2 - WGBH Boston (Educational)
WGBH also broadcasted several news and public affairs programs from ABC, NBC and CBS not cleared by the local affiliates with commercials cut out or covered by station promos
11:30a Camera Three (from CBS)
11:55a CBS News – Harry Reasoner (from CBS)
12:00p They Speak – McCaffery
12:30p Heritage – Harold Urey
01:00p Open Mind – panel
01:30p Seminar – Max Lemer
02:00p David Copperfield – drama
02:30p Great Challenge “Where is Science Taking Us?” (from CBS)
03:30p World of Ideas “Should We Punish Our Criminals?” (from CBS)
04:00p Face The Nation – Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass) is interviewed (from CBS)
04:30p Ask Washington – panel
05:00p City in Crisis – Boston
05:30p Press and the People
06:00p Meet The Press – Summer H. Slichter, professor of economics at Harvard, is interviewed (from NBC)
06:30p Chet Huntley – news analysis (from NBC)
07:00p Business Review – Bursk
4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
08:15a What’s Your Trouble?
08:30a Industry on Parade
08:45a Dateline: UN – Randy Kraft
09:00a Frontiers of Faith
09:30a Dimensions – education
10:00a Member of the Family
10:30a Our Believing World
11:00a Film Feature
11:30a Range Rider – western
12:00p News, Weather
12:30p Talent Show – amateurs (this would become “Community Auditions” hosted by Dave Maynard)
01:00p Movie double feature “You Can’t Take it With You” 1938 and “Duel at Apache Wells” 1957
04:30p Starring the Editors (local panel show)
05:00p March of Medicine (special, color) “M.D. International” – U.S. physicians abroad (“Kaleidoscope” will not be seen)
06:00p Popeye – cartoons
06:15p Whirlybirds
06:45p News, Weather
07:00p 26 Men “Showdown”
07:30p Judge Roy Bean “Sprit of the Law”
08:00p Steve Allen (color) – guests: Diana Dors, the Three Stooges, Andy Griffith, songwriter Otto Harbach and singer Jimmy Hurst
09:00p Dinah Shore (color) – guests: singers Gisele MacKenzie and Gordon MacRae; ballet dancers Jaques D’Amboise and Violette Verde
10:00p The Loretta Young Show “The Portrait”
10:30p Decoy “Fiesta at Midnight”
11:00p News, Weather
11:15p Movie double feature “The Verdict” 1946 and “High Peril”
5 – WHDH Boston (ABC (primary)/CBS/NBC)
08:00p Clarence the Clown
09:30a This is the Answer
10:00a Christian Science – religion
10:15a Sacred Heart – religion
10:30a China: Dragon and Star
11:00a Eye on New York (from CBS)
11:30a Johns Hopkins “Mystery of the Rongorongo”
11:55a CBS News – Harry Reasoner (from CBS)
12:00p Jubilee, U.S.A. (delayed from Saturday @ 8p)
12:30p Target – Adolphe Menjou
01:00p Command Performance
01:30p Small World – Edward R. Murrow; discussion (from CBS)
02:00p N.E. Boat Show
02:30p Pro Basketball – Detroit Pistons at Syracuse Nationals (now the Philadelphia 76ers); Curt Gowdy reports (from NBC)
04:30p Sgt. Preston
05:00p Paul Winchell – variety; guests: roller-skating Flamenco dancer Arturo Grecco, Florida Trio
05:30p The Lone Ranger “The Tenderfeet”
06:00p African Patrol – adventure
06:30p Mackenzie’s Raiders
07:00p You Asked for It – high diving grandmother and x-ray movies of the human body
07:30p Maverick “The Brasada Spur”
