1959 in American television
Television related events in the USA during 1959
This is a list of American television-related events in 1959.
Events
Date | Event | Ref. |
---|---|---|
April 6 | The original KYW-TV (now WKYC-TV) in Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first station in the United States to use the Eyewitness News brand for their newscasts. | [1] |
November 29 | As part of the Sunday Showcase on NBC, the Grammy Awards were broadcast for the first time ever. | [2] |
Television programs
Debuts
Date | Debut | Network |
---|---|---|
January 9[3] | Rawhide | CBS |
January 10 | Black Saddle | NBC |
January 12 | The Bell Telephone Hour | NBC |
January 20 | Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond | ABC |
March 9[4] | Clutch Cargo | Broadcast syndication |
March 10 | Alex in Wonderland | NTA Film Network |
April 16 | The Lawless Years | NBC |
May 2 | Markham | CBS |
September 8 | Bucky and Pepito | Broadcast syndication |
September 8 | Tales of the Vikings | Broadcast syndication |
September 8 | Tightrope! | CBS |
September 10 | Johnny Staccato | NBC |
September 12 | The Deputy | NBC |
September 12[5][6][7] | The Man and the Challenge | NBC |
September 13 | Riverboat | NBC |
September 15 | Bonanza | NBC |
September 15 | Laramie | NBC |
September 19 | Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy | Broadcast syndication |
September 19 | Snooper and Blabber | Broadcast syndication |
September 20 | NBC Sunday Showcase | NBC |
September 21 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | CBS |
September 21 | Love and Marriage | NBC |
September 26 | Lock-Up | Broadcast syndication |
September 28 | Hennesey | CBS |
September 28[8] | The Quick Draw McGraw Show | Broadcast syndication |
September 29 | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | CBS |
September 30 | Men Into Space | CBS |
September 30[9] | Wichita Town | NBC |
October 1 | The Betty Hutton Show | CBS |
October 1 | Johnny Ringo | CBS |
October 1[10] | Law of the Plainsman | NBC |
October 2[11] | Hotel de Paree | CBS |
October 2[12] | The Twilight Zone | CBS |
October 3 | Five Fingers | NBC |
October 4 | The Alaskans | ABC |
October 4 | Dennis the Menace | CBS |
October 4 | The Rebel | ABC |
October 5 | Adventures in Paradise | ABC |
October 5 | Bourbon Street Beat | ABC |
October 6 | Philip Marlowe | ABC |
October 6 | Startime | NBC |
October 7 | Hawaiian Eye | ABC |
October 11 | Matty's Funday Funnies | ABC |
October 12 | The Play of the Week | NTA Film Network |
October 15[13] | The Untouchables | ABC |
October 16 | The Detectives | ABC |
October 22 | Take a Good Look | ABC |
October 24 | Mr. Lucky | CBS |
October 24 | Shotgun Slade | Broadcast syndication |
November 19 | The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends | ABC |
Unknown date | This Man Dawson | Syndication |
Ending this year
Date | Program | Network | First aired | Notes/References |
---|---|---|---|---|
January 13 | Confession | ABC | 1957 | |
April 24 | Your Hit Parade | CBS | July 10, 1950 | Returned in 1974 |
April 9 | Behind Closed Doors | NBC | October 2, 1958 | |
May 25 | Buckskin | NBC | July 3, 1958 | |
June | Alex in Wonderland | NTA Film Network | March 10, 1959 | |
June 22 | The Restless Gun | NBC | September 23, 1957 | |
June 25 | Mickey Mouse Club | ABC | October 3, 1955 | Returned in first-run syndication in 1977 |
State Trooper | Syndication | September 25, 1956 | ||
August | This Is Alice | NTA Film Network | October 1959 | |
August 20 | How to Marry a Millionaire | NTA Film Network | October 7, 1957 | |
August 23 | Dragnet | NBC | December 16, 1951 | Returned in 1967 (in color) |
September 28 | Polka Go-Round | ABC | June 23, 1958 | |
September 10 | Man Without a Gun | NTA Film Network | November 6, 1957 |
Made-for-TV movies and miniseries
Title | Premiere date | Network |
---|---|---|
The Hate That Hate Produced | July 13–17 | WNTA-TV |
The Jazz Singer | October 13 | NBC |
The Turn of the Screw | October 20 | |
The Moon and Sixpence | October 30 | |
Murder and the Android | November 8 |
Television stations
Station launches
Date | Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes/References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 12 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | KOED-TV | 11 | NET | |
February 2 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | KOKH-TV | 25 | Non-commercial independent | |
February 23 | Sacramento, California | KVIE | 6 | NET | |
March 8 | Tucson, Arizona | KUAT | 6 | NET | |
March 15 | Lansing, Michigan | WILX-TV | 10 | NBC | |
March 30 | Buffalo, New York | WNED-TV | 17 | NET | |
April | Colby/Goodland, Kansas | KLOE-TV | 10 | CBS | |
April 23 | Champaign/Decatur, Illinois | WCHU-TV | 33 | NBC | Now on channel 15 |
April 26 | Goodland, Kansas | KLOE-TV | 10 | CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) | Now a fulltime CBS affiliate as a semi-satellite of KWCH-DT of Hutchinson, Kansas |
April 27 | Des Moines, Iowa | KDPS-TV | 11 | NET | Part of Iowa Public Television |
