Here’s an index to television listings from 1939 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 (RCA). The opening of the 1939 World’s Fair on April 30th, 1939 is considered the official start of regularly scheduled (but still experimental) television broadcasting in the United States. Prior to that, W2XBS broadcast on an intermittent basis.
- Week of April 30th, 1939
- Week of May 7th, 1939
- Week of May 14th, 1939
- Week of May 21st, 1939
- Week of May 28th, 1939
- Week of June 4th, 1939
- Week of June 11th, 1939
- Week of June 18th, 1939
- Week of June 25th, 1939
- Week of July 2nd, 1939
- Week of July 9th, 1939
- Week of July 16th, 1939
- Week of July 23rd, 1939
- Week of July 30th, 1939
- Week of August 6th, 1939
- Week of August 13th, 1939
- Week of August 20th, 1939
- Week of August 27th, 1939
- Week of September 3rd, 1939
- Week of September 10th, 1939
- Week of September 17th, 1939
- Week of September 24th, 1939
- Week of October 1st, 1939
- Week of October 8th, 1939
- Week of October 15th, 1939
- Week of October 22nd, 1939
- Week of October 29th, 1939
- Week of November 5th, 1939
- Week of November 12th, 1939
- Week of November 19th, 1939
- Week of November 26th, 1939
- Week of December 3rd, 1939
- Week of December 10th, 1939
- Week of December 17th, 1939
- Week of December 24th, 1939
- Week of December 31st, 1939
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.