1952 in American television

This is a list of American television-related events in 1952.

Events

Date	Event	Ref.
January 14	The Today Show makes its debut on NBC.	^[1]
May 22	The first televised atomic bomb detonation, billed as "Operation Tumbler–Snapper", is broadcast on KTLA in Los Angeles, and fed to the three major networks via a 140 miles (230 km) microwave link.
September 20	KPTV in Portland, Oregon, begins broadcasting on channel 27 as the world"s first commercial Ultra High Frequency (UHF) television station.
October 7	In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bandstand, the predecessor to American Bandstand, debuts on WFIL-TV to change emphasis to teens dancing to popular music records.
November 16	Television City, at this time known as CBS Television City, opens on Beverly Boulevard in Hollywood, California as the network's first television studio based on the west coast.
November 27	CBS broadcasts the first telecast of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade from New York City.

Other notable events in 1952

The FCC reserves some channels for non-commercial, educational broadcasting.
The first political advertisements appear on television. The Democratic Party buys a 30-minute time segment for their candidate, Adlai Stevenson, who eventually received unfavorable mail for interfering with a broadcast of I Love Lucy. Dwight Eisenhower buys 20 second commercial segments and wins the election.

Television programs

Debuts

Date	Debut	Network
January 1	Battle of the Ages	DuMont
January 6^[1]^: 167	Claudia	NBC
January 8^[2] ^[3]	My Friend Irma	CBS
January 13	CBS Television Workshop	CBS
January 14	Today	NBC
January 18	Quick on the Draw	DuMont
February	Steve Randall	DuMont
February 12^[4]	Life Is Worth Living	DuMont
February 24	Meet the Masters	NBC
February 25	Guide Right	DuMont
March 1	Death Valley Days	First-run syndication
March 5	The Unexpected	First-run syndication
March 6	The Cases of Eddie Drake	DuMont
March 16	The Week in Religion	DuMont
March 19	It's a Business	DuMont
March 20	Gang Busters	NBC
March 22^[5]	Dagmar's Canteen	NBC
April	The Paul Dixon Show	DuMont
April 14^[6]	Broadway Television Theatre	WOR-TV
May	Boxing From Eastern Parkway	DuMont
May	Monodrama Theater	DuMont
June 1	China Smith	First-run syndication
June 6	The Campbell Playhouse	NBC
June 10	Meet the Boss	DuMont
June 16	My Little Margie	CBS
June 19^[7]	I've Got a Secret	CBS
June 20^[8]	Curtain Call	NBC
June 30^[9]^[10]	Guiding Light	CBS
July	Guess What?	DuMont
July 1	The Power of Women	DuMont
July 3	Mister Peepers	NBC
July 17	Operation Information	DuMont
August 14	Pick the Winner	CBS/Dumont
August 24^[11]	The Doctor	NBC
September	The Abbott and Costello Show	First-run syndication
September	The Fisher Family	DuMont
September 2	Where Was I?	DuMont
September 6	Happy's Party	DuMont
September 6	Golf Instruction with Phil Galvano	DuMont
September 10	Stage a Number	DuMont
September 13	Cowboy G-Men	First-run syndication
September 14	New York Times Youth Forum	DuMont
September 15	Famous Fights From Madison Square Garden	DuMont
September 19^[12]	Adventures of Superman	First-run syndication
September 20^[13]	The Jackie Gleason Show	CBS
September 25	Four Star Playhouse	CBS
September 29^[14]^[15]^[16]	Garfield Goose and Friends	WBKB-TV/WBBM-TV
October 1	Cavalcade of America	NBC
October 1	This Is Your Life	NBC
October 1	Trash or Treasure	DuMont
October 3	Dark of Night	DuMont
October 3	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet	ABC
October 3^[17]	Gulf Playhouse	NBC
October 3	Mr. and Mrs. North	CBS
October 3	Our Miss Brooks	CBS
October 6	Football Sidelines	DuMont
October 6	One Man's Experience	DuMont
October 6	One Woman's Experience	DuMont
October 7	American Bandstand	WFIL-TV
October 7	Life with Elizabeth	First-run syndication
October 7	Ramar of the Jungle	First-run syndication
October 13	Ladies' Date	DuMont
October 14	Leave It to Larry	CBS
October 14^[18]	The Red Buttons Show	CBS
October 15	I Married Joan	NBC
October 26^[19]	Victory at Sea	NBC
November 6	Biff Baker, U.S.A.	CBS
November 8	My Hero	NBC
November 9	Omnibus	CBS
November 13^[20]	Biff Baker, U.S.A.	CBS
November 24	Ding Dong School	NBC
December 1	The Abbott and Costello Show	First-run syndication
December 1	Report Card for Parents	DuMont
December 16	Wisdom of the Ages	DuMont
December 30	The Ernie Kovacs Show	CBS

