1952 in television

The year 1952 in television involved some significant events.
Below is a list of television-related events during 1952.

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Events

*January 14 - ''Today'' was first aired on NBC with Dave Garroway as host.
*July 7 - Turkey's first television station was opened ITU TV.
*July 20 – ''Arrow to the Heart'', the first collaboration between director Rudolph Cartier and scriptwriter Nigel Kneale, is broadcast by BBC Television.
*August 1 – First TV broadcast in the Dominican Republic by La Voz Dominicana, a TV station based on the radio station of the same name.
*September 6 – Television debuts in Canada with the initiation of CBFT in Montreal, Quebec.
*September 8 – CBLT in Toronto, Ontario begins broadcasting as Canada's second TV station.
*September 20 – The first commercial Ultra High Frequency ( UHF) television station in the world, KPTV (now a Fox company affiliate), begins broadcasting in Portland, Oregon on channel 27.
*October 7 – WFIL-TV Philadelphia's afternoon series ''Bandstand'', which will become '' American Bandstand'', changes emphasis to teens dancing to popular records
*November 16 – CBS Television City in Hollywood, California opens.
*The first political advertisements appear on US television. Democrats buy a 30-minute time segment for their candidate, Adlai Stevenson. Stevenson receives unfavorable mail for interfering with a broadcast of ''I Love Lucy''. Dwight Eisenhower buys 20 second commercial segments and wins the election.
*The first telecast of an atomic bomb detonation (KTLA).
*The U.S. Federal Communications Commission reserved channels for non-commercial, public broadcasting.
*There were approximately 146,000 television sets in Canada and most antennas were pointed towards WBEN-TV (now WIVB) in Buffalo, New York.
* Sooty, a little yellow glove puppet teddy bear makes his debut on BBC's Talent Night.

Programs/programmes

*'' Amos & Andy'' (1951–1953)
*''Author Meets the Critics'' (1947–1954)
*''Bozo the Clown'' (1948–present)
*'' Café Continental'' (UK) (1947–1953)
*''Candid Camera'' (1948–present)
*'' Cisco Kid'' (1950–1956)
*''The Colgate Comedy Hour'' (1950-1955)
*''Come Dancing'' (UK) (1949–1995)
*'' Dragnet'' (1951–1959)
*''Gillette Cavalcade of Sports'' (1946–1960)
*''Hallmark Hall of Fame'' (1951–present)
*''Hawkins Falls'' (1950, 1951–1955)
*''Howdy Doody'' (1947–1960)
*''I Love Lucy'' (1951–1960)
*''Juvenile Jury'' (1947–1954)
*''Kaleidoscope'' (UK) (1946–1953)
*''Kraft Television Theater'' (1947–1958)
*''Kukla, Fran and Ollie'' (1947–1957)
*''Life with Elizabeth'' (1952–1955)
*''Love of Life'' (1951–1980)
*''Martin Kane, Private Eye'' (1949–1954)
*''Meet the Press'' (1947–present)
*''Muffin the Mule'' (UK) (1946–1955)
*''Search for Tomorrow'' (1951–1986)
*''Television Newsreel'' (UK) (1948–1954)
*''The Ed Sullivan Show'' (1948–1971)
*''The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show'' (1950–1958)
*'' The Goldbergs'' (1949–1955)
*''The Jack Benny Show'' (1950–1965)
*''The Roy Rogers Show'' (1951–1957)
*'' The Texaco Star Theater'' (1948–1953)
*''The Voice of Firestone'' (1949–1963)
*''Truth or Consequences'' (1950–1988)
*''What's My Line'' (1950–1967)
*''Your Hit Parade'' (1950–1959)
*''Your Show of Shows'' (1950–1954)

Debuts

*January 6 - '' Claudia'' on NBC (moved to CBS on March 31, 1952)
*January 14 – ''The Today Show'' on NBC (1952–present)McNeil, Alex (1996). ''Total Television''. Penguin Books USA, Inc. .
*March 1 – ''Death Valley Days'' in syndication (1952–1975)
*June 19 – ''I've Got a Secret'' on CBS (1952–1967)
*June 30 – the soap opera ''The Guiding Light'' (1952–2009) on CBS, which began on radio in 1937, becoming the longest-running regularly scheduled drama in television history
*July 10 - The prime time version of ''A Date with Judy'' debuts on ABC.
*September – the religious drama '' This Is the Life'' on DuMont, and ran until the late 1980s
*September 19 – '' Adventures of Superman'' in syndication (1952–1958)
*October 26 – ''Victory at Sea'' (1952–1953) on NBC, one of the first historic documentary series
*October 3 – ''Our Miss Brooks'' (1952-1956) on CBS
*November 1 – ''Hockey Night in Canada'' on CBC (1952–present)
*November 6 – ''Biff Baker, U.S.A.'' on CBS (1952–1953)
*November 8 – '' My Hero'' on NBC (1952–1953)
*December 1 – ''The Abbott and Costello Show'' in syndication (1952–1954)
*December 15 – ''Flower Pot Men'' on BBC Television (1952)
*'' American Bandstand'', originally called ''Bandstand'', as a local program in Philadelphia (1952–1989)
*''Life Is Worth Living'' with Bishop Fulton J. Sheen on DuMont (1952–1955), then on ABC (1955–1957)
*''My Little Margie'' (1952–1955), starring Gale Storm
*''See It Now'', hosted by Edward R. Murrow
*''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' on ABC (1952–1966)
*''The Ernie Kovacs Show'', where Kovacs explores the boundaries of television technology with his use of special effects (1952–1953)
*''Meet the Masters'', a program about classical music, on NBC and WGN-TV
*'' This Is Your Life'' in the U.S. (1952–1961)
*''Life with Elizabeth'', a sitcom featuring Betty White (1952–1955)

Ending during 1952

Births

References

{{Years in television