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)
7 AM Today On The Farm (Eddy Arnold, NBC show)
7:30 News
7:35 Adventures In Africa
7:45 Light Time
8 AM Cartoon Carnival
8:30 Roy Rogers
9 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
9:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
10 AM Fury
10:30 Lone Ranger
11 AM Matty's Funday Funnies (ABC, appears to be
a delay from Fri 6:30 CT)
11:30 Liberty Bowl Preview
11:45 Liberty Bowl: Oregon-Penn State (still being played
in Philadelphia at the time) (COLOR)
3 PM Coast Guard Academy (time approximate)
3:30 Bowling Stars
4 PM Kentucky Afield
4:30 Saturday Prom (Merv Griffin welcomes Tony Bennett,
Dodie Stevens, and Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs)
5 PM Donna Reed (ABC, delay from Thu 7 PM)
5:30 Youth Speaks
6 PM Tomorrow's Champions (local amateur boxing)
6:25 News
6:30 Bonanza (COLOR)
7:30 Leave It To Beaver (ABC)
8 PM Dick Powell (I'm thinking this might be Four Star Playhouse,
since Zane Grey Theater was still on CBS and his anthology
show wouldn't begin until the fall of 1961.)
8:30 The Nation's Future: "Should federal aid to education include
teachers' salaries?"
9 PM The Nation's Future: local followup
9:30 Lawrence Welk (ABC, one-week delay from 8 PM)
10 PM The Rifleman (ABC, delay from Tue 7 PM)
10:30 Lawman (ABC, delay from Sun 7:30)
11 PM Closeup! (ABC, this is the classic "Yanki, No!" about anti-
U.S. sentiment in Latin America--a special for which I
don't know how much delay)
12 M Movie: "The Fighting Seabees"
1:40 News
WLW-T Ch. 5 Cincinnati (NBC)
7 AM Today On The Farm
7:30 Western Movie (title not given)
8:30 Mr. Hop (COLOR)
9:30 Signal Three
10 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Lone Ranger
12 N True Story
12:30 Liberty Bowl Preview
12:45 Liberty Bowl (COLOR)
3:30 Captain Gallant (time approximate)
4 PM People Are Funny (delay from Sun 6:30 ET)
4:30 Bowling Stars
5 PM Curtain Time (drama anthology)
5:30 Wrestling From Dayton
6:30 Midwestern Hayride (COLOR)
7:30 Bonanza (COLOR)
8:30 The Tall Man
9 PM The Deputy (Henry Fonda)
9:30 The Nation's Future
10 PM Probe
10:30 Blue Angels
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Movie: "Once Upon A Honeymoon"
WTVW Ch. 7 Evansville (ABC)
9 AM Elementary German
10 AM Jaycees Present
10:30 Children's Film Festival (not the CBS show, which
didn't debut until 1967)
11:30 Junior Auction
12 N Soupy Sales
12:30 Junior Boxing (wrestler Rip Hawk hosted this show
at one time)
1 PM Movie: "Life With Henry" (Jackie Cooper as one of
several people to play Henry Aldrich)
2:30 Pages For All Ages
3 PM Movie: "Wagonmaster" (interestingly, Ward Bond
stars in what may have inspired "Wagon Train")
4:30 Campy's Corner (Roy Campanella)
5 PM All-Star Golf (Billy Casper vs. Bob Rosburg)
6 PM Assignment Underwater (sounds like a poor-relation
"Sea Hunt")
6:30 Roaring 20's
7:30 Leave It To Beaver
8 PM Lawrence Welk
9 PM Boxing: Luis Rodriguez vs. Emile Griffith, welterweights,
10 rounds, from Madison Square Garden (this is about
fifteen months before Griffith literally beat Benny Paret
to death on "The Fight Of The Week")
9:45 Make That Spare (time approximate)
10 PM Coronado 9
10:30 Wrestling From Evansville
12 M Grand Ole Opry
12:30 Movie: "The Falcon Strikes Back"
WCPO Ch. 9 Cincinnati (ABC)
7 AM Jewish Hour
7:15 Joe Emerson Hymn Time
7:30 Herald Of Truth
8 AM Industry On Parade
8:15 Navy Story
8:45 F.O.P. Quiz
9:30 Cartoon Party
10 AM Rocky And His Friends
10:30 Three Stooges
11 AM Learn To Draw (Jon Gnagy)
11:15 Cartoons
11:30 Laffhouse Gang
12 N TV Dance Party
3 PM Movie: "The Flame"
5 PM All-Star Wrestling
6 PM Cannonball
6:30 Outdoor Rambler
7 PM Union Pacific
7:30 Roaring 20's
8:30 Leave It To Beaver
9 PM Lawrence Welk
10 PM Ernie Kovacs (Take A Good Look, delay
from Thu 10:30)
10:30 Flight
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:20 Movie: "Holiday"
WHAS Ch. 11 Louisville (CBS)
8 AM Cartoon Circus
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM Magic Land Of Allakazam
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Popeye
11:30 CBS News (Robert Trout)
12 N Songs Of Faith
12:30 Christmas Carols (Valley and Eastern high school
choruses perform)
12:45 Bluebonnet Bowl: Alabama vs. Texas (the same two
teams who will play for this year's BCS "national
championship")
3:30 NFL Football: Green Bay Packers-Los Angeles Rams
(time approximate)
6:15 Cartoon Circus (time approximate)
6:30 Perry Mason
7:30 Sea Hunt
