2010 Event The first dedicated 3D TV channel in Europe, Sky 3D, launches in the UK 2003 Death Gertrude Ederle, swimming celebrity/teacher, first woman, and fifth person, to swim the English Channel, dies at 97 1998 Event Sega Channel, cable's 1st on-demand video game service, closes down02930301 1997 Event Discovery buys Travel Channel for $20 million 1997 Event Cartoon Channel premieres in Japan 1996 Event M2, MTV's second TV channel is launched 1996 Event WBSI TV replaces WNYC on channel 31 in New York City 1995 Event Belgium's TV channel VT4 goes on the air 1995 Event Belgium's TV channel 2 in Flanders goes on the air 1994 Event 1st trains for public run in English Channel Tunnel 1994 Event FX Channel, Cable Network, debuts 1990 Event Sci-Fi Channel on cable TV begins transmitting 1990 Event British and French workers meet in English Channel's tunnel (Chunnel) 1990 Event Cowboy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting 1990 Event Longest wheelie (David Robilliard with 5h12m33s (Channel Islands) 1990 Event "Ha!" comedy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting 1987 Event Digging begins to link England and France under English Channel 1987 Event New York's WNET-TV channel 13 begins round clock broadcasting 1987 Event Philip Rush of New Zealand, set record for triple crossing English Channel his time 28:21, 10 hours faster than 1st man to do it 1985 Event Fastest English Channel crossing by a relay team set (15h 30m) 1983 Event WKBC-TV (channel 48) ends broadcasting in Philadelphia 1983 Event Samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel 1982 Event Cindy Nicholas of Canada makes her 19th swim of English Channel 1981 Event American Charles Chapman is 1st black to swim English Channel 1981 Event Jon Erikson (U.S.) becomes 1st to triple cross English Channel (38:27) 1981 Event 6 English lifeguards set relay swim record English Channel (7:17) 1981 Event 1st solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, crosses English Channel 1979 Event Marcus Hooper, 12, is youngest person to swim English Channel 1979 Event Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross over English Channel in a human-powered aircraft; flight took 2 hours, 49 minutes 1978 Event Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7h 40m 1973 Event WNPB TV channel 13 in Marquette, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Birthday Vanessa Paradis, France, model, Channel, actress, White Wedding 1972 Event WGVC (now WUCX) TV channel 35 in Grand Rapids, MI (PBS) 1st broadcast 1972 Event KFIZ TV channel 34 in Fond du Lac, WI suspends broadcasting 1972 Event WNJS TV channel 23 in Camden, New Jersey (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Event KAVT (now KSMQ) TV channel 15 in Austin, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Event WMAO TV channel 23 in Greenwood, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Event WKAR TV channel 23 in East Lansing, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Event WMAV TV channel 18 in Oxford, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Event KHMA TV channel 11 in Houma, LA (IND) begins broadcasting 1972 Event WRIP (now WDSI) TV channel 61 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (IND) 1st broadcast 1972 Event WMAH TV channel 19 in Biloxi, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Event WMAU TV channel 17 in Bude, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Event WMAW TV channel 14 in Meridian, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Event KDSD TV channel 16 in Aberdeen, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event KAID TV channel 4 in Boise, Idaho (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event KUAC TV channel 9 in Fairbanks/College, AK (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event KCBJ (now KMIZ) TV channel 17 in Columbia, MO (ABC) 1st broadcast 1971 Event WXLT (now WWSB) TV channel 40 in Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida (ABC) begins 1971 Event WTZH TV channel 24 in Meridian, MS (CBS) suspends broadcasting 1971 Event KMPH TV channel 26 in Visalia-Fresno, California (IND) begins broadcasting 1971 Event WGBY TV channel 57 in Springfield, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event WIIQ TV channel 41 in Demopolis, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event KVUE TV channel 24 in Austin, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting 1971 Event WNPI TV channel 18 in Norwood, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event WGTU TV channel 29 in Traverse City, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1971 Event WNPE TV channel 16 in Watertown, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event WUHQ TV channel 41 in Battle Creek, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1971 Event WTVP TV channel 47 in Peoria, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event WHAE (now WGNX) TV channel 46 in Atlanta, Georgia (CBN) begins broadcasting 1971 Event WDXR (now WKPD) TV channel 29 in Paducah, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Birthday Samantha Druce, youngest woman to swim English Channel 1971 Event WBFF TV channel 45 in Baltimore, MD (IND) begins broadcasting 1971 Event WCJB TV channel 20 in Gainesville, Florida (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 3-judge U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 1971 Event WNJT TV channel 52 in Trenton, New Jersey (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event WSVN (now WSBN) TV channel 47 in Norton, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event WCPB TV channel 28 in Salisbury, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event KDCD TV channel 18 in Midland, Texas (IND) suspends broadcasting 1971 Event WDRB TV channel 41 in Louisville, Kentucky (IND) begins broadcasting 1971 Event KTSC TV channel 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (PBS) 1st broadcast 1971 Event WHMB TV channel 40 in Indianapolis, IN (IND) begins broadcasting 1970 Event WUTV TV channel 29 in Buffalo, New York (IND) begins broadcasting 1970 Event KNCT TV channel 46 in Belton/Killeen, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event KGTF TV channel 12 in Agana, GU (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event KVEW TV channel 42 in Kennewick, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1970 Event WYEA (now WLTZ) TV channel 38 in Columbus, Georgia (NBC) 1st broadcast 1970 Event WFYI TV channel 20 in Indianapolis, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event WAPT TV channel 16 in Jackson, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting 1970 Event KAPP TV channel 35 in Yakima, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1970 Event WSWP TV channel 9 in Grandview, WV (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event WKMJ TV channel 68 in Louisville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event WDHN TV channel 18 in Dothan, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1970 Event KTSD TV channel 10 in Pierre, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event WJCL TV channel 22 in Savannah, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting 1970 Event WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield, OH (ABC) suspends broadcasting 1970 Event KPAX TV channel 8 in Missoula, Montana (CBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event WSMW TV channel 27 in Worcester, MA (IND) begins broadcasting 1970 Event KDUB TV channel 40 in Dubuque, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1970 Event KTVM TV channel 6 in Butte, Montana (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1970 Event KOAI (now KNAZ) TV channel 2 in Flagstaff, Arizona (NBC) 1st broadcast 1970 Event WMGZ TV channel 16 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, begins broadcasting 1970 Event WPSJ TV channel 14 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, begins broadcasting 1970 Event WSNS TV channel 44 in Chicago, Illinois (IND) begins broadcasting 1970 Event KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, Texas (ABC) suspends broadcasting 1970 Event WNIN TV channel 9 in Evansville, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event WTCI TV channel 45 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event WXOW TV channel 19 in La Crosse, Wisconsin (ABC) begins broadcasting 1970 Event KIIN (now KUN) TV channel 12 in Iowa City, IA (PBS) 1st broadcast 1970 Event WUTR TV channel 20 in Utica-Rome, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting 1970 Event KVDO TV channel 3 in Salem, OR (IND) begins broadcasting 1970 Event KAMU TV channel 15 in College Station, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event WSCV TV channel 51 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (IND) suspends broadcasting 1970 Event WMAA TV channel 29 in Jackson, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event KPTS TV channel 8 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event WHAG TV channel 25 in Hagerstown, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting 1969 Event KXIX (now KVCT) TV channel 19 in Victoria, Texas (ABC) 1st broadcast 1969 Event WENY TV channel 36 in Elmira, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting 1969 Event WJJY (now WJPT) TV channel 14 in Jacksonville, IL (ABC) 1st broadcast 1969 Event WXPO (now WNDS) TV channel 50 in Manchester, New Hampshire (IND) 1st broadcast 1969 Event WHMA (now WJSU) TV channel 40 in Anniston, AL (CBS) 1st broadcast 1969 Event WKYH (now WYMT) TV channel 57 in Hazard, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting 1969 Event WJMN TV channel 3 in Escanaba, MI (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1969 Event WMPB TV channel 67 in Baltimore, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 Event WCVN TV channel 54 in Covington, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 Event KYUS TV channel 3 in Miles City, Montana (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1969 Event WATL TV channel 36 in Atlanta, Georgia begins broadcasting 1969 Event KWIH TV channel 44 in Winona, MN (IND) begins broadcasting 1969 Event KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting 1969 Event WMUL (now