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Film and TV History in September 1956

  • Sep 1 KELP (now KCOS) TV channel 13 in El Paso, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting

#1 in the Charts

Sep 8 Harry Belafonte's album "Calypso" goes #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks

  • Sep 10 WSYE (now WETM) TV channel 18 in Elmira-Corning, NY (NBC) 1st broadcast
  • Sep 17 Television is first broadcast in Australia

Television Finale

Sep 28 "Johnny Carson Show" TV Variety last airs on CBS-TV

  • Sep 29 "Oh! Susanna" debuts on CBS-TV