from TV Guide-Chicago edition
Listings CST
Channel numbers after Chicago program listings indicate network relays on:
13 WREX Rockford
34 WSBT South Bend
39 WTVO Rockford (no color facilities for network programs)
46 WNDU South Bend*
52 WSJV Elkhart
* According to a station ad, local weekday afternoon programs included Noontime Cartoons at 1, Mother's Movies (Jack Hynes) at 1:30, Li'l Rascals (Kevin the Kop) at 5, and Tip Top Circus (Cooksey the Clown) at 5:45
WBBM 2-CBS Chicago
6:40 Thought for Today
6:45 Farm Daily (Menard)
7:00 Good Morning! (film shot at Einstein's house on the day of his death 1 year earlier/baseball story/US Mint during the San Francisco quake; also aired on 34)
7:25 News
7:30 Good Morning! (34)
7:55 News
8:00 Captain Kangaroo (34)
8:25 News
8:30 Captain Kangaroo (34)
8:55 News
9:00 Garry Moore
9:30 Arthur Godfrey Time (34)
10:30 Strike It Rich (13-34)
11:00 Valiant Lady (13)
11:15 Love of Life (13-34)
11:30 Search for Tomorrow (13-34)
11:45 Guiding Light (13-34)
noon CBS News
12:15 Luncheon Show (Lee Philip)
12:30 As the World Turns (13-34)
1:00 Robert Q. Lewis (13-34)
1:30 Linkletter's House Party
2:00 Big Payoff (13-34)
2:30 Bob Crosby (13)
3:00 Brighter Day (13-34)
3:15 Secret Storm (13-34)
3:30 Edge of Night (13-34)
4:00 Early Show "Pablo's Wall"
4:30 Gene Autry "Twisted Trails"
5:00 Famous Playhouse "Uncle Jack"
5:30 Shopping with Miss Lee (Lee Philip welcomes banker Stuart Watson, who talks about his new sideline-a record company)
5:45 CBS News (34)
6:00 Sports (Bob Elson)
6:15 News (Julian Bentley)
6:30 Patti Page
6:45 News (Paul Harvey)
7:00 Godfrey & Friends (13-34; from the Kenilworth Hotel, Miami Beach)
8:00 Millionaire "The Jane Costello Story" (13-34)
8:30 I've Got a Secret (13-34)
9:00 20th Century Fox Hour "Mr. Belvedere" (13-34)
10:00 News/Weather/Sports
10:15 In Town Tonight (Jim Conway welcomes singer Betty Madigan, with music by the Caesar Petrillo Orchestra and songs by Pat Scot and Len Dresslar)
10:30 News (John Harrington)
10:45 Kup's Show (Irv Kupcinet)
11:00 Playhouse "Surprise Party"
11:30 Movie "Man of Conquest"
WTMJ 4-NBC Milwaukee
6:45 Farm Report (Hoeft)
6:45 Today Milwaukee
7:00 Today
7:25 News
7:30 Today
7:55 News
8:00 Today
8:25 News
8:30 Today
8:55 News
9:00 Ding Dong School
9:30 Ernie Kovacs
10:00 Home
11:00 Tennessee Ernie Ford
11:30 Feather Your Nest
noon Hot Shot Review
12:30 Bob Heiss (discussing birdwatching with John Deidrich)
12:55 Weather (Bill Carlsen)
1:00 Let's Look at the News
1:15 What's New in the Kitchen (Breta Greim)
2:00 Matinee Theater "The Century Plant" (c)
3:00 Beulah Donahue "The Artificial Kidney" (c/guests Dr. Mortimer R. Barton and young flutist John Giraudeux)
3:30 Queen for a Day
4:00 Pinky Lee
4:30 Howdy Doody (c)
5:00 Foreman Tom "Call of the Canyon"
6:00 Sports (Lloyd Pettit)
6:15 News (John Drury)
6:25 Weather (Bill Carlsen)
6:30 Eddie Fisher
6:45 NBC News
7:00 Screen Directors Playhouse "Rookie of the Year" (The Duke is joined by his son Pat)
7:30 Father Knows Best "Adopted Daughter"
8:00 Kraft Theatre "No Riders"
9:00 This is Your Life
9:30 Theater "Train to the Sea" (Gordon Oliver)
