Retro:Cleveland area Monday, December 25, 1961

[Tim L]

From:TV Guide

KYW-3 NBC Cleveland

6:35 News
6:40 Farm Fare
6:45 Care and Feeding of Money
7AM Today-John Chancellor
9AM Funsville
9:25 Kukla, Fran and Ollie
9:30 Truth Or Consequences (delayed)
10AM Give N Take-Tom Haley
10:30 Play Your Hunch-Merv Griffin-COLOR
11AM Christmas Service-Washington Cathedral
Noon News
12:30 It Could Be You-COLOR
12:55 NBC News-Ray Scherer
1PM Mike Douglas
2:30 Loretta Young
3PM Young Dr. Malone
3:30 Barnaby's Christmas Party-with Barnaby and Woodrow (Linn Sheldon, Clay Conroy)
5PM Movie-Christmas Carol-1938
6:30 News, Weather-Bill Jorgensen, Dick Goddard
6:45 NBC News-Huntley/Brinkley
7PM Huckleberry Hound
7:30 Alfred Hitchcock (Tue 8:30)
8PM M-Squad-Synd
8:30 Price Is Right-COLOR
9PM 87th Precinct
10PM Thriller
11PM News, Weather-Jorgenson, Goddard
11:15 PM East, PM West
1AM Movie-Chocolate Soldier-1941

WEWS-5 ABC Cleveland

8:55 News
9AM Christmas Is a Song
9:30 Romper Room
10AM Music For Christmas
10:55 Gabriel Heatter
11AM The Texan
11:30 Yours for a Song
Noon News
12:10 Noon Show-Captain Penny
12:45 Movie-Miracle On 34th Street 1947
2:30 Seven Keys
3PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust-Johnny Carson
4PM Concert For Christmas-SPECIAL
5PM Pied Piper-SPECIAL
6:30 Dorothy Fuldheim
6:45 News, Weather Tom Field, Carolyn Johnson
7PM Board Of Education
7:15 Meet Your Schools
7:30 Cheyenne
8:30 Rifleman
9PM Surfside 6
10PM Ben Casey
11PM News-Tom Field, Joel Daly
11:15 Jack Paar-COLOR
1AM News

WJW-8 CBS Cleveland

6:50 Meditation
6:55 News
7AM College of The Air
7:30 Rex Humbard
7:45 Clutch Cargo
8AM Captain Kangaroo
9AM Movie-Ernie's Place (Ernie Anderson/Tim Conway) Christmas In Connecticut-1945
11AM Video Village
11:30 Your Surprise Package-George Fenneman
11:55 CBS News-Harry Reasoner
Charles Collingwood subs as Mr. Reasoner had Christmas day off
Noon Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1PM Star Performance-Anthology reruns
1;30 As The World Turns
2PM You Asked For It
2:30 House Party
3PM Millionaire-Drama
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
3:55 CBS News-Collingwood
4PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5PM Movie-A Medal For Benny-1945
6:20 News-Warren Moran
6:25 Straightaway-Synd.
6:55 Weather-Howard Hoffman
7PM City Camera News-Doug Adair
7:15 CBS News-Douglas Edwards
Shades of things to came as Walter Cronkite subs for Edwards Christmas week

7:30 To Tell The Truth-Panelarren McGavin, Johnny Carson, Dina Merrill and Betty White
8PM Pete And Gladys
8:30 Window On Main Street-Robert Young
9PM Danny Thomas
9:30 Andy Griffith
10PM Hennessey
10:30 Iv'e Got A Secret-Panel:Bill Cullen, Henry Morgan, Bess Myerson and Betsy Palmer
11PM News-Warren Guthrie
11:10 City Report-Adair
11:15 Sports-John Fitzgerald
11:20 Movie-Star Spangled Rhythm 1942 with Betty Hutton who just passed away in the last few days
1AM Medic

WICU-12 Erie ABC

7:30 Panorama
9AM Encyclopedia
9:30 Movie-Remember The Day 1941
11AM Texan
11:30 Yours For A Song
Noon Camouflage
12:30 Make A Face
1PM Day In Court
1:25 ABC News-Alex Drier
1:30 Tell-A-View-Ned McGrath
2PM Number Please
2:30 Seven Keys
3PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust-Johnny Carson
4PM Movie-Come To The Stable-1949
6PM RMCP-Synd.
6:30 News
6:45 ABC Evening News
7PM Sea Hunt
7:30 Cheyenne
8:30 Rifleman
9PM Surfside 6
10PM Ben Casey
11PM News
11:20 Movie-A Tree Grows In Brooklyn 1945

