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Retro: Detroit/Toledo/Lansing Mon, Aug 13, 1956

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Bluenoser

from TV Guide-Detroit edition

WJBK 2-CBS Detroit
6:50 Meditations
6:55 On the Farm Front
7:00 Captain Kangaroo
8:00 Cartoon Classroom
8:45 News/Weather
9:00 Of All Things (from Chicago, site of the Democratic National Convention; the Republicans would hold theirs in San Francisco the following week)
9:30 Arthur Godfrey Time
10:30 Strike It Rich
11:00 Valiant Lady
11:15 Love of Life
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
noon Democratic National Convention (opening session)
2:00 Big Payoff
2:30 Bob Crosby
3:00 Brighter Day
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge of Night
4:00 4 O'Clock Theatre "Gift of the Devil"
4:30 As the World Turns
5:00 Early Show "Call of the Klondike"
6:00 Art Linkletter & the Kids
6:15 News (Jac LeGoff)
6:25 Weather (Phelps)
6:30 Robin Hood "The Sheriff's Boots"
7:00 Burns & Allen
7:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (the last before his vacation; starting next week, Bob Crosby will guest host from Hollywood until Arthur returns on September 17)
8:00 Charlie Farrell
8:30 Democratic National Convention (Keynote Address by Tennessee Gov. Frank Clement, other bigwigs also speaking: Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Sen. JFK (who shows a film on the history of the party))
10:30 San Francisco Beat "Mike Fielding Case"
11:00 News
11:15 Weather (Wright)
11:20 Les Paul & Mary Ford
11:25 Nightwatch Theater "The Creeper"
12:50 Weather/Meditations

WWJ 4-NBC Detroit
6:50 Today's Farm Report
7:00 Today (from Chicago; Today in Detroit (Kirk Knight) at :25 and :55)
9:00 Romper Room
9:55 Professor Pet
10:00 Home (from Chicago)
11:00 Tic Tac Dough
11:30 It Could Be You
noon Democratic National Convention
2:00 Matinee Theater "Fiddlin' Man"
3:00 Queen for a Day (guest host Ben Alexander)
3:45 Modern Romances
4:00 It's Always Jan "Pat's Romance" (return)
4:30 Cactus Dan
5:30 Western Marshal
6:00 News/Sports
6:15 Weather (Eliot)
6:20 Dolores
6:30 Gordon MacRae
6:45 Camel News Caravan (from Chicago)
7:00 Ernie Kovacs (guests Yma Sumac and Boris Karloff)
8:00 Medic "When I Was Young"
8:30 Democratic National Convention
mid. News
12:15 Little Show "A Cowboy's Lament"
12:30 Dark Encounter "The Living Idol"
1:00 News

WJIM 6-NBC/CBS/ABC Lansing
7:00 Today
9:00 Of All Things
9:30 Ding Dong School
10:00 Home
11:00 Copper Kettle
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
noon Democratic National Convention (NBC)
2:00 Matinee Theater "Fiddlin' Man"
3:00 Queen for a Day
3:45 Modern Romances
4:00 Brighter Day
4:15 Movie: TBA (Western)
5:00 Mickey Mouse Club
6:00 Father Knows Best "Spirit of Youth"
6:30 Gordon MacRae
6:45 Camel News Caravan
7:00 Frontier
7:30 Voice of Firestone (guest Brian Sullivan)
8:00 Medic "When I Was Young"
8:30 Democratic National Convention (NBC)

WXYZ 7-ABC Detroit
7:30 Northern Michigan
8:00 Little Rascals
8:30 Wixie Wonderland
9:00 Robin & Ricky
9:30 Cartoon Comics
10:00 Movie "All-American Coed"
11:00 Story Studio
11:30 Irwins
noon Democratic National Convention
3:00 Afternoon Film Festival "Here Come the Huggetts"
4:00 My Little Margie
4:30 Cowboy G-Men "Empty Mailbags"
5:00 Mickey Mouse Club
6:00 Top Secret
6:15 ABC News (from Chicago)
6:30 Bold Journey "Tuna Pilot"
7:00 Dotty Mack
7:30 Voice of Firestone
8:00 Jumbo Theater "Brief Affair"
8:30 Democratic National Convention
11:00 Soupy's On
11:15 The Crash "Blackmailed"

