Source: TV Guide (with Joan Caulfield on the cover - new from eBay yesterday. There's a woman near Atlanta that has been selling TV Guide's at cheap prices like hotcakes lately. That's how I got that 1956 Iowa TVG among others.)
CHANNELS
2 KOTI Klamath Falls CBS (but carried all three networks)
4 KPIC Roseburg NBC (also carried all three networks but NBC was primary)
5 KBES Medford CBS (same story)
6 KOIN Portland CBS
8 KGW-TV Portland ABC
12 KPTV Portland NBC (not long after they went from channel 27 to 12)
13 KVAL Eugene NBC (same as 2/4/5 on networks)
*No KIEM-3? They were in the Oregon edition by 1961. This was before KVIQ signed on.
10/10/1957
7AM
6 Panorama Pacific
7:30
12 OMSI Presents (the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry, on the Willamette River in downtown Portland.)
8AM
6 Hotel Cosmopolitan (short-lived CBS soap, was gone by spring 1958. Is this a one-day delay? It aired at noon ET but it was only 11 in New York.)
12 Tic Tac Dough (same issue as the KOIN program above)
8:15
6 Love of Life
8 Program Preview
8:20
8 Prayer & Hymn
8:30
6 Search for Tomorrow
8 Cartooners' Club
12 It Could Be You
8:45
2 4 5 12 13 World Series (Color)
Atlanta Braves vs. New York Yankees. The final game of the series, if necessary, is played at Yankee Stadium. (They went to a game 7 where Atlanta shut out NY for the pennant)
6 Guiding Light
9AM
6 Hi Neighbor
8 Telescope (Color)
9:25
6 News-Walter Cronkite
9:30
6 As the World Turns
10AM
6 Beat the Clock
8 Movie
'Broadway to Hollywood.'
10:30
6 House Party
11AM
6 Big Payoff (Oops! The guide forgot to print '11:00'.)
11:30
6 Verdict is Yours
8 Workshop-Education
Noon
2 5 6 Brighter Day
4 12 13 Queen for a Day
8 Town & Country
12:15
2 5 6 Secret Storm
8 Noon Cartoon
12:30
2 5 6 Edge of Night
8 Wunda Wunda (from sister station KING-5 Seattle; children's show with Ruth Prins)
12:45
4 12 13 Modern Romances
1PM
2 4 5 12 13 Private Secretary
'The Sow's Ear.' In a burst of sympathy for rival agent Cagey Calhoun, Susie takes on the unrewarding task of reforming him.
6 Star Performance
'The Squeeze.' Dick Powell
8 Movie
'The Band Played On.' (1934) A judge hands four wayward boys to a college football coach, who turns them into backfield stars. Robert Powell, Stu Erwin.
1:30
2 4 5 12 13 Truth or Consequences
6 KOIN Kitchen-Betty Davis
2PM
2 5 6 Garry Moore
4 13 Movies-Double Feature
1. 'Within These Walls.' (1945) A strict judge is brought in as warden to bring order to a chaotic prison. Shortly after, his own son becomes an inmate.
2. 'The Cowboy and the Blonde.' (1941) Sparks fly between a feisty actress (Mary Beth Hughes) and a former rodeo star (George Montgomery).
12 Willy
'Willy's Los Angeles Offer.'
2:30
2 5 6 Arthur Godfrey (assuming on videotape by this time, usually aired 10:30am ET)
8 Do You Trust Your Wife?
12 Top Plays
'Pretend You're You.'
3PM
8 Favorite Story
12 Movie
Your Afternoon Theater: 'Duffy of San Quentin.' (1953) San Quentin's new warden (Paul Kelly) crusades for reform and for a framed inmate (Louis Hayward) who loves a nurse (Joanne Dru).
3:30
2 5 Strike it Rich
6 Your TV Theater
'Ringo's Last Assignment.' Mary Orr.
8 Stu Erwin
'In a Pickle.'
