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Honolulu, Hawaii, August 17-21, 1959

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only1moore

From The Honolulu Advertiser:
(Note that August 21, 1959 was the day Hawaii was admitted to the Union as the 50th state)

2-KONA (NBC) (Satellite: 7-KALA/Maui)

Weekdays
12:30PM Rainbow House (Friday)
12:45PM Rex Ravelle (Tuesday, Thursday)
1PM Treasure Hunt
1:30 Price Is Right
2PM Tic Tac Dough
2:30 It Could Be You
3PM Truth Or Consequences
3:30 County Fair
4PM Decision for Research
4:30 Sheriff Ken & His Rangers (showcasing classic Western films)
5:15PM Early Movie
7PM KONA/NBC Prime Time
10PM Kini Popo Show
10:30 News Headlines
10:35 2 Night on 2 (movies)

Monday
5:15PM "Railroaded" (1947)
7PM Kingdom of The Sea
7:30 Wagon Train
8:30 D.A. Man
9PM Million Dollar Movie, "Raiders of The Seven Seas" (1953)

Tuesday
5:15PM "The Beachcomber" (British, 1954)
7PM Danger Is My Business
7:30 People Are Funny
8PM This Is Your Life
8:30 Whirlybirds
9PM Peter Gunn
9:30 21 Beacon Street
10:35 "Night of The Hunter" (1955)

Wednesday
5:15PM "Jesse James' Women" (1954)
6:45PM Mayor Reports (Neil S. Blaisdell was Honolulu's Mayor at the time; the downtown concert center and park are both named after him)
7PM Steve Canyon
7:30 Tales of The Wells Fargo
8PM David Niven
8:30 S. A. no. 7
9PM Dave King (Variety show)
9:30 Bat Masterson
10:35 "The Babe Ruth Story" (1943)

Thursday
5:15PM "Lone Gun" (1954)
6:45PM Outlook
7PM Perry Como Presents
8PM Official Detective
8:30 Hollywood's Greatest Movies, "Purple Plain" (1955)
10:35 "Missing Jurors" (1944)

Friday
5:15PM "Destroyer" (1943)
7PM Bob Cummings
7:30 Cimarron City
8:30 Masquerade Party
9PM To Be Announced
9:30 Loretta Young
10:35 "Steel Lady" (1953)

4-KHVH (ABC) (Satellite: 12-KMVI/Maui)

Weekdays
1PM KHVH Kaleidescope
1:30 Sears Electric Kitchen (hosted by Betty Smyser)
2PM Cartoon Time
2:30 Island Playhouse (movies)
4PM Island Playhouse II (movies)
5:30 Bugs Bunny Club
5:45 News (John Needham anchors)
6PM Captain Honolulu (featuring Popeye and his pals)
6:30 KHVH/ABC Prime Time

Monday
2:30 "Success at Any Price" (1953)
4PM "Hitting a New High" (1937)
6:30PM Superman
7PM Science In Motion
7:30 MacKenzie's Raiders
8PM Cheyenne
9PM Matson Movie, "To Have and Have Not" (1944)
11PM Four Star Movie, "Secrets of a Actress" (1938)

Tuesday
2:30 "Bad Company" (1931)
4PM "They Met in Argentina" (1940)
6:30PM Woody Woodpecker
7PM The Aku Show (local variety show)
7:30 Wyatt Earp
8PM State Troopers
8:30 Amfac's Rendezvous (local anthology drama series)
9PM Tombstone Territory
9:30 Death Valley Days
10PM Four Star Movie, "Murder My Sweet" (1944)

Wednesday
2:30 "Pan-Americana" (1945)
4PM "Half-Naked Truth" (1932)
6:30PM Leave It To Beaver
7PM Walt Disney Presents ("Showdown at Sandoval"; repeat)
8PM Rescue 8
8:30 Highway Patrol
9PM Naked City
9:30 Union Pacific
10PM Big Movie, "Roughshed" (1944)

Thursday
2:30 "Chasing Yesterday" (1935)
4PM "Around The World" (1942)
6:30PM Huckleberry Hound
7PM Zorro
7:30 Flight
8PM Bold Venture
8:30 Rough Riders
9PM Hawaiian Theater, "Best Foot Forward" (1943)
11PM Four Star Movie, "Five Came Back" (1939)

Friday
2:30 "Melody Cruise" (1933)
4PM "Return of Peter Grimm" (1935)
6:30PM Flash Gordon
7PM Lewers & Cooke How To Do It Show (hosted by George Horvath and Bob Sevey)
7:30 Silent Service (about the USS Triton)
8PM The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
8:30 The Real McCoys
9PM 77 Sunset Strip
10PM Big Movie, "East of Chicago" (1939)
12Mid Late, Late Show, "Law of The Underworld" (1938)

9-KGMB (CBS) (Satellite: 3-KMAU/Maui & 9-KHBC/Hilo)

Weekdays
11:20AM Cartoon Time
11:30 As The World Turns
12Noon Secret Storm
12:15 Film Variety
12:30 Edge Of Night
1PM I Married Joan
1:30 Top Dollar
2PM Napua's Kitchen
2:30 Love of Life
3PM Movie Matinee
4:15 Various
5:30 Early Show (movies)
6:55 News
7PM KGMB/CBS Prime Time
10PM Hawaiian Electric (Company) News
10:15 Sports Editor
10:30 Late Show

