1953 was an early year for TV and for TV Guide. In this edition, Julius LaRosa and Dorothy McGuire are on the cover with the headline "Meet the Girl LaRosa Loves--Dorothy McGuire" This was not long after Arthur Godfrey fired LaRosa live on the air, which is discussed in one article and a look at McGuire as LaRosa's new girlfriend in another. The price was 15 cents.
2 WBBM-TV CBS Chicago
8am Ray Rayner. News, weather and music.
8:45 John Harrington--News
8:55 Jim Conway. Stories behind the headlines.
9am Jack Paar Show--Variety. Edith Adams and Richard Hayes. (Is that Edie Adams?)
9:30 Wheel of Fortune (Not the same as today's Wheel of Fortune game show.)
10:30 Strike It Rich--Quiz
11am Valliant Lady--Serial. Nancy Coleman (Four 15 min. CBS soaps in a row.)
11:15 Love of Life
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
Noon Lunchtime with Billy. Music session with Billy Leach.
12:25 Lee Phillip. Fashion tips.
12:30 Garry Moore Show--Variety
1pm Double or Nothing--Bert Parks
1:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
2pm Big Payoff--Quiz. Randy Merriman, Bess Myerson
2:30 Bob Crosby. "Papaya Mama," "Ebb Tide" and a football medley. (Brother of Bing Crosby.)
3pm Petticoat Party--Games. Frazer Thomas. (Guests invited to Garrick Theater. No tickets needed.)
3:30 Shopping with Miss Lee. Buying hints and fashion tips.
3:45 U.N. General Assembly (This was a weekday 15 min. show on CBS.)
4pm Movie "Ghosts of Berkley Square" Robert Morley (TV stations often edited movies to one hour in these days.)
5pm Garfield Goose. "King" Garfield and Frazer Thomas. (Same guy who hosted Petticoat Party at 3pm.)
5:30 Gene Autry Time--Western Film
6pm Bob Elson--Sports
6:15 Julian Bentley--News
6:30 CBS News--Douglas Edwards
6:45 Perry Como. Fontane Singers. Songs "I Love Paris," "New York, You're My Home."
7pm I Remember Mama. Papa prepares to address the Norwegian fathers and sons dinner. Peggy Wood
7:30 Topper--Comedy. Neil, the Kerby's dog, makes off with a bag of Cosmo's securities. Leo G. Carroll
8pm Playhouse of Stars. A girl on the verge of suicide encounters a man fleeing after a robbery. Wanda Hendrix
8:30 Our Miss Brooks--Comedy. Eve Arden tries to wangle an invitation to Thanksgiving dinner.
9pm My Friend Irma--Comedy. Irma manages one of the fathers taking part in a charity boxing match.
9:30 Person to Person. Edward R. Murrow
10pm Fahey Flynn--News
10:10 Lee Phillip--Weather (Same woman who did fashion tips at 12:25.)
10:15 John Harrington--Sports
10:25 Art Mercier--Sports Tips (Two different sportscasts?)
10:30 John Harrington--News (Why get the sports guy to come back with more news?)
10:45 Irv Kupcinet--Comments (His Chicago-based show was syndicated to public TV stations for several decades including WNYC-TV.)
11pm Movie "Born to Fight" (Another of these edited one-hour movies.)
12am Movie "Department Store" Garry Marsh
4 WTMJ-TV Milwaukee NBC (They stay on the air after midnight but don't carry the Today show in the morning. They produce many of their own shows and only carry some of the NBC schedule.)
9am Ding Dong School. Dr. Frances Horwich
9:30 Glamour Cirl--Contest
10am Hawkins Falls--Serial
10:15 Gordon Thomas--Variety (Milwaukee show)
11am What's New in Kitchens?
11:45 News
Noon Bob Heiss--Interviews
12:55 Bill Carlsen--Weather
1pm Behind The Screens. A look at television "backstage."
1:30 Beulah Donohue--Women. Tips and hints for the ladies.
2pm Kate Smith Show--Variety. Interview with W. Averell Harriman
3pm Welcome Travelers
3:30 On Your Account--Win Elliot
4pm Super Circus. Claude Kirshner, Mary Hartline. (Kirshner did a circus-themed kiddie show on WOR-TV NYC for many years.)
4:30 Howdy Doody--Puppets. Buffalo Bob Smith
5pm Foreman Tom. Tale tales and Western stories.