08:30p Lawman “The Big Hat”
09:00p Colt .45 “Judgment Day”
09:30p Glencannon “The Monte Carlo Massacre” (from the NTA Film Network)
10:00p Meet McGraw
10:30p What’s My Line? (from CBS)
11:00p Dial 999 – mystery
11:30p Movie – to be announced
6 – WCSH Portland (NBC)
08:00a News, Weather
08:15a Industry on Parade
08:30a Sunday Funnies – cartoons
09:30a Susie – comedy
10:00a Church in the Home
10:30a Zero, 1960 – documentary
11:00a Sacred Heart – religion
11:15a Man to Man – religion
11:30a This is the Life – religion
12:00p Movie “My Dream is Yours” 1949 Jack Carson, Doris Day
02:00p Community in Focus
02:30p Pro Basketball – Detroit Pistons at Syracuse Nationals; Curt Gowdy reports
04:30p Opinion – Larry Geraghty
05:00p March of Medicine (special, color) “M.D. International” – U.S. physicians abroad (“Kaleidoscope” will not be seen)
06:00p Mackenzies’ Raiders
06:30p Whirlybirds
07:00p 26 Men “Showdown”
07:30p Music Shop – Buddy Bregman (color); guests: Annette Funicello, Jimmy Daren, Ralph Sanford, and Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
08:00p Steve Allen (color)
09:00p Dinah Shore (color)
10:00p The Loretta Young Show “The Portrait”
10:30p Rescue 8 “Secret of the Mission”
11:00p News, Weather
11:10p Movie “All This and Heaven Too” Bette Davis, Charles Boyer
7 – WNAC Boston (CBS)
08:30a Christian Science – religion
08:45a This is the Life – religion
09:15a Catholic Mass – religion
10:00a Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30a Look Up and Live
11:00a My Hero – comedy
11:30a Abbot and Costello
12:00p Movie triple feature “Wintertime” 1943, “The Clouded Yellow” 1950, “Tennessee Johnson” 1942
04:30p Leonard Bernstein “The Infinite Variety of Music” (special – “Behind the News with Howard K. Smith” and “G-E College Bowl will not be seen)
05:30p Yankee Camera – Roy Leonard
06:00p Soldiers of Fortune
06:30p Sheriff of Cochise
07:00p Lassie
07:30p Jack Benny
08:00p Ed Sullivan – guests: Dennis Weaver; opera singer Roberta Peters; comic actor Arnold Stang; comedians Pat Henning and Jackie Cannon; pianist Roger Williams, the Ballet Florence and Frederic de Paris; the Happy Jesters; Ugo Frediani, European novelty act; Little Buck, dancers; and singer Teddy Randazzo
09:00p G.E. Theater “The Family Man”
09:30p Alfred Hitchcock Presents “The Diamond Necklace”
10:00p Richard Diamond
10:30p State Trooper “Diamonds in the Rough”
11:00p News, Weather
11:15p Movie double feature “Bridal Suite” 1939 and “The Woman from Tangier” 1947
8 – WMTW Poland Springs (ABC)
10:30a The Christophers – religion
11:00a Mission at Mid-Century
11:30a Movie – documentary “Below the Sahara” 1953
01:00p Oral Roberts – religion
01:30p Colby Telecourse – Johnson
02:00p Movie “Devil Girl from Mars” 1955
03:30p Roller Derby – the Hollywood Ravens meet the New York Chiefs in New York City
04:30p Jet Jackson – space
05:00p Farmer Al Falfa
05:30p The Lone Ranger “The Tenderfeet”
06:00p Flash Gordon – space
06:30p Waterfront – adventure
07:00p You Asked for It – high diving grandmother and x-ray movies of the human body
07:30p Maverick “The Brasada Spur”
08:30p Lawman “The Big Hat”
