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Shortly after ruling in favor of NBC, the FCC chairman Charles Denny resigned from the FCC to become vice president and general counsel of NBC [5] March 10 – The Metropolitan Opera broadcast for the first time from NBC studios at Rockefeller Center an abridged performance of the first act of Pagliacci, along with excerpts from four other operas.
February 3 - Art for Your Sake, an art discussion program hosted by Dr. Bernard Myers, debuts on W2XBS (NBC) (1940). [4] February 21 - NBC News with Lowell Thomas, a simulcast of Lowell Thomas’ daily radio newscast, debuts on W2XBS (NBC) (1940). [5] March 27- The Esso Television Reporter debuts on W2XBS (NBC) (1940). [6] July 8 - Boxing from ...
The first regularly scheduled American television newscast in history was made by NBC News on February 21, 1940, anchored by Lowell Thomas (1892–1981), and airing weeknights at 6:45 p.m. It was simply Lowell Thomas in front of a television camera while doing his NBC network radio broadcast; the television simulcast was seen only in New York ...
It aired every weeknight at 7:30 PM, and was the first regularly scheduled, network television news program featuring an anchor (as mentioned, the nightly Lowell Thomas NBC radio network newscast was simulcast on television locally on NBC's WNBT—now WNBC—for a time in the early 1940s and the previously mentioned Richard Hubbell, Ned Calmer ...
Title Premiere date Finale Notes Seasons Kraft Television Theatre: May 7, 1947: October 1, 1958: 11 Barney Blake, Police Reporter: April 22, 1948: July 8, 1948
NBC stations were often the most powerful, and some occupied unique clear-channel national frequencies, reaching hundreds or thousands of miles at night. In the late 1940s, rival CBS gained ground by allowing radio stars to use their own production companies to produce programs, which became a profitable move for much of its talent.
Television portal; United States portal; Television series which originated in the United States in the decade 1940s. i.e. in the years 1940 to 1949.Television shows that originated in other countries and only later aired in the United States should be removed from this category and its sub-categories
It was broadcast on NBC from November 4, 1937, until July 25, 1940. As the years changed, so did the title, becoming Good News of 1939 and Good News of 1940. In its last few months on the air, it was known as Maxwell House Coffee Time. [1] Some sources also refer to the program as Hollywood Good News. [2]