Macy’s Parade History Followup…First Network TV Coverage, CBS
On December 2, 2014
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Macy’s Parade History Followup…First Network TV Coverage, CBS
Thanks to historian David Schwartz and friends, we’ve been able to verify that the first network television coverage of the Macy’s Parade was on CBS. From The New York Times, we have a small news item, and the television listings.
Notice that WNBC and WPIX are offering coverage too, but that is local only. The photo is from that year and notice the broadcaster on top of the marquee with a microphone…I think he is a radio host. The annual festivities were broadcast on local New York radio from 1932 through 1941,and resumed in 1945 through 1951. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
Man, if that Howdy Doody didn’t give kids nightmares, I don’t think anything could. One thing you’ve got to credit Disney’s organization with, they figured out (by the late 50s) how to make costumed figures that weren’t hideously grotesque.