From 2002...to 1953! I have just acquired issue #18 of TV Guide, for a reasonable price (less than $10.00). Besides a dog-ear on the front, it's in great shape. Time for a time warp! My oldest issue ever!
Channels
2 WLW-D Dayton NBC/ABC/DuMont
4 WLW-C Columbus NBC
5 WLW-T Cincinnati NBC
6 WTVN Columbus DuMont/ABC
7 WHIO Dayton CBS
9 WCPO Cincinnati ABC/DuMont
10 WBNS Columbus CBS
12 WKRC Cincinnati CBS
8/4/1953 - Tuesday
6:45
2 4 5 Forecast-Howard Chamberlain
7AM
2 4 5 Today-Garroway
9 Don's Clubhouse
Don Roberts, host and Loco the Clown with Willie Wonderful films and special educational, sports and hobby topics.
8AM
9 Western Roundup
8:30
2 5 Morning Matinee-Judy Perkins/Russ Brown
7 WHI Openers-Jack Jacobson, Charlie Reeder, Ted Ryan
8:45
10 Kids Only-Jip Houston
12 Hyde with Jester
Dick and Shirley entertain you.
8:55
4 Mid-Morning Meditation
9AM
2 4 5 Ding Dong School
7 10 12 Arthur Godfrey
Arthur is back, broadcasting from his home in Virginia where he is recuperating.
9 Uncle Al
Sketches for the kiddies.
9:30
2 4 5 Breakfast Party-Jim Wood, Marion Spelman
9:45
10 Film Short
10AM
2 4 5 Hawkins Falls
7 Uncle Bob
Uncle Bob and Uncle Orrie with Larry Smith and his puppets.
9 Fashions by Foley
10 Take Ten-Lockard
12 I'll Buy That
10:15
2 4 5 The Bennetts
A wife and a secretary decide upon a common objective.
9 Figure with Phylis
Exercise and diets.
10:20
7 Morning Reflections
9 Garnet Grayson Suggests
Beauty tips and household hints.
10:30
2 4 5 Follow Your Heart
6 Time Out for Mystery
'Lady in the Death House' with Jean Parker.
7 10 12 Strike it Rich-Warren Hull
9 Kitchen Show
10:45
2 4 5 Three Steps to Heaven
11AM
2 4 5 Glamour Girl
An audience participation show in which the winner is treated to a complete glamour treatment.
7 12 Bride and Groom
9 Uncle Al's Corner
Al Lewis draws for the kiddies.
10 Jean's Kitchen Fair
11:15
7 12 Love of Life
Paul Raven sends Alex on a mission.
11:30
2 4 5 Fifty-Fifty Club-Ruth Lyons, Willie Thall
7 10 12 Search for Tomorrow
Mr. Higbee takes a full page ad in a Los Angeles newspaper.
11:45
7 10 12 Guiding Light
Bill takes his first drink at home.
Noon
6 Midday News
7 Streetman
Lou Emm chats with passersby.
9 Western Theatre
'Drifting Along.'
10 Globetrotter-News
12 Cinderella Weekend-Dick Hyde
12:10
10 Farmtime-Bill Zipf
12:15
6 Six Gun Theatre
7 Penny Arcade Annex
Herb Tepping will give instructions and demonstrate ceramics.
10 Love of Life
Alex shocks Ellie with part of his story. (behind network I guess)
12:30
7 10 12 Garry Moore
Songs are 'Brazil' and 'Between Fire and Water.'
1pm
2 Coffee Club-Betty Ann Horstman
4 Shoot the Works
Spooks Beckman and Lyn Ballard.
5 Mother's Movie
6 Nita's Guest Book
7 10 12 Freedom Rings
Audience participation quiz show.
9 Matinee Movie
1:30
4 Movie Matinee
'Skyway.'
7 10 12 Art Linkletter's House Party
Guest: Russ Morgan.
1:55
2 Hello Neighbor
2PM
2 5 Break the Bank
6 9 Paul Dixon Show
7 10 12 The Big Payoff
Warren Hull subs for Randy Merriman.
2:30
2 4 5 Welcome Travelers
Tommy Bartlett greets tourists.
7 Virginia Patterson
10 Homemakers Hobnob-Tom Gleba
12 Ern Westmore Show
3PM
2 4 5 On Your Account-Eddie Albert
6 Six is Cooking-Betty Syx
7 Ernie Lee Show
Music by the 'Kentucky Colonel.'
