1949 In Television

	1949 In Television The year 1949 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1949. __TOC__ Events * January 3: '' Colgate Theatre'' premieres on NBC. * January 11: A two-hour special on all American networks celebrates the linking of the eastern and midwestern networks via coaxial cable. * January 21: '' Your Show Time'' becomes the first filmed dramatic series on American network television. * January 31: The first Emmy Awards are presented and broadcast on television from Los Angeles. * May: The first telethon, benefitting the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund, is hosted by Milton Berle and lasts for 24 hours. * August 25: RCA announces the development of a compatible color TV system. * December 17: The Sutton Coldfield television transmitter is opened in the English Midlands, making it the first part of the UK outside London to receive BBC Television. * December 29: KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Colgate Theatre ''Colgate Theatre'' is a 30-minute dramatic television anthology series telecast on NBC during 1949 and 1958 for a total of 50 episodes in two different formats. The first edition, a live television anthology, was telecast on Monday nights from January 1949 to October 1949 at 9 p.m. ET and on Sunday nights at 8:30 p.m. ET from October 1949 to June 1950. The second series airing on Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m. ET consisted of filmed television pilots of unsold series,Terrace, Vincent (2011). ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 199. and was a last-minute replacement for the quiz show ''Dotto'', which ended August 12, 1958 due to accusations that it was rigged. ''Colgate Theatre'' served as a filler for the sponsor until ''The George Burns Show'' premiered on October 14, 1958. Bill Goodwin was host for the 1958 series. Selected Episodes '' Mr. and Mrs. North'' (July 4, 1949) '' Vic and Sade: Part 1'' (July 11, 1949) ''Vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	This Is Show Business ''This Is Show Business'' is an American variety television program that was broadcast first on CBS and later on NBC beginning July 15, 1949, and ending September 11, 1956. It was CBS-TV's first regular series broadcast live from coast to coast. It was originally titled ''This Is Broadway''. Early years ''This Is Broadway'' debuted on May 11, 1949, on CBS radio, and on July 15, 1949, CBS began a simulcast of the show on its TV network. Irving Mansfield created and produced it and Byron Paul was the director. Like a variety show, it featured entertainment by performers (some established and some new). It also featured a panel whose regular members, Abe Burrows and George S. Kaufman, were joined by a different guest each week. Clifton Fadiman was the host. In addition to performing, artists were supposed to discuss with the panel any show-business-related problems that they had encountered. The discussion aspect sometimes provided difficult when the performers felt that they had no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	WRTV WRTV (channel 6) is a television station in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by the E. W. Scripps Company. The station's studios are located on Meridian Street north of downtown Indianapolis, and its transmitter is located on the city's northwest side near Meridian Hills, Indiana. History WFBM-TV The station first signed on the air on May 30, 1949, as WFBM-TV. Founded by the Consolidated Television and Radio Broadcasters subsidiary of the Bitner Group, owners of radio station WFBM (1260 AM, now WNDE), it is the oldest television station in the state of Indiana. The first program broadcast on the station was a documentary titled ''Crucible of Speed'', about the early history of the legendary Indianapolis 500 auto race; this was followed by the inaugural live television broadcast of the event. The station originally operated as a CBS affiliate, although it maintained secondary affiliations with ABC and the DuMont Television Network. WFBM-T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	WVTM-TV WVTM-TV (channel 13) is a television station in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, affiliated with NBC. Owned by Hearst Television, the station maintains studios and transmitter facilities atop Red Mountain, between Vulcan Trail and Valley View Drive in southeastern Birmingham, adjacent to the Vulcan Statue and next to the studios of Fox affiliate WBRC (channel 6). History Early history The station first signed on the air on May 29, 1949, as WAFM-TV, originally carrying a limited schedule of local programming. The station began carrying select network programming on July 1, operating as a primary CBS and secondary ABC affiliate; channel 13 began carrying an expanded schedule of programming from ABC and CBS on October 1. It was originally owned by The Voice of Alabama, Inc., along with radio stations WAPI (1070 AM), and WAFM (then at 93.3, now WJOX-FM at 94.5 FM). It is the longest continuously operating television station in Alabama. During the summer of 1949, most programs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]