Continuing my look back at TV listings for experimental NBC station W2XBS, here are all the listings published in The New York Daily News during December 1940. Thanks again to early TV enthusiast Matt for providing these listings.
Sunday, December 1, 1940 [1]
8:30-10:30PM – Americans-Boston Hockey Game
Tuesday, December 3, 1940 [2]
8:30-10:30PM – Film “Circumstantial Evidence (1935)”
Wednesday, December 11, 1940 [3]
8:30-9:30PM – Film “Two-Gun Justice (1938)”
Friday, December 13, 1940 [4]
8:30PM – Professional Wrestling
Saturday, December 14, 1940 [5]
8:15-11PM – Professional Basketball; City College-Oklahoma A&M; Long Island U.-Oregon
Monday, December 16, 1940 [6]
8:30-11PM – Diamond Belt Amateur Boxing Bouts
Thursday, December 19, 1940 [7]
8:40-11PM – Rangers-Americans Hockey Game
Once again, there’s no way to know whether these were the only programs W2XBS broadcast in December 1940. It’s possible the station aired additional movies and sporting events not listed in The 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.
Works Cited:
1 “Sunday’s Radio Features.” New York Daily News. 1 Dec. 1940: 64.
2 “Tuesday’s Radio Features.” New York Daily News. 3 Dec. 1940: 54.
3 “Wednesday’s Radio Features.” New York Daily News. 11 Dec. 1940: 70.
4 “Friday’s Radio Features.” New York Daily News. 13 Dec. 1940: 66.
5 “Saturday’s Radio Features.” New York Daily News. 14 Dec. 1940: 31.
6 “Monday’s Radio Features.” New York Daily News. 16 Dec. 1940: 50.
7 “Thursday’s Radio Features.” New York Daily News. 19 Dec. 1940: 58.
PM of Friday, Dec. 27, 1940, pg. 31 reveals:
TELEVISION
P.M. Today
8:30 W2XBS: Wrestling — at Jamaica arena.
P.M. Saturday
8:15 W2XBS: Basketball — Fordham vs. Kansas; NYU vs. Minnesota.