Editing 1932 in television

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The year '''1932 in television''' involved some significant events.
Below is a list of [[television]]-related events during 1932.
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==Events==
* March 9 – The U.S. [[Federal Radio Commission]] grants  an operating license to [[Kansas State University]] in [[Manhattan, Kansas]], for the [[television station]] W9XAK.<ref name=W9XAK>{{cite web|url=http://www.earlytelevision.org/w9xak.html|title=W9XAK Kansas State University|website=www.earlytelevision.org}}</ref>
* August 22 – The [[BBC]] starts a regular [[television]] service using [[John Logie Baird]]'s 30-line system. [[EMI]] demonstrate  electronic television, with as many as 3 times as many lines as Baird's mechanical system, to the [[BBC]].
* December – [[:fr:René Barthélemy|René Barthélemy]] starts operating an experimental weekly programme of one hour with a 60-line black-and-white system "Paris Télévision".

==Television shows==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Series
! Debut
! Ended
|-
|''[[Exhibition Boxing Bouts]]''
|1931
|1932
|-
|''[[Hair Fashions]]''
|1932
|1932
|-
|''[[Piano Lessons (TV series)|Piano Lessons]]''
|1931
|1932
|-
|''[[The Television Ghost]]''
|1931
|1933
|-
|''[[Television Magic]]''
|1932
|1932
|}

==Births==
*January 3 – [[Dabney Coleman]], actor, ''[[Buffalo Bill (TV series)|Buffalo Bill]]''. (died 2024)
*January 12 – [[Des O'Connor]], television personality and singer (died 2020).
*January 13 – [[Jon Cypher]], actor, ''[[Hill Street Blues]]''.
*January 17 – [[Sheree North]], actress (died 2005).
*February 1 – [[John Hart (journalist)|John Hart]], retired American television journalist
*February 2 – [[Robert Mandan]], actor, ''[[Soap (TV series)|Soap]]'' (died 2018).
*February 16 – [[Gretchen Wyler]], actress (died 2007).
*February 23 – [[Majel Barrett]], actress, ''[[Star Trek]]'' (died 2008).
*February 24 – [[Jay Sandrich]], director (died 2021).
*February 26 – [[Johnny Cash]], singer and actor, ''[[The Johnny Cash Show]]'' (died 2003).
*February 27 – [[Elizabeth Taylor]], actress (died 2011).
*February 29 – [[Edward Faulkner]], actor.
*March 2 – [[Paul Sand]], actor.
*March 19 – [[Gail Kobe]], actress (died 2013).
*April 1 – [[Debbie Reynolds]], actress (died 2016).
*April 4 – [[John Clarke (actor)|John Clarke]], actor, ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' (died 2019).
*April 25 – [[William Roache]], actor, ''[[Coronation Street]]''.
*April 27 – [[Casey Kasem]], broadcast announcer, ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'' (died 2014).
*April 30 – [[E. Duke Vincent]], American television producer (died 2024).
*May 13 – [[Gianni Boncompagni]], radio and TV presenter and director (died 2017).
*June 17 – [[Peter Lupus]], actor, ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]''.
*June 22 – [[Prunella Scales]], English actress, ''[[Fawlty Towers]]''.
*June 28 – [[Pat Morita]], actor, ''[[Happy Days]]'' (died 2005).
*July 8 – [[Brian Walden]], journalist, broadcaster and Member of Parliament (died 2019).
*July 31 – [[Ted Cassidy]], actor, ''[[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|The Addams Family]]'' (died 1979).
*August 5 – [[Ja'Net DuBois]], American actress, singer and dancer, ''[[Good Times]]'' (died [[2020_in_film#Deaths|2020]]).
*August 9 – [[Reginald Bosanquet]], journalist and news presenter (died 1984).
*August 15 – [[Jim Lange]], game show host (died 2014).
*September 3 – [[Eileen Brennan]], actress, ''[[Private Benjamin (TV series)|Private Benjamin]]'' (died 2013).
*September 5 – [[Carol Lawrence]], actress.
*September 14 – [[Igor Kirillov]], news presenter, [[Soviet Central Television|Tsentral'noye televideniye SSSR]] (died 2021).
*September 25 – [[Charles Stanley]], pastor (died 2023)
*September 26 
**[[Donna Douglas]], actress, ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' (died 2015).
**[[Richard Herd]], actor (died 2020).
*September 27 – [[Roger C. Carmel]], actor, ''[[The Mothers-in-Law]]'' (died 1986).
*October 12 – [[Dick Gregory]], actor (died 2017).
*October 20 – [[William Christopher]], actor, ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' (died 2016).
*November 4 – [[Noam Pitlik]], director (died 1999).
*November 13 – [[Richard Mulligan]], actor, ''[[Soap (TV series)|Soap]]'' (died 2000).
*November 20 – [[Richard Dawson]], game show host (died 2012).
*November 22 – [[Robert Vaughn]], actor, ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' (died 2016).
*December 18 – [[Roger Smith (actor)|Roger Smith]], actor, ''[[77 Sunset Strip]]'' (died 2017).
*December 20 – [[John Hillerman]], actor, ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]'' (died 2017).
*December 25 – [[Mabel King]], actress (died 1999).
*December 28 – [[Nichelle Nichols]], singer and actress, ''[[Star Trek]]'' (died 2022).
*December 29 – [[Inga Swenson]], actress, ''[[Benson (TV series)|Benson]]'' (died 2023).

==References==
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