Monday
3PM "King of the Newsboys" (1938)
4:15 Posse (serial movie shorts)
5:15 Cartoon Time
5:30 "Fighting Chance" (1955)
7PM To Tell The Truth
7:30 Playhouse 90 "Rumors of Evening"
9PM Desilu Playhouse "Two Counts of Murder"
10:30 "Duel at Apache Wells" (1957)

Tuesday
3PM "Duel at Apache Wells" (1957, replay)
4:15 Posse
4:45 Film Variety
5PM Robin Hood
5:30 "Belle Of Old Mexico" (1949)
7PM Rawhide
8PM Panic!
8:30 Joseph Cotten
9PM Sheriff of Cochise
9:30 Peck's Bad Girl (series finale)
10:30 "Headline Hunters" (1955)

Wednesday
3PM "Headline Hunters" (1955, replay)
4:15 Posse
5:15 Cartoon Time
5:30 "Twinkle in God's Eye" (1955)
7PM Fashion for Petites
7:30 I've Got A Secret
8PM Millionaire
8:30 San Francisco Beat
9PM Have Gun, Will Travel
9:30 Gunsmoke
10:30 "Last Warning" (1939)

Thursday
3PM "Last Warning" (1939, replay)
4:15 You Are Beautiful (Beauty, Fashion and Charm tips hosted by Helen Vincent)
4:30 Posse
5:30 "Missing Women" (1951)
7PM Mama
7:30 Father Knows Best
8PM Spotlight Playhouse, "Bold Loser"
8:30 Stripe Playhouse, "No Answer"
9PM Andy Williams
10:30 "Maverick Queen" (1956)

Friday
3PM "Web of Danger" (1947)
4:15 Captain Kangaroo
4:45 Posse
5:30 "Pride of Maryland" (1950)
7PM Lassie
7:30 Life of Riley
8PM Zane Grey Theater
8:30 Frontier Justice
9PM Sea Hunt
9:30 Texan
10:30 Arthur Murray Dance Time
10:45 A-1 Movie ("Sea Hornet", 1951)
 
Just curious...I know they pick up network shows off the bird these days in Hawaii, tape them and time-shift them a few hours to stay in West Coast pattern today. But in the days before the satellite feeds were available, did they tape network shows in Los Angeles, fly them in and delay them a week to keep them in pattern; did they kinescope them on the West Coast and airmail them, then time-shift their play; or was there a trans-Pacific coax cable that allowed them to take a live network feed, tape it in Honolulu and replay in pattern?
 
Bob1370 said:
Just curious...I know they pick up network shows off the bird these days in Hawaii, tape them and time-shift them a few hours to stay in West Coast pattern today. But in the days before the satellite feeds were available, did they tape network shows in Los Angeles, fly them in and delay them a week to keep them in pattern; did they kinescope them on the West Coast and airmail them, then time-shift their play; or was there a trans-Pacific coax cable that allowed them to take a live network feed, tape it in Honolulu and replay in pattern?
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In the early '70s, they only used the satellite for live news and sports. Everything else was taped and flown over from LA, then aired on a one-week, in-pattern delay. I'll guess that it was the same in 1959, except that it was impossible to air live events.
 
For years, filmed programs were flown over on film, live programs flown over on kinescope. Remember, in the 50's and 60's net programs that were taped, were also kinescoped, as not all small market or distant market stations had expensive two inch quad machines. But everybody had a film chain. Tape later replaced kines, and film programs were later tranfered to tape and then flown over to the islands. Now, two things to consider that will drive this boards "schedule fans" up the wall. (1) Because all programs are sitting on reels, you can run them in any order, schedule or pattern you like. There is no other affiliate for 2,500 miles, so who is the viewer to compare schedules with? The practice of making up a schedule, and not clearing marginal network offerings combined with hours(!) of locally produced prime time programming had a long history in Hawaii. (2) And get ready for this. The Honolulu afilliates paid all the shipping charges! How did they do this? Well, let me explain, and anyone who visited or lived in Hawaii uo until 1990 can verify this happened every night on every net affiliate. Off the top of my head,let's take a Sunday night, mid 60's, on CBS. Keep in mind that any program on this in pattern list could be and often was pre empted by local or syndicated programs. Up into the 80's no markets three big affiliates produced more local prime time programming than Honolulu. OK, follow this schedule, and remember, nothing is coming down a network coax on clock time:
6:00-6:28 Lassie-CBS Film
6:28-6:33 FIVE minutes local spots
6:33-7:01 My Favorite Martian-CBS Film
7:01-7:06 FIVE minutes local spots
7:06-7:34 1st half Ed Sullivan-CBS kine
7:34-7:39 FIVE minutes local spots
7:39-8:07 2nd half Ed Sullivan-CBS kine
8:07-8:12 FIVE minutes local spots
8:12-8:40 1st half Judy Garland-CBS kine
and so on. There was not limit on how many spots you could run. You just stopped the film, kine, or tape,ran your spot break, and then resumed your schedule. Extra spots, extra income, pays for shipping.
Natural spot breaks inside the show were often extended depending on the programs popularity.
The NBC Thursday's of Cosby and Hill Street often had the 10:00 PM news starting at 10:20 PM
It really screwed up your VCR settings.
Was there an upside? Well, all kines and tapes were made in NY or LA. Full 15 kc audio!
 
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