1962 in Irish television

The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1962.

Events

• January – First broadcast of the weekday topical news magazine programme Broadsheet on Telefís Éireann.^[1]
• 12 January – First broadcast of the long-running religious and social documentary series Radharc.^[1]
• February – The BBC relays commentary of the Friendship 7 space flight which sees Colonel John Glenn become the first American to orbit the Earth.^[1]
• April – Telefís Éireann staff move to the Montrose studios following the completion. Until then they had been in temporary accommodation in Dublin city centre.^[1]
• May – Telefís Éireann shows the first party political broadcast following that year's Budget.^[1]
• 6 July – The Late Late Show, one of the longest-running talk shows in the world, airs for the first time.^[1]
• Autumn – Edward J. Roth resigns as Director-General of RTÉ. He is succeeded in December by Kevin C. McCourt.^[1]
• October – Veteran Irish broadcaster Gay Byrne becomes the first person to introduce The Beatles on television as the band makes their small screen debut on local news programme People and Places in Manchester, England.^[2][3]
• December – The first Irish Television Awards are presented. The event becomes known as the Jacob's Awards after its sponsor, Jacobs Ltd, and continues until the late 1970s.^[1]

Debuts

• 1 January – Broadsheet (1962–1963)
• 1 January – RTÉ News: Six One (1962–present)
• 6 January – Jackpot (1962–1965)
• 6 July – The Late Late Show (1962–present)^[1]
• 31 December – Dáithí Lacha (1962–1969)

Ongoing television programmes

• RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock (1961–present)

Births

• Undated – Enda Oates, film, stage and television actor
• Undated – Úna O'Hagan, journalist and newsreader

References