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

Events

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Debuts

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Programs

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Stations

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  • January 1: KPRC-TV (Originally known as KLEE-TV) Signs on the air. They are the Second TV station in Texas, and the First in Houston. That same day, KTTV Signs on in Los Angeles.
  • March 21: WTVJ signs on the air becoming the first television station in the state of Florida.
  • May 29: WVTM-TV (Originally WAFM, and later WABT and WAPI) Signs on the air as the first TV station in Alabama
  • May 30: WRTV (originally WFBM-TV) Signs on the air as the first TV station in Indiana
  • June 6: KFOR-TV (originally WKY-TV) Signs on the air as the first TV station in Oklahoma
  • July 1 WBRC Begins operations from Birmingham AL, just 1 month after WVTM started operations.
  • August 29: WOWT (originally WOW-TV) Signs on the air for the first time, becoming the first television station in Nebraska, and one of the first in the Midwest.

Television shows

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Picture Page (UK) 1946 1952
Starlight (UK) 1946 1949
For The Children (UK) April 24, 1952 July 7, 1946
The Voice of Firestone Televues 1949 1963
Missus Goes A Shopping August 1, 1944 1949
Kaleidoscope (UK) November 2, 1946 1953
Gillette Cavalcade of Sports November 8, 1946 June 24, 1960
Muffin the Mule (UK) 1946 1955
Television Screen Magazine 1946 1949
You Are an Artist 1946 1950
Doorway to Fame May 2, 1947 July 4, 1949
Kraft Television Theater May 7, 1947 1958
Kukla, Fran and Ollie October 13, 1947 1957
Meet the Press November 6, 1947
Mary Kay and Johnny November 18, 1947 March 11, 1950
Howdy Doody December 27, 1947 September 24, 1960
Americana 1947 1949
Birthday Party 1947 1949
Café Continental (UK) 1947 1953
Charade Quiz 1947 1949
Juvenile Jury 1947 1954
Musical Merry-Go-Round 1947 1949
Small Fry Club 1947 1951
Television Newsreel (UK) January 5, 1948 1954
The Original Amateur Hour January 18, 1948 September 27, 1970
Court of Current Issues February 9, 1948 June 26, 1951
Stop Me If You've Heard This One March 4, 1948 April 22, 1949
Author Meets the Critics April 1948 October 10, 1954
Hollywood Screen Test April 15, 1948 1953
Texaco Star Theater June 8, 1948 1953
The Ed Sullivan Show June 20, 1948 June 6, 1971
Candid Camera August 10, 1948
CBS Evening News August 15, 1948
Foodini the Great August 23, 1948 June 23, 1951
Actors Studio September 1948 June 1950
Champagne and Orchids September 6, 1948 January 10, 1949
Stained Glass Windows September 26, 1948 October 16, 1949
Ford Theatre October 17, 1948 July 10, 1957
The Growing Paynes October 20, 1948 August 3, 1949
The Adventures of Oky Doky November 4, 1948 May 26, 1949
The Morey Amsterdam Show December 17, 1948 October 12, 1950
The Alan Dale Show 1948 1951
Amanda 1948 1949
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts 1948 January 1, 1958
The Bigelow Show 1948 1949
Break the Bank 1948 1957
Cartoon Teletales 1948 1950
Celebrity Time 1948 September 1952
Child's World 1948 1949
Club Seven 1948 1951
The Philco Television Playhouse 1948 1955
Winner Take All 1948 1952
The Goldbergs January 17, 1949 1956
These Are My Children January 31, 1949 February 25, 1949
A Woman to Remember February 21, 1949 July 15, 1949
Time for Beany February 28, 1949 1955
Ripley's Believe It or Not! March 1, 1949 October 5, 1950
Think Fast March 26, 1949 October 8, 1950
Captain Video June 27, 1949 April 1, 1955
Mama July 1, 1949 March 17, 1957
Martin Kane, Private Eye August 7, 1949 June 17, 1954
The Family Genius September 1949 September 1949
The Little Revue September 4, 1949 April 21, 1950
The Lone Ranger September 15, 1949 June 6, 1957
Come Dancing (UK) September 29, 1949 1995
The Aldrich Family October 2, 1949 May 29, 1953
The Life of Riley October 4, 1949 March 28, 1950
January 2, 1953 August 22, 1958
Let There Be Stars October 6, 1949 November 27, 1949
The Ruggles November 3, 1949 June 19, 1952
One Man's Family November 4, 1949 June 21, 1952
March 1, 1954 April 1, 1955
The Admiral Broadway Revue 1949 1949
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends 1949 1959
Easy Aces 1949 1949
Follow That Man 1949 1956

Programs ending during 1949

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Date Show Debut
January 10 Champagne and Orchids 1948
May 26 The Adventures of Oky Doky
June 23 King Cole's Birthday Party 1947
Charade Quiz
July 4 Americana
Doorway to Fame
Unknown Musical Merry-Go-Round
Amanda 1948
The Bigelow Show
Child's World
Missus Goes A-Shopping 1944
Starlight (UK) 1946
Television Screen Magazine

Changes of network affiliation

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Births

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Television debuts

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References

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  1. ^ Irvin, Richard (2018). The Early Shows: A Reference Guide to Network and Syndicated PrimeTime Television Series from 1944 to 1949. BearManor Media. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
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