From:TV Guide, Lake Erie Edition..
This was WAKR-TV 49's first week in the Lake Erie Edition..WXEL had been on channel 8 about 10 days..
Channels:
4 WNBK Cleveland NBC
5 WEWS Cleveland CBS
8 WXEL Cleveland DuMont/ABC
27 WKBN Youngstown CBS/DuMont/ABC
49 WAKR Akron ABC
73 WFMJ Youngstown NBC
Morning
7AM
4 73 Today
8AM
5 News
8:05
5 On Wings Of Song
8:30
5 Beauty For You-Exercise
8:45
5 News Bulletins
8:50
5 Beauty For You-Paige Palmer
9AM
4 Captain Glenn-Glen Rowell
5 Mixing Bowl- Rachel Van Cleve
8 Movie-Kiss Of Araby
73 Pictorial Parade
9:25
4 Ohio Today-Tom Haley
9:30
4 Idea Shop-Mildred/Gloria
5 Television I.Q.
9:55
4 Ohio Today-Tom Haley
10AM
4 73 Ding Dong School
5 Arthur Godfrey Time
10:30
4 73 Glamor Girl-Jack McCoy
"Lucky Girl gets Beauty overhaul" (Not unlike today's "makeover" shows)
8 Charming Children-Marjore Harm
TV Kindergarten
11AM
4 73 Hawkins Falls-serial
8 Alice Weston-cooking
27 Morning Movie-Feature
11:15
4 73 Three Steps to Heaven-serial
11:30
4 73 The Bennetts-serial
5 Strike It Rich
8 Movie-Warren Case
11:45
4 73 Follow Your Heart-serial
Afternoon
4 73 Bride And Groom
5 Valiant Lady
12:15
4 Haley's Daily
5 27 Love Of Life
73 Noontime Comics
12:30
4 73 Maggi Byrne-Fashion
5 27 Search For Tomorrow
8 Rena And Bob-TV Shop
"Viewers Buy and Sell On TV"
12:45
5 Guiding Light
27 73 News
1PM
4 Movie-Westward Ho
5 Women's Window-Ethel Jackson
8 Movie-Scarlet Clue (Charlie Chan)
27 Home Cooking-Marion Resch
73 Movie-My Son The Hero
1:30
5 Garry Moore-Guests Roger Price{Known for "Droodles") and Denise Lor
27 Feature Matinee-Movie
2PM
5 Double Or Nothing
2:15
4 Joe Portaro-Fashion
73 Fashion Sketchbook
2:30
4 Nancy Dixon-Shopping
5 Art Linkletter
73 Kitchen Corner-Mariner
2:40
8 You are what You eat
2:45
4 Chef Lorenzo-cooking
8 All For You-Alice Weston
3PM
4 73 Kate Smith
5 Big Payoff
8 Maggi Wulff-Club News
27 Paul Dixon-DuMont
3:30
5 Bob Crosby
8 27 Paul Dixon-DuMont
4PM
4 73 Welcome Travelers
5 Dinner Platter-Bob Dale
8 49 Turn To A Friend-Dennis James-ABC
27 Action In The Afternoon Live Action western series from Philadelphia-CBS
4:30
4 73 On Your Account-Win Elliott
8 King Jack's Toy Box
27 49 Ern Westmore Show-ABC
5PM
4 Atom Squad
5 News
