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NY TV debut 1/26/49 at 8 pm on WATV. Conrad Nagel's sole directorial effort (Grand National, 1937), a transcontinental romance, was listed under its reissue title WINGS OF GLORY. Distributed by Unity TV. 
NY TV debut 1/26/49 from 9 to 10 on WCBS' "Film Theatre of the Air.'' Pre-Beaver Beaumont third (1946) of five Shayne mysteries for Poverty Row's PRC. Listed as BLONDE BARRAGE. Madison Pictures distributed to local stations.
1/26/54 at 11:30 pm on WATV. Winters' second (1948) outing in the Monogram reboot series made NY TV debut 8/30/52 on WCBS. By early 1954, Channel 2 had moved to premieres of the earlier, far superior Fox series with Oland and Toler as Chan.
NY TV 1/26/59 at 5:30 pm on WCBS' "The Late Show.'' Channel 2 showed new-to-TV pre-48s Paramounts six days in a row on its early evening showcase, beginning with Hall's 1934 version of Damon Runyon's much-remade story.
NY TV debut 1/26/59 from 7:30 to 9 pm on WOR's "Million Dollar Movie.'' Channel 9's viewers would have plenty of opportunities to see Lang's 1952 western in its full 92-minute Technicolor splendor in the future, but not for its 16 or so initial runs over seven days.
NY TV debut 1/26/59 at 11:15 pm on WCBS' "The Late Show.'' As it had done with its many MGMs and WB debuts, Channel 2 most heavily promoted the newer titles with current stars among pre-'48s Paramounts. John Farrow's 1946 adventure was inspired by Richard Henry Dana's 1840 memoir
NY TV debut 1/26/59 from 1 to 2:30 am on WCBS' "The Late Show.'' This might have been the the only Big Apple syndicated showing for Wood's 1933 exotica. How much (if any) of Myrna's famous bath scene did Channel 2's editors let late-night viewers enjoy 60 years ago tonight?
NY TV debut 1/26/64 from 8 to 9:45 pm on WOR's "The Big Preview.'' Jack and Harry Warner reportedly came to blows over Jack's penchant for underperforming '50s musical remakes, Del Ruth's enervated 1952 tuner derived from BROTHER RAT.
US TV debut 1/26/69 on "The ABC Sunday Night Movie.'' Less emphatically listed as BANG BANG, Harry Alan Tower's 1966 production for American International resembles a comedy version of THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1955) minus the kidnapping.
1/26/74 at midnight on WCBS' "The Late Show.'' Much to like about Dieterle's 1950 noir for Hal Wallis' quasi-indie unit at Paramount, including much LA location shooting and an early appearance of down-billed Jack Webb and Harry Morgan together.
1/26/79 at midnight on WOR's "Late Movie.'' A week of late-night Montez madness on Channel 9 ends with her final (1945) Technicolor vehicle for Universal, whose new management was plotting a future free of her unique brand of wartime escapism.
