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Retro: Kentucky Monday, November 23, 1959

A year after a previous Kentucky listing put up recently. From
TV Guide, Kentucky Edition:

Chs. 5, 9, 12, 18, 27 listed Eastern Time
Chs. 3, 7, 11, 14, 50 listed Central Time

WAVE Ch. 3 Louisville (NBC)

6:15 Today On The Farm
6:30 Continental Classroom: "Chemistry: Solubility"
(COLOR)
7 AM Today (Dave Garroway)
9 AM Dough Re Mi (Gene Rayburn)
9:30 Treasure Hunt (the Jan Murray original)
10 AM Price Is Right (Bill Cullen)
10:30 Concentration (Hugh Downs)
11 AM Truth Or Consequences (Bob Barker)
11:30 It Could Be You (Bill Leyden) (COLOR)
12 N Funny Flickers
12:30 Life Of Riley
1 PM Queen For A Day (Jack Bailey)
1:30 Thin Man
2 PM Young Dr. Malone
2:30 From These Roots
3 PM House On High Street (counseling with a probation
officer, similar to the marriage counseling on
CBS's "For Better Or Worse")
3:30 Split Personality (Tom Poston as a game-show
host? Not many people bought into it.)
4 PM Movie: "Raiders Of The Seven Seas"
5:30 Roy Rogers
6 PM News, Weather, Sports
6:15 Huntley-Brinkley Report
6:30 Dick Powell Playhouse (I think these are his
episodes of "Four Star Playhouse"; "Zane Grey
Theater" was still on CBS, and his hour-long
"Dick Powell Show" wouldn't debut until 1961.)
7 PM Johnny Ringo (pre-empted from Thu 7:30 on Ch. 11)
7:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
8 PM Peter Gunn
8:30 Goodyear Theater
9 PM Steve Allen (guests: Mickey Rooney, Mel Torme, singers
June Christy and Miriam Makeba, and Steve's mom Belle
Montrose) (COLOR)
10 PM Not For Hire
10:30 News, Weather, Sports
10:45 Jack Paar
12 M News

WLW-T Ch. 5 Cincinnati (NBC)

6 AM Good Morning
6:30 Continental Classroom (same as Ch. 3) (COLOR)
7 AM Today
9 AM Paul Dixon (COLOR)
10:30 Treasure Hunt
11 AM Price Is Right
11:30 Concentration
12 N Ruth Lyons (COLOR)
1:30 Truth Or Consequences
2 PM Queen For A Day
2:30 Thin Man
3 PM Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4 PM House On High Street
4:30 Split Personality
5 PM Movie: "Alias A Gentleman"
6:30 News, Weather, Sports
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Treasure (travelogue with Bill Burrud, better
known for "Animal World") (COLOR)
7:30 Richard Diamond
8 PM Love And Marriage (William Demarest plays an old-time
music publisher (shades of Mitch Miller, although he was
in a&e--artists and repertoire) who hates rock
'n' roll.)
8:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
9 PM Peter Gunn
9:30 Goodyear Theater
10 PM Steve Allen (COLOR)
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Jack Paar

WTVW Ch. 7 Evansville (ABC)

8:30 Ninth Grade English
9 AM Intermediate Science And Health
9:30 U.S. History
10 AM Eighth Grade Science
10:30 Government
11 AM Conversational Spanish
11:30 Plane Geometry
(Does anyone know when WNIN/9 signed on?)
11:55 Weather
12 N Restless Gun
12:30 Love That Bob!
1 PM Music Bingo ("Jeopardy!"'s announcer
Johnny Gilbert hosts and gets to sing
occasionally.)
1:30 Susie (Ann Sothern)
2 PM Day In Court
2:30 Gale Storm
3 PM Beat The Clock (Bud Collyer)
3:30 Who Do You Trust? (Johnny Carson)
4 PM American Bandstand
5 PM Popeye
5:30 My Friend Flicka
6 PM Superman
6:30 Cheyenne
7:30 Bourbon Street Beat
8:30 Adventures In Paradise
9:30 State Trooper
10 PM News
10:10 Weather
10:15 Movie: "Adventure In Manhattan"

