source: Boston Globe
RETRO BOSTON TV- Wednesday December 17, 1958
CHANNEL LINEUP
2 WGBH-TV (NET) Boston
4 WBZ-TV (NBC) Boston
5 WHDH-TV (ABC/CBS/NBC) Boston
7 WNAC-TV (CBS) Boston
9 WMUR-TV (ABC) Manchester, NH
10 WJAR-TV (NBC/ABC) Providence
12 WPRO-TV (CBS) Providence
MORNING
6:15
4- Sunrise Semester
6:30
10- Daybreak College
6:45
4- Daily Almanac
7:00
4-10- Today Show
7- Laurel and Hardy
12- Weather; Story Tme
7:30
12- News
7:55
5- Beulah, comedy
12- Mark Stevens
8:00
7-12- Captain Kangaroo
8:25
5- Fun To Reduce
8:45
5- Mark Stevens
7- Morning Star Time
12- Romper Room
9:00
4- Rex Trailer
5- Romper Room
10- World Around Us
9:15
12- Topper, comedy
9:30
2- 21-Inch Classroom
4- Priscilla Lane
10- Hippity Hop
9:45
5- For Women Only
10- Jay Kroll Show
12- News
10:00
4- Dough Re Mi
5- News, Mark Stevens
7- My Little Margie
12- For Love or Money
10:15
5- We Believe
10:30
4- Treasure Hunt
5- Stu Erwin
7-12- Play Your Hunch
11:00
2- 21-Inch Classroom
4-10- Price is Right
5-9- Day In Court
7-12- Arthur Godfrey
11:30
4-10- Concentration
5-9- Peter Lind Hayes
7-12- Top Dollar
AFTERNOON
12:00
4- News, Weather
7-12- Love of Life
10- Tic Tac Dough
12:15
4- Bob Emery
12:30
5- Farm and Food
7-12- Search for Tomorrow
9- Mother’s Day
10- It Could Be You
12:45
7-12- The Guiding Light
1:00
4- Film Feature
5-9- Liberace Show
7- Louise Morgan
10- On Borrowed Time
12- People’s Choice
1:30
5- Movie- Mail Order Bride
7-12- As The World Turns
2:00
7-12- Jimmy Dean Show
9- Music Bingo
2:30
4-10- Haggis Baggis
5- Music Bingo
7-12- House Party
9- Tim McCoy
2:45
9- Sacred Heart
3:00
4-10- Today is Ours
5-9- Beat the Clock
7-12- The Big Payoff
3:30
4-10- From these Roots
5-9- Who Do You Trust?
7-12- Verdict is Yours
4:00
4-10- Queen for a Day
5-9- American Bandstand
7-12- Brighter Day
4:15
7-12- The Secret Storm
4:30
4-10- County Fair
7- Topper, comedy
12- Edge of Night
4:45
2- Friendly Giant
5:00
2- Ruth Anne’s Camp
4- Boston Movietime
7- Early Show
10- Movie- Crime of Dr. Forbes
12- Wild Bill Hichok
5:30
5-12- Mickey Mouse Club
9- Santa’s Workshop
EVENING
6:00
2- Atomic Age Physics
5- Dateline Boston
9- Susie, comedy
12- Salty’s Shack
6:15
10- News, Weather
6:30
2- Louis M. Lyons, news
5- Brave Eagle
7- Sky King
9-12- News, Sports, Weather
10- This is Alice
6:45
2- NBC News (strange to see this on an educational staton)
4- News, Weather
12- Douglas Edwards (CBS News)
7:00
2- Backgrounds
4- Gray Ghost
5- News, Weather
7- Waterfront
9- On Cue, Play
10- Silent Service
12- Sword of Freedom
7:15
2- Let’s Make Music
5- Douglas Edwards (CBS News)
7:30
4-10- Wagon Train
5-9- Lawrence Welk
7- San Francisco Beat
12- Donna Reed Show
7:45
2- Home Workshop
8:00
2- Language in Action
7-12- Pursuit
8:30
2- Science Reporter
4-10- Price is Right
5- Ozzie and Harriet
9- Wall of Bambo
9:00
2- Notes on Music
4-10- Milton Berle Show
5- Donna Reed Show
7-12- Millionaire
9- Playhouse 9
9:30
2- I’ve Been Reading
4-10- Bat Masterson
5- Patti Page Show
7-12- I’ve Got a Secret
10:00
2- Images
4-10- This is Your Life
5- Boxing Bout- Eddie Perkins .vs. Baby Vasquez
7-12- Steel Hour
10:30
2- News
4- Big Movie
9- Inside Football
10- Naked City
10:45
9- Weather, Sports
10:50
5- Curt Gowdy
11:00
5-7-9-10-12- News
11:05
9- Crimson Key
11:15
5-12- Jack Paar Show
7- Late Show
10- Movie- Son of Frankenstein