10:00 Weather (Bill Carlsen)
10:05 Patti Page
10:20 Let's Look at the News
10:30 Great Gildersleeve "Gildy Pulls the Switch"
11:00 Tonight Show
mid. News
WNBQ 5-NBC Chicago
6:40 Today's Meditation
6:45 Town & Farm (c)
7:00 Today (39-46)
7:25 News
7:30 Today (39-46)
7:55 News
8:00 Today (39-46)
8:25 News
8:30 Today (39-46)
8:55 News
9:00 Ding Dong School (39-46)
9:30 Ernie Kovacs (39-46)
10:00 Home (39-46)
11:00 Tennessee Ernie Ford (39-46)
11:30 Feather Your Nest (39-46)
noon Noontime Adventures (c)
12:30 Kenny's Klub (c)
12:45 Bob (Murphy) & Kay (Westfall) with (Chef Eddie) Doucette (c/music from Betty Johnson and the Joseph Gallicchio Orchestra)
2:00 Matinee Theater "The Century Plant" (c/39-46)
3:00 Date with Life (39)
3:15 Modern Romances (39-46)
3:30 Queen for a Day (39-46)
4:00 Pinky Lee (39-46)
4:30 Howdy Doody (c/39-46)
5:00 Elmer the Elephant (c)
5:30 Adults Only (c/Tom Merecin with music from Nancy Wright, Mike Douglas, and the Joseph Gallicchio Orchestra; the day's topic is color)
5:45 Sports (c/Joe Wilson)
5:50 Adults Only (c)
6:00 Weather (c/Clint Youle)
6:05 News (c/Jack Angell)
6:10 Adults Only (c)
6:25 Les Paul & Mary Ford
6:30 Eddie Fisher (39-46)
6:45 NBC News (39-46)
7:00 Screen Directors Playhouse (39-46)
8:00 Kraft Theatre "No Riders"
9:00 This is Your Life (39-46)
9:30 Midwestern Hayride
10:00 Weather (c/Clint Youle)
10:10 Dorsey Connors (c/Mother's Day gifts)
10:15 News (c/Dreier)
10:25 Sports (c/Barry)
10:30 Variety Show (c/same talent as Adults Only)
11:00 Tonight Show
mid. Movie "Search for Danger"
WBKB 7-ABC Chicago
8:20 News (Ulmer Turner)
8:25 Time for Uncle Win
9:00 Playhouse "Donald Duck-Prize Driver"
9:25 News (Ulmer Turner)
9:30 Norman Ross "The Roof"/Yesterday's Newsreel/"This Little Pig Cried"
11:00 Mid-Week Cooking School
noon Happy Pirates
12:45 Smile Club (Dr. Neimark)
1:00 Mid-Day Matinee "My Other Love"
1:55 News/Weather (Ulmer Turner)
2:00 Afternoon Film Festival "I Believe in You" (52)
4:00 Little Rascals
5:00 Mickey Mouse Club (52)
6:00 Kukla, Fran & Ollie
6:15 ABC News (52)
6:30 Disneyland "Adventureland: People and Places" (visiting Sardinia, Morocco, and the Arctic; also aired on 52)
7:30 MGM Parade "The Pirate" (pt 1/also on 52)
8:00 Masquerade Party
8:30 Break the Bank (52)
9:00 Boxing (also on 52; action from Chicago as local Bobby Boyd (38-6-2/20 KO) takes on DC's Holly Mims (39-13-5/10 KO) in a 10-round middleweight bout)
9:45 News (Ulmer Turner)
10:00 Confidential File "Pigeon Drop Rocket"
10:30 Foreign Intrigue "The Spy Ring"
11:00 This is the Day (Norm Ross speaks on birthday boy Clarence Darrow)
11:15 Buddy Lester
mid. Movie "Flying Blind"
WGN 9-Ind Chicago
8:30 Paul Fogarty
9:00 Showtime (Fontaine)
9:30 Route 56 (Pat McCaffrie subs for the vacationing Frazier Thomas)
10:00 My Little Margie "A Horse on Vern"
10:30 Stu Erwin "Weighty Problem"
11:00 Romper Room (guests Cheryl, Bonnie and Allen Stern)
11:55 Carol Banning Comments (plastic styles for walls and ceiling)
noon Lunchtime Little Theater
12:30 Baby Time
1:00 TV Showcase
1:30 Movie "Nobody's Baby"
