1962 in American television

This is a list of American television-related events in 1962.

Events

Date	Event	Ref.
January 1	The 1962 Rose Bowl game on NBC is the first coast-to-coast live color television broadcast of a college football game in the United States.
January 1	NBC introduces the Laramie Peacock before the midnight showing of the day's episode of Laramie
March 24	On Fight of the Week, ABC televises the Benny Paret vs. Emile Griffith III boxing match from Madison Square Garden in New York City. The fight ends when Paret falls unconscious at the hands of Griffith, which would lead to his death ten days later.
April 16	Walter Cronkite succeeds Douglas Edwards as anchorman of the CBS Evening News; he would remain so for the next 19 years.
September 25	The Spanish International Network begins operation as the first Spanish-language television network in the United States
November 15	NBC-primary/CBS-secondary affiliate WLEX-TV in Lexington, Kentucky becomes the first UHF television station to broadcast in color.	[1]

Also in 1962

The All-Channel Receiver Act of 1962 requires UHF (channels 14-83) tuners to be on all consumer television sets in addition to the VHF tuner.[2][3]
Zenith Electronics markets its first color television set, 21-inch round screen set.

Television programs

Debuts

Date	Debut	Network
January 1	The Magic Door	WBBM-TV
January 2[4]	Your First Impression	NBC
January 27	Room for One More	ABC
February[5]	Biography	Syndication
February 20	The Beachcomber	Syndication
September 3	The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series	Syndication
September 3	Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har	Syndication
September 3	Touché Turtle and Dum Dum	Syndication
September 3	Wally Gator	Syndication
September 11	The Lloyd Bridges Show	CBS
September 14[6]	Family Classics	WGN-TV
September 15	Sam Benedict	NBC
September 17	It's a Man's World	NBC
September 17	Saints and Sinners	NBC
September 20[7]	Wide Country	NBC
September 21	Fair Exchange	CBS
September 23[8] [9][10]	Ensign O'Toole	NBC
September 23[11]	The Jetsons	ABC
September 23[12]	McKeever and the Colonel	NBC
September 24	The New Loretta Young Show	CBS
September 25[13]	Empire	NBC
September 26	The Beverly Hillbillies	CBS
September 27	The Nurses	CBS
September 28	I'm Dickens, He's Fenster	ABC
September 29	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	ABC
September 29	The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show	ABC
September 30	GE True	CBS
October 1[14]	Discovery	ABC
October 1	The Lucy Show	CBS
October 1	Stoney Burke	ABC
October 1[15][16]	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	NBC
October 2	Combat!	ABC
October 3	The Eleventh Hour	NBC
October 3	Going My Way	ABC
October 3	Our Man Higgins	ABC
October 5	The Gallant Men	ABC
October 11	McHale's Navy	ABC
December 31	Match Game	NBC

Ending this year

Date	Show	Network	Debut
January 6	The Yogi Bear Show	First-run syndication	January 30, 1961
March 1	The New Bob Cummings Show	CBS	October 5, 1961
March 25	Bus Stop	ABC	October 1, 1961
April 4	Straightaway		October 6, 1961
April 18	Top Cat		September 27, 1961
May 10	Outlaws	NBC	September 29, 1960
May 23	Window on Main Street	CBS	October 2, 1961
May 31	Oh! Those Bells		March 8, 1962
June 5	Ichabod and Me		September 26, 1961
September 12	The Alvin Show		October 4, 1961
September 28	The Brighter Day		January 4, 1954
Unknown	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	NBC	1955
Unknown	The Quick Draw McGraw Show	First-run syndication	September 28, 1959

Network launches

Network	Type	Launch date	Notes
Connecticut Public Television	October 1	Public broadcasting network	Beginning with the sign-on of WEDH in Hartford, Connecticut, the network would eventually expand to four stations over the next 12 years.
Mizlou Television Network	Ad-hoc syndication service	Unknown date	Mizlou programming was syndicated to several commercial television outlets, as well as CATV systems.
Spanish International Network	Broadcast over-the-air	September 25	The first foreign-language television network to broadcast in the United States

