Retro: New York City, Tuesday, March 16, 1948

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Source; New York Times

Stations;
Ch. 2 WCBS-TV (CBS O&O)
Ch. 4 WNBT (NBC O&O)
Ch. 5 WABD (DuMont O&O)

No scheduled morning programming on any station

AFTERNOON

5:00
4-Howdy Doody with Buffalo Bob Smith

EVENING

6:15
5-Small Fry Club with Bob Emery
6:45
5-News from Washington with Walter Compton
7:00
5-Films
7:15
5-Mary Kay and Johnny (situation comedy)
7:30
5-Camera Headlines (local news)
7:40
5-Telenews
7:50
4-Newsreel with John Cameron Swayze
8:00
4-Films
5-Court of Public Opinion; Should Congress Re-Institute the Draft? Sen. Glen Taylor, Lee
   Pressman, John Abt, George H. Earle, Col. Melvin Maas, Rep. James Van Zandt of Pennsylvania
8:40
4-Wrestling from St. Nicholas Arena
9:00
5-Film Short
9:05
5-Boxing from Park Arena
10:30
4-News

No programming scheduled on this day by WCBS-TV Ch. 2.

     This was the final day without programming for WCBS-TV, which began 7-day-a-week programming service the following day (March 17, 1948) and has not missed a day on the air since--not even Sept. 11, 2001, when the World Trade Center attack took all other NYC stations off the air, but left WCBS-TV able to resume transmitting within minutes with full power capability from the Empire State Building.