5:30 Lloyd Pettit--Sports
5:45 Paul Skinner--News
5:55 Bill Carlsen--Weather
6pm Doin' The Town. Tom Mercein emcees variety acts.
6:30 Eddie Fisher. Guest: Jane Morgan. Songs: "If I Had You," "C'est Si Bon."
6:45 NBC News--John Cameron Swayze
7pm Dave Garroway Show. Music-variety series with Cliff Norton, Shirley Hermer, Skitch Henderson. (Did Garroway host this prime time show in addition to the Today Show?)
7:30 Playhouse of Stars. A girl on the verge of suicide encounters a man fleeing after a robbery. Wanda Hendrix (Same as WBBM at 8pm)
8pm Liberace--Music
8:30 TV Soundstage. A retired police chief sets a trap to lure a gangster to his door. James Gregory, Lorence Kerr
9pm Boxing--New York Chico Vejar vs. Vince Martinez
9:45 Greatest Fights--Jimmy McLannin vs. Barney Ross, May 28, 1934.
10pm Yesterday's Newsreel
10:15 Paul Skinner--News
10:25 Bill Carlsen--Weather
10:30 Tresury Men in Action. Two bootleggers pose as Treasury Dept. agents.
11pm Mirror Theater. A girl reporter learns the bitter secret of a successful Broadway star. Virginia Field
11:30 Tom Mercein Show. Music, films and chatter.
12am Tom Mercein--News (After being a variety show host, he does a five minute newscast.)
12:05 Movie. "Seven Doors to death" Chick Chandler
5 WNBQ Chicago NBC (I guess these early call letters were a cross between WMAQ and NBC?)
6:45 Everett Mitchell--Farm News
7am Today--Reports & Interviews
9am Ding Dong School. Dr. Frances Horwich
9:30 Glamour Girl--Contest
10am Hawkins Falls--Serial (Four 15 min. NBC soaps.)
10:15 The Bennetts--Serial
10:30 Three Steps to Heaven--Serial
10:45 Follow Your Heart--Serial
11am Francois Pope--Recipes. Strawberry Rubarb Mold, Whitefish Fillets Hollandaise.
Noon Noontime Comics. Johnny Coons with stories, films.
12:30 Animal Playtime--Kids. Win Strecke entertains.
1pm Bob and Kay Show--Chats. Bob Murphy and Kay Westfall.
2pm Kate Smith Show--Variety. Interview with W. Averell Harriman
3pm Welcome Travelers
3:30 On Your Account--Win Elliot
4pm Atom Squad--Adventures
4:30 Howdy Doody--Puppets. Buffalo Bob Smith
5pm Elmer the Elephant. John Conrad entertains the children.
5:30 Kids Karnival Kwiz. Art Hern as Natco the Clown.
6pm Clint Youle--Weather (Notice WNBQ has no real 6pm evening newscast.)
6:05 Alex Dreier--Features
6:10 Joe Wilson--Sports
6:15 Dorsey Connors--Travel. A trip to San Francisco.
6:20 Tony Weitzel--Comments. Gossip and interviews.
6:30 Eddie Fisher. Guest: Jane Morgan. Songs: "If I Had You," "C'est Si Bon."
6:45 NBC News--John Cameron Swayze
7pm Dave Garroway Show. Music-variety series with Cliff Norton, Shirley Hermer, Skitch Henderson. (Did Garroway host this prime time show in addition to the Today Show five mornings a week?)
7:30 Walt's Workshop. Walt Durbahn makes an early American table and demonstrates the lathe.
8pm Big Story. A newspaperman battles public opinion to save two men from death.
8:30 TV Soundstage. A retired police chief sets a trap to lure a gangster to his door. James Gregory, Lorence Kerr
9pm Boxing--New York. Chico Vejar vs. Vince Martinez
9:45 Greatest Fights. Jimmy McLannin vs. Barney Ross, May 28, 1934.
10pm Clint Youle--Weather
10:10 Dorsey Connors--Tips. Thanksgiving decorations.
10:15 Jack Angell--News
10:30 Norman Barry--Sports
10:45 Herbie Mintz--Music. (Before NBC had the Tonight Show, WNBQ has two local music shows in late night.)
11pm Howard Miller--Music. Records, guests and chatter.
