source: Boston Globe
RETRO BOSTON TV- Wednesday December 12, 1956
CHANNEL LINEUP
2 WGBH-TV (EDU) Cambridge/Boston
4 WBZ-TV (NBC) Boston
7 WNAC-TV (ABC/CBS) Boston
9 WMUR-TV (ABC) Manchester, NH
10 WJAR-TV (NBC/ABC) Providence
12 WPRO-TV (CBS/ABC) Providence
MORNING
6:45
4- Daily Almanac
7:00
4-10- Today (Dave Garroway)
7-12- The Morning Show (Will Rogers Jr.)
8:00
7-12- Captain Kangaroo
8:55
4- Stu Erwin Show
9:00
7- Morning Star Time
10- Movie- Mr. Peek-A-Boo
12- Romper Room
9:25
4- Susie (Ann Sothern)
9:45
12- News
10:00
4-10- Ding Dong School
7-12- Garry Moore Show
10:30
4- Break the $250,000 Bank
7-12- Arthur Godfrey Time
10- Operation Schoolhouse
11:00
4-10- Home (Arlene Francis)
11:30
7-12- Strike it Rich
AFTERNOON
12:00
4- News, weather
7-12- Valiant Lady
10- My Little Margie
12:15
4- Bob Emery
7-12- Love of Life
12:30
7-12- Search for Tomorrow
10- It Could Be Youi
12:45
7-12- The Guiding Light
1:00
4- Movie- Cure for Love
7- Dear Homemaker
10- Movie- man of Evil
12- Susie, Ann Sothern
1:30
7-12- As The World Turns
2:00
7- Heart of the City
12- Stu Erwin Show
2:30
4-10- Tennessee Ernie Ford
7-12- House Party
9- Romper Room
3:00
4-10- Matinee
7-12- The Big Payoff
9- Movie- Vote for Huggett
3:30
7-12- Bob Crosby Show
4:00
4-10- Queen for a Day
7-12- Brighter Day
4:15
7-12- The Secret Storm
4:30
7- My Little Margie
9- Santa Claus
12- The Edge of Night
4:45
4- Frisco Jenny, film
10- Modern Romances
5:00
7-12- Mickey Mouse Club
9- Sacred Heart Talk
10- Super Cartoons
5:15
2- Let’s Have A Story
9- Cartoon Time
5:30
2- The World We Went
9- News, Guest House
10- Laurel and Hardy
5:50
10- Safari, film
6:00
2- American Art Today
7- Sky King
10- Wild Bill Hichok
12- Salty Brine’s Shack
6:30
2- Louis M. Lyons, news
7- Badge 714
9-12- News, Sports, Weather
10- Looney Tunes
6:45
2- Backgrounds
4- Science Fiction
10- News, Weather, Sports
12- CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
7:00
7- News and Weather
9- Film
10- Bold Journey
12- Science Fiction
7:15
2- British Weeklies
4- Nightly Newsteller
7- Patti Page Show
9- ABC News (John Daly)
7:30
2- French Through TV
4-10- Eddie Fisher Show
7- I Led Three Lives
9- Disneyland
12- Giant Step
7:45
4-10- NBC News
8:00
2- Science Reporter
4- Ozzie and Harriet
7-12- Arthur Godfrey
10- Hiram Holiday
8:30
2- American Album
4-10- Father Knows Best
9- Navy Log
9:00
2- Psychology One
4-10- TV Theater
7-12- The Millionaire
9- Headline, M. Stevens
9:30
2- Shakespeare on TV
7-12- I’ve Got a Secret
9- I Spy, drama
10:00
2- News Roundup
4-10- This Is Your Life
7-12- 20th Century Fox
9- Boxing Bout
10:30
4- Highway Patrol
10- I Spy, drama (Not the 60’s Bill Cosby show)
10:45
9- Film Feature
11:00
4-7-9-10-12- News
11:05
7- Passport to Danger
11:10
4- Mystery Theater
11:15
12- Dangerous Assignment
11:20
9- Movie- Woman in Bondage
10- Movie- The Strange Mrs. Crane
11:40
4- Tonight Show
7- Movie- The Scar
11:45
12- Fabian: Scotland Yard
12:30
4- Movie- Flannelfoot
12:55
7- Movie- P.J and The Lady
RETRO BOSTON TV- Wednesday December 12, 1956
CHANNEL LINEUP
2 WGBH-TV (EDU) Cambridge/Boston
4 WBZ-TV (NBC) Boston
7 WNAC-TV (ABC/CBS) Boston
9 WMUR-TV (ABC) Manchester, NH
10 WJAR-TV (NBC/ABC) Providence
12 WPRO-TV (CBS/ABC) Providence
MORNING
6:45
4- Daily Almanac
7:00
4-10- Today (Dave Garroway)
7-12- The Morning Show (Will Rogers Jr.)