WPBY) TV channel 33 in Huntington, WV (PBS) 1st broadcast 1969 Event KDNL TV channel 30 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting 1969 Event WEDB TV channel 40 in Berlin, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 Event KEET TV channel 13 in Eureka, California (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 Event WWVU (now WNPB) TV channel 24 in Morgantown, WV (PBS) 1st broadcast 1969 Event KGTO TV channel 36 in Fayetteville, AR (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1969 Event KMST TV channel 46 in Monterey-Salinas, California (CBS) begins broadcasting 1969 Event WPGH TV channel 53 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (IND) begins broadcasting 1969 Event WLIW TV channel 21 in Garden City, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event KVOF (KUDO, now KWBB) TV channel 38 in SF, California (IND) 1st broadcast 1968 Event WATU (now WAGT) TV channel 26 in Augusta, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, Georgia (NBC) begins broadcasting 1968 Event KFIZ TV channel 34 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin begins broadcasting 1968 Event KECC (now KECY) TV channel 9 in El Centro, California (CBS) 1st broadcast 1968 Event KRNE TV channel 12 in Merriman, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WKID (WSCV) TV channel 51 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast 1968 Event KHNE TV channel 29 in Hastings, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event KSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WTOG TV channel 44 in St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast 1968 Event KMIR TV channel 36 in Palm Springs, California (NBC) begins broadcastng 1968 Event WKMU TV channel 21 in Murray, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event KPLM (now KESQ) TV channel 42 in Palm Springs, California (ABC) begins 1968 Event WKAS TV channel 25 in Ashland, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WKGB TV channel 53 in Bowling Green, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WKLE TV channel 46 in Lexington, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WKMA TV channel 35 in Madisonville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WKMR TV channel 38 in Morehead, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WKON TV channel 52 in Owenton, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WKSO TV channel 29 in Somerset, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WKZT TV channel 23 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event KMTC (now KDEB) TV channel 27 in Springfield, MO (IND) 1st broadcast 1968 Event KLNI (now KADN) TV channel 15 in Lafayette, LA (IND) begins 1968 Event WUAB TV channel 43 in Lorain-Cleveland, OH (IND) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WXON TV channel 20 in Detroit, MI (IND) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WGIQ TV channel 43 in Louisville, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WVPT TV channel 51 in Staunton, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WMCV (now WZTV) TV channel 17 in Nashville, Tennessee (IND) 1st broadcast 1968 Event WXTV TV channel 41 in New York-Paterson, New York (UNI) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WXIX TV channel 19 in Cincinnati-Newport, OH (IND) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1968 Event KQEC TV channel 32 in SF, California (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event KCFW TV channel 9 in Kalispell, Montana (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WHTV (now WTZH) TV channel 24 in Meridian, MS (NBC/CBS) 1st broadcast 1968 Event WKHA TV channel 35 in Hazard, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WBLG (now WTVQ) TV channel 62 in Lexington, Kentucky (ABC) 1st broadcast 1968 Event WEKW TV channel 52 in Keene, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WSKG TV channel 46 in Binghamton, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WHED TV channel 15 in Hanover, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WKPI TV channel 22 in Pikeville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event KEMO (now KOFY) TV channel 20 in San Francisco, California (IND) 1st broadcast 1968 Event KLVX TV channel 10 in Las Vegas, Nevada (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WVER TV channel 28 in Rutland, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WVTA TV channel 41 in Windsor, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WVUT TV channel 22 in Vincennes, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WHKY TV channel 14 in Hickory, North Carolina (IND) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WLED TV channel 49 in Littleton, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event KESD TV channel 8 in Brookings, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event KDTV TV channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WKBF TV channel 61 in Cleveland, OH (IND) begins broadcasting 1968 Event KDCD TV channel 18 in Midland, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting 1968 Event KBHK TV channel 44 in San Francisco, California (IND) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WDCO TV channel 15 in Cochran, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event KTSB (now KSNT) TV channel 27 in Topeka, KS (NBC) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WEDW TV channel 49 in Bridgeport, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WLTV TV channel 23 in Miami, Florida (IND) begins broadcasting 1967 Event KXNE TV channel 19 in Norfolk, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event KIMO TV channel 13 in Anchorage, AK (ABC) begins broadcasting 1967 Event KMXN (now KJTV) TV channel 34 in Lubbock, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WETK TV channel 33 in Burlington, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WGNO TV channel 26 in New Orleans, Louisiana (ABC) begins broadcasting 1967 Event KGSC (now KICU) TV channel 36 in San Jose, California (IND) begins 1967 Event KBFI (now KDAF) TV channel 33 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (IND) begins 1967 Event WGBX TV channel 44 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WCAE TV channel 50 in St. John, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WCIX TV channel 6 in Miami, Florida (CBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event KPAZ TV channel 21 in Phoenix, Arizona (IND) begins broadcasting 1967 Event KPOB TV channel 15 in Poplar Bluff, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WSRE TV channel 23 in Pensacola, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WUNE TV channel 17 in Linville, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WUNF TV channel 33 in Asheville, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WUNG TV channel 58 in Concord, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event KVVU TV channel 5 in Henderson-Las Vegas, NV (IND) begins broadcasting 1967 Event KMEG TV channel 14 in Sioux City, IA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WEBA TV channel 14 in Allendale, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WJPM TV channel 33 in Florence, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event KUHI (now KSNF) TV channel 16 in Joplin, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event KMNE TV channel 7 in Bassett, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WIRT TV channel 13 in Hibbing, MN (ABC) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WJRJ (WTCG, WTBS) TV channel 17 in Atlanta, Georgia (IND) begins 1967 Event WFIQ TV channel 36 in Florence, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WQLN TV channel 54 in Erie, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event KYAY TV channel 39 in West Monroe, LA (IND) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WBRA TV channel 15 in Roanoke, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WRET TV channel 36 in Charlotte, North Carolina (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event KPBS TV channel 15 in San Diego, California (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WSBE TV channel 36 in Providence, RI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event KTVN TV channel 2 in Reno, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event KSPS TV channel 7 in Spokane, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WNYE TV channel 25 in Brooklyn, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WCMU TV channel 14 in Mount Pleasant, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WOET (now WPTD) TV channel 16 in Dayton, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WSJK TV channel 2 in Sneedville/Knoxville, Tennessee (PBS) 1st broadcast 1967 Event WACS TV channel 25 in Dawson, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WEDN TV channel 53 in Norwich, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WMET (now WHSW) TV channel 24 in Baltimore, MD (IND) 1st broadcast 1967 Event WCLP TV channel 18 in Chatsworth, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WDAZ TV channel 8 in Devils Lake, ND (ABC) begins broadcasting 1967 Event KHTV TV channel 39 in Houston, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting 1967 Event KLXA (now KTBN) TV channel 40 in Fontana-San Ana, California (IND) begins 1967 Event WJAN TV channel 17 in Canton, OH (IND) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WABW TV channel 14 in Pelham, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event WCVW TV channel 57 in Richmond, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event KETS TV channel 2 in Little Rock, AR (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event KHSD TV channel 11 in Lead, SD (ABC) begins broadcasting 1966 Event WAEO (now WJFW) TV channel 12 in Rhinelander, WI (NBC) begins 1966 Event KMEB TV channel 10 in Wailuku, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event KPNE TV channel 9 in North Platte, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event WCES TV channel 20 in Wrens, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event WUSF TV channel 16 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (PBS) 1st broadcast 1966 Event KTNE TV channel 13 in