KRLD, Channel 4 (Dallas) (CBS)
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Morning
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07:45p
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Cartoons
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08:15a
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Farm and Garden
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08:30a
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Captain Kangaroo
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09:30a
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Mighty Mouse
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10:00a
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Heckle and Jeckle
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10:30a
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
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11:00a
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Baseball (Old
Timers Day, followed by Athletics vs. Yankees)
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Afternoon
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03:15p
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Sports (Bill
Mercer)
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03:30p
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Waterfront
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04:00p
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Gourmet (return)
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04:30p
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The Lone Ranger
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05:00p
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Wrestling
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Evening
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06:00p
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News (Reid Collins)
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06:15p
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Weather (Jack
Harrison)
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06:25p
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Police Report
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06:30p
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The Reckoning
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07:30p
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Wanted: Dead or Alive
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08:00p
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Brenner
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08:30p
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Have Gun – Will Travel
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09:00p
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Gunsmoke
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09:30p
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Death Valley Days
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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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City Detective
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11:00p
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Movie – “Fugitive
from a Prison Camp”
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On Gunsmoke, "Marshal Dillon decides to turn in his badge after he is forced to shoot some men down in the name of the law." That might not sound like the Marshal Dillon we all know and love, at least played by James Arness, but having listened to many episodes of the radio series where Matt was played by William Conrad, I can absolutely imagine this. There was much more of the world-weariness to Conrad's version; at this early point in the TV series, that might have passed down to Arness.
WBAP, Channel 5 (Fort Worth) (NBC)
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Morning
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08:00a
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Off to Adventure
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08:15a
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Cartoons
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08:30a
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Hawkeye
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09:00a
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Howdy Doody (color)
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09:30a
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Ruff and Reddy (color)
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10:00a
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Fury
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10:30a
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Circus Boy
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11:00a
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True Story
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11:30a
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Cartoons
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11:45p
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Baseball (Tigers
vs. Red Sox)
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Afternoon
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02:30p
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Pleasure Island
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03:00p
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Steve Donovan
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03:30p
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Christian Questions
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04:00p
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Detective’s Diary
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04:30p
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Horse Racing
(Sapling Stakes) (special)
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05:00p
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Movie – “Too
Many Girls”
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Evening
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06:30p
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People Are Funny
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07:00p
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Perry Presents (guests Tony Bennett, Jaye P. Morgan, the
Modernaires)
(color)
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08:00p
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Black Saddle
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08:30p
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Cimarron City
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09:30p
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The D.A.’s Man
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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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Movie – “Higher
and Higher”
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If you're of a certain age, you're going to remember Jaye P. Morgan not as a singer, but as one of the degenerate panelists on The Gong Show. Ah, those were the days.
KCEN, Channel 6 (Temple) (NBC)
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Morning
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09:00a
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Howdy Doody (color)
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09:30a
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Ruff and Reddy (color)
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10:00a
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Fury
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10:30a
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Circus Boy
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11:00a
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True Story
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11:30a
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Air Force Digest
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11:45a
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Baseball (Tigers
vs. Red Sox)
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Afternoon
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02:30p
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Film Short
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03:00p
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Watch Mr. Wizard
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03:30p
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Zero 1960!
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04:00p
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Detective’s Diary
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04:30p
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Horse Racing
(Sapling Stakes) (special)
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05:00p
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The Big Picture (Army)
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05:30p
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Sports (Dub
King)
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Evening
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06:00p
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Hawkeye
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06:30p
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People Are Funny
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07:00p
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Perry Presents (guests Tony Bennett, Jaye P. Morgan, the
Modernaires)
(color)
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08:00p
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Black Saddle
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08:30p
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Cimarron City
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09:30p
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The D.A.’s Man
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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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10:25p
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Sports (local)
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10:30p
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Movie – “Woman
in Distress”
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Black Saddle, on at 8 p.m., is a Western starring Peter Breck, with a pre-Gilligan Russell Johnson as Marshal Gib Scott. It must have been nice for Johnson, playing a character with an actual name.
