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Retro: Binghamton/Scranton/Scranton/Syracuse Tues, Mar 3, 1959

from TV Guide-Binghamton edition
Binghamton and neighboring edition Hazleton-Williamsport had an unusual listing format, listing the highest-numbered UHF station first and the lowest-numbered VHF station last (in Bingo, this meant listings went 40-28-22-18-16-12-8-3)

WSYR 3-Syracuse/WSYE 18-Elmira (NBC)
6:30 Continental Classroom "Elliptical Orbits"
7:00 Today (guest Virgilia Peterson discusses the National Book Awards)
9:00 All-Star Theater
9:30 Ladies' Day
10:00 Dough Re Mi
10:30 Treasure Hunt
11:00 Price is Right
11:30 Concentration
noon Tic Tac Dough
12:30 Jim Deline
1:00 Hollywood Matinee "Mary Lou"
2:30 Haggis Baggis (c)
3:00 Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4:00 Queen for a Day
4:30 County Fair
5:00 Woody Woodpecker
5:30 Adventure Time
6:00 Sky King
6:30 News
7:00 Lawrence Welk
7:30 Some of Manie's Friends (c/tribute to Emanuel Sacks with guests Sid Caesar, Rosemary Clooney, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Eddie Fisher, Betty Grable, Bob Hope, Harry James, Tony Martin, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Kay Starr, Danny Thomas, Jack Webb, and Jane Wyman; this pre-empts Dragnet and Eddie Fisher)
9:00 George Burns (guests Jimmie Rodgers and the Gardner Sisters)
9:30 Bob Cummings
10:00 Californians
10:30 Rough Riders
11:00 News
11:30 Jack Paar
1:00 News

WHEN 8-CBS/ABC Syracuse
7:00 Breakfast Bar
7:45 News
7:55 Take Five
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
8:45 News
9:00 These Things We Share
9:10 Party Line
9:20 Magic Toy Shop
9:45 Gal Next Door
9:55 Take Five
10:00 Morning Playhouse
10:30 Arthur Godfrey
11:00 I Love Lucy
11:30 Top Dollar
noon Love of Life
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1:00 Fashions at Luncheon
1:30 As the World Turns
2:00 Jimmy Dean
2:30 House Party
3:00 Big Payoff
3:30 Verdict is Yours
4:00 Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge of Night
5:00 Early Show "Kathleen"
6:30 News
6:45 CBS News
7:00 TBA
7:30 Sugarfoot
8:30 To Tell the Truth (Sonny Fox pinch hits for a vacationing Bud Collyer)
9:00 Arthur Godfrey
9:30 Red Skelton (from Miami Beach with guests Arthur Godfrey, Keefe Brassell, and the Henry Vee Agua Frolics)
10:00 Garry Moore (Garry's on vacation with Frankie Laine filling in from Hollywood; guests Peggy Lee, Michel Legrand, the Wiere Brothers, Mr. Ballantine, and the Steiner Brothers (these Steiners were dancers))
11:00 News
11:30 Star Theater "Hell Divers"

WNBF 12-ABC/CBS Binghamton
6:45 Today's Farm
7:00 Breakfast Time
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
8:45 News
9:00 School in Action (Tu only; on M/W/F Breakfast Time at 9, Treasure House at 9:15; while on Th, Treasure House aired at 9)
9:30 Edge of Night
10:00 Search for Tomorrow
10:15 Guiding Light
10:30 Electric Kitchen Party (Tu only, I Married Joan aired the rest of the week)
11:00 Music Bingo
11:30 Top Dollar
noon Three Stooges
12:25 News
12:30 Play Your Hunch
1:00 Heart of the Home
1:30 As the World Turns
2:00 Day in Court
2:30 Meet Your Neighbor
3:00 Beat the Clock
3:30 Verdict is Yours
4:00 Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 American Bandstand
5:00 Popeye Theater
5:30 Adventure Time
6:00 News/Weather
6:15 Ralph Carroll
6:30 SA 7
7:00 Ozzie & Harriet
7:30 Sugarfoot
8:30 Wyatt Earp
9:00 Rifleman
9:30 Rescue 8
10:00 Garry Moore
11:00 News
11:20 World's Best Movie "Vacation from Marriage"
1:00 All-Night Movies

WNEP 16-ABC Scranton
8:45 Western Serenade
9:00 Hatchy Milatchy
11:25 News
11:30 Peter Lind Hayes
12:30 Play Your Hunch
1:00 Liberace
1:30 Trouble with Father
2:00 Day in Court
2:30 Music Bingo
3:00 Beat the Clock
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4:00 American Bandstand
5:00 Showboat
5:30 Adventure Time
6:00 Life of Riley
6:30 Woody Woodpecker
7:00 Texas Rangers
7:30 Sugarfoot
8:30 Wyatt Earp
9:00 Rifleman
9:30 Naked City
10:00 Alcoa Presents "The Dream"
10:30 ABC News
10:45 News/Weather/Sports
11:05 Big Movie "Kiss Me Again"
12:30 News
12:35 Playhouse 16

