Portal:Television/Anniversaries/April/April 1

Events

• 1979 – The Pinwheel Network changes its name to Nickelodeon (current logo pictured) and begins airing on various Warner Cable systems beginning in Buffalo, New York, expanding its audience reach.
• Boomerang
  launches in the United States.

Television series debuts

• Pokémon on TV Tokyo (Japan, anime
  series)

• 1966 – The Flintstones on ABC (United States, animated series)