WCPO Ch. 9 Cincinnati (ABC)

6:45 Farm News
7 AM Religion Today
7:15 Know Your World
7:30 American Legend (historical dramas)
8 AM Puppet Time
8:30 Uncle Al And Bozo
10:30 Life Of Riley
11 AM It's Fun To Reduce
11:15 Joe Emerson (gospel songs)
11:30 Movie (TBA)
12:55 Our Miss Brooks
1:25 Weather
1:30 Love That Bob!
2 PM Day In Court
2:30 Gale Storm
3 PM Beat The Clock
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4 PM American Bandstand
5:30 Laffhouse Gang
6 PM Three Stooges
6:30 Superman
7 PM News
7:10 Passing Parade (John Nesbitt)
7:15 Sports (Waite Hoyt)
7:25 Weather (Paula Jane--this was the '50s)
7:30 Cheyenne
8:30 Bourbon Street Beat
9:30 Adventures In Paradise
10:30 Man With A Camera (Charles Bronson's
only series)
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:20 Movie: "The Fighting Seabees"

WHAS Ch. 11 Louisville (CBS)

7:45 Cartoon Circus
8 AM CBS News (Richard Hottelet)
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Susie
9:30 On The Go (Jack Linkletter visits various
places in California and Nevada.)
10 AM I Love Lucy
10:30 December Bride
11 AM Love Of Life
11:30 Search For Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
12 N Cactus Cartoons
12:15 Midday Roundup (news)
12:30 As The World Turns
1 PM For Better Or Worse (Dr. James Peterson offers
marital advice; after this show ended he was
a frequent guest on "Art Linkletter's House Party".)
1:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
2 PM Millionaire
2:30 Verdict Is Yours
3 PM Brighter Day
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM T-Bar-V Ranch
4:30 Movie: "The Bullfighters" (Stan and Ollie)
5:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
6 PM News, Weather, Sports
6:15 Small Talk
6:30 Masquerade Party (Bert Parks, last host of the original
show, but Richard Dawson will host in the 1974-75 season)
7 PM The Texan
7:30 Father Knows Best (I just had a thought: this show took
place in Springfield, state unknown--wonder if the Andersons
ever encountered the Simpsons or any of the folks on "Guiding
Light"? :))
8 PM Danny Thomas
8:30 Ann Sothern (here she's Katy O'Connor, assistant manager of
the Bartley House hotel, and Don Porter and Ann Tyrrell are
along as well)
9 PM Hennesey
9:30 June Allyson: Ann Sothern and Pat Carroll in "Night Out". Ann's
husband forgets their wedding anniversary and goes bowling instead,
so she plans a big night out for the following night. Guess who it
won't be with?
10 PM Pat Boone (ABC, delay from Thu 8 PM)
10:30 News, Weather, Sports
11 PM Movie: "Hamlet" (Sir Laurence Olivier's version from 1948)

WKRC Ch. 12 Cincinnati (CBS)

8 AM CBS News
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Popeye And Salty
10 AM Edge Of Night
10:30 On The Go
11 AM I Love Lucy
11:30 December Bride
12 N Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Eve Arden (here she's novelist Liza Hammond)
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM For Better Or Worse
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Millionaire
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Popeye And Skipper (Ryle)
5 PM Movie: "The Promoter"
6:45 News, Weather
7 PM Outdoor Rambler
7:30 Masquerade Party
8 PM The Texan
8:30 Father Knows Best
9 PM Danny Thomas
9:30 Ann Sothern
10 PM Hennesey
10:30 June Allyson
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Movies: "Double Door" and "Swamp Water"
(my dad likes to talk about how the lobby
of the theater showing "Swamp Water" in
Greensboro was made up to look like something
resembling the Okefenokee--"Double Door" was
the first play presented on "Kraft Television Theater"
in 1947)

WFIE Ch. 14 Evansville (NBC)

