WGBH, Channel 2 (Educ.)
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Morning
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08:30a
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Action at Law
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09:15a
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Parlons Francais I
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09:45a
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Farlons Francais II
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10:05a
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Neighborhood Explorers
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10:15a
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Science (Grade 2)
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10:30a
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Action at Law
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11:00a
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Parlons Francais III
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Afternoon
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01:00p
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Parlons Francais I
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01:15p
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Action at Law
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01:45p
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Music (Grade 2)
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04:00p
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American Economy
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05:15p
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The Friendly Giant
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05:30p
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What’s New?
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Evening
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06:00p
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David Copperfield
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06:30p
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News (Louis
Lyons)
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06:45p
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News (Robert
Baram)
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07:00p
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French (Beginners)
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07:30p
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Funny Business
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08:00p
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American Education
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08:30p
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Master Class
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09:30p
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MIT Science Reporter
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10:00p
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The World at Ten
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10:30p
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Survival in the Sea
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WBZ, Channel 4 (NBC)
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Morning
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06:00a
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Continental Classroom (Atomic Age Physics)
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06:30a
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Sign on Seminars (Other Countries)
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06:45p
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Daily Almanac
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07:00a
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Today
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09:00a
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News (Jack
Chase, Don Kent)
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09:30a
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The Best of Groucho
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10:00a
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Say When
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10:25a
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NBC News (Edwin Newman)
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10:30a
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Play Your Hunch (color)
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11:00a
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The Price is Right (color)
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11:30a
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Concentration
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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News (Jack
Chase)
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12:10p
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Weather (Don
Kent)
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12:15p
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Big Brother
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12:30p
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Movie – “The
Fabulous Senorita”
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01:50p
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News, Weather
(local)
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02:00p
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Merv Griffin (guest Danny Kaye) (color)
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02:55p
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NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
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03:00p
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Loretta Young
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03:30p
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Young Dr. Malone
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04:00p
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Make Room For Daddy
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04:30p
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Clubhouse 4
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05:00p
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Movie – “Salute
for Three”
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Evening
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06:30p
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News, Weather (local)
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06:45p
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The Huntley-Brinkley Report
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07:00p
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Wyatt Earp
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07:30p
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Wide Country
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08:30p
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Dr. Kildare
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09:30p
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Hazel
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10:00p
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Andy Williams (guests Betty Grable, Lawrence Welk)
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11:00p
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News, Sports,
Weather (local)
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11:15p
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Steve Allen (guests Andre Previn, Joanie Sommers,
Howard Mark)
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12:45a
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News (local)
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01:00a
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Highway Patrol
|
I'm always impressed by the number of educational shows on commercial TV back in the late '50s and early '60s. Sunrise Semester was probably the best known and most parodied, but both College of the Air and Continental Classroom were regular series of the time. It says a lot about the desire for self-improvement that seems to be a hallmark of the post-war era; I'm guessing it may be closely tied to things like the G.I. Bill.
WHDH, Channel 5 (CBS)
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Morning
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05:55a
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News (local)
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06:00a
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College of the Air (The Level of Business Activity)
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06:30a
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Continental Classroom (American Government) (color)
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07:00a
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Morning Key Club (color)
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07:30a
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Captain Bob (color)
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08:00a
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Captain Kangaroo
|
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09:00a
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Romper Room (color)
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09:45a
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Debbie Drake
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10:00a
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News (Leo Egan)
(color)
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10:05a
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Julie Dane (color)
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10:15a
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We Believe (color)
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10:30a
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I Love Lucy
|
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11:00a
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The McCoys
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11:30a
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Pete and Gladys
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Afternoon
|
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12:00p
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Love of Life
|
|
12:25p
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CBS News (Harry Reasoner)
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12:30p
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Search for Tomorrow
|
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12:45p
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The Guiding Light
|
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01:00p
|
News (Leo Egan)
(color)
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01:05p
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Farm and Food (color)
|
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01:30p
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As the World Turns
|
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02:00p
|
Password (panelists Sam Levenson, Joan Fontaine)
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02:30p
|
House Party (guest Richard Boone)
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03:00p
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The Millionaire
|
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03:30p
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To Tell the Truth (panelists Shelly Berman, Ann Sothern,
Phyllis Newman, Barry Nelson)
|
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03:55p
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CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
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04:00p
|
The Secret Storm
|
|
04:30p
|
The Edge of Night
|
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05:00p
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Bozo the Clown (color)
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05:45p
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Rocky and His Friends
|
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Evening
|
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06:00p
|
News (Leo Egan)
(color)
|
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06:05p
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Dateline Boston
|
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06:30p
|
Sea Hunt
|
|
07:00p
|
CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
|
|
07:15p
|
News, Sports
(John Day) (color)
|
|
07:25p
|
Weather (Walker)
(color)
|
|
07:30p
|
Mr. Ed
|
|
08:00p
|
Perry Mason
|
|
09:00p
|
The Nurses
|
|
10:00p
|
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
|
|
11:00p
|
News, Weather
(local) (color)
|
|
11:20p
|
Sports Page (local) (color)
|
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11:30p
|
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (color)
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01:00a
|
News, Sports,
Weather (local)
|
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01:10a
|
Almanac Newsreel
|
Speaking of which, the guest on today's Continental Classroom is Theodore H. White, the author of the Making of the President series of books. The first, which covered the 1960 presidential campaign, is probably more responsible for creating the glamorous, quasi-celebrity politician, and if you want to know where programs like The West Wing come from, look no further. It's come to be seen as factually dubious, but still immensely readable and entertaining.
