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The year 1952 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1952.

Events

January 14 - NBC's Today show debuts, with host Dave Garroway, newsreader Jim Fleming and announcer Jack Lescoulie.
February 15 - The funeral of King George VI is televised in the UK.
July 20 - Arrow to the Heart, the first collaboration between director Rudolph Cartier and scriptwriter Nigel Kneale, is broadcast by BBC Television.
August 1 - First TV broadcast in the Dominican Republic by La Voz Dominicana, a TV station based on the radio station of the same name.
September 6 - TV debuts in Canada with the launch of CBFT in Montreal, Quebec.
September 8 - CBLT in Toronto, Ontario goes to air as Canada's second TV station.
September 20 ? The first commercial UHF television station in the world, KPTV (today a Fox affiliate), begins broadcasting in Portland, Oregon on channel 27.
The first political advertisements appear on US television. Democrats buy a 30 minute slot for their candidate, Adlai Stevenson. Stevenson is bombarded with hate mail for interfering with a broadcast of I Love Lucy. Dwight Eisenhower buys 20 second commercial spots and wins the election.
The first telecast of an atomic bomb detonation (KTLA).
The FCC sets aside channels for non-commercial, public broadcasting.
There are approximately 146,000 television sets in Canada and most antennas are pointed towards Buffalo's WBEN-TV (now WIVB).

January 14 - The Today Show premieres on NBC (1952?present). *June 19 - I've Got a Secret premieres on CBS (1952-1967).
June 30 - The Guiding Light on CBS (1952?present). This soap opera began on radio in 1937.
September - This Is the Life on DuMont. This religious drama ran from 1952 through the late 1980s, for most of its life in syndication.
September 19 - Adventures of Superman premieres in syndication (1952-1958).
November 1 - Hockey Night in Canada premieres (1952?present).
December 15 - Flower Pot Men premieres on BBC Television (1952).
American Bandstand, originally called Bandstand, premieres as local program in Philadelphia (1952?1989).
Life Is Worth Living with Bishop Fulton J. Sheen premiers on DuMont (1952?1955), then on ABC (1955?1957)
My Little Margie (1952?1955), starring Gale Storm.
See It Now premieres, hosted by Edward R. Murrow.
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet on ABC (1952?1966).
The Ernie Kovacs Show premieres. Kovacs pushes the limits of television technology with his use of camera tricks and special effects (1952?1953).
Meet the Masters, a program about classical music, premieres on NBC and WGN-TV.
This Is Your Life premieres in the US (1952?1961).
Life with Elizabeth Famous sitcom starring Betty White (1952-1955).