Source – Boston Sunday Globe, October 11, 1964 (Globe Archives)
Since I posted the 1st air day for WKBG channel 56, I thought I would find the first air date for WIHS channel 38. There were several ads in the Globe that day for UHF converters for those who did not own an all-channel TV set. WIHS was sold by the Archdiocese of Boston to Storer Broadcasting in April 1966. The deal was final in late August and the calls were changed to WSBK on October 16, almost 2 years to the date of sign-on.
The Globe listings started with an explanation of programming.
This week, WIHS-TV programming will be devoted to afternoon commercial entertainment for home viewers. Telecasting will start at 3 p.m. daily and continue until 12 midnight.
Starting October 26, the station will add its full educational programming to each day’s operation. Operating hours will then be from 9 a.m. until 12 midnight each day.
Most of the morning and early afternoon programming will be devoted to educational programs, with a complete transition each day at 3 p.m. to full commercial programs.
Following are the programs for tomorrow, through Saturday. Because of the week’s delay in opening the station, please disregard Ch. 38 listings in today’s TV week and use the following:
Monday
3:00 – Movie “Personality Kid”, Pat O’Brien, Glenda Farrell
5:00 – Kartoon Party
5:15 – Kit Carson “California Outlaws”
5:45 – Victor Best, news
6:00 – Famous Playhouse, dramatic anthology with Hollywood stars
6:30 – Love That Bob “Calling Dr. Baxter”
7:00 – Star Theater, “Border Town”, Bette Davis, Paul Muni, Margaret Lindsay
8:30 – Restless Gun “Duel at Lockwood”, John Payne
9:00 – Crusader “International Agent”, Brian Keith
9:30 – Mr. District Attorney, David Brian
10:00 – John D. O’Connell, news
10:15 – “The Fountainhead”, Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey
Tuesday
3:00 – Movie, “Brides Are Like That”, Anita Louise, Ross Alexander
5:00 – Kartoon Party
5:15 – Kit Carson “The Prince of Padua Hills”
5:45 – Victor Best, news
6:00 – Famous Playhouse
6:30 – Love That Bob “Hiring a Receptionist”
7:00 – Star Theater, “Petrified Forest”, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Leslie Howard
8:30 – Meet Corlis Archer
9:00 – Ray Milland Show
9:30 – Ann Sothern Show
10:00 – John D. O’Connell, news
10:15 – “The Fountainhead”
Wednesday
3:00 – Movie, “Case of the Velvet Claws”, Warren William, Claire Dodd (this was a Perry Mason movie from the 1930s – Perry married Della in this one!)
5:00 – Kartoon Party
5:15 – Kit Carson
5:45 – Victor Best, news
6:00 – Famous Playhouse
6:30 – Love That Bob
7:00 – Star Theater, “Tugboat Annie Sails Again”, Ronald Regan, Jane Wyman
8:30 – C.C.D. and Fellowship Hour (Catholic religious instruction)
9:30 – Dr. Christian, with MacDonald Carey as the Doc
10:00 – John D. O’Connell, news
10:15 – “The Fountainhead”
Thursday
3:00 – Movie, “Singapore Woman”, Brenda Marshall, David Bruce
5:00 – Kartoon Party
5:15 – Kit Carson “The Padres Treasure”
5:45 – Victor Best, news
6:00 – Famous Playhouse
6:30 – Love That Bob
7:00 – Star Theater, “Footsteps in the Dark”, Errol Flynn, Ralph Bellamy
8:30 – D.A.’s Man “Sammy’s Friend”
9:00 – Coronado 9 “I Want to Be Hated”, Rod Cameron
9:30 – I Led Three Lives, Richard Calrson
10:00 – John D. O’Connell, news
10:15 – “The Fountainhead”
Friday
3:00 – Woman’s Viewpoint, with Frances Plude
3:30 – Movie, “Jailbreak”, June Travis, Craig Reynolds
5:00 – Kartoon Party
5:15 – Kit Carson “The Murango Story”
5:45 – Victor Best, news
6:00 – Famous Playhouse
6:30 – Love That Bob “The Rival Photographer”
7:00 – Star Theater, “King and the Chorus”, Jane Wyman, Joan Blondell
8:30 – Cimarron City “I, the People”, George Montgomery
9:30 – Your Navy
10:00 – John D. O’Connell, news
10:15 – “The Fountainhead”
Saturday
3:00 – Movie, “Law of the Tropics”, Constance Bennett, Jeffery Lynn
5:00 – Calvin and the Colonel “TV Job”
5:30 – Church Calendar
6:00 – Frontier Circus, Chills Wills, John Derek
7:00 – Star Theater “East of the River”, John Garfield, Brenda Marshall
8:30 – Soldiers of Fortune “Jungle Search”, John Russell, Chick Chandler
9:00 – Wide Country, Earl Holliman, Andrew Prine. Rodeo picture.
