KRLD, Channel 4 (CBS)
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Morning
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07:30a
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Cartoons
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08:00a
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News (local)
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08:15a
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Captain Kangaroo
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09:00a
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Jack LaLanne
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09:30a
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Video Village
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10:00a
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I Love Lucy
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10:30a
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Clear Horizon
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11:00a
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Love of Life
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11:30a
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Search for Tomorrow
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11:45a
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The Guiding Light
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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News
(local)
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12:15p
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Fashions in Faces
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12:30p
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As the World Turns
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01:00p
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Full Circle
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01:30p
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House Party
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02:00p
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The Millionaire
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02:30p
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The Verdict is Yours
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03:00p
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The Brighter Day
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03:15p
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The Secret Storm
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03:30p
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The Edge of Night
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04:00p
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Movie – “For
the Love of Rusty”
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05:15p
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Party Time
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Evening
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06:00p
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News (local)
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06:10p
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Weather
(local)
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06:15p
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Douglas Edwards with the News
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06:30p
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The Aquanauts (debut)
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07:30p
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June Allyson
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08:00p
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The Millionaire
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08:30p
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I’ve Got a Secret
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09:00p
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Armstrong Circle Theater
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10:00p
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News (local)
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10:15p
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Weather
(local)
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10:20p
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People and Places
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10:30p
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Movie – “An
Act of Murder”
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You'll recall that on Saturday I mentioned Douglas Edwards, CBS' evening news anchor, serving as one of the co-hosts of the Miss America Pageant. Continuing in that vein, the host of Armstrong Circle Theater is Ron Cochran, soon to become the anchor of the ABC evening news. Granted, Circle Theater was unusual among anthology series in that it was more of a docudrama, often telling stories that were either true or based on fact. This week's story talks about the "racket" of college term papers for-hire.
WBAP, Channel 5 (NBC)
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Morning
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06:55a
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Almanac Newsreel
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07:00a
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Today
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09:00a
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Dough Rei Mi
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09:30a
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Play Your Hunch
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10:00a
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The Price is Right (color)
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10:30a
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Concentration
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11:00a
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Truth or Consequences
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11:30a
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It Could Be You (color)
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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News (local)
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12:30p
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Mr. District Attorney
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01:00p
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Jan Murray
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01:30p
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Loretta Young
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02:00p
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Young Dr. Malone
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02:30p
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From These Roots
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03:00p
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The Thin Man
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03:30p
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Yancy Derringer
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04:00p
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Movie – “The
Spanish Main”
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05:30p
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Teen-Age Downbeat (color)
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05:55p
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Almanac Newsreel
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Evening
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06:00p
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News, Weather
(local) (color)
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06:15p
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Huntley-Brinkley Report
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06:30p
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Wagon Train
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07:30p
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The Price is Right (color)
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08:00p
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Happy
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08:30p
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Tate
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09:00p
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This Is Your Life (honoree Billy Barty)
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09:30p
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People Are Funny
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10:00p
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News (local)
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10:15p
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Weather
(local)
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10:25p
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News (local)
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10:30p
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Sports (local)
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10:35p
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Jack Paar
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12:00a
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News (local)
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12:05a
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Almanac Newsreel
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12:10a
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Mr. District Attorney
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I'm sure I don't need to tell you that the honorees on the live broadcast This Is Your Life were a surprise - they would never know what was happening until host Ralph Edwards showed up on the scene. My suspicion is that since we know this week's honoree is Billy Barty, it's probably a rerun.
KCEN, Channel 6 (Temple) (NBC)
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Morning
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07:00a
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Today
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09:00a
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Dough Rei Mi
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09:30a
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Play Your Hunch
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10:00a
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The Price is Right (color)
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10:30a
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Concentration
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11:00a
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Truth or Consequences
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11:30a
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It Could Be You (color)
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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News and
Weather (local)
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12:10p
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Farm Report
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12:30p
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The Life of Riley
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01:00p
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Jan Murray
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01:30p
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Loretta Young
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02:00p
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Young Dr. Malone
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02:30p
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From These Roots
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03:00p
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The Thin Man
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03:30p
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Yancy Derringer
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04:00p
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The People’s Choice
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04:30p
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Zeebo the Clown
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05:00p
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Popeye
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05:30p
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Wild Bill Hickok
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Evening
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06:00p
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News (local)
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06:05p
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Weather
(local)
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06:10p
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Sports (local)
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06:15p
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Huntley-Brinkley Report
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06:30p
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Wagon Train
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07:30p
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The Price is Right (color)
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08:00p
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Happy
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08:30p
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Tate
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09:00p
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This Is Your Life (honoree Billy Barty)
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09:30p
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People Are Funny
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10:00p
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Weather
(local)
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10:10p
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News (local)
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10:20p
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Jack Paar
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I haven't seen the series, but apparently one of the scariest characters on Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark? was named Zeebo the Clown. But long before cable TV, people in Waco were well familiar with a clown named Zeebo. Ah, another great moment in the history of local kids' shows.
