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WGNT, originally WYAH-TV, was preceded on channel 27 by an earlier station, WTOV-TV (unrelated to the current WTOV-TV in Steubenville, Ohio), the second built in Norfolk proper and the market's third. It operated twice during the 1950s: from December 6, 1953, to October 3, 1954, and again under different ownership from May 25, 1955, to August 1959.
In September 1950 NBC added two live variety series, Four Star Revue and The Colgate Comedy Hour, to its fall schedule. These programs were a network effort to bring NBC's most popular radio stars to television; talent included Eddie Cantor , Jack Carson , Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis , Jimmy Durante , Danny Thomas , Ed Wynn , Bob Hope and Fred ...
It was West Michigan's second television station to debut after WLAV-TV (channel 7, now WOOD-TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids). June 17 – WAND (at this time called WTVP) goes on the air in Decatur, Illinois. July 1 – WHBF-TV signs on the air. It is the fifth-oldest surviving station in Illinois, and the oldest outside Chicago.
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July 4, 1950 November 19 Starlit Time: DuMont: April 9, 1950 November 20 The Susan Raye Show: DuMont: October 2, 1950 November 25 Country Style: DuMont: July 29, 1950 December 1 TV Shopper: DuMont: November 1, 1948 December 15 Hold That Camera: DuMont: August 27, 1950 Unknown date Cartoon Teletales: ABC 1948 The Vincent Lopez Show: DuMont March ...
This is a partial list of affiliate stations of the DuMont Television Network, which operated in the United States from 1946 to 1956.At its peak in 1954, DuMont was affiliated with around 200 TV stations. [1]
1950 - WTAR-TV begins broadcasting. [24] 1952 NATO Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic headquartered in Norfolk. [19] Norfolk–Portsmouth Bridge–Tunnel opens. [19] WRAP-AM radio begins broadcasting. 1953 - WTOV-TV begins broadcasting; [24] it later evolved into WGNT. 1954 - Azalea Festival begins. [19]
Eastern's biggest venture in its ownership of the station, however, came in the early 1950s, when the station applied for UHF channel 33 in Newport News. WACH-TV signed on the air for the first time on October 13, 1953. [8] WACH-TV temporarily suspended operations on March 27, 1954, at which time the radio station also took on the WACH call sign.