Changes of network affiliation

Show	Moved from	Moved to
Say It with Acting	NBC	ABC
The Arthur Murray Party	CBS	Dumont
Author Meets the Critics	ABC	Dumont
The Drew Pearson Show	ABC	Dumont
Youth on the March	ABC	Dumont
Rebound	ABC	Dumont
Charlie Wild, Private Detective	ABC	Dumont
Gruen Playhouse	ABC	Dumont
Life Begins at Eighty	NBC	Dumont

Ending this year

Date	Show	Network	Debut
January 1	We the People	NBC	June 1, 1948 (on CBS)
January 13	Out There	CBS	October 28, 1951
February 22	Say It with Acting	ABC	January 8, 1951 (on NBC)
February 28	Public Prosecutor	NBC	February 1951
March 2	Major Dell Conway of the Flying Tigers	DuMont	April 7, 1951
March 2	Stage Entrance	DuMont	May 2, 1951
March 20	Shadow of the Cloak	DuMont	June 6, 1951
March 27	The Bill Goodwin Show	NBC	September 11, 1951
March 29	The Talent Shop	DuMont	October 13, 1951
April 13	CBS Television Workshop	CBS	January 13, 1952
April 19	Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town	CBS	June 16, 1951
April 24	Stop the Music	ABC	May 5, 1949
March 2	Major Dell Conway of the Flying Tigers	DuMont	April 7, 1951
May 21	It's a Business	DuMont	March 19, 1952
May 29	The Cases of Eddie Drake	DuMont	March 6, 1952
June 4	Pulitzer Prize Playhouse	ABC	October 6, 1950
June 5	Casey, Crime Photographer	CBS	April 19, 1951
June 14	Dagmar's Canteen	NBC	March 22, 1952
June 19	Charlie Wild, Private Detective	DuMont	December 22, 1950 (on CBS)
June 19	The Ruggles	DuMont	October 23, 1949
June 25	Celanese Theatre	ABC	October 2, 1951
June 26	DuMont Royal Theater	DuMont	April 12, 1951
June 27	The First Hundred Years	CBS	December 4, 1950
June 30	Claudia	CBS	January 6, 1952 (on NBC)
July 4	Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room	DuMont	January 17, 1949
August 26	Guess What	DuMont	July 8, 1952
September 12	The Magic Cottage	DuMont	July 18, 1949
September 18	Operation Information	DuMont	July 17, 1952
September 21	Celebrity Time	CBS	November 20, 1948
September 26	Curtain Call	NBC	June 20, 1952
November 11	The Power of Women	DuMont	July 1, 1952
November 13	The Frank Sinatra Show	CBS	October 7, 1950
November 24	Pentagon	DuMont	May 6, 1951
November 29	Battle of the Ages	CBS	January 1, 1952 (on DuMont)
December 9	Quick on the Draw	DuMont	January 18, 1952
December 10	The Unexpected	DuMont	March 5, 1952
December 22	Famous Fights from Madison Square Garden	DuMont	September 15, 1952
December 22	Football Sidelines	DuMont	October 6, 1952
December 23	Leave It to Larry	CBS	October 14, 1952
December 25	Gangbusters	NBC	March 20, 1952
Unknown date	At Home with Billie Burke	DuMont	June 1951

Television stations

Station launches

Date	City of License/Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation	Notes/Ref.
July 18	Denver, Colorado	KFEL-TV	2	DuMont
September 20	Portland, Oregon	KPTV	27	NBC (primary) ABC/CBS/DuMont (secondary)	World's first commercial UHF television station; now a Fox affiliate on channel 12.
October 12	Denver, Colorado	KBTV	9	CBS (primary) ABC (secondary)
November 1	Denver, Colorado	KLZ-TV	7	CBS
November 13	Lubbock, Texas	KDUB-TV	13	CBS (primary) DuMont (secondary)
November 27	Austin, Texas	KTBC-TV	7	CBS (primary) ABC/DuMont/NBC (secondary)	Now a Fox O&O station
December 1	Honolulu, Hawaii	KGMB	9	CBS (primary) NBC (secondary)
December 7	Colorado Springs, Colorado	KKTV	11	CBS (primary) ABC/NBC/DuMont (secondary)
December 11	Roanoke, Virginia	WSLS	10	NBC (primary) ABC (secondary)
December 14	El Paso, Texas	KROD-TV	4	CBS (primary) ABC/DuMont (secondary)
December 15	Honolulu, Hawaii	KONA-TV	11	NBC (primary) DuMont (secondary)
December 20	Spokane, Washington	KHQ-TV	6	NBC (primary) ABC (secondary)
December 21	Atlantic City, New Jersey	WFPG-TV	46	NBC (primary) CBS/ABC/DuMont (secondary)
	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	WSBA-TV	43	ABC
	South Bend, Indiana	WSBT-TV	22	CBS (primary) ABC/NBC/DuMont (secondary)
December 30	Mobile, Alabama	WKAB-TV	48	Independent

Network affiliation changes

Date	City of license/Market	Station	Channel	Old affiliation	New affiliation	Notes/Ref.
December 15	Honolulu, Hawaii	KGMB	9	CBS (primary) ABC/NBC (secondary)	CBS (primary) ABC (secondary)