WFAA, Channel 8 (ABC)
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Morning
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07:30a
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Felix the Cat
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08:00a
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Romper Room
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08:30a
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Movie – “Green
for Danger”
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10:00a
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Julie Benell
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11:00a
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My Little Margie
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11:30a
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The Life of Riley
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11:55a
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News (local)
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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The Restless Gun
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12:30p
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Queen for a Day
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01:00p
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About Faces
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01:30p
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Way of Life
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02:00p
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Day in Court
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02:30p
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Gale Storm
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03:00p
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Beat the Clock
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03:30p
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Who Do You Trust?
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04:00p
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American Bandstand
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05:00p
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Robin Hood
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05:30p
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My Friend Flicka
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Evening
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06:00p
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News
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06:15p
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Weather
(local)
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06:25p
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Sports (local)
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06:30p
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Football Kickoff (special)
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07:30p
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Dallas After Dark (guests Dean Martin, Diana Dors,
Charles Meeker) (special)
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08:00p
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Boxing (Hank
vs. Smith)
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08:45p
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Locker Room
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09:00p
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Hawaiian Eye
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10:00p
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News (local)
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10:15p
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Weather
(local)
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10:20p
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Sports (local)
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10:30p
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Ten-4
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11:00p
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Movie –
“Letter from an Unknown Woman”
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01:00a
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News (local)
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We've already mentioned Douglas Edwards and Ron Cochran, so why not another? The Football Kickoff special at 6:30 is one of the odder celebrity collections, featuring "an array of college and marching songs with guest appearances by past and present gridiron greats and shots of football stars in action." Where else can you find Jackie Robinson (who was a star at UCLA) sharing the stage with Merv Griffin, with the whole thing presided over by What's My Line? host and ABC news anchor John Daly?
KWTX, Channel 10 (Waco) (CBS, ABC)
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Morning
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08:00a
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CBS Morning News (Richard C. Hottelet)
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08:15a
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Captain Kangaroo
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09:00a
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December Bride
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09:30a
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Video Village
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10:00a
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I Love Lucy
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10:30a
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Clear Horizon
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11:00a
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Better Living
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11:30a
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Search for Tomorrow
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11:45a
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The Guiding Light
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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News (local)
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01:00p
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Full Circle
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01:30p
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House Party
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02:00p
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The Millionaire
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02:30p
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The Verdict is Yours
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03:00p
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The Brighter Day
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03:15p
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The Secret Storm
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03:30p
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The Edge of Night
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04:00p
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American Bandstand
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05:30p
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My Friend Flicka
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Evening
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06:00p
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News (local)
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06:10p
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Weather
(local)
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06:15p
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Douglas Edwards with the News
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06:30p
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The Aquanauts (debut)
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07:30p
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Johnny Ringo
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08:00p
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The Millionaire
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08:30p
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I’ve Got a Secret
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09:00p
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U.S. Marshal
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09:30p
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Sea Hunt
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10:00p
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News (local)
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10:15p
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Weather
(local)
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10:25p
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Sports (local)
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10:30p
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Adventures in Paradise
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11:30p
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TV Theater
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Most of KWTX's programming is from CBS, but they were able to work in an appearance by none other than our cover story of this week, Dick Clark's American Bandstand? There were 60- and 90-minute versions of the show, and Channel 10 carried the full version, unlike Channel 8 above.
KTVT, Channel 11 (Ind.)
