1942 in television

The year 1942 in television involved some significant events.
Below is a list of television-related events during 1942.

Events

February 26 — WRGB Signs on in Albany New York.
April 1 – The U.S. War Production Board halts the manufacture of television and radio equipment for consumer use. The ban is lifted October 1, 1945.
April 13 – The Federal Communications Commission minimum programming time required of U.S. television stations is reduced from 15 to 4 hours a week during the war.

Debuts

February 23 - Air Raid Warden’s Basic Course debuts on NBC
February 27 - World This Week, an early news program hosted by Linton Wells, debuts on CBS
March 6 - America At War debuts on CBS

Births

January 3 – John Thaw, English actor
January 5 – Charlie Rose, journalist
January 8
*Yvette Mimieux, actress
*Stephen Hawking, scientist
January 10 – Walter Hill, director
January 11 – Joel Zwick, director
January 17 – Muhammad Ali, boxer
January 21 – Edwin Starr, singer
January 23 - Brian Croucher, actor
January 27 - John Witherspoon, actor and comedian
January 30 - Heidi Brühl, actress
February 1
*Terry Jones, Welsh comedic actor and writer
*Bibi Besch, actress
February 12 – George Schenck, screenwriter
February 13 – Peter Tork, musician and actor
February 14 – Michael Bloomberg, namesake of Bloomberg TV
February 16 – Patricia Maynard, actress
February 17 – Dieter Laser, actor
February 22 – Geoffrey Scott, actor
February 23 – Joop van den Ende, Dutch theatrical producer
February 24 – Joe Lieberman, American politician
February 25 – Karen Grassle, actress
February 28 – Frank Bonner, actor and director
March 3 – David Jacobs, gymnast
March 4 – Lynn Sherr, broadcast journalist
March 6 – Ben Murphy, actor
March 14 – Nickolas Davatzes, television executive
March 15 – The Iron Sheik, pro wrestler
March 25 – Aretha Franklin, singer
March 29 – Scott Wilson, American actor
March 31 – Michael Savage, American host
April 3
*Marsha Mason, actress and director
*Wayne Newton, actor and singer
April 7 – Gabrielle Beaumont, director
April 17 – David Bradley, actor
April 23
*Sandra Dee, actress
*Sheila Gish, actress
April 24 – Barbra Streisand, singer
April 26 – Bobby Rydell, singer
May 1 – Thomas Del Ruth, American cinematographer
May 3 – Dave Marash, American television journalist
May 5 – Marc Alaimo, American television actor
May 6 – David Friesen, American jazz bassist
May 12 – Marya Carter, actress
May 20
*David Proval, actor
*Nancy Fleming, American beauty pageant titleholder
May 22 – Barbara Parkins, actress
May 23 – Alex Henteloff, actor
May 27 – Sue Simmons, retired news anchor
May 29 – Kevin Conway, actor
June 16 – Suzan Farmer, actress
June 18
*Paul McCartney, English singer-songwriter
*Nick Tate, Australian actor
*Roger Ebert, American film critic, film historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author
June 19 – Ned Schmidtke, actor
June 24 – Michele Lee, actress, dancer and singer
July 6 – Judith Barcroft, actress
July 7 – Chris Stamp, British music producer
July 9 – Richard Roundtree, actor
July 13 – Harrison Ford, actor
July 22 – Toyohiro Akiyama, TV journalist
July 23 – Madeline Bell, singer
July 29 – Tony Sirico, actor
August 7 – Tobin Bell, actor
August 9 – David Steinberg, actor
August 18 – Judith Keppel, quiz show contestant
August 20 – Isaac Hayes, singer and actor
August 25 – Ivan Koloff, professional wrestler
August 28 – Peter Bartlett, actor
September 2 – Robert Shapiro, lawyer
September 6 – Carol Wayne, actress
September 17 – Lupe Ontiveros, actress
September 20 – William F. Baker, broadcaster
September 21 – Tracy Reed, actress
September 23 – Carol Ann Abrams, American television and film producer
September 26 – Kent McCord, actor
September 29
*Ian McShane, English actor
*Donna Corcoran, actress
October 3 – Alan Rachins, actor
October 6 – Britt Ekland, Swedish actress
October 7 – Joy Behar, American comedian
October 12 – Petronella Barker, actress
October 14
*Cyrus Yavneh, producer
*Jim Hougan, producer
October 17 – Kelly Monteith, actor
October 20 – Earl Hindman, actor
October 21 – Judy Sheindlin, television personality, television producer, and author, and a former prosecutor and Manhattan family court judge
October 22 – Annette Funicello, actress and singer
October 23 – Michael Crichton, author and filmmaker
October 29 – Bob Ross, television host
October 31 – David Ogden Stiers, actor
November 1 – Marcia Wallace, actress and comedian
November 2 – Stefanie Powers, actress
November 9 – Tom Weiskopf, golfer
November 17 – Martin Scorsese, actor
November 18
*Linda Evans, actress
*Susan Sullivan, actress
November 19 – Calvin Klein, fashion designer
November 20
*Bob Einstein, actor
*Joe Biden, politician
November 22 – Dick Stockton, American retired sportscaster
November 24 – Billy Connolly, actor
November 29 – John Grillo, actor
December 4
*Gemma Jones, actress
*Al Hunt, reporter
December 6 – Chelsea Brown, actress
December 7 – Peter Tomarken, game show host
December 9 – Dick Butkus, actor
December 14 – Jack Cafferty, former CNN commentator
December 23 – Brian McConnachie, actor
December 27 – Charmian Carr, actress
December 30
*Michael Nesmith, musician and actor
*Fred Weinberg, composer
*Betty Aberlin, actress

Deaths

October – Bernard Natan, owner of Pathé and co-founder of France's first television company, Télévision-Baird-Natan, 56