WFAA, Channel 8 (Dallas) (ABC)
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Morning
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07:30p
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Agriculture on Parade
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07:45a
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Through the Porthole
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08:00a
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Movie – “Sitting
Pretty”
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09:30a
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Movie Double
Feature – “Gunmen of Abilene”, “Old Overland Trail”
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11:30a
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Cartoons
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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Uncle Al
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01:00p
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Foreign Legionnaire
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01:30p
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Count of Monte Cristo
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02:00p
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Movie – “Wicked
City”
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03:00p
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Mr. District Attorney
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03:30p
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African Patrol
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04:00p
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Science Fiction Theater
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04:30p
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Dallas Bandstand
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05:30p
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Frontier
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Evening
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06:00p
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Danger is My Business
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06:30p
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Dick Clark (guests Freddy Cannon, Lu Ann Sims, Sam
Turner, Thomas
Wayne)
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07:00p
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Jubilee U.S.A. (guest host Carl Smith, guests Bob Darch,
Judy Kay)
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08:00p
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Dodge Dancing Party
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09:00p
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Target
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09:30p
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Citizen Soldier
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10:00p
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News (local)
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10:10p
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Weather (George
Milner)
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10:15p
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Sports (Wes
Wise)
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10:30p
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Movie Double
Feature – “The Golden Mistress”, “Overland Pacific”
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Description of the movie Wicked City, showing at 2 p.m.: "A Canadian merchant seaman tries to strangle the faithless girl he loves." It's a French movie, which I suppose explains a lot - the French have a strange way of showing love, don't they?
KWTX, Channel 10 (Waco) (CBS, ABC)
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Morning
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08:30a
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Captain Kangaroo
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09:30a
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Mighty Mouse
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10:00a
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Heckle and Jeckle
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10:30a
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
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11:00a
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Baseball (Old
Timers Day, followed by Athletics vs. Yankees)
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Afternoon
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03:15p
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Horse Racing
(Whitney Stakes)
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03:30p
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Life With Elizabeth
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04:00p
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Cartoon Theater
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04:30p
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The Lone Ranger
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05:00p
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Flash Gordon
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05:30p
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The Big Picture (Army)
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Evening
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06:00p
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Saturday Playhouse
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06:30p
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The Reckoning
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07:30p
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Wanted: Dead or Alive
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08:00p
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Dodge Dancing Party
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09:00p
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Gunsmoke
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09:30p
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Have Gun – Will Travel
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10:00p
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News (local)
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10:20p
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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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Movie – “The Sea
Shall Not Have Them”
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I want to call your attention here to the Whitney Stakes horse race, scheduled for 3:15 p.m. We've probably all had some experience or other where our DVR has been foiled because a program ran longer than expected, or the schedule was changed on us without advance knowledge. If such things existed back in 1959, imagine trying to plan your schedule around this: "The starting time of this telecast is indefinite. It will be presented at this time [5:00 p.m.] unless this afternoon's CBS baseball telecast ends before 3:15. If the game is over before 3:15, the race will be telecast at that time. In this event, "Flash Gordon" will be seen at this time."
Got all that?
Got all that?
KFJZ, Channel 11 (Fort Worth) (Ind.)
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Morning
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11:30a
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Science Closeup
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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Movie – “Carson
City Kid”
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01:00p
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Movie – “The Magnificent
Dope”
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02:30p
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Abbott and Costello
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03:00p
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Dial 999
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03:30p
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Movie – “Laura”
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05:00p
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Adventure Theater
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Evening
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06:00p
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Popeye
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06:15p
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Movie – “Voodoo
Man”
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07:30p
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Movie – “Shockproof”
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09:00p
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Juke Box Jury
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10:00p
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Movie Double
Feature – “Shark River”, “As You Desire Me”
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From the Chicago Tribune Archives, the ceremonial first pitch at the 1959 Old-Timers Day was thrown by none other than... Herbert Hoover.
ReplyDeleteIs that THE "Laura" on Channel 11?
ReplyDeleteJust for Phunne, here are the Chicago stations for this day:
ReplyDeleteWBBM-TV, channel 2 (CBS):
7:25 am: Thought For Today
7:30: Popeye Theater
8:00: The Friendship Show, with Lee Phillip talking to little kids who'd been rousted out of bed at the crack of dawn (on Saturday yet) to be on TV.
8:30: Captain Kangaroo
9:30: Mighty Mouse, followed at 10 by Heckle And Jeckle - the Terrytoons hour.
10:30: Robin Hood, the Brit show from a few years back.
11:00: Cartoon Time - local, more Popeye cartoons.
11:30: Playhouse, old syndie drama.
NOTE: Major League Baseball blacked out its network broadcasts in big league cities; The CBS and NBC Games of The Week didn't air in Chicago.
12 noon: Movie, "Almost A Bride" with Shirley Temple as Corliss Archer (1949).
1:30: Playhouse, see 11:30 above; different show.
2:00: Common Ground, local news panel.
2:30: Out Of This World, science show with Dr. Dan Q. Posin, the Victor Borge of science.
3:00: Wrestling, live from CBS's big studio just off Michigan Avenue.
NOTE: Channel 2 didn't carry the two horse races either.
4:00: The Lone Ranger.
4:30: Movie, "You Were Never Lovelier" with Fred Astaire.