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Morning
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08:30a
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Comedy Theater
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09:00a
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The Little Rascals
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09:30a
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Jack LaLanne
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10:00a
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Trouble with Father
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10:30a
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Movie – To Be
Announced
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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News, Weather
and Market Reports
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12:30p
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Cartoon Carnival
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01:00p
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Movie – “The
Barclays of Broadway”
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03:00p
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Susie
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03:30p
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I Married Joan
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04:00p
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Bugs Bunny
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04:30p
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Popeye
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05:00p
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The Three Stooges
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Evening
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06:00p
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Roy Rogers
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06:30p
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News and Weather
(local)
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07:00p
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People’s Court of Small Claims
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07:30p
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The Californians
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08:00p
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Whirlybirds
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08:30p
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U.S. Border Patrol
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09:00p
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U.S. Marshal
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09:30p
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Meet McGraw
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10:00p
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Mike Hammer
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10:30p
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News, Weather,
Sports (local)
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11:00p
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Movie – “Passport
to Treasure”
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Talk about the difference in reality television - we're used to all these "judge" shows nowadays (Judge Judy, etc.), but in 1960 the best we can come up with is The People's Court of Small Claims. A modest show for a modest time.
KERA, Channel 13 (Educ.)
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Morning
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09:15a
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Pre-School Readiness
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09:30a
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Spanish: Grades 1-2-3
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10:00a
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Reading: Grades 1-2-3
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Afternoon
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01:15p
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Spanish: Grades 4-5-6
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02:00p
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Science Lab: Grades 7-8
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03:00p
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Home and Family Life
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05:45p
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Compass Rose
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Evening
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06:00p
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Finder
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06:30p
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Parents and Dr. Spock
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07:00p
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Driver Education
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07:30p
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
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KERA is still the public broadcasting station in Dallas, and their 1960 schedule is about what you'd expect from an early '60s, pre-PBS educational channel: classroom during the day, informational and cultural shows in the evening. TV
Had to do a quick check of my reference books (I don't have the Chicago edition this week):
ReplyDeleteDuring the summers of 1959 and 1960, ABC mounted a series called Music For A Summer Night.
This show came about when ABC caught considerable PR flak from its cancellation of The Voice Of Firestone. The current show had the same producers, but was less classically oriented than the Firestone series.
In both of its seasons, Merv Griffin was one of its more frequent performers, and its host was John Daly - who had served as Voice Of Firestone's on-camera host just prior to its cancellation.
I'm reasonably sure that this Football Kickoff "special" was in fact a regular episode of Music For A Summer Night, which was wrapping up its run in its usual Wednesday time slot.
Added note: a year or so later, ABC brought back Voice Of Firestone - without John Daly, who had left ABC after the 1960 election. (Probably just a coincidence ...)
Your comment in the intro about cities in close proximity to each other...
ReplyDeleteBack in the late '60s, when I was but a lad, I found that it was possible to pull in broadcast signals from distant cities on channels that weren't assigned to Chicago's local stations.
This was particularly true during the summer months, on clear nights (and sometimes days); the signal would sometimes wander in and out, and the picture would be snowy, but we on the Southwest Side of Chicago could occasionally pull in a fair picture from stations in Milwaukee, Rockford, sometimes South Bend (rare, but it happened), and on a really clear day, Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo, Michigan (the stations, WKZO in Kalamazoo (what a gal ...) and WZZM in Grand Rapids, were at pains to point that they served both cities).
This was when TV Guide carried the Rockford listings in the Chicago edition; I learned that in the northwestern reaches of the Chicagoland Area, people could get usable (if not pristine) signals from both cities.
Years later, I became friendly with Max Allan Collins, mystery writer of note, a lifelong resident of Muscatine, Iowa.
Muscatine is just down the Mississippi River from the Quad Cities: Rock Island and Moline, Illinois, and Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa. The advertising agencies, who determine such things, call all of these (Muscatine included) one "market", and have from the beginnings of broadcasting.
My friend Max, who is around my age, tells me that the QC area didn't have an ABC station until he was in junior high school (that would be about the mid-'60s).
Across the USA, there have been any number of markets that consisted of more than one city; Some others I've read about include Albany/Schenectady/Troy in upstate New York, Tampa/St. Petersburg Florida (aka the Suncoast), and a whole string of American cities close to the Canadian border that are cheek-by-jowl with each other: Buffalo NY/Toronto, Detroit MI/Windsor, Ontario, Fargo ND/Winnipeg, Seattle WA/Vancouver, several others.
All of this knowledge dates from the '60s-'70s, before the rise of cable and satellite and digital; I don't really know how much of it is still applicable, if any of it is.
I was aware that Dallas/Fort Worth calls itself the Metroplex; I'd imagine this was so for quite some time. Maybe not twin cities, but close enough for jazz.
Others on this line can, and should, correct me if necessary.