1948 in American television explained

This is a list of American television-related events in 1948.

Events

Other television events in 1948

Television programs

Debuts

Date Debut Network
JanuaryCamera HeadlinesDuMont
JanuaryI.N.S. Telenews
January 9Playroom
January 18The Original Amateur Hour
February 9Court of Current Issues
March 4 Stop Me If You've Heard This OneNBC
March 9The Johns Hopkins Science ReviewCBS
April 4 Author Meets the CriticsNBC
April 14ScoreboardDuMont
April 15For Your Pleasure[4]
Hollywood Screen TestABC
May 21What's It Worth
June 1We the PeopleCBS
June 8[5] Texaco Star TheaterNBC
June 20[6] The Ed Sullivan ShowCBS
July 4Key to the MissingDuMont
August 10Candid CameraABC
August 11Quizzing the News ABC
August 11The Laytons DuMont
August 12Club SevenABC
August 15 CBS Television News CBS
August 16Places PleaseCBS
August 23Foodini the GreatCBS
August 27Teenage Book Club ABC
September 6 Champagne and OrchidsDuMont
September 21Operation SuccessDuMont
September 26[7] Actors StudioABC
Stained Glass Windowsunknown
September 27[8] The Chevrolet Tele-TheatreNBC
October 3[9] The Philco Television PlayhouseNBC
October 17The Ford Television TheatreCBS
October 19Off the RecordDuMont
October 20 The Growing PaynesDuMont
October 22Break the BankABC
October 29 Tales of the Red CabooseDuMont
November 1[10] Okay, MotherWABD
Your Television BabysitterDumont
TV Shopper
Amanda
November 4The Adventures of Oky Doky
Fashions on Parade
November 7Newsweek Views the NewsDuMont
Studio OneCBS
November 20Celebrity TimeCBS
November 21Lamp Unto My FeetCBS
December 6Arthur Godfrey's Talent ScoutsCBS
December 17The Morey Amsterdam ShowCBS
Unknown dateThe Alan Dale ShowDumont
The Philco Television PlayhouseNBC
The Stan Shaw ShowDumont
Your School Reporter
Wrestling From Columbia Park Arena
Wrestling From Jamaica Arena
The Needle Shop

Ending this year

Date Show Network DebutNotes
January The Walter Compton News DuMontJune 16, 1947
May 9Playroom DuMontJanuary 9, 1948
June 30 In the Kelvinator KitchenNBC May 21, 1947
October 29Teenage Book Club ABCAugust 27, 1948
Unknown date The World in Your HomeNBCDecember 22, 1944

Networks and services

Network launches

Television stations

Station launches

DateCity of License/MarketStationChannel AffiliationNotes/Ref.
February 95 NBC (primary)
CBS/ABC/DuMont (secondary)		Successor to experimental station W8XCT.[12]
March 1111 NBC
April 59 Independent (primary)
CBS/DuMont (secondary)
April 19 4NBC
April 226 NBC (primary)
ABC/DuMont (secondary) 		[13]
April 27 KSTP-TV5NBC (primary)
DuMont (secondary)
May 6 2DuMont Now KCBS-TV, a CBS O&O station
May 14 4NBC (primary)
ABC/DuMont (secondary)		Now a CBS affiliate since 1949
May 15Newark, New Jersey
WATV13Independent
May 23WCAU10 CBS
June 9 4NBC (primary)
ABC/DuMont (secondary)		[14]
June 156
(now 8)		DuMont (primary)
ABC (secondary)
WPIX11Independent
June 21 Boston, Massachusetts 7CBS (primary)
ABC/DuMont (secondary)		Defunct May 22, 1982
July 2113NBC
August 10 7ABC
August 25 Los Angeles, California9Independent
September 16 Los Angeles, CaliforniaKECA-TV7ABC
September 17Chicago, Illinois7ABC (
Los Angeles, California13
September 29 8 (now on 2)NBC[15]
5NBC (primary)
ABC (secondary)
October 8Chicago, IllinoisWNBQ5
October 97ABC
October 24Detroit, Michigan 2 CBS (primary)
DuMont (Secondary)
October 313
November 1Baltimore, Maryland13ABC
November 24 Louisville, Kentucky5
(now 3) 		NBC (primary)
CBS/ABC/DuMont (secondary)
November 25Seattle, Washington5 CBS (primary)
DuMont (secondary)
November 29 4NBC (primary)
ABC/CBS/DuMont (secondary)
December 1Syracuse, New YorkWHEN-TV5CBS (primary)
NBC/DuMont (secondary)
December 11 4
(now 5) 		NBC (primary)
ABC/CBS/DuMont (secondary)
December 186 NBC (primary)
DuMont/CBS/ABC (secondary)
December 22 5 CBS (primary)
NBC/DuMont/Paramount (secondary)

Network affiliation changes

External links

Notes and References

  1. TV 'Amateur Hour' Gets 46.8 Rating . Broadcasting . 42 . 1948-03-08.
  2. 1948-04-19 . ABC TV Network . Broadcasting.
  3. Book: Newcomb. Horsce. Encyclopedia of Television. 2014. Routledge. 9781135194796. 2626–2627. https://books.google.com/books?id=JUzIAgAAQBAJ&q=%22Ziv+Company%22+radio&pg=PA2627. September 18, 2022. en. Ziv Television Programs, Inc..
  4. Book: Hyatt. Wesley. Short Lived Television Series, 1948-1978: Thirty Years of More Than 1,000 Flops. 2015. McFarland. 9781476605159. 5. September 19, 2022. en.
  5. Web site: Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #13.
  6. Web site: Ed Sullivan Biography | Ed Sullivan Show . Edsullivan.com . 2016-10-28.
  7. Terrace, Vincent (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007 (Volume 1). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. .
  8. News: The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, 1946-present. 1979. 145. Ballantine Books. Earle Marsh, Tim Brooks. 0-345-45542-8.
  9. Book: Hawes. William. Live Television Drama, 1946-1951. 2001. McFarland. 9781476608495. 245. 8 October 2016. en.
  10. Book: Hyatt . Wesley . The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television . 1997 . Watson-Guptill Publications . 978-0823083152 . 22 March 2020. 320.
  11. News: ABC TV Network. September 19, 2022. Broadcasting. April 19, 1948.
  12. 1948-02-23 . Cincinnati's T-Day Observed Feb. 15 . .
  13. https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1948/1948-04-19-BC.pdf "WTVR (TV) to Start April 22, Channel 6"
  14. https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1948/1948-06-14-BC.pdf "WBZ-TV Formally Opened at Boston"
  15. https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1948/1948-09-27-BC.pdf "WSB-TV in Atlanta Opening on Sept. 29"

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