6 AM Continental Classroom: Physics: "Rockets"
6:30 Continental Classroom (same as Ch. 3) (COLOR)
7 AM Today
9 AM Dough Re Mi
9:30 Treasure Hunt
10 AM Price Is Right
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Truth Or Consequences
11:30 It Could Be You (COLOR)
12 N News
12:10 Uncle Dudley
12:30 Ding Dong School
1 PM Queen For A Day
1:30 Thin Man
2 PM Young Dr. Malone
2:30 From These Roots
3 PM House On High Street
3:30 Split Personality
4 PM Movie: "The Gay Deception"
5:30 Science Fiction Theater
6 PM News, Weather, Sports
6:15 Huntley-Brinkley Report
6:30 Richard Diamond
7 PM Love And Marriage
7:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
8 PM Peter Gunn
8:30 Goodyear Theater
9 PM Steve Allen (COLOR)
10 PM News
10:10 Sports
10:15 Jack Paar

WLEX Ch. 18 Lexington (NBC/ABC)

6:30 Continental Classroom (same as Ch. 3) (COLOR)
7 AM Today
9 AM Introduction To Physical Anthropology
10 AM Dough Re Mi
10:30 Treasure Hunt
11 AM Price Is Right
11:30 Concentration
12 N Truth Or Consequences
12:30 It Could Be You (COLOR)
1 PM Betty Maxwell (homemaking)
1:30 Reel Lowdown (sounds like movie reviews)
1:55 Take Five (religious)
2 PM Queen For A Day
2:30 Thin Man
3 PM Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4 PM House On High Street
4:30 Split Personality
5 PM Shorty Stout
5:30 Bluegrass Personalities
5:45 Farm And Home
6 PM News, Weather, Sports
6:15 Sports Extra
6:25 Joanna Holder (local show of some description)
6:40 Tobacco Report
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Richard Diamond
7:30 Cheyenne
8:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
9 PM Peter Gunn
9:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (guest: Gisele MacKenzie,
delay from Thu 9:30)
10 PM Alcoa Presents (ABC, delay from Tue 10 PM--I think this
is "One Step Beyond")
10:30 Law Of The Plainsman (delay from Thu 7:30)
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Jack Paar

WKYT Ch. 27 Lexington (ABC/CBS)

8 AM CBS News
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Popeye And The Colonel (and I'm sure it's not
Col. Sanders)
9:50 News
10 AM Fun Fair (cartoons)
10:30 On The Go
11 AM I Love Lucy
11:30 Cartoon Corner
12 N Love Of Life
12:30 Movie: "Counterfeit"
2 PM For Better Or Worse
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Favorite Story
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
4 PM Let's Talk About The Movies
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 American Bandstand (joined in progress)
5 PM Roy Rogers
5:30 Windy And Popeye
6:20 News, Weather
6:30 History In The Bluegrass
6:45 City Manager Reports
7 PM How To Marry A Millionaire (a break for
Barbara Eden)
7:30 Masquerade Party
8 PM Cameo Theater
9 PM Danny Thomas
9:30 Ann Sothern
10 PM Hennesey
10:30 June Allyson
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Movie: "15 Maiden Lane"

WEHT Ch. 50 (Ch. 25) Evansville (CBS)

7:30 Comedy Theater
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Red Rowe (CBS's attempt to replace Arthur
Godfrey with a similar-looking redhead who
had been a hit on the Eye Network's LA station.
Didn't work.)
9:30 On The Go
10 AM I Love Lucy
10:30 December Bride
11 AM Love Of Life
11:30 Search For Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
12 N Noontime Neighbors
12:30 As The World Turns
1 PM For Better Or Worse
1:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
2 PM Millionaire
2:30 Verdict Is Yours
3 PM Brighter Day
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Spanky's Playyard (don't know if this is in
any way connected to Spanky of "The Little
Rascals"/"Our Gang")
5:30 News
5:40 Sports
5:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
6 PM Clancy's Beat (kids' show)
6:30 Masquerade Party
7 PM The Texan
7:30 Father Knows Best
8 PM Danny Thomas
8:30 Ann Sothern
9 PM Hennesey
9:30 June Allyson
10 PM News
10:10 Sports
10:15 Weather
10:20 Divorce Court
11:30 Rendezvous
 
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