WFMJ-21 Youngstown NBC

7AM Today
9AM It's A Great Life
9:30 Honeymooners
10AM Say When-Art James 10:30 Play Your Hunch-Merv Griffin-COLOR
11AM Christmas Service-Washington Cathedral
Noon Truth Or Consequences
12:30 It Could Be You-COLOR
12:55 NBC News-Ray Scherer
1PM News
1:15 Kitchen Corner-Mariner
2PM Jan Murray-COLOR
2:30 Loretta Young
3PM Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4PM Make Room For Daddy
4:30 Here's Hollywood
4:55 NBC News-Sander Vanocur
5PM Kukla, Fran and Ollie
5:05 Suzie-Children
5:25 Bozo The Clown-Russell
5:50 Clutch Cargo
6:30 News
6:45 NBC News-Huntley/Brinkley
7PM Men Into Space
7:30 Rosemary Clooney
8PM National Velvet
8:30 Price Is Right-COLOR
9PM 87th Precinct
10PM Thriller
11PM News
11:20 Jack Paar-COLOR

WKBN-27 Youngstown-CBS

7:25 College Of The Air
7:55 News
8AM Captain Kangaroo
9AM Romper Room
10AM Calendar-Reasoner
10:30 I Love Lucy
11AM Video Village
11:30 Your Surprise Package-George Fenneman
11:55 CBS News-Harry Reasoner
Charles Collingwood subs as Mr. Reasoner had Christmas day off
Noon Love Of Life
12:30 News-Dick Minton
12:35 Movie-A Christmas Carol-1938
2PM Password-Mike Nichols, Joan Bennett
2:30 House Party
3PM Millionaire-Drama
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
3:55 CBS News-Collingwood
4PM Club 27-David Allan
4:30 Life Of Riley
5PM Three Stooges And Stanley
6PM College Christmas Carol-Youngstown State Univ.
6:30 News
6:45 CBS News-Cronkite
7PM Brothers Brannagan-Synd.
7:30 To Tell The Truth-Panelarren McGavin, Johnny Carson, Dina Merrill and Betty White
8PM Pete And Gladys
8:30 Window On Main Street-Robert Young
9PM Danny Thomas
9:30 Andy Griffith
10PM Hennessey
10:30 Iv'e Got A Secret-Panel:Bill Cullen, Henry Morgan, Bess Myerson and Betsy Palmer
11PM News-Warren Guthrie
11:10 Local News
11:20 Movie-Mission Over Korea 1953

WKST-33 Youngstown-ABC
9AM Kartoon Showtime
10AM Susie-Ann Sothern
10:30 Burns And Allen
11AM Texan
11:30 Yours For A Song
Noon Camouflage
12:30 Make A Face
1PM Day In Court
1:25 ABC News-Alex Drier
1:30 December Bride
2PM Number Please
2:30 Seven Keys
3PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust-Johnny Carson
4PM American Bandstand
4:50 Newsstand-Roger Sharp
5PM Barney Bean
6PM ABC Evening News
6:15 News
6:30 Rescue 8-Synd.
7PM Achievement
7:30 Cheyenne
8:30 Rifleman
9PM Surfside 6
10PM Ben Casey
11PM News
11:25 Movie-Once Upon A Time 1944

WSEE-35 Erie, Pa. CBS/NBC

7AM Today
9AM Captain Kangaroo
10AM Calendar-Reasoner
10:30 I Love Lucy
11AM Video Village
11:30 Your Surprise Package-George Fenneman
11:55 CBS News-Harry Reasoner
Charles Collingwood subs as Mr. Reasoner had Christmas day off
Noon Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1PM Coffee Break-Pat English
1:30 As The World Turns
2PM Password-Mike Nichols, Joan Bennett
2:30 House Party
3PM Young Doctor Malone-NBC
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
3:55 CBS News-Collingwood
4PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5PM Kukla, Fran and Ollie
5:05 Joe Ray And Friends
5:30 Joe Ray, Music Wrangler
6PM News
6:15 College Of The Air
6:45 CBS News-Cronkite
7PM National Velvet-NBC
7:30 To Tell The Truth-Panelarren McGavin, Johnny Carson, Dina Merrill and Betty White
8PM Pete And Gladys
8:30 Window On Main Street-Robert Young
9PM Danny Thomas
9:30 Andy Griffith
10PM Hennessey
10:30 Iv'e Got A Secret-Panel:Bill Cullen, Henry Morgan, Bess Myerson and Betsy Palmer
11PM News
11:25 Magic Moments In Sports
11:30 Jack Paar-NBC-COLOR