09:00p Movie “Homecoming” 1948 Clark Gable, Lana Turner
9 – WMUR Manchester (ABC/CBS)
03:00p Church in the Home
03:30p Roller Derby – the Hollywood Ravens meet the New York Chiefs in New York City
04:30p Industry on Parade
04:45p Christian Science – religion
05:00p Paul Winchell – variety; guests: roller-skating Flamenco dancer Arturo Grecco, Florida Trio
05:30p Oral Roberts
06:00p Movie “Steel Helmuet” 1951
07:30p Championship Bowling
08:30p Big Story “Hit and Run”
09:00p Colt .45 “Judgment Day”
09:30p Deadline for Action “Dateline Las Vegas”
10:30p Meet McGraw “Border City”
11:00p Movie “Texas Desperadoes” 1935
10 – WJAR Providence (NBC/ABC)
08:00a Sacred Heart – religion
08:15a Christian Science – religion
08:30a This is the Life – religion
09:00a Frontiers of Faith
09:30a On This Day – religion
10:00a Industry on Parade
10:15a Dateline: UN – Randy Kraft
10:30a Philosophy of Communism
11:00a Topic – Documentary
11:30a Press and the People
12:00p Movie “Man in Hiding” 1953
01:30p Saber of London “Dangerous Meeting”
02:30p Movie “Romeo and Juliet” 1954
05:00p How to Marry a Millionaire (Barbara Eden’s 1st show, from the NTA Film Network)
05:30p You Asked for It (from ABC – delayed from Sunday @ 7p)
06:00p Meet The Press – Summer H. Slichter, professor of economics at Harvard, is interviewed
06:30p If You Had a Million
07:00p 26 Men “Showdown”
07:30p Naked City “One to Get Lost” (from ABC – delayed from Tuesday @ 9:30p)
08:00p Steve Allen (color)
09:00p Dinah Shore (color)
10:00p The Loretta Young Show “The Portrait”
10:30p News – Art Lake
10:40p Movie “Vivacious Lady” 1938 Ginger Rogers
12 – WPRO Providence (CBS)
08:45a Farm Facts
09:15a Bible Puppets – religion
09:30a The Christophers – religion
10:00a Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30a Look Up and Live
11:00a Eye on New York
11:30a Camera Three
11:55a CBS News – Harry Reasoner
12:00p Time Out for God – religion
12:30p American Legend – drama
01:00p Movie “The World Changes” 1933
02:30p Great Challenge “Where is Science Taking Us?”
03:30p World of Ideas “Should We Punish Our Criminals?”
04:00p Face The Nation – Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass) is interviewed
04:30p Leonard Bernstein “The Infinite Variety of Music” (special – “Behind the News with Howard K. Smith” and “G-E College Bowl will not be seen)
05:30p Amateur Hour – Ted Mack
06:00p Small World – Edward R. Murrow (topic is possible German reunification)
06:30p Twentieth Century “Freedom for the Philippines”
07:00p Lassie
07:30p Jack Benny
08:00p Ed Sullivan
09:00p G.E. Theater “The Family Man”
09:30p Alfred Hitchcock Presents “The Diamond Necklace”
10:00p Richard Diamond
11:00p News, Weather
11:20p Movie “Abie’s Irish Rose” 1946
13 – WGAN Portland (CBS)
09:45a Christian Science – religion
10:00a Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30a Look Up and Live
11:00a Eye on New York
11:30a Camera Three
11:55a CBS News – Harry Reasoner
12:00p Air Force Story
12:30p Highway Holidays
01:00p The Christophers
01:30p Movie “Riders of the Purple Sage” 1941
02:30p Great Challenge “Where is Science Taking Us?”
03:30p World of Ideas “Should We Punish Our Criminals?”
