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60 YEARS AGO: Spokane, Washington — Sunday, February 8, 1959

Sunday, February 8, 1959

Channels:
2—KREM (ABC)
4—KXLY (CBS)
6—KHQ (NBC)


11:30 am
2—Johns Hopkins File 7
"Gravitation Revisited" is the dramatic story of Albert Einstein, brilliant scientist and man of peace, whose work ironically and indirectly unleashed the explosive atomic era.
4—This Is the Life
"Reeds in the Wind." People from several walks of life seek refuge from a storm in the same farmhouse.
6—NBA Basketball
New York Knickerbockers at Syracuse Nationals, from Onondaga County War Memorial in Syracuse, New York.

12 pm
2—Bishop Pike
"Theology for the Space Age."
4—The Last Word
Guests: Actress Celeste Holm and playwright Russel Crouse join regular panelists John Mason Brown and Dr. Bergen Evans.

12:30
2—Faith for Today
Della and Herbert Hanson, en route to the palace of Haile Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia, describe life in Africa's last remaining empire.
4—The World of Ideas
"Should the Foreign Policy of a Democracy Be Democratically Controlled?" Dr. Charles Frankel, professor of philosophy at Columbia University, is the discussion leader.

1:00
2—College News Conference
Guest: Arthur S. Fleming, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.
4—Face the Nation
Guest: Walter Reuther. Moderator: Stuart Novins.

1:30
2—American Religious Town Hall Meeting of the Air
4—Behind the Headlines
6—The Christophers

2:00
2—United Steelworkers TV Meeting of the Month
Featured: David J. McDonald, Lorne H. Nellses, Al Whitehouse, Emory Bacon and Bernard Greenberg.
4—MOVIE
(Title to be announced.)
6—This Is the Answer

2:15
2—KREM Feature

2:30
2—Telecourse
6—How Christian Science Heals
"A Practical Faith for Young People."

2:45
6—Q-6 Movie Parade

3:00
2—Governor Rosellini
6—Official Detective

3:30
2—Roller Derby
New York Chiefs vs. Hollywood Ravens.
4—Oral Roberts
6—The Gray Ghost

4:00
4—The Song Shop
6—Boots and Saddles

4:30
2—Bowling Stars
Jack Aydelotte vs. Carmen Salvino. From Faetz-Nieson Recreation Center in Chicago, Illinois.
4—News
6—The Roy Rogers Show

5:00
2—The Paul Winchell Show
Guests: Greta Thyssen, former Miss Denmark; juggler Lou Bogert; and Sime's Scottish collies.
4—The College Bowl
Princeton and Georgetown teams meat in Washington, D.C. Allen Ludden hosts.
6—Kaleidoscope
"The Third Commandment." Arthur Kennedy, Anne Francis and Fay Spain costar in Ben Hecht's play giving a modern view of the Ten Commandments.

5:30
2—The Lone Ranger
"Two for Juan Ringo." Ranger disguises himself as Mexican to track down an outlaw. Clayton Moore.
4—Amateur Hour
(Ted Mack)

6:00
2—Sword of Freedom
4—Small World
Joseph N. Welch, Boston attorney; Maitre Suzanne Blum, French advocate; Sir Norman Birkett, former Lord Justice of Appeals in England; continued discussion of "Complex World of Law." (Edward R. Murrow)
6—Week Best Movie: Capt. Corageous

6:30
2—The Big Story
4—The Twentieth Century
"The Frozen War." Walter Cronkite narrates invasion by Japanese task force of the islands of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutians.

7:00
2—You Asked for It
Life aboard the U.S.S. Independence; dog actor changes to snarling wolf; 12-year-old human pingpong ball; and an underground castle excavated. (Art Baker)
4—Lassie
"Tartan Queen." Timmy (Jon Provost) considers making Lassie a show dog. Ruth: June Lockhart. Paul: Hugh Reilly. Uncle Petrie: George Chandler. Boomer: Todd Ferrell.

7:30
2—Maverick
"Yellow River." After losing his money in a bank robbery, Bart invests in a get-rich-quick deal with a beautiful—but not-so-dumb—blonde. Abigail: Pat Breslin. Barrows: Robert Conrad. Prof. Schulenberg: Sam Buffington. Horace: Mike Lane. Pete: Harry Hines.
4—The Jack Benny Program
"Jack Goes to a Nightclub." Danny Thomas plays himself. It's option time, and to make sure that his contract is renewed, Jack and Mary treat the sponsor to an evening at a nightclub. Mr. Lewis: Raymond Bailey. Mrs. Lewis: Doris Packer. Orville Gifford: Sam Hearn. Announcer: Don Wilson.

