Retro:Cincinnati, Ohio Monday, December 5, 1949 (Evening)

[Tim L]

Source:Hamilton (Ohio) Daily News Journal 12-5-1949


WLW-TV 4 NBC

5:00 Muppet Matinee
5:15 Judy Splinters
5:30 Howdy Doody
6:00 News
6:05 Corky Robblns
6:30 Sports
6:45 Boy Meets Girl
7:00 Kukla, Fran & Ollie
7:30 Mohawk Showroom
7:45 Camel News Caravan
8:00 Chevrolet Tele-theater
8:30 Voice of Firestone
9:30 Bands of America
10:00 Quiz Kids
10:30 Weather

WCPO-TV 7 ABC, DuMont

5:00 Coco the Clown
5:45 News
6:00 Six Gun Theater
7:00 Captain Video
7:30 Western
8:00 "Your Witness"
8:30 Al Morgan Show
9:00 Dr. Black
9:30 Wrestling

WKRC-TV 11-CBS

Monday, Dec. 5
5:00 Snips' Store
5:30 Golden Eagle
5:35 Western Theater
5:55 Golden Eagle
6:00 Sports Shots
6:10 Events
6:15 Photo Flashes
6:30 Lucky Pup
6:45 Puppetoon Players
7:00 Goldbergs
7:30 News
7:45 Sonny Kendls
7:55 Ruthie On The Telephone
8:00 Silver Theater
8:30 Mrs. Fixit
8:45 Betty Harris
9:00 Reely Fun
9:30 Goldbergs
10:00 Studio One
11:00 Sign Off

 

[gregg75]

I wonder how many people actually had TV sets there in 1949. Surprisingly, Cincinnati was the 18th largest city in 1950 with a population of 503,998.

I'd guess that maybe 25,000 households had a TV (so maybe 100,000 people????).

TID BIT: In 1860 Cincinnati was the 7th largest city, with a population of 161,044.

 

[Tim L]

I wonder how many people actually had TV sets there in 1949. Surprisingly, Cincinnati was the 18th largest city in 1950 with a population of 503,998.

I'd guess that maybe 25,000 households had a TV (so maybe 100,000 people????).

TID BIT: In 1860 Cincinnati was the 7th largest city, with a population of 161,044.

Cleveland in 1950 was 7th largest city in population in the US with 914, 808 residents..When WEWS came on the air in December 1947 there were about 300 TV sets in the whole state of Ohio..By the end of 1948 there were over 10,000 sets in Cleveland alone..
(Information from WEWS 50th aniversary special in 1997.)

 

[bpatrick]

Was Cincinnati hooked into the coaxial cable? I
noticed several shows (notably "The Goldbergs"
and "Studio One") that aired in pattern.

 

[Tim L]

Was Cincinnati hooked into the coaxial cable? I
noticed several shows (notably "The Goldbergs"
and "Studio One") that aired in pattern.

I think the "Cable" was as far as Chicago at this point..with a Midwest connection that covered Cleveland, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Toledo and St. Louis..

 

[Cincinnati Kid]

I noted "The Al Morgan Show" on WCPO-TV - Channel 7 - at 8:30 P.M. His program was seen on TV here up into the mid-1950's and came, I believe, out of Chicago. He sang and played the piano while raising his hands high into the air. I once saw him perform on General Electric Day at the Cincinnati Gardens about 1954. Perhaps his most well-known recording was "Jealous Heart". Persons from that era still remain fans of Morgan.

 

[oldschooler1]

Was Cincinnati hooked into the coaxial cable? I
noticed several shows (notably "The Goldbergs"
and "Studio One") that aired in pattern.

I think the "Cable" was as far as Chicago at this point..with a Midwest connection that covered Cleveland, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Toledo and St. Louis..

Yep. In fact, Pittsburgh and Cleveland were the two cities that bridged the east coast-midwest groups on January 11, 1949. It also hooked Buffalo up to the network feeds....Which just made me wonder: For Utica, Syracuse and Rochester, when did THEY get on the network live feed? Did it come from the east/NYC, or from Buffalo/west, when the midwest hookup was made?

 

[Hal Erickson]

Because it was the home of Procter & Gamble, and because it was one of the few midwestern cities with three channels as early as 1949, Cincinnati was treated as a major market.
It was fairly strong for DuMont until WCPO agreed to be ABC-primary in 1954. This only came about because ABC agreed to networkcast a local musical show featuring Dotty Mack, who was a "special friend" of WCPO station manager Mort Watters.
Cincinnati's Paul Dixon Show was previously carried by the entire DuMont Network, while Ruth Lyons' 50-50 Club on WLWT was briefly seen on the whole NBC network (it was later carried by a mini-network of Crosley stations in Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus and Indianapolis).

 

[Bob1370]

Yep. In fact, Pittsburgh and Cleveland were the two cities that bridged the east coast-midwest groups on January 11, 1949. It also hooked Buffalo up to the network feeds....Which just made me wonder: For Utica, Syracuse and Rochester, when did THEY get on the network live feed? Did it come from the east/NYC, or from Buffalo/west, when the midwest hookup was made?"

The line went as far west as Syracuse by the holiday season of 1948, when Syracuse got its first TV station (WHEN-TV, then on Channel 8). Rochester's first station (the original WHAM-TV on Ch. 6, not to be confused with the current ABC affiliate on ch. 13) didn't sign on until June of 1949 and Utica got WKTV up and running later in '49 as well. They both got their net feed from NYC most of the time.

Rochester got its second channel (WHEC-TV) late in 1953, Buffalo got a short-lived UHF second station earlier that same year (WBES) which died within months, another one (WBUF) stayed on longer and was even an NBC O&O from 1955 to 1958...WGR-TV checked in the following year. They all got whatever net feeds they had from New York from the get-go.

 

[gregg75]

The stations signed on at 5 PM. I wonder if the schedule gradually got earlier or
did one station suddenly sign on at 2PM and beat the others to the punch?

That would have been a big power play to beat the others into expansion territory.

 

[azumanga]

WLW-TV 4 NBC

5:00 Muppet Matinee

I take it the "Muppet" in question was not the one created by Jim Henson a few years later.

I'm surprised the creator of these "Muppets" did not sue Henson over the name.

 

[Tim L]

WLW-TV 4 NBC

5:00 Muppet Matinee

I take it the "Muppet" in question was not the one created by Jim Henson a few years later.

I'm surprised the creator of these "Muppets" did not sue Henson over the name.

Actually, I misread the listing-It's called, "Moppet Matinee"

There was limited daytime programming(starting at 11AM) on all three channels..The Hamilton Newspaper was afternoon only, so they would list evening programs first, then the following day's programs.