1946 in American television

none 1946 This is a list of American television-related events in 1946. Events Date Event Ref. February 4 RCA demonstrates an all-electronic color television system. February 18 The First Washington, D.C.-to-New York City telecast through AT&T Corporation's coaxial cable is termed as a success by engineers. This broadcast was images of General Dwight Eisenhower placing a wreath at the base of the statue in the Lincoln Memorial, with others making brief speeches. Time magazine, however, called it 'as blurred as an early Chaplin movie.' February 25 The 18-channel VHF allocation, introduced before World War II, is officially ended in favor of a new 13-channel VHF allocation due to the appropriation of some frequencies by the United States Armed Forces, and the relocation of FM radio on the broadcast spectrum. Only five of the old channels are the same as the new channels in terms of frequency and none have the same number as before. April 12 The Columbia Broadcasting System transmits a Technicolor short film and color slides for 332 km in distance via coaxial cable, from Manhattan to Washington, and back. June 19 The first televised heavyweight boxing title fight between Joe Louis and Billy Conn is broadcast from Yankee Stadium. The fight was seen by 141,000 people, the largest television audience to see a boxing match to that date. August 15 The DuMont Television Network officially begins operations as a second television network to compete with NBC. New York City's WABD serves as the network's flagship. DuMont's broadcast schedule consisted of a Western film on Sunday night for an hour, other programming for an hour on Tuesday, and half hours on Wednesday and Thursday nights. October 2 The DuMont network telecasts the first-ever television network soap opera, Faraway Hill. December 24 WABD broadcasts the first-ever televised church service from Grace Episcopal Church in New York City. Other notable events RCA, DuMont, Crosley, and Belmont, have all released the first post-war television sets. Zoomar introduces the first professional zoom lens for television cameras. The FCC begins to reserve channel 1 for low-powered Community television stations. Channel 1 would be decommissioned from broadcasting use two years later. Television stations Station launches Date City of License/Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/Ref. September 6 Chicago, Illinois WBKB 4 (later 2) Independent First television station to be established in the Central Time Zone, and the first station outside the Eastern Time Zone; Now CBS O&O WBBM-TV since 1953 Network affiliation changes this year Date City of license/Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation Notes/Ref. August 15 New York City WABD 5 Independent DuMont Television Network Television programs Debuts Date Debut Network JanuaryWatching TV: Six Decades of American Television Harry Castleman Walter J. Podrazik 2 Syracuse University Press 2003 0-8156-2988-5Encyclopedia of Television Subjects, Themes and Settings Vincent Terrace McFarland & Co 2007 978-0-7864-2498-6 See What You Know CBS May 9Edgerton Gary The Columbia History of American Television 2010 Columbia University Press 9780231512183 87 https://books.google.com/books?id=x4p3XMOeq7oC&dq=%22Hour+Glass%22+NBC&pg=PA87 18 August 2017 en Hour Glass NBC May 13Brooks Tim Marsh Earle F. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present 2009 Random House Publishing Group 9780307483201 1552 https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC 18 October 2016 en You Are an Artist NBC May 23https://books.google.com/books?id=XxTx1xK-q14C&q=%22let%27s+play+reporter%22+abc&pg=PT763 Encyclopedia of Television Pilots, 1937-2012 9781476602493 Terrace Vincent 2014-01-10 Let's Play Reporter DuMont Television Network June 9Brooks Tim Marsh Earle F. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present 2009 Random House Publishing Group 9780307483201 441 https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&q=%22Face+to+Face%22+NBC&pg=PA441 19 August 2017 en Face to Face NBC June 9Brooks Tim Marsh Earle F. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present 2009 Random House Publishing Group 9780307483201 525 https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Face+to+Face%22+NBC&pg=PA441 19 August 2017 en Geographically Speaking NBC June 20 Cash and Carry DuMont Television Network August 30Prud'homme Alex The French Chef in America: Julia Child's Second Act 2016 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 9780385351768 https://books.google.com/books?id=_zFbCwAAQBAJ&dq=%22I+Love+to+Eat%22+NBC&pg=PT168 1 September 2017 en I Love to Eat NBC September 24Hyatt Wesley Emmy Award Winning Nighttime Television Shows, 1948-2004 2006 McFarland 9780786423293 6 https://books.google.com/books?id=_beJCgAAQBAJ&q=%22Play+the+Game%22+DuMont&pg=PA6 20 August 2017 en Play the Game DuMont Television Network October 2First television soap opera http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-television-soap-opera Guinness World Records 2017 20 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170820195348/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-television-soap-opera 20 August 2017TV Listings: Past & Present: October 2, 1946 http://www.tvtango.com/listings/1946/10/02 TV Tango 23 June 2015Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1964). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. 0-345-31864-1 Faraway Hill DuMont Television Network Unknown Boxing From Jamaica Arena DuMont Television Network Births 1946 in television#Births Deaths 1946 in television#Deaths References External links List of 1946 American television series at IMDb 1946 *