12 Ladies' Home Theatre
'The Levenworth Case' with Donald Cook.
3:15
7 Film Short
10 Ladies Matinee
3:30
2 4 5 Ladies Choice-Johnny Dugan
6 Ladies' Home Theatre
7 Movie Matinee
'I Ring Doorbells.'
10 Bride & Groom
3:45
10 Second Chance
4PM
2 4 Atom Squad
'The Bomb That Wouldn't Stand Still.'
5 Pic-A-Pac-Dick Hageman and Bonnie Lou
10 Aunt Fran
12 Phantom Ranger-Movie
'Romance of the Rockies' with Tom Keene.
4:15
2 4 Gabby Hayes-Western
'Outlaw Trail' with Bob Steele.
4:30
2 4 5 Howdy Doody
6 Prospector Bill
4:35
10 Songtime
Mary Ellen Schott as 'Miss Donnie' who will play musical games with the young viewers.
4:45
9 Six-Gun Playhouse
'Fighting Bill Carson.'
10 Western Roundup
5PM
2 Cactus Pete
'Hittin' the Trail.'
4 Comedy Carnival-Lyn Ballard
5 Cartoon Carnival
7 12 Kenny Roberts (kids show)
Ada Sinfrock, singer.
5:20
4 Sports Today
5:30
2 4 Meetin' Time
5 Gabby Hayes
5:40
9 Police Blotter
5:45
5 5:45 Report-Peter Grant
6 News, Sports, Weather
7 Mr. Dayton
9 Pat Harmon's Sport Show
12 Movie Quick Quiz-Warren Thomas
5:55
7 Weather Tower-Ted Ryan
6PM
2 Dayton Today
4 Ohio News
5 Songs at Six-Marion Spelman, Ron Desmond
6 7 9 Captain Video
Captain Video and Stavor vie with each other for survival.
10 Operation Universe
6:10
12 Sports
6:15
2 4 5 Al Morgan Show
10 Spotlight Review
12 News Reports
6:25
10 Rain or Shine?
12 Weather
6:30
2 4 5 All Girl Orchestra
6 9 Beulah
Beulah's boyfriend Bill, drives his broken down car in a jalopy race.
7 10 12 CBS News-Douglas Edwards
6:45
2 4 5 News Caravan-John Cameron Swayze
7 Sports Report
10 12 Summertime U.S.A.
Setting Algiers. Songs are 'Heat Wave,' 'Girl of the Whirling Dervish,' 'I Get a Kick Out of You,' 'Friendship.'
7PM
2 4 5 Mirror Theatre
A cabbie realtes the story of his most interesting fare. A young dancer whose partner has just left her.
6 7 9 Blind Date
A new version of the popular show with surprise guest stars. Emcee: Jan Murray.
10 12 Gene Autry
'The Old Prospector.' Gene and Pat Buttram prevent the lynching of an old desert rat who took money from two rustlers for a grubstake.
7:30
2 4 5 Break the Bank-Bert Parks
6 Meet Your Congress
9 Music Show
Wizard of Oz medley including: "We're Off to See the Wizard," "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" and "Over the Rainbow." Gershwin Medley includes "Summertime," "Soon," "I'm Biding My Time" and "I've Got Rhythm."
7 Golf Show
10 12 Wheel of Fortune
Todd Russell encees with Patsy Farmer as his girl Friday. (This was way different than the Wheel we all know...)
8PM
2 4 5 Nothin' But the Best
4 7 9 Baseball
Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh.
6 Boxing-ABC Fights
7 Boston Blackie
Sid Capper, college boy and fighter, finally learns the reason for his rapid rise in the ring under Andrew Bishop's managership.
9 Dotty Mack Show
Pantomimes with Dotty, Bob Braun and Colin Male.
10 12 Follow the Leader
Hostess Vera Vague appears in sketches after which a member of the audience is called upon to re-enact the scene.
8:30
2 4 5 This is Your Life
The life story of Miss Billie Clevenger, chief telephone operator at NBC Hollywood. Guests include Warden Duffy of San Quentin Penitentiary.
7 12 Suspense
'Vial of Death.' When a bottle of cholera germs, enough to infect an entire city, is stolen from a scientist's car, police frantically try to find it before panic and death stalk the streets.
9 Boxing-ABC Fights
10 Boston Blackie
Blackie almost loses his life in a tangle with industrial diamond smugglers operating between the United States and Mexico.
