1962 in American television
Television related events in the USA during 1962
This is a list of American television-related events in 1962.
Events
Date | Event | Ref. |
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January 1 | The 1962 Rose Bowl game on NBC is the first coast-to-coast live color television broadcast of a college football game in the United States. | |
NBC introduces the Laramie Peacock before the midnight showing of the day's episode of Laramie | ||
March 24 | On Fight of the Week, ABC televises the Benny Paret vs. Emile Griffith III boxing match from Madison Square Garden in New York City. The fight ends when Paret falls unconscious at the hands of Griffith, which would lead to his death ten days later. | |
April 16 | Walter Cronkite succeeds Douglas Edwards as anchorman of the CBS Evening News; he would remain so for the next 19 years. | |
September 25 | The Spanish International Network begins operation as the first Spanish-language television network in the United States | |
November 15 | NBC-primary/CBS-secondary affiliate WLEX-TV in Lexington, Kentucky becomes the first UHF television station to broadcast in color. | [1] |
Also in 1962
- The All-Channel Receiver Act of 1962 requires UHF (channels 14-83) tuners to be on all consumer television sets in addition to the VHF tuner.[2][3]
- Zenith Electronics markets its first color television set, 21-inch round screen set.
Television programs
Debuts
Date | Debut | Network |
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January 1 | The Magic Door | WBBM-TV |
January 2[4] | Your First Impression | NBC |
January 27 | Room for One More | ABC |
February[5] | Biography | Syndication |
February 20 | The Beachcomber | Syndication |
March 8 | Oh! Those Bells | CBS |
September 3 | The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series | Syndication |
September 3 | Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har | Syndication |
September 3 | Touché Turtle and Dum Dum | Syndication |
September 3 | Wally Gator | Syndication |
September 11 | The Lloyd Bridges Show | CBS |
September 14[6] | Family Classics | WGN-TV |
September 15 | Sam Benedict | NBC |
September 17 | It's a Man's World | NBC |
September 17 | Saints and Sinners | NBC |
September 20[7] | Wide Country | NBC |
September 21 | Don't Call Me Charlie! | NBC |
September 21 | Fair Exchange | CBS |
September 23[8] [9][10] | Ensign O'Toole | NBC |
September 23[11] | The Jetsons | ABC |
September 23[12] | McKeever and the Colonel | NBC |
September 24 | The New Loretta Young Show | CBS |
September 25[13] | Empire | NBC |
September 26 | The Beverly Hillbillies | CBS |
September 27 | The Nurses | |
September 28 | I'm Dickens, He's Fenster | ABC |
September 29 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | ABC |
September 29 | The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show | ABC |
September 30 | GE True | CBS |
October 1[14] | Discovery | ABC |
October 1 | The Lucy Show | CBS |
October 1 | Stoney Burke | ABC |
October 1[15][16] | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | NBC |
October 2 | Combat! | ABC |
October 3 | The Eleventh Hour | NBC |
October 3 | Going My Way | ABC |
October 3 | Our Man Higgins | ABC |
October 5 | The Gallant Men | ABC |
October 11 | McHale's Navy | ABC |
December 31 | Match Game | NBC |
Ending this year
Date | Show | Network | Debut | Notes |
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January 6 | The Yogi Bear Show | First-run syndication | January 30, 1961 | |
March 1 | The New Bob Cummings Show | CBS | October 5, 1961 | |
March 25 | Bus Stop | ABC | October 1, 1961 | |
April 4 | Straightaway | October 6, 1961 | ||
April 18 | Top Cat | September 27, 1961 | ||
May 10 | Outlaws | NBC | September 29, 1960 | |
May 23 | Window on Main Street | CBS | October 2, 1961 | |
May 31 | Oh! Those Bells | March 8, 1962 | ||
June 5 | Ichabod and Me | September 26, 1961 | ||
September 12 | The Alvin Show | October 4, 1961 | ||
September 18 | The Comedy Spot | June 28, 1960 | ||
September 28 | The Brighter Day | January 4, 1954 | ||
Unknown | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | NBC | 1955 | |
The Quick Draw McGraw Show | First-run syndication | September 28, 1959 |
Network launches
Network | Type | Launch date | Notes |
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Spanish International Network | Broadcast over-the-air | September 29 | The first foreign-language television network to broadcast in the United States |