Alliance, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event WRLK TV channel 35 in Columbia, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event KIFW (now KTNL) TV channel 13 in Sitka, AK (CBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event KLOC (now KCSO) channel 42 in Charlotte, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanon, New Hampshire (NBC) begins broadcasting 1966 Event KBSC (now KVEA) TV channel 52 in Corona-Los Angeles, California begins 1966 Event KFDO (now KVIJ) TV channel 8 in Sayre, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting 1966 Event WDHO (now WNWO) TV channel 24 in Toledo, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1966 Event WDCA TV channel 20 in Washington, D.C. (IND) begins broadcasting 1966 Event KHET TV channel 11 in Honolulu, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event WTVX TV channel 34 in Ft. Pierce-Vero Beach, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast 1966 Event WJET TV channel 24 in Erie, Pennsylvania (ABC) begins broadcasting 1966 Event WRFT (now WVFT) TV channel 27 in Roanoke, Virginia (IND) begins broadcasting 1966 Event KBIM TV channel 10 in Roswell, New Mexico (CBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event KWCM TV channel 10 in Appleton, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event WCMC (now WMGM) TV channel 40 in Wildwood, New Jersey (NBC) 1st broadcast 1966 Event WDIO TV channel 10 in Duluth, MN (ABC) begins broadcasting 1966 Event WFLD TV channel 32 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WCNY TV channel 24 in Syracuse, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event KCST TV channel 39 in San Diego, California (NBC) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WCFT TV channel 33 in Tuscaloosa, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event KTWU TV channel 11 in Topeka, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WBMG TV channel 42 in Birmingham, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WEMT (now WVII) TV channel 7 in Bangor, ME (ABC) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WLVT TV channel 39 in Allentown, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WXXW (now WYCC) TV channel 20 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WPHL TV channel 17 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (IND) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WCEE TV channel 23 in Rockford, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WUND TV channel 2 in Columbia, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event KLNE TV channel 3 in Lexington, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event KREZ TV channel 6 in Durango, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WTVI TV channel 42 in Charlotte, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WLCY (now WTSP) TV channel 10 in St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida (ABC) begins 1965 Event KUID TV channel 12 in Moscow, Idaho (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WTAF TV channel 29 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (IND) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WNJU TV channel 47 in NY-Linden, New York (TEL) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WAOW TV channel 9 in Wausau, Wisconsin (ABC) begins broadcasting 1965 Event KTCI TV channel 17 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) 1st broadcast 1965 Event WMFE TV channel 24 in Orlando, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WPSX TV channel 3 in Clearfield, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event KHFI (now KBVO) TV channel 42 in Austin, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WVIZ TV channel 25 in Cleveland, Ohio (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WKBD TV channel 50 in Detroit, MI (IND) begins broadcasting 1964 Event KTVR TV channel 13 in La Grande, OR (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event KHQL (now KCAN) TV channel 8 in Albion, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting 1964 Event WITF TV channel 33 in Harrisburg-Hershey, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event KBYU TV channel 11 in Provo, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event KUPK TV channel 13 in Garden City, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting 1964 Event WEIQ TV channel 42 in Mobile, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event KCSM TV channel 60 in San Mateo-SF, California (PBS) begins 1964 Event WSBK TV channel 38 in Boston, MA (IND/ABC/CBS/NBC) begin 1964 Event WUCM TV channel 19 in University Center, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event KIXE TV channel 9 in Redding, California (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event WSJU TV channel 18 in Carolina, Puerto Rico begins broadcasting 1964 Event WTSJ TV channel 18 in San Juan, Puerto Rico (NBC) begins broadcasting 1964 Event WWAY TV channel 3 in Wilmington, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting 1964 Event WCVE TV channel 23 in Richmond, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event WKEF TV channel 22 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1964 Event WEWS-TV Channel 5's "Upbeat" debuts in Cleveland 1964 Event WJSP TV channel 28 in Columbus, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event KIII TV channel 3 in Corpus Christi, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting 1964 Event KCOY TV channel 12 in Santa Maria, California (CBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event WKAB TV channel 32 in Montgomery, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1964 Event WMEM TV channel 10 in Presque Isle, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event WBGU TV channel 27 in Bowling Green, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event France and Great Britain sign accord over building channel tunnel 1964 Event WCIU TV channel 26 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting 1964 Event KFME TV channel 13 in Fargo, ND (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event KNMT TV channel 12 in Walker, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event KTVS TV channel 3 in Sterling, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Event WHNT TV channel 19 in Huntsville, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Event WITV TV channel 7 in Charleston, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Event WGHP TV channel 8 in Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina (ABC) begins 1963 Event WMEB TV channel 12 in Orono, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Event WVAN TV channel 9 in Savannah, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Event WNTV TV channel 29 in Greenville, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Event WHYY TV channel 12 in Wilmington, DE (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Event WCTI TV channel 12 in New Bern, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting 1963 Event WQAD TV channel 8 in Moline, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1963 Event KAIT TV channel 8 in Jonesboro, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting 1963 Event KWHY TV channel 22 in Los Angeles, California (IND) begins broadcasting 1963 Event WGSF TV channel 28 in Newark, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Event WFAN TV channel 14 in Washington, D.C. (IND) begins broadcasting 1963 Event WOUB TV channel 20 in Athens, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Event WTEV (now WLNE) TV channel 6 in Providence RI begins broadcasting 1962 Event WAIQ TV channel 26 in Montgomery, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event KGMB TV channel 9 in Honolulu, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton, New York (ABC) 1st broadcast 1962 Event KOET (now KULC) TV channel 9 in Ogden, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event KYVE TV channel 47 in Yakima, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event WNYC TV channel 31 in New York, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event WZZM TV channel 13 in Grand Rapids, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1962 Event WCIV TV channel 4 in Charleston, South Carolina (NBC) begins broadcasting 1962 Event KTXT TV channel 5 in Lubbock, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event WLOX TV channel 13 in Biloxi-Gulfport, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting 1962 Event WEDH TV channel 24 in Hartford, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event KCRL TV channel 4 in Reno, NV (NBC) begins broadcasting 1962 Event KMEX TV channel 34 in Los Angeles, California (IND) begins broadcasting 1962 Event KWSU TV channel 10 in Pullman, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event Public TV channel 13 begins in New York City 1962 Event WOKR TV channel 13 in Rochester, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting 1962 Event KVCR TV channel 24 in San Bernardino, California (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event KLRN TV channel 9 in San Antonio, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event WDCN TV channel 8 in Nashville, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event WNYS (now WIXT) TV channel 9 in Syracuse, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting 1962 Event KATC TV channel 3 in Lafayette, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1962 Event Fred Baldasare is 1st to swim English Channel underwater (scuba) 1962 Event KIKU (now KHNL) TV channel 13 in Honolulu, HI (IND) 1st broadcast 1962 Event WSEC (now WLRN) TV channel 17 in Miami, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event WWUP TV channel 10 in Sault Ste Marie, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event WBKO TV channel 13 in Bowling Green, Kentucky (ABC) begins broadcasting 1962 Event WMHT TV channel 17 in Schenectady-Alby-Tro, New York (PBS) 1st broadcast 1962 Event KATU TV channel 2 in Portland, OR (ABC) begins broadcasting 1962 Event KACB TV channel 3 in San Angelo, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting 1961 Event KICU TV channel 43 in Visalia-Fresno, California (IND) begins broadcasting 1961 Event KAIL TV channel 