April 7, 2025

What's on TV? Tuesday, April 10, 1956




There's a good amount of distance between Dallas and Fort Worth. It's not like the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, which share a border; while they're closer now because of the sprawl, they're still two distinct cities. Even so, it's interesting to see the odd affiliate-sharing system between WBAP and WFAA, where they seem to take turns carrying NBC and ABC shows. For example, WFAA has Dinah Shore's 15-minute show (guest hosted tonight by Gordon MacRae), but WBAP has her one-hour special later in the same evening. I guess if it works for them, it works for us, in this Dallas-Fort Worth edition.

 
-4- KRLD (Dallas) (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
     7:00
Good Morning—Will Rogers, Jr.  
 
     8:00
Captain Kangaroo—Kids
 
     9:00
Garry Moore Show
 
     9:30
Arthur Godfrey Time
 
   10:30
Strike It Rich—Quiz
 
   11:00
Valiant Lady—Serial
 
   11:15
Love of Life—Serial
       
   11:30
Search for Tomorrow
 
   11:45
Guiding Light—Serial
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
NEWS
 
   12:05
TSCW Workshop
 
   12:30
As the World Turns
 
     1:00
Hair Fashions—Beauty
 
     1:15
Robert Q. Lewis—Variety
 
     1:30
Art Linkletter’s Party
 
     2:00
Big Payoff—Quiz
 
     2:30
Bob Crosby—Music
 
     3:00
Brighter Day—Serial
 
     3:15
Secret Storm—Serial
 
     3:30
Edge of Night—Serial
 
     4:00
Mary Carter’s Cookbook
 
     4:30
Variety Fair—G. Johnson
 
     5:05
Space Adventures—Kids
 
     5:45
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
WEATHER, SPORTS, NEWS
 
     6:30
Name That Tune—Quiz
 
     7:00
PHIL SILVERS—Comedy
 
     7:30
NAVY LOG—Drama
 
     8:00
GUY LOMBARDO—Music
 
     8:30
I LED THREE LIVES—Drama
 
     9:00
$64,000 QUESTION
 
     9:30
WRESTLING—Dallas
 
   10:30
BOSS LADY—Comedy
 
   11:00
Japan Hour
 
   11:15
NEWS FINAL
 
 
 
-5- WBAP (Fort Worth) (NBC, ABC)
 
MORNING
 
     6:50
Let’s Go Fishing
 
     7:00
Sunup—Variety
 
     8:00
Kitty’s Wonderland—Kids
 
     9:00
Ding Dong School
 
     9:30
Ernie Kovacs—Variety
 
   10:00
Home—Women’s News
 
   11:00
Texas Living   COLOR 
 
   11:45
Beauty School   COLOR 
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
NEWS   COLOR 
 
   12:30
Ann Alden   COLOR 
 
   12:45
MOVIE—Comedy
Movie Marquee: “Father Makes Good” (1950)
 
     2:00
Matinee Theater   COLOR 
“The Hollow Woman”
 
     3:00
Date with Life
 
     3:15
Modern Romances
 
     3:30
Queen for a Day
 
     4:00
NEWS, WEATHER
 
     4:15
Tricks and Treats—Kids
 
     5:00
Mickey Mouse Club
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Annie Oakley—Western
 
     6:30
Superman—Adventure
 
     7:00
DINAH SHORE—Variety
Guests: Dean Martin, Marge and Gower Champion
 
     8:00
JANE WYMAN—Drama
“This Land is Mine”
 
     8:30
PLAYWRIGHTS ’56—Drama
“You, Me . . . and the Gatepost”
 
     9:30
BIG TOWN—Mark Stevens
 
   10:00
TEXAS NEWS
 
   10:15
WEATHER, NEWS
 
   10:30
RACKET SQUAD—Drama
 
   11:00
Tonight—Steve Allen
 
 
 
-6- KCEN (Temple) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
     6:55
Program Previews
 
     7:00
Today—Dave Garroway
 
     9:00
Ding Dong School
 
     9:30
Ernie Kovacs—Variety
 
   10:00
Home—Women’s News
 
   11:00
Tennessee Ernie Ford
       
   11:30
Feather Your Nest
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
Religion in Life
 
   12:15
RFD No. 6—Farm News
 
   12:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Donovan’s Brain”
 
     1:30
Cathy’s Corner—Variety
 
     2:00
Matinee Theater
“The Hollow Woman”
 
     3:00
Industry on Parade
 
     3:15
Modern Romances
 
     3:30
Queen for a Day
 
     4:00
Pinky Lee—Variety
 
     4:30
Howdy Doody—Kids
 
     5:00
MOVIE—Western
Tales of West: “Badmen of Thunder Gap”
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
 
     6:15
Spotlight on Texas
 
     6:30
Two on the Aisle—Variety
 
     6:45
NEWS—John Cameron Swayze
 
     7:00
DINAH SHORE—Variety
Guests: Dean Martin, Marge and Gower Champion
 
     8:00
JANE WYMAN—Drama
“This Land is Mine”
 
     8:30
TEXAS IN REVIEW
 
     9:00
SAGEBRUSH SERENADE
 
     9:30
FROM HOLLYWOOD
 
   10:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
 
   10:20
MOVIE—Mystery
Late Date Theater: “The Green Scarf” (English; 1955)
 
 
 
-8- WFAA (Dallas) (NBC, ABC)
 
MORNING
 
     6:55
Morning Devotional
 
     7:00
Today—Dave Garroway
 
     9:00
Romper Room—Kids
 
   10:00
Julie Benell—Cooking
 
   11:00
Tennessee Ernie Ford
       
   11:30
Feather Your Nest
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
NEWS
 
