Source: TV Guide (Just received today from eBay!) This TV Guide features Ed Sullivan and Judy Tyler on the cover and is extremely hard to find...super-hard to find at the price I paid (less than $4!!) This is now my 2nd-oldest TV Guide in my collection, next to a 1955 issue with Ralph Edwards.
CHANNELS
2 WMT Cedar Rapids CBS
3 KTVO Ottumwa CBS
4 WHBF Rock Island IL CBS/ABC
6 WOC-TV Davenport NBC/ABC
7 KWWL Waterloo
9 KCRG Cedar Rapids
13 WREX Rockford IL CBS/ABC
39 WTVO Rockford NBC
2/9/1956
7AM
2 4 MORNING SHOW
6 7 39 TODAY-DAVE GARROWAY
7:25
4 NEWS AND WEATHER
8AM
2 4 CAPTAIN KANGAROO
9AM
2 4 GARRY MOORE
Durward Kirby, as Mayor Quagmire, tells about his political machine. 'Sing, You Sinners' (Denise Lor), 'Don't Worry 'Bout Me' (Ken Carson).
6 7 39 DING DONG SCHOOL
9:30
2 4 ARTHUR GODFREY TIME
6 7 39 ERNIE KOVACS
With Edie Adams.
13 ARTHUR GODFREY TIME
9:45
13 TV FEATURE
10AM
2 ARTHUR GODFREY TIME
6 7 39 HOME
Music (Roy Eaton), Potatoes (Kit Kinne), Report on India (Leona Baumgartner), Perfumes (Natalie Core).
10:15
13 ARTHUR GODFREY TIME (again?)
10:30
2 4 13 STRIKE IT RICH
11AM
2 4 13 VALIANT LADY
6 7 39 TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD
11:15
2 4 13 LOVE OF LIFE
11;30
2 4 13 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
6 7 39 FEATHER YOUR NEST
The prize is a modern dining room. Bud Collyer and Janis Carter host.
11:45
2 4 13 GUIDING LIGHT
NOON
2 NEWS AND WEATHER
3 4 JACK PAAR
Paar does a sketch about a news commentator. 'Passing By' (Jose Melis, Jack Haskell), 'Of Thee I Sing' (Martha Wright).
6 RURAL ROUNDUP-BILL GRESS
7 NEWS AND FARM PICTURE
13 MARKETS AND NEWS
12:15
2 13 JACK PAAR
See noon.
4 FARM ALMANAC
6 AT HOME-MARY MARSHALL
12:30
2 4 13 LOVE STORY-JACK SMITH
3 NEWS, WEATHER, FARM
6 ESPECIALLY FOR YOU-SUNDINE
Household hints and guest interviews.
7 MOVIE-TO BE ANNOUNCED
1PM
2 HOME FARE
3 4 13 ROBERT Q. LEWIS
'Two Sleepy People' (Robert Q., Judy Johnson), 'All At Once You Love Her' (Merv Griffin).
6 MOVIE-TO BE ANNOUNCED
1:15
13 TV PRESENTS
1:30
2 3 4 HOUSE PARTY
7 SPICE O'LIFE (Cooking show)
13 PARTY LINE '13'-MARIE ASKA
2PM
2 3 4 13 BIG PAYOFF
6 7 39 MATINEE THEATER (COLOR)
'The Anxious Years.' The dowdy wife of a hard-working husband prepares feverishly for the gala dinner at which her husband will receive a service award from the firm he is employed by. Once there, however, she feels out of place among all the smartly dressed women. To make it worse, her own husband ignores her in favor of some of the younger and better-dressed girls. (Hollywood)
9 AFTERNOON FILM FESTIVAL
'Operation Disaster.' (1950) A British submarine on maneuvers strikes an electric mine. John Mills, Richard Attenborough. Rose Snipe: Lana Morris.
2:30
2 3 4 13 BOB CROSBY
2:45
13 LET'S TALK IT OVER
3PM
2 4 13 BRIGHTER DAY
Donald bargains with a shopkeeper for a hideout. Herbert Nelson plays Donald.
