Retro; New York City, Thursday, February 19, 1948

[Bob1370]

Source; New York Times

WCBS-TV-Channel 2 (CBS O&O)

Evening

7:45-Ski Forecast-Billy Quivey
8:00-News-Douglas Edwards
8:15-To the Queen's Taste with Dione Lucas (cooking)
8:45-College Basketball: St. John's vs. Niagara; CCNY vs. Canisius, at Madison Square Garden

WNBT-Channel 4 (NBC O&O)

Afternoon

5:00-Puppet Playhouse (Howdy Doody; Buffalo Bob Smith, host)

Evening

7:45-News Films; John Cameron Swayze
8:00-Eye Witness, Behind-Scenes Views
8:30-Television Magazine
9:09-You Are An Artist-John Gnagy
9:15-Television News
9:25-Film Short
9:30-President Truman and Others, at Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner. Washington (To 11)

WABD-Channef 5 (DuMont O&O)

Evening

6:15-Small Fry Club with Bob Emery
6:49-Walter Compton, News
7:00-Birthday Party
7:30-News Pictures
7:45-Film Shorts
8:00-Champagne and Orchids
8:15-Film Shorts
8:35-Charade Quiz
9:50-Wrestling From Park Arena
10:05-President Truman and others, at Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

I believe CBS had not yet begun to fed programs to other cities; but DuMont and NBC already were serving stations in other cities.

I would think that as of February 19th, 1948, the two networks had these stations as affiliates:

* DuMont:

- WABD-5 New York (flagship)

- WTTG-5 Washington (O&O)

- WFIL-6 Philadelphia (would share DuMont and ABC when the latter went on the air)

- WRGB-4 (later Channel 6) Schenectady/Albany (also affiliated with NBC; would also get ABC and CBS affiliations when those networks began feeding regular programs later that year).

* NBC:

- WNBT-4 New York (network flagship)

- WPTZ-3 Philadelphia (now CBS-owned KYW-TV)

- WMAR-2 Baltimore (I believe it was shared with DuMont)

- WNBW-4 Washington (O&O)

- WRGB Schenectady


I don't think either network was yet making kinescope recordings for non-connected stations (they would do so later that year).