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1949 in television
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The year 1949 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1949.
Events
- January 3: Colgate Theatre premieres on NBC.
- January 11: A two-hour special on all American networks celebrates the linking of the eastern and midwestern networks via coaxial cable.
- January 20: The second inauguration of President Truman becomes the first presidential inauguration to be broadcast on television.
- January 21: Your Show Time becomes the first filmed dramatic series on American network television.
- January 31: The first Emmy Awards are presented and broadcast on television from Los Angeles.
- May: The first telethon, benefitting the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund, is hosted by Milton Berle and lasts for 24 hours.
- May 30: WRTV-DT (Channel 6) signs on as WFBM-TV in Indianapolis, the first television station in the state of Indiana. Its first aired program was the documentary The Crucible of Speed, about the early history of the Indianapolis 500, followed by the inaugural live television coverage of the event.
- August 25: RCA announces the development of a compatible color TV system.
- December 17: The Sutton Coldfield television transmitter is opened in the English Midlands, making it the first part of the UK outside London to receive BBC Television.
- December 29: KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.
- First television broadcasts begin in Cuba.
- For the first time, the Sears & Roebuck catalog includes televisions.
Debuts
Programs
- January 16: ABC Television Players, a dramatic anthology, debuts on ABC (1949).
- January 17: The Goldbergs, a situation comedy, debuts on CBS (1949–55).
- May 5: Series Stop the Music debuts on American Broadcasting Company for a five-year run over seven years.
- June 24: "Hopalong Cassidy" becomes the first American television Western series (originally based on film shorts, then becoming an original series in 1952)
- June 27: Captain Video and His Video Rangers, apparently the first science fiction series televised, debuts.
- July 15: This Is Show Business, panel discussion program, premieres on CBS (1949–54; 1956).
- September 28: Photocrime, detective program, premieres on ABC (1949).[1]
- September 29: Come Dancing, a ballroom dancing competition, is first broadcast by the BBC (1949–95).
- Martin Kane, Private Eye premieres on NBC, becoming the first detective series televised (1949–54).
- The Voice of Firestone premieres (1949–63).
- Bozo the Clown premieres (1949–present).
- The Lone Ranger premieres on ABC (1949–57).[2]
Stations
- January 1: KPRC-TV (Originally known as KLEE-TV) Signs on the air. They are the Second TV station in Texas, and the First in Houston. That same day, KTTV Signs on in Los Angeles.
- March 21: WTVJ signs on the air becoming the first television station in the state of Florida.
- May 29: WVTM-TV (Originally WAFM, and later WABT and WAPI) Signs on the air as the first TV station in Alabama
- May 30: WRTV (originally WFBM-TV) Signs on the air as the first TV station in Indiana
- June 6: KFOR-TV (originally WKY-TV) Signs on the air as the first TV station in Oklahoma
- July 1 WBRC Begins operations from Birmingham AL, just 1 month after WVTM started operations.
- August 29: WOWT (originally WOW-TV) Signs on the air for the first time, becoming the first television station in Nebraska, and one of the first in the Midwest.
