1958 in American television
Television related events in the USA during 1958
This is a list of American television-related events in 1958.
Events
Date | Event | Ref. |
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August 15 | Dotto, a pioneer in big-money quiz shows, becomes the first game show to be cancelled due to the probe in the quiz show scandals. This was due to a federal investigation that started with the allegation that a contestant of that program has been given answers in advance of the show's taping. Several other quiz shows were later canceled due to the investigation. | |
October 17 | Fred Astaire makes his television starring debut in An Evening with Fred Astaire, an NBC special that later won nine Emmy Awards, and is one of the first television specials to be preserved by means of videotape. | |
September 16 | Orson Welles's The Fountain of Youth is broadcast on NBC-TV's Colgate Theatre. Filmed in 1956 for a proposed Desilu series, the half-hour program airs only once and becomes the only unsold pilot ever to win a Peabody Award. | [1]: 424–425 [2][3]: 307 |
- Ampex demonstrates their design for a color video tape recorder.
Television programs
Debuts
Date | Debut | Network |
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January 4 | Sea Hunt | Broadcast syndication |
January 7 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | Broadcast syndication |
January 12 | Shirley Temple's Storybook | NBC |
January 18 | Young People's Concerts | CBS |
February 10[4] | J. P. Patches | KIRO-TV |
February 10 | Walt Disney Presents: Annette | ABC |
February 15[5] | The Dick Clark Show | ABC |
March[6] | Target | Broadcast syndication |
April 25[7] | Jefferson Drum | NBC |
May 8 | Jazz Party | Dumont |
July 3[8] | Buckskin | NBC |
July 7 | Frontier Justice | CBS |
August 25 | Concentration | NBC |
September 6[9] | The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole | Broadcast syndication |
September 6 | Wanted Dead or Alive | CBS |
September 14 | Northwest Passage | NBC |
September 22[10] | Peter Gunn | NBC |
September 23 | Bronco | ABC |
September 23[11] | Rescue 8 | Broadcast syndication |
September 24 | The Donna Reed Show | ABC |
September 26 | Frontier Doctor | Broadcast syndication |
September 27 | Cimarron City | NBC |
September 29[12] | The Huckleberry Hound Show | Broadcast syndication |
September 29 | The Texan | CBS |
September 30 | Naked City | ABC |
September 30 | The Rifleman | ABC |
October | This Is Alice | NTA Film Network |
October 1 | Mackenzie's Raiders | Broadcast syndication |
October 2[13][14] | Behind Closed Doors | NBC |
October 2 | Felix the Cat | Broadcast syndication |
October 2[15] | Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks | Broadcast syndication |
October 2 | The Rough Riders | ABC |
October 2 | Yancy Derringer | CBS |
October 3[16] | Lux Playhouse | NBC |
October 5 | Lawman | ABC |
October 6 | The Ann Sothern Show | CBS |
October 6 | Cannonball | Broadcast syndication |
October 6 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | CBS |
October 8 | Bat Masterson | NBC |
October 8 | Kraft Music Hall | NBC |
October 10 | 77 Sunset Strip | ABC |
October 10 | Man with a Camera | ABC |
October 21 | The George Burns Show | NBC |
October 22[17] | Pursuit | CBS |
November 4 | Flight | Broadcast syndication |
Ending this year
Date | Show | Network | Debut | Notes |
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August 15 | Dotto | CBS (daytime) NBC (primetime) | January 6, 1958 | This program was one of several that were implicated in the quiz show scandals. |
September 7 | The $64,000 Challenge | CBS | April 8, 1956 | |
October 16 | Twenty-One | NBC | 1956 | |
November 2 | The $64,000 Question | CBS | June 7, 1955 | |
December 11 | Jefferson Drum | NBC | April 25, 1958[7] |
Networks and services
Network launches
Network | Type | Launch date | Notes | Source |
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Badger Television Network | Over-the-air regional | January | A three-station regional television network involving three ABC affiliated stations in Wisconsin, including in Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay, with Milwaukee's WISN-TV serving as the network's flagship. | [18] |
Network closures
Network | Type | End date | Notes | Source |
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Badger Television Network | Over-the-air regional | August 8 | It ceased operations due to financial issues. | [18] |
Television stations
Station launches
Date | Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes/References |
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January 1 | Helena, Montana | KXLJ-TV | 12 | NBC | |
Peoria, Illinois | WMBD-TV | 31 | CBS | ||
January 6 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | WIPR-TV | 6 | NET | |
January 20 | Salt Lake City, Utah | KUED | 7 | NET | |
January 21 | Rapid City, South Dakota | KRSD-TV | 3 | NBC | |
January 23 | Minot, North Dakota | KMOT-TV | 10 | NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) | semi-satellite of KFYR-TV Bismarck |
February 1 | Orlando, Florida | WLOF-TV | 9 | ABC | |
February 2 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | WSTE-TV | 7 | Independent | |
February 8 | Seattle, Washington | KIRO-TV | 7 | CBS | |
February 17 | Atlanta, Georgia | WETV | 30 | NET | |
March 3 | Oakland/San Francisco, California | KTVU | 2 | Independent | |
March 5 | Scottsbluff, Nebraska | KDUH-TV | 4 | ABC | |
March 15 | Billings, Montana | KGHL-TV | 8 | NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) | |
