As a follow-up to my posting for July 2, 1966 (http://radiodiscussions.com/smf/index.php?topic=220154.0) I'm posting this for a year and a week later. There's a lot more local studio color a year later, and channel 56 was now on the air.
Source – TV Guide, Eastern New England edition
2 - WGBH Boston (Educational)
03:00p R&D Review
04:00p Brother Buzz – children (color)
04:30p Swedish Scene (color)
05:00p Nine on Japan
05:30p What’s New – children
06:00p Open Rehearsal
06:30p MIT Science Reporter
07:00p Struggle for Peace
07:30p The French Chef – Julia Child; bouillabaisse is the recipe
08:00p Newport Jazz – Herbie Mann hosts a look at the Newport Jazz Festival (2 hrs)
10:00p NET Journal “Losing Just the Same”; a look at a Negro family that moved north to escape poverty
3 – WTIC Hartford (CBS)
07:00a Summer Semester
07:30a RFD #3 – Atwood (color)
08:00a Captain Kangaroo
09:00a Car 54, Where Are You? “The Presidential Itch”
09:30a Kimba – cartoon (color)
10:00a Marine Boy (color)
10:30a Space Ghosts (color)
11:00a Superman (color)
11:30a Lone Ranger – cartoons (color)
12:00p Road Runner (color)
12:30p The Beagles (color)
01:00p Tom and Jerry (color)
01:30p Movie “The Horse Soldiers” 1959 (color) – John Wayne
04:00p Track and Field (special, color) – athletes from the U.S and United Kingdom compete
06:00p Weather, Sports (color)
06:15p News – Ed Anderson (color)
06:30p CBS News – Roger Mudd (color)
07:00p Horse Race – Aqueduct (color)
07:30p Away We Go – variety (color)
08:30p Mission: Impossible (color) – the IMF team tries to make sure an election is not rigged
09:30p Pistols ‘n’ Petticoats (color)
10:00p Gunsmoke (color) – Festus befriends a young boy whose father is a wanted criminal
11:00p News, Sports (color)
11:15p Weather (color)
11:20p Movie double feature “Deep in My Heart” 1954 (color) and “The Thing That Couldn’t Die” 1958
4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
06:00a Armed Forces Film
06:30a Big Brother – Bob Emery
07:00a Boomtown – Rex Trailer
10:00a The Flintstones (color)
10:30a Space Kidettes (color)
11:00a Secret Squirrel (color)
11:30a The Jetsons (color)
12:00p News – Jack Borden (color)
12:25p Weather – Al Boyer (color)
12:30p Next Question – interview
01:00p How It Happened “The Beginning of History” part 1
01:30p Sportsman’s Holiday (color) – Ted Williams goes fly fishing in Maine; Curt Gowdy observes Canada’s wild geese; a ride on horse and mule through the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming
02:00p Baseball – Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox (I have no idea why this is not a color game – perhaps an oversight?)
05:00p Movie “My Six Convicts” 1952
07:00p News – Jack Borden, Terry Carter (color)
07:15p Sports – Bob Starr (color)
07:25p Weather – Al Boyer
07:30p Flipper (color) – Flipper is suspected of stealing a diamond bracelet
08:00p Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (color)
08:30p Get Smart (color) – Max is assigned to protect a contestant in a beauty pagent
09:00p Movie “Tammy Tell Me True” 1961(color) – Sandra Dee, John Gavin
11:00p News – Terry Carter (color)
11:10p Weather – Al Boyer (color)
11:15p Movie “The Great Man” 1956
12:45a News, Sports, Weather
12:50a Movie “Chicago Confidential” 1957
5 – WHDH Boston (CBS)
06:00a Summer Semester
06:30a Space Angel (color)
07:00a Tom and Jerry (color)
07:30a Cartoons (color)
08:00a Captain Kangaroo
09:00a Mighty Heroes (color)
09:30a Underdog (color)
10:00a Frankenstein Jr. (color)
10:30a Space Ghosts (color)
11:00a Superman (color)
11:30a Lone Ranger – cartoons (color)
12:00p Candlepin Bowling – Jim Britt
01:00p Junior Candlepin Bowling
01:30p Sea Hunt
02:00p Sports Scrapbook (color)
02:15p Baseball – Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers (color) – Sports Scrapbook immediately follows
05:00p Track and Field (special, color) – athletes from the U.S and United Kingdom compete
06:00p Horse Race – Aqueduct (color)
