On April 21, 1948, a milestone in broadcast history occurred when a regularly scheduled television news program began airing in the United States. Television in the 1940s was transitioning from experimental transmissions and filmed newsreels shown in theaters to live, scheduled programs in people’s homes. This program is commonly cited as the first regular television newscast intended to deliver current events to a home audience on a recurring schedule. Background: After World War II, television stations expanded service and networks began to explore formats suited to the visual medium. Radio remained dominant for news, while cinema newsreels provided edited visual coverage. Early television news experiments included brief filmed segments or adaptations of radio newscasts, but those were often sporadic or repurposed content rather than a dedicated, regularly scheduled TV news program. The April 21, 1948 broadcast represented a deliberate move toward a standing television news slot. It was designed to provide audiences with timely information using television’s visual capabilities, even though early transmissions were limited by technical constraints: small audiences with television sets, live studio production requirements, and a shortage of portable news-gathering equipment. Many early television reports relied on studio presentations, film inserts when available, and live announcers summarizing events. Impact and significance: The establishment of a regular television news program helped set expectations for news delivery in the television era. It encouraged investment in television news production, spurred the development of news film and kinescope recording techniques, and shaped network scheduling strategies. Over the following decade, television news evolved rapidly—adopting correspondents, live remote reports as technology permitted, and more sophisticated production values—ultimately overtaking radio as the primary electronic news medium for many viewers. Historiography and caveats: Accounts of "the first" television news broadcast sometimes differ because of varying definitions (e.g., the first live televised bulletin, the first regular scheduled newscast, or the first network newscast). Some earlier experimental or local television stations aired news-related content prior to 1948 in limited forms. Scholars and contemporary press accounts typically identify the April 1948 program as a key early instance of a regularly scheduled television news show aimed at a household audience, but precise claims depend on criteria used. Legacy: The early regular newscast of 1948 laid groundwork for later landmark programs and formats in television journalism. As technology and audience reach expanded in the 1950s and 1960s, television news became more immediate and visually driven, shaping public expectations about daily news broadcasts and the role of television in civic life. This account aims to describe the broadly accepted significance of the April 21, 1948 broadcast while noting that exact "firsts" in early television history can be subject to differing interpretations based on definitions and local experimental transmissions.