Editing 1996 in American television (section)

=== June ===
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!1
|[[Major League Baseball]] broadcasts debut on [[Major League Baseball on Fox|Fox]].
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|[[Zenith Electronics Corporation|Zenith]] introduces the first [[High-definition television|HDTV]]-compatible front projection TV in the U.S.
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|CBS affiliate [[WCPO-TV]] and ABC affiliate [[WKRC-TV]], both in [[Cincinnati|Cincinnati, Ohio]], switch network affiliations.
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!19
|CBS affiliate [[WRAL-TV]] in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]] is awarded the first [[experiment]]al [[high-definition television]] license in the United States.
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!23
|At the [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]]'s [[pay-per-view]] event [[King of the Ring (1996)|King of the Ring]], wrestler [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] wins the King of the Ring tournament by defeating [[Jake Roberts]]. After the match, Austin makes a certain victory speech in what would famously become as the "Austin 3:16" catchphrase.
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!30
|New York [[PBS]] member station [[WPXN-TV|WNYC-TV]], owned by the city of New York, signs off for the final time; sold to a joint venture between [[Dow Jones & Company|Dow Jones & Co.]] and [[ITT Inc.|ITT Corp.]], it relaunches as commercial sports-oriented [[Independent station (North America)|independent station]] WBIS-TV (while operating as a [[non-commercial educational station]], WNYC-TV had been licensed with a commercial classification).
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