04:00p Face The Nation – Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass) is interviewed
04:30p Leonard Bernstein “The Infinite Variety of Music” (special – “Behind the News with Howard K. Smith” and “G-E College Bowl will not be seen)
05:30p Amateur Hour – Ted Mack
06:00p Small World – Edward R. Murrow (topic is possible German reunification)
06:30p Twentieth Century “Freedom for the Philippines”
07:00p Lassie
07:30p Jack Benny
08:00p Ed Sullivan
09:00p G.E. Theater “The Family Man”
09:30p Alfred Hitchcock Presents “The Diamond Necklace”
10:00p Richard Diamond
11:00p News, Weather
WGBH also broadcasted several news and public affairs programs from ABC, NBC and CBS not cleared by the local affiliates with commercials cut out or covered by station promos
11:30a Camera Three (from CBS)
11:55a CBS News – Harry Reasoner (from CBS)
12:00p They Speak – McCaffery
12:30p Heritage – Harold Urey
01:00p Open Mind – panel
01:30p Seminar – Max Lemer
02:00p David Copperfield – drama
02:30p Great Challenge “Where is Science Taking Us?” (from CBS)
03:30p World of Ideas “Should We Punish Our Criminals?” (from CBS)
04:00p Face The Nation – Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass) is interviewed (from CBS)
04:30p Ask Washington – panel
05:00p City in Crisis – Boston
05:30p Press and the People
06:00p Meet The Press – Summer H. Slichter, professor of economics at Harvard, is interviewed (from NBC)
06:30p Chet Huntley – news analysis (from NBC)
07:00p Business Review – Bursk
4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
08:15a What’s Your Trouble?
08:30a Industry on Parade
08:45a Dateline: UN – Randy Kraft
09:00a Frontiers of Faith
09:30a Dimensions – education
10:00a Member of the Family
10:30a Our Believing World
11:00a Film Feature
11:30a Range Rider – western
12:00p News, Weather
12:30p Talent Show – amateurs (this would become “Community Auditions” hosted by Dave Maynard)
01:00p Movie double feature “You Can’t Take it With You” 1938 and “Duel at Apache Wells” 1957
04:30p Starring the Editors (local panel show)
05:00p March of Medicine (special, color) “M.D. International” – U.S. physicians abroad (“Kaleidoscope” will not be seen)
06:00p Popeye – cartoons
06:15p Whirlybirds
06:45p News, Weather
07:00p 26 Men “Showdown”
07:30p Judge Roy Bean “Sprit of the Law”
08:00p Steve Allen (color) – guests: Diana Dors, the Three Stooges, Andy Griffith, songwriter Otto Harbach and singer Jimmy Hurst
09:00p Dinah Shore (color) – guests: singers Gisele MacKenzie and Gordon MacRae; ballet dancers Jaques D’Amboise and Violette Verde
10:00p The Loretta Young Show “The Portrait”
10:30p Decoy “Fiesta at Midnight”
11:00p News, Weather
11:15p Movie double feature “The Verdict” 1946 and “High Peril”
5 – WHDH Boston (ABC (primary)/CBS/NBC)
08:00p Clarence the Clown
09:30a This is the Answer
10:00a Christian Science – religion
10:15a Sacred Heart – religion
10:30a China: Dragon and Star
11:00a Eye on New York (from CBS)
11:30a Johns Hopkins “Mystery of the Rongorongo”
11:55a CBS News – Harry Reasoner (from CBS)
12:00p Jubilee, U.S.A. (delayed from Saturday @ 8p)
12:30p Target – Adolphe Menjou
01:00p Command Performance
01:30p Small World – Edward R. Murrow; discussion (from CBS)
02:00p N.E. Boat Show
02:30p Pro Basketball – Detroit Pistons at Syracuse Nationals (now the Philadelphia 76ers); Curt Gowdy reports (from NBC)
04:30p Sgt. Preston
05:00p Paul Winchell – variety; guests: roller-skating Flamenco dancer Arturo Grecco, Florida Trio
05:30p The Lone Ranger “The Tenderfeet”