4:00 Bandstand Matinee (Jim Lounsbury welcomes guests from the Lincoln Park Riding Club)
5:05 News (Les Moneypenny)
5:10 Bandstand Matinee
5:30 Garfield Goose & Friend (Frazier's on vacation, Buddy Black fills in)
6:00 Curbstone Cut-Up (Simon)
6:15 Sports (Vince Lloyd)
6:30 News (Spencer Allen)
6:45 Chicagoland Newsreel
6:55 Tony Weitzel
7:00 TV Showcase
7:30 Frank Yankovic
9:00 TBA
9:30 Liberace
10:00 Movie "The Sundowners"
11:30 News (Les Nichols)
WTTW 11-Edu Chicago
4pm House of Skills
4:15 Fairytales on Film "Little Red Riding Hood"
4:30 Totem Club "The Fantastic Blanket" (the Board of Ed's Dick Cromer does some experiments and teaches on the atmosphere)
5:00 World of Music (selections from Verdi's Otello)
6:30 Outdoor Fun "The Fabulous Five Hundred" (filmed at Indy)
7:00 Chicago Dynamic "Roads to Renewal-Neighborhood in Action; the Lincoln Park Conservation Association" (housewife Mrs. Pierre Balouke and LPCA prez George Proctor discuss community renewal plans with host Maynard Wishner)
7:30 Nature of Life "Living and Non-Living" (premiere, Dr. H. Burr Roney from Western Reserve U in Akron is the host)
8:00 Camera Club "Unusual Effects with Color Slides and the Work of Winners" (Rachel Osgood on effects for color slides, host Alfred Levy shows Camera Club photo contest winners)
8:30 Modern USA "America Goes Back to Europe" (US entry into WWI)
9:00 Anywhere USA "Man in the Window"
9:30 Time for Religion "The Catholic Charities" (guests: RC Archbishop of Chicago Samuel Cardinal Stritch, and Catholic Charities Superintendent Msgr. Vincent M. Cooke)
10:00 Tomorrow (Fred Lewis)
Listings CST
Channel numbers after Chicago program listings indicate network relays on:
13 WREX Rockford
34 WSBT South Bend
39 WTVO Rockford (no color facilities for network programs)
46 WNDU South Bend*
52 WSJV Elkhart
* According to a station ad, local weekday afternoon programs included Noontime Cartoons at 1, Mother's Movies (Jack Hynes) at 1:30, Li'l Rascals (Kevin the Kop) at 5, and Tip Top Circus (Cooksey the Clown) at 5:45
WBBM 2-CBS Chicago
6:40 Thought for Today
6:45 Farm Daily (Menard)
7:00 Good Morning! (film shot at Einstein's house on the day of his death 1 year earlier/baseball story/US Mint during the San Francisco quake; also aired on 34)
7:25 News
7:30 Good Morning! (34)
7:55 News
8:00 Captain Kangaroo (34)
8:25 News
8:30 Captain Kangaroo (34)
8:55 News
9:00 Garry Moore
9:30 Arthur Godfrey Time (34)
10:30 Strike It Rich (13-34)
11:00 Valiant Lady (13)
11:15 Love of Life (13-34)
11:30 Search for Tomorrow (13-34)
11:45 Guiding Light (13-34)
noon CBS News
12:15 Luncheon Show (Lee Philip)
12:30 As the World Turns (13-34)
1:00 Robert Q. Lewis (13-34)
1:30 Linkletter's House Party
2:00 Big Payoff (13-34)
2:30 Bob Crosby (13)
3:00 Brighter Day (13-34)
3:15 Secret Storm (13-34)
3:30 Edge of Night (13-34)
4:00 Early Show "Pablo's Wall"
4:30 Gene Autry "Twisted Trails"
5:00 Famous Playhouse "Uncle Jack"
5:30 Shopping with Miss Lee (Lee Philip welcomes banker Stuart Watson, who talks about his new sideline-a record company)
5:45 CBS News (34)
6:00 Sports (Bob Elson)
6:15 News (Julian Bentley)
6:30 Patti Page
