Here’s an index to television listings from 1940 for experimental New York City station W2XBS, originally published in The New York Times. The station was founded in 1928 by the Radio Corporation of America and in April 1939 began the first regularly scheduled (but still experimental) television broadcasts in the United States.
The station went off the air in August 1940 so that its channel allocation could be shifted and did not start broadcasting again until late October. For some reason, The New York Times did not resume publishing listings when the station returned to the air. TV listings were published in The New York Daily News beginning in November 1940.
Weekly Listings (New York Times)
- Week of December 31st, 1939
- Week of January 7th, 1940
- Week of January 14th, 1940
- Week of January 21st, 1940
- Week of January 28th, 1940
- Week of February 4th, 1940
- Week of February 11th, 1940
- Week of February 18th, 1940
- Week of February 25th, 1940
- Week of March 3rd, 1940
- Week of March 10th, 1940
- Week of March 17th, 1940
- Week of March 24th, 1940
- Week of March 31st, 1940
- Week of April 7th, 1940
- Week of April 14th, 1940
- Week of April 21st, 1940
- Week of April 28th, 1940
- Week of May 5th, 1940
- Week of May 12th, 1940
- Week of May 99th, 1940
- Week of May 26th, 1940
- Week of June 2nd, 1940
- Week of June 9th, 1940
- Week of June 16th, 1940
- Week of June 23rd, 1940
- Week of June 30th, 1940
- Week of July 7th, 1940
- Week of July 14th, 1940
- Week of July 21st, 1940
- Week of July 28th, 1940
Monthly Listings (New York Daily News)
Note: Television listings published in newspapers were based on information provided by stations and were subject to change at the last minute. They may not be an accurate representation of what actually aired.
