March 29, 2021

What's on TV? Wednesday, April 2, 1958




Once again, we're in New England, with our programming coming to you mostly from Boston, Portland, and Providence. I enjoy these issues from the late 1950s and early '60s partly because you have so many local stations with split affiliations, which means you get a good idea of what programs were considered "must see" in a particular area. Lawrence Welk often turns up in these situations; I wonder how many stations had secondary ABC affiliations primarily to make sure Welk was on the schedule? Same thing with soap operas and sporting events. I can tell you from my experience with KCMT, the examples would include Welk, Marcus Welby M.D., and General Hospital. If you're an aspiring Ph.D out there, you might consider writing your thesis on the correlation between split affiliation programming choices and the demographics of the viewing area, particularly those of race, age, and economic status. I'm sure it would contain some very interesting results.

 
-2- WGBH (EDUC.)
 
  AFTERNOON 
 
    5:30
UNCLE WONDER—Science
 
    5:45
ART ADVENTURES—Bonsall
 
     EVENING    
 
    6:00
SUBJECT IS JAZZ—Selders
 
    6:30
NEWS—Louis M. Lyons
 
    6.50
BACKGROUNDS—Lyons
 
    7:05
SPORTS, WEATHER—White
 
    7:15
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
 
    7:45
LET’S LEARN TO TYPE
 
    8:00
MUSIC AND RENAISSANCE
 
    8:30
SCIENCE REPORTER—Torrey
 
    9:00
AGRICULATURAL POLICY
 
    9:30
I’VE BEEN READING—Duhamel
“Masters of Deceit,” by J. Edgar Hoover
 
  10:00
IMAGES—Impressions
 
  10:30
NEWS—William Pierce
 
 
 
-4- WBZ (NBC)
 
    MORNING   
 
    6:30
HORIZONS—Documentary
 
    6:45
DAILY ALMANAC—Chase, Kent
 
    7:00
TODAY—Garroway
 
    8:55
NEWS, WEATHER
 
    9:00
CASH ON THE LINE—Williams
 
  10:00
DOUGH RE MI—Quiz
 
  10:30
TREASURE HUNT—Quiz
 
  11:00
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
  11:30
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Stunts
 
  AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
NEWS—Jack Chase
 
  12:10
WEATHER—Don Kent
 
  12:15
BIG BROTHER—Bob Emery
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Cain and Mabel” (1936)
 
    2:25
NEWS—Streeter Stuart
 
    2:30
KITTY FOYLE—Serial
 
    3:00
MATINEE THEATER   COLOR 
“The Inspector General"
 
    4:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY
 
    4:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Manpower” (1941)
 
     EVENING    
 
    6.45
NEWS—Arch Macdonald
 
    6:55
WEATHER—Don Kent
 
    7:00
GRAY GHOST—Adventure
 
    7:30
WAGON TRAIN
 
    8:30
FATHER KNOWS BEST
 
    9:00
KRAFT THEATRE   COLOR 
“The Man in Authority”
 
  10:00
THIS IS YOUR LIFE
 
  10:30
TO BE ANNOUNCED
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:15
MOVIE—Drama
“The Rich Are Always with Us” (1932)
 
 
 
-5- WHDH (ABC, CBS, NBC)
 
    MORNING   
 
  11:05
NEWS
 
  11:15
WE BELIEVE—Religion   COLOR 
 
  11:30
FOR WOMEN ONLY   COLOR 
 
  11:45
FARM AND FOOD   COLOR 
 
  AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
TIC TAC DOUGH—Quiz
 
  12:30
IT COULD BE YOU
 
    1:00
ROMPER ROOM—Kids   COLOR 
 
    1:30
BEULAH—Comedy
 
    2:00
TROUBLE WITH FATHER
 
    2:30
RAY DORSEY—Variety   COLOR 
 
    3:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND
 
    3:30
DO YOU TRUST YOUR WIFE?—Quiz
 
    4:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND—Music
 
    4:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    5:00
WILD BILL HICKOK
 
    5:30
CAPTAIN BOB—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
     EVENING    
 