53 in Fresno, California (IND) begins broadcasting 1961 Event WXGeorgia TV channel 8 in Waycross, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Event KHAW TV channel 11 in Hilo, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1961 Event WPLG TV channel 10 in Miami, Florida (ABC) begins broadcasting 1961 Event WCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Event KMED (now KTVL) TV channel 10 in Medford, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Event WETA TV channel 26 in Washington, D.C. (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Event WHRO TV channel 15 in Hampton-Norfolk, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Event KGIN TV channel 11 in Grand Island, NB (CBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Event WOLO TV channel 25 in Columbia, South Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting 1961 Event WYAH TV channel 27 in Portsmouth, Virginia (IND) begins broadcasting 1961 Event KTPS TV channel 62 in Tacoma, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Event Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hours 10 min 1961 Event Antonio Abertondo swims English Channel round trip (44 miles) 1961 Event WLKY TV channel 32 in Louisville, Kentucky (ABC) begins broadcasting 1961 Event WBNB TV channel 10 in Charlotte Amaile, VI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Event KUSD TV channel 2 in Vermillion, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Event KNDU TV channel 25 in Richland-Pasco-Kennew, WA (NBC) 1st broadcast 1961 Event KBMT TV channel 12 in Beaumont, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting 1961 Birthday Rory Bremner, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, impressionist, political satirist, comedian, appeared on Channel 4 with 'Rory Bremner, Who Else?', host of award-winning show, 'Bremner, Bird and Fortune' 1961 Event KCPT TV channel 19 in Kansas City, Missouri (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Event KOAP TV channel 10 in Portland, OR (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Event KAET TV channel 8 in Phoenix, Arizona (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Event KIFI TV channel 8 in Idaho Falls, Idaho (NBC) begins broadcasting 1960 Event KNRR TV channel 12 in Pembina, ND (IND) begins broadcsting 1960 Event KWCS (now KOOG) TV channel 30 in Ogden, UT (IND) begins broadcasting 1960 Event WGTE TV channel 30 in Toledo, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Event KEYC TV channel 12 in Mankato, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Event KCBY TV channel 11 in Coos Bay, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Event WFSU TV channel 11 in Tallahassee, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Event KERA TV channel 13 in Dallas, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Event KSOO (now KSFY) TV channel 13 in Sioux Falls, SD (NBC) 1st broadcast 1960 Event XEWT TV channel 12 in Tijuana-San Diego, California (IND) begins broadcasting 1960 Event KORN (now KDLT) TV channel 5 in Mitchell-Sioux Falls, SD (ABC) begins 1960 Event WDTV TV channel 5 in Clarksburg-Weston, WV (CBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Event WGTV TV channel 8 in Athens-Atlanta, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Event WKBM TV (now WLII) channel 11 in Caguas/San Juan, Puerto Rico 1st broadcast 1960 Event KHVO TV channel 13 in Hilo, HI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1960 Event WOLE TV channel 12 in Aguadillo, PR 1960 Event WIPM TV channel 3 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (PBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Event KPEC TV channel 56 in Lakewood Center-Tacoma, WA (PBS) 1st broadcast 1960 Event WSLA (now WAKA) TV channel 8 in Selma, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Event KRET TV channel 23 in Richardson, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Event KOMC (now KSNK) TV channel 8 in McCook - Oberlin, NB (NBC) begins 1959 Event KJTV (now KGET) TV channel 17 in Bakersfield, California (NBC) 1st broadcast 1959 Event WABG TV channel 6 in Greenwood-Greenville, MS (ABC) 1st broadcast 1959 Event KNDO TV channel 23 in Yakima, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1959 Event WMUB (now WPTO) TV channel 14 in Oxford, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Event KTHI TV channel 11 in Fargo-Grand Forks, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting 1959 Event WQEX TV channel 16 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Event WAAY TV channel 31 in Huntsville, AL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1959 Event WENH TV channel 11 in Durham, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Event WVTV TV channel 18 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (IND) begins broadcasting 1959 Event WTOM TV channel 4 in Cheboygan, Michigan (NBC) begins broadcasting 1959 Event KLOE TV channel 10 in Goodland, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Event KPLR TV channel 11 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting 1959 Event WICD TV channel 15 in Champaign, IL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1959 Event KDIN TV channel 11 in Des Moines, IA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Event WNED TV channel 17 in Buffalo, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Event WILX TV channel 10 in Lansing, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1959 Event KUAT TV channel 6 in Tucson, Arizona (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Event KVIE TV channel 6 in Sacramento-Stockton, California (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Event WVUE TV channel 8 in New Orleans, Louisiana (ABC) begins broadcasting 1959 Event KOKH TV channel 25 in Oklahoma City, OK (IND/PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Event WHCT TV channel 18 in Hartford, CT (IND) begins broadcasting 1959 Event KOED TV channel 11 in Tulsa, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event WTOL TV channel 11 in Toledo, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event KNOP TV channel 2 in North Platte, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting 1958 Event WKBW TV channel 7 in Buffalo, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting 1958 Event KCOO (now KABY) TV channel 9 in Aberdeen, SD (ABC) begins broadcasting 1958 Event KAII TV channel 7 in Wailuku, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1958 Event WUFT TV channel 5 in Gainesville, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event KGLD (now KSNG) TV channel 11 in Garden City, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast 1958 Event WEDU TV channel 3 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event WJRT TV channel 12 in Flint, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1958 Event KCMT TV channel 7 in Alexandria, MN (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1958 Event KRTV TV channel 3 in Great Falls, Montana (CBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event KTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, Arizona (ABC) begins broadcasting 1958 Event WTAE TV channel 4 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (ABC) begins broadcasting 1958 Event WJCT TV channel 7 in Jacksonville, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event WKPC TV channel 15 in Louisville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event KAYS TV channel 7 in Hays, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event KNME TV channel 5 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event KVIQ TV channel 6 in Eureka, California (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event KULR TV channel 8 in Billings, Montana (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event KDUH TV channel 4 in Scottsbluff-Hay Spring, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast 1958 Event KTVU TV channel 2 in Oakland-San Francisco, California (IND) 1st broadcast 1958 Event WETV (now WPBA) TV channel 30 in Atlanta, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event WTVC TV channel 9 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting 1958 Event KIRO TV channel 7 in Seattle, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event WRIK (now WLUZ) TV channel 7 in Ponce, Puerto Rico (PTC) begins broadcasting 1958 Event WFTV TV channel 9 in Orlando, Florida (ABC) begins broadcasting 1958 Event KRSD (now KEVN) TV channel 7 in Rapid City, SD (ABC) 1st broadcast 1958 Event KMOT TV channel 10 in Minot, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting 1958 Event KUED TV channel 7 in Salt Lake City, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event WIPR TV channel 6 in San Juan, Puerto Rico (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event WMBD TV channel 31 in Peoria, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Event KWRB (now KFNE) TV channel 10 in Lander-Riverton, WY (ABC) begins 1957 Event WCVB TV channel 5 in Boston, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1957 Event WBOY TV channel 12 in Clarksburg, WV (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1957 Event WEEQ (now WWTO) TV channel 35 in La Salle, IL (IND) 1st broadcast 1957 Event KVII TV channel 7 in Amarillo, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting 1957 Event KXGN TV channel 5 in Glendive, Montana (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1957 Event WICZ TV channel 40 in Binghamton, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting 1957 Event WLWI (now WTHR) TV channel 13 in Indianapolis, IN (ABC) 1st broadcast 1957 Event WYTV TV channel 33 in Youngstown, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1957 Event WMVS TV channel 10 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (PBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Event WOWL TV channel 15 in Florence, AL (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Event WPTA TV channel 21 in Fort Wayne, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting 1957 Event KJAC TV channel 4 in Port Arthur-Beaumont, Texas (NBC) 1st broadcast 1957 Event KOAC TV channel 7 in Corvallis, OR (PBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Event WKYT TV channel 27 in Lexington, Kentucky (CBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Event WTIC TV channel 61 in Hartford, CT (CBS/FOX) begins broadcasting 1957 Event KETV TV channel 7 in Omaha, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting 1957 Event WWL TV channel 4 in New Orleans, Louisiana (CBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Event KTCA TV channel 2 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Event WAVY TV channel 10 in Portsmouth-Norfolk, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting 1957 Event WHC (now WPXI) TV channel 11 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (NBC) 1st broadcast 1957 Event WTLV TV channel 12 in Jacksonville, Florida (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1957 Birthday Cindy Nicholas, Canada, swimmer, swam English Channel 19 times 1957 Event KTVC TV channel 6 in Ensign, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Event WRLP TV channel 32 in Greenfield/Keene/Brat, MA (IND) 1st broadcast 1957 Event WPSD TV channel 6 in Paducah, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting 1957 Event KBTexas TV channel 3 in Bryan, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Event WSOC TV channel 9 in Charlotte, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting 1957 Event WUHY TV channel 35 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Event KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting 1957 Event WYES TV channel 12 in New Orleans, Louisiana (PBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Event WTWV (now WTVA) TV channel 9 in Tupelo-Columbus, MS (NBC) begins 1957 Event KTWO TV channel 2 in Casper, WY (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Event KUMV TV channel 8 in Williston, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting 1957 Event KSAT TV channel 12 in San Antonio, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting 1956 Event KGW TV channel 8 in Portland, OR (NBC) begins broadcasting 1956 Event WRAL TV channel 5 in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Event KFSA (now KFSM) TV channel 5 in Ft. Smith, AR (CBS) 1st broadcast 1956 Event WAGM TV channel 8 in Presque Isle, ME (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins 1956 Event KELP (now KCOS) TV channel 13 in El Paso, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Event KREY TV channel 10 in Montrose, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting 1956 Event WTVW TV channel 7 in Evansville, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting 1956 Event WBIR TV channel 10 in Knoxville, Tennessee (CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Event KOTI TV channel 2 in Klamath Falls, OR (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Event WDIQ (now KMCT) TV channel 2 in Dozier, AL (PBS) begins 1956 Event KUAM TV channel 8 in Agana, GU (CBS/ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1956 Event WCYB TV channel 5 in Bristol-Kingsport, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting 1956 Event KRCR TV channel 7 in Redding-Chico, California (ABC) begins broadcasting 1956 Event WCKT (now WSVN) TV channel 7 in Miami, Florida (IND) begins broadcasting 1956 Event WCBI TV channel 4 in Columbus, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Event WKNO TV channel 10 in Memphis, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Event WISC TV channel 3 in Madison, Wisconsin (CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Event WDAM TV channel 7 in Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting 1956 Event KGUN TV channel 9 in Tucson, Arizona (ABC) begins broadcasting 1956 Event WESH TV channel 2 in Daytona Beach-Orlando, Florida (NBC) 1st broadcast 1956 Event KRIS TV channel 6 in Corpus Christi, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting 1956 Event WITI TV channel 6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting 1956 Event KFSN TV channel 30 in Fresno, California (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Event WRCB TV channel 3 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting 1956 Event WLUC TV channel 6 in Marquette, MI (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1956 Event WSPA TV channel 7 in G'ville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Event WWBT TV channel 12 in Richmond, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting 1956 Event KETA TV channel 13 in Oklahoma City, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Event KPIC TV channel 4 in Roseburg, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Event WOSU TV channel 34 in Columbus, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Event KHPL (now KWNB) TV channel 6 in Hayes Center, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast 1956 Event WSAV TV channel 3 in Savannah, Georgia (NBC) begins broadcasting 1956 Event KRMA TV channel 6 in Denver, CO (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Event KTXS TV channel 12 in Sweetwater-Abilene, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting 1956 Event KWAB TV channel 4 in Big Spring, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting 1956 Event KGNS TV channel 8 in Laredo, Texas (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1956 Event KHAS TV channel 5 in Hastings, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting 1956 Event KOSA TV channel 7 in Odessa, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Event WREC (now WREG) TV channel 3 in Memphis, Tennessee (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event KTVE TV channel 10 in Monroe-El Dorado, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event KMVI (now WMAU) TV channel 12 in Wailuku, HI (IND) begins broadcasting 1955 Event KTHV TV channel 11 in Little Rock, AR (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event KTVO TV channel 3 in Ottumwa-Kirksville, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event KXMB TV channel 12 in Bismarck, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WWNY TV channel 7 in Carthage-Watertown, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WDBJ TV channel 7 in Roanoke, Virginia (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WTVS TV channel 56 in Detroit, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WORA TV channel 5 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (TCI) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WITN TV channel 7 in Washington, North Carolina (NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WCTV TV channel 6 in Tallahassee-Thomasville, Florida (CBS) begins 1955 Event KNTV TV channel 11 in San Jose, California (ABC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event KTVT TV channel 11 in Fort Worth-Dallas, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WKRG TV channel 5 in Mobile, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WTTW TV channel 11 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event KTBS TV channel 3 in Shreveport, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event KCRA TV channel 3 in Sacramento, California (NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event KARD (now KSNW) TV channel 3 in Wichita, KS (NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event KTRE TV channel 9 in Lufkin, Texas (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WXEX TV channel 8 in Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia (ABC) begins 1955 Event WPBT TV channel 2 in Miami, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event KSTF TV channel 10 in Scottsbluff-Gering, NB (CBS/NBC) begins 1955 Event WILL TV channel 12 in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event KRNT (now KCCI) TV channel 8 in Des Moines, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast 1955 Event WHIS (now WVVA) TV channel 6 in Bluefield, WV (NBC) 1st broadcast 1955 Event WNDU TV channel 16 in South Bend, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event KOTA TV channel 3 in Rapid City, SD (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event KWEX TV channel 41 in San Antonio, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting 1955 Event KLFY TV channel 10 in Lafayette, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event KMVT TV channel 11 in Twin Falls, Idaho (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WFRV TV channel 5 in Green Bay, Wisconsin (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event KPUA (now KGMD) TV channel 9 in Hilo, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WGBH TV channel 2 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WBIQ TV channel 10 in Birmingham, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event KFDM TV channel 6 in Beaumont, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event KMAU (now KGMV) TV channel 3 in Wailuku, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WBRZ TV channel 2 in Baton Rouge, LA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WTVT TV channel 13 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (CBS) 1st broadcast 1955 Event WPRI TV channel 12 in Providence, RI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event KXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, California (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WLEX TV channel 18 in Lexington, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WBBJ TV channel 7 in Jackson, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event KFAR (now KATN) TV channel 2 in Fairbanks, AK (ABC/NBC) 1st broadcast 1955 Event KTVF TV channel 11 in Fairbanks, AK (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WFLA (now WXFL) TV channel 8 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (NBC) begins 1955 Event KRCG TV channel 13 in Jefferson City, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WTVY TV channel 4 in Dothan, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event KORK (now KVBC) TV channel 3 in Las Vegas, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast 1955 Event WUNorth Carolina TV channel 4 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WCIQ TV channel 7 in Mount Cheaha, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event KMSP TV channel 9 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (IND) 1st broadcast 1955 Event WEAT (now WPEC) TV channel 