4PM
2 Klamath Gem's Camera
5 Feminine Fancies
6 Strike it Rich
8 American Bandstand
Singers Marvin Rainwater, Connie Francis and the Galahads are the guests.
4:30
2 World Passport
4 13 Four-Thirty Date
5 Val Rouge
6 Mr. Moon
8 Pioneer Club
12 High Time
4:45
2 5 Search for Tomorrow (assuming on videotape)
6 Red Dunning
5PM
2 5 Rin Tin Tin
4 13 Big Roundup-Reynolds (kids show?)
6 Cartoon Time
'Tick,Tock, Tuckered,' 'Hare Trigger.'
8 Woody Woodpecker
Cartoons: 1. Woody Woodpecker, as an Air Corps trainee, gets into trouble with his sergeant. 2. Andy Pandy leads a circus band. 3. Andy and Woody have an adventure as two hungry musicians.
5:30
2 5 Ore-Cal Panorama
4 13 Rin Tin Tin
6 Armchair Theater
'The Lonely Ones.'
8 Mickey Mouse Club
1. Newsreel: Hommy Cole narrates three short subjects, 'Open House at the Navy's Test Station at China Lake,' 'Bird Expert Tom Ackerman's Work with Parakeets' and 'Disneyland's Midget Autopia Ride.' 2. Hardy Boys: 'Mystery of Ghost Farm,' Episode 9, 'The Ghost Speaks.' 3. Doddism: 'Follow Through,' featuring Jimmie Dodd.
12 N.O.P.D.
'Wicked Nephews.'
6PM
2 4 5 6 12 13 News
8 Jungle Jim
6:15
2 5 6 News-Douglas Edwards
4 12 13 News-Huntley/Brinkley
6:30
2 Playhouse
4 13 To Be Announced
5 Piano House
6 Sgt. Preston
An elderly southerner, who is now a prospector, is attacked by a band of gunmen. He uses the famous rebel yell in a desperate bid for help. Guy Kingsford, Richard Devon.
8 News-Richard Ross
12 Waterfront
'Cap'n Christopher.' John Herrick tangles with the officers of a foreign ship.
6:45
5 Sports-Coleman
7PM
2 5 Ray Milland
4 13 Hawkeye
6 Sheriff of Cochise
8 Popeye
12 Supper Club
7:30
2 5 Life with Elizabeth
4 13 Film Feature
'The Gun.' A day in the life of an American policeman explodes into terror when he finds his gun missing. Dick Powell.
6 I Search for Adventure
'Race to the Border.' Host Jack Douglas presents films of the Pan-American Mexican Road Race, featuring daredevil driver Johnny Mantz.
8 Circus Boy
'Alex, the Great.' Aeralist Alex Conrad has a guilt complex in connection with the death of Corky's parents. Now, years later, Joey sees Alex in the circus audience and persuades him to rejoin the circus. Mickey Braddock. Alex Conrad: John Duke.
12 Tic Tac Dough (Color)
8PM
2 5 6 Harbourmaster
'Spear-Gun.' A patient escapes from a mental hospital, steals a boat and makes his way to Jacob's Island. David Scott and Jeff Kittredge have just left the island, leaving the womenfolk alone. They discover the madman, armed with a harpoon gun, on the beach. Barry Sullivan, Paul Burke.
4 12 13 Groucho Marx
Tonight Groucho welcomes Indian chief Cochise, a direct descendant of the famous Cochise, whose exploits are now dramatized on the television series Broken Arrow.
8 Zorro
DEBUT: Guy Williams stars in this new adventure series about Zorro, masked rider pledged to put down injustice and aid the oppressed. Zorro in reality is a Spanish nobleman, only son of the wealthiest hidalgo in California. Tonight, Zorro finds himself in a duel with a tyrannical commandante after helping a man falsely accused of treason. Eugenia Paul, George Lewis.
8:30
2 5 6 Climax!
