1962 in Irish television

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• 1 January
• One of the longest running programmes in Irish news and current affairs history, RTÉ News: Six One, began broadcasting, with Charles Mitchel reading the news. He continued to host the programme until his retirement in 1984.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}
• First broadcast of the weekday topical news magazine programme Broadsheet on Telefís Éireann.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/laweb/brc/brc_timeline.html |title=RTÉ Libraries and Archives: preserving a unique record of Irish life |publisher=Rte.ie |date= |accessdate=1 January 2012}}
• 12 January – First broadcast of the long-running religious and social documentary series Radharc.{{Dead link|date=February 2023}}
• 20 February – The BBC relayed commentary of the Friendship 7 spaceflight when John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth.{{Dead link|date=February 2023}}
• 17 March – US animated series The Flintstones (television's first animated prime time sitcom) began broadcasting on Telefís Éireann.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}
• April – Telefís Éireann staff moved to newly-built studios in Donnybrook, Dublin. Previously, they were in temporary accommodation in the city centre.{{Dead link|date=February 2023}}
• May – Telefís Éireann showed the first party political broadcast following that year's Budget.{{Dead link|date=February 2023}}
• 6 July – The Late Late Show, one of the longest-running talk shows in the world, aired for the first time.{{Dead link|date=February 2023}}
• Autumn – Edward J. Roth resigned as Director-General of RTÉ. He was succeeded in December by Kevin C. McCourt.{{Dead link|date=February 2023}}
• October – Irish broadcaster Gay Byrne became the first person to introduce The Beatles on television as the band made their small screen debut on local news programme People and Places in Manchester, England.{{cite news|first=Lynne |last=Kelleher |url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/in-my-life-fab-four-asked-me-to-manage-them-reveals-gaybo-2567697.html |title=In my life: Fab Four asked me to manage them, reveals Gaybo |publisher=Independent News and Media |newspaper=Irish Independent |date=6 March 2011 |accessdate=15 April 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0213/1224264325263.html |last=Byrne |first=Gay |title=The chameleon of Montrose |date=13 February 2010 |accessdate=15 April 2012 |newspaper=The Irish Times |publisher=Irish Times Trust |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118184127/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0213/1224264325263.html |archivedate=18 November 2010 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}
• December – The first Irish Television Awards were presented. The event was originally called the Jacob's Awards after its sponsor, Jacob's Ltd., until the late 1970s.{{Dead link|date=February 2023}}

• 1 January – Broadsheet (1962–1963)
• 1 January – RTÉ News: Six One (1962–present)
• 2 January – School Around the Corner (1962–1986)
• 6 January – Jackpot (1962–1965)
• 17 March – {{flagicon|USA}} The Flintstones (1960–1966)
• 6 July – The Late Late Show (1962–present)
• 31 December – Dáithí Lacha (1962–1969)
• Undated – Radharc (1962–1996)

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

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

• 1962 in Ireland

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1960s in Irish television