1932 in television
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The year 1932 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1932.
Events
- March 9 â The U.S. Federal Radio Commission grants an operating license to Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas, for the television station W9XAK.[1]
- August 22 â The BBC starts a regular television service using John Logie Baird's 30-line system. EMI demonstrate electronic television, with as many as 3 times as many lines as Baird's mechanical system, to the BBC.
- December â René Barthélemy starts operating an experimental weekly programme of one hour with a 60-line black-and-white system "Paris Télévision".
Television shows
| Series | Debut | Ended |
|---|---|---|
| Exhibition Boxing Bouts | 1931 | 1932 |
| Hair Fashions | 1932 | 1932 |
| Piano Lessons | 1931 | 1932 |
| The Television Ghost | 1931 | 1933 |
| Television Magic | 1932 | 1932 |
Births
- January 3 â Dabney Coleman, actor, Buffalo Bill. (died 2024)
- January 12 â Des O'Connor, television personality and singer (died 2020).
- January 13 â Jon Cypher, actor, Hill Street Blues.
- January 17 â Sheree North, actress (died 2005).
- February 1 â John Hart, retired American television journalist
- February 2 â Robert Mandan, actor, Soap (died 2018).
- February 16 â Gretchen Wyler, actress (died 2007).
- February 23 â Majel Barrett, actress, Star Trek (died 2008).
- February 24 â Jay Sandrich, director (died 2021).
- February 26 â Johnny Cash, singer and actor, The Johnny Cash Show (died 2003).
- February 27 â Elizabeth Taylor, actress (died 2011).
- February 29 â Edward Faulkner, actor (died 2025).
- March 2 â Paul Sand, actor.
- March 19 â Gail Kobe, actress (died 2013).
- April 1 â Debbie Reynolds, actress (died 2016).
- April 4 â John Clarke, actor, Days of Our Lives (died 2019).
- April 25 â William Roache, actor, Coronation Street.
- April 27 â Casey Kasem, broadcast announcer, Scooby-Doo (died 2014).
- April 30 â E. Duke Vincent, American television producer (died 2024).
- May 13 â Gianni Boncompagni, radio and TV presenter and director (died 2017).
- June 17 â Peter Lupus, actor, Mission: Impossible.
- June 22 â Prunella Scales, English actress, Fawlty Towers.
- June 28 â Pat Morita, actor, Happy Days (died 2005).
- July 8 â Brian Walden, journalist, broadcaster and Member of Parliament (died 2019).
- July 31 â Ted Cassidy, actor, The Addams Family (died 1979).
- August 5 â Ja'Net DuBois, American actress, singer and dancer, Good Times (died 2020).
- August 9 â Reginald Bosanquet, journalist and news presenter (died 1984).
- August 15 â Jim Lange, game show host (died 2014).
- September 3 â Eileen Brennan, actress, Private Benjamin (died 2013).
- September 5 â Carol Lawrence, actress.
- September 14 â Igor Kirillov, news presenter, Tsentral'noye televideniye SSSR (died 2021).
- September 25 â Charles Stanley, pastor (died 2023)
- September 26
- Donna Douglas, actress, The Beverly Hillbillies (died 2015).
- Richard Herd, actor (died 2020).
- September 27 â Roger C. Carmel, actor, The Mothers-in-Law (died 1986).
- October 12 â Dick Gregory, actor (died 2017).
- October 20 â William Christopher, actor, M*A*S*H (died 2016).
- November 4 â Noam Pitlik, director (died 1999).
- November 13 â Richard Mulligan, actor, Soap (died 2000).
- November 20 â Richard Dawson, game show host (died 2012).
- November 22 â Robert Vaughn, actor, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (died 2016).
- December 18 â Roger Smith, actor, 77 Sunset Strip (died 2017).
- December 20 â John Hillerman, actor, Magnum, P.I. (died 2017).
- December 25 â Mabel King, actress (died 1999).
- December 28 â Nichelle Nichols, singer and actress, Star Trek (died 2022).
- December 29 â Inga Swenson, actress, Benson (died 2023).