8 73 Santa Claus (two different local shows)
27 Movie-Western
49 Hinky Dinks-Game
5:30
4 73 Howdy Doody
5 Movie-Where Trail Ends
8 Desert Deputy-Western (various serial westerns)
49 Corral Time-Western
Evening
6PM
4 Superman-George Reeves
27 Adventure Time
73 News/Weather
6:10
8 Bob Rowley-News
27 Humbard Family-Religion
73 Viz Quiz-Film
6:20
8 Al Rosen-Sports
73 Eddie Lane-Sports
6:30
4 Tom Manning-Sports
5 Dorothy Fuldheim
8 TV Weatherman
27 News Today
49 Tootsie Hippodrome-ABC
73 Film Fare
6:40
4 Weather Factory-Puppets
8 Les Paul/Mary Ford
27 News At Home
6:45
4 Tom Field-News
5 Lee Sullivan-Variety
8 Home with the Grahams
27 Don Gardner-Sports
6:55
5 Johnny Price-Weather
27 Weather
7PM
4 Dangerous Assignment-Syndicated
5 Twenty Fingers-Piano
8 27 Captain Video-DuMont
49 News
73 it Happened Here-History
7:15
5 Art Linkletter-Kids
8 News Parade-Lang/Dudley
27 Rambling Reporter-News
49 Kenny Nichols-Quiz
73 Film Short
7:30
4 Arthur Murray
5 27 CBS News-Douglas Edwards
8 49 Jamie-ABC
7:45
4 73 NBC News-John Cameron Swayze
5 Perry Como
27 The Pastor-Religion
8PM
4 73 Name That Tune
5 Burns And Allen
8 Twenty Questions-DuMont
49 You Asked For It-ABC
8:30
4 73 The Voice Of Firestone
5 Talent Scouts
8 The Big Issue-ABC
27 Of Many Things-Discussion
49 Teen WHO Club
9PM
4 73 Dennis Day
5 I Love Lucy
8 Lingo-word game
49 Junior Press Conference-ABC
9:15
8 Bible Forum
9:30
4 73 Robert Montgomery Presents
5 27 Masquerade Party
8 This Is The Life-ABC
49 Why The Chimes Rang
10PM
5 27 Studio One "Cinderella '53"
8 Carling Boxing=DuMont
Bob Baker/Clarence Henry-Heavyweight bout
49 Mystery Theater
10:30
4 73 Badge 714-Dragnet Reruns
49 Akron Bar Association
10:45
8 Ringside Interviews
11PM
4 Tom Field-News
5 73 Polka Revue
8 27 Warren Guthrie-Your Sohio Reporter
49 News/Sports/Weather
11:05
4 Ken Coleman-Sports
11:10
4 Joe Finan-Weather
8 Ted Malone-Today's Top Story
27 Sid Davis-News
11:15
4 Movie-Mississippi Rhythm
8 John Fitzgerald-Sports
11:20
8 Movie-"Fear"
27 Movie-TBA
12:00 Midnight
5 News
73 News
12:05
5 Movie-Cheating Blondes
12:15
4 News
12:30
27 News
This was WAKR-TV 49's first week in the Lake Erie Edition..WXEL had been on channel 8 about 10 days..
Channels:
