tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post6850558467312968149..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: What's on TV? Friday, June 12, 1959Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-64387518216893714532018-06-13T07:15:42.738-04:002018-06-13T07:15:42.738-04:00If memory serves me right, Central Minnesota Telev...If memory serves me right, Central Minnesota Television signed on KCMT in the spring of '58, so it would be on air at this time. Here is, in MY estimation, what they would have shown. Granted this is speculative, but bare with me. It's a product of my brilliant imagination, and shows what stations like this one presented on a typical broadcast day. <br /><br />(7) KCMT (Alexandria) (NBC, ABC)<br /> Morning<br /> 7:00 TODAY<br /> Guests: Bud and Travis<br /> 9:00 DOUGH RE MI<br /> 9:30 TREASURE HUNT<br />10:00 PRICE IS RIGHT<br />10:30 CONCENTRATION<br />11:00 TIC TAC DOUGH<br />11:30 IT COULD BE YOU<br /> Afternoon<br />12:00 NEWS, MARKETS<br />12:30 WHO DO YOU TRUST?-Quiz<br /> 1:00 QUEEN FOR A DAY<br /> 1:30 HAGGIS BAGGIS-Contest (COLOR)<br /> 2:00 YOUNG DR. MALONE<br /> 2:30 FROM THESE ROOTS<br /> 3:00 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES-Quiz (COLOR)<br /> 3:30 COUNTY FAIR-Parks<br /> 4:00 GALE STORM-Comedy<br /> 4:30 PAT BOONE-Variety<br /> 5:00 OZZIE AND HARRIET-Comedy<br /> 5:30 MICKEY MOUSE CLUB<br /> Evening<br /> 6:00 NEWS, WEATHER<br /> 6:15 NEWS-Huntley, Brinkley<br /> 6:30 STATE TROOPER-Police<br /> 7:00 WALT DISNEY<br /> 8:00 M SQUAD-Police<br /> 8:30 THIN MAN-Mystery<br /> 9:00 BOXING-New York<br /> Kenny Lane vs. Carlos Ortiz<br /> 9:45 JACKPOT BOWLING-Palmer<br />10:00 NEWS<br />10:30 77 SUNSET STRIP-Mystery<br />11:30 THIS IS ALICE-Comedy<br /><br />I took the liberty of thinking KCMT might have also featured shows from the NTA Film Network with that last entry. Hope you enjoyed this little extra.Ken Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15658517406339380796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-39862528597976663262018-06-13T06:41:34.339-04:002018-06-13T06:41:34.339-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ken Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15658517406339380796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-39486013996193822372018-06-13T03:10:27.797-04:002018-06-13T03:10:27.797-04:00In 1959, hard rock (as we understand the term toda...In 1959, hard rock (as we understand the term today) was still only one part of the overall music scene.<br />Popular singers and instrumentals still had sway in the record stores and on radio and TV.<br />Somewhere in my Old DVD Wall, I've got an episode or two of <i>The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show</i> - that's the official title, in service of the sponsor, Beech-Nut Spearmint Gum ("It's FlavorIFIC!").<br />This was a live broadcast, from The Little Theatre Off Times Square in Manhattan (years before Merv Griffin bought it for his mid-'60s Westinghouse show); ABC managed to get a couple of seasons out of it, in a tough time slot.<br /><br />The shows I saw on that crappy VHS tape are mainly what would eventually become known as "easy listening".<br /> On one show, Art and Dotty Todd, a nice couple in their mid-'40s, lip-sync their to hit record "Chanson D'Amour (<i>rat-ta-dat-ta-dah!</i>)".<br /> Watching a theater audience of mainly teens politely clapping along to <i>the</i> most inane song to ever become a "Hot 100" hit -<br /> - unforgettable …<br /><br /><br /> Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-56006717745612310152018-06-12T15:37:08.218-04:002018-06-12T15:37:08.218-04:00In it's early years on network TV (1957 throug...In it's early years on network TV (1957 through the very early 1960's), "American Bandstand" would occasionally feature performers who didn't play or sing rock 'n roll music.<br /><br />The reason was simple: Even though rock 'n roll burst upon the music scene around 1955, the Billboard "Hot 100" chart (the one listing the nation's top-selling singles) from 1955 until the middle 1960's often had songs that weren't rock tunes "riding high" on the charts, sometimes even ranking Number One.<br /><br />It's possible that Anita Bryant's biggest hit, the original version of "Paper Roses", might have been a current hit on the "Hot 100" at the time of her "American Bandstand" appearance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-68052579118675742092018-06-11T22:17:45.270-04:002018-06-11T22:17:45.270-04:00The penultimate PHIL SILVERS SHOW, "The Bilko...The penultimate PHIL SILVERS SHOW, "The Bilko Boycott". The following week would see the series finale, "Weekend Colonel".<br /><br />M SQUAD was also a first-run episode, and the series surprisingly had 3 more weeks of originals to air on June 12.<br />Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291930694234773688noreply@blogger.com