Overview of the events of 1949 in television
The year 1949 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1949.
January 16: ABC Television Players January 17: The Goldbergs March 1: Ripley's Believe It or Not May 5: Series Stop the Music 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 July 15: This Is Show Business September 28: Photocrime [ 1] September 29: Come Dancing ballroom dancing competition, is first broadcast by the BBC (1949–95). Martin Kane, Private Eye The Voice of Firestone Bozo the Clown The Lone Ranger ABC (1949–57).[ 2] 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. Picture Page 1946 1952 Starlight 1946 1949 For The Children April 24, 1952 July 7, 1946 The Voice of Firestone Televues 1949 1963 Missus Goes A Shopping August 1, 1944 1949 Kaleidoscope November 2, 1946 1953 Gillette Cavalcade of Sports November 8, 1946 June 24, 1960 Muffin the Mule 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 1947 1953 Charade Quiz 1947 1949 Juvenile Jury 1947 1954 Musical Merry-Go-Round 1947 1949 Small Fry Club 1947 1951 Television Newsreel 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 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 [ edit ] Changes of network affiliation [ edit ] January 7 – Steven Williams , American actor, (21 Jump Street January 8 – Anne Schedeen , American actress, (ALF January 13 – Brandon Tartikoff , American executive (died 1997) January 16 – Caroline Munro , English actress and model January 17 – Andy Kaufman , American actor and comedian (died 1984) January 24 – John Belushi , American actor and comedian, (Saturday Night Live February 2 – Brent Spiner , American actor, (Star Trek: The Next Generation February 3 – Brenda Dickson , American actress, (The Young and the Restless February 8 – Brooke Adams , American actress February 9 – Judith Light , American actress, (One Life to Live Who's The Boss? February 14 – István Vágó , Hungarian television host and political activist (died 2023) February 18 – Jess Walton , American actress, (The Young and the Restless February 25 – Ric Flair , American pro wrestler February 26 – Tim Brant , American sportscaster February 28 – Ilene Graff , American actress and singer, (Mr. Belvedere March 2 – Gates McFadden , American actress and choreographer, (Star Trek: The Next Generation March 16 March 17 – Patrick Duffy , American actor, (Dallas Step by Step March 26 April 14 – John Shea , American actor April 17 – Michael J. Stull , American songwriter (died 2002) April 19 – Forrest Sawyer , American broadcast journalist April 20 – Veronica Cartwright , English-born actress April 23 – Joyce DeWitt , American actress, (Three's Company April 28 – Paul Guilfoyle , American actor, (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation May 1 – Douglas Barr , actor, (The Fall Guy May 9 May 26 June 3 – John Rothman , actor June 11 – Sherman Howard , actor, (Superboy Jumanji Batman Beyond June 12 – Roger Aaron Brown , actor, (The District June 15 – Jim Varney , actor and comedian (died 2000) June 16 June 20 – Lionel Richie , singer June 22 June 25 July 3 – Jan Smithers , actress, (WKRP in Cincinnati July 8 – Carmel Cryan , actor July 9 – Nigel Lythgoe , British TV director and producer (American Idol So You Think You Can Dance July 10 – Mark Shera , actor, (Barnaby Jones S.W.A.T. July 11 – Jay Johnson , ventriloquist, actor, (Soap July 16 – Cyndy Garvey , American television personality July 24 – Michael Richards , actor, (Seinfeld July 27 – Maureen McGovern , actress August 21 August 23 August 24 August 25 – John Savage , actor, (Dark Angel September 10 September 16 – Ed Begley, Jr. , actor, (St. Elsewhere September 20 – Anthony Denison , actor September 23 September 25 – Anson Williams , actor and director, (Happy Days September 28 – Vernee Watson-Johnson , actress September 30 – Ann Risley , actress and comedian, (Saturday Night Live October 3 – Norm Abram , master carpenter, (This Old House October 4 – Armand Assante , actor October 8 – Sigourney Weaver , actress October 9 – Shera Danese , actress, (Columbo October 10 – Jessica Harper , actress October 14 – Katy Manning , English actress October 15 – Tanya Roberts , actress, (died 2021) October 21 October 28 November 1 – Belita Moreno , actress, (Perfect Strangers George Lopez November 3 – Mike Evans , actor, (All in the Family The Jeffersons Good Times November 4 – Berlinda Tolbert , actress, (The Jeffersons November 5 – Armin Shimerman , actor, (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Buffy the Vampire Slayer November 11 – Denise Gordy , actress November 17 – John Boehner , politician[ 6] November 19 – Ahmad Rashad , Sportscaster and former NFL football player November 23 – Jerry verDorn , soap opera actor (Guiding Light One Life to Live November 24 – Damon Evans , actor, (The Jeffersons November 28 – Paul Shaffer , singer November 29 December 2 – Ron Raines , American actor, (Guiding Light December 3 – Heather Menzies , Canadian actress, (Logan's Run December 4 – Pamela Stephenson , New Zealand actress and comedian December 5 – Lanny Wadkins , golfer December 15 – Don Johnson , actor, (Miami Vice Nash Bridges December 19 – Rita Taggart , actress December 21 – Michael Horse , actor, (Twin Peaks ^ Irvin, Richard (2018). The Early Shows: A Reference Guide to Network and Syndicated PrimeTime Television Series from 1944 to 1949 . Retrieved March 21, 2018 . ^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 619. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7 ^ "The Jeremy Corbyn story: Profile of Labour leader" . BBC News . May 23, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2024 .^ AFP and ToI Staff. "Milestones of Benjamin Netanyahu's political rise and fall" . www.timesofisrael.com . Retrieved December 9, 2024 . ^ "The incredible life of Caitlyn Jenner" . Business Insider . Retrieved July 5, 2024 .^ "John Boehner Fast Facts" . CNN . February 21, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2024 .
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