1963 in American television
Appearance
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This is a list of American television-related events in 1963.
Events
Date | Event | Ref. |
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May 15 | NBC carries the first transmission from "Faith 7", a U.S. manned space capsule. It was broadcast on tape delay due to poor picture quality. | |
September 2 | The CBS Evening News becomes the first half-hour weeknight news broadcast in American network television when the show was lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes. NBC's evening news program, The Huntley-Brinkley Report, follows suit one week later later. | |
October 1 | ABC News begins to rely on its own camera crews, after depending on outside sources for news film. | |
November 22 | Regular programming of all three major U.S. networks start pre-emptions following the news of John F. Kennedy's assassination. The most notable preserved recording of the wall-to-wall news coverage of the assassination was that of CBS, when CBS News interrupts that day's episode of As the World Turns. Through the facilities of the Relay 1 satellite, the news bulletins about the assassination, as well as the funeral procession later that week, were the first television broadcasts across the Pacific Ocean. | |
December 7 | The first use of Instant Replay occurred during the live broadcast of the Army-Navy Game. Coverage director Tony Verna was the inventor of the Instant Replay. |
Other television events in 1963
- The Federal Communications Commission approves authorization of television remote controls to be included with each manufactured television set.
- For the first time, most Americans say that they get more of their news from television than newspapers.
Television programs
Debuts
Ending this year
Date | Show | Network | Debut | Notes |
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January 25 | Don't Call Me Charlie! | NBC | 1962 | |
March 25 | The Jetsons | ABC | September 23, 1962 | Returned in 1985. |
April 2 | Hawaiian Eye | October 1959 | ||
April 14 | Car 54, Where Are You? | NBC | September 1961 | |
May 5 | Ensign O'Toole | September 23, 1962 | ||
May 14 | Empire | September 25, 1962 | ||
May 21 | Laramie | September 15, 1959 | ||
The Voice of Firestone | September 1949 | |||
June 5 | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | CBS | September 29, 1959 | |
June 20 | Leave It to Beaver | ABC | October 4, 1957 | Returned in 1983. |
June 23 | The Real McCoys | CBS | October 3, 1957 | |
August 26 | Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har | Syndication | September 3, 1962 | |
Touché Turtle and Dum Dum | ||||
August 30 | Wally Gator | |||
September 28 | The Shari Lewis Show | NBC | October 1, 1960 | Returned in 1968. |
Television stations
Sign-ons
Network affiliation changes
Date | City of license/Market | Station | Channel | Old affiliation | New affiliation | Notes/Ref. |
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August 1 | Davenport, Iowa (Moline-Rock Island, IL/Bettendorf, Iowa) |
WOC-TV | 6 | NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) |
NBC (exclusive) |
Station closures
Date | City of license/Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Sign-on date | Notes |
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April 17 | Hot Springs, Arkansas | KFOY-TV | 9 | NBC | February 1, 1961 | |
May 16 | Charlotte, North Carolina | WUTV | 36 | ABC (primary) NBC/CBS (secondary) |
September 5, 1961 | |
June | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | WPCA-TV | 17 | Independent | July 10, 1960 (first incarnation) January 31, 1963 (second incarnation) |
Financial distress; returned in 1965 as WPHL-TV |
June 10 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | WJMY | 20 | Independent | October 7, 1962 | |
July 15 | Flagstaff, Arizona | KVLS | 13 | Independent | December 18, 1961 |
Births
Deaths
References
- ^ "Classic Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: Nostalgia". Wildkingdom.com. 1963-01-06. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
- ^ Schemering, Christopher (1987). The Soap Opera Encyclopedia (2nd ed.). Ballantine Books. pp. 78–83. ISBN 0-345-35344-7.
- ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (1999). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present (7th ed.). New York: The Ballentine Publishing Group. p. 1077. ISBN 0-345-42923-0.
- ^ Alex McNeil, Total Television, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., p. 154
- ^ Adams, Val (January 1, 1964). "A.B.C.-TV TO DROP '77 SUNSET STRIP' / Also Discontinuing 3 Other Series Before April". The New York Times, p.41. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
- ^ [1], The Jimmy Dean Show Official Site - History
- ^ "Jerry Lewis".
- ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 197. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
- ^ Staff. "C.B.S.-TV MAY DROP 'GLYNIS' ON DEC. 18; Decision on Comedy Series Is Expected Next Week Tom Gallery Leaves N.B.C. New Show on Westerns Casals Conducts Tomorrow", The New York Times, October 23, 1963. Accessed October 28, 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. 598.
- ^ Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, 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. 740.
- ^ Classic TV Archive The New Phil Silvers Show (1963-64)
- ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 261. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 188–191. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ Gardner, Paul (3 January 1964). "Originator Here to Assist 'T.W. 3' / David Frost Will Appear on New Satirical Revue". The New York Times. p. 49. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ "History of UHF Television: WOOK-TV/Washington, DC". Archived from the original on 2017-09-20. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ "WHNT's Founder Brought Station On Air In Crucial Time". WHNT.com. July 8, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2021.