U. S. TV Stations Starting Broadcasting After WW2
Construction Permits as of Jan 3, 1945
|
City |
Licensee
|
Channel
|
Notes | ||
| W1XG | Boston, MA | General Television Corp. | 1 | Experimental | |
| W2XVT | Passaic, NJ | Dumont Labs. Inc. | 4 | Experimental | |
| W2XJT | Jamaica, NY | Jamaica Radio & TV Corp. | 13 | Experimental | |
| W2XBS | WNBT | New York, NY | NBC | 1 | Commercial |
| W2XAB | WCBW | New York, NY | CBS | 2 | Commercial |
| W2XVT | WABD | New York, NY | Dumont Labs, Inc. | 4 | Commercial |
| W2XXB | New York, NY | Bamberger Broadcasting Svc. | 6 | Experimental | |
| W2XMT | New York, NY | Metropolitan Television Inc. | 8 | Experimental | |
| W2XB,WGY W2XAF, W2XAD | WRGB | Schenectady, NY | General Electric | 3 | Commercial |
| W3XWT | WTTG | Washington, DC | Dumont Labs, Inc. | 1 | CP to convert to commercial |
| WNBW | Washington, DC | NBC | 2 | CP to convert to commercial | |
| W3XE | WPTZ | Philadelphia, PA | Philco Radio & TV | 3 | Commercial |
| W3XAU | Philadelphia, PA | WCAU Broadcasting Co. | 5 | Experimental | |
| W3XEP | Camden, NJ | RCA | 5 | Experimental | |
| W6XHT | San Francisco, CA | Hughes Tool Co. | 2 | Experimental | |
| W6XAO | KTSL | Hollywood, CA | Don Lee | 1 | CP to convert to commercial |
| W6XHH | Los Angeles, CA | Hughes Tool Co. | 2 | Experimental | |
| W6XZY | KTLA-TV | Los Angeles, CA | Television Productions, Inc. | 4 | CP |
| KSEE | Los Angeles, CA | Earl Anthony, Inc. | 6 | Experimental | |
| W8XCT | Cincinnati, OH | Crosley Corp. | 1 | Experimental | |
| W8XGZ | Charleston, WV | Gus Zaharis | 1 | Experimental | |
| WMJT | Milwaukee, WI | The Journal Co. | 3 | Experimental | |
| W9XZV | WTZR | Chicago, IL | Zenith Radio Corp. | 1 | CP to convert to commercial |
| W9XBK | WBKB | Chicago, IL | Balaban and Katz Corp. | 2 | Commercial |
| W9XCB | Chicago, IL | CBS | 4 | Experimental | |
| W9XG | West Lafayette, IN | Purdue University | 3 | Experimental | |
| W9XK, W9XUI | Iowa City, IA | University of Iowa | 1,12 | Experimental |
1947
|
Date
|
Original Call |
Later Call |
City |
Channel |
Original Network |
|
8 Feb |
St Louis, MO |
5 |
NBC, CBS, ABC |
||
|
4 Mar |
WWJ-TV |
WDIV-TV |
Detroit, MI |
4 |
NBC |
|
27 Jun |
WNBW |
WRC-TV |
Washington, DC |
4 |
NBC |
|
13 Sep |
WFIL-TV |
WPVI-TV |
Philadelphia, PA |
6 |
ABC |
|
3 Oct |
WMAL-TV |
WJLA-TV |
Washington, DC |
7 |
ABC |
|
27 Oct |
WMAR-TV |
Baltimore, MD |
2 |
NBC, CBS |
|
|
17 Dec |
