February 1964: The Beatles and their competition

[Ultimajock]

...in his book THE BEATLES ARE COMING!, Bruce Spizer includes a couple of pages from TV Guides that contain the listings for the 9 and 16 February 1964 "Ed Sullivan Show" installments on which The Beatles appeared live. The pages, of course, also show what was running on competing schedules. Unfortunately, Spizer doesn't identify which regions these listings are for, so if anyone around here knows, tell me ;-) ...9 February 1964 (on page 148 of the Spizer book)+++++++++8:00 7-9-10 ED SULLIVAN8:30 2-6-12 ARREST AND TRIAL 4-5-18-35 GRINDL 9:00 4-5-18-35 BONANZA 7-9-10 JUDY GARLAND10:00 4-5-18-35 NBC WHITE PAPER (special on the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962)16 February 1964 (on page 194 of the Spizer book)+++++++++7:00 6-11-13 LASSIE 9 OZZIE & HARRIET7:30 2-8 WALT DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR 6-11-13 MY FAVORITE MARTIAN 9-38 JAIMIE McPHEETERS8:00 6-11-13 ED SULLIVAN8:30 2-8 GRINDL 9-38 ARREST AND TRIAL9:00 2-8 BONANZA 6 JUDY GARLAND

 

[DoctorBear]

OK detec-a-tives, find the market that A) had NBC on 4,5,18,35 CBS on 7-9-10 and ABC on 2-6-12or B CS on 6-11-13, NBC on 2-9, ABC on 9(PS-if you're wondering, "Grindl" was a half-hour sitcom with Imogene Coca.)

 

[azumanga]

My guess:2/9: Southern Ohio (Stations from Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati, Zanesville and Lima)2/16: Central Florida (Tampa Bay, Orlando, Ft. Myers)

 

[bpatrick]

NBC 2, 8 CBS 6, 11, 13 ABC 9, 38 is Central Floridaedition; my cousins in Brevard County got that edition,as did I when I lived in Tampa (only by then, 1973-76,38 was gone and 10 was ABC in the Bay Area).Specifically, 2, 6, 9 were/are in Orlando; 8, 13, 38in Tampa/St. Petersburg; 11 in Fort Myers.The other one was called the Dayton edition in the'70s, '80s, and '90s; I'm not sure what it was calledin 1964 (Southern Ohio, maybe?) All I know is that2 and 7 were/are in Dayton; 5, 9, 12 in Cincinnati;4, 6, 10 in Columbus; 18 in Zanesville; 35 in Lima.