'Mask for the Devil,' by Charlotte Armstrong, adapted by John McGreevey. After accidentally killing Courtney Caldwell, Tom Gardener feels responsible for the dead man's invalid wife. He invites her to live in his home with himself and his wife. He doesn't realize that the guest's sweetness and gentleness cover her schemes to destroy his happy marriage. Bill Lundigan and Mary Costa are the hosts. Tom: Steve Forrest. Esther: Nita Talbot.
4 12 13 Dragnet
The only clue in the murder of a young girl is a button from a navy pea jacket found clutched in her hand. Friday and Smith set out to find the owner of a jacket missing one button.
8 Real McCoys
'The Great Egg War.' The McCoys decide to start a roadside egg stand, but find that their project puts them into competition with a neighbor who's convinced he has a monopoly on this type of enterprise. The McCoys find themselves in the middle of a feud.
9PM
4 13 Harbor Command
DEBUT: This is a half-hour series featuring the security forces that guard America's harbors. Capt. Ralph Baxter investigates a waterfront murder. While searching a ship anchored in the harbor, he discovers a cache of heroin concealed in a seaman's locker. Wendell Corey stars as Capt. Baxter.
8 Pat Boone
Singer-actress Shirley Jones is Pat's guest for tonight's show. Shirley co-starred with Pat in his most recent movie, 'April Love.'
9:30
2 5 Sheriff of Cochise
4 12 13 Tennessee Ernie Ford
Tonight Ernie welcomes Marie Wilson as his guest. Ernie learns that Marie wants to convince Hollywood producers that she is a dramatic actress, so he decides to help her. Given a dramatic part which calls for a piercing scream, Marie can't seem to emote. Ernie decides to frighten her into screaming. Ernie sings 'Sleepy-Eyed John' and 'This Train.' The Tennesseans offer a medley of college football songs, and Ernie closes with 'Ivory Palace.'
6 Playhouse 90
'The Playroom,' by Tad Mosel. Because of her famous children, a matron is chosen Mother of the Year by a national magazine. One of her offspring is a prominent criminal lawyer, another an Academy Award actress and the third, the founder of a college. But when the trio return home for the announcement of their mother's award she makes an unusual discovery about her own family. Mrs. Flood: Mildred Dunnock. Kenneth: Tony Randall. Margaret: Patricia Neal.
8 O.S.S.
'Operation Powder Puff.' Capt. Frank Hawthorne travels to France on an important mission. He is to blow up a bridge and thus cut off the Germans' main supply route. Hawthorne is aided by a beautiful member of the French underground. Ron Randell.
10PM
2 5 This Week in Sports
4 12 13 Rosemary Clooney (Color)
Edward Everett Horton, comedian and character actor, is Rosemary's guest. Frank De Vol Orchestra, the Modernaires.
8 Racket Squad
An investigation of a fixed fight deal.
10:15
2 World Travels
5 Pill Box
10:20
5 World Passport
10:30
2 5 8 News
4 13 Jane Wyman
Macdonald Carey and Phyllis Avery in 'Man on the 35th Floor.' A stock investment counselor is stricken with a heart attack while working late in his office one night. The Fire Department begins a desperate race against time to save the man's life.
12 Movie (followed by sign-off)
Academy Theater: 'Angel Face.'