WCSH, Channel 6 (Portland, ME) (NBC)
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Morning
|
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05:50a
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Farm Report
|
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0600a
|
Continental Classroom (Atomic Age Physics)
|
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06:30a
|
Continental Classroom (American Government) (color)
|
|
07:00a
|
Today
|
|
09:00a
|
Romper Room (Miss Connie)
|
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09:30a
|
The Best of Groucho
|
|
10:00a
|
Say When
|
|
10:25a
|
NBC News (Edwin Newman)
|
|
10:30a
|
Play Your Hunch (color)
|
|
11:00a
|
The Price is Right (color)
|
|
11:30a
|
Concentration
|
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Afternoon
|
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12:00p
|
First Impression (color)
|
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12:30p
|
Truth or Consequences
|
|
12:55p
|
NBC News (Ray Scherer)
|
|
01:00p
|
Weekday on Six
|
|
01:30p
|
Parlons Francais
|
|
02:00p
|
Merv Griffin (guest Danny Kaye) (color)
|
|
02:55p
|
NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
|
|
03:00p
|
Loretta Young
|
|
03:30p
|
Young Dr. Malone
|
|
04:00p
|
Make Room For Daddy
|
|
04:30p
|
Trooper 6
|
|
05:00p
|
Mr. Magoo
|
|
05:30p
|
The Outlaws
|
|
Evening
|
||
06:30p
|
News, Sports,
Weather (local)
|
|
06:45p
|
The Huntley-Brinkley Report
|
|
07:00p
|
Hennesey
|
|
07:30p
|
Wide Country
|
|
08:30p
|
Dr. Kildare
|
|
09:30p
|
Hazel
|
|
10:00p
|
Andy Williams (guests Betty Grable, Lawrence Welk)
|
|
11:00p
|
News, Sports,
Weather (local)
|
|
11:15p
|
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (color)
|
Betty Grable and Lawrence Welk on with Andy Williams - now that's a combo, isn't it?
WNAC, Channel 7 (ABC)
|
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Morning
|
||
07:00a
|
Discovery ’62
|
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07:25a
|
The Three Stooges
|
|
08:00a
|
The Three Stooges
|
|
09:00a
|
Jack LaLanne
|
|
09:30a
|
Louise Morgan
|
|
09:55a
|
News (local)
|
|
10:00a
|
Camouflage
|
|
10:25a
|
News (local)
|
|
10:30a
|
Day in Court
|
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11:00a
|
Ernie Ford (guest Patsy Cline)
|
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11:30a
|
Yours for a Song
|
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Afternoon
|
||
12:00p
|
Jane Wyman
|
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12:30p
|
Our Miss Brooks
|
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12:55p
|
NBC News (Ray Scherer)
|
|
01:00p
|
Who Do You Trust
|
|
01:30p
|
TV Hour of Stars
|
|
02:30p
|
Seven Keys
|
|
03:00p
|
Queen for a Day
|
|
03:30p
|
Movie – “Girl
Crazy”
|
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05:00p
|
The Three Stooges
|
|
Evening
|
||
06:00p
|
ABC Evening Report (Ron Cochran)
|
|
06:15p
|
News (Victor
Best)
|
|
06:25p
|
Weather (Gus
Saunders)
|
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06:30p
|
Huckleberry Hound
|
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07:00p
|
Guestward Ho!