10:00 – Movie, “Oil for the Lamps of China”, Pat O’Brien, Josephine Hutchinson, Lyle Talbot
Ten Boston Celtics basketball games during the 1964-65 season will be telecast on Ch. 38 starting Wednesday, Oct. 28. The play-by-play of the games will be handled by Harry Caray and Bill Sharman. Caray has been handling sportscasting as “The Voice of the St. Louis Baseball Cardinals” for many years. Sharman, former star of the Celtics, will assist Caray and provide the color for the telecasts.
The schedule of telecast games follows:
Oct. 28 – Boston vs. St. Louis
Nov. 12 – Boston vs. Philadelphia
Nov. 17 – Boston vs. Baltimore
Dec. 15 – Boston vs. St. Louis
Dec. 26 – Boston vs. St. Louis
Jan. 20 – Boston vs. Baltimore
Jan. 29 – Boston vs. Philadelphia
Feb. 9 – Boston vs. Cincinnati
Feb. 13 – Boston vs. New York
Mar. 12 – Boston vs. Cincinnati
Since I posted the 1st air day for WKBG channel 56, I thought I would find the first air date for WIHS channel 38. There were several ads in the Globe that day for UHF converters for those who did not own an all-channel TV set. WIHS was sold by the Archdiocese of Boston to Storer Broadcasting in April 1966. The deal was final in late August and the calls were changed to WSBK on October 16, almost 2 years to the date of sign-on.
The Globe listings started with an explanation of programming.
This week, WIHS-TV programming will be devoted to afternoon commercial entertainment for home viewers. Telecasting will start at 3 p.m. daily and continue until 12 midnight.
Starting October 26, the station will add its full educational programming to each day’s operation. Operating hours will then be from 9 a.m. until 12 midnight each day.
Most of the morning and early afternoon programming will be devoted to educational programs, with a complete transition each day at 3 p.m. to full commercial programs.
Following are the programs for tomorrow, through Saturday. Because of the week’s delay in opening the station, please disregard Ch. 38 listings in today’s TV week and use the following:
Monday
3:00 – Movie “Personality Kid”, Pat O’Brien, Glenda Farrell
5:00 – Kartoon Party
5:15 – Kit Carson “California Outlaws”
5:45 – Victor Best, news
6:00 – Famous Playhouse, dramatic anthology with Hollywood stars
6:30 – Love That Bob “Calling Dr. Baxter”
7:00 – Star Theater, “Border Town”, Bette Davis, Paul Muni, Margaret Lindsay
8:30 – Restless Gun “Duel at Lockwood”, John Payne
9:00 – Crusader “International Agent”, Brian Keith
9:30 – Mr. District Attorney, David Brian
10:00 – John D. O’Connell, news
10:15 – “The Fountainhead”, Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey
Tuesday
3:00 – Movie, “Brides Are Like That”, Anita Louise, Ross Alexander
5:00 – Kartoon Party
5:15 – Kit Carson “The Prince of Padua Hills”
5:45 – Victor Best, news
6:00 – Famous Playhouse
6:30 – Love That Bob “Hiring a Receptionist”
7:00 – Star Theater, “Petrified Forest”, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Leslie Howard
8:30 – Meet Corlis Archer
9:00 – Ray Milland Show
9:30 – Ann Sothern Show
10:00 – John D. O’Connell, news
10:15 – “The Fountainhead”
Wednesday
3:00 – Movie, “Case of the Velvet Claws”, Warren William, Claire Dodd (this was a Perry Mason movie from the 1930s – Perry married Della in this one!)