10:35
2 5 This is Your Life (then sign-off...early even for 1957)
10:40
8 Movie
Ch. 8 Playhouse: 'Spiral Staircase.' (1946) A mysterious killer murders a physically disabled girl. Dorothy McGuire, George Brent. (followed by sign-off)
11PM
4 6 13 News
11:10
6 Movie
Showtime on Six: 'Claudia.' (1943) A naive scatterbrained wife has her head turned by the compliments of a neighbor. Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young. (Two Dorothy McGuire movies on two Portland stations at the same time! - this is followed by sign off)
11:15
4 13 Dan Smoot Show
11:30
4 13 Tonight-Jack Paar (followed by sign off...I guess movies made more profit than airing Jack Paar in Portland)
CHANNELS
2 KOTI Klamath Falls CBS (but carried all three networks)
4 KPIC Roseburg NBC (also carried all three networks but NBC was primary)
5 KBES Medford CBS (same story)
6 KOIN Portland CBS
8 KGW-TV Portland ABC
12 KPTV Portland NBC (not long after they went from channel 27 to 12)
13 KVAL Eugene NBC (same as 2/4/5 on networks)
*No KIEM-3? They were in the Oregon edition by 1961. This was before KVIQ signed on.
10/10/1957
7AM
6 Panorama Pacific
7:30
12 OMSI Presents (the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry, on the Willamette River in downtown Portland.)
8AM
6 Hotel Cosmopolitan (short-lived CBS soap, was gone by spring 1958. Is this a one-day delay? It aired at noon ET but it was only 11 in New York.)
12 Tic Tac Dough (same issue as the KOIN program above)
8:15
6 Love of Life
8 Program Preview
8:20
8 Prayer & Hymn
8:30
6 Search for Tomorrow
8 Cartooners' Club
12 It Could Be You
8:45
2 4 5 12 13 World Series (Color)
Atlanta Braves vs. New York Yankees. The final game of the series, if necessary, is played at Yankee Stadium. (They went to a game 7 where Atlanta shut out NY for the pennant)
6 Guiding Light
9AM
6 Hi Neighbor
8 Telescope (Color)
9:25
6 News-Walter Cronkite
9:30
6 As the World Turns
10AM
6 Beat the Clock
8 Movie
'Broadway to Hollywood.'
10:30
6 House Party
11AM
6 Big Payoff (Oops! The guide forgot to print '11:00'.)
11:30
6 Verdict is Yours
8 Workshop-Education
Noon
2 5 6 Brighter Day
4 12 13 Queen for a Day
8 Town & Country
12:15
2 5 6 Secret Storm
8 Noon Cartoon
12:30
2 5 6 Edge of Night
8 Wunda Wunda (from sister station KING-5 Seattle; children's show with Ruth Prins)
12:45
4 12 13 Modern Romances
1PM
2 4 5 12 13 Private Secretary
'The Sow's Ear.' In a burst of sympathy for rival agent Cagey Calhoun, Susie takes on the unrewarding task of reforming him.
6 Star Performance
'The Squeeze.' Dick Powell
8 Movie
'The Band Played On.' (1934) A judge hands four wayward boys to a college football coach, who turns them into backfield stars. Robert Powell, Stu Erwin.
1:30
2 4 5 12 13 Truth or Consequences
6 KOIN Kitchen-Betty Davis
2PM
2 5 6 Garry Moore
4 13 Movies-Double Feature
1. 'Within These Walls.' (1945) A strict judge is brought in as warden to bring order to a chaotic prison. Shortly after, his own son becomes an inmate.
2. 'The Cowboy and the Blonde.' (1941) Sparks fly between a feisty actress (Mary Beth Hughes) and a former rodeo star (George Montgomery).
12 Willy
'Willy's Los Angeles Offer.'
2:30
2 5 6 Arthur Godfrey (assuming on videotape by this time, usually aired 10:30am ET)
8 Do You Trust Your Wife?
12 Top Plays
'Pretend You're You.'
3PM
8 Favorite Story
12 Movie
Your Afternoon Theater: 'Duffy of San Quentin.' (1953) San Quentin's new warden (Paul Kelly) crusades for reform and for a framed inmate (Louis Hayward) who loves a nurse (Joanne Dru).
3:30
2 5 Strike it Rich
6 Your TV Theater
'Ringo's Last Assignment.' Mary Orr.
8 Stu Erwin
'In a Pickle.'