12 in West Palm Beach, Florida (CBS) begins 1954 Event KEPR TV channel 19 in Pasco-Kennewick-Richl, WA (CBS) 1st broadcast 1954 Event WSFA TV channel 12 in Montgomery, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WEAU TV channel 13 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WOAY TV channel 4 in Oak Hill-Beckley, WV (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WPTZ TV channel 5 in Plattsburgh, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KCTS TV channel 9 in Seattle, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KCKT (now KSNC) TV channel 2 in Great Bend, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast 1954 Event KTRK TV channel 13 in Houston, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KUON TV channel 12 in Lincoln, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KREM TV channel 2 in Spokane, WA (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WISN TV channel 12 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WSAU TV channel 7 in Wausau, Wisconsin (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KAKE TV channel 10 in Wichita, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WBTW TV channel 13 in Florence, South Carolina (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KLTV TV channel 7 in Tyler-Longview, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KTIV TV channel 4 in Sioux City, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KFVS TV channel 12 in Cape Girardeau, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KALB TV channel 5 in Alexandria, LA (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KODE TV channel 12 in Joplin, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KUTV TV channel 2 in Salt Lake City, UT (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WANE TV channel 15 in Fort Wayne, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WCAX TV channel 3 in Burlington, VT (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WCBD TV channel 2 in Charleston, South Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KETC TV channel 9 in Saint Louis, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KTUL TV channel 8 in Tulsa, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WLOS TV channel 13 in G'ville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (ABC) 1st broadcast 1954 Event CKLW TV channel 9 in Windsor, ON (CBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WPBN TV channel 7 in Traverse City, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WLBZ TV channel 2 in Bangor, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KXJB TV channel 4 in Valley City (Fargo) (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WLUK TV channel 11 in Green Bay, Wisconsin (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Birthday Jon Erikson, U.S., 1st to triple cross English Channel, 1981 1954 Event WTVD TV channel 11 in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WMTW TV channel 8 in Portland-Poland Spring, ME (ABC) begins 1954 Event WPTV TV channel 5 in Palm Beach, Florida (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WCHS TV channel 8 in Charleston-Huntington, WV (ABC) begins 1954 Event WGR TV (now WGRZ) TV channel 2 in Buffalo, New York (NBC) begins 1954 Event WLAC (now WTVF) TV channel 5 in Nashville (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WKBT TV channel 8 in La Crosse, Wisconsin (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WTHI TV channel 10 in Terre Haute, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KOCO TV channel 5 in Oklahoma City, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WBOC TV channel 16 in Salisbury, MD (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast 1954 Event KMOS TV channel 6 in Sedalia-Warrensburg, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WMSL (WYUR, now WAFF) TV channel 48 in Huntsville, AL (ABC) begins 1954 Event WDBO (now WCPX) TV channel 6 in Orlando, Florida (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KQED TV channel 9 in SF, California (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event PBS reaches SF: KQED (Channel 9) starts broadcasting 1954 Event KREX TV channel 5 in Grand Junction, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WGAN (now WGME) TV channel 13 in Portland, ME (CBS) 1st broadcast 1954 Event KGLO (now KIMT) TV channel 3 in Mason City, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast 1954 Event KTEN TV channel 10 in Ada-Ardmore, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WHA TV channel 21 in Madison, Wisconsin (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WAPA TV channel 4 in San Juan, Puerto Rico (NBC/SFN) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WDEF TV channel 12 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WSEE TV channel 35 in Erie, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KVAL TV channel 13 in Eugene, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KARK TV channel 4 in Little Rock, AR (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WHO TV channel 13 in Des Moines, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KRGV TV channel 5 in Weslaco, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, North Carolina (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WALB TV channel 10 in Albany, Georgia (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WQED TV channel 13 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WKAQ TV channel 2 in San Juan, Puerto Rico (TM) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls, Montana (ABC/CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WSJV TV channel 28 in Elkhart-South Bend, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior, MN (CBS) begins 1954 Event WMUR TV channel 9 in Manchester, New Hampshire (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WAST (now WNYT) TV channel 13 in Albany-Troy, New York (NBC) 1st broadcast 1954 Event WNEM TV channel 5 in Bay City, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WRDW TV channel 12 in Augusta, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WTOC TV channel 11 in Savannah, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WCDC TV channel 19 in Adams, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WEAR TV channel 3 in Pensacola-Mobile, Florida (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KSLA TV channel 12 in Shreveport, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WWTV TV channel 9 in Cadillac-Traverse City, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast 1953 Event WFBC (now WYFF) TV channel 4 in G'ville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (NBC) begins 1953 Event WLBT TV channel 3 in Jackson, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KHOL (now KHGI) TV channel 13 in Kearney, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KOA (now KCNC) TV channel 4 in Denver, CO (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KOMU TV channel 8 in Columbia, MO (NBC/PBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KID (now KIDK) TV channel 3 in Idaho Falls, Idaho (CBS) 1st broadcasting 1953 Event KWTV TV channel 9 in Oklahoma City, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KATV TV channel 7 in Little Rock, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KMID TV channel 2 in Midland and Odessa, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WJHG TV channel 7 in Panama City, Florida (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KOAM TV channel 7 in Pittsburg-Joplin, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KTVA TV channel 11 in Anchorage (CBS) becomes Alaska's 1st TV station 1953 Event KOMO TV channel 4 in Seattle, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WSTV (now WTOV) TV channel 9 in Steubenville-Wheeling, OH (CBS) begins 1953 Event WCCB TV channel 18 in Charlotte, North Carolina (IND/ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WAIM (now WAXA) TV channel 40 in Anderson, South Carolina (IND) 1st broadcast 1953 Event WCSH TV channel 6 in Portland, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WSIX TV channel 8 in Nashville, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KBOI (now KBCI) TV channel 2 in Boise, Idaho (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WJHL TV channel 11 in Johnson City, Tennessee (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KVFD (now KTIN) TV channel 21 in Ft. Dodge, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast 1953 Event WJBF TV channel 6 in Augusta, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WKJG TV channel 33 in Ft. Wayne, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WIBW TV channel 13 in Topeka, KS (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WRBL TV channel 3 in Columbus, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WCIA TV channel 3 in Champaign, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KTVQ TV channel 2 in Billings, Montana (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WIS TV channel 10 in Columbia, South Carolina (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KCEN TV channel 6 in Temple-Waco, Texas (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KMGH TV channel 7 in Denver, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WHEC TV channel 10 in Rochester, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KIEM TV channel 3 in Eureka, California (NBC/CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KOOL (now KTSP) TV channel 10 in Phoenix, Arizona (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WTRF TV channel 7 in Wheeling-Steubenville, WV (CBS) 1st broadcast 1953 Event WRAU (now WHOI) TV channel 19 in Peoria, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WTVK TV channel 26 in Knoxville, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KOIN TV channel 6 in Portland, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WJNL (now WFAT) TV channel 19 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania (IND) begins 1953 Event WTEN TV channel 10 in Albany, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WTAP TV channel 15 in Parkersburg-Marietta, WV (NBC) begins 1953 Event WTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KGGM TV channel 13 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KJEO