8 PM College Basketball: Kentucky vs. Temple
9:45 Inside Sports (time approximate)
10 PM Ozzie And Harriet (ABC, delay from Wed 7:30)
10:30 News
10:40 Weather (Louisville icon Milton Metz)
10:45 Sports
11 PM Play Of The Week: "A Very Special Baby" with
Larry Blyden and Oscar Homolka
WKRC Ch. 12 Cincinnati (CBS)
9 AM Skipper Ryle
10 AM Captain Kangaroo
11 AM Magic Land Of Allakazam
11:30 Mighty Mouse
12 N Sky King
12:30 Background
1 PM African Patrol
1:30 Film Feature
1:45 Bluebonnet Bowl
4:30 NFL Football: Packers-Rams
7:30 Perry Mason (time approximate)
8:30 Checkmate
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 This Man Dawson
11 PM News, Weather
11:15 Movie: "So Proudly We Hail" (watch for George
Reeves in what may have been the best performance
he ever gave)
WFIE Ch. 14 Evansville (NBC)
7 AM Today On The Farm
7:30 Indiana University
8 AM Adventures In Africa
8:15 Cartoon Carnival
8:30 Ding Dong School (new syndicated episodes of
the 1950s NBC favorite)
9 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
9:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
10 AM Fury
10:30 Lone Ranger
11 AM True Story
11:30 Liberty Bowl Preview
11:45 Liberty Bowl (COLOR)
3 PM Community Jamboree (time approximate)
3:15 Americans At Work
3:30 Bowling Stars
4 PM Captain Gallant
4:30 Saturday Prom
5 PM Item
6 PM Science Fiction Theater
6:30 Bonanza (COLOR)
7:30 The Tall Man
8 PM The Deputy
8:30 The Nation's Future
9 PM TBA
9:30 Sea Hunt
10 PM R.C.M.P.
10:30 News
10:40 Sports
10:45 Movie: "The Outcast" (watch for Jim Davis, Jock
Ewing on "Dallas")
WLEX Ch. 18 Lexington (NBC/ABC)
9:30 Walter Strong (religion)
10 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Lone Ranger
12 N True Story
12:30 Liberty Bowl Preview
12:45 Liberty Bowl (COLOR)
4:30 Film Feature
5 PM Western Movie (no title given)
6 PM The Groucho Show (delay from Thu 10 PM)
6:30 Riverboat (delay from Sun 7 PM)
7:30 Bonanza (COLOR)
8:30 The Tall Man
9 PM Lawrence Welk
10 PM Boxing: Rodriguez-Griffith
10:45 Make That Spare (time approximate)
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Movie: "FBI Girl"
WKYT Ch. 27 Lexington (ABC/CBS)
9 AM Skipper Ryle
10 AM Captain Kangaroo
11 AM Roy Rogers
11:30 Mighty Mouse
12 N Tobacco News And Views
12:15 Conservation Club
12:30 Waterfront
1 PM Nick Clooney
1:45 Bluebonnet Bowl
4:30 Wrestling (time approximate)
5 PM African Patrol
5:30 University Of Kentucky Television Workshop
5:45 Sports
6 PM Roaring 20's
7 PM Life With Father
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Stagecoach West (ABC, delay from Tue 9 PM)
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Pony Express
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Movie: "Who Done It?" (Benny Hill, long before
his fame in this country, stars in this 1956 British
comedy)
WEHT Ch. 50 (Ch. 25) Evansville (CBS)
8 AM Travelog 50
8:30 Santa Showcase
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM Magic Land Of Allakazam
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Sky King
11:30 Jeff's Collie
12 N Big Rascals
12:45 Bluebonnet Bowl
3:30 NFL Football: Packers-Rams (time approximate)
6 PM Mr. District Attorney (time approximate)
6:30 Perry Mason
7:30 Checkmate
8:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
9 PM Gunsmoke
9:30 Grand Jury
10 PM Brothers Brannagan
10:30 Movie: TBA
Chs. 5, 9, 12, 18, 27 listed Eastern Time
Chs. 3, 7, 11, 14, 50 listed Central Time
WAVE Ch. 3 Louisville (NBC)
7 AM Today On The Farm (Eddy Arnold, NBC show)
7:30 News
7:35 Adventures In Africa
7:45 Light Time
8 AM Cartoon Carnival
8:30 Roy Rogers
9 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
9:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
10 AM Fury
10:30 Lone Ranger
11 AM Matty's Funday Funnies (ABC, appears to be
a delay from Fri 6:30 CT)
11:30 Liberty Bowl Preview
11:45 Liberty Bowl: Oregon-Penn State (still being played
in Philadelphia at the time) (COLOR)
3 PM Coast Guard Academy (time approximate)
3:30 Bowling Stars
4 PM Kentucky Afield
4:30 Saturday Prom (Merv Griffin welcomes Tony Bennett,
Dodie Stevens, and Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs)
5 PM Donna Reed (ABC, delay from Thu 7 PM)
5:30 Youth Speaks
6 PM Tomorrow's Champions (local amateur boxing)
6:25 News
6:30 Bonanza (COLOR)
7:30 Leave It To Beaver (ABC)
8 PM Dick Powell (I'm thinking this might be Four Star Playhouse,
since Zane Grey Theater was still on CBS and his anthology
show wouldn't begin until the fall of 1961.)
