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Retro: Eureka, Calif., 12/28/56-1/3/57

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KIEM-TV, Eureka, Calif., had the market to itself in late 1956.
(Source: The Humboldt Standard)

DAYTIME MONDAY-FRIDAY
PM
12 NBC Matinee
1 Brighter Day (CBS)
1:15 Secret Storm (CBS)
1:30 Edge of Night (CBS)
2 Comedy Time
2:30 Truth or Consequences (NBC)
3 Feminine Fancies (local) – I’ve seen references to this show and Uncle Bill (see 5:30) being on KBES in Medford, Ore. Were they simulcast on KBES and KIEM?
3:30 Strike It Rich (CBS)
4 Devotional
4:05 Redwood Camera
4:30 Mon: Your Own Home Show; Tue: pre-empted by Rose Bowl; Wed: Travel and Science; Thu: Man to Man; Fri: The Pastor
4:45 Search for Tomorrow (CBS)
5 Mon: The Christophers; Tue: Building America Wed: Our Miss Brooks; Thu: Rin Tin Tin (ABC from Fri. night); Fri: Wild Bill Hickok
5:30 Mon, Wed, Thu: Uncle Bill; Tue: Sketch Pad; Fri: Little Bill
6 News (local)
6:15 Mon, Tue.: Industry on Parade; Wed: Meet McGaragnan’s; Thu: Hungarian Relief Report; Fri: Tralalita

FRIDAY NIGHT, DEC. 28
6:30 Travel and Science
7 Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (NBC)
8 Judge Roy Bean (synd.)
8:30 Crunch and Des (synd.)
9 Rosemary Clooney (synd.)
9:30 I Search for Adventure (synd.)
10 Harper’s Ford Theater (Harper’s was Eureka’s Ford dealer)
11:30 News
11:45 Sign off

SATURDAY, DEC. 29
AM
10:45 Blue-Gray Game
PM
1:45 East-West Game
4:30 Mr. Wizard (NBC)
5 Big Picture
5:30 Faith for Today
6 People Are Funny (NBC)
6:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford (NBC from Thursday)
7 Beat the Clock (CBS)
7:30 Peter Potter Juke Box Jury
8 Jackie Gleason (CBS)
9 World Passport
9:30 Hey Jeannie (CBS)
10 Texas Rasslin’
11 McDuffie’s Midnight Matinee: “Genghis Khan”
12A News
12:15 Sign off

SUNDAY, DEC. 30
PM
12 New Frontier
1 Big News of ‘56
2 Years of Crisis
3 Bowling Time
4 Lighted Window
4:30 The Mysterious Cells
5 This Is The Life (synd.)
5:30 Telephone Time (CBS)
6 Mission at Midcentury
6:30 Travel and Science
7 Jack Benny (CBS)
7:30 Star Performance (CBS)
8 Ed Sullivan (CBS)
9 Cross Current (synd.)
9:30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (CBS)
10 Olympic Hilites
10:30 KIEM Theater: “Rembrandt”
11:30 News
11:45 Sign off

MONDAY NIGHT, DEC. 31
6:30 World Passport
7 Studio One (CBS)
8 Lineup (CBS from Fri.)
8:30 Redwood Spotlight
9 I Love Lucy (CBS)
9:30 December Bride (CBS)
10 Crusader (CBS from Fri.; this was last show of series)
10:30 Arthur Godfrey-Friends (CBS)
11 Madison Square Garden
11:15 News
11:30 Sign Off

TUESDAY, JAN. 1, 1957
AM
8:30 Mummers Parade
8:45 Tournament of Roses Parade
10:45 Orange Bowl: Colorado 27, Clemson 21 (CBS w/Tom Harmon)
PM
1:45 Rose Bowl: Iowa 35, Oregon State 19 (NBC w/Mel Allen)
6:30 TV Question Box
7 $64,000 Question (CBS)
7:30 Do You Trust Your Wife? (CBS)
8 Phil Silvers (CBS)
8:30 Travel and Science
9 Highway Patrol (synd.)
9:30 KIEM Theater: “Jungle Book”
11 News
11:15 Sign off

WEDNESDAY NIGHT, JAN. 2
6:30 Cal-Ore Panorama
7 U.S. Steel Hour (CBS)
8 Badge 114 (NBC or reruns?)
8:30 Science Fiction Theater (synd.)
9 The Millionaire (CBS)
9:30 Guy Lombardo (synd.)
10 Travel and Science
10:30 Lawrence Welk (ABC from Saturday)
11:30 News
11:45 Sign off

THURSDAY NIGHT, JAN. 3
6:30 Travel and Science
7 Life of Riley (NBC from Friday)
7:30 This Week In Sports
7:45 Telenews Weekly
8 Showtime
8:30 Climax (CBS)
9:30 World Passport
10 Frontier (NBC?)
10:30 This Is Your Life (NBC)
11 Championship Bowling
12M News
12:15 Sign off
 
what was Search for Tomorrow doing on so late in the afternoon of the 1956 schedule. It's usual timeslot was around 11:30am
 
January 2nd, 1957

8 Badge 714(NBC or synd)

These were syndicated reruns of Dragnet while Dragnet was still on NBC with new episodes.

Wednesday:

5 Our Miss Brooks(CBS)

Only on Wednesday?? In Brooks and Marsh's book, Our Miss Brooks was a part of the CBS daytime schedule(5 days a week) in reruns from October 1956 into the summer of 1957.
 
Wednesday:

5 Our Miss Brooks(CBS)

Only on Wednesday?? In Brooks and Marsh's book, Our Miss Brooks was a part of the CBS daytime schedule(5 days a week) in reruns from October 1956 into the summer of 1957.
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(sorry, I don't know how this qoute system works) I think this station got to pick and choose what they wanted from any source, regardless of what a network was offering.
 
"I think this station got to pick and choose what they wanted from any source, regardless of what a network was offering."

I think this was fairly typical in one-station markets in the 50s and 60s. I grew up in a big market (L.A.) with 7 stations, but at that time, the TV Guide listed all Southern California stations. As late as the early 60s, Santa Barbara's only station (KEYT) carried shows from all 3 networks. It looked like they got to cherry-pick what they wanted. It later became an ABC affiliate.

On a trip in the late 60s, I stayed overnight in a Redding (CA) motel. Their news featured a local Redding anchor, but the reports he introduced came from all 3 networks' evening news programs.
 
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