4PM
2 Klamath Gem's Camera
5 Feminine Fancies
6 Strike it Rich
8 American Bandstand
Singers Marvin Rainwater, Connie Francis and the Galahads are the guests.
4:30
2 World Passport
4 13 Four-Thirty Date
5 Val Rouge
6 Mr. Moon
8 Pioneer Club
12 High Time
4:45
2 5 Search for Tomorrow (assuming on videotape)
6 Red Dunning
5PM
2 5 Rin Tin Tin
4 13 Big Roundup-Reynolds (kids show?)
6 Cartoon Time
'Tick,Tock, Tuckered,' 'Hare Trigger.'
8 Woody Woodpecker
Cartoons: 1. Woody Woodpecker, as an Air Corps trainee, gets into trouble with his sergeant. 2. Andy Pandy leads a circus band. 3. Andy and Woody have an adventure as two hungry musicians.
5:30
2 5 Ore-Cal Panorama
4 13 Rin Tin Tin
6 Armchair Theater
'The Lonely Ones.'
8 Mickey Mouse Club
1. Newsreel: Hommy Cole narrates three short subjects, 'Open House at the Navy's Test Station at China Lake,' 'Bird Expert Tom Ackerman's Work with Parakeets' and 'Disneyland's Midget Autopia Ride.' 2. Hardy Boys: 'Mystery of Ghost Farm,' Episode 9, 'The Ghost Speaks.' 3. Doddism: 'Follow Through,' featuring Jimmie Dodd.
12 N.O.P.D.
'Wicked Nephews.'
6PM
2 4 5 6 12 13 News
8 Jungle Jim
6:15
2 5 6 News-Douglas Edwards
4 12 13 News-Huntley/Brinkley
6:30
2 Playhouse
4 13 To Be Announced
5 Piano House
6 Sgt. Preston
An elderly southerner, who is now a prospector, is attacked by a band of gunmen. He uses the famous rebel yell in a desperate bid for help. Guy Kingsford, Richard Devon.
8 News-Richard Ross
12 Waterfront
'Cap'n Christopher.' John Herrick tangles with the officers of a foreign ship.
6:45
5 Sports-Coleman
7PM
2 5 Ray Milland
4 13 Hawkeye
6 Sheriff of Cochise
8 Popeye
12 Supper Club
7:30
2 5 Life with Elizabeth
4 13 Film Feature
'The Gun.' A day in the life of an American policeman explodes into terror when he finds his gun missing. Dick Powell.
6 I Search for Adventure
'Race to the Border.' Host Jack Douglas presents films of the Pan-American Mexican Road Race, featuring daredevil driver Johnny Mantz.
8 Circus Boy
'Alex, the Great.' Aeralist Alex Conrad has a guilt complex in connection with the death of Corky's parents. Now, years later, Joey sees Alex in the circus audience and persuades him to rejoin the circus. Mickey Braddock. Alex Conrad: John Duke.
12 Tic Tac Dough (Color)
8PM
2 5 6 Harbourmaster
'Spear-Gun.' A patient escapes from a mental hospital, steals a boat and makes his way to Jacob's Island. David Scott and Jeff Kittredge have just left the island, leaving the womenfolk alone. They discover the madman, armed with a harpoon gun, on the beach. Barry Sullivan, Paul Burke.
4 12 13 Groucho Marx
Tonight Groucho welcomes Indian chief Cochise, a direct descendant of the famous Cochise, whose exploits are now dramatized on the television series Broken Arrow.
8 Zorro
DEBUT: Guy Williams stars in this new adventure series about Zorro, masked rider pledged to put down injustice and aid the oppressed. Zorro in reality is a Spanish nobleman, only son of the wealthiest hidalgo in California. Tonight, Zorro finds himself in a duel with a tyrannical commandante after helping a man falsely accused of treason. Eugenia Paul, George Lewis.
8:30
2 5 6 Climax!
