Hollywood Wrestling
First nationally televised professional wrestling series.
Hollywood Wrestling, also known as Wrestling From Hollywood, is an American professional wrestling television series which originally aired locally in Los Angeles on KTLA in the early 1950s, and by 1952, was broadcast nationally (via kinescope) by the improvised Paramount Television Network. Produced by Klaus Landsberg, it was also the first professional wrestling television series to air on national television.
Quick Facts
- Country
- United States
- Network
- Syndicated (Paramount Television Network)
- First aired
- 1947
- Last aired
- 1955
Facts from the source article.
History
KTLA, a pioneering TV station, first aired professional wrestling from the Grand Olympic Auditorium in 1947, with Ford Motor Company as the original sponsor. By 1952, these matches were syndicated nationwide through the Paramount Television Network, using kinescope recordings for distribution. Though not broadcast everywhere, the popular series Hollywood Wrestling reached stations such as WLEV-TV in Allentown, Pennsylvania; KFDA-TV in Amarillo, Texas; WBAL-TV in Baltimore, Maryland; and many others across the country.
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