5:00 – Kartoon Party
5:15 – Kit Carson
5:45 – Victor Best, news
6:00 – Famous Playhouse
6:30 – Love That Bob
7:00 – Star Theater, “Tugboat Annie Sails Again”, Ronald Regan, Jane Wyman
8:30 – C.C.D. and Fellowship Hour (Catholic religious instruction)
9:30 – Dr. Christian, with MacDonald Carey as the Doc
10:00 – John D. O’Connell, news
10:15 – “The Fountainhead”
Thursday
3:00 – Movie, “Singapore Woman”, Brenda Marshall, David Bruce
5:00 – Kartoon Party
5:15 – Kit Carson “The Padres Treasure”
5:45 – Victor Best, news
6:00 – Famous Playhouse
6:30 – Love That Bob
7:00 – Star Theater, “Footsteps in the Dark”, Errol Flynn, Ralph Bellamy
8:30 – D.A.’s Man “Sammy’s Friend”
9:00 – Coronado 9 “I Want to Be Hated”, Rod Cameron
9:30 – I Led Three Lives, Richard Calrson
10:00 – John D. O’Connell, news
10:15 – “The Fountainhead”
Friday
3:00 – Woman’s Viewpoint, with Frances Plude
3:30 – Movie, “Jailbreak”, June Travis, Craig Reynolds
5:00 – Kartoon Party
5:15 – Kit Carson “The Murango Story”
5:45 – Victor Best, news
6:00 – Famous Playhouse
6:30 – Love That Bob “The Rival Photographer”
7:00 – Star Theater, “King and the Chorus”, Jane Wyman, Joan Blondell
8:30 – Cimarron City “I, the People”, George Montgomery
9:30 – Your Navy
10:00 – John D. O’Connell, news
10:15 – “The Fountainhead”
Saturday
3:00 – Movie, “Law of the Tropics”, Constance Bennett, Jeffery Lynn
5:00 – Calvin and the Colonel “TV Job”
5:30 – Church Calendar
6:00 – Frontier Circus, Chills Wills, John Derek
7:00 – Star Theater “East of the River”, John Garfield, Brenda Marshall
8:30 – Soldiers of Fortune “Jungle Search”, John Russell, Chick Chandler
9:00 – Wide Country, Earl Holliman, Andrew Prine. Rodeo picture.
10:00 – Movie, “Oil for the Lamps of China”, Pat O’Brien, Josephine Hutchinson, Lyle Talbot
Ten Boston Celtics basketball games during the 1964-65 season will be telecast on Ch. 38 starting Wednesday, Oct. 28. The play-by-play of the games will be handled by Harry Caray and Bill Sharman. Caray has been handling sportscasting as “The Voice of the St. Louis Baseball Cardinals” for many years. Sharman, former star of the Celtics, will assist Caray and provide the color for the telecasts.
The schedule of telecast games follows:
Oct. 28 – Boston vs. St. Louis
Nov. 12 – Boston vs. Philadelphia
Nov. 17 – Boston vs. Baltimore
Dec. 15 – Boston vs. St. Louis
Dec. 26 – Boston vs. St. Louis
Jan. 20 – Boston vs. Baltimore
Jan. 29 – Boston vs. Philadelphia
Feb. 9 – Boston vs. Cincinnati
Feb. 13 – Boston vs. New York
Mar. 12 – Boston vs. Cincinnati