    6:00
DATELINE BOSTON—Smith   COLOR 
 
    6:30
TOWN AND COUNTRY TIME   COLOR 
 
    6.45
NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley
 
    7:00
NEWS—John Day   COLOR 
 
    7:05
WEATHER—Cole
 
    7:10
SPORTS—Curt Gowdy   COLOR 
 
    7:15
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
    7:30
DISNEYLAND
 
    8:30
TOMBSTONE TERRITORY
 
    9:00
OZZIE AND HARRIET—Comedy
 
    9:30
BETTY WHITE—Comedy
 
  10:00
BOXING—Louisville, Ky
Yolande Pompey vs. Rory Calhoun
 
  10:50
GADDABOUT GADDIS   COLOR 
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:15
JACK PAAR—Variety
 
 
 
-6- WCSH (Portland) (NBC)
 
    MORNING   
 
    6:55
FARM MARKET FATS
 
    7:00
TODAY—Garroway
 
    8:55
NEWS, WEATHER
 
    9:00
LIFE WITH ELIZABETH
 
    9:30
ROMPER ROOM—Kids
 
  10:00
DOUGH RE MI—Quiz
 
  10:30
TREASURE HUNT—Quiz
 
  11:00
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
  11:30
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Stunts
 
  AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
TIC TAC DOUGH—Quiz
 
  12:30
IT COULD BE YOU
 
    1:00
DOWNEAST DATELINES
 
    1:30
SUSIE—Comedy
 
    2:00
HOMEMAKING—Agnes Gibbs
 
    2:30
KITTY FOYLE—Serial
 
    3:00
MATINEE THEATER   COLOR 
“The Inspector General"
 
    4:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY
 
    4:30
MODERN ROMANCES
 
    5:00
I MARRIED JOAN—Comedy
 
    5:30
FUN HOUSE—Kids
 
     EVENING    
 
    6:00
RIN TIN TIN—Adventure
 
    6:30
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
    6.45
NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley
 
    7:00
TELEPHONE TIME—Drama
 
    7:30
WAGON TRAIN
 
    8:30
FATHER KNOWS BEST
 
    9:00
KRAFT THEATRE   COLOR 
“The Man in Authority”
 
  10:00
THIS IS YOUR LIFE
 
  10:30
BADGE 714—Jack Webb
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:15
JACK PAAR—Variety
 
 
 
-7- WNAC (CBS)
 
    MORNING   
 
    7:00
LAUREL AND HARDY—Comedy
 
    7:45
FILM SHORT
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    8:45
STAR TIME—Variety
 
  10:00
GARRY MOORE
 
  10:30
OUR MISS BROOKS—Comedy
 
  11:00
ARTHUR GODFREY
 
  11:30
DOTTO—Quiz
 
  AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
HOTE COSMOPOLITAN—Serial
 
  12:15
LOVE OF LIFE
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
  12:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    1:00
LOUISE MORGAN—Women
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:00
MR. AND MRS. NORTH
 
    2:30
HOUSE PARTY
 
    3:00
BIG PAYOFF—Quiz
 
    3:30
VERDICT IS YOURS
 
    4:00
BRIGHTER DAY—Serial
 
    4:15
SECRET STORM—Serial
 
    4:30
MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy
 
    5:00
AMOS ‘N’ ANDY—Comedy
 
    5:30
MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
 
     EVENING    
 
    6:00
SKY KING—Adventure
 
    6:30
COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
 
    7:00
NEWS—Vin Maloney
 
    7:10
WEATHER
 
    7:15
PATTI PAGE—Songs
 
    7:30
SAN FRANCISCO BEAT—Police
 
    8:00
LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
 
    8:30
BIG RECORD—Music
Guests: Liberace, Sally Ann Howes, Johnny Mathis. Host: Patti Page
 