06:30p News, Sports, Weather – MacMillen, Wilson, Miller (color)
07:00p Death Valley Days (color)
07:30p Away We Go – variety (color)
08:30p Mission: Impossible (color) – the IMF team tries to make sure an election is not rigged
09:30p Pistols ‘n’ Petticoats (color)
10:00p Gunsmoke (color) – Festus befriends a young boy whose father is a wanted criminal
11:00p News, Sports, Weather – MacMillen, Wilson, Miller
11:30p Movie double feature “Stars in My Crown” 1950 – Joel McCrea; and “Marry the Boss’s Daughter” 1941
6 – WTEV New Bedford (ABC)
06:30a Farmer’s Corner
07:00a Roger Ramjet (color)
07:30a New Three Stooges (color)
08:00a Felix – cartoon (color)
08:30a Soupy Sales – comedy
09:00a Soupy Sales – comedy
09:30a Porky Pig (color)
10:00a King Kong – cartoon (color)
10:30a The Beatles – cartoon (color)
11:00a Casper (color)
11:30a Milton the Monster – cartoons (color)
12:00p Bugs Bunny (color)
12:30p Magilla Gorilla (color)
01:00p Hoppity Hooper (color)
01:30p American Bandstand – guests: Donna Loren (“Let’s Pretend”) and the 5 Americans (“Western Union”)
02:30p Movie “Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules” 1963 (color)
04:00p Science Fiction Theater
04:30p Sam Snead – golf (color)
05:00p Wide World of Sports (color) – the Firecracker 400 stock-car championship; Queen’s Cup polo from London (this part in black and white)
06:30p The Twilight Zone
07:00p To Be Announced
07:30p The Dating Game (color)
08:00p The Newlywed Game (color)
08:30p Lawrence Welk (color) – guest Karen Chandler sings “Summer Sounds”; “Harbor Lights” (Lennon Sisters); “Red Sails in the Sunset” (Joe Feeney); “Old Cape Cod” (Natalie Nevins); “Highways are Happy Ways” (Myron Floren); and “Route 66” (Jack Imel, Bobby Burgess and Art Duncan)
09:30p Coaches’ All-America Game – football (special, color)
12:30a Movie “The Lady from Texas” 1951 (time approximate)
7 – WNAC Boston (ABC)
07:00a Linus the Lionhearted
07:30a Huckleberry Hound
08:00a Beany and Cecil – cartoons
08:30a Peter Potamus – cartoons
09:00a Magilla Gorilla – cartoons
09:30a Porky Pig (color)
10:00a King Kong – cartoon (color)
10:30a The Beatles – cartoon (color)
11:00a Casper (color)
11:30a Milton the Monster – cartoons (color)
12:00p The Rifleman “The Most Amazing Man”
12:30p For Males Only Movie “Sands of Iwo Jima” 1949; according to an ad in the Guide it was hosted by actress Joi Lansing
02:25p News
02:30p Impact – interview
03:00p Limelight – discussion
03:30p Issues and Answers
04:00p Have Gun – Will Travel
04:30p Sam Snead – golf (color)
05:00p Wide World of Sports (color) – the Firecracker 400 stock-car championship; Queen’s Cup polo from London (this part in black and white)
06:30p The Big Valley (color)
07:30p The Dating Game (color)
08:00p The Newlywed Game (color)
08:30p Lawrence Welk (color) – guest Karen Chandler sings “Summer Sounds”; “Harbor Lights” (Lennon Sisters); “Red Sails in the Sunset” (Joe Feeney); “Old Cape Cod” (Natalie Nevins); “Highways are Happy Ways” (Myron Floren); and “Route 66” (Jack Imel, Bobby Burgess and Art Duncan)
09:30p Coaches’ All-America Game – football (special, color) - the Al Capp Show immediately follows
12:30a Movie “Santiago” 1956 – Alan Ladd (time approximate)
8 – WNHC New Haven (ABC)
06:45a Roy Carley Show
07:00a Cartoons (color)
08:00a Linus the Lionhearted
08:30a Foreign Legionnaire
09:00a The Beatles – cartoons
09:30a Porky Pig (color)
10:00a King Kong – cartoon (color)
10:30a Hopalong Cassidy “Range War”
11:30a Milton the Monster – cartoons (color)
12:00p Bugs Bunny (color)
12:30p Magilla Gorilla (color)
01:00p Hoppity Hooper (color)
01:30p American Bandstand – guests: Donna Loren (“Let’s Pretend”) and the 5 Americans (“Western Union”)
02:15p Baseball – Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers (color)
05:00p Wide World of Sports (color) – the Firecracker 400 stock-car championship; Queen’s Cup polo from London (this part in black and white)