06:00p African Patrol – adventure
06:30p Mackenzie’s Raiders
07:00p You Asked for It – high diving grandmother and x-ray movies of the human body
07:30p Maverick “The Brasada Spur”
08:30p Lawman “The Big Hat”
09:00p Colt .45 “Judgment Day”
09:30p Glencannon “The Monte Carlo Massacre” (from the NTA Film Network)
10:00p Meet McGraw
10:30p What’s My Line? (from CBS)
11:00p Dial 999 – mystery
11:30p Movie – to be announced
6 – WCSH Portland (NBC)
08:00a News, Weather
08:15a Industry on Parade
08:30a Sunday Funnies – cartoons
09:30a Susie – comedy
10:00a Church in the Home
10:30a Zero, 1960 – documentary
11:00a Sacred Heart – religion
11:15a Man to Man – religion
11:30a This is the Life – religion
12:00p Movie “My Dream is Yours” 1949 Jack Carson, Doris Day
02:00p Community in Focus
02:30p Pro Basketball – Detroit Pistons at Syracuse Nationals; Curt Gowdy reports
04:30p Opinion – Larry Geraghty
05:00p March of Medicine (special, color) “M.D. International” – U.S. physicians abroad (“Kaleidoscope” will not be seen)
06:00p Mackenzies’ Raiders
06:30p Whirlybirds
07:00p 26 Men “Showdown”
07:30p Music Shop – Buddy Bregman (color); guests: Annette Funicello, Jimmy Daren, Ralph Sanford, and Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
08:00p Steve Allen (color)
09:00p Dinah Shore (color)
10:00p The Loretta Young Show “The Portrait”
10:30p Rescue 8 “Secret of the Mission”
11:00p News, Weather
11:10p Movie “All This and Heaven Too” Bette Davis, Charles Boyer
7 – WNAC Boston (CBS)
08:30a Christian Science – religion
08:45a This is the Life – religion
09:15a Catholic Mass – religion
10:00a Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30a Look Up and Live
11:00a My Hero – comedy
11:30a Abbot and Costello
12:00p Movie triple feature “Wintertime” 1943, “The Clouded Yellow” 1950, “Tennessee Johnson” 1942
04:30p Leonard Bernstein “The Infinite Variety of Music” (special – “Behind the News with Howard K. Smith” and “G-E College Bowl will not be seen)
05:30p Yankee Camera – Roy Leonard
06:00p Soldiers of Fortune
06:30p Sheriff of Cochise
07:00p Lassie
07:30p Jack Benny
08:00p Ed Sullivan – guests: Dennis Weaver; opera singer Roberta Peters; comic actor Arnold Stang; comedians Pat Henning and Jackie Cannon; pianist Roger Williams, the Ballet Florence and Frederic de Paris; the Happy Jesters; Ugo Frediani, European novelty act; Little Buck, dancers; and singer Teddy Randazzo
09:00p G.E. Theater “The Family Man”
09:30p Alfred Hitchcock Presents “The Diamond Necklace”
10:00p Richard Diamond
10:30p State Trooper “Diamonds in the Rough”
11:00p News, Weather
11:15p Movie double feature “Bridal Suite” 1939 and “The Woman from Tangier” 1947
8 – WMTW Poland Springs (ABC)
10:30a The Christophers – religion
11:00a Mission at Mid-Century
11:30a Movie – documentary “Below the Sahara” 1953
01:00p Oral Roberts – religion
01:30p Colby Telecourse – Johnson
02:00p Movie “Devil Girl from Mars” 1955
03:30p Roller Derby – the Hollywood Ravens meet the New York Chiefs in New York City
04:30p Jet Jackson – space
05:00p Farmer Al Falfa
05:30p The Lone Ranger “The Tenderfeet”
06:00p Flash Gordon – space
06:30p Waterfront – adventure
07:00p You Asked for It – high diving grandmother and x-ray movies of the human body
07:30p Maverick “The Brasada Spur”
08:30p Lawman “The Big Hat”
09:00p Movie “Homecoming” 1948 Clark Gable, Lana Turner
9 – WMUR Manchester (ABC/CBS)
03:00p Church in the Home
03:30p Roller Derby – the Hollywood Ravens meet the New York Chiefs in New York City
04:30p Industry on Parade
