What's on TV? Sunday, July 24, 1960

I wasn't quite sure what day to choose for this week's listings, but finally settled on Sunday; with convention coverage dominating both daytime and prime time, I wanted something that gives a better sense of what's actually on. Sunday it is! There's still a smattering of convention preview coverage, but it coexists with religious programming, sports, and of course the ever-present matinee movies.

Our listings this week come from Southern Ohio, an area in which we've had many pleasant visits in the past.

	2  WLW-D (DAYTON) (NBC, ABC)
	MORNING
	8:00	MODERN ALMANAC
	8:30	CHURCH BY THE ROAD
	9:00	CADLE TABERNACLE
	9:30	CHRISTIAN SCIENCE – Religion
	9:45	THROUGH THE PORTHOLE
	10:00	PEOPLE AND PLACES
	10:30	FRONTIERS OF FAITH
	11:00	CULTURE BEAT
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	STARMAKER REVUE – Ed Miller   COLOR
	12:30	GOVERNOR REPORTS
	12:45	EDITOR’S CORNER
	1:00	MOVIE – To Be Announced
	5:15	NEWS
	5:30	ROY ROGERS – Western
	EVENING
	6:00	ALASKANS – Adventure
	7:00	THESE ARE THE MEN   SPECIAL
	7:30	MAVERICK – Western
	8:30	LAWMAN – Western
	9:00	MYSTERY SHOW   COLOR
	10:00	LORETTA YOUNG
	10:30	COURT OF LAST RESORT
	11:00	NEWS
	11:10	WEATHER
	11:15	SPORTS
	11:25	MOVIE – Drama “Harrigan’s Kid” (1943)

The Court of Last Resort, a few episodes of which exist on YouTube, was bsaed on the real-life Court of Last Resort, founded by Perry Mason writer Erle Stanley Gardner and dedicated to the investigation of cases in which innocent people may have been wrongly imprisoned.  

	4  WLW-C (COLUMBUS) (NBC)
	MORNING
	8:15	CHRISTIAN SCIENCE – Religion
	8:30	CHURCH BY THE ROAD
	9:00	CADLE TABERNACLE
	9:30	FRONTIERS OF FAITH – Religion
	10:00	CARTOONS – Children
	10:30	RAMAR OF THE JUNGLE
	11:00	MOVIE – Western “Desert Passage”
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	BRIEFING SESSION – Discussion
	12:30	GOVERNOR REPORTS
	12:45	THREE STOOGES – Comedy
	1:10	ON DECK WITH LEX
	1:25	BASEBALL – Vees vs. Jets Richmond Vees vs. Columbus Jets
	4:00	NEWS
	4:15	MOVIE – Comedy “The Hardys Ride High” (1939)
	EVENING
	6:00	MEET THE PRESS   SPECIAL  Guests Nelson Rockefeller, Barry Goldwater
	7:00	OVERLAND TRAIL – Western
	8:00	MUSIC ON ICE – Variety   COLOR
	9:00	MYSTERY SHOW   COLOR
	10:00	LORETTA YOUNG
	10:30	JOHNNY MIDNIGHT – Mystery
	11:00	NEWS
	11:10	WEATHER
	11:15	SPORTS
	11:25	MOVIE – Musical “Two Tickets to Broadway”

Meet the Press was, at times, a prime-time program on NBC, and this week a special hour-long edition highlights the divide in the Republican party - one that exists to this day - between Eastern liberals and Western conservatives. Rockefeller's influence would be seen in the 1960 ticket, but Goldwater would have his revenge in 1964.

	5  WLW-T (CINCINNATI) (NBC)
	MORNING
	8:30	CHURCH BY THE ROAD
	9:00	CADLE TABERNACLE
	9:30	NATURE OF THINGS
	10:00	LITERATURE AND LIFE
	10:30	FRONTIERS OF FAITH
	11:00	CARTOONS – Children
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	STARMAKER REVUE – Ed Miller   COLOR
	12:30	GOVERNOR REPORTS
	12:45	CITY MANAGER REPORTS
	1:00	MOVIE – Double Feature 1. “The Mortal Storm” (1940) 2. “Ah, Wilderness” (1935)
	4:45	NEWS DIGEST
	5:00	BOB BRAUN’S BANDSTAND – Variety   COLOR
	EVENING
	6:00	MEET THE PRESS   SPECIAL  Guests Nelson Rockefeller, Barry Goldwater
	7:00	OVERLAND TRAIL – Western
	8:00	MUSIC ON ICE – Variety   COLOR
	9:00	MYSTERY SHOW   COLOR
	10:00	LORETTA YOUNG
	10:30	GRAND JURY – Police
	11:00	NEWS
	11:10	WEATHER
	11:15	MOVIE – Drama “Blackmail” (1939)

From TV Episodes: Music On Ice was a weekly music variety show seen Sundays on NBC. The melding of a musical variety hour with ice show in a weekly series was very unique. Not all the numbers in the series were performed on the ice, but there were a number of ice-skating features in each program. Johnny Desmond was the host, the Skip Jacks were the regular vocalists and the Dancing Blades’ provided regular precision group skating. 