06:30p Huckleberry Hound (color)
07:00p Jerry Blavat – variety (color); guests: Stevie Wonder, and the Spokesmen
08:00p Sports Feature (color) – 1964 Winter Olympics
08:30p Lawrence Welk (color) – guest Karen Chandler sings “Summer Sounds”; “Harbor Lights” (Lennon Sisters); “Red Sails in the Sunset” (Joe Feeney); “Old Cape Cod” (Natalie Nevins); “Highways are Happy Ways” (Myron Floren); and “Route 66” (Jack Imel, Bobby Burgess and Art Duncan)
09:30p Coaches’ All-America Game – football (special, color)
12:30a Movie double feature “War of the Colossal Beast” 1958 and “Black Friday” 1940
9 – WMUR Manchester (ABC)
08:00a Rusty and the Rangers
08:30a Ring-A-Ding the Clown
09:00a Linus the Lionhearted
09:30a Porky Pig (color)
10:00a King Kong – cartoon (color)
10:30a The Beatles – cartoon (color)
11:00a Casper (color)
11:30a Milton the Monster – cartoons (color)
12:00p Bugs Bunny (color)
12:30p Magilla Gorilla (color)
01:00p Hoppity Hooper (color)
01:30p American Bandstand – guests: Donna Loren (“Let’s Pretend”) and the 5 Americans (“Western Union”)
02:30p New Hampshire Bandstand – Bill Jones; salute to Country Belle, Newfound Lake Summer Dance Party; guest: The Four Musketeers
03:30p Insight – religion
04:00p Vikings – adventure
04:30p Sam Snead – golf (color)
05:00p Wide World of Sports (color) – the Firecracker 400 stock-car championship; Queen’s Cup polo from London (this part in black and white)
06:30p Sea Hunt
07:00p ABC Scope “Support Our Boys” (color)
07:30p The Dating Game (color)
08:00p The Newlywed Game (color)
08:30p Lawrence Welk (color) – guest Karen Chandler sings “Summer Sounds”; “Harbor Lights” (Lennon Sisters); “Red Sails in the Sunset” (Joe Feeney); “Old Cape Cod” (Natalie Nevins); “Highways are Happy Ways” (Myron Floren); and “Route 66” (Jack Imel, Bobby Burgess and Art Duncan)
09:30p Coaches’ All-America Game – football (special, color)
10 – WJAR Providence (NBC)
08:30a Wells Fargo – western
09:00a Super 6 (color)
09:30a Atom Ant (color)
10:00a The Flintstones (color)
10:30a Space Kidettes (color)
11:00a Secret Squirrel (color)
11:30a The Jetsons (color)
12:00p Cool McCool (color)
12:30p Movie “The Tanks are Coming” 1951
02:00p Baseball – Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox
05:00p Horse Racing – Aqueduct
05:30p Colt .45 “The Man Who Loved Lincoln”
06:00p Ripcord
06:30p To Be Announced
07:00p Death Valley Days (color)
07:30p Flipper (color) – Flipper is suspected of stealing a diamond bracelet
08:00p Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (color)
08:30p Get Smart (color) – Max is assigned to protect a contestant in a beauty pagent
09:00p Movie “Tammy Tell Me True” 1961(color) – Sandra Dee, John Gavin
11:00p News, Weather, Sports (color)
11:30p Movie “The Guy Who Came Back” 1951
12 – WPRO Providence (CBS)
07:00a Captain America (color)
08:30a Mr. Magoo (color)
09:00a Mighty Heroes (color)
09:30a Underdog (color)
10:00a Frankenstein Jr. (color)
10:30a Space Ghosts (color)
11:00a Superman (color)
11:30a Lone Ranger – cartoons (color)
12:00p Road Runner (color)
12:30p The Beagles (color)
01:00p Championship Wrestling
02:00p Sports – Chris Clark
02:15p Baseball – Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers (color)
05:00p Track and Field (special, color) – athletes from the U.S and United Kingdom compete
06:00p Movie “Attack of the 50-Foot Woman” 1958 – Allison Hayes
07:30p Away We Go – variety (color)
08:30p Mission: Impossible (color) – the IMF team tries to make sure an election is not rigged
09:30p Pistols ‘n’ Petticoats (color)
10:00p Gunsmoke (color) – Festus befriends a young boy whose father is a wanted criminal
11:00p News – Wally Cryan (color)
11:10p Weather – Hollan (color)
11:15p Movie “All the Brothers Were Valiant” 1953 – Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger
38 – WSBK Boston (Ind) – and some network programming not cleared by the local affiliates