Station closures

Date	City of license/Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation	First air date	Notes/Ref.
August 23	Bridgeport, Connecticut	KC2XAK	24	NBC	World's first experimental UHF station; a rebroadcast station of WNBT/New York City

Births

Deaths

References

^ ^a ^b McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television. Penguin Books USA, Inc. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 579. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (1999). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present (7th ed.). New York: The Ballentine Publishing Group. p. 700. ISBN 0-345-42923-0.
^ Weiner, Ed (1992). The "TV Guide" TV Book: 40 Years of the All-Time Greatest Television Facts, Fads, Hits, and History. New York: Harper Collins. p. 216. ISBN 0-06-096914-8.
^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 192. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
^ Hawes, William (2001). Filmed Television Drama, 1952-1958. McFarland. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-7864-1132-0. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
^ Weiner, Ed (1992). The TV Guide TV Book: 40 Years of the All-Time Greatest Television Facts, Fads, Hits, and History. New York: Harper Collins. p. 216. ISBN 0-06-096914-8.
^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 190. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
^ "'General Hospital' is American Television's Longest-Running Drama Series". soapoperanetwork.com. November 24, 2020.
^ "Longest Running TV Drama". Arts & Media. Guinness World Records. 2009. Archived from the original on April 19, 2011.
^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 223. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
^ "Adventures of Superman". epguides.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
^ Weiner, Ed (1992). The TV Guide TV Book: 40 Years of the All-Time Greatest Television Facts, Fads, Hits, and History. New York: Harper Collins. p. 217. ISBN 0-06-096914-8.
^ Okuda & Mulqueen 2004, pp. 51–66.
^ "Frazier Thomas". Chicago Television. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
^ Hollis 2001, pp. 92–93.
^ Hawes, William (2001). Filmed Television Drama, 1952-1958. McFarland. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-7864-1132-0. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
^ "This Week (Cont'd)". Ross Reports. October 12, 1952. p. 2. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
^ "Victory at Sea [Song Collection]", U.S. Library of Congress, 2005, webpage: LOC-VaS-23.
^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (24 June 2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-307-48320-1. Retrieved October 31, 2021.

External links

List of 1952 American television series at IMDb

Sources

Hollis, Tim (2001). Hi There, Boys and Girls! America's Local Children's TV Programs. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-578-06396-3 – via Project MUSE.
Okuda, Ted; Mulqueen, Jack (2004). The Golden Age of Chicago Children's Television. Lake Claremont Press. ISBN 978-1-893-12117-1.

[mcneil-1] McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television. Penguin Books USA, Inc. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.

[tt-2] McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 579. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.

[brooks-3] Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (1999). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present (7th ed.). New York: The Ballentine Publishing Group. p. 700. ISBN 0-345-42923-0.

[TVGB3-4] Weiner, Ed (1992). The "TV Guide" TV Book: 40 Years of the All-Time Greatest Television Facts, Fads, Hits, and History. New York: Harper Collins. p. 216. ISBN 0-06-096914-8.

[McNeil3-5] McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 192. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.

[6] Hawes, William (2001). Filmed Television Drama, 1952-1958. McFarland. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-7864-1132-0. Retrieved March 12, 2022.

[TVGB-7] Weiner, Ed (1992). The TV Guide TV Book: 40 Years of the All-Time Greatest Television Facts, Fads, Hits, and History. New York: Harper Collins. p. 216. ISBN 0-06-096914-8.

[McNeil2-8] McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 190. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.

[9] "'General Hospital' is American Television's Longest-Running Drama Series". soapoperanetwork.com. November 24, 2020.

[worldrecord-10] "Longest Running TV Drama". Arts & Media. Guinness World Records. 2009. Archived from the original on April 19, 2011.

[McNeil-11] McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 223. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.

[12] "Adventures of Superman". epguides.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2015.

[TVGB2-13] Weiner, Ed (1992). The TV Guide TV Book: 40 Years of the All-Time Greatest Television Facts, Fads, Hits, and History. New York: Harper Collins. p. 217. ISBN 0-06-096914-8.

[FOOTNOTEOkudaMulqueen200451–66-14] Okuda & Mulqueen 2004, pp. 51–66.

[Thomas-15] "Frazier Thomas". Chicago Television. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

[FOOTNOTEHollis200192–93-16] Hollis 2001, pp. 92–93.

[ftd-17] Hawes, William (2001). Filmed Television Drama, 1952-1958. McFarland. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-7864-1132-0. Retrieved February 14, 2022.

[18] "This Week (Cont'd)". Ross Reports. October 12, 1952. p. 2. Retrieved February 10, 2022.

[LOC-19] "Victory at Sea [Song Collection]", U.S. Library of Congress, 2005, webpage: LOC-VaS-23.

[cd-20] Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (24 June 2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-307-48320-1. Retrieved October 31, 2021.

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1952 in American television

Events

Other notable events in 1952

Television programs

Debuts

Changes of network affiliation

Ending this year

Television stations

Station launches

Network affiliation changes

Station closures

Births

Deaths

References

External links

Sources

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