8:30 The Nation's Future: "Should federal aid to education include
teachers' salaries?"
9 PM The Nation's Future: local followup
9:30 Lawrence Welk (ABC, one-week delay from 8 PM)
10 PM The Rifleman (ABC, delay from Tue 7 PM)
10:30 Lawman (ABC, delay from Sun 7:30)
11 PM Closeup! (ABC, this is the classic "Yanki, No!" about anti-
U.S. sentiment in Latin America--a special for which I
don't know how much delay)
12 M Movie: "The Fighting Seabees"
1:40 News
WLW-T Ch. 5 Cincinnati (NBC)
7 AM Today On The Farm
7:30 Western Movie (title not given)
8:30 Mr. Hop (COLOR)
9:30 Signal Three
10 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Lone Ranger
12 N True Story
12:30 Liberty Bowl Preview
12:45 Liberty Bowl (COLOR)
3:30 Captain Gallant (time approximate)
4 PM People Are Funny (delay from Sun 6:30 ET)
4:30 Bowling Stars
5 PM Curtain Time (drama anthology)
5:30 Wrestling From Dayton
6:30 Midwestern Hayride (COLOR)
7:30 Bonanza (COLOR)
8:30 The Tall Man
9 PM The Deputy (Henry Fonda)
9:30 The Nation's Future
10 PM Probe
10:30 Blue Angels
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Movie: "Once Upon A Honeymoon"
WTVW Ch. 7 Evansville (ABC)
9 AM Elementary German
10 AM Jaycees Present
10:30 Children's Film Festival (not the CBS show, which
didn't debut until 1967)
11:30 Junior Auction
12 N Soupy Sales
12:30 Junior Boxing (wrestler Rip Hawk hosted this show
at one time)
1 PM Movie: "Life With Henry" (Jackie Cooper as one of
several people to play Henry Aldrich)
2:30 Pages For All Ages
3 PM Movie: "Wagonmaster" (interestingly, Ward Bond
stars in what may have inspired "Wagon Train")
4:30 Campy's Corner (Roy Campanella)
5 PM All-Star Golf (Billy Casper vs. Bob Rosburg)
6 PM Assignment Underwater (sounds like a poor-relation
"Sea Hunt")
6:30 Roaring 20's
7:30 Leave It To Beaver
8 PM Lawrence Welk
9 PM Boxing: Luis Rodriguez vs. Emile Griffith, welterweights,
10 rounds, from Madison Square Garden (this is about
fifteen months before Griffith literally beat Benny Paret
to death on "The Fight Of The Week")
9:45 Make That Spare (time approximate)
10 PM Coronado 9
10:30 Wrestling From Evansville
12 M Grand Ole Opry
12:30 Movie: "The Falcon Strikes Back"
WCPO Ch. 9 Cincinnati (ABC)
7 AM Jewish Hour
7:15 Joe Emerson Hymn Time
7:30 Herald Of Truth
8 AM Industry On Parade
8:15 Navy Story
8:45 F.O.P. Quiz
9:30 Cartoon Party
10 AM Rocky And His Friends
10:30 Three Stooges
11 AM Learn To Draw (Jon Gnagy)
11:15 Cartoons
11:30 Laffhouse Gang
12 N TV Dance Party
3 PM Movie: "The Flame"
5 PM All-Star Wrestling
6 PM Cannonball
6:30 Outdoor Rambler
7 PM Union Pacific
7:30 Roaring 20's
8:30 Leave It To Beaver
9 PM Lawrence Welk
10 PM Ernie Kovacs (Take A Good Look, delay
from Thu 10:30)
10:30 Flight
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:20 Movie: "Holiday"
WHAS Ch. 11 Louisville (CBS)
8 AM Cartoon Circus
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM Magic Land Of Allakazam
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Popeye
11:30 CBS News (Robert Trout)
12 N Songs Of Faith
12:30 Christmas Carols (Valley and Eastern high school
choruses perform)
12:45 Bluebonnet Bowl: Alabama vs. Texas (the same two
teams who will play for this year's BCS "national
championship")
3:30 NFL Football: Green Bay Packers-Los Angeles Rams
(time approximate)
6:15 Cartoon Circus (time approximate)
6:30 Perry Mason
