KENS began transmissions as KEYL. It was the second television station to sign on in the San Antonio market.
WSTM-TV began transmissions as WSYR-TV. It was Syracuse's second television station, signing on a year and three months after WHEN-TV (now WTVH).
February 21 – WOI-TV signs on the air as Iowa's second television station (following WOC-TV, now KQWC-TV), and the first in the Des Moines area.
February 23 – First televised report of general election results in the United Kingdom.
March 27 – WHAS-TV signs on the air. It was the second television station to sign on in the Louisville market and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
April 2 – WTKR began operations on channel 4 as WTAR-TV. It was Hampton Roads' first television station and the second television station in Virginia, after WTVR (channel 6) in Richmond.
April 4 – The BBC Television (UK) aspect ratio changes from 5:4 to 4:3.
May 1 – WLNS-TV began transmissions as WJIM-TV. It is Michigan's second-oldest television station outside Detroit.
June 1 – WWMT signs on the air as WKZO-TV. It was West Michigan's second television station to debut after WLAV-TV (channel 7, now WOOD-TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids).
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1950 in television news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message The year 1950 in television involved some significant events Below is a list of television related events during 1950 List of years in television table 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 In radio 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 In film 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 In music 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Philosophy Science Contents 1 Events 2 New shows 3 Television series 4 Programs ending during 1950 5 Births 6 ReferencesEvents EditFebruary European Broadcasting Union EBU inaugurated February 15 KENS began transmissions as KEYL It was the second television station to sign on in the San Antonio market WSTM TV began transmissions as WSYR TV It was Syracuse s second television station signing on a year and three months after WHEN TV now WTVH February 21 WOI TV signs on the air as Iowa s second television station following WOC TV now KQWC TV and the first in the Des Moines area February 23 First televised report of general election results in the United Kingdom March 27 WHAS TV signs on the air It was the second television station to sign on in the Louisville market and the Commonwealth of Kentucky April 2 WTKR began operations on channel 4 as WTAR TV It was Hampton Roads first television station and the second television station in Virginia after WTVR channel 6 in Richmond April 4 The BBC Television UK aspect ratio changes from 5 4 to 4 3 May 1 WLNS TV began transmissions as WJIM TV It is Michigan s second oldest television station outside Detroit May Desilu Productions formed by Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball in the United States June 1 WWMT signs on the air as WKZO TV It was West Michigan s second television station to debut after WLAV TV channel 7 now WOOD TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids June 17 WAND at this time called WTVP goes on the air in Decatur Illinois July 1 WHBF TV signs on the air It is the fifth oldest surviving station in Illinois and the oldest outside Chicago July 26 First television broadcast station in Mexico XHTV Mexico City on channel 4 Gonzalo Castellot Madrazo is the first announcer to appear 1 September 18 First television network in South America launches PRF TV on channel 3 in Sao Paulo Brazil September 30 First BBC television broadcast from an aircraft WSMV TV began transmissions as WSM TV at 1 10 pm CT It was Nashville s first television station and the second in Tennessee October 10 The U S Federal Communications Commission approves CBS s color television system effective November 20 October 25 Cuba signs on to television as Havana s Union Radio TV signs on for the first time the first television station in the Caribbean New shows EditJanuary 4 Abe Burrows Almanac debuts on CBS 1950 February 2 What s My Line 1950 debuts on CBS 1950 1967 February 25 Your Show of Shows premieres on NBC 1950 1954 March 23 Beat the Clock premieres on CBS 1950 1961 June 17 October 12 Hawkins Falls premieres on NBC 1951 1955 July 3 The Hazel Scott Show on the