3 FILM
6 39 DATE WITH LIFE
Rita fears her plans will fail. (This serial probably didn't last long)
3:30
2 13 ON YOUR ACCOUNT
3 KAY RAE SHOW
4 IT'S A FACT
6 7 39 QUEEN FOR A DAY
4PM
2 MOVIE-TO BE ANNOUNCED
3 FEATURE AT FOUR
4 GRANDPA HAPPY (kids show)
6 7 39 PINKY LEE
9 HERB, THE RANCH HAND
'Stage to Mesa City,' 'Lash' La Rue, Al 'Fuzzy' St. John, Jennifer Holt.
13 KOMEDY KLUB HOUSE
4:30
4 LITTLE RASCALS CLUB
6 7 39 HOWDY DOODY
5PM
2 MARSHAL 'J'-LITTLE RASCALS
3 WINDY JIM
4 9 MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
1. Mickey Mouse Book Club: 'The Littlest Outlaw' is reviewed by Jiminy Cricket. 2. Mouseketeers: Pansy the Horse is today's guest. 3. Corky and White Shadow episode: 'Corky Trails the Dude.' 4. Cartoon: 'Barnyard Battle.'
6 CIRCLE '6' RANCH
7 CHANNEL '7' PLAYHOUSE
13 STEVE DONOVAN
39 FUN TIME
5:15
3 WHERE IN THE WORLD?
5:25
2 RAMAR OF THE JUNGLE
5:30
3 UNCLE WOODY
13 RIN TIN TIN
39 LIFE WITH ELIZABEH
5:45
6 NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
5:55
2 3 WEATHER, NEWS AND SPORTS
6PM
3 7 9 13 39 NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
4 SKY KING
'Geiger Detective.'
6 OUTDOOR TRAILS
6:15
2 3 13 NEWS-DOUGLAS EDWARDS
9 NEWS-JOHN DALY
6:30
2 4 SGT. PRESTON
Sgt. Preston tries to aid an innocent man accused of the murder of two miners. Richard 'Dick' Simmons, Johnny Johnson: Dehl Berti. Ellen Johnson: Linda Leighton. Garrett: Jack Reynolds.
3 RANGE RIDER
6 7 DINAH SHORE
9 LONE RANGER
'Heritage of Treason.' A ruthless cattle baron employs cutthroats in his attempt to rule all of Arizona. Clayton Moore.
13 GUY LOMBARDO
39 PATTI PAGE
6:45
6 7 39 NEWS-SWAYZE
7PM
2 4 BOB CUMMINGS
'Too Many Women.' Bob is fed up with beautiful women! He decides he must get away for a while, so he and an old Air Corps buddy take off for an isolated cabin in the mountains. There Bob runs into almost overwhelming difficulties. Paul Fonda: Lyle Talbot. Mary Beth Hall: Gloria Marshall.
3 6 7 39 YOU BET YOUR LIFE-GROUCHO MARX
Groucho concentrates on one contestant tonight. He will put through her paces an astonishing housewife who works in an aircraft factory.
9 13 BISHOP SHEEN
Talks with the emphasis on religion
7:30
2 3 4 13 CLIMAX!
'The Fifth Wheel,' starring Hume Cronyn, Peter Lorre, Bonita Granville and James Gleason. Two sports-minded priests, off for a fishing holiday, become involved with thieves, a stolen car and stolen money. Bill Lundigan hosts. Bishop Thornley: Arthur Treacher.
6 7 39 DRAGNET
Friday is sent to investigate the untimely death of a two-year-old child. A relative hints that the child's divorced mother felt her daughter was a burden to her. Joan Guyman: Gale Kobe. Gail Manset: Kay Stewart.
9 STOP THE MUSIC
8PM
6 7 39 PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Sock Miller, thinking that he will please Mandy, gives up his sideline as government ornithologist and goes into the laundry business. But when he learns that Mandy has tricked him into the move he plots ingenious revenge. Jackie Cooper, Patricia Breslin, Paul Maxey.
9 STAR TONIGHT
8:30
2 3 4 13 FOUR STAR PLAYHOUSE
David Niven stars in 'Sale Keeping.' An American newspaperman is given an important letter to smuggle out of a foreign country. He then becomes involved romantically with a beautiful spy who also wants the letter. Tanya Borgh, Herb Vigran.
6 7 FORD THEATER
'The Silent Stranger.' A man who leaves most of his talking to his fists and his six-guns is hunted by a band of crooks who have been influential in sending his brother to prison on trumped-up charges. Richard Conte, Donald Curtis, Onslow Stevens
9 I LED THREE LIVES
39 MOBIL THEATER
9PM
2 4 JOHNNY CARSON
3 WATERFRONT
Preston Foster stars as Cap'n John.
