The year 1948 in television involved some significant events.
Below is a list of television-related events during 1948.
Events
(undated) - The Ziv Company creates
Ziv Television Programs as a subsidiary specializing in the production of original television programs for syndication.[1]
February 9 -
WLWT, Cincinnati, Ohio, begins commercial broadcasting, changing its call letters from experimental station W8XCT.[2]
March 4 - First American television ratings are released by
C. E. Hooper.[3][4]
April 3 –
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 is played on television in its entirety for the first time in a concert featuring Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra. The chorus is conducted by
Robert Shaw.
May 3 – The first network nightly newscast, CBS Television News, debuts on
CBS with
Douglas Edwards as journalist.
June 21 - The first network telecasts of political conventions from
Philadelphia.
July 29 – The
BBC Television Service begins its coverage of the 1948
Olympic Games in London by broadcasting the opening ceremony. From now until the closing ceremony on August 14 the BBC will broadcast an average three and a half hours a day of live coverage from the games, using a special
coaxial cable linking the main venue at
Wembley Stadium to the television service's base at
Alexandra Palace. This is the most ambitious sustained outside broadcast yet attempted by the BBC and is completed without serious problems.
August 25 – First-ever congressional hearing is televised: "Confrontation Day" between
Alger Hiss and
Whittaker Chambers before the House Un-American Activities Committee (
HUAC)
November 4 - Moscow TV facility adopted a new 625 line
PAL television standard.
April 18 - The
ABC television network begins operation.[6]
April 22 -
WTVR-TV, Richmond, Virginia, begins broadcasting on Channel 6.[7] WTVR is the first TV station south of Washington, D.C., giving it the nickname "The South's first Television Station."
April 27 -
KSTP-TV, Saint Paul, Minnesota, signs on the air as an NBC affiliate, the first TV station in
Minnesota.
^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. 883.
ISBN0-14-02-4916-8.
The year 1948 in television involved some significant events.
Below is a list of television-related events during 1948.
Events
(undated) - The Ziv Company creates
Ziv Television Programs as a subsidiary specializing in the production of original television programs for syndication.[1]
February 9 -
WLWT, Cincinnati, Ohio, begins commercial broadcasting, changing its call letters from experimental station W8XCT.[2]
March 4 - First American television ratings are released by
C. E. Hooper.[3][4]
April 3 –
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 is played on television in its entirety for the first time in a concert featuring Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra. The chorus is conducted by
Robert Shaw.
May 3 – The first network nightly newscast, CBS Television News, debuts on
CBS with
Douglas Edwards as journalist.
June 21 - The first network telecasts of political conventions from
Philadelphia.
July 29 – The
BBC Television Service begins its coverage of the 1948
Olympic Games in London by broadcasting the opening ceremony. From now until the closing ceremony on August 14 the BBC will broadcast an average three and a half hours a day of live coverage from the games, using a special
coaxial cable linking the main venue at
Wembley Stadium to the television service's base at
Alexandra Palace. This is the most ambitious sustained outside broadcast yet attempted by the BBC and is completed without serious problems.
August 25 – First-ever congressional hearing is televised: "Confrontation Day" between
Alger Hiss and
Whittaker Chambers before the House Un-American Activities Committee (
HUAC)
November 4 - Moscow TV facility adopted a new 625 line
PAL television standard.
April 18 - The
ABC television network begins operation.[6]
April 22 -
WTVR-TV, Richmond, Virginia, begins broadcasting on Channel 6.[7] WTVR is the first TV station south of Washington, D.C., giving it the nickname "The South's first Television Station."
April 27 -
KSTP-TV, Saint Paul, Minnesota, signs on the air as an NBC affiliate, the first TV station in
Minnesota.
^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. 883.
ISBN0-14-02-4916-8.