DuMont Television Network 1950 July 10 Your Hit Parade premieres on NBC July 11 Andy Pandy premieres on the BBC 1950 1970 2002 September 5 The Cisco Kid starring Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carillo premieres 1950 1956 September 6 Stars Over Hollywood premieres on NBC 1950 1951 2 September 7 The game show Truth or Consequences debuts 1950 1988 September 10 The Colgate Comedy Hour series debuts on NBC 1950 1955 September 18 The Paul Winchell Show debuts on NBC with the title The Speidel Show October 4 Four Star Revue debuts on NBC 1950 1953 3 October 5 The comedy quiz show You Bet Your Life featuring Groucho Marx premieres 1950 1961 October 12 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show debuts 1950 1958 October 28 The Jack Benny Program starring Jack Benny premieres 1950 1965 Television series EditSeries Debut EndedPicture Page UK October 10 1936 19391945 1952For The Children UK April 26 1937 1939July 7 1946 1950The Voice of Firestone Televues 1943 19471949 1963Kaleidoscope UK November 2 1946 1953Gillette Cavalcade of Sports November 8 1946 June 24 1960Muffin the Mule UK 1946 1955You Are an Artist 1946 1950Kraft Television Theater May 7 1947 1958Kukla Fran and Ollie October 13 1947 1957Meet the Press November 6 1947 Mary Kay and Johnny November 18 1947 March 11 1950Howdy Doody December 27 1947 September 24 1960Cafe Continental UK 1947 1953Juvenile Jury 1947 1954Small Fry Club 1947 1951Television Newsreel UK January 5 1948 1954The Original Amateur Hour January 18 1948 September 27 1970Court of Current Issues February 9 1948 June 26 1951Author Meets the Critics April 1948 October 10 1954Hollywood Screen Test April 15 1948 1953Texaco Star Theater June 8 1948 1953The Ed Sullivan Show June 20 1948 June 6 1971Candid Camera August 10 1948 2014CBS Evening News August 15 1948 Foodini the Great August 23 1948 June 23 1951Actors Studio September 1948 June 1950Ford Theatre October 17 1948 July 10 1957The Morey Amsterdam Show December 17 1948 October 12 1950The Alan Dale Show 1948 1951Arthur Godfrey s Talent Scouts 1948 January 1 1958Break the Bank 1948 1957Cartoon TeleTales 1948 1950Celebrity Time 1948 September 1952Club Seven 1948 1951The Philco Television Playhouse 1948 1955Winner Take All 1948 1952The Goldbergs January 17 1949 1956Ripley s Believe It or Not March 1 1949 October 5 1950Think Fast March 26 1949 October 8 1950Captain Video June 27 1949 April 1 1955Mama July 1 1949 March 17 1957Martin Kane Private Eye August 7 1949 June 17 1954The Little Revue September 4 1949 April 21 1950The Lone Ranger September 15 1949 June 6 1957Come Dancing UK September 29 1949 1995The Aldrich Family October 2 1949 May 29 1953The Life of Riley October 4 1949 March 28 1950January 2 1953 August 22 1958The Ruggles November 3 1949 June 19 1952One Man s Family November 4 1949 June 21 1952March 1 1954 April 1 1955Arthur Godfrey and His Friends 1949 1959What s My Line February 2 1950 1975Your Show of Shows February 25 1950 June 5 1954Hawkins Falls June 17 1950 July 1 1955Your Hit Parade July 10 1950 19591974 1974Andy Pandy UK July 11 1950 19702002 2005Truth or Consequences September 7 1950 1988The Colgate Comedy Hour September 10 1950 December 25 1955You Bet Your Life October 5 1950 1961The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show October 12 1950 1958The Jack Benny Program October 28 1950 1965The Adventures of Ellery Queen 1950 19591975 1976The Cisco Kid September 5 1950 March 22 1956Programs ending during 1950 EditDate Show DebutMarch 11 Mary Kay and Johnny 1947March 29 Abe Burrows Almanac 1950June 23 Actors Studio 1948Unknown Cartoon TeletalesFor The Children UK 1946You Are an ArtistBirths EditDate Name NotabilityJanuary 3 Victoria Principal Actress Dallas January 7 Erin Gray Actress Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Silver Spoons January 16 Debbie Allen Actress dancer choreographer Fame January 23 Richard Dean Anderson Actor MacGyver January 25 John Terry Actor Las Vegas Lost January 29 Ann Jillian Actress It s a Living January 30 Trinidad Silva Actor died 1988 February 3 Morgan Fairchild Actress Flamingo Road Pamela Franklin ActressFebruary 12 Michael Ironside ActorFebruary 14 Frank Collison Actor Dr Quinn Medicine Woman February 15 Donna Hanover American journalistFebruary 17 Lynne Moody Actress That s My Mama Knots Landing February 18 Cybill Shepherd Actress Moonlighting Cybill February 22 