08:30a Davey and Goliath
09:00a Super 6 (color) – from NBC
09:30a Atom Ant (color) – from NBC
10:00a B’wana Don – children
10:30a Frontiers of Science
11:00a Upbeat – music
12:00p Road Runner (color) – from CBS
12:30p The Beagles (color) – from CBS
01:00p You Are There – history
01:30p American Bandstand – guests: Donna Loren (“Let’s Pretend”) and the 5 Americans (“Western Union”) – from ABC
02:30p Sports Feature
03:00p Wrestling
04:00p Movie “Jailbreak” 1936
05:30p NFL Highlights (color)
06:00p NFL Highlights (color) – 49ers vs. Packers
06:30p NBC News – Frank McGee (color) – from NBC
07:00p ABC Scope “Support Our Boys” (color) – from ABC
07:30p Pro Soccer – Baltimore Bays vs. Chicago Spurs at Fenway Park (not sure if this is a delayed game from CBS or a local production)
09:30p Movie double feature “The Verdict” 1946 and “The Conspirators” 1944
56 – WKBG Boston (Ind)
08:00a Winchell-Mahoney
08:45a Clutch Cargo – cartoon
09:00a Winchell-Mahoney
10:00a Movie “Challenge of the Gladiators” 1964 (color)
12:00p Movie double feature “Dangerous Passage” 1944 and “Last of the Desperadoes” 1956
02:30p Wrestling (color)
03:30p Movie “The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters” 1954
04:30p Movie “Immortal Battallon” 1944 – David Niven
06:00p Hy Lit – variety (this was syndicated out of WKBS Philadelphia, which was 56’s sister station)
07:00p My Favorite Martian
07:30p Movie “Battle Beyond the Sun” 1962
09:00p Fight of the Week (color) – Tony Alongi vs. Chuck Leslie
10:30p Alan Burke – discussion (color)
Source – TV Guide, Eastern New England edition
2 - WGBH Boston (Educational)
03:00p R&D Review
04:00p Brother Buzz – children (color)
04:30p Swedish Scene (color)
05:00p Nine on Japan
05:30p What’s New – children
06:00p Open Rehearsal
06:30p MIT Science Reporter
07:00p Struggle for Peace
07:30p The French Chef – Julia Child; bouillabaisse is the recipe
08:00p Newport Jazz – Herbie Mann hosts a look at the Newport Jazz Festival (2 hrs)
10:00p NET Journal “Losing Just the Same”; a look at a Negro family that moved north to escape poverty
3 – WTIC Hartford (CBS)
07:00a Summer Semester
07:30a RFD #3 – Atwood (color)
08:00a Captain Kangaroo
09:00a Car 54, Where Are You? “The Presidential Itch”
09:30a Kimba – cartoon (color)
10:00a Marine Boy (color)
10:30a Space Ghosts (color)
11:00a Superman (color)
11:30a Lone Ranger – cartoons (color)
12:00p Road Runner (color)
12:30p The Beagles (color)
01:00p Tom and Jerry (color)
01:30p Movie “The Horse Soldiers” 1959 (color) – John Wayne
04:00p Track and Field (special, color) – athletes from the U.S and United Kingdom compete
06:00p Weather, Sports (color)
06:15p News – Ed Anderson (color)
06:30p CBS News – Roger Mudd (color)
07:00p Horse Race – Aqueduct (color)
07:30p Away We Go – variety (color)
08:30p Mission: Impossible (color) – the IMF team tries to make sure an election is not rigged
09:30p Pistols ‘n’ Petticoats (color)
10:00p Gunsmoke (color) – Festus befriends a young boy whose father is a wanted criminal
11:00p News, Sports (color)
11:15p Weather (color)
11:20p Movie double feature “Deep in My Heart” 1954 (color) and “The Thing That Couldn’t Die” 1958
4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
06:00a Armed Forces Film
06:30a Big Brother – Bob Emery
07:00a Boomtown – Rex Trailer
10:00a The Flintstones (color)
10:30a Space Kidettes (color)
11:00a Secret Squirrel (color)
11:30a The Jetsons (color)
12:00p News – Jack Borden (color)
12:25p Weather – Al Boyer (color)
12:30p Next Question – interview
01:00p How It Happened “The Beginning of History” part 1
01:30p Sportsman’s Holiday (color) – Ted Williams goes fly fishing in Maine; Curt Gowdy observes Canada’s wild geese; a ride on horse and mule through the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming
02:00p Baseball – Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox (I have no idea why this is not a color game – perhaps an oversight?)