6:45 News (Paul Harvey)
7:00 Godfrey & Friends (13-34; from the Kenilworth Hotel, Miami Beach)
8:00 Millionaire "The Jane Costello Story" (13-34)
8:30 I've Got a Secret (13-34)
9:00 20th Century Fox Hour "Mr. Belvedere" (13-34)
10:00 News/Weather/Sports
10:15 In Town Tonight (Jim Conway welcomes singer Betty Madigan, with music by the Caesar Petrillo Orchestra and songs by Pat Scot and Len Dresslar)
10:30 News (John Harrington)
10:45 Kup's Show (Irv Kupcinet)
11:00 Playhouse "Surprise Party"
11:30 Movie "Man of Conquest"
WTMJ 4-NBC Milwaukee
6:45 Farm Report (Hoeft)
6:45 Today Milwaukee
7:00 Today
7:25 News
7:30 Today
7:55 News
8:00 Today
8:25 News
8:30 Today
8:55 News
9:00 Ding Dong School
9:30 Ernie Kovacs
10:00 Home
11:00 Tennessee Ernie Ford
11:30 Feather Your Nest
noon Hot Shot Review
12:30 Bob Heiss (discussing birdwatching with John Deidrich)
12:55 Weather (Bill Carlsen)
1:00 Let's Look at the News
1:15 What's New in the Kitchen (Breta Greim)
2:00 Matinee Theater "The Century Plant" (c)
3:00 Beulah Donahue "The Artificial Kidney" (c/guests Dr. Mortimer R. Barton and young flutist John Giraudeux)
3:30 Queen for a Day
4:00 Pinky Lee
4:30 Howdy Doody (c)
5:00 Foreman Tom "Call of the Canyon"
6:00 Sports (Lloyd Pettit)
6:15 News (John Drury)
6:25 Weather (Bill Carlsen)
6:30 Eddie Fisher
6:45 NBC News
7:00 Screen Directors Playhouse "Rookie of the Year" (The Duke is joined by his son Pat)
7:30 Father Knows Best "Adopted Daughter"
8:00 Kraft Theatre "No Riders"
9:00 This is Your Life
9:30 Theater "Train to the Sea" (Gordon Oliver)
10:00 Weather (Bill Carlsen)
10:05 Patti Page
10:20 Let's Look at the News
10:30 Great Gildersleeve "Gildy Pulls the Switch"
11:00 Tonight Show
mid. News
WNBQ 5-NBC Chicago
6:40 Today's Meditation
6:45 Town & Farm (c)
7:00 Today (39-46)
7:25 News
7:30 Today (39-46)
7:55 News
8:00 Today (39-46)
8:25 News
8:30 Today (39-46)
8:55 News
9:00 Ding Dong School (39-46)
9:30 Ernie Kovacs (39-46)
10:00 Home (39-46)
11:00 Tennessee Ernie Ford (39-46)
11:30 Feather Your Nest (39-46)
noon Noontime Adventures (c)
12:30 Kenny's Klub (c)
12:45 Bob (Murphy) & Kay (Westfall) with (Chef Eddie) Doucette (c/music from Betty Johnson and the Joseph Gallicchio Orchestra)
2:00 Matinee Theater "The Century Plant" (c/39-46)
3:00 Date with Life (39)
3:15 Modern Romances (39-46)
3:30 Queen for a Day (39-46)
4:00 Pinky Lee (39-46)
4:30 Howdy Doody (c/39-46)
5:00 Elmer the Elephant (c)
5:30 Adults Only (c/Tom Merecin with music from Nancy Wright, Mike Douglas, and the Joseph Gallicchio Orchestra; the day's topic is color)
5:45 Sports (c/Joe Wilson)
5:50 Adults Only (c)
6:00 Weather (c/Clint Youle)
6:05 News (c/Jack Angell)
6:10 Adults Only (c)
6:25 Les Paul & Mary Ford
6:30 Eddie Fisher (39-46)
6:45 NBC News (39-46)
7:00 Screen Directors Playhouse (39-46)
8:00 Kraft Theatre "No Riders"
9:00 This is Your Life (39-46)
9:30 Midwestern Hayride
10:00 Weather (c/Clint Youle)
10:10 Dorsey Connors (c/Mother's Day gifts)
10:15 News (c/Dreier)
10:25 Sports (c/Barry)
10:30 Variety Show (c/same talent as Adults Only)
11:00 Tonight Show
mid. Movie "Search for Danger"