|
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07:30p
|
Ozzie and Harriet
|
|
08:00p
|
Donna Reed
|
|
08:30p
|
Leave It to Beaver
|
|
09:00p
|
My Three Sons
|
|
09:30p
|
McHale’s Navy
|
|
10:00p
|
Alcoa Premiere
|
|
11:00p
|
News, Sports,
Weather
|
|
11:15p
|
Movie Double
Feature – “Presenting Lily Mars”, “Big Town Girl”
|
WMTW, Channel 8 (Portland, ME) (ABC)
|
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Morning
|
||
08:15a
|
Farm and Home
|
|
08:45a
|
Teddy Bear Playhouse
|
|
10:00a
|
History
|
|
10:20a
|
Teddy Bear Playhouse
|
|
10:30a
|
Town and Country
|
|
10:45a
|
Joan Robertson
|
|
10:55a
|
Weather (Donna
Traverse)
|
|
11:00a
|
Ernie Ford (guest Patsy Cline)
|
|
11:30a
|
Yours for a Song
|
|
Afternoon
|
||
12:00p
|
Jane Wyman
|
|
12:30p
|
Camouflage
|
|
01:00p
|
Movie –
“Homecoming”
|
|
02:00p
|
Day in Court
|
|
02:30p
|
Seven Keys
|
|
03:00p
|
Queen for a Day
|
|
03:30p
|
Who Do You Trust?
|
|
04:00p
|
American Bandstand
|
|
04:30p
|
Discovery ’62
|
|
04:55p
|
American Newsstand
|
|
05:00p
|
Superman
|
|
05:30p
|
Movie – “Battle
Cry”
|
|
Evening
|
||
07:00p
|
News, Weather
(local)
|
|
07:30p
|
Ozzie and Harriet
|
|
08:00p
|
Donna Reed
|
|
08:30p
|
Leave It to Beaver
|
|
09:00p
|
My Three Sons
|
|
09:30p
|
McHale’s Navy
|
|
10:00p
|
Alcoa Premiere
|
|
11:00p
|
ABC News Final (Bill Shadel)
|
|
11:15p
|
News, Weather
(local)
|
|
11:20p
|
Movie – “Jane
Eyre”
|
If I'm not mistaken, Battle Cry, is the 5:30pm movie, was part of the double-feature (with War Is Hell) that the Texas Theater was playing when Lee Harvey Oswald ran there to hide out after killing the police officer J.D. Tippit.
WMUR, Channel 9 (Manchester, NH) (ABC)
|
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Morning
|
||
09:30a
|
Movie – “God’s
Gift to Women”
|
|
11:00a
|
Ernie Ford (guest Patsy Cline)
|
|
11:30a
|
Yours for a Song
|
|
Afternoon
|
||
12:00p
|
Jane Wyman
|
|
12:30p
|
Camouflage
|
|
01:00p
|
News, Sports,
Weather (local)
|
|
01:15p
|
Country Store
|
|
02:00p
|
Day in Court
|
|
02:30p
|
Seven Keys
|
|
03:00p
|
Queen for a Day
|
|
03:30p
|
Who Do You Trust?
|
|
04:00p
|
American Bandstand
|
|
04:30p
|
Discovery ’62
|
|
04:55p
|
American Newsstand
|
|
05:00p
|
Uncle Gus
|
|
Evening
|
||
06:00p
|
Range Rider
|
|
06:30p
|
News, Weather
(local)
|
|
06:45p
|
ABC Evening Report (Ron Cochran)
|
|
07:00p
|
To Be Announced
|
|
07:30p
|
Ozzie and Harriet
|
|
08:00p
|
Mr. Adams and Eve
|
|
08:30p
|
Leave It to Beaver
|
|
09:00p
|
My Three Sons
|
|
09:30p
|
Phil Silvers
|
|
10:00p
|
Alcoa Premiere
|
|
11:00p
|
ABC News Final (Bill Shadel)
|
|
11:15p
|
Movie –
“California”
|
Interesting that Channel 9 pre-empts Donna Reed for Mr. Adams and Eve, which was a late-50s series. Was it simply that they got more of the ad revenue by doing that, or did Donna Reed not have big ratings? Or was there some other reason? This kind of thing is done all the time, I know, but I couldn't think of anything else to say about the lineup.