	6  WTVN (COLUMBUS) (ABC)
	MORNING
	9:15	SINGING PASTOR – Religion
	9:30	WONDERBOX – Children
	10:00	LIVING WORD – Religion
	10:30	CHRISTOPHERS – Religion
	11:00	FAITH FOR TODAY – Religion
	11:30	AIR FORCE STORY
	11:45	FUN FAIR – Cartoons
	AFTERNOON
	12:30	JOHNS HOPKINS – Lynne Poole
	1:00	COLLEGE NEWS CONFERENCE
	1:30	MOVIE – History “Disraeli” (1929)
	2:45	MARINE CORPS NEWSREEL
	3:00	OPEN HEARING – Secondari
	3:30	MOVIE – Drama “The Daredevil Drivers” (1938)
	4:30	BUCCANEERS – Adventure
	5:00	MATTY’S FUNDAY FUNNIES
	5:30	LONE RANGER – Western
	EVENING
	6:00	SERGEANT PRESTON
	6:30	CISCO KID – Western
	7:00	THESE ARE THE MEN   SPECIAL
	7:30	MAVERICK – Western
	8:30	LAWMAN – Western
	9:00	REBEL – Western
	9:30	ALASKANS – Adventure
	10:30	MOVIE – Melodrama “Donovan’s Brain” (1954)

Open Hearing, hosted by Saga of Western Man host John Secondari, is a look back at past Republican conventions, live from Chicago. As I've mentioned before, in addition to his work for ABC news, John Secondari wrote the novel which was adapted into the movie Three Coins in the Fountain.

	7  WHIO (DAYTON) (CBS)
	MORNING
	10:00	THIS IS THE LIFE – Religion
	10:30	INDUSTRY ON PARADE
	10:45	AIR FORCE STORY
	11:00	MOVIE – Western “Navajo Trail Raiders”
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	1:00	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	2:00	MOVIE – Drama “Tampico” (1944)
	3:30	PGA GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP – Akron, Ohio   SPECIAL
	5:00	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	5:30	DR. HUDSON’S JOURNAL
	EVENING
	6:00	CONVENTION PREVIEW   SPECIAL
	6:30	TWENTHETH CENTURY
	7:00	LASSIE – Drama
	7:30	DENNIS THE MENACE
	8:00	ED SULLIVAN – Variety Guests Billy Daniels, Lee Sullivan, Jan Murray, Bob Lewis, Jean Carroll, Rowan and Martin, Blossom Seeley, Lloyd Price and his band, the Gimma Brothers, Rudy Horn, Doreen Kilmer
	9:00	G.E. THEATER – Drama
	9:30	ALFRED HITCHCOCK
	10:00	LUCY IN CONNECTICUT
	10:30	WHAT’S MY LINE?
	11:00	NEWS
	11:15	MOVIE – Drama “Jane Eyre” (1944)

From The Barrel of Forty: During the summer of 1960, CBS repackaged the final 13 episodes of I Love Lucy dealing with the Ricardos' move from Manhattan to Connecticut under the title Lucy in Connecticut -- which they aired on Sunday nights at 10pm. It was the summer replacement for The Jack Benny Show and The George Gobel Show, which aired on alternate weeks during the regular season

	9  WCPO (CINCINNATI) (ABC)
	MORNING
	7:00	RURAL AMERICA – Farming
	7:30	YESTERDAY’S NEWSREEL
	7:45	JOE EMERSON – Songs
	8:00	CHURCH IN THE HOME
	8:30	FAITH FOR TODAY – Religion
	9:00	RELIGIOUS TOWNHALL
	9:30	THIS IS THE LIFE – Religion
	10:00	CHRISTOPHERS – Religion
	10:30	SACRED HEART – Religion
	10:45	CHRISTOPHERS – Religion
	11:00	BIG PICTURE – Army
	11:30	WILLY – Comedy
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	MOVIE – Western “Bury Me Not”
	1:00	SCHOOL FOR TALENT – Variety
	1:30	STAR AND THE STORY – Drama
	2:00	MOVIE – Drama “Pursued” (1947)
	4:00	RACKET SQUAD – Police
	4:30	HIGHWAY PATROL – Police
	5:00	MATTY’S FUNDAY FUNNIES
	5:30	LONE RANGER – Western
	EVENING
	6:00	FLIGHT – Drama
	6:30	WHIRLYBIRDS – Adventure
	7:00	THESE ARE THE MEN   SPECIAL
	7:30	MAVERICK – Western
	8:30	LAWMAN – Western
	9:00	REBEL – Western
	9:30	ALASKANS – Adventur
	10:30	JOHNNY STACCATO – Mystery
	11:00	NEWS
	11:15	WEATHER – Dick Coleman
	11:20	MOVIE – Drama “Change of Heart” (1943)

