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Retro: Boston - Sunday, February 28, 1960

Source – Boston Sunday Globe, Sunday February 28, 1960

2 – WGBH Boston (Educational) – also public affairs programming from the commercial networks
11:30a Camera Three (CBS)
12:00p CBS Workshop (CBS) “Friday Dinner on Middle Neck Road”
01:00p College News Conference – Sen. Richard Russell (D-Ga) is queried on “New Civil Rights Legislation”
01:30p That Free Men May Live
02:00p Winter Olympics (CBS) – yes this is correct; there was a story on it stating that commercials would be omitted but there would be appeals for funds to keep the station operating
05:00p Metropolis
05:30p Chet Huntley Reports (NBC)
06:00p A Time To Dance

4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
06:30a Industry on Parade
06:45a Man to Man
07:00a Boomtown
09:30a Dimensions
10:00a Frontiers of Faith
10:30a Our Believing World
11:00a Decisions
11:30a Sunday News
12:00p Command Premiere Movie “To Each His Own” (1946)
03:00p Movie “The Virginian” (1946)
04:30p Golf Match – Byron Nelson and Jim Turnesa; filmed at the Rio Pinar Country Club in Orlando, Florida
05:30p Starring the Editors
06:00p Community Auditions
06:30p Felix the Cat
06:45p News, Weather
07:00p Overland Trail “High Bridge”
08:00p NBC Sunday Showcase “Secrets of Freedom” (Wiki lists this series as color)
09:00p Dinah Shore Show – Benny Goodman, Chuck Connors, Carl Reiner, French ballet stars Liane Dayde and Michel Renault (color)
10:00p The Loretta Young Show “A Greater Strength”
10:30p Rendevous
11:00p News
11:15p Big Movie “The Prowler” and “Daytime Wife”

5 – WHDH Boston (ABC – secondary CBS/NBC)
08:00a Bozo’s Special (color)
09:30a Mission at Mid-Century
10:00a Christian Science
10:15a Sacred Heart
10:30a Science Quest
11:00a Ranch Party
11:30a Jubilee U.S.A. (delayed from Saturday @ 10p)
12:00p Tantrum-Size Twelve
12:30p Washington Report
12:45p News (color)
01:00p Beulah
01:30p Citizen Soldier
02:00p N.B.A. Spotlight (NBC)
02:15p Pro Basketball – Philadelphia Warriors at Detroit Pistons (NBC)
04:30p Broken Arrow
05:00p Matty’s Funnies
05:30p The Lone Ranger
06:00p Burns and Allen
06:30p Tombstone Territory
07:00p Colt .45
07:30p Maverick “The Resurrection of Joe November”
08:30p Lawman
09:00p The Rebel
09:30p The Alaskans “Peril at Caribou Crossing”
10:30p 21 Beacon Street
11:00p Meet the Press (NBC)
11:30p Divorce Court
12:00a Dial 999

7 – WNAC Boston (CBS)
08:30a Watch the World
08:45a This is the Life
09:15a Sunday Mass
10:00a Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30a Look Up and Live
11:00a FYI Series
11:30a Texas Rangers
12:00p Cinema 7 (triple feature) – “Scudda Hoo, Scuddy Hay” (1948), “The Senator Was Indiscrete” (1947), “Three Comrades” (1937)
05:00p Conquest Series
05:30p The Yankee Camera (local news/info show with Roy Leonard)
06:00p Small World
06:30p Manhunt
07:00p Lassie
07:30p Dennis the Menace
08:00p The Ed Sullivan Show – Bobby Darrin, Connie Francis, Ken Murray, Marie Wilson, Della Reese, Senior Wences, Noel Adam, Antoine and Curtiss
09:00p General Electric Theater “The Story of Judith”
09:30p Alfred Hitchcock Presents “Across the Threshold”
10:00p George Gobel Show – Tennessee Ernie Ford, guest (alternates with Jack Benny)
10:30p What’s My Line?
11:00p News
11:15p Late Show “Before I Hang” and “Vacation in Reno”