6 7 29 LUX VIDEO THEATER
Mary Astor stars in 'The Star.' A behind-the-scenes story of Hollywood glamour and lost fame. A fading actress, realizing she is no longer the reigning movie queen, starts the downward path to self-destruction. The 1953 movie starred Bette Davis, Sterling Hayden, Natalie Wood and Warner Anderson. Jim Johanson is played by William Hopper.
9 IOWA BASKETBALL
13 BREAK THE BANKBERT PARKS
9:30
2 PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Jackie Cooper as Sock Miller.
3 QUIZ KIDS
4 DOUG FAIRBANKS
'Tony.' A young English is astounded to learn that the husband, whom she believed had been killed in a plane crash, is actually living in the country with his domineering mother. She goes to investigate.
13 BOB CUMMINGS
10PM
2 CELEBRITY PLAYHOUSE
3 7 9 13 39 NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
4 DO YOU TRUST YOUR WIFE?
6 HIGHWAY PATROL
10:20
3 FILM
9 MOVIE
'Wide Open Faces.' (1938) In search of missing loot, every public enemy in gangland moves into a wayside inn owned by a young girl. Joe E. Brown, Jane Wyman.
10:30
2 4 NEWS AND WEATHER
6 WEATHER, NEWS, SPORTS
7 39 MOVIE-TO BE ANNOUNCED
13 STUDIO '57'
10:35
3 MOVIE
'The Frightened Bride.' (1952) The stigma of a dead man's crime forces his family into seclusion. One son, however, breaks his bonds and marries a girl who does not know his father was a murderer. Mai Zetterling, Flora Robson.
10:45
4 NORMAN CLAYTON SHOW
6 PATTI PAGE
10:50
2 MOVIE
'Conflict of Wings.' (1954) When the RAE decides to turn a bird sanctuary into a rocket-firing range, the Norfolk residents begin a fierce battle for the preservation of the land. John Gregson, Muriel Pavlow, Kieron Moore.
11PM
4 NEWS AND WEATHER
6 TONIGHT-STEVE ALLEN
13 MOVIE
'The Governor.' (1939) A military commander substitutes one-man rule in a Scandinavian country for parliamentary government. Brigitte Horney, Willy Birgel.
CHANNELS
2 WMT Cedar Rapids CBS
3 KTVO Ottumwa CBS
4 WHBF Rock Island IL CBS/ABC
6 WOC-TV Davenport NBC/ABC
7 KWWL Waterloo
9 KCRG Cedar Rapids
13 WREX Rockford IL CBS/ABC
39 WTVO Rockford NBC
2/9/1956
7AM
2 4 MORNING SHOW
6 7 39 TODAY-DAVE GARROWAY
7:25
4 NEWS AND WEATHER
8AM
2 4 CAPTAIN KANGAROO
9AM
2 4 GARRY MOORE
Durward Kirby, as Mayor Quagmire, tells about his political machine. 'Sing, You Sinners' (Denise Lor), 'Don't Worry 'Bout Me' (Ken Carson).
6 7 39 DING DONG SCHOOL
9:30
2 4 ARTHUR GODFREY TIME
6 7 39 ERNIE KOVACS
With Edie Adams.
13 ARTHUR GODFREY TIME
9:45
13 TV FEATURE
10AM
2 ARTHUR GODFREY TIME
6 7 39 HOME
Music (Roy Eaton), Potatoes (Kit Kinne), Report on India (Leona Baumgartner), Perfumes (Natalie Core).
10:15
13 ARTHUR GODFREY TIME (again?)
10:30
2 4 13 STRIKE IT RICH
11AM
2 4 13 VALIANT LADY
6 7 39 TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD
11:15
2 4 13 LOVE OF LIFE
11;30
2 4 13 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
6 7 39 FEATHER YOUR NEST
The prize is a modern dining room. Bud Collyer and Janis Carter host.
11:45
2 4 13 GUIDING LIGHT
NOON
2 NEWS AND WEATHER
3 4 JACK PAAR
Paar does a sketch about a news commentator. 'Passing By' (Jose Melis, Jack Haskell), 'Of Thee I Sing' (Martha Wright).
6 RURAL ROUNDUP-BILL GRESS
7 NEWS AND FARM PICTURE
13 MARKETS AND NEWS
12:15
2 13 JACK PAAR
See noon.