7:30 Sea Hunt
8 PM College Basketball: Kentucky vs. Temple
9:45 Inside Sports (time approximate)
10 PM Ozzie And Harriet (ABC, delay from Wed 7:30)
10:30 News
10:40 Weather (Louisville icon Milton Metz)
10:45 Sports
11 PM Play Of The Week: "A Very Special Baby" with
Larry Blyden and Oscar Homolka
WKRC Ch. 12 Cincinnati (CBS)
9 AM Skipper Ryle
10 AM Captain Kangaroo
11 AM Magic Land Of Allakazam
11:30 Mighty Mouse
12 N Sky King
12:30 Background
1 PM African Patrol
1:30 Film Feature
1:45 Bluebonnet Bowl
4:30 NFL Football: Packers-Rams
7:30 Perry Mason (time approximate)
8:30 Checkmate
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 This Man Dawson
11 PM News, Weather
11:15 Movie: "So Proudly We Hail" (watch for George
Reeves in what may have been the best performance
he ever gave)
WFIE Ch. 14 Evansville (NBC)
7 AM Today On The Farm
7:30 Indiana University
8 AM Adventures In Africa
8:15 Cartoon Carnival
8:30 Ding Dong School (new syndicated episodes of
the 1950s NBC favorite)
9 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
9:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
10 AM Fury
10:30 Lone Ranger
11 AM True Story
11:30 Liberty Bowl Preview
11:45 Liberty Bowl (COLOR)
3 PM Community Jamboree (time approximate)
3:15 Americans At Work
3:30 Bowling Stars
4 PM Captain Gallant
4:30 Saturday Prom
5 PM Item
6 PM Science Fiction Theater
6:30 Bonanza (COLOR)
7:30 The Tall Man
8 PM The Deputy
8:30 The Nation's Future
9 PM TBA
9:30 Sea Hunt
10 PM R.C.M.P.
10:30 News
10:40 Sports
10:45 Movie: "The Outcast" (watch for Jim Davis, Jock
Ewing on "Dallas")
WLEX Ch. 18 Lexington (NBC/ABC)
9:30 Walter Strong (religion)
10 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Lone Ranger
12 N True Story
12:30 Liberty Bowl Preview
12:45 Liberty Bowl (COLOR)
4:30 Film Feature
5 PM Western Movie (no title given)
6 PM The Groucho Show (delay from Thu 10 PM)
6:30 Riverboat (delay from Sun 7 PM)
7:30 Bonanza (COLOR)
8:30 The Tall Man
9 PM Lawrence Welk
10 PM Boxing: Rodriguez-Griffith
10:45 Make That Spare (time approximate)
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Movie: "FBI Girl"
WKYT Ch. 27 Lexington (ABC/CBS)
9 AM Skipper Ryle
10 AM Captain Kangaroo
11 AM Roy Rogers
11:30 Mighty Mouse
12 N Tobacco News And Views
12:15 Conservation Club
12:30 Waterfront
1 PM Nick Clooney
1:45 Bluebonnet Bowl
4:30 Wrestling (time approximate)
5 PM African Patrol
5:30 University Of Kentucky Television Workshop
5:45 Sports
6 PM Roaring 20's
7 PM Life With Father
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Stagecoach West (ABC, delay from Tue 9 PM)
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Pony Express
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Movie: "Who Done It?" (Benny Hill, long before
his fame in this country, stars in this 1956 British
comedy)
WEHT Ch. 50 (Ch. 25) Evansville (CBS)
8 AM Travelog 50
8:30 Santa Showcase
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM Magic Land Of Allakazam
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Sky King
11:30 Jeff's Collie
12 N Big Rascals
12:45 Bluebonnet Bowl
3:30 NFL Football: Packers-Rams (time approximate)
6 PM Mr. District Attorney (time approximate)
6:30 Perry Mason
7:30 Checkmate
8:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
9 PM Gunsmoke
9:30 Grand Jury
10 PM Brothers Brannagan
10:30 Movie: TBA