April 28 | St. Louis, Missouri | KPLR-TV | 11 | Independent | Now an affiliate of The CW |
May 16 | Cheboygan, Michigan | WTOM-TV | 4 | NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) | Satellite of WPBN/Traverse City, Michigan |
July 3 | Pocatello, Idaho | KTLE | 6 | Independent | |
July 6 | Durham/Manchester, New Hampshire | WENH-TV | 11 | NET via New Hampshire Public Television | |
August 1 | Huntsville, Alabama | WAFG-TV | 31 | ABC | |
October 11 | Fargo, North Dakota | KXGO-TV | 11 | ABC | |
October 14 | Cincinnati, Ohio | WMUB-TV | 14 | NET | |
October 15 | Yakima, Washington | KNDO | 23 | ABC (primary) CBS/NBC (secondary) | |
October 20 | Greenwood, Mississippi | WABG-TV | 6 | CBS | |
November 1 | Sacramento, California | KVUE | 40 | Independent | |
November 8 | Bakersfield, California | KLYD-TV | 17 | ABC | |
Unknown date | Colby/Goodland, Kansas | KOMC | 8 | NBC |
Network affiliation changes
Date | Market | Station | Channel | Old affiliation | New affiliation | References |
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April 1 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | WITI | 6 | Independent (primary) NTA Film Network (secondary) | CBS (primary) NTA Film Network (secondary) | |
WXIX-TV | 18 | CBS | Independent | |||
April 26 | Portland, Oregon | KGW | 8 | ABC | NBC | |
KPTV | 12 | NBC | ABC | |||
August 1 | Huntsville, Alabama | WMSL-TV | 48 | NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) | NBC (exclusive) | WMSL lost ABC affiliate upon the sign on of WAAY-TV, but would swap affiliations with WAAY-TV in 1968. Channel 48 as WYUR-TV (now WAFF-TV) would return to NBC on a fulltime basis in 1977. |
August 22 | Green Bay, Wisconsin | WFRV-TV | 5 | ABC | NBC | Switch was reversed in 1983 |
WLUK-TV | 11 | NBC | ABC | |||
October 11 | Valley City/Fargo, North Dakota | KXJB-TV | 4 | CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) | CBS (exclusive) | |
October 15 | Yakima, Washington | KIMA-TV | 29 | CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) | CBS (exclusive) | |
November 8 | Bakersfield, California | KBAK-TV | 29 | CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) | CBS (exclusive) | Secondary ABC affiliation went to NBC affiliate KLYD-TV when it signed on. |
December | Greenwood, Mississippi | WABG-TV | 6 | CBS | ABC | |
Unknown date | Bangor, Maine | WABI-TV | 5 | NBC (primary) ABC/CBS/NTA Film Network (secondary) | CBS (primary) ABC/NTA Film Network (secondary) | |
WLBZ-TV | 2 | CBS (exclusive) | NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) | |||
Hampton/Norfolk, Virginia | WVEC-TV | 13 | NBC | ABC | ||
Portsmouth/Norfolk, Virginia | WAVY-TV | 10 | ABC | NBC | ||
Presque Isle, Maine | WAGM-TV | 8 | NBC (primary) CBS/ABC (secondary) | CBS (primary) NBC/ABC (secondary) |
Station closures
Date | City of license/Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | First air date | Notes/Ref. |
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April 26 | Portland, Oregon | KGW | 8 | ABC | NBC | |
KPTV | 12 | NBC | ABC | |||
May 27 | Kalispell, Montana | KULR | 9 | Independent | October 20, 1958 | |
August 25 | Nacogdoches, Texas | KTES | 19 | Independent | September 20, 1958 | |
October 30 | Norfolk, Virginia | WTOV-TV | 27 | ABC | October 22, 1953 | |
Unknown date | Lock Haven/Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | WBPZ-TV | 32 | ABC (primary) NBC (secondary) | March 1958 |
Births
Deaths
See also
References
- ^ L.A. station cerebrates 50 years of 'Eyewitness News'". NewscastStudio. March 12, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
- ^ "1st Annual GRAMMY Awards". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ Munn, Michael (1992). Clint Eastwood: Hollywood's Loner. London: Robson Books. p. 35. ISBN 0-86051-790-X.
- ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981. Scarecrow Press. p. 70. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ McNeil, Alex, Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present, Fourth Edition, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, ISBN 0 14 02 4916 8, p. 512.
- ^ Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present (Sixth Edition), New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, ISBN 0-345-39736-3, p. 633.
- ^ The Classic TV Archive The Man and the Challenge (1959-60) Accessed 19 November 2020
- ^ Los Angeles Times, Sept. 27, 1959, pg. G10
- ^ Wichita Town (TV Series 1959–1960), retrieved 2018-08-20
- ^ Hyatt, Wesley (2015). Short-Lived Television Series, 1948-1978: Thirty Years of More Than 1,000 Flops. McFarland. pp. 99–100. ISBN 978-1-4766-0515-9. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 392. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
- ^ Tallerico, Brian (March 29, 2019). "'The Twilight Zone': Here's Why We Still Care". The New York Times. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- ^ [1] Archived September 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- List of 1959 American television series at IMDb