The 1948–49 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1948 through March 1949.

Welcome to the ABC Broadcast Archive Wiki! This is a collaborative project that aims to archive and preserve the schedules and events surrounding ABC from its humble beginnings in 1948 to today.

August 10 - ABC establishes its first television station in New York. August 25 – First-ever congressional hearing is televised: "Confrontation Day" between Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers before the House Un-American Activities Committee ( HUAC )

REPORT ON 1948 American Broadcasting Company JO ROCKEFELLER PLAZA NEW YOR-K 20. N. Y. JANUARY 1949 . AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC Board of Directors . Edward J. Noble, C.Chairman Earl E. Anderson Robert H. Hinckley Robert E. Kintner . Nicholas Priaulx Franklin S. Wood Mark Woods Owen D. Young.

ABC was founded as a radio network in 1943 as the successor to the NBC Blue Network. It extended its operations to television in 1948, following in the footsteps of established broadcast networks CBS, NBC, and the lesser-known DuMont.

ABC dramatizes Chicago television debut, Sept. 17, 1948. Elmer Davis analyzes 1948 election returns. ABC covers year’s biggest story—U.S. elections—on radio and television. Hollywood Screen Test discovers new cinema, television talent.

Apr 19, 2016 · 68 years ago today, on April 19, 1948, the ABC Television Network began its broadcasts on its first primary affiliate, WFIL-TV in Philadelphia. The debut show was “On The Corner” with host Henry Morgan, which was also the name of …

It was founded on January 1, 1927, as a radio service named NBC Blue Network and was spun out from NBC on January 9, 1942. It was subsequently renamed to the current name on June 15, 1945, and launched television service in 1948.

This playlist combined all of the American broadcast television network ABC, from 1948 to today, this time it had idents, bumpers, opens & promos.

Apr 23, 2009 · The Breakfast Club ended its radio run in late 1968, however by that time two of ABC's top radio stations ( WABC and WLS ) were well into top 40 rock and roll. In his bio that came out in the 80s, "Cousin Brucie" Morrow said that McNeill and The Breakfast Club was "deadly" to WABC radio.