   12:05
Magazine—Variety
 
   12:30
MOVIE—Comedy
Showtime Matinee: “The Sergeant and the Spy” (1954)
 
     1:30
Trouble with Father
 
     2:00
Afternoon Film Festival
 
     4:00
Pinky Lee—Variety
 
     4:30
Howdy Doody—Kids   COLOR 
 
     5:00
Kiddie Karnival—Kids
 
     5:30
Frontier Playhouse—Serial
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
NEWS—Joe Templeton
 
     6:10
Weather—Culbertson
 
     6:15
NEWS—John Daly
 
     6:30
Dinah Shore—Music
Guest host: Gordon MacRae
 
     6:45
NEWS—John Cameron Swayze
 
     7:00
FOLLOW THAT MAN
 
     7:30
WYATT EARP—Western
 
     8:00
DANNY THOMAS
 
     8:30
CAVALCADE THEATER
“Young Andy Jackson”
 
     9:00
RALPH FLANAGAN—Music
 
     9:30
STUDIO 57—Drama
“Exit Laughing”
 
   10:00
NEWS—Joe Templeton
 
   10:15
WEATHER
 
   10:25
SPORTS—Ken Kariker
 
   10:30
PATTI PAGE SHOW
 
   10:45
PLAYHOUSE 15—Drama
 
   11:00
Les Paul—Mary Ford
 
   11:05
MOVIE—Drama
Channel 8 Theater: “Operation X”
 
 
 
10 KWTX (Waco) (CBS, ABC)
 
MORNING
 
     6:50
Tips on Ten—Previews
 
     7:00
Good Morning—Will Rogers Jr.  
 
     8:00
Captain Kangaroo—Kids
 
     9:00
Garry Moore Show
 
     9:30
Arthur Godfrey Time
 
   10:30
Strike It Rich—Quiz
 
   11:00
Valiant Lady—Serial
 
   11:15
Love of Life—Serial
       
   11:30
Search for Tomorrow
 
   11:45
Guiding Light—Serial
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
Dinner Bell—Western Music
 
   12:15
NEWS, WEATHER
 
   12:25
Farms and Gardens
 
     1:00
Better Living—Variety
 
     1:30
Art Linkletter’s Party
 
     2:00
Big Payoff—Quiz
 
     2:30
Bob Crosby—Music
 
     3:00
Brighter Day—Serial
 
     3:15
Secret Storm—Serial
 
     3:30
Edge of Night—Serial
 
     4:00
Uncle Elihu—Kids
 
     5:00
Mickey Mouse Club
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
The Home Folks—Music
 
     6:15
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
     6:30
Name That Tune—Quiz
 
     7:00
PHIL SILVERS—Comedy
 
     7:30
WATERFRONT—Drama
 
     8:00
DANNY THOMAS
 
     8:30
TEXAS IN REVIEW
 
     9:00
$64,000 QUESTION
 
     9:30
DO YOU TRUST YOUR WIFE?—Edgar Bergen
 
   10:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
 
   10:30
MOVIE—Drama
Million $ Theater: “Ruthless” (1948)
 
 
 
11 KFJZ (Waco) (Independent)
 
MORNING
 
AFTERNOON
 
     2:30
Date with Drama
“The Cheat”
 
     3:00
MOVIE—Drama
Theater 11: “Three for Bedroom C”
 
     4:15
Looney Tunes—Cartoons
 
     4:25
NEWS—Jim Abbott
 
     4:30
MOVIE—Western
Gene Autry: “Robin Hood of Texas”
 
     5:30
Looney Tunes—Cartoons
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Ranger Rider—Western
 
     6:30
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
     7:00
LOONEY TUNES—Cartoons
 
     7:10
LITTLE RASCALS—Comedy
 
     7:30
MOVIE—Comedy
Million Dollar Movie: “Guest Wife”
 
     8:55
NEWS—Dan Allison
 
     9:00
THE HUNTER—Drama
 
     9:30
CRUNCH & DES—Drama
 
   10:00
NEWS—Porter Randall
 
   10:15
WEATHER
 
   10:30
MOVIE—Melodrama
Starlight Theater: “Park Row” (1952)
 
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2 comments:

  1. KFJZ, channel 11 (KTVT since around 1960), was in Ft. Worth, not Waco, but the magazine may have misprinted Waco there.

    WBAP radio (Ft. Worth) & WFAA radio (Dallas) had a similar affiliation-sharing agreement back around this time. I think whichever was on 570 had ABC affiliation and 820 had NBC affiliation, but the 2 stations would swap frequencies during the day.

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  2. It was always said that WBAP TV/Radio owner Amon G Carter (Who was “Mr. Fort Worth” and promoted FW continuously) couldn’t have cared less if Dallas could receive the signal from channel 5 and originally the station’s tower that was close to downtown Ft Worth did not cover Dallas well and hardly at all in the counties to the east. Because of that issue, NBC worked out a deal with WFAA Channel 8 to carry some NBC programs - which was important since Dallas was and is the much larger city. All of the Dallas stations had their transmitters at the highest point in the area at Cedar Hill in southwestern Dallas County (where they remain today). That continued until after Amon Carter’s death in 1955. By 1957, NBC began threatening to pull the affiliation from WBAP all together and started negotiating with Fort Worth independent Channel 11 (KFJZ at the time - KTVT today) to broadcast NBC to the entire market. This evidently pushed the Carter family to finally move Channel 5’s transmitter from Fort Worth to Dallas County with all the other stations! So that’s why the two stations shared NBC programming. The radio stations began sharing frequencies almost from the very beginning in the 1920’s. They did share the 570 & 820 frequencies and switched several times a day until WBAP paid several million dollars for the 50,000 watt 820 signal and WFAA took the 5,000 watt 570 signal permanently in 1970 and that arrangement finally ended.

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