4 WNBK Cleveland NBC
5 WEWS Cleveland CBS
8 WXEL Cleveland DuMont/ABC
27 WKBN Youngstown CBS/DuMont/ABC
49 WAKR Akron ABC
73 WFMJ Youngstown NBC
Morning
7AM
4 73 Today
8AM
5 News
8:05
5 On Wings Of Song
8:30
5 Beauty For You-Exercise
8:45
5 News Bulletins
8:50
5 Beauty For You-Paige Palmer
9AM
4 Captain Glenn-Glen Rowell
5 Mixing Bowl- Rachel Van Cleve
8 Movie-Kiss Of Araby
73 Pictorial Parade
9:25
4 Ohio Today-Tom Haley
9:30
4 Idea Shop-Mildred/Gloria
5 Television I.Q.
9:55
4 Ohio Today-Tom Haley
10AM
4 73 Ding Dong School
5 Arthur Godfrey Time
10:30
4 73 Glamor Girl-Jack McCoy
"Lucky Girl gets Beauty overhaul" (Not unlike today's "makeover" shows)
8 Charming Children-Marjore Harm
TV Kindergarten
11AM
4 73 Hawkins Falls-serial
8 Alice Weston-cooking
27 Morning Movie-Feature
11:15
4 73 Three Steps to Heaven-serial
11:30
4 73 The Bennetts-serial
5 Strike It Rich
8 Movie-Warren Case
11:45
4 73 Follow Your Heart-serial
Afternoon
4 73 Bride And Groom
5 Valiant Lady
12:15
4 Haley's Daily
5 27 Love Of Life
73 Noontime Comics
12:30
4 73 Maggi Byrne-Fashion
5 27 Search For Tomorrow
8 Rena And Bob-TV Shop
"Viewers Buy and Sell On TV"
12:45
5 Guiding Light
27 73 News
1PM
4 Movie-Westward Ho
5 Women's Window-Ethel Jackson
8 Movie-Scarlet Clue (Charlie Chan)
27 Home Cooking-Marion Resch
73 Movie-My Son The Hero
1:30
5 Garry Moore-Guests Roger Price{Known for "Droodles") and Denise Lor
27 Feature Matinee-Movie
2PM
5 Double Or Nothing
2:15
4 Joe Portaro-Fashion
73 Fashion Sketchbook
2:30
4 Nancy Dixon-Shopping
5 Art Linkletter
73 Kitchen Corner-Mariner
2:40
8 You are what You eat
2:45
4 Chef Lorenzo-cooking
8 All For You-Alice Weston
3PM
4 73 Kate Smith
5 Big Payoff
8 Maggi Wulff-Club News
27 Paul Dixon-DuMont
3:30
5 Bob Crosby
8 27 Paul Dixon-DuMont
4PM
4 73 Welcome Travelers
5 Dinner Platter-Bob Dale
8 49 Turn To A Friend-Dennis James-ABC
27 Action In The Afternoon Live Action western series from Philadelphia-CBS
4:30
4 73 On Your Account-Win Elliott
8 King Jack's Toy Box
27 49 Ern Westmore Show-ABC
5PM
4 Atom Squad
5 News
8 73 Santa Claus (two different local shows)
27 Movie-Western
49 Hinky Dinks-Game
5:30
4 73 Howdy Doody
5 Movie-Where Trail Ends
8 Desert Deputy-Western (various serial westerns)
49 Corral Time-Western
Evening
6PM
4 Superman-George Reeves
27 Adventure Time
73 News/Weather
6:10
8 Bob Rowley-News
27 Humbard Family-Religion
73 Viz Quiz-Film
6:20
8 Al Rosen-Sports
73 Eddie Lane-Sports
6:30
4 Tom Manning-Sports
5 Dorothy Fuldheim
8 TV Weatherman
27 News Today
49 Tootsie Hippodrome-ABC
73 Film Fare
6:40
4 Weather Factory-Puppets
8 Les Paul/Mary Ford
27 News At Home
6:45
4 Tom Field-News
5 Lee Sullivan-Variety
8 Home with the Grahams
27 Don Gardner-Sports
6:55
5 Johnny Price-Weather
27 Weather
7PM
4 Dangerous Assignment-Syndicated
5 Twenty Fingers-Piano
8 27 Captain Video-DuMont
49 News
73 it Happened Here-History
7:15
5 Art Linkletter-Kids
8 News Parade-Lang/Dudley
27 Rambling Reporter-News
49 Kenny Nichols-Quiz
73 Film Short
7:30
4 Arthur Murray
5 27 CBS News-Douglas Edwards
8 49 Jamie-ABC
7:45
4 73 NBC News-John Cameron Swayze
5 Perry Como
27 The Pastor-Religion
8PM
4 73 Name That Tune
5 Burns And Allen
8 Twenty Questions-DuMont
49 You Asked For It-ABC
8:30
4 73 The Voice Of Firestone
5 Talent Scouts
8 The Big Issue-ABC
27 Of Many Things-Discussion
49 Teen WHO Club
9PM
4 73 Dennis Day
5 I Love Lucy
8 Lingo-word game
49 Junior Press Conference-ABC
9:15
8 Bible Forum
9:30
4 73 Robert Montgomery Presents
5 27 Masquerade Party
8 This Is The Life-ABC
49 Why The Chimes Rang
10PM
5 27 Studio One "Cinderella '53"
8 Carling Boxing=DuMont
Bob Baker/Clarence Henry-Heavyweight bout
49 Mystery Theater
10:30
4 73 Badge 714-Dragnet Reruns
49 Akron Bar Association
10:45
8 Ringside Interviews
11PM
4 Tom Field-News
5 73 Polka Revue
8 27 Warren Guthrie-Your Sohio Reporter
49 News/Sports/Weather
11:05
4 Ken Coleman-Sports
11:10
4 Joe Finan-Weather
8 Ted Malone-Today's Top Story
27 Sid Davis-News
11:15
4 Movie-Mississippi Rhythm
8 John Fitzgerald-Sports
11:20
8 Movie-"Fear"
27 Movie-TBA
12:00 Midnight
5 News
73 News
12:05
5 Movie-Cheating Blondes
12:15
4 News
12:30
27 News