- 1933 in television
The year 1933 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of
television -related events in1933 .__TOC__Events
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January 23 - W9XAL in Kansas City begins broadcasting.
*January 24 -John Cameron Swayze begins his daily Journal-Post News Flashes on W9XAL, which is simulcast on KMBC radio.
*April 21 - The first televisionrevue , "Looking In ", is shown on theBBC . The first four minutes of this programme survive on aSilvatone record, an early method of home video recording.
*August 4 ? -W9XAT inMinneapolis, Minnesota makes its first transmission.
*RCA conducts private field tests inCamden, New Jersey of an electronic television system.Ending this year
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The Television Ghost " (1931 -1933 ).Television shows
Births
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January 8 -Charles Osgood , journalist.
*January 17 -Shari Lewis , puppeteer (d.1998 ),
*February 2 -Tony Jay , actor (d.2006 )
*March 19 -Phyllis Newman , actress, game show panelist.
**Renée Taylor , actress.
*April 5 -Frank Gorshin , actor.
*April 7 -Wayne Rogers , actor, financial commentator.
*April 26 -Carol Burnett , actor, comedian
*May 7 -Roger Perry , actor.
*May 20 -Constance Towers , actress.
*May 21 -Richard Libertini , actor.
*May 23 -Joan Collins , actress.
*June 8 -Joan Rivers , comedian.
*June 20 -Danny Aiello , actor.
*June 21 -Bernie Kopell , actor.
*July 11 -Bob McGrath , actor, singer.
*July 23 -Bert Convy , game show host (d.1991 ).
*July 30 -Edd Byrnes , actor.
*August 1 -Dom DeLuise , actor, comedian.
*August 11 -Jerry Falwell , televangelist (d.2007 )
*August 15 -Jim Lange , game show host.
*August 16 -Julie Newmar , actress.
*August 25 -Tom Skerritt , actor.
*August 27 -Janet McLachlan , actress.
*September 13 -Eileen Fulton , actress.
*September 18 -Robert Blake , actor.
*September 26 -Donna Douglas , actress.
*September 27 -Greg Morris , actor (d.1996 )
**Kathleen Nolan , actress.
*November 3 -Jeremy Brett , actor (Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes") (d.1995 )
**Ken Berry , actor.
*November 5 -Herb Edelman , actor (d. 1996)
*November 19 -Larry King , talk show host.
*November 28 -Hope Lange , actress (d.2003 )
*December 8 -Flip Wilson , comedian (d. 1998).
*December 15 -Tim Conway , comedian.
*December 26 -Carroll Spinney , puppeteer.
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