tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post4779479465434441832..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: What's on TV? Tuesday, February 7, 1956Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-48633381559658306332016-02-22T15:17:09.290-05:002016-02-22T15:17:09.290-05:00WFAA and WBAP both had radio stations that shared ...WFAA and WBAP both had radio stations that shared two frequencies until the early 1970's: 570 and 820 kilohertz. Both stations had relationships with the ABC and NBC radio networks.<br /><br />570 is a 5,000 watt station; 820 has 50,000 watts. During the day, both stations (according to Radio Locator.com) have about equal coverage areas. At night, 820 has a far larger signal area, covering much of the country.<br /><br />Both stations had NBC and ABC affiliations, but with a twist: NBC was always on 820 (regardless of whether WBAP or WFAA was using it) while ABC was always on 570 (again, regardless of whether WBAP or WFAA was using it).<br /><br />In the early 1970's, this arrangement ended. WFAA went full-time on 570 (and an affiliation with ABC's American Entertainment Radio Network), while WBAP went 24/7 on 820, as an NBC Radio Network affiliate.<br /><br />Some years later, WFAA got out of radio and today, 570 is home to KLIF. WBAP still broadcasts on 820.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-16611315545624891182016-02-15T08:03:53.293-05:002016-02-15T08:03:53.293-05:00Dinah's on channel 8 Thursday, as she was on T...Dinah's on channel 8 Thursday, as she was on Tuesday. Red Skelton's show on Monday night at 10pm in B&W. Don't you love these days?Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-47825235357764608382016-02-12T17:58:51.284-05:002016-02-12T17:58:51.284-05:00Soon as I get home, I'll find out about the Di...Soon as I get home, I'll find out about the Dinah question. Nothing could be finer, right?<br /><br />Great comments, as usual. I wonder if you aren't right about the color on Skelton - I'll have to make sure I didn't miss anything.Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-81180202917359459322016-02-12T17:56:35.283-05:002016-02-12T17:56:35.283-05:00Good info, Chris. Do you live in DFW right now, or...Good info, Chris. Do you live in DFW right now, or have you had some past experience with the area's television history? I'd love to learn more about it!Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-40690335215459175612016-02-08T19:46:17.249-05:002016-02-08T19:46:17.249-05:00To answer your question, WFAA ran some NBC program...To answer your question, WFAA ran some NBC programming due to the fact that the signal of the NBC affiliate in Ft. Worth, WBAP-TV, didn't reach Dallas very well. That changed in 1957 when NBC threatened to pull the network unless WBAP built a new tower to better serve the entire DFW metroplex. Since that time, Channel 5's tower has been located in Dallas County at Cedar Hill - along with all the other TV and most radio station towers. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-41562558307100917572016-02-08T19:18:01.540-05:002016-02-08T19:18:01.540-05:00I've been back and forth between this post and...I've been back and forth between this post and my Chicago edition.<br /><br />Several of the listings have me scratching my head:<br /><br /> - Dinah Shore did have a network show this week - on NBC, Tuesday and Thursday at 6:30 pm, for <i>fifteen minutes</i>, just before John Cameron Swayze's news.<br />This was NBC's format that season; Tony Martin had the slot on Monday, Eddie Fisher on Wednesday and Friday.<br />So what the heck is Dinah doing on the <i>ABC</i> station, in the right slot, but for a <i>half-hour</i>?<br />And in the hour wherein ABC is carrying <i>Cheyenne</i>?<br /><br />- In a related story:<br />Why is the CBS station bypassing Red Skelton in favor of the syndicated <i>I Led Three Lives</i>?<br />My Chicago edition shows that Skelton's show was in color, but this was CBS's notorious "non-compatible" color system, which you needed special equipment to pick up. Could this be the reason for the Dallas bypass?<br /><br /> - Meanwhile, the NBC station is apparently showing <i>Superman</i> at 6:30, but for 15 minutes, just before the Swayze news.<br />You don't suppose ...<br /> ... maybe the Dallas printing plant switched the Superman and Dinah Shore lines, and Supes is on the ABC station and Dinah is on NBC?<br />Quick way to check: go to Thursday and see which station Dinah is on then.<br />Get back to us on that, OK?<br /><br /> - Channel 8's 6:00 news and weather:<br />Several years after this issue, Warren Culbertson brought his <i>Weather By Radar</i> to Channel 7 in Chicago (also an ABC station), where he held forth for about a decade.<br />About the time he left to go back to his native Oklahoma, news anchor Joe Templeton, who'd been the main anchor at the ABC station in Washington DC, came in to take over the main anchor chair at the selfsame Channel 7 in Chicago, to replace the network-bound Frank Reynolds. Templeton had a decent run in Chicago before giving way to Joel Daly and Fahey Flynn, and returning to Washington DC.<br /><br /> - ABC didn't have much of a daytime schedule in 1956.<br />The <i>Afternoon Film Festival</i> consisted of British movies from the J. Arthur Rank library, which ABC picked up at bargain prices in one of the first major sales of cinema product to US commercial TV.<br />ABC's only other network daytime show was <i>Mickey Mouse Club</i>.<br /><br />Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.com