7 WBKB Chicago ABC (Becomes WLS-TV in 1968. Because ABC's daytime schedule is so limited, stations like WBKB have to do their own mix of kiddie shows, local talk/variety shows and cooking programs to fill the schedule. --- Also note that seven local newscasts through the day are done by Ulmer Turner. Even though they are brief, his newscasts are at 10:55am, 11:55am, 12:55pm, 2:25pm, 4pm, then others do the dinnertime news, then he's back for the 11pm and 1:30am newscasts. Did his day really go this long or did WBKB just credit him for most news, even though others on staff would do fringe times?)
9am Pied Piper Show--Kids. Art Hern with stories and cartoons.
9:30 Childcraft School. Mrs. Emma Sheehy
10am Beulah Karney Presents. Roasting the turkey.
10:30 Ed Allen--Excercise. (I believe this was syndicated from Canada.)
10:50 Wayne Griffin--Weather
10:55 Ulmer Turner--News
11am Breakfast with O'Neil. Danny O'Neil, Chet Robie, Nancy Wright
11:55 Ulmer Turner--News
Noon Happy Pirates--Kids Fun. "Magic Day" with Dick Baker.
12:30 Time for Fun. Nick Francis and Bobo, his woolly dog.
1pm Ruth Crowley--Baby Care. Play and toys for 15 to 18-month old babies.
1:15 Stuart Brent. Advice and information for women.
1:30 The Dowds--Discussion. Betty and Don Dowd
2pm Claude Kirchner Show. Comments especially for women. (How did he do this show in Chicago and do a 4pm show in Milwaukee on WTMJ on the same day?)
2:30 Paul Harvey--News. (I didn't know he did TV this far back, in addition to his long-running national radio shows.)
2:45 Mique Collins Show. Fashion news and shopping tips. (I guess her first name sounded like "Mickey." How many of these brief women's shows did Channel 7 run everyday?)
3pm Turn to A Friend--Contest. Dennis James is emcee. (Dennis James was a long-time game show host.)
3:30 Ern Westmore Show. Ern with Betty and Dick Hyde.
4pm Ulmer Turner--News
4:05 Movie "Wolves of the Range" (This movie is edited down to 55 minutes.)
5pm Angel Casey--Kids
5:15 Rootie Kazootie--Puppets. Todd Russell is the emcee. (I had an aunt that would often call someone who was being silly "Rootie Kazootie.")
5:30 Bob Atcher--Serial Film
6pm Austin Kiplinger--News
6:05 Jack Drees--News (I wonder how this newscast differs from the 6pm news?)
6:10 Wayne Griffin--Weather
6:15 ABC News--John Daly
6:30 Stu Erwin. Principal Erwin gets ready for his school's big football game.
7pm Ozzie & Harriet. Ozzie borrows an idea from business and puts a suggestion box in the home.
7:30 Playhouse. A career woman neglects her husband, who turns to a nurse for solace. Sponsored by Pepsi-Cola.
8pm Paul Hartman Show. Albie visits his uncle's farm and walks in on a feud. (Natalie Wood plays Albie's daughter.)
8:30 The Comeback Story. George Jessel presents the story of jockey Bobby Permans.
9pm Dangerous Assignment. A gun-running ring operates off the Chinese coast. Brian Donlevy
9:30 Ramar of The Jungle. Unscrupulous Americans attempt to steal a sacred table. Jon Hall
10pm Courtesy Hour--Variety. Jim Moran emcees professional talent acts. Sponsored by Courtesy Motors.
11pm Ulmer Turner--News
11:10 Tom Duggan--Comments (50 minutes of comments?)
12am Movie "Seven Doors to Death" Chick Chandler
1:30 Ulmer Turner--News (Ulmer better get to sleep quickly. He's back on at 10:55am.)
9 WGN-TV Chicago Dumont Network (When the Dumont Network shut down in 1956, WGN-TV was independent for the next several decades.)
9am Paul Fogarty--Exercises
9:30 Time for Stories. Tina Redmond reads to youngsters.
10am A to Z of Cookery. Getting an early start on Thanksgiving. (TV cooking shows in the 1950s often used the word "cookery.")
10:55 Steve Fentress--News
11am Hal Block Show. Music, fun and prizes.
11:30 Earl Nightingale. Talks on everyday subjects.
Noon Hi Ladies--Mike Douglas (This was a forerunner to Douglas' longtime syndicated afternoon show.)
12:45 Magic Carpet--Kids (A ten minute kids show.)