4 FARM ALMANAC
6 AT HOME-MARY MARSHALL
12:30
2 4 13 LOVE STORY-JACK SMITH
3 NEWS, WEATHER, FARM
6 ESPECIALLY FOR YOU-SUNDINE
Household hints and guest interviews.
7 MOVIE-TO BE ANNOUNCED
1PM
2 HOME FARE
3 4 13 ROBERT Q. LEWIS
'Two Sleepy People' (Robert Q., Judy Johnson), 'All At Once You Love Her' (Merv Griffin).
6 MOVIE-TO BE ANNOUNCED
1:15
13 TV PRESENTS
1:30
2 3 4 HOUSE PARTY
7 SPICE O'LIFE (Cooking show)
13 PARTY LINE '13'-MARIE ASKA
2PM
2 3 4 13 BIG PAYOFF
6 7 39 MATINEE THEATER (COLOR)
'The Anxious Years.' The dowdy wife of a hard-working husband prepares feverishly for the gala dinner at which her husband will receive a service award from the firm he is employed by. Once there, however, she feels out of place among all the smartly dressed women. To make it worse, her own husband ignores her in favor of some of the younger and better-dressed girls. (Hollywood)
9 AFTERNOON FILM FESTIVAL
'Operation Disaster.' (1950) A British submarine on maneuvers strikes an electric mine. John Mills, Richard Attenborough. Rose Snipe: Lana Morris.
2:30
2 3 4 13 BOB CROSBY
2:45
13 LET'S TALK IT OVER
3PM
2 4 13 BRIGHTER DAY
Donald bargains with a shopkeeper for a hideout. Herbert Nelson plays Donald.
3 FILM
6 39 DATE WITH LIFE
Rita fears her plans will fail. (This serial probably didn't last long)
3:30
2 13 ON YOUR ACCOUNT
3 KAY RAE SHOW
4 IT'S A FACT
6 7 39 QUEEN FOR A DAY
4PM
2 MOVIE-TO BE ANNOUNCED
3 FEATURE AT FOUR
4 GRANDPA HAPPY (kids show)
6 7 39 PINKY LEE
9 HERB, THE RANCH HAND
'Stage to Mesa City,' 'Lash' La Rue, Al 'Fuzzy' St. John, Jennifer Holt.
13 KOMEDY KLUB HOUSE
4:30
4 LITTLE RASCALS CLUB
6 7 39 HOWDY DOODY
5PM
2 MARSHAL 'J'-LITTLE RASCALS
3 WINDY JIM
4 9 MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
1. Mickey Mouse Book Club: 'The Littlest Outlaw' is reviewed by Jiminy Cricket. 2. Mouseketeers: Pansy the Horse is today's guest. 3. Corky and White Shadow episode: 'Corky Trails the Dude.' 4. Cartoon: 'Barnyard Battle.'
6 CIRCLE '6' RANCH
7 CHANNEL '7' PLAYHOUSE
13 STEVE DONOVAN
39 FUN TIME
5:15
3 WHERE IN THE WORLD?
5:25
2 RAMAR OF THE JUNGLE
5:30
3 UNCLE WOODY
13 RIN TIN TIN
39 LIFE WITH ELIZABEH
5:45
6 NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
5:55
2 3 WEATHER, NEWS AND SPORTS
6PM
3 7 9 13 39 NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
4 SKY KING
'Geiger Detective.'
6 OUTDOOR TRAILS
6:15
2 3 13 NEWS-DOUGLAS EDWARDS
9 NEWS-JOHN DALY
6:30
2 4 SGT. PRESTON
Sgt. Preston tries to aid an innocent man accused of the murder of two miners. Richard 'Dick' Simmons, Johnny Johnson: Dehl Berti. Ellen Johnson: Linda Leighton. Garrett: Jack Reynolds.
3 RANGE RIDER
6 7 DINAH SHORE
9 LONE RANGER
'Heritage of Treason.' A ruthless cattle baron employs cutthroats in his attempt to rule all of Arizona. Clayton Moore.
13 GUY LOMBARDO
39 PATTI PAGE
6:45
6 7 39 NEWS-SWAYZE
7PM
2 4 BOB CUMMINGS
'Too Many Women.' Bob is fed up with beautiful women! He decides he must get away for a while, so he and an old Air Corps buddy take off for an isolated cabin in the mountains. There Bob runs into almost overwhelming difficulties. Paul Fonda: Lyle Talbot. Mary Beth Hall: Gloria Marshall.
