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The year 1961 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1961. ''For the American TV schedule, see: 1961-62 American network television schedule.'' ==Events== *January 20 – John F. Kennedy is the first U.S. president to be inaugurated with a color telecast. NBC covers the inauguration in color. *January 25 – John F. Kennedy held the first live televised presidential press conference. *''Danger Man'' (United Kingdom) (1960–1961, 1964–1966) is cancelled due to lack of interest from Australian broadcasters. The series would be revived later. *February 19 – CFTM-TV, future flagship station of Quebec's TVA network, begins broadcasting in Montreal. *April 29 – Westward Television, the first ITV franchise for South West England, begins broadcasting. *May 5 – Alan B. Shepard, the first U.S. astronaut in space aboard the spacecraft Freedom 7 in a 15-min. suborbital flight. The launch is watched by 45 million U.S. viewers. *May 9 – In a speech on "Television and the Public Interest" to the National Association of Broadcasters in the United States, Federal Communications Commission chairman Newton N. Minow describes commercial television programming as a "vast wasteland" and tells the broadcasters that they could do a better job of serving the public. *May 29 – Dave Garroway announces his decision to quit the ''Today'' show. *July 1 – The soap opera series ''The Brighter Day'' airs its first episode after taping locations are moved from New York City to Los Angeles. As a result, key character Babby Dennis and her love interest are written out of the series; the actors who played them didn't want to relocate. *September 1 – Border Television, the ITV franchise for the English-Scottish Border and Isle of Man, begins broadcasting. *September 23 – NBC begins its long-running NBC Saturday Night at the Movies participating, with a broadcast of the 1953 Marilyn Monroe picture ''How to Marry a Millionaire''. *September 30 – Grampian Television, the ITV franchise for North East Scotland, begins broadcasting. *October 1 – CTV Television Network (CTV) is launched in Canada, the first privately owned network in the country. *November 4 – (Radiotelevisione italiana)'s second television channel (now named Rai Due) first broadcasts to 52% of the available households in Italy. *November 19 – Lucille Ball marries Gary Morton. *December 15 – Sam and Friends broadcasts their last episode. *December 31 – Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) starts television broadcasts, bringing television to the Republic of Ireland for the first time. *WBNB airs the first television broadcast in the Virgin Islands. (The station would be destroyed by Hurricane Hugo in 1989.) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1961 in television」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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