12:55 News
1pm Watch to Win--Quiz. Don Gordon and the Starnoters.
1:30 Johns Hopkins--Science (A weekday afternoon show about science from a university in Baltimore?)
2pm Paul Dixon Show. Musical pantomimes. (They lip sinc to music?)
3:15 Movie Quick Quiz. Don "Two Ton" Baker emcees.
3:30 What One Person Can Do. Father James Keller chats with golfer Ben Hogan, Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. (Father Keller also hosted the syndicated "Christophers" show.)
4pm Movie "Pioneers of the West" Bob Livingston, Duncan Renaldo (He later starred in "The Cisco Kid." This was another 60 min. movie.)
5pm Junior Edition. Steve Fentress with teen-age news. (He also did the 10:55am newscast.)
5:15 Junior Crossroads
5:30 Robert F. Hurleigh--News
5:45 Curbstone Cut Ups. Ernie Simon conducts interviews.
6pm Captain Video--Al Hodge (Kids sci-fi serial)
6:15 Number Please--Quiz. Jack Brickstone.
6:30 Spencer Allen--Local News
6:45 Chicagoland Newsreel
7pm Showcase--Talent. Mike Douglas, singing emcee. (Another Mike Douglas show.)
8pm Life Begins at 80--Quiz. Jack Barry. Guests: Comedy team of Smith & Dale.
8:30 The World Is Yours--Travelogue. Fort Lauderdale and St. Augustine.
9pm Chance of A Lifetime--Dennis James. (James was a long-time game show host.)
9:30 Down You Go--Panel Quiz.
10pm Movie "Docks of New Orleans" Roland Winters, Victor Sen Young. (Charlie Chan movie.)
11:30 Les Nichols--News
11:45 Carl Greyson--Weather
11:50 Movie--Title not given. (Only on Friday does WGN run a late movie. Mon.-Thurs. the station signs off here.)
25 WCAN-TV Milwaukee CBS (Wikipedia says this station had good ratings for an early UHF outlet, sometimes beating VHF WTMJ-TV 4. But in 1954, CBS bought another UHF station in Milwaukee to air CBS programming, and WCAN was off the air a short time later.)
8:45 CBS News--Winston Burdett
9am Jack Paar Show--Variety. Edith Adams and Richard Hayes. (Is that Edie Adams?)
9:30 Wheel of Fortune (Not the same as today's Wheel of Fortune game show.)
10:30 Strike It Rich--Quiz
11am Valliant Lady--Serial. Nancy Coleman (Four 15 min. CBS soaps in a row.)
11:15 Love of Life
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
Noon Kids Karnival. Games, clown and a serial. (Local kids show)
12:30 Garry Moore Show--Variety
1pm Double or Nothing--Bert Parks
1:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
2pm Big Payoff--Quiz. Randy Merriman, Bess Myerson
2:30 Bob Crosby. "Papaya Mama," "Ebb Tide" and a football medley. (Brother of Bing.)
3pm Trudy Beilfuss--Foods
3:30 Movie "Crime on The Hill" Judy Kelly, Sally Blane
4:30 Rec Room--Ted Clark. Teenagers dance to records.
5pm Movie "God's Country and The Man" Tom Keene, Betty Compson
6pm Joe Kenny--Weather
6:05 Lan Singer--News
6:10 Hal Walker--Sports
6:15 TV Topics--Film
6:30 CBS News--Douglas Edwards
6:45 Perry Como. Fontane Sisters. Songs "I Love Paris," "New York, You're My Home."
7pm I Remember Mama. Papa prepares to address the Norwegian fathers and sons dinner. Peggy Wood
7:30 Topper--Comedy. Neil, the Kerby's dog, makes off with a bag of Cosmo's securities. Leo G. Carroll
8pm Story Theater--Drama. A street urchin is adopted by a doctor. William Powell
8:30 Our Miss Brooks--Comedy. Eve Arden tries to wangle an invitation to Thanksgiving dinner.
9pm My Friend Irma--Comedy. Irma manages one of the fathers taking part in a charity boxing match.
9:30 The Files of Jeffery Jones. Dan Haggerty. (WCAN doesn't run Edward R. Murrow here.)
10:00 Hal Walker--Sports
10:05 Dr. A. A. Suppan--News (A doctor does the news?)
10:10 Joe Kenny--Weather
10:15 Religious Film. Guest: Johnny Mercer.