    9:00
MILLIONAIRE—Drama
 
    9:30
I’VE GOT A SECRET—Panel
 
  10:00
CIRCLE THEATER
“The Trusted Thief”
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:15
MOVIE—Double Feature
1. “Try and Get Me” (1951) 2. “Saturday’s Hero” (1951)
 
 
 
-8- WMTW (Poland Spring, ME) (ABC, CBS)
 
  AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
HOTE COSMOPOLITAN—Serial
 
  12:15
LOVE OF LIFE
 
  12:30
NEWS—Bob Joyce
 
  12:35
BUILDING AMERICA
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Headline Shooter” (1933)
 
    2:00
BEAT THE CLOCK
 
    2:30
HOUSE PARTY
 
    3:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND
 
    3:30
DO YOU TRUST YOUR WIFE?—Quiz
 
    4:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND—Music
 
    4:30
COMMODORE BOB—Kids
 
    5:00
WILD BILL HICKOK
 
    5:30
MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
 
     EVENING    
 
    6:00
NEWS, WEATHER
 
    6:30
MOVIE—Musical Comedy
“Swing Time” (1936), part 2
 
    7:15
NEWS—John Daly
 
    7:30
DISNEYLAND
 
    8:30
TOMBSTONE TERRITORY
 
    9:00
OH! SUSANNA—Comedy
 
    9:30
I’VE GOT A SECRET—Panel
 
  10:00
BOXING—Louisville, Ky
Yolande Pompey vs. Rory Calhoun
 
  10:45
FAMOUS FIGHTS—Boxing
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:15
FILM DRAMA
 
 
 
-9- WMUR (Manchester, NH) (ABC, CBS)
 
  AFTERNOON 
 
    2:00
SACRED HEART—Religion
 
    2:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Profile” (1954)
 
    4:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND—Music
 
    4:30
GERRY KEARNEY—Variety
 
    5:30
DUFFY’S TAVERN—Comedy
 
     EVENING    
 
    6:00
LONE STAR RANCH BOYS
 
    6:15
FABIAN OF SCOTLAND YARD
 
    6.45
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
    7:00
BINGO AT HOME—Game
 
    7:30
DISNEYLAND
 
    8:30
LET’S MAKE A SONG
 
    9:00
STAR PERFORMANCE—Drama
“Shadowed”
 
    9:30
BETTY WHITE—Comedy
 
  10:00
TOP TUNES—Lawrence Welk
 
  11:00
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
  11:15
MOVIE—Comedy
“He Stayed for Breakfast” (1940)
 
 
 
10 WJAR (Providence) (ABC, NBC)
 
    MORNING   
 
    6:35
RELIGIOUS PROGRAM
 
    6:50
FARM AND FACTORY
 
    6:55
NEWS, WEATHER
 
    7:00
TODAY—Garroway
 
    9:00
WORLD AROUND US—Adams
 
    9:30
HIPPITY HOP—Cartoons
 
    9:45
MOVIE—Drama
“Canadian Pacific” (1949)
 
  11:00
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
  11:30
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Stunts
 
  AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
TIC TAC DOUGH—Quiz
 
  12:30
IT COULD BE YOU
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Lifeboat” (1944)
 
    2:30
KITTY FOYLE—Serial
 
    3:00
MATINEE THEATER   COLOR 
“The Inspector General"
 
    4:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY
 
    4:30
MODERN ROMANCES
 
    5:00
MOVIE—Drama
“The Rookie Cop” (1939)
 
     EVENING    
 
    6:15
NEWS, WEATHER
 
    6:30
JIM BOWIE—Adventure
 
    7:00
SILENT SERVICE—Drama
 
    7:30
WAGON TRAIN
 
    8:30
FATHER KNOWS BEST
 
    9:00
KRAFT THEATRE   COLOR 
“The Man in Authority”
 
