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1952 in television

The year 1952 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1952.

Events
Debuts
Television shows
Ending this year
Births

Events

January 14 NBC's Today show debuts, with host Dave Garroway, newsreader Jim Fleming and announcer Jack Lescoulie.
February 15 The funeral of King George VI is televised in the UK.
July 20 Arrow to the Heart, the first collaboration between director Rudolph Cartier and scriptwriter Nigel Kneale, is broadcast by BBC Television.
August 1 First TV broadcast in the Dominican Republic by La Voz Dominicana, a TV station based on the radio station of the same name.
September 6 TV debuts in Canada with the launch of CBFT in Montreal, Quebec.
September 8 CBLT in Toronto, Ontario goes to air as Canada's second TV station.
September 20 The first commercial UHF television station in the world, KPTV (today a Fox affiliate), begins broadcasting in Portland, Oregon on channel 27.
October 7 WFIL-TV Philadelphia's afternoon show Bandstand, which will become American Bandstand, changes focus to teens dancing to popular records
November 16 - CBS Television City in Hollywood California opens.
The first political advertisements appear on US television. Democrats buy a 30 minute slot for their candidate, Adlai Stevenson. Stevenson is bombarded with hate mail for interfering with a broadcast of I Love Lucy. Dwight Eisenhower buys 20 second commercial spots and wins the election.
The first telecast of an atomic bomb detonation (KTLA).
The FCC sets aside channels for non-commercial, public broadcasting.
There are approximately 146,000 television sets in Canada and most antennas are pointed towards Buffalo's WBEN-TV (now WIVB).
The first telecast of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is broadcast by CBS.

Debuts

January 14 The Today Show premieres on NBC (1952 present).
March 1 Death Valley Days premieres in syndication (1952 1975).
June 19 I've Got a Secret premieres on CBS (1952 1967).
June 30 The Guiding Light premieres on CBS (1952 2009). This soap opera began on radio in 1937 and finished in 1952. It went on to become the longest-running regularly scheduled drama program in television history.
September This Is the Life on DuMont. This religious drama ran from 1952 through the late 1980s, for most of its life in syndication.
September 19 Adventures of Superman premieres in syndication (1952 1958).
October 26 Victory at Sea, one of the first historic documentary series, premieres on NBC (1952 1953).
November 1 Hockey Night in Canada premieres on CBC (1952 present).
November 6 - Biff Baker, U.S.A. premieres on CBS (1952 1953)
December 1 - The Abbott and Costello Show premieres in syndication (1952 1954)
December 15 Flower Pot Men premieres on BBC Television (1952).
American Bandstand, originally called Bandstand, premieres as local program in Philadelphia (1952 1989).
Life Is Worth Living with Bishop Fulton J. Sheen premiers on DuMont (1952 1955), then on ABC (1955 1957)
My Little Margie (1952 1955), starring Gale Storm.
See It Now premieres, hosted by Edward R. Murrow.
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet on ABC (1952 1966).
The Ernie Kovacs Show premieres. Kovacs pushes the limits of television technology with his use of camera tricks and special effects (1952 1953).
Meet the Masters, a program about classical music, premieres on NBC and WGN-TV.
This Is Your Life premieres in the US (1952 1961).
Life with Elizabeth Famous sitcom starring Betty White (1952 1955).