10:30 Football Highlights. Tom Harmon. (Mark Harmon's dad)
11:00 Movie "Criminal Investigator" Robert Lowery, Edith Fellows
2 WBBM-TV CBS Chicago
8am Ray Rayner. News, weather and music.
8:45 John Harrington--News
8:55 Jim Conway. Stories behind the headlines.
9am Jack Paar Show--Variety. Edith Adams and Richard Hayes. (Is that Edie Adams?)
9:30 Wheel of Fortune (Not the same as today's Wheel of Fortune game show.)
10:30 Strike It Rich--Quiz
11am Valliant Lady--Serial. Nancy Coleman (Four 15 min. CBS soaps in a row.)
11:15 Love of Life
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
Noon Lunchtime with Billy. Music session with Billy Leach.
12:25 Lee Phillip. Fashion tips.
12:30 Garry Moore Show--Variety
1pm Double or Nothing--Bert Parks
1:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
2pm Big Payoff--Quiz. Randy Merriman, Bess Myerson
2:30 Bob Crosby. "Papaya Mama," "Ebb Tide" and a football medley. (Brother of Bing Crosby.)
3pm Petticoat Party--Games. Frazer Thomas. (Guests invited to Garrick Theater. No tickets needed.)
3:30 Shopping with Miss Lee. Buying hints and fashion tips.
3:45 U.N. General Assembly (This was a weekday 15 min. show on CBS.)
4pm Movie "Ghosts of Berkley Square" Robert Morley (TV stations often edited movies to one hour in these days.)
5pm Garfield Goose. "King" Garfield and Frazer Thomas. (Same guy who hosted Petticoat Party at 3pm.)
5:30 Gene Autry Time--Western Film
6pm Bob Elson--Sports
6:15 Julian Bentley--News
6:30 CBS News--Douglas Edwards
6:45 Perry Como. Fontane Singers. Songs "I Love Paris," "New York, You're My Home."
7pm I Remember Mama. Papa prepares to address the Norwegian fathers and sons dinner. Peggy Wood
7:30 Topper--Comedy. Neil, the Kerby's dog, makes off with a bag of Cosmo's securities. Leo G. Carroll
8pm Playhouse of Stars. A girl on the verge of suicide encounters a man fleeing after a robbery. Wanda Hendrix
8:30 Our Miss Brooks--Comedy. Eve Arden tries to wangle an invitation to Thanksgiving dinner.
9pm My Friend Irma--Comedy. Irma manages one of the fathers taking part in a charity boxing match.
9:30 Person to Person. Edward R. Murrow
10pm Fahey Flynn--News
10:10 Lee Phillip--Weather (Same woman who did fashion tips at 12:25.)
10:15 John Harrington--Sports
10:25 Art Mercier--Sports Tips (Two different sportscasts?)
10:30 John Harrington--News (Why get the sports guy to come back with more news?)
10:45 Irv Kupcinet--Comments (His Chicago-based show was syndicated to public TV stations for several decades including WNYC-TV.)
11pm Movie "Born to Fight" (Another of these edited one-hour movies.)
12am Movie "Department Store" Garry Marsh
4 WTMJ-TV Milwaukee NBC (They stay on the air after midnight but don't carry the Today show in the morning. They produce many of their own shows and only carry some of the NBC schedule.)
9am Ding Dong School. Dr. Frances Horwich
9:30 Glamour Cirl--Contest
10am Hawkins Falls--Serial
10:15 Gordon Thomas--Variety (Milwaukee show)
11am What's New in Kitchens?
11:45 News
Noon Bob Heiss--Interviews
12:55 Bill Carlsen--Weather
1pm Behind The Screens. A look at television "backstage."
1:30 Beulah Donohue--Women. Tips and hints for the ladies.
2pm Kate Smith Show--Variety. Interview with W. Averell Harriman
3pm Welcome Travelers
3:30 On Your Account--Win Elliot
4pm Super Circus. Claude Kirshner, Mary Hartline. (Kirshner did a circus-themed kiddie show on WOR-TV NYC for many years.)
4:30 Howdy Doody--Puppets. Buffalo Bob Smith
5pm Foreman Tom. Tale tales and Western stories.
5:30 Lloyd Pettit--Sports
5:45 Paul Skinner--News
5:55 Bill Carlsen--Weather
6pm Doin' The Town. Tom Mercein emcees variety acts.
