Just a few random TV related events that happened on September 16. Discuss or comment as you please……
1926: “Our Gang” bully Tommy Bond is born in Dallas, Texas. He was also the first actor to portray cub photographer Jimmy Olsen (“Superman”) on the movie screen.
1927: Actor Jack Kelly (Maverick) is born in Astoria, Queens, New York. (He also had a brief stint in the game show world, hosting Sale of the Century from 1969 to 1971.)
1949: Actor Ed Begley, Jr. (St. Elsewhere) is born in Los Angeles.
1949: KECA-TV (channel 7, now KABC-TV) hits the air in Los Angeles. It is the last VHF station to sign on in L.A., and the last of the five original ABC-owned stations to debut.
1953: WILK-TV (channel 34) begins operations as an ABC affiliate in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. At the time, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre were considered separate TV markets and, 3 ½ months later, Scranton’s own ABC outlet signed on in the form of WARM-TV (channel 16). Both stations struggled financially, eventually merging on channel 16 (once the two small markets were combined into one) under the calls WNEP-TV in 1956. (The channel 34 allocation was subsequently shifted to Binghamton, New York.
1954: CKLW-TV (channel 9, now CBET) begins broadcasting in Windsor, Ontario.
1956: TCN-9 in Sydney becomes the first Australian TV station to begin regular transmissions.
1963: There is nothing wrong with your television set: The Outer Limits debuts on ABC.
1964: Shindig! premieres on ABC. The success of the show would lead NBC to clone the concept for Hullabaloo.
1964: The cartoon Peter Potamus debuts in syndication. Although we tend to think of it as an ABC show, it (and companion cartoon Magilla Gorilla) were not picked up by the network until 1966.
1965: The Dean Martin Show premieres on NBC.
1967: Mannix debuts on CBS.
1967: KPAZ-TV (channel 21) signs on in Phoenix as Arizona’s first full-power UHF station.
1970: McCloud debuts on NBC.
1972: Hi, Bob! (Take a shot...) The Bob Newhart Show premieres on CBS.
1972: The Streets of San Francisco debuts on ABC.
1976: WECA-TV (channel 27, now WTXL-TV) sings on in Tallahassee, Florida. It brings a local ABC signal to Florida’s Capital for the first time.
1981: Actress Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls) is born (as Kimberly Alexis Bledel) in Houston, Texas.
1983: Webster premieres on ABC.
1984: Punky Brewster debuts on NBC.
1985: WJKW-TV (channel 8, Cleveland) regains its historic WJW-TV calls.
1989: American Gladiator premieres in syndication.
1990: America's Funniest Home Videos premieres on ABC.
1993: Frasier debuts on NBC.
1996: Judge Judy premieres in syndication.
(Just a little featurette I hope to do as time permits…..don’t expect it every single day. It’s an entirely random selection based on a quick Net search, and is not meant to be comprehensive. So, don’t post nasty messages about “you forgot THIS” or “how could you not mention THAT?” Do so, and I’ll just take my keyboard and go home…..)
1926: “Our Gang” bully Tommy Bond is born in Dallas, Texas. He was also the first actor to portray cub photographer Jimmy Olsen (“Superman”) on the movie screen.
1927: Actor Jack Kelly (Maverick) is born in Astoria, Queens, New York. (He also had a brief stint in the game show world, hosting Sale of the Century from 1969 to 1971.)
1949: Actor Ed Begley, Jr. (St. Elsewhere) is born in Los Angeles.
1949: KECA-TV (channel 7, now KABC-TV) hits the air in Los Angeles. It is the last VHF station to sign on in L.A., and the last of the five original ABC-owned stations to debut.
1953: WILK-TV (channel 34) begins operations as an ABC affiliate in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. At the time, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre were considered separate TV markets and, 3 ½ months later, Scranton’s own ABC outlet signed on in the form of WARM-TV (channel 16). Both stations struggled financially, eventually merging on channel 16 (once the two small markets were combined into one) under the calls WNEP-TV in 1956. (The channel 34 allocation was subsequently shifted to Binghamton, New York.
1954: CKLW-TV (channel 9, now CBET) begins broadcasting in Windsor, Ontario.
1956: TCN-9 in Sydney becomes the first Australian TV station to begin regular transmissions.
1963: There is nothing wrong with your television set: The Outer Limits debuts on ABC.
1964: Shindig! premieres on ABC. The success of the show would lead NBC to clone the concept for Hullabaloo.
1964: The cartoon Peter Potamus debuts in syndication. Although we tend to think of it as an ABC show, it (and companion cartoon Magilla Gorilla) were not picked up by the network until 1966.
1965: The Dean Martin Show premieres on NBC.
1967: Mannix debuts on CBS.
1967: KPAZ-TV (channel 21) signs on in Phoenix as Arizona’s first full-power UHF station.
1970: McCloud debuts on NBC.
1972: Hi, Bob! (Take a shot...) The Bob Newhart Show premieres on CBS.
1972: The Streets of San Francisco debuts on ABC.
1976: WECA-TV (channel 27, now WTXL-TV) sings on in Tallahassee, Florida. It brings a local ABC signal to Florida’s Capital for the first time.
1981: Actress Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls) is born (as Kimberly Alexis Bledel) in Houston, Texas.
1983: Webster premieres on ABC.
1984: Punky Brewster debuts on NBC.
1985: WJKW-TV (channel 8, Cleveland) regains its historic WJW-TV calls.
1989: American Gladiator premieres in syndication.
1990: America's Funniest Home Videos premieres on ABC.
1993: Frasier debuts on NBC.
1996: Judge Judy premieres in syndication.
(Just a little featurette I hope to do as time permits…..don’t expect it every single day. It’s an entirely random selection based on a quick Net search, and is not meant to be comprehensive. So, don’t post nasty messages about “you forgot THIS” or “how could you not mention THAT?” Do so, and I’ll just take my keyboard and go home…..)
