Retro; New York City, Tuesday, April 15, 1947

[Bob1370]

Source; New York Times

Stations;

2-WCBS-TV (CBS)
4-WNBT (NBC, now WNBC)
5-WABD (DuMont; now WNYW-Fox)

No morning programming on any station; no programming listed today for ch. 4

AFTERNOON

1:50
5-Baseball; NY Yankees vs. Philadelphia Athletics, from Yankee Stadium
2:00
2-Baseball; Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Boston Braves from Ebbets Field; this was
Jackie Robinson's debut in major league baseball, and thus the day the big
leagues were integrated for all time

EVENING

7:00
5-Movies for Small Fry
8:00
5-Western Movie (title not listed)
9:00
5-Serving Through Science (educational)

Other stations in the New York market were still under construction.
WATV ch. 13 (independent, now WNET-PBS) would sign on in April of 1948, follwed in May 1948 by WPIX ch. 11 (independent, now CW), WJZ-TV ch. 7 (ABC, now WABC-TV) in August of 1948, and WOR-TV ch. 9 (independent, now WWOR-MyNetwork) in October of 1949.

 

[Stanislav]

2-Baseball; Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Boston Braves from Ebbets Field; this was
Jackie Robinson's debut in major league baseball, and thus the day the big
leagues were integrated for all time

Interesting! I never knew that Robinson's debut MLB game was televised! Would be fascinating to see a kinnie of that one.

 

[BMR]

2-Baseball; Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Boston Braves from Ebbets Field; this was
Jackie Robinson's debut in major league baseball, and thus the day the big
leagues were integrated for all time

Interesting! I never knew that Robinson's debut MLB game was televised! Would be fascinating to see a kinnie of that one.

Would it have been Kinescoped? If it was, it would have been one of the first. The first one in the UK wasn't until later in 1947 http://www.thevalvepage.com/tvyears/1947/tvy1947text.htm

 

[Stanislav]

2-Baseball; Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Boston Braves from Ebbets Field; this was
Jackie Robinson's debut in major league baseball, and thus the day the big
leagues were integrated for all time

Interesting! I never knew that Robinson's debut MLB game was televised! Would be fascinating to see a kinnie of that one.

Would it have been Kinescoped?

Probably not -- but one can dream. Would be quite a find if it were, though.

 

[Ultimajock]

2-Baseball; Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Boston Braves from Ebbets Field; this was
Jackie Robinson's debut in major league baseball, and thus the day the big
leagues were integrated for all time

Interesting! I never knew that Robinson's debut MLB game was televised! Would be fascinating to see a kinnie of that one.

Would it have been Kinescoped?

Probably not -- but one can dream. Would be quite a find if it were, though.

...however, of course, Jackie's Dodger debut was widely newsreeled. Were any of the New York stations allowed to use any of the theatrical newsreels' material at the time?...

 

[Stanislav]

2-Baseball; Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Boston Braves from Ebbets Field; this was
Jackie Robinson's debut in major league baseball, and thus the day the big
leagues were integrated for all time

Interesting! I never knew that Robinson's debut MLB game was televised! Would be fascinating to see a kinnie of that one.

Would it have been Kinescoped?

Probably not -- but one can dream. Would be quite a find if it were, though.

...however, of course, Jackie's Dodger debut was widely newsreeled.

I just thought it would be interesting to hear how the broadcasters handled the situation on-air, how they commented on the momentous event as it was happening.

 

[Ultimajock]

...perhaps the TV audio was a simulcast of ?a/?the radio broadcast? Who carried the radiocasts at that time (both Brooklyn and Boston)? And are there any of those airchecks in existence?...

 

[BMR]

I wonder what the rather uninspiring sounding 'movies for small fry' was ???

 

[Bob1370]

I think in 1947 the Yankees were on WINS/1010 and WABD/Ch. 5 with Mel Allen. The Dodgers were on WHN/1050 and WCBS-TV/Ch.2 with Red Barber, who called Robinson's debut and by his own account, didn't take notice on the air about Robinson's etnicity, only about his fine defensive play that day. And the Giants were on WMCA/570 (no TV that day although WABD and WCBS-TV each carried some games that season) with Russ Hodges.

 

[KeithE4]

I think in 1947 the Yankees were on WINS/1010 and WABD/Ch. 5 with Mel Allen. The Dodgers were on WHN/1050 and WCBS-TV/Ch.2 with Red Barber, who called Robinson's debut and by his own account, didn't take notice on the air about Robinson's etnicity, only about his fine defensive play that day. And the Giants were on WMCA/570 (no TV that day although WABD and WCBS-TV each carried some games that season) with Russ Hodges.

According to this NY Times radio listing (PDF file), you are correct.

 

[Bob1370]

"I wonder what the rather uninspiring sounding 'movies for small fry' was"

Probably a mistake on the schedule publisher's part to call it that. Back in the late 40s and early 50s WABD channel 5 was actually running a daily children's show called The Small Fry Club with Bob Emery. Some kinescopes of it survive...it was a hit with the kids, and if you think of an early Captain Kangaroo-style show hosted by a gentle, kindly man in a business suit, you've got it--that was Bob Emery. He was a hit with early TV viewers, parents and kids alike, in New York and he could have had a big national career if he'd stayed there...probably would have joined Buffalo Bob Smith, Fred Rogers and Bob Keeshan in the pantheon of nationwide kids' TV stars. But he missed his home town of Boston too much, and went back there in the early 1950s, taking the Small Fry Club with him to Boston TV and continuing to do it there until he retired.

Channel 5 was one of the centers of local TV programming for children all during the 50s and 60s with Sandy Becker and Sonny Fox taking up where Emery left off.

 

[Stanislav]

Channel 5 was one of the centers of local TV programming for children all during the 50s and 60s with Sandy Becker and Sonny Fox taking up where Emery left off.

There's a YouTube clip of the close of a 60's WNEW Chuck McCann show in which he plugs the shows to follow: Winchell/Mahoney, Sandy Becker, and Soupy Sales.

Any one of those four shows by itself was better than all the current kiddie krapola put together.

 

[hubcity]

There's a YouTube clip of the close of a 60's WNEW Chuck McCann show in which he plugs the shows to follow: Winchell/Mahoney, Sandy Becker, and Soupy Sales.

Any one of those four shows by itself was better than all the current kiddie krapola put together.

And if I might amplify that comment, McCann's ease in front of the camera as the credits roll is outstanding. For those who've read this and said to themselves "I'll have to check that out sometime"...do it now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwPMicZ0deM