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Retro:Cleveland Area Tues/Wed. March 1-2, 1955

Courtesy:TV Guide

3 WNBK-NBC
5 WEWS CBS (As of 8:55 AM 3-2-55 ABC/DuMont)
8 WXEL DuMont/ABC (As of 7AM 3-2-55 CBS)
21 WFMJ NBC Youngstown
27 WKBN CBS/ABC/DuMont Youngstown
49 WAKR ABC Akron

Featured here is the first Cleveland area "Network switch" WEWS to ABC/DuMont and WXEL to CBS, because of Storer's purchase of WXEL..

Tuesday March 1, 1955

7AM
3-21 Today-Dave Garroway
5-27 Morning Show-Jack Paar

8:25
5 On Wings Of Song

8:30
5-27 Morning Show

8:55
5 On Wings Of Song
8 Preview Corner
21 Health and Happiness Club

9AM
3 Movie-Song Of Mexico
5 Western Reserve (University)-College Classes
8-27 To Be Announced
21 Movie-(Morning Matinee)-That Certain Feeling

9:30
5 Paige Palmer

10AM
3-21 Ding Dong School
5-27 Garry Moore Show
8 Alice Weston

10:30
3-21 Way Of The World
5 Arthur Godfrey Time
8 Charming Children
27 Movie-TBA

10:45
3-21 Sheliah Graham-John Wayne Guest

11AM
3-21 Home-Arlene Francis
8 Nancy Dixon-Shopping

11:05
8 Maggie Wulff

11:30
5-27 Strike It Rich-Hull

Noon
3-21 Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
5 Valiant Lady
27 Noon Show

12:15
5 Love Of Life

12:30
3-21 Feather Your Nest-Game
5 Search For Tomorrow
8 Rena And Bob

12:45
5 Guiding Light

1PM
3 Movie-Forced Landing
5 Woman's Window
8-27 Portia Faces Life-CBS
21 News

1:15
8 Road Of Life-CBS
21 Hal's A Poppin-Hal Fryar-Local Variety
27 Home Cooking-Hendricks

1:30
5 Welcome Travelers
8 All For You-Weston

1:45
27 Movie-(Feature Matinee) Ginger

1:50
21 Strange Experiences

1:55
21 International Playhouse

2PM
5 Robert Q Lewis
8 Movie-Thunder Pass

2:30
3 Maggi Byrne-Fashion
5 Linkletter's House Party-Jack Slattery Guest Host while Art is on Vacation
21-Kitchen Corner-(Marjorie) Mariner

2:45
27 Casteel's Carousel

3PM
3-21 The Greatest Gift-Soap
5-27 Big Payoff

3:15
3-21 Golden Windows-Soap

3:30
3-21 One Man's Family
5 Bob Crosby
27 Paul Dixon-DuMont-As DuMont was on the critical list as a network by this time, many of their longer running shows were canceled or moved to other networks..Paul Dixon's last DuMont show was April 8, 1955. Of course, Dixon remined a fixture on the "Crosley" Network in Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, etc..Through 1974.

3:45
3-21 Miss Marlowe-Soap

4PM
3-21 Nawkins Falls
5 Mixing Bowl-Cooking
8 Brighter Day-CBS
27 The Little Show
49 Movie-Scared To Death

4:15
3-21 First Love-Soap
8 Secret Storm-CBS
27 Grizzly Pete-Kids

4:30
3-21 World Of Mr. Sweeney
5 On Your Account
8 King Jack-Kids

4:45
3-21 Modern Romances

5PM
3 Pinky Lee
5-8 Captain Video-DuMont-Shown on both 5 and 8 here, on 5 only starting the next day. However, Captain Video would be canceled April 1, 1955.
21 Susie Sidesaddle-Kids
49 Hinky Dinks-Kids

5:15
5 Dinner Platter-Bob Dale
8 Desert Deputy-Kids

5:30
3-21 Howdy Doody
5 Uncle Jake's House-Gene Carroll
49 Quick On The Draw

5:50
27 Ohio Story-Documentary program produced and sponsored by Ohio Bell in the 1950's..I'd love to know if any of these still exist.
(Edit:Several still are in existence at various Ohio Libraries..Found one on YouTube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNkvhezzy5A


6PM
3 Abbott and Costello
5 Little Eascals
21 What's Your Trouble
27 You Are There-CBS
49 News

