Editing 1950 in television (section)

== Events ==
* February – [[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) inaugurated.
* February 15 
** [[KENS]] began transmissions as KEYL. It was the second television station to sign on in the San Antonio market.
** [[WSTM-TV]] began transmissions as WSYR-TV. It was Syracuse's second television station, signing on a year and three months after WHEN-TV (now [[WTVH]]).
* February 21 – [[WOI-DT|WOI-TV]] signs on the air as Iowa's second television station (following WOC-TV, now [[KWQC-TV]]), and the first in the Des Moines area.
* February 23 – First televised report of general election results in the United Kingdom.
* March 27 – [[WHAS-TV]] signs on the air. It was the second television station to sign on in the Louisville market and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
* April 2 – [[WTKR]] began operations on channel 4 as WTAR-TV. It was Hampton Roads' first television station and the second television station in Virginia, after [[WTVR-TV|WTVR]] (channel 6) in Richmond.
* April 4 – The [[BBC Television]] (UK) aspect ratio changes from 5:4 to 4:3.
* May 1 – [[WLNS-TV]] began transmissions as WJIM-TV. It is Michigan's second-oldest television station outside Detroit.
* May – [[Desilu Productions]] formed by [[Desi Arnaz]] and [[Lucille Ball]] in the United States.
* June 1 – [[WWMT]] signs on the air as WKZO-TV. It was West Michigan's second television station to debut after WLAV-TV (channel 7, now [[WOOD-TV]] channel 8 in Grand Rapids).
* June 17 – [[WAND (TV)|WAND]] (at this time called WTVP) goes on the air in [[Decatur, Illinois]].
* July 1 – [[WHBF-TV]] signs on the air. It is the fifth-oldest surviving station in Illinois, and the oldest outside Chicago.
* July 26 – First television broadcast station in [[Mexico]], [[XHTV-TV|XHTV]], Mexico City on channel 4; [[Gonzalo Castellot Madrazo]] is the first announcer to appear.<ref>{{cite news|first=Alfredo|last=Quiles|work=[[El Universal (Mexico City)|El Universal]]|location=Mexico City|date=2011-08-06|access-date=2016-12-11|title=Fallece Castellot, pionero de radio y TV en México|url=http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/784208.html}}</ref>
* September 18 – First [[television network]] in South America launches, [[Rede Tupi|PRF-TV]] on channel 3 in [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]].
* September 30 
** First BBC television broadcast from an aircraft.
** [[WSMV-TV]] began transmissions as WSM-TV at 1:10 pm CT. It was Nashville's first television station and the second in Tennessee.
* October 10 – The U.S. [[Federal Communications Commission]] approves [[CBS]]'s color television system, effective November 20.
* October 25 - Cuba signs on to television as Havana's Union Radio TV signs on for the first time, the first television station in the Caribbean.