WEWS-TV |
Cleveland, OH |
5 |
CBS |
|
|
20 Dec |
Milwaukee, WI |
4 |
NBC |
1948
|
Date
|
Original Call |
Later Call |
City |
Channel |
Original Network |
|
2-Jan |
WATV |
WNDT WNET |
New York-Newark, NY |
13 |
Ind |
|
6-Feb |
KTSL-TV |
KNXT, KCBS-TV |
Los Angeles, CA |
2 |
CBS |
|
9-Feb |
Cincinnati, OH |
5 (4) |
NBC |
||
|
11-Mar |
WBAL-TV |
Baltimore, MD |
11 |
CBS |
|
|
15-Mar |
WCAU-TV |
Philadelphia, PA |
10 |
CBS, NBC |
|
|
5-Apr |
WGN-TV |
Chicago, IL |
9 |
Ind, DuMont, CBS |
|
|
15-Apr |
KDYL-TV |
Salt Lake City, UT |
4 (2) |
ABC |
|
|
22-Apr |
WTVR-TV |
Richmond, VA |
6 |
CBS |
|
|
23-Apr |
KSTP-TV |
St Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
5 |
NBC |
|
|
14-May |
WBEN-TV |
WIVB-TV |
Buffalo, NY |
4 |
CBS |
| 1-Jun | WNAC-TV | WNEV-TV, WHDH | Boston, MA |
7 |
ABC, CBS, DuMont |
|
9-Jun |
WBZ-TV |
Boston, MA |
4 |
NBC |
|
|
15-Jun |
WPIX |
New York, NY |
11 |
Ind |
|
|
15-Jun |
WNHC-TV |
WTNH-TV |
New Haven, CT |
8 (6) |
ABC, CBS, NBC |
|
21-Jul |
WSPD-TV |
Toledo, OH |
13 |
NBC |
|
|
10-Aug |
WJZ-TV |
WABC-TV |
New York, NY |
7 |
ABC |
|
17-Sep |
WENR-TV |
WBKB, WLS- TV |
Chicago, IL |
7 |
ABC |
|
17-Sep |
KLAC-TV |
KCOP-TV |
Los Angeles/Hollywood, CA |
13 |
Ind, DuMont |
|
29-Sep |
WSB-TV |
Atlanta, GA |
2 (8) |
ABC |
|
|
29-Sep |
WBAP-TV |
KXAS-TV |
Fort Worth-Dallas, TX |
5 |
NBC |
|
6-Oct |
KFI-TV |
KHJ-TV, KCAL |
Los Angeles, CA |
9 |
Ind |
|
9-Oct |
WXYZ-TV |
Detroit, MI |
7 |
ABC |
|
|
24-Oct |
WJBK-TV |
Detroit, MI |
2 |
CBS |
|
|
25-Oct |
WNBK |
WKYC-TV |
Cleveland, OH |
3 (4) |
NBC |
|
2-Nov |
WAAM-TV |
WJZ-TV |
Baltimore, MD |
13 |
ABC |
|
24-Nov |
WAVE-TV |
Louisville, KY |
3 |
NBC |
|
|
25-Nov |
KING-TV |
Seattle, WA |
5 |
NBC |
|
|
29-Nov |
KOB-TV |
Albuquerque, NM |
4 |
NBC |
|
|
11-Dec |
WHEN-TV |
WTVH |
Syracuse, NY |
5 (8) |
CBS |
|
11-Dec |
WMCT |
WMC-TV |
Memphis, TN |
5 |
NBC |
|
18-Dec |
WDSU-TV |
New Orleans, LA |
6 |
NBC |
|
|
22-Dec |
KPIX-TV |
San Francisco, CA |
5 |
CBS |
1949
|
Date
|
Original Call |
Later Call |
City |
Channel |
Original Network |
|
1-Jan |
KTTV-TV |
Los Angeles, CA |
11 |
Ind, CBS |
|
|
1-Jan |
KLEE-TV |
KPRC-TV |
Houston, TX |
2 |
NBC |
|
2-Jan |
WDTV |
KDKA-TV |
Pittsburgh, PA |
2 (3) |
ABC, CBS, NBC, DuMont |
|
16-Jan |
KNBH |
KRCA-TV, KNBC, |
Los Angeles, CA |
4 |
NBC |
|
16-Jan |
WTOP-TV, WDVM-TV, WUSA-TV |
Washington, DC |
9 |
CBS |
|
|
26-Jan |
WHIO-TV |
Dayton, OH |
7 (13) |
CBS |
|
|
1-Jan |
WNBQ |
WMAQ-TV |
