1942 in American television

This is a list of American television -related events in 1942.

Events

• January 8-
  • The televised game show CBS Television Quiz was reduced to a length of 55 minutes for the network to present a five-minute news summary at 9:25 PM. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  • NBC formed a separate corporate entity for the Blue Network on January 8, 1942, "Blue Network Company, Inc." ^[6] From this date on, while NBC still maintained ownership of the Blue Network, it was for most purposes an entirely separate network. NBC Red at this point became known as simply NBC. ^[7]
• February 1 - The state-owned news network Voice of America (VOA) is established. ^[8] The station broadcasts to Nazi Germany, with a show called Stimmen aus Amerika ("Voices from America") which was transmitted on February 1, 1942. It was introduced by the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and included the pledge: "Today, and every day from now on, we will be with you from America to talk about the war... The news may be good or bad for us – We will always tell you the truth." ^[9]
• February 2 - CBS Television Quiz moved to be broadcast on Mondays and was now preceded by a civilian-defense program (later an American Red Cross program), which along with the news summary required the show itself to decrease to 50 minutes. The Red Cross program ended on March 30, allowing Quiz to re-expand to 55 minutes. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}
• March 10 - WCBW received a full broadcast license, its construction permit and commercial program authorization. ^[10]
• May- The WCBW scaled back their programing at the end of May 1942, following a mandate several weeks earlier by the War Production Board to cease building television stations. CBS Television Quiz moved to Thursdays and Fridays and was again reduced to 50 minutes. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}
• June- In June 1942, The United States Supreme Court upheld the jurisdiction of the FCC over the issuance of rules relating to chain broadcasting. While the FCC litigation continued in the wake of this ruling, the public and private antitrust litigation was held in abeyance. ^[11]
• Date unknown- The cultural diplomacy programming on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) launches the musical show Viva América (1942–49) which featured the Pan American Orchestra and the artistry of several noted musicians from both North and South America, including Alfredo Antonini, Juan Arvizu, Eva Garza, Elsa Miranda, Nestor Mesta Chaires, Miguel Sandoval, John Serry Sr., and Terig Tucci. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

Births

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Deaths

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References

1. "Television Obscurities - Television Programs in 1941". Television Obscurities. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
2. Newcomb, Horace (2014). Encyclopedia of Television. Routledge. p. 1013. ISBN   9781135194796 . Retrieved 26 September 2017.
3. Christopher H. Sterling and John M. Kittross, Stay Tuned: A History of American Broadcasting (Wadsworth Publishing, 1998; third edition, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002) pages 165-168 ISBN   978-0-534-00514-6
4. Alex McNeil, Total Television, (New York: Penguin Books, fourth edition, 1980) ISBN   0-14-024916-8
5. Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, (New York: Ballantine Books, third edition, 1964) ISBN   0-345-31864-1
6. At one point, the name "United Broadcasting System" seems to have been contemplated, but this was not used. New York Times, December 25, 1941, 39:7. C.E. Butterfield's radio news column, syndicated by Wide World, stated that the former NBC Blue would be called "BNC". The Capital, (Annapolis MD), January 10, 1942, p5.
7. See the 1943 Britannica Book of the Year, under the entry "Radio", page 579; note, however, that "The Blue Network Today," at p. 4, considers the start date to be January 1, 1942, not January 9.
8. "Mission and Values". insidevoa.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
9. Roberts, Walter R. UNC.edu Archived April 26, 2018, at the Wayback Machine See also: Kern, Chris. "A Belated Correction: The Real First Broadcast of the Voice of America". Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
10. Erik Barnouw (1968). The Golden Web: A History of Broadcasting in the United States, 1933–1953 . New York City: Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-500475-5.
11. See the 1943 Britannica Book of the Year, under the entry "Radio", page 579.
12. Settel, Irving (1967) [1960]. A Pictorial History of Radio. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. p. 146. LCCN   67-23789. OCLC   1475068.
13. Bronfman, Alejandra; Wood, Andrew Grant, eds. (2012). Media Sound & Culture in Latin America. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 49. ISBN   978-0-8229-6187-1.
14. Anthony, Edwin D. (1973). "Records of the Radio Division" (PDF). Records of the Office of Inter-American Affairs. Vol. Inventory of Record Group 229. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Record Services – General Services Administration. pp. 25–26. LCCN   73-600146. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2020.

External links

• List of 1942 American television series at IMDb