1962 in American television

none November 2022 1962 This is a list of American television-related events in 1962. Events Date Event Ref. January 1 The 1962 Rose Bowl game on NBC is the first coast-to-coast live color television broadcast of a college football game in the United States. NBC introduces the Laramie Peacock before the midnight showing of the day's episode of Laramie March 24 On Fight of the Week, ABC televises the Benny Paret vs. Emile Griffith III boxing match from Madison Square Garden in New York City. The fight ends when Paret falls unconscious at the hands of Griffith, which would lead to his death ten days later. April 16 Walter Cronkite succeeds Douglas Edwards as anchorman of the CBS Evening News; he would remain so for the next 19 years. September 25 The Spanish International Network begins operation as the first Spanish-language television network in the United States November 15 NBC-primary/CBS-secondary affiliate WLEX-TV in Lexington, Kentucky becomes the first UHF television station to broadcast in color. Nash Francis M. 1995 Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State 9781879688933 295 Also in 1962 The All-Channel Receiver Act of 1962 requires UHF (channels 14-83) tuners to be on all consumer television sets in addition to the VHF tuner.http://www.ntia.doc.gov/opadhome/spectrumhistory.htmhttp://www.cbc.ca/hdtv/history.html Zenith Electronics markets its first color television set, 21-inch round screen set. Television programs Debuts Date Debut Network January 1 The Magic Door WBBM-TV January 2Hyatt Wesley The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television 1997 Watson-Guptill Publications 978-0823083152 https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofda00hyat registration 22 March 2020 484 Your First Impression NBC January 27 Room for One More ABC Februaryhttps://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&pg=PA148 The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present Brooks Tim Marsh Earle F. 2009 Random House Publishing Group 978-0-307-48320-1 148 November 17, 2018 Biography Syndication February 20 The Beachcomber Syndication March 8 Oh! Those Bells CBS September 3 The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series Syndication September 3 Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har Syndication September 3 Touché Turtle and Dum Dum Syndication September 3 Wally Gator Syndication September 11 The Lloyd Bridges Show CBS September 14http://epguides.com/FamilyClassics Family Classics-titles and air dates Tufts, Chris epguides 13 March 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110228055750/http://epguides.com/FamilyClassics/ 28 February 2011 Family Classics WGN-TV September 15 Sam Benedict NBC September 17 It's a Man's World NBC September 17 Saints and Sinners NBC September 20Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle. "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-present", Ballantine Books, 1999, p. 1118. 0-345-42923-0 via Google Books. Accessed October 25, 2008. Wide Country NBC September 21 Don't Call Me Charlie! NBC September 21 Fair Exchange CBS September 23McNeil, Alex, Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present, Fourth Edition, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 0 14 02 4916 8, p. 258.Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle. The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–present (Sixth Edition), New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, 0-345-39736-3, p. 316.Classic TV Archive Ensign O'Toole (1962–63) Accessed 8 November 2021 Ensign O'Toole NBC September 23Erickson Hal Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 2005 2nd McFarland & Co 978-1476665993 445–449 The Jetsons ABC September 23Woolery George W. Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series 1985 The Scarecrow Press 0-8108-1651-2 314 McKeever and the Colonel NBC September 24 The New Loretta Young Show CBS September 25Terrance Vincent Complete Encyclopedia of Television Programs (1947–1979) A. S. Barnes and Co. Cranbury, New Jersey 1979 1 138 0-498-02488-1 https://archive.org/details/completeencyclop0000terr/page/138 Empire NBC September 26 The Beverly Hillbillies CBS September 27 The Nurses September 28 I'm Dickens, He's Fenster ABC September 29 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ABC September 29 The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show ABC September 30 GE True CBS October 1Woolery George W. Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series 1985 The Scarecrow Press 0-8108-1651-2 151–152 Discovery ABC October 1 The Lucy Show CBS October 1 Stoney Burke ABC October 1The Man Who Retired Esquire June 2002 Bill Zehme http://www.cjayarts.com/pages/ASSORTED/retired.htm 2010-06-09Harris Jay S. TV Guide: The First 25 Years 1978 New American Library New York 0-452-25225-3 65 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson NBC October 2 Combat! ABC October 3 The Eleventh Hour NBC October 3 Going My Way ABC October 3 Our Man Higgins ABC October 5 The Gallant Men ABC October 11 McHale's Navy ABC December 31 Match Game NBC Ending this year Date Show Network Debut Notes January 1 The Dick Tracy Show First-run syndication January 1, 1961 January 6 The Yogi Bear Show First-run syndication January 30, 1961 March 1 The New Bob Cummings Show CBS October 5, 1961 March 25 Bus Stop ABC October 1, 1961 March 30 The Hathaways