1942 in American television

none 1942 This is a list of American television-related events in 1942. Events January 8- The televised game show CBS Television Quiz is reduced to a length of 55 minutes for the network to present a five-minute news summary at 9:25 PM.Television Obscurities - Television Programs in 1941 22 December 2009 http://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/tv_programs_1941/ Television Obscurities 10 August 2010Newcomb Horace Encyclopedia of Television 2014 Routledge 9781135194796 1013 https://books.google.com/books?id=JUzIAgAAQBAJ&q=%22Winner+Take+All%22+television&pg=PA1013 26 September 2017 enChristopher H. Sterling and John M. Kittross, Stay Tuned: A History of American Broadcasting (Wadsworth Publishing, 1998; third edition, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002) pages 165-168 978-0-534-00514-6Alex McNeil, Total Television, (New York: Penguin Books, fourth edition, 1980) 0-14-024916-8Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, (New York: Ballantine Books, third edition, 1964) 0-345-31864-1 NBC forms a separate corporate entity for the Blue Network on January 8, 1942, "Blue Network Company, Inc."At one point, the name "United Broadcasting System" seems to have been contemplated, but this was not used. New York Times, December 25, 1941, 39:7. C.E. Butterfield's radio news column, syndicated by Wide World, stated that the former NBC Blue would be called "BNC". The Capital, (Annapolis MD), January 10, 1942, p5. From this date on, while NBC still maintained ownership of the Blue Network, it was for most purposes an entirely separate network. NBC Red at this point became known as simply NBC.See the 1943 Britannica Book of the Year, under the entry "Radio", page 579; note, however, that "The Blue Network Today," at p. 4, considers the start date to be January 1, 1942, not January 9. February 1 - The state-owned news network Voice of America (VOA) is established.Mission and Values insidevoa.com https://www.insidevoa.com/p/5831.html live 2021-02-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20171019095816/https://www.insidevoa.com/p/5831.html October 19, 2017 The station broadcasts to Nazi Germany, with a show called Stimmen aus Amerika ("Voices from America") which was transmitted on February 1, 1942. It was introduced by the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and included the pledge: "Today, and every day from now on, we will be with you from America to talk about the war... The news may be good or bad for us – We will always tell you the truth."Roberts, Walter R. UNC.edu https://web.archive.org/web/20180426030633/https://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/item/2009/1012/fsl/roberts_voice.html April 26, 2018 See also: Kern Chris A Belated Correction: The Real First Broadcast of the Voice of America http://www.chriskern.net/essay/voaFirstBroadcast.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20210224123522/http://www.chriskern.net/essay/voaFirstBroadcast.html February 24, 2021 October 3, 2010 February 2 - CBS Television Quiz moves to be broadcast on Mondays and is now preceded by a civilian-defense program (later an American Red Cross program), which along with the news summary required the show itself to decrease to 50 minutes. The Red Cross program ended on March 30, allowing Quiz to re-expand to 55 minutes. March 10 - WCBW receives a full broadcast license, its construction permit and commercial program authorization.Erik Barnouw https://archive.org/details/goldenwebhistory00barn The Golden Web: A History of Broadcasting in the United States, 1933–1953 Oxford University Press 1968 978-0-19-500475-5 New York City registration May- The WCBW scales back their programing at the end of this month, following a mandate several weeks earlier by the War Production Board to cease building television stations. CBS Television Quiz moves to Thursdays and Fridays and is again reduced to 50 minutes. June- The United States Supreme Court uphelds the jurisdiction of the FCC over the issuance of rules relating to chain broadcasting. While the FCC litigation continues in the wake of this ruling, the public and private antitrust litigation is held in abeyance.See the 1943 Britannica Book of the Year, under the entry "Radio", page 579. Date unknown- The cultural diplomacy programming on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) launches the musical show Viva América (1942–49) which featured the Pan American Orchestra and the artistry of several noted musicians from both North and South America, including Alfredo Antonini, Juan Arvizu, Eva Garza, Elsa Miranda, Nestor Mesta Chaires, Miguel Sandoval, John Serry Sr., and Terig Tucci.Settel Irving A Pictorial History of Radio Grosset & Dunlap 1967 New York 146 67-23789 1475068 1960Bronfman, Alejandra https://books.google.com/books?id=ehN4sM0Xy_UC&pg=PA49 Media Sound & Culture in Latin America Wood, Andrew Grant University of Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh 2012 978-0-8229-6187-1 49 Anthony Edwin D. Records of the Office of Inter-American Affairs National Archives and Record Services – General Services Administration 1973 Inventory of Record Group 229 Washington D.C. 25–26 Records of the Radio Division 73-600146 October 18, 2020 https://www.archives.gov/files/research/foreign-policy/related-records/rg-229-inter-american-affairs.pdf#page=33 https://web.archive.org/web/20170202004731/https://www.archives.gov/files/research/foreign-policy/related-records/rg-229-inter-american-affairs.pdf#page=33 February 2, 2017 live Births 1942 in television#Births Deaths 1942 in television#Deaths References External links List of 1942 American television series at IMDb 1942 *