9PM
2 4 5 Two for the Money
Walter O'Keefe subs for Herb Shriner.
7 10 12 Danger
A house detective discovers that a conscience and a gangster brother combine to make an explosive cocktail.
9:30
2 4 5 Big Playback
Scenes from famous sport events of the past, with Bill Stern.
6 7 9 The Name's the Same
Panel: Joan Alexander, Carl Reiner, Bill Stern. Host: Robert Q. Lewis.
10 Summertime
Ed Rydman emcees a children's program.
12 Death Valley Days
9:45
2 Yesterday's Newsreel
4 5 Bob Considine
10PM
2 4 5 All Star Movie
6 Doorway to Murder
'Shake Hands with Murder' with Frank Jenks.
7 News-Don Wayne
9 Pantomime Hit Parade
10 Chet Long-News
12 Front Page News-George Palmer
10:05
7 Sports Desk-Charlie Hinkle
10:10
7 Ernie Lee Show
12 Weather-Daryl Parks
10:15
10 TV Weatherman-Bob McMasters
12 Home Theatre
'Woman Who Came Back' with John Loder and 'The Levenworth Case' with Donald Cook.
10:25
10 Florascopes-Earl Flora
10:30
7 Summer Playhouse
'Small Town Boy.'
10 Killiam Show
Paul Killiam introduces old silent films with his personal commentary.
10:45
10 Memo from Long-Chet Long
10:55
6 Crime News
11PM
2 4 5 Three City Final-Peter Grant
6 7 9 SOhio Reporter-Warren Guthrie
10 News-Bill Pepper
1:10
6 Sports-Joe Hill
7 Local Edition-Fred Brophy
9 Sports Desk
10 Armchair Theatre
'The Phantom Speaks' with Richard Arlen and Lynn Roberts.
11:15
2 4 5 Family Playhouse
WLWC - 'Flying Wild', WLWT - 'Angel with a Trumpet' with Eileen Herlie. (WLWD was not listed)
6 Home Theatre
'Paisan' with Gar Moore.
7 Penny Arcade
'Don't Trust Husbands.'
9 Starlight Theatre
'Mr. Wong, Detective' with Boris Karloff.
12:15
9 News
12:30
5 Rear Bumper
1AM
5 Weather and News
Channels
2 WLW-D Dayton NBC/ABC/DuMont
4 WLW-C Columbus NBC
5 WLW-T Cincinnati NBC
6 WTVN Columbus DuMont/ABC
7 WHIO Dayton CBS
9 WCPO Cincinnati ABC/DuMont
10 WBNS Columbus CBS
12 WKRC Cincinnati CBS
8/4/1953 - Tuesday
6:45
2 4 5 Forecast-Howard Chamberlain
7AM
2 4 5 Today-Garroway
9 Don's Clubhouse
Don Roberts, host and Loco the Clown with Willie Wonderful films and special educational, sports and hobby topics.
8AM
9 Western Roundup
8:30
2 5 Morning Matinee-Judy Perkins/Russ Brown
7 WHI Openers-Jack Jacobson, Charlie Reeder, Ted Ryan
8:45
10 Kids Only-Jip Houston
12 Hyde with Jester
Dick and Shirley entertain you.
8:55
4 Mid-Morning Meditation
9AM
2 4 5 Ding Dong School
7 10 12 Arthur Godfrey
Arthur is back, broadcasting from his home in Virginia where he is recuperating.
9 Uncle Al
Sketches for the kiddies.
9:30
2 4 5 Breakfast Party-Jim Wood, Marion Spelman
9:45
10 Film Short
10AM
2 4 5 Hawkins Falls
7 Uncle Bob
Uncle Bob and Uncle Orrie with Larry Smith and his puppets.
9 Fashions by Foley
10 Take Ten-Lockard
12 I'll Buy That
10:15
2 4 5 The Bennetts
A wife and a secretary decide upon a common objective.
9 Figure with Phylis
Exercise and diets.
10:20
7 Morning Reflections
9 Garnet Grayson Suggests
Beauty tips and household hints.
10:30
2 4 5 Follow Your Heart
6 Time Out for Mystery
'Lady in the Death House' with Jean Parker.
7 10 12 Strike it Rich-Warren Hull
9 Kitchen Show
10:45
2 4 5 Three Steps to Heaven
11AM
2 4 5 Glamour Girl
An audience participation show in which the winner is treated to a complete glamour treatment.