6:30 Eddie Fisher. Guest: Jane Morgan. Songs: "If I Had You," "C'est Si Bon."
6:45 NBC News--John Cameron Swayze
7pm Dave Garroway Show. Music-variety series with Cliff Norton, Shirley Hermer, Skitch Henderson. (Did Garroway host this prime time show in addition to the Today Show?)
7:30 Playhouse of Stars. A girl on the verge of suicide encounters a man fleeing after a robbery. Wanda Hendrix (Same as WBBM at 8pm)
8pm Liberace--Music
8:30 TV Soundstage. A retired police chief sets a trap to lure a gangster to his door. James Gregory, Lorence Kerr
9pm Boxing--New York Chico Vejar vs. Vince Martinez
9:45 Greatest Fights--Jimmy McLannin vs. Barney Ross, May 28, 1934.
10pm Yesterday's Newsreel
10:15 Paul Skinner--News
10:25 Bill Carlsen--Weather
10:30 Tresury Men in Action. Two bootleggers pose as Treasury Dept. agents.
11pm Mirror Theater. A girl reporter learns the bitter secret of a successful Broadway star. Virginia Field
11:30 Tom Mercein Show. Music, films and chatter.
12am Tom Mercein--News (After being a variety show host, he does a five minute newscast.)
12:05 Movie. "Seven Doors to death" Chick Chandler
5 WNBQ Chicago NBC (I guess these early call letters were a cross between WMAQ and NBC?)
6:45 Everett Mitchell--Farm News
7am Today--Reports & Interviews
9am Ding Dong School. Dr. Frances Horwich
9:30 Glamour Girl--Contest
10am Hawkins Falls--Serial (Four 15 min. NBC soaps.)
10:15 The Bennetts--Serial
10:30 Three Steps to Heaven--Serial
10:45 Follow Your Heart--Serial
11am Francois Pope--Recipes. Strawberry Rubarb Mold, Whitefish Fillets Hollandaise.
Noon Noontime Comics. Johnny Coons with stories, films.
12:30 Animal Playtime--Kids. Win Strecke entertains.
1pm Bob and Kay Show--Chats. Bob Murphy and Kay Westfall.
2pm Kate Smith Show--Variety. Interview with W. Averell Harriman
3pm Welcome Travelers
3:30 On Your Account--Win Elliot
4pm Atom Squad--Adventures
4:30 Howdy Doody--Puppets. Buffalo Bob Smith
5pm Elmer the Elephant. John Conrad entertains the children.
5:30 Kids Karnival Kwiz. Art Hern as Natco the Clown.
6pm Clint Youle--Weather (Notice WNBQ has no real 6pm evening newscast.)
6:05 Alex Dreier--Features
6:10 Joe Wilson--Sports
6:15 Dorsey Connors--Travel. A trip to San Francisco.
6:20 Tony Weitzel--Comments. Gossip and interviews.
6:30 Eddie Fisher. Guest: Jane Morgan. Songs: "If I Had You," "C'est Si Bon."
6:45 NBC News--John Cameron Swayze
7pm Dave Garroway Show. Music-variety series with Cliff Norton, Shirley Hermer, Skitch Henderson. (Did Garroway host this prime time show in addition to the Today Show five mornings a week?)
7:30 Walt's Workshop. Walt Durbahn makes an early American table and demonstrates the lathe.
8pm Big Story. A newspaperman battles public opinion to save two men from death.
8:30 TV Soundstage. A retired police chief sets a trap to lure a gangster to his door. James Gregory, Lorence Kerr
9pm Boxing--New York. Chico Vejar vs. Vince Martinez
9:45 Greatest Fights. Jimmy McLannin vs. Barney Ross, May 28, 1934.
10pm Clint Youle--Weather
10:10 Dorsey Connors--Tips. Thanksgiving decorations.
10:15 Jack Angell--News
10:30 Norman Barry--Sports
10:45 Herbie Mintz--Music. (Before NBC had the Tonight Show, WNBQ has two local music shows in late night.)
11pm Howard Miller--Music. Records, guests and chatter.