Television shows
Picture Page (UK) | October 8, 1936 | 1939 | |
1946 | 1952 | ||
Starlight (UK) | November 3, 1936 | 1939 | |
1946 | 1949 | ||
For The Children (UK) | April 24,
1952 |
July 7, 1946 | 1950 |
The Voice of Firestone Televues | 1943 | 1947 | |
1949 | 1963 | ||
Missus Goes A Shopping | August 1, 1944 | 1949 | |
Kaleidoscope (UK) | November 2, 1946 | 1953 | |
Gillette Cavalcade of Sports | November 8, 1946 | June 24, 1960 | |
Muffin the Mule (UK) | 1946 | 1955 | |
Television Screen Magazine | 1946 | 1949 | |
You Are an Artist | 1946 | 1950 | |
Doorway to Fame | May 2, 1947 | July 4, 1949 | |
Kraft Television Theater | May 7, 1947 | 1958 | |
Kukla, Fran and Ollie | October 13, 1947 | 1957 | |
Meet the Press | November 6, 1947 | — | |
Mary Kay and Johnny | November 18, 1947 | March 11, 1950 | |
Howdy Doody | December 27, 1947 | September 24, 1960 | |
Americana | 1947 | 1949 | |
Birthday Party | 1947 | 1949 | |
Café Continental (UK) | 1947 | 1953 | |
Charade Quiz | 1947 | 1949 | |
Juvenile Jury | 1947 | 1954 | |
Musical Merry-Go-Round | 1947 | 1949 | |
Small Fry Club | 1947 | 1951 | |
Television Newsreel (UK) | January 5, 1948 | 1954 | |
The Original Amateur Hour | January 18, 1948 | September 27, 1970 | |
Court of Current Issues | February 9, 1948 | June 26, 1951 | |
Stop Me If You've Heard This One | March 4, 1948 | April 22, 1949 | |
Author Meets the Critics | April 1948 | October 10, 1954 | |
Hollywood Screen Test | April 15, 1948 | 1953 | |
Texaco Star Theater | June 8, 1948 | 1953 | |
The Ed Sullivan Show | June 20, 1948 | June 6, 1971 | |
Candid Camera | August 10, 1948 | — | |
CBS Evening News | August 15, 1948 | — | |
Foodini the Great | August 23, 1948 | June 23, 1951 | |
Actors Studio | September 1948 | June 1950 | |
Champagne and Orchids | September 6, 1948 | January 10, 1949 | |
Stained Glass Windows | September 26, 1948 | October 16, 1949 | |
Ford Theatre | October 17, 1948 | July 10, 1957 | |
The Growing Paynes | October 20, 1948 | August 3, 1949 | |
The Adventures of Oky Doky | November 4, 1948 | May 26, 1949 | |
The Morey Amsterdam Show | December 17, 1948 | October 12, 1950 | |
The Alan Dale Show | 1948 | 1951 | |
Amanda | 1948 | 1949 | |
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts | 1948 | January 1, 1958 | |
The Bigelow Show | 1948 | 1949 | |
Break the Bank | 1948 | 1957 | |
Cartoon Teletales | 1948 | 1950 | |
Celebrity Time | 1948 | September 1952 | |
Child's World | 1948 | 1949 | |
Club Seven | 1948 | 1951 | |
The Philco Television Playhouse | 1948 | 1955 | |
Winner Take All | 1948 | 1952 | |
The Goldbergs | January 17, 1949 | 1956 | |
These Are My Children | January 31, 1949 | February 25, 1949 | |
A Woman to Remember | February 21, 1949 | July 15, 1949 | |
Time for Beany | February 28, 1949 | 1955 | |
Ripley's Believe It or Not! | March 1, 1949 | October 5, 1950 | |
Think Fast | March 26, 1949 | October 8, 1950 | |
Captain Video | June 27, 1949 | April 1, 1955 | |
Mama | July 1, 1949 | March 17, 1957 | |
Martin Kane, Private Eye | August 7, 1949 | June 17, 1954 | |
The Family Genius | September 1949 | September 1949 | |
The Little Revue | September 4, 1949 | April 21, 1950 | |
The Lone Ranger | September 15, 1949 | June 6, 1957 | |
Come Dancing (UK) | September 29, 1949 | 1995 | |
The Aldrich Family | October 2, 1949 | May 29, 1953 | |
The Life of Riley | October 4, 1949 | March 28, 1950 | |
January 2, 1953 | August 22, 1958 | ||
Let There Be Stars | October 6, 1949 | November 27, 1949 | |
The Ruggles | November 3, 1949 | June 19, 1952 | |
One Man's Family | November 4, 1949 | June 21, 1952 | |
March 1, 1954 | April 1, 1955 | ||
The Admiral Broadway Revue | 1949 | 1949 | |
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends | 1949 | 1959 | |
Easy Aces | 1949 | 1949 | |
Follow That Man | 1949 | 1956 |
Programs ending during 1949
Date | Show | Debut |
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January 10 | Champagne and Orchids | 1948 |
May 26 | The Adventures of Oky Doky | |
June 23 | King Cole's Birthday Party | 1947 |
Charade Quiz | ||
July 4 | Americana | |
Doorway to Fame | ||
Unknown | Musical Merry-Go-Round | |
Amanda | 1948 | |
The Bigelow Show | ||
Child's World | ||
Missus Goes A-Shopping
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