TV channel 47 in Fresno, California (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KYTV TV channel 3 in Springfield, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WATE TV channel 6 in Knoxville, Tennessee (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WREX TV channel 13 in Rockford, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WICS TV channel 20 in Springfield, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WMT (now KGAN) TV channel 2 in Cedar Rapids-Waterloo, IA (CBS) begins 1953 Event KOAT TV channel 7 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KCMO (now KCTV) TV channel 5 in Kansas City, Missouri (CBS) begins 1953 Event KNOE TV channel 8 in Monroe-West Monroe, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KOLO TV channel 8 in Reno, NV (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KQTV TV channel 2 in Saint Joseph, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WHBQ TV channel 13 in Memphis, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WMAZ TV channel 13 in Macon, Georgia (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WTOK TV channel 11 in Meridian, MS (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KERO TV channel 23 in Bakersfield, California (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KHQA TV channel 7 in Hannibal-Quincy, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KRDO TV channel 13 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (ABC) 1st broadcast 1953 Event KVOA TV channel 4 in Tucson, Arizona (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WVEC TV channel 13 in Hampton-Norfolk, Virginia (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KSBW TV channel 8 in Salinas-Monterey, California (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WEHT TV channel 25 in Evansville, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KGTV TV channel 10 in San Diego, California (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WFIE TV channel 14 in Evansville, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WATR (now WTXX) TV channel 20 in Waterbury, CT (NBC) begins 1953 Event WGEM TV channel 10 in Quincy-Hannibal, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WNOK (now WLTX) TV channel 19 in Columbia, South Carolina (CBS) 1st broadcast 1953 Event WTCN (now KARE) TV channel 11 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (MET) begins 1953 Event KRBC TV channel 9 in Abilene, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WKBG (now WLVI) TV channel 56 in Cambridge-Boston, MA (IND) begins 1953 Event KHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, California (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KBAK TV channel 29 in Bakersfield, California (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KTAL TV channel 6 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins 1953 Event KXLF TV channel 4 in Butte, Montana (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KCPQ TV channel 13 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KMBC TV channel 9 in Kansas City, Missouri (MET/ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KOBI TV channel 5 in Medford, OR (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KEYT TV channel 3 in Santa Barbara, California (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KIMA TV channel 29 in Yakima, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WAKR (now WAKC) TV channel 23 in Akron, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KROC (now KTTC) TV channel 10 in Rochester, MN (NBC) 1st broadcast 1953 Event KTVB TV channel 7 in Boise, Idaho (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WANorth Carolina TV channel 21 in Asheville, North Carolina (IND) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KLAS TV channel 8 in Las Vegas, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KTVH (now KWCH) TV channel 12 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (CBS) begins 1953 Event XETV TV channel 6 in Tijuana-San Diego, California (IND) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KCTV (now KLST) TV channel 8 in San Angelo, Texas (CBS) 1st broadcast 1953 Event KSWS (now KOBR) TV channel 8 in Roswell, New Mexico (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WCSouth Carolina TV channel 5 in Charleston, South Carolina (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WTPennsylvania (now WHTM) TV channel 27 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (ABC) 1st broadcast 1953 Event WLFI TV channel 18 in Lafayette, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KOAA TV channel 5 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (NBC) 1st broadcast 1953 Event KVOS TV channel 12 in Bellingham/Vancouver, WA (CBS) begins 1953 Event KMJ (now KSEE) TV channel 24 in Fresno, California (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WDAY TV channel 6 in Fargo, ND (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WSUN TV channel 38 in St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast 1953 Event WHIZ TV channel 18 in Zanesville, OH (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KUHT TV channel 8 in Houston, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KCBD TV channel 11 in Lubbock, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WIPB TV channel 49 in Muncie, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WTVO TV channel 17 in Rockford, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KTAR (now KPNX) TV channel 12 in Phoenix, Arizona (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WCOV TV channel 20 in Montgomery, Alabama (IND/CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WAFB TV channel 9 in Baton Rouge, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WAND TV channel 17 in Decatur, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WHP TV channel 21 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WHYN (now WGGB) TV channel 40 in Springfield-Holyoke, MA (ABC) begins 1953 Event KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WEYI TV channel 25 in Saginaw, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KFDA TV channel 10 in Amarillo, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KXMC TV channel 13 in Minot, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KCAU TV channel 9 in Sioux City, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KGNC (now KAMR) TV channel 4 in Amarillo, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WBAY TV channel 2 in Green Bay, Wisconsin (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WWLP TV channel 22 in Springfield, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KSWO TV channel 7 in Lawton, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WFMJ TV channel 21 in Youngstown, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KAUZ TV channel 6 in Wichita Falls, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KTNT (now KSTW) TV channel 11 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins 1953 Event WTAJ TV channel 10 in Altoona, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KOLN TV channel 10 in Lincoln, NB (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WNEP TV channel 16 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (ABC) 1st broadcast 1953 Event WLVirginia (now WSET) TV channel 13 in Lynchburg-Roanoke, Virginia (ABC) begins 1953 Event WEEK TV channel 25 in Peoria, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WJTV TV channel 12 in Jackson, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WABI TV channel 5 in Bangor, ME (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KXLY TV channel 4 in Spokane, WA (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WALA TV channel 10 in Mobile, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KOLD TV channel 13 in Tucson, Arizona (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WKBN TV channel 27 in Youngstown, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KTSM TV channel 9 in El Paso, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WBRE TV channel 28 in Wilkes-Barre Scranton, Pennsylvania (NBC) 1st broadcast 1952 Event WSBA (now WPMT) TV channel 43 in York, Pennsylvania (IND) begins broadcasting 1952 Event WSBT TV channel 22 in South Bend, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting 1952 Event KHQ TV channel 6 in Spokane, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1952 Event KHON TV channel 2 in Honolulu, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1952 Event KROD (now KDBC) TV channel 4 in El Paso, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting 1952 Birthday John Francome, born in Swindon, England, jockey, National Hunt Champion Jockey seven times, apprenticed with Fred Winter, presenter for horseracing broadcasts on Channel 4 1952 Event WSLS TV channel 10 in Roanoke, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting 1952 Event KKTV TV channel 11 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (CBS) 1st broadcast 1952 Event KTBC TV channel 7 in Austin, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting 1952 Event KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting 1952 Event KBTV (now KUSA) TV channel 9 in Denver, CO (ABC) begins broadcasting 1952 Event KPTV TV channel 12 in Portland, OR (IND) begins broadcasting 1952 Event KWGN TV channel 2 in Denver, CO (IND) begins broadcasting 1951 Event Florence Chadwick becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours and 19 minutes 1951 Event British submarine Affray sank in English Channel, killing 75 1950 Event WSM TV channel 4 in Nashville, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting 1950 Event Abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50) 1950 Event WHBF TV channel 4 in Rock Island, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1950 Event WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast 1950 Event WJIM (now WLNS) TV channel 6 in Lansing, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1950 Event WTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, Virginia (CBS) begins broadcasting 1950 Event WHAS TV channel 11 in Louisville, Kentucky (CBS) begins broadcasting 1950 Event WOI TV channel 5 in Ames-Des Moines, IA (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting 1950 Event KENS TV channel 5 in San Antonio, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting 1950 Event WSYR (now WSTM) TV channel 3 in Syracuse, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WJW TV channel 8 in Cleveland, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WOAI (now KMOL) TV channel 4 in San Antonio, Texas (NBC) 1st broadcast 1949 Event KRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (CBS) begins 1949 Event WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WKTV TV channel 2 in Utica, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event KOTV TV channel 6 in Tulsa, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 Event KRON TV channel 4 in San Francisco, California (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WSAZ TV channel 3 in Huntington-Charleston, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast 1949 Event WTTV TV channel 4 in Bloomington-Indianapol, IN (IND) 1st broadcast 1949 Event WOC (now KWQC) TV channel 6 in Davenport, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast 1949 Event WDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, Missouri (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WBNS TV channel 10 in Columbus, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WOR (now WWOR) TV channel 9 in NY-Secaucus, New York (IND) begins 1949 Event WFMY TV channel 2 in Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina (CBS) 1st broadcast 1949 Event WFAA TV channel 8 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event KABC TV channel 7 in Los Angeles, California (ABC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WJAC TV channel 6 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WJXT TV channel 4 in Jacksonville, Florida (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 Event KMTV TV channel 3 in Omaha, NB (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WTVN (now WSYX) TV channel 6 in Columbus, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WOTV TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WBTV TV channel 3 in Charlotte, North Carolina (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WJAR TV channel 10 in Providence, RI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WBRC TV channel 6 in Birmingham, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WCCO TV channel 4 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WROC TV channel 8 in Rochester, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WKY (now KTVY) TV channel 4 in Oklahoma City, OK (NBC) 1st broadcast 1949 Event KSL TV channel 5 in Salt Lake City, UT (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WRTV TV channel 6 in Indianapolis, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event KGO TV channel 7 in San Francisco, California (ABC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event U.N. International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages 1949 Event WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WLWS (now WCMH) TV channel 4 in Columbus, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WTVJ TV channel 4 in Miami, Florida (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event KFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, California (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WICU TV channel 12 in Erie, Pennsylvania (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WLWD (now WDTN) TV channel 2 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WAGeorgia TV channel 5 in Atlanta, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WHIO TV channel 7 in Dayton, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 Event KNBH (now KNBC) TV channel 4 in Los Angeles, California (NBC) 1st broadcast 1949 Event WTOP (now WUSA) TV channel 9 in Washington, D.C. (CBS) 1st broadcast 1949 Event KDKA TV channel 2 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 Event KPRC TV channel 2 in Houston, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Event KTTV TV channel 11 in Los Angeles, California (MET) begins broadcasting 1948 Event KPIX TV channel 5 in San Francisco, California (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WDSU TV channel 6 in New Orleans, Louisiana (NBC) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WHEN (now WTVH) TV channel 5 in Syracuse, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WMC TV channel 5 in Memphis, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting 1948 Event KOB TV channel 4 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (NBC) begins broadcasting 1948 Event KING TV channel 5 in Seattle, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WAVE TV channel 3 in Louisville, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WJZ TV channel 13 in Baltimore, MD (ABC) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WJBK TV channel 2 in Detroit, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WXYZ TV channel 7 in Detroit, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1948 Event KHJ TV channel 9 in Los Angeles, California (IND) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WBAP (now KXAS) TV channel 5 in Fort Worth-Dallas, Texas (NBC) begins 1948 Event WSB TV channel 2 in Atlanta, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting 1948 Event KCOP TV channel 13 in Los Angeles/Hollywood, California (IND) begins 1948 Event WLS TV channel 7 in Chicago, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WABC TV channel 7 in New York, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WSPD TV channel 13 in Toledo, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WNAC (now KNEV) TV channel 7 in Boston, MA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WPIX TV channel 11 in New York City, New York (IND) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WTNH TV channel 8 in New Haven, CT (ABC) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WBZ TV channel 4 in Boston, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WBEN (now WIVB) TV channel 4 in Buffalo, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Event KSTP TV channel 5 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (ABC) 1st broadcast 1948 Event WTVR TV channel 6 in Richmond, Virginia (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Event KCPX (now KTVX) TV channel 4 in Salt Lake City, UT (ABC) 1st broadcast 1948 Event WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, Illinois (IND) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WCAU TV channel 10 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WBAL TV channel 11 in Baltimore, MD (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WLWT TV channel 5 in Cincinnati, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1948 Event KNXT (now KCBS) TV channel 2 in Los Angeles, California (CBS) 1st broadcast 1948 Event WNDT (now WNET) TV channel 13 in New York-Newark, New York (PBS) begins 1947 Event WEWS TV channel 5 in Cleveland, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1947 Event WMAR TV channel 2 in Baltimore, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting 1947 Event WMAL (now WJLA) TV channel 7 in Washington, D.C. (ABC) begins 1947 Birthday Jon Snow, British TV journalist, Channel 4 1947 Event WPVI TV channel 6 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (ABC) begins broadcasting 1947 Event WRC TV channel 4 in Washington D.C. (NBC) begins broadcasting 1947 Event WWJ (now WDIV) TV channel 4 in Detroit, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1947 Event KSD (now KSDK) TV channel 5 in St. Louis, Missouri (NBC) begins broadcasting 1947 Event KTLA TV channel 5 in Los Angeles, California (IND) begins broadcasting 1947 Event WTTG TV channel 5 in Washington, D.C. (MET) begins broadcasting 1944 Event Heavy storm hits the Channel 1944 Event WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in New York City (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast 1942 Event 3 German battle cruisers escape via Channel to Brest N Germany 1941 Event KYW TV channel 3 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (NBC) begins broadcasting 1941 Event WCBW (now WCBS) TV channel 2 in NY, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting 1941 Event WNBT TV (W2XBS, Now WNBC) channel 4 in New York City (NBC) begins broadcasting 1940 Birthday Bruce Channel, born in Jacksonville, Bruce McMeans, Texas, singer, rocker, known for hit song, 'Hey! Baby', rock and roll, pop music, recorded with Smash Records, Mercury Records 1940 Event Battle of Britain: Germany and Britair control of English Channel, ends 1940 Event General Guderians tanks reach The Channel (British expeditionary army) 1939 Event WRGB TV channel 6 in Schenectady-Alby-Troy, New York (CBS) 1st broadcast 1932 Event British submarine M-2 sinks in Channel (60 dead) 1931 Event W2XB TV channel 1 in New York City, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting 1928 Event Juan de la Cierva makes 1st autogiro flight over English Channel 1926 Event New York's Gertrude Ederle becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel 1923 Event Enrico Tiraboschi is 1st to swim English Channel westward 1923 Event 1st American to swim English Channel, Henry Sullivan 1923 Birthday Roy Dotrice, Guernsey Channel Island, actor, Wizard 1918 Birthday Florence Chadwick, swimmer, 1st to swim English Channel both ways 1914 Birthday Colin Gray, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, fighter ace in World War II, recipient of the Distinguished Service Award, fought Battle of France, Battle of Britain, Channel Front 1912 Event Harriet Quimby becomes 1st woman pilot to cross English Channel 1910 Event 1st roundtrip flight over English Channel, C S Rolls, England 1909 Event France's Louis Bleriot, makes 1st airplane flight across English Channel 1883 Event Seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hours after explosion 1883 Death Matthew Webb, English Channel swimmer, drowns above Niagara Falls 1875 Event Matthew Webb becomes 1st to swim English Channel, 21h 45m 1872 Birthday Louis Bleriot, 1st man to fly an airplane across English Channel 1867 Event Queen Victoria and Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel 1785 Event 1st balloon flight across English Channel (Blanchard and Jeffries)