ABC October 6, 1961 March 30Tonight Starring Jack PaarNBCJuly 29, 1957April 1Adventures in Paradise ABC October 5, 1959 April 4Straightaway ABC October 6, 1961 April 5Mrs. G. Goes to College CBS October 4, 1961April 8Follow the Sun ABC September 17, 1961April 12 Margie ABC October 12, 1961 April 18Top CatABC September 27, 1961 April 22MaverickABC September 22, 1957 April 30 87th Precinct NBC September 25, 1961April 30 Bronco ABC September 23, 1958May 10Outlaws NBC September 29, 1960May 15Cain's Hundred NBC September 19, 1961May 18 The Detectives NBC October 16, 1959 (on ABC)May 23Window on Main Street CBS October 2, 1961May 31Oh! Those Bells CBSMarch 8, 1962June 2Tales of Wells FargoNBCMarch 18, 1957June 5Ichabod and Me CBS September 26, 1961 June 5The New Breed ABC October 3, 1961 June 8 Target: The Corruptors! ABC September 29, 1961 June 9 Calvin and the Colonel ABC October 3, 1961June 13 The Bob Newhart Show NBC October 11, 1961 June 24Lawman ABC October 5, 1958 June 26The Everglades Syndication October 9, 1961 July 28Room for One More ABC January 27, 1962 September 1Checkmate CBS September 17, 1960September 6Frontier Circus CBS October 5, 1961September 12The Alvin Show CBS October 4, 1961September 17Hennesey CBS September 28, 1959September 18The Comedy Spot CBS June 28, 1960September 25 Bachelor Father ABC September 15, 1957 (on CBS)September 28 The Brighter Day CBS January 4, 1954November 13 The Beachcomber Syndication February 20, 1962 December 22 The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show ABC September 29, 1962 Unknown date Alfred Hitchcock Presents NBC 1955 Unknown date The Quick Draw McGraw Show First-run syndication September 28, 1959 Network launches Network Type Launch date Notes Spanish International Network Broadcast over-the-air September 29 The first foreign-language television network to broadcast in the United States Connecticut Public Television Public broadcasting network October 1 Beginning with the sign-on of WEDH in Hartford, Connecticut, the network would eventually expand to four stations over the next 12 years. Mizlou Television Network Ad-hoc syndication service Unknown date Mizlou programming was syndicated to several commercial television outlets, as well as CATV systems. Television stations Station launches Date City of License/Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/Ref. January 2 Salina, Kansas KSLN-TV 34 ABC February 8 San Angelo, Texas KACB-TV 3 NBC March 15 Portland, Oregon KATU 2 Independent March 26 Albany, New York WMHT 17 NET May 17 Boston, Massachusetts WXHR-TV 56 Independent Experimental station June 3 Bowling Green, Kentucky WLTV 13 Independent "TV Station Goes On Air Next Sunday". The Park City Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. May 27, 1962. p. 3. Archived from the original April 5, 2022. Retrieved May 10, 2022. July 4 Honolulu, Hawaii KTRG 13 Independent June 15 Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan WWUP-TV 10 CBS Satellite of WWTV/Traverse City September 7 Miami, Florida WLRN 17 NET September 9 Syracuse, New York WNYS-TV 9 ABC September 10 Nashville, Tennessee WDCN-TV 2 NET Reallocated to VHF channel 8 in 1973; now a PBS member station. San Antonio, Texas KLRN 9 September 11 San Bernardino/Los Angeles, California KVCR-TV 24 NET September 15 Biloxi, Mississippi WLOX-TV 13 ABC Rochester, New York WOKR 13 ABC September 19 Lafayette, Louisiana KATC 3 ABC September 24 Pullman, Washington KWSC-TV 10 NET September 25 Los Angeles, California KMEX-TV 34 Spanish International Network September 30 Reno, Nevada KCRL-TV 4 NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) October 1 Hartford, Connecticut WEDH 24 NET Flagship of Connecticut Public Television Nuevo Laredo, Tamaluipas, Mexico (Laredo, Texas, United States) XEFE-TV 12 Spanish International Network October 7 Ann Arbor, Michigan WJMY 20 Independent October 16 Lubbock, Texas KTXT-TV 5 NET October 23 Charleston, South Carolina WCIV 4 NBC November 1 Grand Rapids, Michigan WZZM-TV 13 ABC Yakima, Washington KYVE 47 NET Now a satellite of KCTS-TV/Seattle November 3 Marion, Indiana WTAF-TV 31 Independent Defunct as of March 14, 1969 November 19 Ogden, Utah KOET 9 Educational Independent November 24 Binghamton, New York WBJA-TV 34 ABC December 18 Montgomery, Alabama WAIQ 26 NET Part of the Alabama Public Television network Unknown date Los Angeles, California KIIX 22 Independent Network affiliation changes Date City of license/Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation Notes/Ref. August 1 Durham, North Carolina WTVD 11 CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) CBS (primary) NBC (secondary) Raleigh, North Carolina WRAL-TV 5 NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) ABC (exclusive) Station closures Date City of license/Market Station Channel Affiliation Sign-on date Notes February 16 Midland, Texas KDCD-TV 18 December 9, 1961 Returned to the air on January 15, 1968 February 28 Youngstown, Ohio WXTV 45 Independent November 15, 1960 August 1 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania WPCA-TV 17 Independent July 10, 1960 Returned to the air January 31, 1963 August 26 Odgen, Utah KVOG-TV 9 Independent December 1, 1960 November 17 Boston, Massachusetts WTAO-TV 56 Independent May 17, 1962 Experimental station Births 1962 in television#Births Deaths 1962 in television#Deaths References External links List of 1962 American television series at IMDb 1962