  10:00
THIS IS YOUR LIFE
 
  10:30
FRANK SINATRA—Variety
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:15
MOVIE—Comedy
“The Bachelor and the Bobby-soxer” (1947)
 
 
 
12 WPRO (Providence) (CBS)
 
    MORNING   
 
    7:00
WEATHER
 
    7:15
STORYTIME—Beth Chollar
 
    7:45
NEWS—Dave Mohr
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    8:45
ROMPER ROOM—Kids
 
    9:45
NEWS—Virginia Stuart
 
  10:00
GARRY MOORE
 
  10:30
HOW DO YOU RATE?
 
  11:00
ARTHUR GODFREY
 
  11:30
DOTTO—Quiz
 
  AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
HOTE COSMOPOLITAN—Serial
 
  12:15
LOVE OF LIFE
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
  12:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    1:00
MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:00
BEAT THE CLOCK
 
    2:30
HOUSE PARTY
 
    3:00
BIG PAYOFF—Quiz
 
    3:30
VERDICT IS YOURS
 
    4:00
BRIGHTER DAY—Serial
 
    4:15
SECRET STORM—Serial
 
    4:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    5:00
WILD BILL HICKOK
 
    5:30
MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
 
     EVENING    
 
    6:00
SALTY BRINE’S SHACK—Western
 
    6:30
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
    6.45
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
    7:00
TELEPHONE TIME—Drama
 
    7:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
 
    8:00
LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
 
    8:30
BIG RECORD—Music
Guests: Liberace, Sally Ann Howes, Johnny Mathis. Host: Patti Page
 
    9:00
MILLIONAIRE—Drama
 
    9:30
I’VE GOT A SECRET—Panel
 
  10:00
CIRCLE THEATER
“The Trusted Thief”
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:15
MOVIE—Drama
“Babbitt” (1934)
 
 
 
13 WGAN (Portland) (CBS)
 
    MORNING   
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    8:45
NEWS—Richard Hottlet
 
    9:00
ALONG MAINE STREET
 
    9:30
AMOS ‘N’ ANDY
 
  10:00
GARRY MOORE
 
  10:30
HOW DO YOU RATE?
 
  11:00
ARTHUR GODFREY
 
  11:30
DOTTO—Quiz
 
  AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
HOTE COSMOPOLITAN—Serial
 
  12:15
LOVE OF LIFE
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
  12:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    1:00
LIBERACE—Music
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:00
BEAT THE CLOCK
 
    2:30
HOUSE PARTY
 
    3:00
BIG PAYOFF—Quiz
 
    3:30
VERDICT IS YOURS
 
    4:00
BRIGHTER DAY—Serial
 
    4:15
SECRET STORM—Serial
 
    4:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    5:00
RED RIDER—Serial
 
    5:30
PHANTASIES AND FABLES
 
     EVENING    
 
    6:30
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
    6.45
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
    7:00
GRAY GHOST—Adventure
 
    7:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
 
    8:00
LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
 
    8:30
BIG RECORD—Music
Guests: Liberace, Sally Ann Howes, Johnny Mathis. Host: Patti Page
 
    9:00
MILLIONAIRE—Drama
 
    9:30
I’VE GOT A SECRET—Panel
 
  10:00
CIRCLE THEATER
“The Trusted Thief”
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:15
MOVIE—Comedy
“The Luck of the Irish” (1948)

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1 comment:

  1. WBZ-TV should have an affiliation w/ NBC, not CBS, listed here, as all its programs were NBC programs. Maybe the Channels Listed page listed CBS for the station. It did switch to CBS by 1995 at the latest.

    I wonder when TVG started carrying listings for WAGM-TV in Presque Isle. That town of only about 8K people did have this station, and it's far north in the state, almost in New Brunswick, Canada. It was originally affiliated w/ all 3 networks, but now it's exclusively w/ CBS.

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