Who are the men? The key figures in this week's Republican Convention, that's who. At 7:00 p.m. various ABC correspondents take us behind the scenes with presumptive nominee Richard Nixon, the convention chairman, keynote speaker, and more. 

	10  WBNS (COLUMBUS) (CBS)
	MORNING
	7:45	AIR FORCE STORY
	8:00	THIS IS THE LIFE – Religion
	8:30	CHRISTOPHERS – Religion
	9:00	LAMP UNTO MY FEET – Religion
	9:30	LOOK UP AND LIVE – Religion
	10:00	ZERO – 1960! – Discussion
	10:30	CAMERA THREE - Macandrew
	11:00	DAWN BIBLE SCHOOL
	11:30	SCHOOL STORY – Documentary
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	MOVIE – Adventure “Canadian Pacific” (1949)
	2:00	MOVIE – Drama “Lifeboat” (1944)
	3:30	PGA GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP – Akron, Ohio   SPECIAL
	5:00	I MARRIED JOAN - Comedy
	5:30	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	EVENING
	6:00	CONVENTION PREVIEW   SPECIAL
	6:30	I SEARCH FOR ADVENTURE
	7:00	LASSIE – Drama
	7:30	DENNIS THE MENACE
	8:00	ED SULLIVAN – Variety Guests Billy Daniels, Lee Sullivan, Jan Murray, Bob Lewis, Jean Carroll, Rowan and Martin, Blossom Seeley, Lloyd Price and his band, the Gimma Brothers, Rudy Horn, Doreen Kilmer
	9:00	G.E. THEATER – Drama
	9:30	DEATH VALLEY DAYS – Drama
	10:00	LUCY IN CONNECTICUT
	10:30	WHAT’S MY LINE?
	11:00	NEWS
	11:15	NEWS – Norman Dohn
	11:30	MOVIE – Drama “The House on 92nd Street” (1945)

Zero - 1960! sounds like a science fiction program, doesn't it? Actually, it has to do with the often-complicated history of the Third Secret of Fatima, which many had expected Pope John XXIII to reveal in 1960. In the event, it didn't happen, as this article points out, and the Third Secret remains a source of discussion to this day. Do we truly know what it says, or not? See how far afield you can get when you study television?

	12  WKRC (CINCINNATI) (CBS)
	MORNING
	8:30	PRAISE HOUR – Religion
	9:00	CHRISTOPHERS – Religion
	9:30	AMERICA’S NEWSREEL
	9:45	CHRISTOPHERS – Religion
	10:00	SKIPPER RYLE – Children
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	UC IN THE HOME – Talk
	12:30	THIS IS THE ANSWER – Religion
	1:00	CHAMPIONSHIP BOWLING
	2:00	MOVIE – Adventure “Star of India” (1956)
	3:30	PGA GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP – Akron, Ohio   SPECIAL
	5:00	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	5:30	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	EVENING
	6:00	CONVENTION PREVIEW   SPECIAL
	6:30	TWENTHETH CENTURY
	7:00	LASSIE – Drama
	7:30	DENNIS THE MENACE
	8:00	ED SULLIVAN – Variety Guests Billy Daniels, Lee Sullivan, Jan Murray, Bob Lewis, Jean Carroll, Rowan and Martin, Blossom Seeley, Lloyd Price and his band, the Gimma Brothers, Rudy Horn, Doreen Kilmer
	9:00	G.E. THEATER – Drama
	9:30	ALFRED HITCHCOCK
	10:00	LUCY IN CONNECTICUT
	10:30	WHAT’S MY LINE?
	11:00	NEWS
	11:10	WEATHER
	11:15	MOVIE – Drama “Angel” (1937)

Channel 12 confirms that The Christophers appear on almost every television station in the United States, or at least it seemes that way. Today, it can still be seen on a number of cable systems throught the country. TV