05:00p Movie “My Six Convicts” 1952
07:00p News – Jack Borden, Terry Carter (color)
07:15p Sports – Bob Starr (color)
07:25p Weather – Al Boyer
07:30p Flipper (color) – Flipper is suspected of stealing a diamond bracelet
08:00p Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (color)
08:30p Get Smart (color) – Max is assigned to protect a contestant in a beauty pagent
09:00p Movie “Tammy Tell Me True” 1961(color) – Sandra Dee, John Gavin
11:00p News – Terry Carter (color)
11:10p Weather – Al Boyer (color)
11:15p Movie “The Great Man” 1956
12:45a News, Sports, Weather
12:50a Movie “Chicago Confidential” 1957
5 – WHDH Boston (CBS)
06:00a Summer Semester
06:30a Space Angel (color)
07:00a Tom and Jerry (color)
07:30a Cartoons (color)
08:00a Captain Kangaroo
09:00a Mighty Heroes (color)
09:30a Underdog (color)
10:00a Frankenstein Jr. (color)
10:30a Space Ghosts (color)
11:00a Superman (color)
11:30a Lone Ranger – cartoons (color)
12:00p Candlepin Bowling – Jim Britt
01:00p Junior Candlepin Bowling
01:30p Sea Hunt
02:00p Sports Scrapbook (color)
02:15p Baseball – Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers (color) – Sports Scrapbook immediately follows
05:00p Track and Field (special, color) – athletes from the U.S and United Kingdom compete
06:00p Horse Race – Aqueduct (color)
06:30p News, Sports, Weather – MacMillen, Wilson, Miller (color)
07:00p Death Valley Days (color)
07:30p Away We Go – variety (color)
08:30p Mission: Impossible (color) – the IMF team tries to make sure an election is not rigged
09:30p Pistols ‘n’ Petticoats (color)
10:00p Gunsmoke (color) – Festus befriends a young boy whose father is a wanted criminal
11:00p News, Sports, Weather – MacMillen, Wilson, Miller
11:30p Movie double feature “Stars in My Crown” 1950 – Joel McCrea; and “Marry the Boss’s Daughter” 1941
6 – WTEV New Bedford (ABC)
06:30a Farmer’s Corner
07:00a Roger Ramjet (color)
07:30a New Three Stooges (color)
08:00a Felix – cartoon (color)
08:30a Soupy Sales – comedy
09:00a Soupy Sales – comedy
09:30a Porky Pig (color)
10:00a King Kong – cartoon (color)
10:30a The Beatles – cartoon (color)
11:00a Casper (color)
11:30a Milton the Monster – cartoons (color)
12:00p Bugs Bunny (color)
12:30p Magilla Gorilla (color)
01:00p Hoppity Hooper (color)
01:30p American Bandstand – guests: Donna Loren (“Let’s Pretend”) and the 5 Americans (“Western Union”)
02:30p Movie “Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules” 1963 (color)
04:00p Science Fiction Theater
04:30p Sam Snead – golf (color)
05:00p Wide World of Sports (color) – the Firecracker 400 stock-car championship; Queen’s Cup polo from London (this part in black and white)
06:30p The Twilight Zone
07:00p To Be Announced
07:30p The Dating Game (color)
08:00p The Newlywed Game (color)
08:30p Lawrence Welk (color) – guest Karen Chandler sings “Summer Sounds”; “Harbor Lights” (Lennon Sisters); “Red Sails in the Sunset” (Joe Feeney); “Old Cape Cod” (Natalie Nevins); “Highways are Happy Ways” (Myron Floren); and “Route 66” (Jack Imel, Bobby Burgess and Art Duncan)
09:30p Coaches’ All-America Game – football (special, color)
12:30a Movie “The Lady from Texas” 1951 (time approximate)
7 – WNAC Boston (ABC)
07:00a Linus the Lionhearted
07:30a Huckleberry Hound
08:00a Beany and Cecil – cartoons
08:30a Peter Potamus – cartoons
09:00a Magilla Gorilla – cartoons
09:30a Porky Pig (color)
10:00a King Kong – cartoon (color)
10:30a The Beatles – cartoon (color)
11:00a Casper (color)
11:30a Milton the Monster – cartoons (color)
12:00p The Rifleman “The Most Amazing Man”
