Ntropolis 600 Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 This idea came up in the chat... we're making a thread listing all the TV/TV news "firsts." If you'd like to contribute to this list, please reply but have credible proof/evidence.
5Viewer 1 Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 WMAQ -First station in the world to broadcast all of its programs in color. http://www.richsamuels.com/nbcmm/1970/tvtour.html
Ntropolis 600 Posted February 18, 2008 Author Posted February 18, 2008 We can make this a "records" thread... if you want to add the most/the longest, etc. you can do that.
Dave Lampstein 135 Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 I think citing a source is a good idea for everything brought up here.
mbhcity 3 Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 KOMO- the first television station in the world to broadcast its news in HD. February 1999.
Ntropolis 600 Posted February 18, 2008 Author Posted February 18, 2008 KOMO- the first television station in the world to broadcast its news in HD. February 1999. This has been disputed... I've heard WFAA and WRAL as well.
WCAUTVNBC10 416 Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 WCAU - Home of the first 11PM (late-night) newscast. http://www.nbc10.com/videovault/3901671/detail.html
Gulf_Broadcasting 0 Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 WFAA: the first station to break the news that President Kennedy was shot to death & conducted the first live television interview with Abraham Zapruder, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WFAA
NewsMan 0 Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 WNYW: The first FOX O&O with Morning News GDNY (5-9AM) in New York City on Aug. 2 1988. KTLA: The First Morning News in LA on July 8, 1991. WWOR: The first 12PM News in New York (started in the WOR days) in 1971. Source: Wikipedia.
Blargh 2 Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 This has been disputed... I've heard WFAA and WRAL as well. WRAL: October 13, 2000 WFAA: Unknown, so I doubt it was the first It's definitely KOMO.
Ntropolis 600 Posted February 18, 2008 Author Posted February 18, 2008 WRAL: October 13, 2000 WFAA: Unknown, so I doubt it was the first It's definitely KOMO. I've seen online that KOMO only experimented with HD news in 1999, but did SD widescreen from there on out. I sent an email to KOMO about it a while back but they never replied. WRAL did their first HD newscast on October 13, 2000 and went all-HD (studio, weather, remote, etc.) on January 28, 2001. Therefore, there's no clear answer.
PTVNews 197 Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 KPTV: First commercial station to broadcast on a UHF channel in the world. http://kptv.home.comcast.net/~kptv/History/history.htm KPTV: One of Fox network's original charter affiliates in 1986. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPTV KATU: One of the few television stations in the country (not counting owned and opereated stations) that has had the same call letters, the same owner and the same channel number throughout its history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KATU
mbhcity 3 Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 Well if not KOMO...then KING...the first in the northwest in 1949. In fact most of the first television stations out west began on Channel 5. KTLA in 1947, KPIX in 1948, and KING in 1949.
lazynetjunkie 34 Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 The now retired Chicago Meteorologist Harry Volkman was the very first meteorologist to ever issue an on-air tornado warning back in the 1950's. He did it in a daring move because at that time, beliefs that public panic and mayhem would result in an on-air tornado warning announcement. On site: http://tulsatvmemories.com/weather.html. There are also a number of other sites out there too that mention it.
sctvhound 27 Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 WCVB Believed first ever local morning newscast, "Eyeopener" (as early as 1978), 7am newscast starting in 1972, KIRO First two and a half hour morning news, 1990
sctvhound 27 Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 But The Morning Exchange was later on in the morning, and it didn't start until 8 am for a while, while WCVB's news started at 7 in the beginning, and eventually moved earlier and earlier, until it moved to 5 am in 1989.
sctvhound 27 Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 Ok, so I agree now, as I read on Wikipedia that WEWS's Morning Exchange started on January 3, 1972, while WCVB didn't start until March 19, so most likely, channel 5 in Cleveland had the first local morning newscast in the country.
Ntropolis 600 Posted February 18, 2008 Author Posted February 18, 2008 "Morning newscasts" back then weren't really newscasts... they were more variety/talk. I'd say that morning newscasts took the traditional newscast format in the late 80s (ex. WAVY dropped the morning news/talk program "Tidewater Today" for the current traditional-format "WAVY News 10 Today" in 1989). I think the longest-running morning news show goes to WFMY... "The Good Morning Show" debuted in 1957 and is still going (http://www.digtriad.com/news/specials/gms50/default.aspx).
nbc9houston 22 Posted February 19, 2008 Posted February 19, 2008 May 1953: KUHT Channel 8 in Houston goes on the air as the first public television station in the United States. June 1978: In Los Angeles, the nation's first 2 1/2 hour newscast is launched on KNXT Channel 2.
rjdickens 1 Posted February 20, 2008 Posted February 20, 2008 KCTU--the first commercial station to broadcast 24/7 on the internet.
stevieboy247 43 Posted February 20, 2008 Posted February 20, 2008 WNBC - First TV Station ever to broadcast a Baseball Game (Princeton vs. Columbia) and the first to broadcast a Major League Baseball game (Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Cincinnati Reds). Not sure if this really counts, but I thought I'd take a stab at it.
rjdickens 1 Posted February 20, 2008 Posted February 20, 2008 KCTU: The first commercial television station in the world to stream 24/7 on the internet. http://wichita.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/1998/02/16/focus1.html
rjdickens 1 Posted February 20, 2008 Posted February 20, 2008 Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPTV
Bucc 4 Posted February 20, 2008 Posted February 20, 2008 The first Action News...WPVI (WFLI in 1947) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPVI-TV http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_News
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