6:15
21 Mr. Mayor
49 Tail Waggers

6:30
3 Sports
5 News-Fuldheim
8 News Parade-Bob Lang
21 Sports
27 News
49 Paige Palmer-Doing double duty as she was on 5 in the mornings

6:40
3 Weather Vane
27 News At Home

6:45
3 Today's News-Tom Field
5-27 Sports
8-21 Weather

6:50
8 Ohio Story
21 Sports-Eddie Lane
49 Trophy Room-Eddie Elias

6:55
5-27 Weather

7PM
3 Ella Raines Show (Janet Dean, Registered Nurse)
5 Pooch Parade-Would later become a major part of Ron Penfound's Captain Penny Show
8 7:00 Playhouse
21 The Visitor (The Doctor reruns)
27 The Vise-ABC Fri. 9:30
49 News Jack Fitzgibbons

7:10
49 Sports

7:15
5 Meet Your Schools
49 John Daly-ABC News

7:30
3-21 Dinah Shore
5-27 Doug Edwards-CBS News
8 Cavalcade Of America-ABC Tues. 7:30
49 Chef Lorenzo-Cooking-He had been on Cleveland stations earlier

7:45
3-21 News Caravam-John Cameron Swayze-NBC News
5-27 Jo Stafford

8PM
3-21 Bob Hope
5 Forian Zabach-Syndicated
8-27-49 Bishop Fulton J. Sheen-DuMont-His last DuMont show was April 26, 1955. He would move to ABC in October 1955.

8:30
5 Halls Of Ivy
8 Twenty Questions-ABC
27 Treaury Men In Action-ABC Thurs. 8:30
49 Liberace-Syndicated

9PM
3-21 Fireside Theater
5-27 Meet Millie
8-49 Danny Thomas Show

9:30
3-21 Circle Theater
5 Red Skelton
8-27 US Steel Hour-ABC
49 Wrestling-Hollywood

10PM
3-21 Truth Or Consequences
5 Mr. District Attorney-Syndicated

10:30
3-21 It's A Great Life-Comedy
5-27 See It Now-Edward R. Murrow
8 To Be Announced
49 Stop The Music

11PM
3-8-21-27-49 News (8, 27 Sohio Reporter-Warren Guthrie)
5 Movie-TBA

11:05
3 Weather-Joe Finan

11:10
3-8-21-49 Sports

11:15
3 Fame-Story Of Henry Ford
8-27 Weather
21 Movie Museum

11:20
8 Movie-Cheer The Brave
27 Movie (Stage Door) The Broken Horseshoe

11:30
3-21 Tonight-Steve Allen

12:30
5-27 News

1AM
3 News

Wednesday March 2, 1955

7AM
3-21 Today-Dave Garroway
8-27 Morning Show-Jack Paar (Tv 8's first official CBS show, though thye had been running some CBS afternoon soaps for awhile.

8:55
5 News
21 Health and Happiness Club

9AM
3 Movie-Life, Liberty and Orrin Dooley
5 Western Reserve (University)-College Classes
8 Movie-TBA
21 Movie-(Morning Matinee)Interrupted Journey
27 To Be Announced


9:30
5 Paige Palmer
8 Charming Children

9:55
5 News

10AM
3-21 Ding Dong School
5 Little Rascals
8-27 Garry Moore

10:30
3-21 Way Of The World
5 Movie-TBA
8 Arthur Godfrey
27 Movie-TBA

10:45
3-21 Sheliah Graham-John Wayne Guest

11AM
3-21 Home-Arlene Francis


11:30
8-27 Strike It Rich-Hull

11:55
5 News

Noon
3-21 Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
5 Bob Dale
8 Valiant Lady
27 Noon Show

12:15
8 Love Of Life

12:30
3-21 Feather Your Nest-Game
8 Search For Tomorrow

12:45
8 Guiding Light

1PM
3 Movie-Pistol-Packin Mama
5 Woman's Window
8-27 Portia Faces Life
21 News

1:15
8 Road Of Life
21 Hal's A Poppin-Hal Fryar-Local Variety
27 Home Cooking-Hendricks

1:30
5 To Be Announced
8 Welcome Travelers


1:45
27 Movie-(Feature Matinee) Army Wives

1:55
21 Pantomime Quiz

2PM
5 Robert Q Lewis
8 Alice Weston

2:25
3 Amy Vanderbilt

2:30
3 Maggi Byrne-Fashion
5 To Be Announced
8 Linkletter's House Party
21-Kitchen Corner-(Marjorie) Mariner

