RCA demonstrates the world's first all-electronic color camera to the Federal Communications Commission. (Only television receivers were present at the demonstration on January 29; the camera was at a remote studio.)
September 30
The opening game of the World Series is the first World Series game to be telecast. The 1947 World Series was watched by an estimated 3.9 million people (many watching in bars and other public places). This marked television's first mass audience.
October 5
The first telecast of a presidential address from the White House. President Harry S. Truman speaks about the world food crisis. It is preceded by a Jell-O commercial, and features the president discussing his program for food rationing. The address was televised by WTVW-TV (present-day WJLA-TV Channel 7 in Washington DC) as part of its inaugural broadcast. It was also simulcast by radio. It was long believed that no copy of this broadcast existed, but segments are preserved on kinescope in the Library of Congress. (For the record, President Franklin Roosevelt's address broadcast over NBC experimental television W2XBS—now WNBC—at the 1939 New York World's Fair—preceded the 1947 Truman broadcast. However, Truman's broadcast is indeed the first from inside the White House.)
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This is a list of American television related events in 1947 Contents 1 Events 2 Television programs 2 1 Debuts 3 Television stations 3 1 Station launches 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 References 7 External linksEvents editDate Event Notes Ref January 1 KTLA broadcasts the Tournament of Roses Parade for the first time ever January 3 For the first time ever the proceedings of the United States congress were televised January 29 The Radio Corporation of America RCA demonstrates an all electronic color television system using live images to the Federal Communications Commission FCC January 30 CBS s color television system is rejected by the FCC February 27 The world s first ever on the spot news coverage is broadcast by KTLA from a Pico Boulevard electroplating plant explosion March 11 The first successful American children s television series Movies for Small Fry debuts on the DuMont Television Network July 16 RCA demonstrates the world s first all electronic color camera to the Federal Communications Commission Only television receivers were present at the demonstration on January 29 the camera was at a remote studio September 30 The opening game of the World Series is the first World Series game to be telecast The 1947 World Series was watched by an estimated 3 9 million people many watching in bars and other public places This marked television s first mass audience October 5 The first telecast of a presidential address from the White House President Harry S Truman speaks about the world food crisis It is preceded by a Jell O commercial and features the president discussing his program for food rationing The address was televised by WTVW TV present day WJLA TV Channel 7 in Washington DC as part of its inaugural broadcast It was also simulcast by radio It was long believed that no copy of this broadcast existed but segments are preserved on kinescope in the Library of Congress For the record President Franklin Roosevelt s address broadcast over NBC experimental television W2XBS now WNBC at the 1939 New York World s Fair preceded the 1947 Truman broadcast However Truman s broadcast is indeed the first from inside the White House October 13 The puppet show series Junior Jamboree later known as Kukla Fran and Ollie premieres on WBKB now WBBM TV in Chicago Illinois November 6 Meet the Press first appears as a local program in Washington D C Television programs editDebuts edit Date Debut NetworkMarch 11 1 Small Fry Club DuMont Television NetworkApril 3 2 Juvenile Jury NBCMay 7 3 Kraft Television Theatre NBCOctober 13 4 Kukla Fran and Ollie WBKBNovember 6 5 6 Meet the Press NBCNovember 13 Pantomime Quiz KTLANovember 18 7 Mary Kay and Johnny DuMont Television NetworkDecember 8 8 Americana NBCDecember 27 9 Howdy Doody NBCTelevision stations editStation launches edit Date Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes Ref January 3 Washington D C WTTG 5 DuMont Now a Fox network O amp O since 1986 January 22 Los Angeles California KTLA 4 now 5 First commercial television station west of the Mississippi RiverFebruary 8 St Louis Missouri KSD TV 5 NBC primary DuMont secondary Now KSDK Longest tenured affiliate of NBC or any network among non O amp OMarch 4 Detroit Michigan WWJ TV 4 NBC primary DuMont secondary Now WDIV TV the WWJ TV calls now reside at CBS O amp O in DetroitJune 27 Washington D C WNBW 4 NBC O amp O Now WRC TVSeptember 13 Philadelphia Pennsylvania WFIL TV 6 DuMont Now ABC O amp O station WPVI TVOctober 3 Washington D C WTVW later WMAL TV 7 CBS Now ABC affiliate WJLA TVOctober 27 Baltimore Maryland WMAR TV 2 Independent Now an ABC affiliate since October 1995December 3 Milwaukee Wisconsin WTMJ TV 3 now on 4 NBC primary CBS and ABC secondary December 17 Cleveland Ohio WEWS TV 5 CBS Now an ABC affiliateBirths editMain article 1947 in television BirthsDeaths editMain article 1947 in television DeathsReferences edit McNeil Alex 1996 Total Television 4th ed New York New York Penguin Books USA Inc p 765 ISBN 0 14 02 4916 8 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 258 259 ISBN 0 8108 1651 2 Griffith Benjamin 2002 Kraft Television Theatre St James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture Thomas Gale Archived from the original on 2008 02 17 Retrieved 2008 07 19 Hyatt Wesley 1997 The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television Watson Guptill Publications pp 253 254 ISBN 978 0823083152 Retrieved 22 March 2020 Meet the Press U S Public Affairs Interview Museum of Broadcast Communications Archived from the original on September 25 2012 Jay Robert 7 November 2017 WNBT Schedule Week of November 2nd 1947 TV Obscurities Robert Jay Retrieved 28 October 2020 Landay Lori 2010 I Love Lucy Michigan Detroit Wayne State University Press p 69 ISBN 978 0814335734 Retrieved 22 September 2017 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 55 ISBN 978 0 307 48320 1 Retrieved December 20 2021 Dicks Phyllis T ed 2004 American puppetry collections history and performance McFarland p 326 ISBN 0 7864 1896 6 Retrieved March 30 2012 External links editList of 1947 American television series at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1947 in American television amp oldid 1181706967, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
