The year 1952 in television involved some significant events.
Below is a list of television-related events in 1952.
Events
- January 14 - NBC\'s Today show debuts, with host Dave Garroway, newsreader Jim Fleming and announcer Jack Lescoulie.
- February 15 - The funeral of King George VI is televised in the UK.
- July 20 - Arrow to the Heart, the first collaboration between director Rudolph Cartier and scriptwriter Nigel Kneale, is broadcast by BBC Television.
- August 1 - First TV broadcast in the Dominican Republic by La Voz Dominicana, a TV station based on the radio station of the same name.
- September 6 - TV debuts in Canada with the launch of CBFT in Montreal, Quebec.
- September 8 - CBLT in Toronto, Ontario goes to air as Canada\'s second TV station.
- September 20 – The first commercial UHF television station in the world, KPTV (today a Fox affiliate), begins broadcasting in Portland, Oregon on channel 27.
- The first political advertisements appear on US television. Democrats buy a 30 minute slot for their candidate, Adlai Stevenson. Stevenson is bombarded with hate mail for interfering with a broadcast of I Love Lucy. Dwight Eisenhower buys 20 second commercial spots and wins the election.
- The first telecast of an atomic bomb detonation (KTLA).
- The FCC sets aside channels for non-commercial, public broadcasting.
- There are approximately 146,000 television sets in Canada and most antennas are pointed towards Buffalo\'s WBEN-TV (now WIVB).
Debuts
Television shows
listed by starting year
Ending this year
Births
- February 17 - Lisa Eichhorn, actress, All My Children.
- March 2 - Laraine Newman, actress, comedian, Saturday Night Live .
- March 22 - Bob Costas, sports announcer .
- May 21 - Mr. T, American actor, is born Laurence Tureaud in Chicago, Illinois.
- June 18 - Carol Kane, actress.
- July 1 - Dan Aykroyd, actor, comedian, Saturday Night Live.
- July 6 - Shelley Hack, actress.
- September 7 - Susan Blakely, actress.
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