RETRO BOSTON TV- Wednesday December 17, 1958
CHANNEL LINEUP
2 WGBH-TV (NET) Boston
4 WBZ-TV (NBC) Boston
5 WHDH-TV (ABC/CBS/NBC) Boston
7 WNAC-TV (CBS) Boston
9 WMUR-TV (ABC) Manchester, NH
10 WJAR-TV (NBC/ABC) Providence
12 WPRO-TV (CBS) Providence
MORNING
6:15
4- Sunrise Semester
6:30
10- Daybreak College
6:45
4- Daily Almanac
7:00
4-10- Today Show
7- Laurel and Hardy
12- Weather; Story Tme
7:30
12- News
7:55
5- Beulah, comedy
12- Mark Stevens
8:00
7-12- Captain Kangaroo
8:25
5- Fun To Reduce
8:45
5- Mark Stevens
7- Morning Star Time
12- Romper Room
9:00
4- Rex Trailer
5- Romper Room
10- World Around Us
9:15
12- Topper, comedy
9:30
2- 21-Inch Classroom
4- Priscilla Lane
10- Hippity Hop
9:45
5- For Women Only
10- Jay Kroll Show
12- News
10:00
4- Dough Re Mi
5- News, Mark Stevens
7- My Little Margie
12- For Love or Money
10:15
5- We Believe
10:30
4- Treasure Hunt
5- Stu Erwin
7-12- Play Your Hunch
11:00
2- 21-Inch Classroom
4-10- Price is Right
5-9- Day In Court
7-12- Arthur Godfrey
11:30
4-10- Concentration
5-9- Peter Lind Hayes
7-12- Top Dollar
AFTERNOON
12:00
4- News, Weather
7-12- Love of Life
10- Tic Tac Dough
12:15
4- Bob Emery
12:30
5- Farm and Food
7-12- Search for Tomorrow
9- Mother’s Day
10- It Could Be You
12:45
7-12- The Guiding Light
1:00
4- Film Feature
5-9- Liberace Show
7- Louise Morgan
10- On Borrowed Time
12- People’s Choice
1:30
5- Movie- Mail Order Bride
7-12- As The World Turns
2:00
7-12- Jimmy Dean Show
9- Music Bingo
2:30
4-10- Haggis Baggis
5- Music Bingo
7-12- House Party
9- Tim McCoy
2:45
9- Sacred Heart
3:00
4-10- Today is Ours
5-9- Beat the Clock
7-12- The Big Payoff
3:30
4-10- From these Roots
5-9- Who Do You Trust?
7-12- Verdict is Yours
4:00
4-10- Queen for a Day
5-9- American Bandstand
7-12- Brighter Day
4:15
7-12- The Secret Storm
4:30
4-10- County Fair
7- Topper, comedy
12- Edge of Night
4:45
2- Friendly Giant
5:00
2- Ruth Anne’s Camp
4- Boston Movietime
7- Early Show
10- Movie- Crime of Dr. Forbes
12- Wild Bill Hichok
5:30
5-12- Mickey Mouse Club
9- Santa’s Workshop
EVENING
6:00
2- Atomic Age Physics
5- Dateline Boston
9- Susie, comedy
12- Salty’s Shack
6:15
10- News, Weather
6:30
2- Louis M. Lyons, news
5- Brave Eagle
7- Sky King
9-12- News, Sports, Weather
10- This is Alice
6:45
2- NBC News (strange to see this on an educational staton)
4- News, Weather
12- Douglas Edwards (CBS News)
7:00
2- Backgrounds
4- Gray Ghost
5- News, Weather
7- Waterfront
9- On Cue, Play
10- Silent Service
12- Sword of Freedom
7:15
2- Let’s Make Music
5- Douglas Edwards (CBS News)
7:30
4-10- Wagon Train
5-9- Lawrence Welk
7- San Francisco Beat
12- Donna Reed Show
7:45
2- Home Workshop
8:00
2- Language in Action
7-12- Pursuit
8:30
2- Science Reporter
4-10- Price is Right
5- Ozzie and Harriet
9- Wall of Bambo
9:00
2- Notes on Music
4-10- Milton Berle Show
5- Donna Reed Show
7-12- Millionaire
9- Playhouse 9
9:30
2- I’ve Been Reading
4-10- Bat Masterson
5- Patti Page Show
7-12- I’ve Got a Secret
10:00
2- Images
4-10- This is Your Life
5- Boxing Bout- Eddie Perkins .vs. Baby Vasquez
7-12- Steel Hour
10:30
2- News
4- Big Movie
9- Inside Football
10- Naked City
10:45
9- Weather, Sports
10:50
5- Curt Gowdy
11:00
5-7-9-10-12- News
11:05
9- Crimson Key
11:15
5-12- Jack Paar Show
7- Late Show
10- Movie- Son of Frankenstein