CKLW 9-CBC/DuMont Windsor
12:25pm Billboard
12:30 Cartoons
12:45 Myrtle Labbitt
1:00 News (Austin Grant)
1:05 Shoppers Show "Dr. Christian Meets the Woman"/"They Came by Night"
3:30 Howdy Doody
4:00 Justice Colt "Colorado"
6:00 Count of Monte Cristo "Portuguese Affair"
6:30 Million Dollar Movie "Adventure in Washington"
8:00 China Smith "Devil in the Godowon"
8:30 Who's the Guest
9:00 St. Nick's Boxing: Willie Troy (DC/33-5-1, 23 KO) v Jerry Luedee (New Haven CT/20-3, 11 KO) in 10-round middleweight action
9:45 Sports Reel
10:00 News/Weather
10:15 Baseball Hall of Fame (Brooklyn's Joe Black)
10:30 Times Square Playhouse "Leopards in Lightning"
11:00 Good Neighbor Theater "Foreman Went to France"

WSPD 13-NBC/CBS/ABC Toledo
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
9:00 Of All Things
9:30 Arthur Godfrey Time
10:00 Valiant Lady
10:15 Love of Life
10:30 Strike It Rich
11:00 Home Cooking
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
noon Democratic National Convention (CBS)
2:00 Hospitality House
3:00 Brighter Day
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge of Night
4:00 Linkletter's House Party
4:15 As the World Turns
4:45 Fun Farm
5:15 Cartoon Corral
5:30 Voice of Labor
5:45 News
6:15 Lloyd Thaxton
6:30 Robin Hood "The Sheriff's Boots"
7:00 Burns & Allen
7:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
8:00 Ted Mack's Amateur Hour
8:30 Democratic National Convention (CBS)
10:30 Evening Varieties
11:00 News
11:10 Les Paul & Mary Ford
11:15 Featurette
11:30 Navy Log
mid. Midnight Mirror
12:30 News

WTVS 56-Edu Detroit
7pm Notes on Music
7:30 America in the Making
8:00 Hints for the Home
8:30 World of Stamps
9:00 Today's Student
9:30 American History "How There Happened to Be American History"
 
I also noted Lloyd Thaxton's show in Toledo. He was
obviously on television a long time; he had a local show
in Los Angeles before going into syndication in 1964.
Just how long did his broadcasting career last?

I also assume that Michigan stayed on Eastern Standard
Time in the summer. Those schedules are reminiscent of
what stations in North Carolina and points south were doing
at the time, following a Central time schedule in the summer
months. (I know that the networks didn't put the entire Eastern
time zone on a 7:30-11 PM primetime and a daytime schedule
starting at 10 AM on CBS and NBC, 3 PM on ABC, until 1958.)
 
It was the first day of the Democratic Convention, and also the day that a new anchor team made their debut for NBC: Chet Huntley and David Brinkley.

Although many have said that Huntley and Brinkley immediately overtook CBS and won the ratings race at the 1956 conventions, that's actually not true. CBS drew the most viewers of any network at the '56 conventions, but their margin over NBC was far less than it was in 1952, and supposedly, NBC's ratings for the GOP Convention were higher than they were for the Democrats, since word-of-mouth caused many viewers to try Chet and David.

Does anyone in the Detroit area have a list of programs on ABC, CBS, and NBC that were displaced due to the conventions??
 
Joseph_Gallant said:
It was the first day of the Democratic Convention, and also the day that a new anchor team made their debut for NBC: Chet Huntley and David Brinkley.
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I believe Huntley and Brinkley were joined by NBC newsman Bill Henry for both of the 1956 conventions that summer.
 
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