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Retro: Cleveland, OH, Thur. Sept 6, 1956

Source: TV Guide (off eBay!)

CHANNELS
3 KYW-TV Cleveland (NBC)
5 WEWS Cleveland (ABC)
8 WJW Cleveland (CBS)
21 WFMJ Youngstown, OH (NBC)
27 WKBN Youngstown (CBS-ABC)
49 WAKR Akron (ABC)

7AM
3 21 Today
8 27 Good Morning!
Shorty Long, comedy player in the Broadway musical "Most Happy Fella," and Charles Homan currently starring in the comedy hit "No Time Fore Sergeants," visit with Will.

8:00
8 Romper Room-Miss Par

8:55
5 News-Ron Penfound
8 News

9:00
3 Morning Surprise
5 Fun Farm-Mary Ellen
8 Capt. Kangaroo

9:30
8 Morning Drama
"National Honeymoon." A young couple, just married, appear on the TV show, "National Honeymoon." The bridegroom is furious, since the things he feels are private, are being exposed to the public. Diana Lynn, Dick Haymes.
21 Adelaide Snyder

9:55
8 News-Maggie Wulff

10:00
3 21 Ding Dong School
5 Movie-Comedy
"Mister Cinderella." [1936] A barber is persuaded to impersonate his godfather, a Boston playboy. Jack Haley, Betty Furness, Arthur Treacher.
8 Garry Moore
Ivan Sanderson and another animal friend visit Garry and the gang. Denise Lor and Ken Carson sing "Be My Baby Bumblebee." Ken solos "September Song."
27 Fashions

10:15
27 Movie
"Bridge of Sighs." [1936] Gangsters clash in a gambling war. Onslow Stevens.

10:30
3 21 Bandstand
Russ Morgan and the Band, plus Helen O'Connell. Bert Park emcees.
8 Peter Lind Hayes

11:00
3 21 Home-Arlene Francis
A visual biography on James Michener, author of "Tales of the South Pacific", is featured. Films of Michener at home are shown; Josh Logan, Broadway producer talks about the author and "South Pacific"; and two members of the musical sing songs from it. Ernie Kovacs, TV comic, and Gene Leone, restauranteur, talk about the Italian food festival.

11:25
3 Window
3 21 Home (likely continued from 11:00)
5 Hollywood Theater
8 27 Strike it Rich

AFTERNOON

12:00
3 21 Tic Tac Dough
5 Capt. Penny
8 Valiant Lady
27 Cartoon Carnival

12:15
8 27 Love of Life

12:30
3 21 It Could Be You
5 Uncle Leslie
8 Search for Tomorrow
27 Playhouse
"You're Only Young Once." A widowed recluse is of interest to her teenaged daughter's young admirer, and also to the principal of the local school. Both try to solve the mystery for their own reasons. Joan Bennett, John Beal.

12:45
5 Beulah
8 Guiding Light

1:00
3 Movie-Mystery
"Without Warning." [1952] Police are puzzled by a series of killings, all following a similar pattern. The murderer is apparently a mentally disturbed person whose victims are all of the same physical type. Adam Williams, Meg Randall, Edward Binns.
8 Heart of City
"Baby Sitter." Lorelei Kilbourne, reporter for the Illustrated Press becomes involved in a mystery while doing a series of stories on baby-sitting. Patrick McVey, Jane Nigh.
21 News
27 News-Collingwood
49 Movie-Mystery
"Johnny on the Spot" [1955] A young mining engineer, who has been wrongfully imprisoned in a South American jail, returns to England determined to get the crooked financier whom he believes responsible for framing him. Hugh McDermott, Elspeth Gray, Paul Carpenter, Jean Lodge.

1:10
27 Stand Up and Be Counted

1:15
5 Double Drama
21 Kitchen Corner

1:30
8 As The World Turns
Nancy tells Claire she should try to keep her marriage from breaking up.
27 Movie-Comedy
"Borrowed Wives." [1930] A young man needs a wife in order to meet the terms of his uncle's will. Rex Lease, Vera Reynolds, Paul Hurst.

1:45
21 Hals A'Poppin

2:00
8 Alice Weston

2:15
5 The Playhouse
"One Way Out." A demented theater-usher is suspected of the murder of an usherette. John Turnbull.

2:30
3 21 Tennessee Ernie
8 House Party
49 Chef Lorenzo

2:45
5 Music Masters
27 Casteel's Carousel

3:00
3 21 Matinee Theater
COLOR "The Ivy Curtain," by Anthony Spinner. When a college student is brutally beaten to death, local politicians try to cover up the story. Only the assistant district attorney persists in seeking the murderers.
5 49 Afternoon Film Festival
"The History of Mr. Polly." [English, 1949] Mr. Polly is a sensitive dreamer who cannot adjust himself to the realities of life. When he inherits 500 pounds, he throws up his job as a draper's assistant and goes out into the world in search of fulfillment. A hasty marriage with a shrew leaves him unhappier than ever. Based on the novel by H.G. Wells, Donald Woods Hosts. [Mr. Polly is played by John Mills]

3:15
8 Maggie Wulff
27 The Big Payoff

3:30
8 Bob Crosby
27 Grizzly Pete
"Born to Battle," another of Pete's exciting offerings.