3 6 7 39 YOU BET YOUR LIFE-GROUCHO MARX
Groucho concentrates on one contestant tonight. He will put through her paces an astonishing housewife who works in an aircraft factory.
9 13 BISHOP SHEEN
Talks with the emphasis on religion
7:30
2 3 4 13 CLIMAX!
'The Fifth Wheel,' starring Hume Cronyn, Peter Lorre, Bonita Granville and James Gleason. Two sports-minded priests, off for a fishing holiday, become involved with thieves, a stolen car and stolen money. Bill Lundigan hosts. Bishop Thornley: Arthur Treacher.
6 7 39 DRAGNET
Friday is sent to investigate the untimely death of a two-year-old child. A relative hints that the child's divorced mother felt her daughter was a burden to her. Joan Guyman: Gale Kobe. Gail Manset: Kay Stewart.
9 STOP THE MUSIC
8PM
6 7 39 PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Sock Miller, thinking that he will please Mandy, gives up his sideline as government ornithologist and goes into the laundry business. But when he learns that Mandy has tricked him into the move he plots ingenious revenge. Jackie Cooper, Patricia Breslin, Paul Maxey.
9 STAR TONIGHT
8:30
2 3 4 13 FOUR STAR PLAYHOUSE
David Niven stars in 'Sale Keeping.' An American newspaperman is given an important letter to smuggle out of a foreign country. He then becomes involved romantically with a beautiful spy who also wants the letter. Tanya Borgh, Herb Vigran.
6 7 FORD THEATER
'The Silent Stranger.' A man who leaves most of his talking to his fists and his six-guns is hunted by a band of crooks who have been influential in sending his brother to prison on trumped-up charges. Richard Conte, Donald Curtis, Onslow Stevens
9 I LED THREE LIVES
39 MOBIL THEATER
9PM
2 4 JOHNNY CARSON
3 WATERFRONT
Preston Foster stars as Cap'n John.
6 7 29 LUX VIDEO THEATER
Mary Astor stars in 'The Star.' A behind-the-scenes story of Hollywood glamour and lost fame. A fading actress, realizing she is no longer the reigning movie queen, starts the downward path to self-destruction. The 1953 movie starred Bette Davis, Sterling Hayden, Natalie Wood and Warner Anderson. Jim Johanson is played by William Hopper.
9 IOWA BASKETBALL
13 BREAK THE BANKBERT PARKS
9:30
2 PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Jackie Cooper as Sock Miller.
3 QUIZ KIDS
4 DOUG FAIRBANKS
'Tony.' A young English is astounded to learn that the husband, whom she believed had been killed in a plane crash, is actually living in the country with his domineering mother. She goes to investigate.
13 BOB CUMMINGS
10PM
2 CELEBRITY PLAYHOUSE
3 7 9 13 39 NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
4 DO YOU TRUST YOUR WIFE?
6 HIGHWAY PATROL
10:20
3 FILM
9 MOVIE
'Wide Open Faces.' (1938) In search of missing loot, every public enemy in gangland moves into a wayside inn owned by a young girl. Joe E. Brown, Jane Wyman.
10:30
2 4 NEWS AND WEATHER
6 WEATHER, NEWS, SPORTS
7 39 MOVIE-TO BE ANNOUNCED
13 STUDIO '57'
10:35
3 MOVIE
'The Frightened Bride.' (1952) The stigma of a dead man's crime forces his family into seclusion. One son, however, breaks his bonds and marries a girl who does not know his father was a murderer. Mai Zetterling, Flora Robson.
10:45
4 NORMAN CLAYTON SHOW
6 PATTI PAGE
10:50
2 MOVIE
'Conflict of Wings.' (1954) When the RAE decides to turn a bird sanctuary into a rocket-firing range, the Norfolk residents begin a fierce battle for the preservation of the land. John Gregson, Muriel Pavlow, Kieron Moore.
11PM
4 NEWS AND WEATHER
6 TONIGHT-STEVE ALLEN
13 MOVIE
'The Governor.' (1939) A military commander substitutes one-man rule in a Scandinavian country for parliamentary government. Brigitte Horney, Willy Birgel.