Connecticut Public Television | Public broadcasting network | October 1 | Beginning with the sign-on of WEDH in Hartford, Connecticut, the network would eventually expand to four stations over the next 12 years. |
Mizlou Television Network | Ad-hoc syndication service | Unknown date | Mizlou programming was syndicated to several commercial television outlets, as well as CATV systems. |
Television stations
Station launches
Date | City of License/Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes/Ref. | |
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January 2 | Salina, Kansas | KSLN-TV | 34 | ABC | ||
February 8 | San Angelo, Texas | KACB-TV | 3 | NBC | ||
March 15 | Portland, Oregon | KATU | 2 | Independent | ||
March 26 | Albany, New York | WMHT | 17 | NET | ||
May 17 | Boston, Massachusetts | WXHR-TV | 56 | Independent | Experimental station | |
June 3 | Bowling Green, Kentucky | WLTV | 13 | Independent | [17] | |
July 4 | Honolulu, Hawaii | KTRG | 13 | Independent | ||
June 15 | Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan | WWUP-TV | 10 | CBS | Satellite of WWTV/Traverse City | |
September 7 | Miami, Florida | WLRN | 17 | NET | ||
September 9 | Syracuse, New York | WNYS-TV | 9 | ABC | ||
September 10 | Nashville, Tennessee | WDCN-TV | 2 | NET | Reallocated to VHF channel 8 in 1973; now a PBS member station. | |
San Antonio, Texas | KLRN | 9 | ||||
September 11 | San Bernardino/Los Angeles, California | KVCR-TV | 24 | NET | ||
September 15 | Biloxi, Mississippi | WLOX-TV | 13 | ABC | ||
Rochester, New York | WOKR | 13 | ABC | |||
September 19 | Lafayette, Louisiana | KATC | 3 | ABC | ||
September 24 | Pullman, Washington | KWSC-TV | 10 | NET | ||
September 25 | Los Angeles, California | KMEX-TV | 34 | Spanish International Network | ||
September 30 | Reno, Nevada | KCRL-TV | 4 | NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) | ||
October 1 | Hartford, Connecticut | WEDH | 24 | NET | Flagship of Connecticut Public Television | |
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaluipas, Mexico (Laredo, Texas, United States) | XEFE-TV | 12 | Spanish International Network | |||
October 7 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | WJMY | 20 | Independent | ||
October 16 | Lubbock, Texas | KTXT-TV | 5 | NET | ||
October 23 | Charleston, South Carolina | WCIV | 4 | NBC | ||
November 1 | Grand Rapids, Michigan | WZZM-TV | 13 | ABC | ||
Yakima, Washington | KYVE | 47 | NET | Now a satellite of KCTS-TV/Seattle | ||
November 3 | Marion, Indiana | WTAF-TV | 31 | Independent | Defunct as of March 14, 1969 | |
November 19 | Ogden, Utah | KOET | 9 | Educational Independent | ||
November 24 | Binghamton, New York | WBJA-TV | 34 | ABC | ||
December 18 | Montgomery, Alabama | WAIQ | 26 | NET | Part of the Alabama Public Television network | |
Unknown date | Los Angeles, California | KIIX | 22 | Independent |
Network affiliation changes
Date | City of license/Market | Station | Channel | Old affiliation | New affiliation | Notes/Ref. |
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August 1 | Durham, North Carolina | WTVD | 11 | CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) | CBS (primary) NBC (secondary) | |
Raleigh, North Carolina | WRAL-TV | 5 | NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) | ABC (exclusive) |
Station closures
Date | City of license/Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Sign-on date | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
February 16 | Midland, Texas | KDCD-TV | 18 | December 9, 1961 | Returned to the air on January 15, 1968 | |
February 28 | Youngstown, Ohio | WXTV | 45 | Independent | November 15, 1960 | |
August 1 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | WPCA-TV | 17 | Independent | July 10, 1960 | Returned to the air January 31, 1963 |
August 26 | Odgen, Utah | KVOG-TV | 9 | Independent | December 1, 1960 | |
November 17 | Boston, Massachusetts | WTAO-TV | 56 | Independent | May 17, 1962 | Experimental station |
Births
Deaths
References
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- ^ Classic TV Archive Ensign O'Toole (1962–63) Accessed 8 November 2021
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 445–449. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. p. 314. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.
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- ^ "TV Station Goes On Air Next Sunday". The Park City Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. May 27, 1962. p. 3. Archived from the original April 5, 2022. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
External links
- List of 1962 American television series at IMDb