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1949 in television

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The year 1949 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1949.

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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) television station to operate a daily schedule.
  • First television broadcasts begin in Cuba.
  • For the first time, the Sears & Roebuck catalog includes televisions.

    • Debuts

  • January 17: The Goldbergs, a situation comedy, debuts on CBS (1949–55).
  • March 21: WTVJ Signs on the air becoming the first television station in the state of Florida.
  • May 5 : Series Stop the Music debuts on American Broadcasting Company for a five-year run over seven years.
  • June 27: Captain Video and His Video Rangers, apparently the first science fiction series televised, debuts.
  • July 15: This Is Show Business, panel discussion program, premieres on CBS (1949–54; 1956).
  • September 29: Come Dancing, a ballroom dancing competition, is first broadcast by the BBC (1949–95).
  • Martin Kane, Private Eye premieres on NBC, becoming the first detective series televised (1949–54).
  • The Voice of Firestone premieres (1949–63).
  • Bozo the Clown premieres (1949–present).
  • The Lone Ranger premieres (1949–57).

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