Retro: Northwest New Brunswick and Northern Maine Thurs, Nov 28, 1963

[TR1968]

from Le Madawaska via Google News Archive
Listings in Atlantic Time

CKRT Riviere-du-Loup/CJBR Rimouski (SRC/CBC)
11:30 Emission scolaire
noon (RL) test pattern
(Rim) La cuisine chez soi
12:30 (Rim) test pattern
1:15 (RL) Horaire (schedule)
1:20 (RL) CBC News (from previous day)
1:30 (RL) Parade
(Rim) Tommy Ambrose
1:55 (Rim) Premiere edition
2:00 Cinema "Taxi, roulotte et corrida"
4:00 Votre cuisine madame
4:15 La revue de la maison
4:30 Votre enfant madame
5:00 Bobino
5:30 La boite a surprises
6:00 Roquet Belles Oreilles Huckleberry Hound
6:30 Grand Prix
7:00 Jeunesse oblige
7:30 (RL) Un peu de tout
(Rim) Manchettes internationales (world headlines)
7:35 (Rim) Meteo (weather)
7:40 (Rim) Nouvelles regionales (regional news)
7:45 (RL) Nouvelles
7:50 (Rim) Nouvelles du sport
8:00 (RL) Aujourd'hui
(Rim) Destination danger
9:00 Filles d'Eve
9:30 Tous pour un
10:00 Les detectives
10:30 L'heure du concert
11:30 Telejournal
11:45 Supplement regional
11:54 Nouvelles du sport
mid. Cinema "La pointe courte"
1:30 (Rim) CBC News

WAGM Presque Isle (CBS/NBC/ABC)
* Due to JFK's recent assassination, some programs subject to change
11:00 Thanksgiving Day Parade
1:30 NFL: Green Bay-Detroit
4:00 College Football: Texas-Texas A&M
6:45 Today in Agriculture
7:00 Weather Report
7:15 Country Reporter
7:30 World Tonight
8:00 Country Show
8:30 Rotary Radio & TV Auction
9:00 Rawhide
10:00 Rotary Radio & TV Auction
11:00 Nurses
mid. News Final
12:10 Rotary Radio & TV Auction

CHSJ Saint John (CBC; via CHSJ-TV1 Bon Accord)
9:30 Canadian Schools
10:00 Chez Helene
10:15 Nursery School Time
10:30-11:30 Nova Scotia Schools (networked from CBHT Halifax)
12:40 News
12:50 Matinee Theatre "Beyond Mombasa"
2:30 Kaleidoscope
3:00 Take 30
3:30 Friendly Giant
3:45 Mister Rogers
4:00 Mr. Piper
4:30 Play Party
5:00 Razzle Dazzle
5:30 Yogi Bear
6:00 Learn to Draw
6:15 Cartoons
6:30 News/Weather/Sports
7:00 Jack Benny
7:30 Time for Juniors
8:00 Hennesey
8:30 Zero One
9:00 Lucy Show
9:30 Serial... "Son of 100 Kings"
10:00 Grindle
10:30 Parade
11:00 Burke's Law
mid. CBC National News
12:15 News/Weather/Sports

 

[Gregg.]

Even though they are both Radio-Canada affiliates, not too far apart, it's interesting how many times CKRT and CJBR diverge in their schedules. These days, SRC affiliates are all fairly uniform in their schedules, even if, in each province, they run their own local newscasts.

Also interesting is what WAGM Presque Isle schedules. It is the only TV station north of Bangor and has all three networks to choose from. I thought it used to carry mostly CBS shows. Yet it doesn't carry the "CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite." It runs "World Tonight" which I guess is ABC? It also spends a lot of time with Rotary Auction? I guess that's a Thanksgiving fundraiser for the Rotary Club?

I also wondered why it was still running a prime time show at 11pm. Then I realized, this TV schedule is in Atlantic Time, while WAGM is in the Eastern Time Zone. So that's why, to someone in the Atlantic Time Zone, WAGM's schedule looks an hour incorrect.

 

[installLSC]

Also interesting is what WAGM Presque Isle schedules. It is the only TV station north of Bangor and has all three networks to choose from. I thought it used to carry mostly CBS shows. Yet it doesn't carry the "CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite." It runs "World Tonight" which I guess is ABC?

There was a fascinating article in a 1977 issue of TV Guide about WAGM. Keith Fowles, who was operations director both then and in 1963, scheduled shows on a mix of personal taste, ratings, and northern Maine's supposed preference for family entertainment. Its schedule in 1977 had 9 hours of CBS in prime time, so CBS placed first without dominating the schedule.