6:00: CBS News Special, the regular Saturday newscast with Fahey Flynn.
6:30: Reckoning, dramas repurposed from Climax and Studio One the year before.
7:30: Wanted - Dead Or Alive
8:00: Brenner
8:30: Have Gun - Will Travel
9:00: Gunsmoke
9:30: Markham
10:00: Movie, "The Affairs Of Susan" with Joan Fontaine.
12:05 am: At Random, open-ended panel with Irv Kupcinet; to signoff.
WNBQ, channel 5 (NBC):
7:25 am: Today's Meditation
7:30: Active Education
8:00: Farm And Garden
9:00: Howdy Doody
9:30: Ruff And Reddy
10:00: Fury
10:30: Circus Boy
11:00: True Story
11:30: Detective's Diary
NOTE: see channel 2 above.
12:00: 77th Bengal Lancers, syndie rerun.
12:30: Local news
1:00: Movie, "The Steel Lady" with Tab Hunter (1953)
2:30: Movie, "The Black Pirates" with Lon Chaney Jr (1955)
4:00: Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (space ranger ... space ranger ... space ranger ...)
4:30: The Sapling Stakes
5:00: Brave Eagle
5:30: Roy Rogers
6:00: Boots And Saddles
6:30: People Are Funny; Art Linkletter invents computer dating.
7:00: Perry Presents; Tony Bennett and Jaye Morgan were the hosts, not the guests.
8:00: Black Saddle
8:30: Cimarron City
9:30: The DA's Man
10:00: Badge 714; syndie Dragnet rerun (the parent show was still on the network)
10:30: Movie, "The Green Man" with Alastair Sim
12 midnight: The 77th Bengal Lancers (different episode from this afternoon's)
12:30: Mystery Is My Business; the syndie Ellery Queen from a few years back, with Hugh Marlowe as EQ; to signoff.
Continued in next post.
From Last Time:
ReplyDeleteWBKB, channel 7 (ABC):
9:00: The Christophers
9:30: The Saturday Show, two hours of B-westerns and cliffhangers
11:30: Travel with Wayne Griffin
12 noon: Uncle Al, Cincinnati-based kid show picked up by ABC for network use this summer
1:00: Double feature movie: "The Falcon Strikes Back" with Tom Conway (1943) and "Danger Woman" with Brenda Joyce
3:00: Jim Lounsbery's Record Hop.
The listing says this is three hours, but that may a misprint.
6:00: Ramar Of The Jungle
6:30: Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show (It's FlavorIFIC!)
7:00: Jubilee USA
8:00: Lawrence Welk's Dodge Dancing Party
9:00: Stories Of The Century
9:30: Colonel Flack
10:00: Bullfights: Pro or Con
Scheduled for an hour, but might run longer (see below for further explanation)
11:00: Shock Theater, "The Cat Creeps" (1946)
12:30: Shocktail Party, comedy followup to Shock Theater
1:00: New Adventures Of Charlie Chan (J. Carrol Naish version), to signoff
WGN-TV, channel 9:
8:00: Kartoon Klub
8:30: Bugs Bunny And Friends
9:00: Terrytoons
9:30: Stu Erwin Show
10:00: "Hands Across The Border" with Roy Rogers
11:00: "Ridin' On A Rainbow" with Gene Autry
12:00: My Little Margie
12:30: Batting Practice
12:40: Lead-Off Man
12:55: Cubs vs. Pirates at Wrigley Field
3:45: Tenth Inning
4:00: Spin Time with Jack Hilton
5:30: Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater
6:00: Jeff's Collie
6:30: Newsreel Cavalcade
7:00: Polka Party
7:30: Dial 999 (Brit cop show)
8:00: Danger Is My Business
8:30: West Point
9:00: Mr. And Mrs. North
9:30: I Married Joan
10:00: Divorce Court
11:00: Movie, "The Last Chance" British war movie; to signoff
The bullfight debate:
Channel 7 had announced that they'd gotten the rights to bullfight telecasts from Mexico, but local animal lovers kicked up a fuss.
Hence the debate.
I don't know how long the broadcast lasted, but channel 7 ultimately passed on the bullfights.
Any Questions?
CBS certainly got a lot of mileage out of "Brenner"; that series first ran in the Summer of 1959, and was repeated several time over the next few Summers.
ReplyDeleteIn fact, a bunch of new episodes were filmed in 1964 and aired that Summer (and maybe repeated for a couple of Summers after that).
I've written about this elsewhere ...
DeleteBrenner's production took place entirely in '59-'60.
The "new" episodes that got on in '64 were leftovers that hadn't been shown during the original run; they were thrown in to patch up a schedule hole, but Brenner was over with by then.