Television stations

Station launches

Date	City of License/Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation	Notes/Ref.
January 2	Salina, Kansas	KSLN-TV	34	ABC
February 8	San Angelo, Texas	KACB-TV	3	NBC
March 15	Portland, Oregon	KATU	2	Independent
March 26	Albany, New York	WMHT	17	NET
May 17	Boston, Massachusetts	WXHR-TV	56	Independent	Experimental station
June 3	Bowling Green, Kentucky	WLTV	13	Independent	[17]
July 4	Honolulu, Hawaii	KTRG	13	Independent
June 15	Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan	WWUP-TV	10	CBS	Satellite of WWTV/Traverse City
September 7	Miami, Florida	WLRN	17	NET
September 9	Syracuse, New York	WNYS-TV	9	ABC
September 10	Nashville, Tennessee	WDCN-TV	2	NET	Reallocated to VHF channel 8 in 1973; now a PBS member station.
September 10	San Antonio, Texas	KLRN	9	NET
September 11	San Bernardino/Los Angeles, California	KVCR-TV	24	NET
September 15	Biloxi, Mississippi	WLOX-TV	13	ABC
September 15	Rochester, New York	WOKR	13	ABC
September 19	Lafayette, Louisiana	KATC	3	ABC
September 24	Pullman, Washington	KWSC-TV	10	NET
September 25	Los Angeles, California	KMEX-TV	34	Spanish International Network
September 30	Reno, Nevada	KCRL-TV	4	NBC (primary) ABC (secondary)
October 1	Hartford, Connecticut	WEDH	24	NET	Flagship of Connecticut Public Television
October 1	Nuevo Laredo, Tamaluipas, Mexico (Laredo, Texas, United States)	XEFE-TV	12	Spanish International Network
October 7	Ann Arbor, Michigan	WJMY	20	Independent
October 16	Lubbock, Texas	KTXT-TV	5	NET
October 23	Charleston, South Carolina	WCIV	4	NBC
November 1	Grand Rapids, Michigan	WZZM-TV	13	ABC
November 1	Yakima, Washington	KYVE	47	NET	Now a satellite of KCTS-TV/Seattle
November 3	Marion, Indiana	WTAF-TV	31	Independent	Defunct as of March 14, 1969
November 19	Ogden, Utah	KOET	9	Eduational Independent
November 24	Binghamton, New York	WBJA-TV	34	ABC
December 18	Montgomery, Alabama	WAIQ	26	NET	Part of the Alabama Public Television network
Unknown date	Los Angeles, California	KIIX	22	Independent

Network affiliation changes

Date	City of license/Market	Station	Channel	Old affiliation	New affiliation	Notes/Ref.
August 1	Durham, North Carolina	WTVD	11	CBS (primary) ABC (secondary)	CBS (primary) NBC (secondary)
August 1	Raleigh, North Carolina	WRAL-TV	5	NBC (primary) ABC (secondary)	ABC (exclusive)

Station closures

Date	City of license/Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation	Sign-on date	Notes
February 16	Midland, Texas	KDCD-TV	18	December 9, 1961	Returned to the air on January 15, 1968
February 28	Youngstown, Ohio	WXTV	45	Independent	November 15, 1960
August 1	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	WPCA-TV	17	Independent	July 10, 1960	Returned to the air January 31, 1963
August 26	Odgen, Utah	KVOG-TV	9	Independent	December 1, 1960
November 17	Boston, Massachusetts	WTAO-TV	56	Independent	May 17, 1962	Experimental station

Births

Deaths

References

Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State. p. 295. ISBN 9781879688933.
Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 484. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-307-48320-1. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
Tufts, Chris. "Family Classics-titles and air dates". epguides. Archived from the original on February 28, 2011. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle. "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-present", Ballantine Books, 1999, p. 1118. ISBN 0-345-42923-0 via Google Books. Accessed October 25, 2008.
McNeil, Alex, Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present, Fourth Edition, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, ISBN 0 14 02 4916 8, p. 258.
Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle. The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–present (Sixth Edition), New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, ISBN 0-345-39736-3, p. 316.
Classic TV Archive Ensign O'Toole (1962–63) Accessed 8 November 2021
Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 445–449. ISBN 978-1476665993.
Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. p. 314. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.
Terrance, Vincent (1979). Complete Encyclopedia of Television Programs (1947–1979). Vol. 1. Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co. pp. 138. ISBN 0-498-02488-1.
Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 151–152. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.
Bill Zehme (June 2002). "The Man Who Retired". Esquire. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
Harris, Jay S., ed. (1978). TV Guide: The First 25 Years. New York: New American Library. p. 65. ISBN 0-452-25225-3.
"TV Station Goes On Air Next Sunday". The Park City Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. May 27, 1962. p. 3. Archived from the original April 5, 2022. Retrieved May 10, 2022.

External links

List of 1962 American television series at IMDb

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[nash-1] Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State. p. 295. ISBN 9781879688933.

[Daytime-4] Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 484. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved March 22, 2020.

[dir-5] Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-307-48320-1. Retrieved November 17, 2018.

[Classics-6] Tufts, Chris. "Family Classics-titles and air dates". epguides. Archived from the original on February 28, 2011. Retrieved March 13, 2011.

[7] Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle. "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-present", Ballantine Books, 1999, p. 1118. ISBN 0-345-42923-0 via Google Books. Accessed October 25, 2008.

[mcneil-8] McNeil, Alex, Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present, Fourth Edition, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, ISBN 0 14 02 4916 8, p. 258.

[Brooks_and_Marsh-9] Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle. The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–present (Sixth Edition), New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, ISBN 0-345-39736-3, p. 316.

[ctva-10] Classic TV Archive Ensign O'Toole (1962–63) Accessed 8 November 2021

[11] Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 445–449. ISBN 978-1476665993.

[Woolery-12] Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. p. 314. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.

[Vincent-13] Terrance, Vincent (1979). Complete Encyclopedia of Television Programs (1947–1979). Vol. 1. Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co. pp. 138. ISBN 0-498-02488-1.

[Woolery2-14] Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 151–152. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.

[15] Bill Zehme (June 2002). "The Man Who Retired". Esquire. Retrieved June 9, 2010.

[Harris-65-16] Harris, Jay S., ed. (1978). TV Guide: The First 25 Years. New York: New American Library. p. 65. ISBN 0-452-25225-3.

[17] "TV Station Goes On Air Next Sunday". The Park City Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. May 27, 1962. p. 3. Archived from the original April 5, 2022. Retrieved May 10, 2022.