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PITTSBURGH, Tuesday December 24, 1957

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highwayman128

Source: Pittsburgh Post Gazette (Listings start at 9)

RETRO PITTSUBRGH TV- CHRISTMAS EVE 1957

Tuesday December 24, 1957

2 KDKA- CBS/ABC—Pittsburgh
9:00 Josie’s Storyland
9:30 My Little Margie
9:55 News
10:00 Garry Moore
10:30 Arthur Godfrey
11:30 Strike It Rich
Noon News at Noon (Bill Burns)
12:15 Love of Life
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1:00 Big Movie- The Gifts/Desert Storm
2:25 Pat Kiety
2:30 House Party
3:00 Big Payoff
3:30 Verdict is Yours
4:00 Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Big Adventure
5:55 Santa Claus
6:00 Kingdom of the Sea
6:30 Waterfront
7:00 News (Carl Ide) (Ide would later go on to WTAE-4)
7:15 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
7:30 Name That Tune
8:00 Phil Silvers
8:30 Dr. Christian
9:00 Studio 57
9:30 Red Skelton
10:00 $64,000 Question
10:30 Capt. David Grief
11:00 News Tonight
11:15 Church Choir Service From National Cathedral, Washington, DC
12:30 Candlelight Processions

11 WIIC- NBC- Pittsburgh
9:00 Captain Jim
9:15 Popeye Club
9:30 Coffee Break
9:45 Comedy
10:00 Arlene Francis
10:30 Treasure Hunt
11:00 Price is Right
11:30 Truth or Consequences
Noon Tic Tac Dough
12:30 It Could Be You
1:00 Amos N’ Andy
1:30 Life With Elizabeth
2:00 Midday Matinee
2:30 Bride and Groom
3:00 Matinee Theater
4:00 Queen for a Day
4:30 Modern Romances
5:00 Comedy Time
5:30 Captain Jim
5:45 Popeye Club
6:00 Sgt. Preston
6:30 Local News
6:45 NBC News
7:00 Code Three
7:30 Ozzie and Harriet
8:00 Gobel-Fisher Show
9:00 Meet McGraw
9:30 Bob Cummings
10:00 Christmas Eve with Garroway
10:30 Big Story
11:00 Broken Arrow
11:30 Next Stop: Bethlehem
Mid. Midnight Mass

13 WQED- Educational- Pittsburgh
3:00 Especially For You
3:30 Poindexter
4:00 Children’s Corner
5:00 World of Music
6:00 Mathematics
6:30 Pitt Parade
6:45 Quebec News
7:00 French
7:30 Youth in Show
8:00 A Star Shall Rise
8:30 Christmas Eve
8:45 Christmas Music
9:00 Shepherds and Magic
9:30 Christmas in New England
10:00 Visits to A Sculptor
10:30 They Who Fought
11:30 sign-off
 
4 signed on just about a year later. They have or are about to turn 50, I don't recall the exact date.
I do remember there 25th. Anniversary Special, which ran over Christmas, 1983. They cleared the
schedule and ran only episodes of old shows and commercials, dating to 1958. It was tremendous
fun! (especially since that Christmas brought a -10 Arctic Blast, and none of us were leaving the house
over Christmas). Sadly they seem to have no similar plans for number 50.
 
FreddyE1977 said:
4 signed on just about a year later. They have or are about to turn 50, I don't recall the exact date.
I do remember there 25th. Anniversary Special, which ran over Christmas, 1983. They cleared the
schedule and ran only episodes of old shows and commercials, dating to 1958. It was tremendous
fun! (especially since that Christmas brought a -10 Arctic Blast, and none of us were leaving the house
over Christmas). Sadly they seem to have no similar plans for number 50.
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WTAE's sister station in Baltimore WBAL-TV, when they turned 50 they did something similar to what you describe as to whatWTAE did for their 25th. In WBAL's case while they didn't show old commericals, they DID showed a number of old WBAL promos dating back to the 60's, clips of many many of thier local shows ( some from the 50's ) and even vintage news openings. A few years back a good friend of mine had an interview with Baltimore's 98 Rock ( in the same building as WBAL ). I remember her telling me that WBAL after all these years kept such things as the wrestling ring dating back to when WBAL would air live wrestling, a complete kitchen from a mid 60's cooking show and even a bowling alley from the old 1970's Pinbusters show ( WBAL's version of Bowling For Dollars ).. To her a tour of WBAL really was a mix of checking out the current gear and a trip into a time machine. Wonder if WTAE has as much history stored at their place?

The lack of plans for a 50th, Buffalo's WKBW recently had their 50th and I am pretty sure most of the celebrating was done via-clips and reports on their local news ( if they did it elsewhere, its not on You Tube ) meanwhile LA's KNBC I read on this site is planning to do some bigtime celebrating to celebrate their milestone next year.

Sometimes it can be almost as interesting when a station refuses to celebrate a milestone like their 50th as if they did. In a market I used to work in, a local radio station had turned 60. Despite having lots of tapes , photos and records ( this station saved just about everything ), not only did they refused to talk over the air about their birthday but they even refused to allow the local paper to do a story for them, Why? For 35 of those 60 years, the station had the same morning guy however in his later years he had become more of a drunk and an a-hole so the station canned him. Had the station did anything for their 60th, they would have had to deal with this man again ( in other words they could not overlook him ). So rather than dealing with him or whatever, their 60th milestone was swept under the rug while it could have been something special.
 
WKBW aired a one hour special yesterday at noon (Christmas Day). The hour comprised of segments already done on the news in May and November. There was only one new clip they showed, a 1959 promo for Doris Jones' "For the Ladies." It was disappointing to see some montages were merely cut and pasted from their 1993 35th anniversary show.
 
It looks as though WIIC, Channel 11, also had some ABC-TV Network programs in Ozzie & Harriet and Broken Arrow for example although those appear to have been aired by delayed broadcast.
 
Is Josie on KDKA Josie Carey, who did NBC's 1955
kids' show "Children's Corner" with Fred Rogers?
I know that some of the puppets on that show were
later used on "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood."

I also see KDKA isn't carrying "As The World Turns" at
1:30. What was it about that show that kept it off
KDKA for so long (moving "Guiding Light" to 10 AM a
couple of years ago wasn't a brilliant move, either)?
 
Do you have any listings for WTRF 7 Wheeling or WTOV 9 Stebenville from Christmas Eve 1957?

-crainbebo
 
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