2:45
27 Casteel's Carousel

3PM
3-21 The Greatest Gift-Soap
5 Paul Dixon-DuMont
8-27 Big Payoff

3:15
3-21 Golden Windows-Soap

3:30
3-21 One Man's Family
8-27 Bob Crosby

3:45
3-21 Miss Marlowe-Soap

4PM
3-21 Nawkins Falls
5 Mixing Bowl-Cooking
8 Brighter Day
27 The Little Show
49 Movie-To Be Announced

4:15
3-21 First Love-Soap
8 Secret Storm
27 Grizzly Pete-Kids

4:30
3-21 World Of Mr. Sweeney
5 Uncle Jake's House
8 On Your Account

4:45
3-21 Modern Romances
27 Clubhouse-Kids

5PM
3 Pinky Lee
5 Captain Video
8 Story Lady-Pat Ryan
21 Susie Sidesaddle-Kids
27 Grizzly Pete
49 Hinky Dinks-Kids

5:15
5 Dinner Platter-Bob Dale
8 Barker Bill-CBS (Terrytoons)



5:30
3-21 Howdy Doody
8 Adventure Theater
49 Quick On The Draw

5:45
5 Captain Video

6PM
3 Wild Bill Hickock
5 Little Eascals
21 Norby
27 Superman
49 News

6:15
49 Spotlight On Sports

6:30
3 Sports
5 News-Fuldheim
8 News Parade-Bob Lang
21-27 News
49 Paige Palmer

6:40
3 Weather Vane
27 News At Home

6:45
3 Today's News-Tom Field
5-8-21 Weather

6:50
5 Sports-Paul Wilcox
8 Joe Portaro-Beauty
21 Sports-Eddie Lane
49 Ohio Story

6:55
27 Weather

7PM
3 Norby
5 Waterfront-Syndicated
8 Matchless Theater
21 Badge 714 (Dragnet)
27 Stu Erwin-ABC Wed. 8:30
49 News, Sports

7:15
49 John Daly-ABC News

7:30
3-21 Eddie Fisher
5 Disneyland (First ABC show as a full affiliate)
8-27 Doug Edwards-CBS News
49 Chef Lorenzo-Cooking

7:45
3-21 News Caravam-John Cameron Swayze-NBC News
8-27 Perry Como

8PM
3-21 I Married Joan
8-27 Arthur Godfrey And Friends
49 Spelling Bee

8:30
3-21 My Little Margie
5-49 Stu Erwin

9PM
3-21 Kraft Television Theater
5 Liberace-Syndicated
8-27 The Millionaire
49 Masquerade Party

9:30
5 Who Said That?-Bob Consideie, June lockhart, Gene Raymond-ABC Wed. 9PM
8-27 I've Got a Secret
49 Junior Town Meeting

10PM
3-21 This Is Your Life
5 To Be Announced
8-27 Best Of Broadway (Blue Ribbom Boxing Pre-empted)
49 Movie-Rolling Home

10:30
3-21 Big Town

11PM
3-8-21-27-49 News (8, 27 Sohio Reporter-Warren Guthrie)
5 Movie (Playhouse) Raw Deal

11:05
3 Weather-Joe Finan

11:10
3-8-21-49 Sports

11:15
3-21 Theater 15
8 Weather
27 Weather, Sports

11:20
8 Movie-TBA
27 Twenty Questions-ABC Tues. 8:30

11:30
3-21 Tonight-Steve Allen

11:50
27 Movie (Playhouse) A Man About the House

12:45
8 News

12:50
27 News

1AM
3 News


Comments:Storer Broadcasting acquired WJW-AM and FM (850, 104.1) from William O'Neil in late 1954..By 1956 WXEL's Call Letters were changed to WJW-TV..Things were still unsettled for a while as several "To Be Announced" slots indicate..These were the last days of DuMont as a viable national TV network..So by the end of 1955 WEWS was exclusively an ABC affiliate..WKBN had ABC shows all over the schedule, even in just the few days shown here..WKST 45 New Castle, Pa. Would begin Broadcasting in 1957 As Youngstown's ABC affiliate..(Now WYTV-33)
 
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