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Retro; New York City, Tuesday, February 17, 1948

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Source; New York Times


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

Evening

8:00 P. M.-College Basketball Doubleheader: N.Y.U. vs. Manhattan; LIU vs. Duquesne. at
Madison Square Garden

WNBT-Channel 4 (NBC O&O)

7:45-Film
7:50-Newsreel; John Cameron Swayze
8:00-Films
8:30-The Nature of Things-Dr. Roy Marshall (science)
8:45-Wrestling, at St. Nicholas Arena: Primo Carnera vs. Dutch Rhode
11:00-News

WABD-Channel 5 (DuMont O&O)

6:15 P. M.-Small Fry Club with Bob Emery (children)
6:45-News From Washington; Walter Compton
7:00-Films
7:10-Mary Kay and Johnny (situation comedy)
7:30-Camera Headlines (national/world news)
7:40-Telenews (local news)
8:00-Court Of Public Opinion (pubic affairs discussion)
9:00-Sport Names to Remember'
9:05-Boxing at Park Arena

Note; These were the only three stations on the air in New York in the winter of 1948. Four more had construction permits and were at varying stages of completion. Next to sign on in the spring of 1948 would be WATV (ch. 13, independent, studio and transmitter in Newark) followed by WPIX (ch. 11, independent, studio, office and first transmitter at the headquarters of its owner, the New York Daily News). Next in August of 1948 came ABC O&O WJZ-TV (ch. 7), and finally in 1949, WOR-TV (ch. 9, independent, studio on Broadway, first transmitter in New Jersey).

WNBT had studios at 30 Rock and transmitter on the Empire State Building from the start in 1941--and while its callsign is now WNBC, it still does today. WCBS-TV moved its antenna from the Chrysler Building to ESB in 1951, while WABD, WPIX and WJZ-TV made the move from other locations around Manhattan to the Empire State Building mast at the same time. WATV and WOR-TV moved their main transmitters to ESB in 1953.
 
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