source: Boston Globe
RETRO BOSTON TV- Wednesday August 12, 1953
WBZ-TV 4 (NBC/ABC)
7am- Today Show (Dave Garroway) (NBC)
9am- Domestic Diary (Polly Huse)
9:30- How Show
10am- Ding Dong School (NBC)
10:30- Glamour Girl
11am- Hawkins Story
11:15- The Bennett Story
11:30- Three Steps to Heaven
12pm- News at Noon
12:15- Big Brother (Bob Emery)
12:45- The Jonathan Story
1pm- Hollywood Playhouse
2:30- Memi Magic
3pm- Break the Bank (NBC)
3:30- Welcome Travelers (NBC)
4pm- On Your Account (NBC)
4:30- Ladies’ Choice (NBC)
5pm- Atom Squad (NBC)
5:15- Gabby Hayes (NBC)
5:30- Howdy Doody (NBC)
6pm- Wonder World
6:15- News (Victor Best)
6:30- Industry on Parade
6:45- Bump Hadley Pitching
7pm- Yankee Scrapbook
7:15- Nightly Newsteller
7:30- Eddie Fisher Show (NBC)
7:45- Camel News Caravan (John Cameron Swayze)
8pm- I Married Joan (NBC)
8:30- Music Hall (NBC)
9pm- TV Theater (NBC)
10pm- This is your Life (NBC)
10:30- Doorway to Danger
11pm- News, Weather
11:10- Night Owl Theater
WNAC-TV 7 (CBS/Dumont)
9:45- Morning News (CBS)
10am- Arthur Godfrey (CBS)
11:30- Strike it Rich (CBS)
12pm- Bride and Groom (CBS)
12:15- Love of Life (CBS)
12:30- Search for Tomorrow (CBS)
12:45- The Guiding Light (CBS)
1pm- Movie Quick Quiz
1:15- Louise Morgan, shopping
1:30- Garry Moore Show (CBS)
2pm- Double or Nothing (CBS)
2:30- House Party (CBS)
3pm- The Big Payoff (CBS)
3:30- Paul Dixon Show (Dumont)
4pm- Summer School (CBS)
4:30- What You Eat
4:35- Bullets and Saddles
5pm- Wild Bill Hichcock
5:30- Time For Beany
5:45- Club Seven
6pm- Yankee News Service
6:15- Stranger Than Fiction
6:30- Speaker Joseph Martin
7pm- News, Weather
7:15- Music Hall Varieties (CBS)
7:30- CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
7:45- TV’s Top Tunes (CBS)
8pm- Arthur Godfrey’s Friends (CBS)
9pm- Strike it Rich (CBS)
9:30- I’ve Got A Secret (CBS)
10pm- Boxing Bout (CBS)- Ramon Fuentes .vs. Gil Turner (from New York)
10:45- Sports Spot, Mel Allen
11pm- News
11:05- Wrestling from Rainbo
12:05am- News, Weather, Sports
WJAR-TV 10 (NBC/ABC/CBS/Dumont) Providence
7am- Today Show (NBC)
9am- Morning Matinee
10am- Arthur Godfrey Time (CBS)
11am- Riddle Skits
11:15- Summer School (CBS)
11:30- Strike it Rich (CBS)
12pm- Bride and Groom (CBS)
12:15- Love of Life (CBS)
12:30- Search for Tomorrow (CBS)
12:45-The Guiding Light (CBS)
1pm- Let’s Go Shopping
1:30- Garry Moore Show (CBS)
2pm- Double or Nothing (CBS)
2:30- Sugar and Spice
3pm- The Big Payoff (CBS)
3:30- Welcome Travelers (NBC)
4pm- On Your Account (NBC)
4:30- Ladies’ Choice (NBC)
4:45- House Party (CBS)
5pm- N.E Talent Club
5:15- Children’s Theater
5:30- Howdy Doody (NBC)
6pm- Wild Bill Hickok
6:30- Wildlife in Rhode Island
6:40- Film Feature, Weather
7pm- Telenews Daily
7:15- TV Sports Page
7:30- Eddie Fisher Show (NBC)
7:45- Camel News Caravan (John Cameron Swayze)
8pm- I Married Joan (NBC)
8:30- Arthur Godfrey Presents (CBS)
9pm- TV Theater (NBC)
10pm- Boxing Bout (CBS)- Ramon Fuentes .vs. Gil Turner (from New York)
10:45- Sports Spot, Mel Allen
11pm- News
11:40- Movie- Strange Impression