7 WBKB Chicago ABC (Becomes WLS-TV in 1968. Because ABC's daytime schedule is so limited, stations like WBKB have to do their own mix of kiddie shows, local talk/variety shows and cooking programs to fill the schedule. --- Also note that seven local newscasts through the day are done by Ulmer Turner. Even though they are brief, his newscasts are at 10:55am, 11:55am, 12:55pm, 2:25pm, 4pm, then others do the dinnertime news, then he's back for the 11pm and 1:30am newscasts. Did his day really go this long or did WBKB just credit him for most news, even though others on staff would do fringe times?)
9am Pied Piper Show--Kids. Art Hern with stories and cartoons.
9:30 Childcraft School. Mrs. Emma Sheehy
10am Beulah Karney Presents. Roasting the turkey.
10:30 Ed Allen--Excercise. (I believe this was syndicated from Canada.)
10:50 Wayne Griffin--Weather
10:55 Ulmer Turner--News
11am Breakfast with O'Neil. Danny O'Neil, Chet Robie, Nancy Wright
11:55 Ulmer Turner--News
Noon Happy Pirates--Kids Fun. "Magic Day" with Dick Baker.
12:30 Time for Fun. Nick Francis and Bobo, his woolly dog.
1pm Ruth Crowley--Baby Care. Play and toys for 15 to 18-month old babies.
1:15 Stuart Brent. Advice and information for women.
1:30 The Dowds--Discussion. Betty and Don Dowd
2pm Claude Kirchner Show. Comments especially for women. (How did he do this show in Chicago and do a 4pm show in Milwaukee on WTMJ on the same day?)
2:30 Paul Harvey--News. (I didn't know he did TV this far back, in addition to his long-running national radio shows.)
2:45 Mique Collins Show. Fashion news and shopping tips. (I guess her first name sounded like "Mickey." How many of these brief women's shows did Channel 7 run everyday?)
3pm Turn to A Friend--Contest. Dennis James is emcee. (Dennis James was a long-time game show host.)
3:30 Ern Westmore Show. Ern with Betty and Dick Hyde.
4pm Ulmer Turner--News
4:05 Movie "Wolves of the Range" (This movie is edited down to 55 minutes.)
5pm Angel Casey--Kids
5:15 Rootie Kazootie--Puppets. Todd Russell is the emcee. (I had an aunt that would often call someone who was being silly "Rootie Kazootie.")
5:30 Bob Atcher--Serial Film
6pm Austin Kiplinger--News
6:05 Jack Drees--News (I wonder how this newscast differs from the 6pm news?)
6:10 Wayne Griffin--Weather
6:15 ABC News--John Daly
6:30 Stu Erwin. Principal Erwin gets ready for his school's big football game.
7pm Ozzie & Harriet. Ozzie borrows an idea from business and puts a suggestion box in the home.
7:30 Playhouse. A career woman neglects her husband, who turns to a nurse for solace. Sponsored by Pepsi-Cola.
8pm Paul Hartman Show. Albie visits his uncle's farm and walks in on a feud. (Natalie Wood plays Albie's daughter.)
8:30 The Comeback Story. George Jessel presents the story of jockey Bobby Permans.
9pm Dangerous Assignment. A gun-running ring operates off the Chinese coast. Brian Donlevy
9:30 Ramar of The Jungle. Unscrupulous Americans attempt to steal a sacred table. Jon Hall
10pm Courtesy Hour--Variety. Jim Moran emcees professional talent acts. Sponsored by Courtesy Motors.
11pm Ulmer Turner--News
11:10 Tom Duggan--Comments (50 minutes of comments?)
12am Movie "Seven Doors to Death" Chick Chandler
1:30 Ulmer Turner--News (Ulmer better get to sleep quickly. He's back on at 10:55am.)
9 WGN-TV Chicago Dumont Network (When the Dumont Network shut down in 1956, WGN-TV was independent for the next several decades.)
9am Paul Fogarty--Exercises
9:30 Time for Stories. Tina Redmond reads to youngsters.
10am A to Z of Cookery. Getting an early start on Thanksgiving. (TV cooking shows in the 1950s often used the word "cookery.")
10:55 Steve Fentress--News
11am Hal Block Show. Music, fun and prizes.
11:30 Earl Nightingale. Talks on everyday subjects.
Noon Hi Ladies--Mike Douglas (This was a forerunner to Douglas' longtime syndicated afternoon show.)
12:45 Magic Carpet--Kids (A ten minute kids show.)
12:55 News
1pm Watch to Win--Quiz. Don Gordon and the Starnoters.
1:30 Johns Hopkins--Science (A weekday afternoon show about science from a university in Baltimore?)