WDAU 22-CBS Scranton
6:25 News
6:30 Bill Bennett
7:00 Morning Show
7:45 News
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
8:45 News
9:00 Romper Room (Miss Mary)
10:00 My Little Margie
10:30 Arthur Godfrey
11:00 I Love Lucy
11:30 Top Dollar
noon Love of Life
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1:00 Susie
1:30 As the World Turns
2:00 Jimmy Dean
2:30 House Party
3:00 Big Payoff
3:30 Verdict is Yours
4:00 Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge of Night
5:00 Our Miss Brooks
5:30 Amos 'n' Andy
6:00 Annie Oakley
6:30 Silent Service
7:00 News/Weather
7:15 CBS News
7:30 Burns & Allen
8:00 Official Detective
8:30 To Tell the Truth
9:00 Arthur Godfrey
9:30 Red Skelton
10:00 Garry Moore
11:00 News
11:30 Shock Theater "Chinatown Squad"
1:00 News
1:05 Late Late Show "Mystery of the White Room"

WBRE 28-NBC Wilkes-Barre
6:30 Continental Classroom "Elliptical Orbits"
7:00 Today
7:25 News Reporter
7:30 Today
9:00 News
9:05 Cartoon Carnival
9:30 Kitchen Magic
9:55 Take Five
10:00 Dough Re Mi
10:30 Treasure Hunt
11:00 Price is Right
11:30 Concentration
noon Tic Tac Dough
12:30 It Could Be You
1:00 One O'Clock Show
1:30 Heart of the City
1:55 Take Five
2:00 Truth or Consequences (c)
2:30 Haggis Baggis (c)
3:00 Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4:00 Queen for a Day
4:30 County Fair
5:00 Take Five
5:05 Comedy Time
5:30 Popeye's Cartoon Carnival
6:00 Sherwood Forest
6:30 News
6:45 NBC News (Chet Huntley flies solo for 4 weeks, while David Brinkley's in Europe and the Middle East on assignment)
7:00 US Marshal
7:30 Some of Manie's Friends (c)
9:00 George Burns
9:30 Bob Cummings
10:00 Californians
10:30 Bold Venture
11:00 News
11:15 Jack Paar (from Hollywood with guests the Andrews Sisters, Francis X. Bushman, and Mort Sahl; was this line-up also seen in Bingo, Syracuse, and Elmira as well? TVG only gave the guest listing for 28)

WINR 40-NBC/CBS/ABC Binghamton
6:30 Continental Classroom "Elliptical Orbits"
7:00 Today
9:00 Cartoon Carousel
9:30 It's Fun to Reduce
9:45 Sojourn
10:00 Dough Re Mi
10:30 Treasure Hunt
11:00 Price is Right
11:30 Concentration
noon Tic Tac Dough
12:30 it Could Be You
1:00 Liberace
1:30 Life with Elizabeth
2:00 Truth or Consequences (c)
2:30 Haggis Baggis (c)
3:00 Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4:00 Queen for a Day
4:30 County Fair
5:00 Big Rascals
5:30 Stand By for Adventure
6:00 Hank Hancock
6:15 Weather/Sports/News
6:45 NBC News
7:00 Hometown
7:15 Report to the People
7:30 Some of Manie's Friends (c)
9:00 George Burns
9:30 Bob Cummings
10:00 Californians
10:30 Confidential File
11:00 News
11:20 Jack Paar
1:00 News
 
Channel 40 is listed as a NBC/CBS/ABC affiliate. This seems odd because I thought Ch 40 was exclusive to NBC when they signed on in 1957. WNBF carried CBS/ABC until 1962 when Ch 34 signed on after which they were exclusive CBS.
 
oldies guy said:
Channel 40 is listed as a NBC/CBS/ABC affiliate. This seems odd because I thought Ch 40 was exclusive to NBC when they signed on in 1957. WNBF carried CBS/ABC until 1962 when Ch 34 signed on after which they were exclusive CBS.
Actually, an engineer at 40 told me they carried Ed Sullivan in the 50s -- though it was a CBS show, and WNBF (WBNG) was CBS primary. I think I remember him telling it was because they could get it live, and WNBF still couldn't.
He also told me that WICZ (then WINR) got their network signal on a "backhaul" -- that is, it didn't come up from NYC -- but was actually part of a return loop that came from the western part of NYS.
You also gotta give credit to WICZ for surviving as a UHF in the 1950s, in a mountainous city, going up against an established V...Whereas two UHFs in nearby Elmira, with no competition, (one on ch. 14, the other on ch. 24) had already failed by 1957.
 
oldies guy said:
Channel 40 is listed as a NBC/CBS/ABC affiliate. This seems odd because I thought Ch 40 was exclusive to NBC when they signed on in 1957. WNBF carried CBS/ABC until 1962 when Ch 34 signed on after which they were exclusive CBS.

TVG used the All Networks indicator for 40, but the bulk of their programming did come from NBC.
 
You also gotta give credit to WICZ for surviving as a UHF in the 1950s, in a mountainous city, going up against an established V...Whereas two UHFs in nearby Elmira, with no competition, (one on ch. 14, the other on ch. 24) had already failed by 1957.

Agree. 40's transmitter on Scrays Hill covered Bingo well but was stretch for viewers in Johnson City out to West Endicott. WINR had to rely on translators to get coverage throughout the tier. But from the moment they signed until the present, the 2 U's have also struggled because of ownership. Going up against a VHF channel was enough of a challenge, but coupling that challenge with the financial resources of Triangle and the lack of financial resources of the Binghamton Press and Al Anschrome as owners of 40 and 34 really set the footprint that exists even today. IMHO, 40 and 34 really really under served (and still does) this TV market compared to markets of similar size.
 
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