12:30p For Males Only Movie “Sands of Iwo Jima” 1949; according to an ad in the Guide it was hosted by actress Joi Lansing
02:25p News
02:30p Impact – interview
03:00p Limelight – discussion
03:30p Issues and Answers
04:00p Have Gun – Will Travel
04:30p Sam Snead – golf (color)
05:00p Wide World of Sports (color) – the Firecracker 400 stock-car championship; Queen’s Cup polo from London (this part in black and white)
06:30p The Big Valley (color)
07:30p The Dating Game (color)
08:00p The Newlywed Game (color)
08:30p Lawrence Welk (color) – guest Karen Chandler sings “Summer Sounds”; “Harbor Lights” (Lennon Sisters); “Red Sails in the Sunset” (Joe Feeney); “Old Cape Cod” (Natalie Nevins); “Highways are Happy Ways” (Myron Floren); and “Route 66” (Jack Imel, Bobby Burgess and Art Duncan)
09:30p Coaches’ All-America Game – football (special, color) - the Al Capp Show immediately follows
12:30a Movie “Santiago” 1956 – Alan Ladd (time approximate)
8 – WNHC New Haven (ABC)
06:45a Roy Carley Show
07:00a Cartoons (color)
08:00a Linus the Lionhearted
08:30a Foreign Legionnaire
09:00a The Beatles – cartoons
09:30a Porky Pig (color)
10:00a King Kong – cartoon (color)
10:30a Hopalong Cassidy “Range War”
11:30a Milton the Monster – cartoons (color)
12:00p Bugs Bunny (color)
12:30p Magilla Gorilla (color)
01:00p Hoppity Hooper (color)
01:30p American Bandstand – guests: Donna Loren (“Let’s Pretend”) and the 5 Americans (“Western Union”)
02:15p Baseball – Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers (color)
05:00p Wide World of Sports (color) – the Firecracker 400 stock-car championship; Queen’s Cup polo from London (this part in black and white)
06:30p Huckleberry Hound (color)
07:00p Jerry Blavat – variety (color); guests: Stevie Wonder, and the Spokesmen
08:00p Sports Feature (color) – 1964 Winter Olympics
08:30p Lawrence Welk (color) – guest Karen Chandler sings “Summer Sounds”; “Harbor Lights” (Lennon Sisters); “Red Sails in the Sunset” (Joe Feeney); “Old Cape Cod” (Natalie Nevins); “Highways are Happy Ways” (Myron Floren); and “Route 66” (Jack Imel, Bobby Burgess and Art Duncan)
09:30p Coaches’ All-America Game – football (special, color)
12:30a Movie double feature “War of the Colossal Beast” 1958 and “Black Friday” 1940
9 – WMUR Manchester (ABC)
08:00a Rusty and the Rangers
08:30a Ring-A-Ding the Clown
09:00a Linus the Lionhearted
09:30a Porky Pig (color)
10:00a King Kong – cartoon (color)
10:30a The Beatles – cartoon (color)
11:00a Casper (color)
11:30a Milton the Monster – cartoons (color)
12:00p Bugs Bunny (color)
12:30p Magilla Gorilla (color)
01:00p Hoppity Hooper (color)
01:30p American Bandstand – guests: Donna Loren (“Let’s Pretend”) and the 5 Americans (“Western Union”)
02:30p New Hampshire Bandstand – Bill Jones; salute to Country Belle, Newfound Lake Summer Dance Party; guest: The Four Musketeers
03:30p Insight – religion
04:00p Vikings – adventure
04:30p Sam Snead – golf (color)
05:00p Wide World of Sports (color) – the Firecracker 400 stock-car championship; Queen’s Cup polo from London (this part in black and white)
06:30p Sea Hunt
07:00p ABC Scope “Support Our Boys” (color)
07:30p The Dating Game (color)
08:00p The Newlywed Game (color)
08:30p Lawrence Welk (color) – guest Karen Chandler sings “Summer Sounds”; “Harbor Lights” (Lennon Sisters); “Red Sails in the Sunset” (Joe Feeney); “Old Cape Cod” (Natalie Nevins); “Highways are Happy Ways” (Myron Floren); and “Route 66” (Jack Imel, Bobby Burgess and Art Duncan)
09:30p Coaches’ All-America Game – football (special, color)