April 1 | Eureka, California | KVIQ-TV | 6 | NBC | |
May 1 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | KNME-TV | 5 | NET | |
September 2 | Salina, Kansas | KAYS-TV | 7 | CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) | Semi-satellite of KTVH (now KWCH-DT) in Hutchinson |
September 5 | Louisville, Kentucky | WFPK | 15 | NET | Now KET/PBS affiliate WKPC-TV |
September 10 | Jacksonville, Florida | WJCT | 7 | NET | |
September 14 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | WTAE-TV | 4 | ABC | |
September 20 | Nacogdoches, Texas | KTES | 19 | Independent | |
October 5 | Great Falls, Montana | KRTV | 3 | NBC | |
October 8 | Alexandria, Minnesota | KCMT | 7 | CBS | Satellite of WCCO-TV/Minneapolis, Minnesota |
October 12 | Flint, Michigan | WJRT-TV | 12 | ABC | |
October 17 | Tampa, Florida | WEDU | 3 | NET | |
October 20 | Kalispell, Montana | KULR | 9 | Independent | |
October 27 | Tampa, Florida | WEDU | 3 | NET | |
November 5 | Garden City, Kansas | KGLD | 11 | NBC | Satellite of KCKT/Hays |
November 9 | Nampa, Idaho (Boise, Idaho) | KCIX-TV | 6 | Independent | |
November 10 | Gainesville, Florida | WUFT | 5 | NET | |
November 17 | Wailuku, Hawaii | KAII-TV | 7 | NBC | Satellite of KONA-TV (now KHON-TV) in Honolulu |
November 27 | Aberdeen, South Dakota | KXAB-TV | 9 | NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) | |
November 30 | Buffalo, New York | WKBW-TV | 7 | ABC | |
December 1 | Odessa, Texas | KVKM-TV | 9 | ABC | |
December 5 | Toledo, Ohio | WTOL | 11 | CBS (primary) NBC (secondary) | |
December 15 | North Platte, Nebraska | KNOP-TV | 2 | NBC |
Network affiliation changes
Date | Market | Station | Channel | Old affiliation | New affiliation | References |
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November 16 | Hartford, Connecticut | WTIC-TV (original) | 3 | Independent | CBS | |
Unknown date | Lexington, Kentucky | WKXP-TV | 27 |
Station closures
Date | City of license/Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | First air date | Notes/Ref. |
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April 7 | Kalispell, Montana | KGEZ-TV | 9 | Independent | July 9, 1957 | |
May 7 | Honolulu, Hawaii | KHVH-TV | 13 | Independent | May 5, 1957 | Merged with KULA-TV (now KITV) |
May 11 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | WITV | 17 | ABC | November 25, 1953 | |
May 31 | York, Pennsylvania (Harrisburg/Lebanon) | WNOW-TV | 49 | NTA Film Network | November 9, 1953 | |
June 5 | Bloomington, Illinois | WBLN | 15 | December 1, 1953 | ||
June 20 | Fayetteville/Raleigh, North Carolina | WFLB-TV | 18 | ABC (primary) CBS/NBC (secondary) | ||
June 21 | San Francisco | KSAN-TV | 32 | Independent | March 9, 1954 | |
July 16 | Honolulu, Hawaii | KHVH-TV | 13 | Independent | May 5, 1957 | |
September 10 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pennsylvania | WILK-TV | 34 | ABC (primary) NTA Film Network (secondary) | September 7, 1953 | Merged with current ABC affiliate WNEP-TV in Scranton. |
September 13 | Wilmington, Delaware | WVUE | 12 | Independent | March 23, 1949 | |
September 30 | Buffalo, New York | WBUF | 17 | NBC | August 17, 1953 | Returned to the air in 1959 as NET member station WNED-TV |
Births
Deaths
See also
References
- ^ Welles, Orson, and Peter Bogdanovich, edited by Jonathan Rosenbaum, This is Orson Welles. New York: HarperCollins Publishers 1992 ISBN 0-06-016616-9
- ^ Adams, Val, "Peabody Awards for 1958 Listed". The New York Times, April 8, 1959.
- ^ Arnaz, Desi. A Book. New York: William Morrow, 1976. ISBN 0-688-00342-7
- ^ "58th Anniversary of the First Show". jppatches.com. Archived from the original on September 13, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle (Edition 7 — 1997), The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows: 1946—Present, Random House Inc., page 537, ISBN 0-345-45542-8
- ^ Tim Brooks; Earle Marsh (2003). "Target (Dramatic Anthology)". The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present (Eighth ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 1172. ISBN 978-0-345-45542-0.
- ^ a b "Jefferson Drum". ctva.biz. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
- ^ Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 76–77. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.
- ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole Episode Guide -Beverly Hills Prods". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved 5 October 2019.[dead link]
- ^ Snauffer, Douglas (2006). Crime Television. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 22–24. ISBN 978-0-275-98807-4. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "The Ferris Wheel on Rescue 8, September 23, 1958". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
- ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981. Scarecrow Press. pp. 144–146. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ 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. 84.
- ^ 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. 88.
- ^ Tipton Tribune, Sept. 29, 1958, p. 7
- ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (24 June 2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 823. ISBN 978-0-307-48320-1. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
- ^ 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. 833. ISBN 0-345-42923-0.
- ^ a b Dick Golembiewski (2008). Milwaukee Television History: The Analog Years. Marquette University Press. pp. 230-231. ISBN 0-87462-055-4
External links
- List of 1958 American television series at IMDb
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