4:00
3 21 Queen for a Day
8 Brighter Day

4:15
8 Secret Storm

4:30
8 Edge of Night
Martin Spode confesses to Lt. Karr. Sarah Burton.

4:45
3 21 Modern Romances
Mrs. Lockman feigns a bad heart to keep John home. Martha Scott narrates.
27 Clancy's Clubhouse

5:00
3 It's Always Jan
Jan tries to help out a young couple in her apartment building. Some neighbors want them evicted because their baby cries at night. Janis Paige, Jeri Lou James, Patricia Bright, Merry Anders.
5 27 Mickey Mouse Club
1. Karen in Kartoonland.
2. Mouseketeers: The Le Roy brothers with their marionettes and the Ted De Wayne acrobats.
3. Corky and White Shadow: "The Birthday Song."
8 Movie-Drama
"Shadow of Silk Lennox." [1935] A G-man join a gang of racketeers by posing as a crook. Lon Chaney, Jr.
21 Funhouse Gang
49 Movie-Western
"The Trail Beyond." John Wayne, George Hayes.

5:30
3 Mr. District Attorney

5:55
8 News

EVENING

6PM
3 Six O'Clock Adventure
"Guns and Guitars." Two schemers enter fever-ridden Sage County and buy a herd of sick cattle for a song. Gene learns of their plans through the local sheriff's department and stops the cattle from crossing the country.
5 Superman
"The Seven Souvenirs." Perplexed by the number of Superman daggers which have been stolen from unsuspecting persons who have purchased them as mementos from a dealer in curios, the Daily Planet staff, the police and finally Superman, himself, join in an effort to learn what lies behind all these goings-on.
8 Looney Tunes
Porky's midnight matinee is shown for the entertainment of the kids.
21 Industry
27 Annie Oakley
"Annie Breaks an Alibi." Two greedy cousins fight for their dead uncle's fortune. Caught in the middle is an old man who has been acting as caretaker of the property. Gail Davis.

6:15
49 News, Weather, Sports

6:20
8 Sports

6:25
8 News-Jim Doney

6:30
5 News-Dorothy Fuldheim
8 Jo Portaro
21 Weather, Sports, News
27 Sports-Don Gardner
49 Paige Palmer

6:45
5 Weather-Bill Prentice
8 27 News-Walter Cronkite

6:50
5 Sports-Dale & Wilcox
49 Social Whirl

6:55
3 News-Tom Field

7:00
3 Studio 57
Hollywood star, John Payne, plays the role of a sports writer determined to track down the murderer of a young boxer. The story tells of the corruption in the fight game. Supporting stars: Roy Roberts, Ralph Dumke, Lee Van Cleef.
5 Waterfront
"Live Cargo." The skipper disguises himself as a Mexican to track down Americans smuggling Mexicans into the U.S.
8 Amos & Andy
"Arabia." Kingfish winds up as the victim of his own plot in a money-making scheme that backfires. Threatened with eviction for non-payment of rent, Kingfish is forced to acquire some money.
21 All-Star Theater
27 Celebrity Theater
49 News, Weather

7:15
49 News-John Daly

7:30
3 21 Snooky Lanson
5 Lone Ranger
"Counterfeit Redskins." The Lone Ranger and Tonto are on the trail of an outlaw gang disguised as Indians. The gang has been robbing and killing homesteaders in Pine Valley. [Film]
8 27 Sgt. Preston
Citizens of Wounded Moose accuse Luke, an ex-convict, of heading a gang of hooded bandits who are terrorizing the Yukon and stealing gold from miners. Sgt. Preston offers Luke a unique chance to clear himself. [Film]
CAST
Sgt. Preston: Richard Simmons (not related to the exercise superstar)
Luke: Thayer Roberts
Judd Sparks: Ed Cobb
49 Chef Lorenzo

7:45
3 21 News-John C. Swayze

8:00
3 Groucho's Best
Groucho's guests include a young Australian couple who are graduate students here, Mr. and Mrs. John Lovering; a waitress named Jeanie Johnston who is paired with a milk-company executive, Will Foster; and a Peruvian housewife, Mrs. Nettie McClean, who is paired with "Farmer" McCabe. [Film]
5 49 Hour Glass
"The Lady Vanishes" [English, 1938] An elderly English governess, homeward bound, disappears from a transcontinental train. This complicates the lives of a young couple she had befriended.
CAST
Gilbert: Michael Redgrave
Iris Henderson: Margaret Lockwood
Dr. Harz: Paul Lukas
Miss Troy: Dame May Whitty
Mr. Todhunter: Cecil Parker
Mrs. Todhunter: Linden Travers
8 27 Bob Cummings
"Hawaii Calls." Bob exhibits signs of jealousy when movie star Jack Carson shows interest in Bob's current girl friend, Kay Michael. When Jack and Kay go to Hawaii to make a movie, Bob finds business reasons why he should go along. [Film]

8:30
3 21 Dragnet
8 27 Climax!
"Bury Me Later," by H.F.M. Prescott, stars Boris Karloff, Angela Lansbury, Torrin Thatcher and Sean McClory. An elderly farmer is missing, and it looks like murder. The police suspect an artist who was painting a portrait of the farmer's attractive young wife. Since he is suffering from a lapse of memory, the artist has no alibi, and it is left to a kindly vicar to provide a solution to the mystery. Adapted for TV by Jean Holloway and John McGreevey. Bill Lundigan and Mary Costa are hosts.


