What's on TV? Thursday, August 15, 1963

I may have mentioned this before, but for several years I hosted a political talk show on public access television. I mention this not to brag, but to point out something that I've often said: being on TV is no big deal. That's not to disparage anyone who's ever been on television, but all the same it's true. At the time you think you're doing something significant, even important, but in the end very few of us leave behind any kind of mark.

The reason I'm bringing all this up is because the listings week's TV Guide, from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, include the names of most of the program hosts. Some of them we're sure to recognize: Hugh Downs on Today and Concentration; Huntley and Brinkley on the NBC news, Cronkite on the CBS news, Tom Kennedy on You Don't Say!, and so on. And every market has its local legends; Dave Moore and Bud Kraehling on WCCO, for example. But many more of them are little more than names on a printed page. Take the hosts of the shows on KTCA - Berkowitz, Brown, Wolf. We could look them up and might find something about them, but I doubt there's one person in 100,000 who remember them here. I'd never heard of Betty Wells, whose five-minute program airs at 4:00 p.m. on Channel 5, but if you go to the next-to-last page of this issue of Broadcasting magazine, you'll find an ad featuring her show.

All these people were, at one time or another, important enough to have their own television programs, and yet - well, we don't even do a good job of remembering those whom we should remember, let alone those who aren't nearly as well known. It all goes to show, I suppose, that the slave standing behind the triumphant general was correct, as he whispered in his ear, Sic transit gloria, all fame is fleeting. Let's see what the listings have to offer.

	2  KTCA (EDUC.)
	EVENING
	6:30	BIG PICTURE—Army
	7:00	QUEST FOR CERTAINTY
	7:30	GRAPHIC ARTS—Berkowitz
	8:00	GUEST ARTIST CONCERT
	8:30	EFFICIENT READING—Brown
	9:00	TOWN AND COUNTRY—Wolf
	10:00	YOU AND YOUR HEART
	10:30	CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH

	4  WCCO (CBS)
	MORNING
	6:30	UNDERSTANDING OUR WORLD
	7:00	SIEGFRIED AND CLANCY
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children
	9:00	NEWS—Dean Montgomery
	9:15	WHAT’S NEW—Women
	9:25	DR. REUBEN K. YOUNGDAHL
	9:30	I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
	10:00	McCOYS—Comedy
	10:30	PETE AND GLAYDS—Comedy
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
	11:25	NEWS—Richard C. Hottelet
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS—Dave Moore
	12:15	SOMETHING SPECIAL
	12:25	WEATHER—Bud Kraehling
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	PASSWORD—Allen Ludden Celebrity: Peter Lawford
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY—Art Linkletter Guest: Martin Boyle
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH—Collyer Panelists: Orson Bean, Mimi Benzell, Barry Nelson, Phyllis Newman
	2:25	NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
	3:00	SECRET STORM—Serial
	3:30	MILLIONAIRE—Drama
	4:00	AROUND THE TOWN—Interviews
	4:30	AXEL AND BOWERY BOYS Movie: “Hold That Hypnotist (1957)
	5:30	YOGI BEAR—Cartoons
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS—Dean Montgomery
	6:10	WEATHER—Don O’Brien
	6:15	NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	6:30	OUTDOORE SPORTS—Johnson
	7:00	PERRY MASON—Mystery
	8:00	TWILIGHT ZONE—Drama
	9:00	NURSES—Drama
	10:00	NEWS—Dave Moore
	10:15	WEATHER—Bud Kraehling
	10:20	SPORTS—Hal Scott
	10:30	STEVE ALLEN—Variety Guests: Tom Poston, Barbara Heller, Joe Cossman
	12:00	MOVIE—Western “The Fighting Lawman” (1953) News will follow the movie