Julius Erving NBA basketball playerJulie Walters ActressFebruary 24 Evelyn Guerrero American actressFebruary 26 Bill Ritter American journalistMarch 2 Matthew Laurance Actor Saturday Night Live Beverly Hills 90210 March 3 Tim Kazurinsky Actor Saturday Night Live March 10 Aloma Wright Actress Scrubs Days of Our Lives March 12 Jon Provost Actor Lassie March 13 William H Macy ActorCharles Krauthammer American political columnist died 2018 March 18 Brad Dourif ActorJim Knobeloch Actor Dr Quinn Medicine Woman March 20 William Hurt Actor died 2022 March 23 Terry Sweeney Actor comedian Saturday Night Live Hype March 26 Martin Short Canadian American actor comedian SCTV Saturday Night Live Tony Papenfuss Actor Newhart March 30 Robbie Coltrane Actor died 2022 March 31 Ed Marinaro Football player actor Hill Street Blues Blue Mountain State April 4 Christine Lahti Actress Chicago Hope April 12 David Cassidy Actor singer The Partridge Family died 2017 Tom Werner ProducerApril 13 Ron Perlman Actor Beauty and the Beast Sons of Anarchy William Sadler Actor Roswell April 14 Randolph Powell Actor Logan s Run Dallas April 17 L Scott Caldwell Actress Lost April 28 Jay Leno Comedian talk show host The Tonight Show Stuart Gillard WriterMay 1 Dann Florek Actor Law amp Order Law amp Order Special Victims Unit May 7 Tim Russert American television journalist died 2008 May 9 Marcheline Bertrand American actress died 2007 May 12 Bruce Boxleitner Actor Scarecrow and Mrs King Babylon 5 Gabriel Byrne ActorMay 13 Stevie Wonder Singer and musicianMay 15 Nicholas Hammond American born Australian actor The Amazing Spider Man May 18 Mark Mothersbaugh American composerMay 28 Denny Delk American Voice Actor Wicket W Warrick Ewoks TV series May 31 Gregory Harrison Actor Trapper John M D June 1 John M Jackson Actor JAG June 3 Melissa Mathison American film and television screenwriter died 2015 June 5 Daniel von Bargen American character actor died 2015 June 8 Kathy Baker Actress Picket Fences June 13 Belinda Bauer Australian actressJune 19 Rosie Shuster Canadian born comedy writer and actressJune 26 Michael Paul Chan ActorJuly 5 Huey Lewis ActorJuly 10 Nick Jameson Actor 24 Lost July 11 Bruce McGill ActorJuly 21 Jordan Clarke Actor Guiding Light July 23 Belinda Montgomery Actress Man from Atlantis Miami Vice Doogie Howser M D August 3 Jo Marie Payton Actress Perfect Strangers Family Matters The Proud Family John Landis ActorAugust 11 Steve Wozniak American electronics engineerAugust 12 Jim Beaver Actor Supernatural August 13 Jane Carr ActressSeptember 1 Phil McGraw Television hostSeptember 2 Harvey Levin Television producerSeptember 5 Kathy Cronkite ActressSeptember 7 Julie Kavner Actress Marge on The Simpsons September 9 Joe Lisi Actor Third Watch September 11 Amy Madigan ActressSeptember 12 Bruce Mahler Actor Seinfeld September 18 Anna Deavere Smith ActressSeptember 19 Joan Lunden American TV hostSeptember 21 Bill Murray Actor comedian Saturday Night Live September 27 Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa ActorSeptember 30 Vondie Curtis Hall Actor director Chicago Hope October 2 Ian McNeice ActorOctober 3 Pamela Hensley Actress Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Matt Houston October 4 Alan Rosenberg Actor L A Law Civil Wars October 5 Jeff Conaway Actor Taxi died 2011 October 9 Gary Frank Actor Family October 17 Howard Rollins Actor In the Heat of the Night died 1996 October 20 William Russ Actor Boy Meets World October 31 John Candy Canadian comedian and actor SCTV died 1994 Jane Pauley American television hostNovember 4 Markie Post Actress The Fall Guy Night Court Hearts Afire died 2021 November 8 Mary Hart American television personalityNovember 10 Jack Scalia ActorNovember 13 Jules Sylvester Actor animal trainer television presenter 1000 Ways to Die Black ish November 16 David Leisure Actor Empty Nest November 18 Dennis Haskins Actor Saved by the Bell November 24 Stanley Livingston Actor My Three Sons November 28 Ed Harris Actor Westworld December 6 Thom Barry Actor Cold Case December 13 Lindsey Ginter Actor Lost Wendie Malick Actress Dream On Just Shoot Me Hot in Cleveland December 21 Jane How ActressReferences Edit Quiles Alfredo 2011 08 06 Fallece Castellot pionero de radio y TV en Mexico El Universal Mexico City Retrieved 2016 12 11 Brooks Tim amp Marsh Earle 1979 The Complete 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