9 – WMUR Manchester (ABC)
03:00p Oral Roberts
03:30p Unity Viewpoint
03:45p Frankie Lane
04:00p Paul Winchell
04:30p Revue Francaise (Manchester had a large French population so WMUR ran some programming from Quebec into the 1970s)
05:30p College Bowl
06:00p Faith for Today
06:30p News
06:45p Christian Science
07:00p New Horizons
07:30p Evening Show
09:00p Sherlock Holmes
09:30p American Legend
10:00p Curtain Call
10:30p Command Performance
11:00p News

10 – WJAR Providence (NBC/ABC)
08:00a Sacred Heart
08:15a Christian Science
08:30a This is the Life
09:00a Frontiers of Faith
09:30a Catholic Chapel
10:00a Industry on Parade
10:15a Americans at Work
10:30a Dateline U.N.
11:00a Janet Dean
11:30a Duffy’s Tavern
12:00p Bishop’s Vocation Month Appeal
12:15p Boy’s Club Jr. Profs.
12:30p Golf Match (no details listed)
01:30p Strikes ‘n’ Spares
02:00p The Tracer
02:30p Movie “Leave Her to Heaven”
04:00p Ernie Kovacs Show (aka “Take a Good Look” – ABC; delayed from Thursday @ 10:30p)
04:30p Road to Prosperity
05:00p Walt Disney Presents (ABC, delayed from Friday @ 7:30p)
06:00p Meet The Press
06:30p Riverboat (NBC, delayed from Monday @ 7:30p)
07:30p Lawman (ABC, delayed from Sunday @ 8:30p)
08:00p NBC Sunday Showcase “Secrets of Freedom”
09:00p Dinah Shore Show – Benny Goodman, Chuck Connors, Carl Reiner, French ballet stars Liane Dayde and Michel Renault (color)
10:00p The Loretta Young Show “A Greater Strength”
10:30p People’s Court
11:00p News
11:10p Movie “Road to Glory”

12 – WPRO Providence (CBS/ABC)
08:30a Farm Facts
09:00a The Christophers
09:30a Talk Back
10:00a Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30a Look Up and Live
11:00a FYI Series
11:30a Camera Three
12:00p Sea of Lost Ships
01:15p Sports Roundup
01:30p Wrestling Match
02:00p Winter Olympics
05:00p Small World
05:30p The Twentieth Century
06:00p The Alaskans (ABC; delayed from Sunday @ 9:30p)
07:00p Lassie
07:30p Dennis the Menace
08:00p The Ed Sullivan Show – Bobby Darrin, Connie Francis, Ken Murray, Marie Wilson, Della Reese, Senior Wences, Noel Adam, Antoine and Curtiss
09:00p General Electric Theater “The Story of Judith”
09:30p Alfred Hitchcock Presents “Across the Threshold”
10:00p George Gobel Show – Tennessee Ernie Ford, guest (alternates with Jack Benny)
10:30p What’s My Line?
11:00p News
11:15p Big Clock
 
Interesting that the Boston affiliate didn't even bother to show the final day of the Winter Olympics, and instead showed a trio of forgettable movies.
 
WNAC was owned by RKO General, so it wasn't surprising. Also at the time NBC was in negotiations to buy the station (didn't happen due to the questions about the Cleveland/Philadelphia swap) and CBS was anxious to move to another station (ultimately to WHDH the next January).
 
An elderly friend seems to think that a decision was made the day before, after the U.S. hockey team upset Russia to keep their hold-medal hopes alive, by CBS to split the final day of Winter Olympics coverage from Squaw Valley so instead of running from 2 to 5 P.M. EST; it would run from 11 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. EST and from 4:30 to 5.

My friend seems to think that was done to permit the final U.S. hockey game against Czechoslovakia (which they won to win the first U.S. men's hockey gold medal; the "Forgotten Miracle Of Squaw Valley") live and in full. In fact, he recalls the game being live with something else running on CBS stations from 2 to 4:30 P.M. that day.

Nevertheless, the 4:30-5 P.M. EST portion was likely the closing ceremonies, aired live.
 
At that time the Globe didn't have a separate TV section - the listings for the week were all on one page in the paper itself. I checked the entire paper for that day and there were no TV updates changing the times for Olympic coverage, including on the sports pages. It is possible there may have been changes in later editions.
 
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