2pm Paul Dixon Show. Musical pantomimes. (They lip sinc to music?)
3:15 Movie Quick Quiz. Don "Two Ton" Baker emcees.
3:30 What One Person Can Do. Father James Keller chats with golfer Ben Hogan, Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. (Father Keller also hosted the syndicated "Christophers" show.)
4pm Movie "Pioneers of the West" Bob Livingston, Duncan Renaldo (He later starred in "The Cisco Kid." This was another 60 min. movie.)
5pm Junior Edition. Steve Fentress with teen-age news. (He also did the 10:55am newscast.)
5:15 Junior Crossroads
5:30 Robert F. Hurleigh--News
5:45 Curbstone Cut Ups. Ernie Simon conducts interviews.
6pm Captain Video--Al Hodge (Kids sci-fi serial)
6:15 Number Please--Quiz. Jack Brickstone.
6:30 Spencer Allen--Local News
6:45 Chicagoland Newsreel
7pm Showcase--Talent. Mike Douglas, singing emcee. (Another Mike Douglas show.)
8pm Life Begins at 80--Quiz. Jack Barry. Guests: Comedy team of Smith & Dale.
8:30 The World Is Yours--Travelogue. Fort Lauderdale and St. Augustine.
9pm Chance of A Lifetime--Dennis James. (James was a long-time game show host.)
9:30 Down You Go--Panel Quiz.
10pm Movie "Docks of New Orleans" Roland Winters, Victor Sen Young. (Charlie Chan movie.)
11:30 Les Nichols--News
11:45 Carl Greyson--Weather
11:50 Movie--Title not given. (Only on Friday does WGN run a late movie. Mon.-Thurs. the station signs off here.)
25 WCAN-TV Milwaukee CBS (Wikipedia says this station had good ratings for an early UHF outlet, sometimes beating VHF WTMJ-TV 4. But in 1954, CBS bought another UHF station in Milwaukee to air CBS programming, and WCAN was off the air a short time later.)
8:45 CBS News--Winston Burdett
9am Jack Paar Show--Variety. Edith Adams and Richard Hayes. (Is that Edie Adams?)
9:30 Wheel of Fortune (Not the same as today's Wheel of Fortune game show.)
10:30 Strike It Rich--Quiz
11am Valliant Lady--Serial. Nancy Coleman (Four 15 min. CBS soaps in a row.)
11:15 Love of Life
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
Noon Kids Karnival. Games, clown and a serial. (Local kids show)
12:30 Garry Moore Show--Variety
1pm Double or Nothing--Bert Parks
1:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
2pm Big Payoff--Quiz. Randy Merriman, Bess Myerson
2:30 Bob Crosby. "Papaya Mama," "Ebb Tide" and a football medley. (Brother of Bing.)
3pm Trudy Beilfuss--Foods
3:30 Movie "Crime on The Hill" Judy Kelly, Sally Blane
4:30 Rec Room--Ted Clark. Teenagers dance to records.
5pm Movie "God's Country and The Man" Tom Keene, Betty Compson
6pm Joe Kenny--Weather
6:05 Lan Singer--News
6:10 Hal Walker--Sports
6:15 TV Topics--Film
6:30 CBS News--Douglas Edwards
6:45 Perry Como. Fontane Sisters. Songs "I Love Paris," "New York, You're My Home."
7pm I Remember Mama. Papa prepares to address the Norwegian fathers and sons dinner. Peggy Wood
7:30 Topper--Comedy. Neil, the Kerby's dog, makes off with a bag of Cosmo's securities. Leo G. Carroll
8pm Story Theater--Drama. A street urchin is adopted by a doctor. William Powell
8:30 Our Miss Brooks--Comedy. Eve Arden tries to wangle an invitation to Thanksgiving dinner.
9pm My Friend Irma--Comedy. Irma manages one of the fathers taking part in a charity boxing match.
9:30 The Files of Jeffery Jones. Dan Haggerty. (WCAN doesn't run Edward R. Murrow here.)
10:00 Hal Walker--Sports
10:05 Dr. A. A. Suppan--News (A doctor does the news?)
10:10 Joe Kenny--Weather
10:15 Religious Film. Guest: Johnny Mercer.
10:30 Football Highlights. Tom Harmon. (Mark Harmon's dad)
11:00 Movie "Criminal Investigator" Robert Lowery, Edith Fellows
