary) ABC/DuMont (Secondary) November 15 Huntington/Charleston, West Virginia (Ashland, Kentucky) WSAZ-TV 5 (now 3) NBC (primary) CBS/ABC/DuMont (Secondary) San Francisco, California KRON-TV 4 NBC December 1 Binghamton, New York WNBF-TV 12 CBS (primary) ABC/NBC/DuMont (secondary) Utica, New York WKTV 2 NBC (primary) ABC/CBS/DuMont (secondary) December 3 Dallas, Texas KRLD-TV 4 CBS December 4 Phoenix, Arizona KPHO 5 CBS (primary) ABC/DuMont/NBC (secondary) December 11 San Antonio, Texas WOAI-TV 4 NBC (primary) CBS/DuMont/ABC (secondary) December 19 Cleveland, Ohio WXEL 9 (now 8) DuMont (primary) ABC (secondary) December 29 Bridgeport, Connecticut KC2XAK 24 NBC World's first-ever UHF experimental station, serving as a rebroadcaster of WNBT from New York City Network affiliation changes Date City of license/Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation Notes/Ref. January Buffalo, New York WBEN-TV 4 NBC (primary) ABC/DuMont (secondary) CBS (primary) ABC/DuMont/NBC (secondary) Retains secondary NBC affiliation until 1954, and secondary ABC and DuMont affiliations until 1956 Births 1949 in television#Births Deaths 1949 in television#Deaths References External links List of 1949 American television series at IMDb 1949 *