	5  KSTP (NBC)
	MORNING
	6:30	COUNTRY STYLE, U.S.A.—Music
	7:00	TODAY—Hugh Downs Guest: Marianne Means
	9:00	SAY WHEN—Art James
	9:25	NEWS—Edwin Newman
	9:30	PLAY YOUR HUNCHY—Lewis   COLOR
	10:00	PRICE IS RIGHT—Clark   COLOR
	10:30	CONCENTRATION—Hugh Downs
	11:00	YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION   COLOR  Panelists: Joan Bennett, Artie Shaw, Danny Dayton
	11:30	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
	11:55	NEWS—Ray Scherer
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS—John MacDougall
	12:15	WEATHER—Johnny Morris
	12:20	TREASURE CHEST   COLOR
	1:00	PEOPLE WLL TALK  COLOR
	1:25	NEWS—Floyd Kalber
	1:30	DOCTORS—Drama
	2:00	LORETTA YOUNG—Drama
	2:30	YOU DON’T SAY!—Tom Kennedy   COLOR  Celebrities: Mary Tyler Moore, Keenan Wynn
	3:00	MATCH GAME—Gene Rayburn Panelists: Alan Young, Joan Fontaine
	3:25	NEWS—Sander Vanocur
	3:30	MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY
	4:00	BETTY WELLS CHATS
	4:05	MOVIE—Biography “Young Mr. Lincoln” (1939)
	5:40	DOCTOR’S HOUSE CALL—Fox
	5:45	NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS—Bob Ryan
	6:15	WEATHER—Johnny Morris
	6:25	SPORTS—Al Tighe
	6:30	WIDE COUNTRY—Drama
	7:30	DR. KILDARE—Drama
	8:30	LIVELY ONES—Music   COLOR  Guests: Mel Tormé, Frances Faye, Charlie Barnet, Eduardo Sasson, the Eddie Cano Quartet, Dick Gautier, Ronnie Schell, Dick Patterson
	9:00	SUMMER SPECIAL “The World of Maurice Chevalier”
	10:00	NEWS—John MacDougall
	10:15	WEATHER—Johnny Morris
	10:20	SPORTS—Al Tighe
	10:30	JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR
	12:00	NEWS AND SPORTS
	12:15	POWER FOR TOMORROW

	9  KMSP (ABC)
	MORNING
	7:40	CHAPEL OF THE AIR—Religion
	7:45	BREAKFAST—Grandpa Ken
	9:00	ROMPER ROOM—Miss Betty
	9:45	DEBBIE DRAKE—Exercise
	10:00	RANDOM—Interviews
	10:30	SEVEN KEYS—Jack Narz
	11:00	ERNIE FORD—Variety
	11:30	PEOPLE ARE FUNNY
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
	12:30	FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
	1:00	DAY IN COURT—Drama
	1:25	NEWS—Alex Dreier
	1:30	JANE WYMAN—Drama
	2:00	QUEEN FOR A DAY—Bailey
	2:30	WHO DO YOU TRUST?
	3:00	AMERICAN BANDSTAND
	3:30	DISCOVERY ’63—Children
	3:55	AMERICAN NEWSSTAND—Lord
	4:00	MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy
	4:30	MOVIE—Musical “The Song Parade” (1950)
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS—Ron Cochran
	6:15	NEWS—Bob Allard
	6:30	OZZIE AND HARRIET—Comedy
	7:00	DONNA REED—Comedy
	7:30	LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Comedy
	8:00	MY THREE SONS—Comedy
	8:30	McHALE’S NAVY—Comedy
	9:00	ALCOA PREMIERE—Fred Astaire
	10:00	NEWS—George Grim
	10:15	WEATHER—Jere Smith
	10:20	SPORTS—Tony Parker
	10:30	TARGET: CORRUPTORS—Drama
	11:30	PETER GUNN—Mystery
	12:00	26 MEN—Western
	12:30	NEWS
	12:35	CHAPEL OF THE AIR—Religion

	11 WTCN (IND.)
	MORNING
	11:25	WE LEARN TO LIVE—Religion
	11:30	CARTOON CIRCUS—Children
	11:45	NEWS—Bob Landon
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	LUNCH WITH CASEY—Children
	12:45	KING AND ODIE—Cartoon
	1:00	MOVIE—Drama “Song of Surrender” (1949)
	2:55	TAKE FIVE—Jan Werner
	3:00	DECEMBER BRIDE—Comedy
	3:30	AMOS ‘N’ ANDY—Comedy
	4:00	POPEYE AND PETE—Dave Lee
	4:30	DICK TRACY—Cartoons
	5:00	MICKEY MOUSE CLUB—Children
	5:30	ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS
	EVENING
	6:00	WHIRLYBIRDS—Adventure
	6:30	BOLD JOURNEY—Travel
	7:00	SEVEN LEAGUE BOOTS—Travel
	7:30	SEA HUNT—Adventure
	8:00	OUTDOOR FUNLAND—Kent
	8:30	ONE STEP BEYOND—Drama
	9:00	DEPUTY—Western
	9:30	NEWS—Dick Ford
	9:45	WEATHER—Stuart A. Lindman
	9:50	SPORTS—Beutel, Horner
	10:00	MOVIE—Drama “The Young Don’t Cry” (1957)

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