7 12 Bride and Groom
9 Uncle Al's Corner
Al Lewis draws for the kiddies.
10 Jean's Kitchen Fair
11:15
7 12 Love of Life
Paul Raven sends Alex on a mission.
11:30
2 4 5 Fifty-Fifty Club-Ruth Lyons, Willie Thall
7 10 12 Search for Tomorrow
Mr. Higbee takes a full page ad in a Los Angeles newspaper.
11:45
7 10 12 Guiding Light
Bill takes his first drink at home.
Noon
6 Midday News
7 Streetman
Lou Emm chats with passersby.
9 Western Theatre
'Drifting Along.'
10 Globetrotter-News
12 Cinderella Weekend-Dick Hyde
12:10
10 Farmtime-Bill Zipf
12:15
6 Six Gun Theatre
7 Penny Arcade Annex
Herb Tepping will give instructions and demonstrate ceramics.
10 Love of Life
Alex shocks Ellie with part of his story. (behind network I guess)
12:30
7 10 12 Garry Moore
Songs are 'Brazil' and 'Between Fire and Water.'
1pm
2 Coffee Club-Betty Ann Horstman
4 Shoot the Works
Spooks Beckman and Lyn Ballard.
5 Mother's Movie
6 Nita's Guest Book
7 10 12 Freedom Rings
Audience participation quiz show.
9 Matinee Movie
1:30
4 Movie Matinee
'Skyway.'
7 10 12 Art Linkletter's House Party
Guest: Russ Morgan.
1:55
2 Hello Neighbor
2PM
2 5 Break the Bank
6 9 Paul Dixon Show
7 10 12 The Big Payoff
Warren Hull subs for Randy Merriman.
2:30
2 4 5 Welcome Travelers
Tommy Bartlett greets tourists.
7 Virginia Patterson
10 Homemakers Hobnob-Tom Gleba
12 Ern Westmore Show
3PM
2 4 5 On Your Account-Eddie Albert
6 Six is Cooking-Betty Syx
7 Ernie Lee Show
Music by the 'Kentucky Colonel.'
12 Ladies' Home Theatre
'The Levenworth Case' with Donald Cook.
3:15
7 Film Short
10 Ladies Matinee
3:30
2 4 5 Ladies Choice-Johnny Dugan
6 Ladies' Home Theatre
7 Movie Matinee
'I Ring Doorbells.'
10 Bride & Groom
3:45
10 Second Chance
4PM
2 4 Atom Squad
'The Bomb That Wouldn't Stand Still.'
5 Pic-A-Pac-Dick Hageman and Bonnie Lou
10 Aunt Fran
12 Phantom Ranger-Movie
'Romance of the Rockies' with Tom Keene.
4:15
2 4 Gabby Hayes-Western
'Outlaw Trail' with Bob Steele.
4:30
2 4 5 Howdy Doody
6 Prospector Bill
4:35
10 Songtime
Mary Ellen Schott as 'Miss Donnie' who will play musical games with the young viewers.
4:45
9 Six-Gun Playhouse
'Fighting Bill Carson.'
10 Western Roundup
5PM
2 Cactus Pete
'Hittin' the Trail.'
4 Comedy Carnival-Lyn Ballard
5 Cartoon Carnival
7 12 Kenny Roberts (kids show)
Ada Sinfrock, singer.
5:20
4 Sports Today
5:30
2 4 Meetin' Time
5 Gabby Hayes
5:40
9 Police Blotter
5:45
5 5:45 Report-Peter Grant
6 News, Sports, Weather
7 Mr. Dayton
9 Pat Harmon's Sport Show
12 Movie Quick Quiz-Warren Thomas
5:55
7 Weather Tower-Ted Ryan
6PM
2 Dayton Today
4 Ohio News
5 Songs at Six-Marion Spelman, Ron Desmond
6 7 9 Captain Video
Captain Video and Stavor vie with each other for survival.
10 Operation Universe
6:10
12 Sports
6:15
2 4 5 Al Morgan Show
10 Spotlight Review
12 News Reports
6:25
10 Rain or Shine?
12 Weather
6:30
2 4 5 All Girl Orchestra
6 9 Beulah
Beulah's boyfriend Bill, drives his broken down car in a jalopy race.
7 10 12 CBS News-Douglas Edwards
6:45
2 4 5 News Caravan-John Cameron Swayze
7 Sports Report
10 12 Summertime U.S.A.