9:00
3 21 People's Choice
Sock has an attack of jealousy when Mandy turns down a date with him in order to attend a movie premiere with western star Stone Kenyon. Jackie Cooper, Patricia Breslin, Paul Maxey. [Film]
5 Star Tonight
49 New Faces

9:30
3 21 Ford Theatre
"Man Without Fear," starring Joseph Cotten and Raymond Burr. A man is warned by police that his former business partner has escaped from prison. Not only he had planned the fraud for which his partner went to prison but he had also married his former friend's wife.
5 Sports Thrills
Basketball: Rochester Royals vs. Fort Wayne Pistons; New York Knicks vs. Philadelphia Warriors. Boxing: Ike Chestnut vs. Frankie Sodano. [Film]
8 27 Four Star Playhouse
Dick Powell stars in "Spray of Bullets." A sheriff tries to keep his failing eyesight a secret, but a vicious outlaw learns the truth and challenges the lawman to a gun battle. [Film]
CAST
Will: Dick Powell
Phineas: Raymond Hatton
Lucy: Jean Howell
49 Movie-Drama
"Night Without Stars." [1935] A wealthy girl temporarily employed as a shopgirl at a Mediterranean resort, becomes involved in black-market intrigues and murder when she befriends a stranger. David Farror, Nadia Gray.

10:00
3 21 Lux Video Theater
COLOR "Road of Fear." A seven-year-old's youngster world is shattered when he finds out his father isn't the greatest man in the world. Ken Carpenter is the host from Hollywood.
5 Dollar a Second
8 27 Arthur Murray

10:30
5 Foreign Intrigue
"In The Hall of Justice." Michael Powers, unhampered by the more conventional methods used by the police, hunts down the end to a big story. A master spy's quiet surrender to the police gives Powers his first lead. James Daly.
8 The Whistler
"Stolen Chance." An architect finds that playing around with your partner's wife can be dangerous business, especially if there's $75,000 in cash involved. [Film]
27 Polka Time

11:00
3 News-Tom Field
5 Weather-Paul Wilcox
8 27 News-Warren Guthrie
21 News, Sports, Weather
49 Movie-Western
"Moon Over Montana." Jimmy Wakely.

11:05
5 Movie-Comedy
"My Dear Secretary." [1948] A fiction writer runs into some real-life complications. Laraine Day, Kirk Douglas.

11:10
3 Weather-Joe Finan
5 Sports-John Fitzgerald
27 News

11:15
3 Sports-Joe Mulvihill
8 Weather-Scotty Armstrong
27 Movie-Drama
"Models, Inc." [1952] A gangster's moll turns model bin order to bag a rich young man who runs a modeling agency. Howard Duff, Coleen Grey.

11:20
3 Baseball Hall of Fame
8 Les Paul and Mary Ford
21 Living Word

11:25
8 Movie-Drama
"The Final Hour." [1936] A once-brilliant lawyer, now down on Skid Row, plans to kill himself. A meeting with a night club singer gives him renewed hope. Ralph Bellamy.

11:30
3 21 Tonight-Steve Allen

12:30
5 News-Court Stanton

1:00
3 News-Tom Field

-crainbebo
 
Several points of interest..

The TV 8 Romper Room was hosted by Pat Ryan Dopp.  By 1958 the program would move to WEWS-5 hosted by "Miss Barbara" Plummer for a 13 year run..

Ron Penfound, who hosted the 8:55 news, was Captain Penny at Noon on WEWS

You forgot 11:30 AM on your schedule.  "Window" was a 5 minute program.

Fun Farm's Mary Ellen (Sussex) would move within a few weeks to Tampa , Florida, where she would host Kiddie shows on WTVT-13 till 1964..She passed away in April 2011..

On Channel 21, "Hal's A Poppin" host Hal Fryar later moved on to Indianapolis where, as "Harlow Hickenlooper" he hosted kids shows on WFBM-6 from 1960-72
 
Tim L said:
The TV 8 Romper Room was hosted by Pat Ryan Dopp. By 1958 the program would move to WEWS-5 hosted by "Miss Barbara" Plummer for a 13 year run..

Grammar mistake on my part.

Tim L said:
You forgot 11:30 AM on your schedule. "Window" was a 5 minute program.

Yep I missed that too. ;D

-crainbebo
 
"Will" on CBS's "Good Morning!" was Will Rogers Jr. That show
went through a number of hosts, including Walter Cronkite, Jack
Paar, and Dick Van Dyke.
 
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