WXTV-45 Youngstown Independent

6PM What's In The World?
6:05 TV Jigsaw
6:20 Club Calendar
6:30 45 Hop-Music
8PM Christmas Film-A Star Shall Rise-With Raymond Burr, Jay Novello, Anthony Caruso
Story of the Wise Men-Also aired Saturday 12-23 at 9AM on channel 5

8:30 Movie-The King and Four Queens-1956
10PM Movie-The Sun Shines Bright

WAKR-49 Akron-ABC

11AM Texan
11:30 Yours For A Song
Noon Camouflage
12:30 Make A Face
1PM Day In Court
1:25 ABC News-Alex Drier
1:30 Cartoon Time
2PM Number Please
2:30 Seven Keys
3PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust-Johnny Carson
4PM American Bandstand
4:50 Newsstand-Roger Sharp
5PM Movie-After The Thin Man-1936
6PM Singing Towers
6:30 Cartoon Time
6:45 ABC Evening News
7PM News-Jack Fitzgibbons
7:15 Weather
7:20 Following The Zips-Akron Univ. Sports
7:30 Expedition!-Akron
8PM Movie-A Christmas Carol-1938
9:30 Code 3-Synd.
10PM Ben Casey
11PM News
11:15 Movie-China Seas-1935

Synd.=Syndicated

 

[Ultimajock]

From:TV Guide

KYW-3 NBC Cleveland
11:15 PM East, PM West

WEWS-5 ABC Cleveland
11:15 Jack Paar-COLOR

WFMJ-21 Youngstown NBC
11:20 Jack Paar-COLOR

WSEE-35 Erie, Pa. CBS/NBC
11:30 Jack Paar-NBC-COLOR

...interesting to see Westinghouse sending NBC's Jack Paar off to the Cleveland ABC affiliate in order to clear their own syndicated "PM East/PM West" (first hour with Mike Wallace and Joyce Davidson in New York, last half-hour with Terrence O'Flaherty in San Francisco). Did Westinghouse also bump Paar in Boston? Also odd how Youngstown joined Paar at 11:20, which would have meant halfway into Paar's opening monologue...

 

[Corky Marlowe]

Wow, my first Christmas! Not that I remember any of it...

Slightly OT, but Jack Paar is listed as being in color. Was The Tonight Show broadcast in color during Carson's early years, too? The few highlights shown from that time, like the Ed Ames tomahawk throw, are shown in b/w, but are they maybe just b/w kinescopes?

 

[Ultimajock]

..."The Tonight Show" went color about midway through Paar's reign. It was also regularly videotaped from early in the Paar tenure, but any preservation was done by kinescope up to the point in the early '70s when Carson demanded and got co-ownership of the show from NBC. Paar's prime-time show was produced in the same studio on the same equipment as Carson's "Tonight Show" (Paar taped on Sundays while Carson taped on weeknights); when Paar took his show to London or Honolulu, the show had to be kinescoped, for which Paar made a comic opening film clip of a photo of a zebra against a black background, with Paar intoning the show was brought to its viewers in "glorious black&white" (the clip appears on one of the episodes in the Paar DVD set released by Shout! Factory just after he died)...

 

[bpatrick]

I didn't realize the Washington Cathedral service
had been broadcast for so long; I thought that
was distributed by the Allbritton stations (WJLA
in the nation's capital). I suppose that's because
I've been watching every Christmas for the last
twenty years or so but not prior.

On a secular note, did WEWS pre-empt Camouflage
and American Bandstand regularly?

 

[Tim L]

On a secular note, did WEWS pre-empt Camouflage
and American Bandstand regularly?

From other schedules I've done in the past, it seems Channel 5 did carry the afternoon Bandstand more often than not into the early 1960's..TV 5 just seemed to want to put a holiday special there..

As far as ABC Noon ET programming I don't believe Channel 5 ever carried it very often..The Captain Penny "Noon Show" got pretty good ratings throughout the 1960's..And They have had news either at 12 Noon or 12:30 PM for probably over 45 years..

As an aside, I know I post a lot of Christmas or near Christmas dates..I have a special fondness for that time of the year..especially when it comes to TV Holiday specials and such.