Setting Algiers. Songs are 'Heat Wave,' 'Girl of the Whirling Dervish,' 'I Get a Kick Out of You,' 'Friendship.'
7PM
2 4 5 Mirror Theatre
A cabbie realtes the story of his most interesting fare. A young dancer whose partner has just left her.
6 7 9 Blind Date
A new version of the popular show with surprise guest stars. Emcee: Jan Murray.
10 12 Gene Autry
'The Old Prospector.' Gene and Pat Buttram prevent the lynching of an old desert rat who took money from two rustlers for a grubstake.
7:30
2 4 5 Break the Bank-Bert Parks
6 Meet Your Congress
9 Music Show
Wizard of Oz medley including: "We're Off to See the Wizard," "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" and "Over the Rainbow." Gershwin Medley includes "Summertime," "Soon," "I'm Biding My Time" and "I've Got Rhythm."
7 Golf Show
10 12 Wheel of Fortune
Todd Russell encees with Patsy Farmer as his girl Friday. (This was way different than the Wheel we all know...)
8PM
2 4 5 Nothin' But the Best
4 7 9 Baseball
Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh.
6 Boxing-ABC Fights
7 Boston Blackie
Sid Capper, college boy and fighter, finally learns the reason for his rapid rise in the ring under Andrew Bishop's managership.
9 Dotty Mack Show
Pantomimes with Dotty, Bob Braun and Colin Male.
10 12 Follow the Leader
Hostess Vera Vague appears in sketches after which a member of the audience is called upon to re-enact the scene.
8:30
2 4 5 This is Your Life
The life story of Miss Billie Clevenger, chief telephone operator at NBC Hollywood. Guests include Warden Duffy of San Quentin Penitentiary.
7 12 Suspense
'Vial of Death.' When a bottle of cholera germs, enough to infect an entire city, is stolen from a scientist's car, police frantically try to find it before panic and death stalk the streets.
9 Boxing-ABC Fights
10 Boston Blackie
Blackie almost loses his life in a tangle with industrial diamond smugglers operating between the United States and Mexico.
9PM
2 4 5 Two for the Money
Walter O'Keefe subs for Herb Shriner.
7 10 12 Danger
A house detective discovers that a conscience and a gangster brother combine to make an explosive cocktail.
9:30
2 4 5 Big Playback
Scenes from famous sport events of the past, with Bill Stern.
6 7 9 The Name's the Same
Panel: Joan Alexander, Carl Reiner, Bill Stern. Host: Robert Q. Lewis.
10 Summertime
Ed Rydman emcees a children's program.
12 Death Valley Days
9:45
2 Yesterday's Newsreel
4 5 Bob Considine
10PM
2 4 5 All Star Movie
6 Doorway to Murder
'Shake Hands with Murder' with Frank Jenks.
7 News-Don Wayne
9 Pantomime Hit Parade
10 Chet Long-News
12 Front Page News-George Palmer
10:05
7 Sports Desk-Charlie Hinkle
10:10
7 Ernie Lee Show
12 Weather-Daryl Parks
10:15
10 TV Weatherman-Bob McMasters
12 Home Theatre
'Woman Who Came Back' with John Loder and 'The Levenworth Case' with Donald Cook.
10:25
10 Florascopes-Earl Flora
10:30
7 Summer Playhouse
'Small Town Boy.'
10 Killiam Show
Paul Killiam introduces old silent films with his personal commentary.
10:45
10 Memo from Long-Chet Long
10:55
6 Crime News
11PM
2 4 5 Three City Final-Peter Grant
6 7 9 SOhio Reporter-Warren Guthrie
10 News-Bill Pepper
1:10
6 Sports-Joe Hill
7 Local Edition-Fred Brophy
9 Sports Desk
10 Armchair Theatre
'The Phantom Speaks' with Richard Arlen and Lynn Roberts.
11:15
2 4 5 Family Playhouse
WLWC - 'Flying Wild', WLWT - 'Angel with a Trumpet' with Eileen Herlie. (WLWD was not listed)
6 Home Theatre
'Paisan' with Gar Moore.
7 Penny Arcade
'Don't Trust Husbands.'
9 Starlight Theatre
'Mr. Wong, Detective' with Boris Karloff.
12:15
9 News
12:30
5 Rear Bumper
1AM
5 Weather and News