Network affiliates that went against their time zone's "pattern"

[bpatrick]

Indianapolis and Louisville must have moved into the
Eastern time zone at the same time; the pre-1961
Kentucky schedules show Lexington on Eastern time,
but Louisville on Central.

 

[KeithE4]

We were lucky in Bloomington in that the Terre Haute stations (just CBS and NBC then, with ABC split between them but rarely live) carried network shows live, while the Indy stations delayed them an hour to keep Prime Time at 8-11 PM in the summer.

Like SB, Btown and TH were also in the central zone until 1967. Indpls was moved to eastern in 1961.

Terre Haute & South Bend, yes, but Bloomington was always on the same time as Indy. And I think the time zone change was before 1961. I don't remember ever having to change a clock for daylight time.

Check this TV Guide from December 1958, where the times are shown in Eastern Standard (actually, "Central Daylight" as indicated on the next page) Time, with Central Standard Time in parentheses. IIRC, only Terre Haute and Champaign needed CST.

 

[Stanislav]

The history of time in Indiana gives me a headache..... :

 

[AndTheLambGoesBAA]

Like SB, Btown and TH were also in the central zone until 1967. Indpls was moved to eastern in 1961.

Terre Haute & South Bend, yes, but Bloomington was always on the same time as Indy. And I think the time zone change was before 1961. I don't remember ever having to change a clock for daylight time.

Check this TV Guide from December 1958, where the times are shown in Eastern Standard (actually, "Central Daylight" as indicated on the next page) Time, with Central Standard Time in parentheses. IIRC, only Terre Haute and Champaign needed CST.

Here's a basic history as I best remember. The whole of Indiana was on central time until 1961. Then the state was split. Indpls and the 7 surrounding counties, along with cities like Muncie and FtW were placed in the eastern zone --- Bloomington, TH, Laf, SB, and even Columbus remained in the central zone. In 1967, Gov. Branigin, who didn't like the split, asked that Indiana return to all central. Instead DC ruled that all of Indiana, except for those counties near Chicago and Evansville would move to eastern time.

The key to this was the lax enforcement of those zone designations --- prior to the 67 changes. Just because a county was in the central zone didn't mean they observed that time. MOnroe County, Bloomington and WTTV, though in the central zone, could likely have chosen to match up with Indpls and the eastern zone. Personally, I clearly remember frustration with the 1967 change. Programs I'd grown up watching moved an hour later, and past my parents rather strict bedtime.

Yes. It's a headache.

 

[oldiesfan6479]

Agreed that Indiana was a major headache--sort of like the old
Anacin TV spot where the hammer was banging inside your head.

Hard to believe that it took until 2006 to fix all the loose ends.
And then those two uh, wonderful public servants : in the U.S.
House had to go and mess with daylight-saving time.

Kentucky could well have been described as "Indiana Jr." around
1960-1961.

I suggest you find a copy of Time Changes In The U.S.A. by
Doris Chase Doane and see if you can interpret all the wacky stuff
without getting your own major headache.