8:00
4—The Ed Sullivan Show
Richard Boone ("Have Gun — Will Travel") portrays Abraham Lincoln as a serious political figure during the days of the Lincoln-Douglas debates in a a scene from the new Broadway play, "The Rivalry." Other guests include singers Frankie Laine, Miyoshi Umeki, and Trude Adams; comedians Jan Murray and Wally Griffin; The Jamaica Dancers; folk singer Johnny Cash.
6—The Steve Allen Show
Guests: Private Steve Lawrence and the U.S. Army Chorus, Liberace, Marie McDonald, and comedian Dayton Allen.

8:30
2—The Lawman
"Warpath." Troop is caught in the cross fire between a group of murderous buffalo hunters and a vengeful Indian tribe. McKay: Peter Brown. Cardigan: Murvyn Vye. Billy: William Fawcett. Weed: Lew Gallo. Whitaker: Howard Caine.

9:00
2—Colt .45
"Circle of Fear." Chris is forced to be the hero when a stagecoach is attacked by Indians. Dudley: Sean Garrison. Belgarde: Tol Avery. Edith: Joan Weldon. Blanche: Jean Willes. Trevelen: Harvey Stephens. (Repeat)
4—General Electric Theater
"The Last Lesson." Charles Laughton stars as Monsieur Hamel in this drama about a school teacher in a small French village during the German occupation. Marie-Claire: Patricia Medina. Etienne: Barry Gordon. Host: Ronald Reagan.
6—The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Guests: Jane Powell; Mel Tormé; Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

9:30
2—Deadline for Action
"Ninety and Nine." Shipwreck survivors are helped to safety by a man in black—who then mysteriously disappears. Miller: Dane Clark. (Repeat)
4—Alfred Hitchcock Presents
"The Last Dark Step." Shiftless Brad Taylor (Robert Horton) makes a fatal mistake when he leaves the girlfriend who's supporting him to marry a wealthy socialite. Leslie: Fay Spain. Janice: Joyce Meadows. Breslin: Herb Ellis.

10:00
4—Keep Talking
6—The Loretta Young Show
"The Black Lace Valentine." A married woman receives an unsigned valentine, followed by a phone call. Susan: Loretta Young. David: Joe Maross. Susan's Mother: Mary Adams. Howie: Dick Winslow. Teenager: Robert Montgomery Jr.

10:30
2—Meet McGraw
"The White Rose." McGraw is marked for murder by an ex-con. Linda: Shawn Smith. Vargo: Jay Novello. McGraw: Frank Lovejoy. Rand: Stacy Harris. (Repeat)
4—What's My Line?
6—MOVIE: The Snake Pit
(1948) Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens. A man commits his wife to a mental hospital, where her doctor tries the latest therapy. Leo Genn.

11:00
2—Dick Powell Theatre
4—The Errol Flynn Theatre
 
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I guess this starts at 11:30am because the newspaper editor figured nobody watches TV on Sunday morning.

TV stations made use of free shows such as "This Is The Life" and "This Is The Answer." I'm sure "KREM Feature" at 2:15 is just a 15 minute film supplied by some company wanting to promote its products. Stations often used titles such as "Industry on Parade" or "Agriculture on Parade."

KXLY-TV does a half hour of news at 4:30 p.m. but nobody does any other news, not even at 11 p.m.

Official Detective at 3 p.m. was a detective series that ran from 1957 to 58, produced at Desilu Studios. It was anthology, with no week to week stars and was syndicated. So by 1959, there were reruns a station like KHQ-TV could put on at 3 p.m. on a Sunday. But there weren't many before 1960 because not all shows were on film.

At 8 p.m., NBC tries doing a variety show with Steve Allen, figuring he's more hip and TV friendly than Ed Sullivan. Allen gave up the Tonight Show for prime time. But it didn't work. Sullivan had the better guests and maybe Allen was too foreground for a variety show. Allen later tried to come back to a late night syndicated show opposite Johnny Carson and that didn't work either. He had plenty of work but mostly on game shows. I'm sure he always wanted a home run that never came, not realizing the Tonight Show could have been that home run. But in the days of early TV, I suppose a show running weeknights from 11:15 to 1 a.m. was seen as not a top notch gig.
 
I guess this starts at 11:30am because the newspaper editor figured nobody watches TV on Sunday morning

I thought so, too, so I double-checked with the newspaper in Missoula, Montana, which also listed Spokane’s stations, and they were showing the same thing. Of course, their listings were listed in Mountain Time, but at least they were a lot more legible than the tiny listings in Spokane’s then-two papers.
 
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