WJAR, Channel 10 (Providence) (ABC/NBC)
|
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Morning
|
||
06:30a
|
Continental Classroom (American Government) (color)
|
|
07:00a
|
Today
|
|
09:00a
|
The World Around Us
|
|
09:30a
|
Queen for a Day
|
|
10:00a
|
The Best of Groucho
|
|
10:30a
|
Play Your Hunch (color)
|
|
11:00a
|
The Price is Right (color)
|
|
11:30a
|
Concentration
|
|
Afternoon
|
||
12:00p
|
News (local)
|
|
12:05p
|
Talk of the Town
|
|
12:30p
|
Truth or Consequences
|
|
12:55p
|
NBC News (Ray Scherer)
|
|
01:00p
|
Movie – “Affair
with a Stranger”
|
|
02:30p
|
Merv Griffin (guest Danny Kaye) (color)
|
|
02:55p
|
NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
|
|
03:00p
|
Loretta Young
|
|
03:30p
|
Young Dr. Malone
|
|
04:00p
|
Make Room For Daddy
|
|
04:30p
|
Here’s Hollywood (Jose Iturbi and his sister Amparo)
|
|
04:55p
|
NBC News (Sander Vanocur)
|
|
05:00p
|
Movie – “The Big
Shot”
|
|
Evening
|
||
06:30p
|
News, Sports,
Weather (local)
|
|
06:45p
|
The Huntley-Brinkley Report
|
|
07:00p
|
Ripcord
|
|
07:30p
|
The Gallant Men
|
|
08:30p
|
Dr. Kildare
|
|
09:30p
|
Hazel
|
|
10:00p
|
Alcoa Premiere
|
|
11:00p
|
News, Sports,
Weather (local)
|
|
11:15p
|
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (color)
|
I realize WJAR must be joining Merv Griffin in progress - either that, or they're presenting a very edited version of his show - but 25 minutes for Merv and Danny Kaye? It'd take that long for the two of them to greet each other.
WENH, Channel 11 (Durham, NH) (Educ.)
|
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Morning
|
||
08:35a
|
Calculus
|
|
09:15a
|
Parlons Francais I
|
|
09:45a
|
Farlons Francais II
|
|
10:00a
|
History
|
|
11:00a
|
Parlons Francais III
|
|
11:30a
|
Humanities
|
|
Afternoon
|
||
01:00p
|
Parlons Francais I
|
|
01:15p
|
Music (Elementary)
|
|
01:40p
|
Book Parade
|
|
02:00p
|
Calculus
|
|
02:35p
|
Homemaker’s World
|
|
05:30p
|
What’s New?
|
|
Evening
|
||
06:00p
|
Classical Music
|
|
06:25p
|
Events
|
|
06:30p
|
News (Louis
Lyons)
|
|
06:45p
|
News (Robert
Baram)
|
|
07:00p
|
4-H in Action
|
|
07:15p
|
Art at Your Fingertips
|
|
07:30p
|
American Economy
|
|
08:00p
|
Trio
|
|
09:30p
|
MIT Science Reporter
|
WPRO, Channel 12 (Providence) (CBS)
|
||
Morning
|
||
06:30a
|
College of the Air (The Federal Reserve System)
|
|
07:00a
|
The Three Stooges
|
|
07:30a
|
Storytime
|
|
08:00a
|
Captain Kangaroo
|
|
09:00a
|
Romper Room (Miss Bonnie)
|
|
09:30a
|
Morning Merry-Go-Round
|
|
10:00a
|
Calendar
|
|
10:30a
|
I Love Lucy
|
|
11:00a
|
Ernie Ford (guest Patsy Cline)
|
|
11:30a
|
Pete and Gladys
|
|
Afternoon
|
||
12:00p
|
Love of Life
|
|
12:25p
|
CBS News (Harry Reasoner)
|
|
12:30p
|
Search for Tomorrow
|
|
12:45p
|
The Guiding Light
|
|
01:00p
|
Movie – “The
Snake Pit”
|
|
02:20p
|
News (Ed Miller)
|
|
02:30p
|
House Party (guest Richard Boone)
|
|
03:00p
|
The Millionaire
|
|
03:30p
|
To Tell the Truth (panelists Shelly Berman, Ann Sothern,
Phyllis Newman, Barry Nelson)
|
|
03:55p
|
CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
|
|
04:00p
|
The Secret Storm
|
|
04:30p
|
The Edge of Night
|
|
05:00p
|
Salty Brine’s Shack
|
|
Evening
|
||
06:00p
|
Huckleberry
Hound
|
|
07:00p
|
CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
|
|
07:15p
|
News, Sports,
Weather (local)
|
|
07:30p
|
Mr. Ed
|
|
08:00p
|
Perry Mason
|
|
09:00p
|
The Nurses
|
|
10:00p
|
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
|
|
11:00p
|
News, Sports,
Weather (local)
|
|
11:20p
|
Movie – “A Kiss
Before Dying”
|
Were this today's television lineup, you know there'd be some jokes about the Three Stooges following a program on the Federal Reserve System. Perhaps they told the same jokes back then.
