1962 in American television

List of years in American television:
1961–62 United States network television schedule
1962–63 United States network television schedule
List of American television programs currently in production

This is a list of American television-related events in 1962.

Events

Date Event Ref.
January 1 The 1962 Rose Bowl game on NBC is the first coast-to-coast live color television broadcast of a college football game in the United States.
NBC introduces the Laramie Peacock before the midnight showing of the day's episode of Laramie
March 24 On Fight of the Week, ABC televises the Benny Paret vs. Emile Griffith III boxing match from Madison Square Garden in New York City. The fight ends when Paret falls unconscious at the hands of Griffith, which would lead to his death ten days later.
April 16 Walter Cronkite succeeds Douglas Edwards as anchorman of the CBS Evening News; he would remain so for the next 19 years.
September 25 The Spanish International Network begins operation as the first Spanish-language television network in the United States
November 15 NBC-primary/CBS-secondary affiliate WLEX-TV in Lexington, Kentucky becomes the first UHF television station to broadcast in color. [1]

Also in 1962

Television programs

Debuts

Date Debut Network
January 1 The Magic Door WBBM-TV
January 2[4] Your First Impression NBC
January 27 Room for One More ABC
February[5] Biography Syndication
February 20 The Beachcomber Syndication
March 8 Oh! Those Bells CBS
September 3 The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series Syndication
September 3 Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har Syndication
September 3 Touché Turtle and Dum Dum Syndication
September 3 Wally Gator Syndication
September 11 The Lloyd Bridges Show CBS
September 14[6] Family Classics WGN-TV
September 15 Sam Benedict NBC
September 17 It's a Man's World NBC
September 17 Saints and Sinners NBC
September 20[7] Wide Country NBC
September 21 Don't Call Me Charlie! NBC
September 21 Fair Exchange CBS
September 23[8] [9][10] Ensign O'Toole NBC
September 23[11] The Jetsons ABC
September 23[12] McKeever and the Colonel NBC
September 24 The New Loretta Young Show CBS
September 25[13] Empire NBC
September 26 The Beverly Hillbillies CBS
September 27 The Nurses
September 28 I'm Dickens, He's Fenster ABC
September 29 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ABC
September 29 The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show ABC
September 30 GE True CBS
October 1[14] Discovery ABC
October 1 The Lucy Show CBS
October 1 Stoney Burke ABC
October 1[15][16] The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson NBC
October 2 Combat! ABC
October 3 The Eleventh Hour NBC
October 3 Going My Way ABC
October 3 Our Man Higgins ABC
October 5 The Gallant Men ABC
October 11 McHale's Navy ABC
December 31 Match Game NBC

Ending this year

Date Show Network Debut Notes
January 1 The Dick Tracy Show First-run syndication January 1, 1961
January 6 The Yogi Bear Show First-run syndication January 30, 1961
March 1 The New Bob Cummings Show CBS October 5, 1961
March 25 Bus Stop ABC October 1, 1961
March 30 The Hathaways ABC October 6, 1961
Tonight Starring Jack Paar NBC July 29, 1957
April 1 Adventures in Paradise ABC October 5, 1959
April 4 Straightaway ABC October 6, 1961
April 5 Mrs. G. Goes to College CBS October 4, 1961
April 8 Follow the Sun ABC September 17, 1961
April 12 Margie ABC October 12, 1961
April 18 Top Cat ABC September 27, 1961
April 22 Maverick ABC September 22, 1957
April 30 87th Precinct NBC September 25, 1961
April 30 Bronco ABC September 23, 1958
May 10 Outlaws NBC September 29, 1960
May 15 Cain's Hundred NBC September 19, 1961
May 18 The Detectives NBC October 16, 1959 (on ABC)
May 23 Window on Main Street CBS October 2, 1961
May 31 Oh! Those Bells March 8, 1962
June 2 Tales of Wells Fargo NBC March 18, 1957
June 5 Ichabod and Me CBS September 26, 1961
June 5 The New Breed ABC October 3, 1961
June 8 Target: The Corruptors! ABC September 29, 1961
June 9 Calvin and the Colonel ABC October 3, 1961
June 13 The Bob Newhart Show NBC October 11, 1961
June 24 Lawman ABC October 5, 1958
June 26 The Everglades Syndication October 9, 1961
July 28 Room for One More ABC January 27, 1962
September 1 Checkmate CBS September 17, 1960
September 6 Frontier Circus CBS October 5, 1961
September 12 The Alvin Show CBS October 4, 1961
September 17 Hennesey CBS September 28, 1959
September 18 The Comedy Spot CBS June 28, 1960
September 25 Bachelor Father ABC September 15, 1957 (on CBS)
September 28 The Brighter Day CBS January 4, 1954
November 13 The Beachcomber Syndication February 20, 1962
December 22 The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show ABC September 29, 1962
Unknown Alfred Hitchcock Presents NBC 1955
The Quick Draw McGraw Show First-run syndication September 28, 1959