'Mask for the Devil,' by Charlotte Armstrong, adapted by John McGreevey. After accidentally killing Courtney Caldwell, Tom Gardener feels responsible for the dead man's invalid wife. He invites her to live in his home with himself and his wife. He doesn't realize that the guest's sweetness and gentleness cover her schemes to destroy his happy marriage. Bill Lundigan and Mary Costa are the hosts. Tom: Steve Forrest. Esther: Nita Talbot.
4 12 13 Dragnet
The only clue in the murder of a young girl is a button from a navy pea jacket found clutched in her hand. Friday and Smith set out to find the owner of a jacket missing one button.
8 Real McCoys
'The Great Egg War.' The McCoys decide to start a roadside egg stand, but find that their project puts them into competition with a neighbor who's convinced he has a monopoly on this type of enterprise. The McCoys find themselves in the middle of a feud.
9PM
4 13 Harbor Command
DEBUT: This is a half-hour series featuring the security forces that guard America's harbors. Capt. Ralph Baxter investigates a waterfront murder. While searching a ship anchored in the harbor, he discovers a cache of heroin concealed in a seaman's locker. Wendell Corey stars as Capt. Baxter.
8 Pat Boone
Singer-actress Shirley Jones is Pat's guest for tonight's show. Shirley co-starred with Pat in his most recent movie, 'April Love.'
9:30
2 5 Sheriff of Cochise
4 12 13 Tennessee Ernie Ford
Tonight Ernie welcomes Marie Wilson as his guest. Ernie learns that Marie wants to convince Hollywood producers that she is a dramatic actress, so he decides to help her. Given a dramatic part which calls for a piercing scream, Marie can't seem to emote. Ernie decides to frighten her into screaming. Ernie sings 'Sleepy-Eyed John' and 'This Train.' The Tennesseans offer a medley of college football songs, and Ernie closes with 'Ivory Palace.'
6 Playhouse 90
'The Playroom,' by Tad Mosel. Because of her famous children, a matron is chosen Mother of the Year by a national magazine. One of her offspring is a prominent criminal lawyer, another an Academy Award actress and the third, the founder of a college. But when the trio return home for the announcement of their mother's award she makes an unusual discovery about her own family. Mrs. Flood: Mildred Dunnock. Kenneth: Tony Randall. Margaret: Patricia Neal.
8 O.S.S.
'Operation Powder Puff.' Capt. Frank Hawthorne travels to France on an important mission. He is to blow up a bridge and thus cut off the Germans' main supply route. Hawthorne is aided by a beautiful member of the French underground. Ron Randell.
10PM
2 5 This Week in Sports
4 12 13 Rosemary Clooney (Color)
Edward Everett Horton, comedian and character actor, is Rosemary's guest. Frank De Vol Orchestra, the Modernaires.
8 Racket Squad
An investigation of a fixed fight deal.
10:15
2 World Travels
5 Pill Box
10:20
5 World Passport
10:30
2 5 8 News
4 13 Jane Wyman
Macdonald Carey and Phyllis Avery in 'Man on the 35th Floor.' A stock investment counselor is stricken with a heart attack while working late in his office one night. The Fire Department begins a desperate race against time to save the man's life.
12 Movie (followed by sign-off)
Academy Theater: 'Angel Face.'
10:35
2 5 This is Your Life (then sign-off...early even for 1957)
10:40
8 Movie
Ch. 8 Playhouse: 'Spiral Staircase.' (1946) A mysterious killer murders a physically disabled girl. Dorothy McGuire, George Brent. (followed by sign-off)
11PM
4 6 13 News
11:10
6 Movie
Showtime on Six: 'Claudia.' (1943) A naive scatterbrained wife has her head turned by the compliments of a neighbor. Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young. (Two Dorothy McGuire movies on two Portland stations at the same time! - this is followed by sign off)
11:15
4 13 Dan Smoot Show
11:30
4 13 Tonight-Jack Paar (followed by sign off...I guess movies made more profit than airing Jack Paar in Portland)