8:00
7-12- Captain Kangaroo
8:55
4- Stu Erwin Show
9:00
7- Morning Star Time
10- Movie- Mr. Peek-A-Boo
12- Romper Room
9:25
4- Susie (Ann Sothern)
9:45
12- News
10:00
4-10- Ding Dong School
7-12- Garry Moore Show
10:30
4- Break the $250,000 Bank
7-12- Arthur Godfrey Time
10- Operation Schoolhouse
11:00
4-10- Home (Arlene Francis)
11:30
7-12- Strike it Rich
AFTERNOON
12:00
4- News, weather
7-12- Valiant Lady
10- My Little Margie
12:15
4- Bob Emery
7-12- Love of Life
12:30
7-12- Search for Tomorrow
10- It Could Be Youi
12:45
7-12- The Guiding Light
1:00
4- Movie- Cure for Love
7- Dear Homemaker
10- Movie- man of Evil
12- Susie, Ann Sothern
1:30
7-12- As The World Turns
2:00
7- Heart of the City
12- Stu Erwin Show
2:30
4-10- Tennessee Ernie Ford
7-12- House Party
9- Romper Room
3:00
4-10- Matinee
7-12- The Big Payoff
9- Movie- Vote for Huggett
3:30
7-12- Bob Crosby Show
4:00
4-10- Queen for a Day
7-12- Brighter Day
4:15
7-12- The Secret Storm
4:30
7- My Little Margie
9- Santa Claus
12- The Edge of Night
4:45
4- Frisco Jenny, film
10- Modern Romances
5:00
7-12- Mickey Mouse Club
9- Sacred Heart Talk
10- Super Cartoons
5:15
2- Let’s Have A Story
9- Cartoon Time
5:30
2- The World We Went
9- News, Guest House
10- Laurel and Hardy
5:50
10- Safari, film
6:00
2- American Art Today
7- Sky King
10- Wild Bill Hichok
12- Salty Brine’s Shack
6:30
2- Louis M. Lyons, news
7- Badge 714
9-12- News, Sports, Weather
10- Looney Tunes
6:45
2- Backgrounds
4- Science Fiction
10- News, Weather, Sports
12- CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
7:00
7- News and Weather
9- Film
10- Bold Journey
12- Science Fiction
7:15
2- British Weeklies
4- Nightly Newsteller
7- Patti Page Show
9- ABC News (John Daly)
7:30
2- French Through TV
4-10- Eddie Fisher Show
7- I Led Three Lives
9- Disneyland
12- Giant Step
7:45
4-10- NBC News
8:00
2- Science Reporter
4- Ozzie and Harriet
7-12- Arthur Godfrey
10- Hiram Holiday
8:30
2- American Album
4-10- Father Knows Best
9- Navy Log
9:00
2- Psychology One
4-10- TV Theater
7-12- The Millionaire
9- Headline, M. Stevens
9:30
2- Shakespeare on TV
7-12- I’ve Got a Secret
9- I Spy, drama
10:00
2- News Roundup
4-10- This Is Your Life
7-12- 20th Century Fox
9- Boxing Bout
10:30
4- Highway Patrol
10- I Spy, drama (Not the 60’s Bill Cosby show)
10:45
9- Film Feature
11:00
4-7-9-10-12- News
11:05
7- Passport to Danger
11:10
4- Mystery Theater
11:15
12- Dangerous Assignment
11:20
9- Movie- Woman in Bondage
10- Movie- The Strange Mrs. Crane
11:40
4- Tonight Show
7- Movie- The Scar
11:45
12- Fabian: Scotland Yard
12:30
4- Movie- Flannelfoot
12:55
7- Movie- P.J and The Lady