WGAN, Channel 13 (Portland, ME) (CBS)
|
||
Morning
|
||
07:00a
|
College of the Air (When Prices Were High)
|
|
07:30a
|
News, Weather
(local)
|
|
07:35a
|
Burns and Allen
|
|
08:00a
|
Captain Kangaroo
|
|
09:00a
|
Good Morning, Maine
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ReplyDelete- Noting that local pre-emptions of network shows were commonplace during this period of TV:
Take particular notice of the fact that several of the stations here were joint affiliates of more than one network.
That's how Tennessee Ernie Ford's ABC show turned up on the CBS station in Providence.
- Oh, by the way, Ol' Ern's guest was Patsy Cline, a prominent C&W star of the time (prominent enough that a movie was made of her life [Sweet Dreams, starring Jessica Lange]).
In my Chicago edition, Miss Cline's name is spelled correctly; perhaps the New England edition had a substandard proofreader (made the same error with Floyd Kalber - again).
- That Merv Griffin show with Danny Kaye is sort of legendary.
Before Merv finished introducing him, Danny came on stage, smoking a cigarette and rhapsodizing about the joys of smoking - all the while coughing and hacking as loudly as possible.
Merv kept clear of Kaye's phlegmy paean, which had the audience roaring - and NBC executives jittery (I believe that the show had at least one major cigarette sponsor; if I recall the story correctly, Kaye mentioned the brand name during his catarrh-ridden tribute).
NBC's custom at that time was to erase and reuse video tape, so this scene probably doesn't exist any more.
- Correcting an earlier post:
Merv Griffin's talk show actually had four (4) separate incarnations:
- The NBC daytime show, which no longer exists.
- The first syndicated show for Westinghouse, which started a year after the NBC show ended, and continued through the rest of the '60s.
This is the one with Arthur Treacher, and the one that Merv Griffin owned (which is why the tapes still exist today).
- The CBS late-night show, which started out just like the Westinghouse show, but was overtaken by CBS micromanagement; this one doesn't exist anymore either.
- The second syndie show, this time for Metromedia, where Merv got back full control, which he maintained through to the end of its run.
As you can see, it wasn't a continuous run; Merv had to stand down briefly each time he changed venues.
- Off-topic:
This morning, I took delivery of Kliph Nesteroff's new book, The Comedians.
A quick skim shows that Kliph has toned down some of the reminiscences that may still be found on his blogs; I imagine he's saving them up for a sequel.
Anyway , the book is worth the effort to get it.
Fixed - thanks!
DeleteInteresting that in Boston, the CBS affiliate was more heavily into color than the NBC affiliate--the exact opposite of their networks. And not surprisingly, ABC affiliates don't bother with color at all.
ReplyDeleteNote Douglas Edwards in that 5 minute daytime newscast; just a few months before, he'd been dropped from the nightly news in favor of Cronkite. Amazingly enough, Edwards would do that newscast until CBS dropped it in 1980. How many other reporters would have stuck with the network that forced such an embarrasing demotion on them?
Providence didn't get a fulltime ABC affiliate until January 1st, 1963, when WTEV (now WLNE) signed-on in nearby New Bedford.
ReplyDeletePrior to that, WJAR and WPRO (now WPRI) each cleared a few ABC programs each week.
Only two weekday daytime programs, Tennessee Ernie Ford and "Queen For A Day", were cleared in Providence, both on a delay (I think that on the weekend, a couple of ABC children's shows and "Wide World Of Sports" got cleared by WJAR). About a dozen prime-time ABC shows were cleared in Providence, most of those on WJAR, some on WPRO, with a handful on a delayed broadcast basis.