10 – WJAR Providence (NBC)
08:30a Wells Fargo – western
09:00a Super 6 (color)
09:30a Atom Ant (color)
10:00a The Flintstones (color)
10:30a Space Kidettes (color)
11:00a Secret Squirrel (color)
11:30a The Jetsons (color)
12:00p Cool McCool (color)
12:30p Movie “The Tanks are Coming” 1951
02:00p Baseball – Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox
05:00p Horse Racing – Aqueduct
05:30p Colt .45 “The Man Who Loved Lincoln”
06:00p Ripcord
06:30p To Be Announced
07:00p Death Valley Days (color)
07:30p Flipper (color) – Flipper is suspected of stealing a diamond bracelet
08:00p Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (color)
08:30p Get Smart (color) – Max is assigned to protect a contestant in a beauty pagent
09:00p Movie “Tammy Tell Me True” 1961(color) – Sandra Dee, John Gavin
11:00p News, Weather, Sports (color)
11:30p Movie “The Guy Who Came Back” 1951
12 – WPRO Providence (CBS)
07:00a Captain America (color)
08:30a Mr. Magoo (color)
09:00a Mighty Heroes (color)
09:30a Underdog (color)
10:00a Frankenstein Jr. (color)
10:30a Space Ghosts (color)
11:00a Superman (color)
11:30a Lone Ranger – cartoons (color)
12:00p Road Runner (color)
12:30p The Beagles (color)
01:00p Championship Wrestling
02:00p Sports – Chris Clark
02:15p Baseball – Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers (color)
05:00p Track and Field (special, color) – athletes from the U.S and United Kingdom compete
06:00p Movie “Attack of the 50-Foot Woman” 1958 – Allison Hayes
07:30p Away We Go – variety (color)
08:30p Mission: Impossible (color) – the IMF team tries to make sure an election is not rigged
09:30p Pistols ‘n’ Petticoats (color)
10:00p Gunsmoke (color) – Festus befriends a young boy whose father is a wanted criminal
11:00p News – Wally Cryan (color)
11:10p Weather – Hollan (color)
11:15p Movie “All the Brothers Were Valiant” 1953 – Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger
38 – WSBK Boston (Ind) – and some network programming not cleared by the local affiliates
08:30a Davey and Goliath
09:00a Super 6 (color) – from NBC
09:30a Atom Ant (color) – from NBC
10:00a B’wana Don – children
10:30a Frontiers of Science
11:00a Upbeat – music
12:00p Road Runner (color) – from CBS
12:30p The Beagles (color) – from CBS
01:00p You Are There – history
01:30p American Bandstand – guests: Donna Loren (“Let’s Pretend”) and the 5 Americans (“Western Union”) – from ABC
02:30p Sports Feature
03:00p Wrestling
04:00p Movie “Jailbreak” 1936
05:30p NFL Highlights (color)
06:00p NFL Highlights (color) – 49ers vs. Packers
06:30p NBC News – Frank McGee (color) – from NBC
07:00p ABC Scope “Support Our Boys” (color) – from ABC
07:30p Pro Soccer – Baltimore Bays vs. Chicago Spurs at Fenway Park (not sure if this is a delayed game from CBS or a local production)
09:30p Movie double feature “The Verdict” 1946 and “The Conspirators” 1944
56 – WKBG Boston (Ind)
08:00a Winchell-Mahoney
08:45a Clutch Cargo – cartoon
09:00a Winchell-Mahoney
10:00a Movie “Challenge of the Gladiators” 1964 (color)
12:00p Movie double feature “Dangerous Passage” 1944 and “Last of the Desperadoes” 1956
02:30p Wrestling (color)
03:30p Movie “The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters” 1954
04:30p Movie “Immortal Battallon” 1944 – David Niven
06:00p Hy Lit – variety (this was syndicated out of WKBS Philadelphia, which was 56’s sister station)
07:00p My Favorite Martian
07:30p Movie “Battle Beyond the Sun” 1962
09:00p Fight of the Week (color) – Tony Alongi vs. Chuck Leslie
10:30p Alan Burke – discussion (color)