RETRO BOSTON TV- Wednesday August 12, 1953
WBZ-TV 4 (NBC/ABC)
7am- Today Show (Dave Garroway) (NBC)
9am- Domestic Diary (Polly Huse)
9:30- How Show
10am- Ding Dong School (NBC)
10:30- Glamour Girl
11am- Hawkins Story
11:15- The Bennett Story
11:30- Three Steps to Heaven
12pm- News at Noon
12:15- Big Brother (Bob Emery)
12:45- The Jonathan Story
1pm- Hollywood Playhouse
2:30- Memi Magic
3pm- Break the Bank (NBC)
3:30- Welcome Travelers (NBC)
4pm- On Your Account (NBC)
4:30- Ladies’ Choice (NBC)
5pm- Atom Squad (NBC)
5:15- Gabby Hayes (NBC)
5:30- Howdy Doody (NBC)
6pm- Wonder World
6:15- News (Victor Best)
6:30- Industry on Parade
6:45- Bump Hadley Pitching
7pm- Yankee Scrapbook
7:15- Nightly Newsteller
7:30- Eddie Fisher Show (NBC)
7:45- Camel News Caravan (John Cameron Swayze)
8pm- I Married Joan (NBC)
8:30- Music Hall (NBC)
9pm- TV Theater (NBC)
10pm- This is your Life (NBC)
10:30- Doorway to Danger
11pm- News, Weather
11:10- Night Owl Theater
WNAC-TV 7 (CBS/Dumont)
9:45- Morning News (CBS)
10am- Arthur Godfrey (CBS)
11:30- Strike it Rich (CBS)
12pm- Bride and Groom (CBS)
12:15- Love of Life (CBS)
12:30- Search for Tomorrow (CBS)
12:45- The Guiding Light (CBS)
1pm- Movie Quick Quiz
1:15- Louise Morgan, shopping
1:30- Garry Moore Show (CBS)
2pm- Double or Nothing (CBS)
2:30- House Party (CBS)
3pm- The Big Payoff (CBS)
3:30- Paul Dixon Show (Dumont)
4pm- Summer School (CBS)
4:30- What You Eat
4:35- Bullets and Saddles
5pm- Wild Bill Hichcock
5:30- Time For Beany
5:45- Club Seven
6pm- Yankee News Service
6:15- Stranger Than Fiction
6:30- Speaker Joseph Martin
7pm- News, Weather
7:15- Music Hall Varieties (CBS)
7:30- CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
7:45- TV’s Top Tunes (CBS)
8pm- Arthur Godfrey’s Friends (CBS)
9pm- Strike it Rich (CBS)
9:30- I’ve Got A Secret (CBS)
10pm- Boxing Bout (CBS)- Ramon Fuentes .vs. Gil Turner (from New York)
10:45- Sports Spot, Mel Allen
11pm- News
11:05- Wrestling from Rainbo
12:05am- News, Weather, Sports
WJAR-TV 10 (NBC/ABC/CBS/Dumont) Providence
7am- Today Show (NBC)
9am- Morning Matinee
10am- Arthur Godfrey Time (CBS)
11am- Riddle Skits
11:15- Summer School (CBS)
11:30- Strike it Rich (CBS)
12pm- Bride and Groom (CBS)
12:15- Love of Life (CBS)
12:30- Search for Tomorrow (CBS)
12:45-The Guiding Light (CBS)
1pm- Let’s Go Shopping
1:30- Garry Moore Show (CBS)
2pm- Double or Nothing (CBS)
2:30- Sugar and Spice
3pm- The Big Payoff (CBS)
3:30- Welcome Travelers (NBC)
4pm- On Your Account (NBC)
4:30- Ladies’ Choice (NBC)
4:45- House Party (CBS)
5pm- N.E Talent Club
5:15- Children’s Theater
5:30- Howdy Doody (NBC)
6pm- Wild Bill Hickok
6:30- Wildlife in Rhode Island
6:40- Film Feature, Weather
7pm- Telenews Daily
7:15- TV Sports Page
7:30- Eddie Fisher Show (NBC)
7:45- Camel News Caravan (John Cameron Swayze)
8pm- I Married Joan (NBC)
8:30- Arthur Godfrey Presents (CBS)
9pm- TV Theater (NBC)
10pm- Boxing Bout (CBS)- Ramon Fuentes .vs. Gil Turner (from New York)
10:45- Sports Spot, Mel Allen
11pm- News
11:40- Movie- Strange Impression