Network launches

Network Type Launch date Notes
Spanish International Network Broadcast over-the-air September 29 The first foreign-language television network to broadcast in the United States
Connecticut Public Television Public broadcasting network October 1 Beginning with the sign-on of WEDH in Hartford, Connecticut, the network would eventually expand to four stations over the next 12 years.
Mizlou Television Network Ad-hoc syndication service Unknown date Mizlou programming was syndicated to several commercial television outlets, as well as CATV systems.

Television stations

Station launches

Date City of License/Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/Ref.
January 2 Salina, Kansas KSLN-TV 34 ABC
February 8 San Angelo, Texas KACB-TV 3 NBC
March 15 Portland, Oregon KATU 2 Independent
March 26 Albany, New York WMHT 17 NET
May 17 Boston, Massachusetts WXHR-TV 56 Independent Experimental station
June 3 Bowling Green, Kentucky WLTV 13 Independent [17]
July 4 Honolulu, Hawaii KTRG 13 Independent
June 15 Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan WWUP-TV 10 CBS Satellite of WWTV/Traverse City
September 7 Miami, Florida WLRN 17 NET
September 9 Syracuse, New York WNYS-TV 9 ABC
September 10 Nashville, Tennessee WDCN-TV 2 NET Reallocated to VHF channel 8 in 1973; now a PBS member station.
San Antonio, Texas KLRN 9
September 11 San Bernardino/Los Angeles, California KVCR-TV 24 NET
September 15 Biloxi, Mississippi WLOX-TV 13 ABC
Rochester, New York WOKR 13 ABC
September 19 Lafayette, Louisiana KATC 3 ABC
September 24 Pullman, Washington KWSC-TV 10 NET
September 25 Los Angeles, California KMEX-TV 34 Spanish International Network
September 30 Reno, Nevada KCRL-TV 4 NBC (primary)
ABC (secondary)
October 1 Hartford, Connecticut WEDH 24 NET Flagship of Connecticut Public Television
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaluipas, Mexico
(Laredo, Texas, United States) 		XEFE-TV 12 Spanish International Network
October 7 Ann Arbor, Michigan WJMY 20 Independent
October 16 Lubbock, Texas KTXT-TV 5 NET
October 23 Charleston, South Carolina WCIV 4 NBC
November 1 Grand Rapids, Michigan WZZM-TV 13 ABC
Yakima, Washington KYVE 47 NET Now a satellite of KCTS-TV/Seattle
November 3 Marion, Indiana WTAF-TV 31 Independent Defunct as of March 14, 1969
November 19 Ogden, Utah KOET 9 Educational Independent
November 24 Binghamton, New York WBJA-TV 34 ABC
December 18 Montgomery, Alabama WAIQ 26 NET Part of the Alabama Public Television network
Unknown date Los Angeles, California KIIX 22 Independent

Network affiliation changes

Date City of license/Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation Notes/Ref.
August 1 Durham, North Carolina WTVD 11 CBS (primary)
ABC (secondary) 		CBS (primary)
NBC (secondary)
Raleigh, North Carolina WRAL-TV 5 NBC (primary)
ABC (secondary) 		ABC (exclusive)

Station closures

Date City of license/Market Station Channel Affiliation Sign-on date Notes
February 16 Midland, Texas KDCD-TV 18 December 9, 1961 Returned to the air on January 15, 1968
February 28 Youngstown, Ohio WXTV 45 Independent November 15, 1960
August 1 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania WPCA-TV 17 Independent July 10, 1960 Returned to the air January 31, 1963
August 26 Odgen, Utah KVOG-TV 9 Independent December 1, 1960
November 17 Boston, Massachusetts WTAO-TV 56 Independent May 17, 1962 Experimental station

Births

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Deaths

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