04:45p Christian Science – religion
05:00p Paul Winchell – variety; guests: roller-skating Flamenco dancer Arturo Grecco, Florida Trio
05:30p Oral Roberts
06:00p Movie “Steel Helmuet” 1951
07:30p Championship Bowling
08:30p Big Story “Hit and Run”
09:00p Colt .45 “Judgment Day”
09:30p Deadline for Action “Dateline Las Vegas”
10:30p Meet McGraw “Border City”
11:00p Movie “Texas Desperadoes” 1935
10 – WJAR Providence (NBC/ABC)
08:00a Sacred Heart – religion
08:15a Christian Science – religion
08:30a This is the Life – religion
09:00a Frontiers of Faith
09:30a On This Day – religion
10:00a Industry on Parade
10:15a Dateline: UN – Randy Kraft
10:30a Philosophy of Communism
11:00a Topic – Documentary
11:30a Press and the People
12:00p Movie “Man in Hiding” 1953
01:30p Saber of London “Dangerous Meeting”
02:30p Movie “Romeo and Juliet” 1954
05:00p How to Marry a Millionaire (Barbara Eden’s 1st show, from the NTA Film Network)
05:30p You Asked for It (from ABC – delayed from Sunday @ 7p)
06:00p Meet The Press – Summer H. Slichter, professor of economics at Harvard, is interviewed
06:30p If You Had a Million
07:00p 26 Men “Showdown”
07:30p Naked City “One to Get Lost” (from ABC – delayed from Tuesday @ 9:30p)
08:00p Steve Allen (color)
09:00p Dinah Shore (color)
10:00p The Loretta Young Show “The Portrait”
10:30p News – Art Lake
10:40p Movie “Vivacious Lady” 1938 Ginger Rogers
12 – WPRO Providence (CBS)
08:45a Farm Facts
09:15a Bible Puppets – religion
09:30a The Christophers – religion
10:00a Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30a Look Up and Live
11:00a Eye on New York
11:30a Camera Three
11:55a CBS News – Harry Reasoner
12:00p Time Out for God – religion
12:30p American Legend – drama
01:00p Movie “The World Changes” 1933
02:30p Great Challenge “Where is Science Taking Us?”
03:30p World of Ideas “Should We Punish Our Criminals?”
04:00p Face The Nation – Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass) is interviewed
04:30p Leonard Bernstein “The Infinite Variety of Music” (special – “Behind the News with Howard K. Smith” and “G-E College Bowl will not be seen)
05:30p Amateur Hour – Ted Mack
06:00p Small World – Edward R. Murrow (topic is possible German reunification)
06:30p Twentieth Century “Freedom for the Philippines”
07:00p Lassie
07:30p Jack Benny
08:00p Ed Sullivan
09:00p G.E. Theater “The Family Man”
09:30p Alfred Hitchcock Presents “The Diamond Necklace”
10:00p Richard Diamond
11:00p News, Weather
11:20p Movie “Abie’s Irish Rose” 1946
13 – WGAN Portland (CBS)
09:45a Christian Science – religion
10:00a Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30a Look Up and Live
11:00a Eye on New York
11:30a Camera Three
11:55a CBS News – Harry Reasoner
12:00p Air Force Story
12:30p Highway Holidays
01:00p The Christophers
01:30p Movie “Riders of the Purple Sage” 1941
02:30p Great Challenge “Where is Science Taking Us?”
03:30p World of Ideas “Should We Punish Our Criminals?”
04:00p Face The Nation – Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass) is interviewed
04:30p Leonard Bernstein “The Infinite Variety of Music” (special – “Behind the News with Howard K. Smith” and “G-E College Bowl will not be seen)
05:30p Amateur Hour – Ted Mack
06:00p Small World – Edward R. Murrow (topic is possible German reunification)
06:30p Twentieth Century “Freedom for the Philippines”
07:00p Lassie
07:30p Jack Benny
08:00p Ed Sullivan
09:00p G.E. Theater “The Family Man”
09:30p Alfred Hitchcock Presents “The Diamond Necklace”
10:00p Richard Diamond
11:00p News, Weather