Chicago, IL |
5 |
NBC |
|
8-Mar |
WAGA-TV |
Atlanta, GA |
5 |
CBS |
|
|
15-Mar |
WICU-TV |
Erie, PA |
12 |
NBC |
|
|
15-Mar |
WDTN-TV |
Dayton, OH |
2 (5) |
NBC |
|
|
16-Mar |
KFMB-TV |
San Diego, CA |
8 |
CBS |
|
|
18-Mar |
WGAL-TV |
Lancaster, PA |
8 (4) |
NBC |
|
|
21-Mar |
WTVJ-TV |
WFOR |
Miami, FL |
4 |
NBC, CBS |
|
3-Apr |
WLWS, WCMH-TV |
Columbus, OH |
4 (3) |
NBC |
|
|
5-May |
KGO-TV |
San Francisco, CA |
7 |
ABC |
|
|
30-May |
WFBM-TV |
WRTV-TV |
Indianapolis, IN |
6 |
NBC |
|
30-May |
WAFM-TV |
WAPI-TV |
Birmingham, AL |
13 |
NBC |
|
1-Jun |
KSL-TV |
Salt Lake City, UT |
5 |
CBS |
|
|
6-Jun |
WKY-TV |
KTVY, KFOR, |
Oklahoma City, OK |
4 |
NBC |
|
14-Jun |
WHAM |
WROC-TV |
Rochester, NY |
8 (5) |
NBC |
|
1-Jul |
WTCN-TV |
WCCO-TV |
Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN |
4 |
CBS |
|
1-Jul |
WBRC-TV |
Birmingham, AL |
6 (4) |
ABC |
|
|
10-Jul |
WJAR-TV |
Providence, RI |
10(11) |
NBC, CBS |
|
|
15-Jul |
WBTV |
Charlotte, NC |
3 |
CBS |
|
|
26-Jul |
WCPO-TV |
Cincinnati, OH |
9 (7) |
CBS, DuMont |
|
|
15-Aug |
WOOD-TV |
|
Grand Rapids, MI |
8 |
NBC |
|
30-Aug |
Columbus, OH |
6 |
ABC |
||
|
1-Sep |
KMTV-TV |
Omaha, NB |
3 |
NBC |
|
|
15-Sep |
WJAC-TV |
Johnstown, PA |
6 (13) |
ABC |
|
|
16-Sep |
WMBR-TV |
WJXT-TV |
Jacksonville, FL |
4 |
CBS |
|
16-Sep |
KECA-TV |
KABC-TV |
Los Angeles, CA |
7 |
ABC |
|
17-Sep |
KBTV |
WFAA-TV |
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX |
8 |
ABC |
|
22-Sep |
WFMY-TV |
Greensboro-High Point, NC |
2 |
CBS |
|
|
5-Oct |
WBNS-TV |
Columbus, OH |
10 |
CBS |
|
|
5-Oct |
WOR-TV |
WWOR |
Secaucus, NJ (New York City) |
9 |
Ind |
|
16-Oct |
WDAF-TV |
Kansas City, MO |
4 |
NBC |
|
|
31-Oct |
WOC-TV |
Davenport, IA |
6 |
NBC |
|
|
11-Nov |
WTTV-TV |
Bloomington-Indianapolis, IN |
4 (10) |
Ind |
|
|
15-Nov |
KRON-TV |
San Francisco, CA |
4 |
NBC |
|
|
15-Nov |
WSAZ-TV |
Huntington, WV |
3 (5) |
NBC, CBS, ABC, DuMont |
|
|
30-Nov |
KOTV-TV |
Tulsa, OK |
6 |
CBS |
|
|
1-Dec |
WNBF-TV |
WBNG-TV |
Binghamton, NY |
12 |
CBS |
|
1-Dec |
WKTV-TV |
Utica, NY |
2 (13) |
NBC, ABC , CBS, DuMont |
|
|
3-Dec |
KRLD-TV |
KDFW-TV |
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX |
4 |
CBS |
|
11-Dec |
WOAI-TV |
KMOL-TV, WOAI-TV |
San Antonio, TX |
4 |
NBC |
|
19-Dec |
WXEL-TV |
WJKW-TV, WJW-TV |
Cleveland, OH |
8 (9) |
CBS, ABC, Dumont |
Thanks to John Pinckney, Joseph Gallant and Bill Sutherland for providing additional details for this chart.