WBKB 7-ABC Chicago
8:20 News (Ulmer Turner)
8:25 Time for Uncle Win
9:00 Playhouse "Donald Duck-Prize Driver"
9:25 News (Ulmer Turner)
9:30 Norman Ross "The Roof"/Yesterday's Newsreel/"This Little Pig Cried"
11:00 Mid-Week Cooking School
noon Happy Pirates
12:45 Smile Club (Dr. Neimark)
1:00 Mid-Day Matinee "My Other Love"
1:55 News/Weather (Ulmer Turner)
2:00 Afternoon Film Festival "I Believe in You" (52)
4:00 Little Rascals
5:00 Mickey Mouse Club (52)
6:00 Kukla, Fran & Ollie
6:15 ABC News (52)
6:30 Disneyland "Adventureland: People and Places" (visiting Sardinia, Morocco, and the Arctic; also aired on 52)
7:30 MGM Parade "The Pirate" (pt 1/also on 52)
8:00 Masquerade Party
8:30 Break the Bank (52)
9:00 Boxing (also on 52; action from Chicago as local Bobby Boyd (38-6-2/20 KO) takes on DC's Holly Mims (39-13-5/10 KO) in a 10-round middleweight bout)
9:45 News (Ulmer Turner)
10:00 Confidential File "Pigeon Drop Rocket"
10:30 Foreign Intrigue "The Spy Ring"
11:00 This is the Day (Norm Ross speaks on birthday boy Clarence Darrow)
11:15 Buddy Lester
mid. Movie "Flying Blind"
WGN 9-Ind Chicago
8:30 Paul Fogarty
9:00 Showtime (Fontaine)
9:30 Route 56 (Pat McCaffrie subs for the vacationing Frazier Thomas)
10:00 My Little Margie "A Horse on Vern"
10:30 Stu Erwin "Weighty Problem"
11:00 Romper Room (guests Cheryl, Bonnie and Allen Stern)
11:55 Carol Banning Comments (plastic styles for walls and ceiling)
noon Lunchtime Little Theater
12:30 Baby Time
1:00 TV Showcase
1:30 Movie "Nobody's Baby"
4:00 Bandstand Matinee (Jim Lounsbury welcomes guests from the Lincoln Park Riding Club)
5:05 News (Les Moneypenny)
5:10 Bandstand Matinee
5:30 Garfield Goose & Friend (Frazier's on vacation, Buddy Black fills in)
6:00 Curbstone Cut-Up (Simon)
6:15 Sports (Vince Lloyd)
6:30 News (Spencer Allen)
6:45 Chicagoland Newsreel
6:55 Tony Weitzel
7:00 TV Showcase
7:30 Frank Yankovic
9:00 TBA
9:30 Liberace
10:00 Movie "The Sundowners"
11:30 News (Les Nichols)
WTTW 11-Edu Chicago
4pm House of Skills
4:15 Fairytales on Film "Little Red Riding Hood"
4:30 Totem Club "The Fantastic Blanket" (the Board of Ed's Dick Cromer does some experiments and teaches on the atmosphere)
5:00 World of Music (selections from Verdi's Otello)
6:30 Outdoor Fun "The Fabulous Five Hundred" (filmed at Indy)
7:00 Chicago Dynamic "Roads to Renewal-Neighborhood in Action; the Lincoln Park Conservation Association" (housewife Mrs. Pierre Balouke and LPCA prez George Proctor discuss community renewal plans with host Maynard Wishner)
7:30 Nature of Life "Living and Non-Living" (premiere, Dr. H. Burr Roney from Western Reserve U in Akron is the host)
8:00 Camera Club "Unusual Effects with Color Slides and the Work of Winners" (Rachel Osgood on effects for color slides, host Alfred Levy shows Camera Club photo contest winners)
8:30 Modern USA "America Goes Back to Europe" (US entry into WWI)
9:00 Anywhere USA "Man in the Window"
9:30 Time for Religion "The Catholic Charities" (guests: RC Archbishop of Chicago Samuel Cardinal Stritch, and Catholic Charities Superintendent Msgr. Vincent M. Cooke)
10:00 Tomorrow (Fred Lewis)
