Retro: Kentucky Saturday, November 5, 1960

[bpatrick]

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 (guests: The Tall
Timber Trio; Eddy Arnold hosts)
7:30 News
7:35 Adventures In Africa
7:45 Light Time (religious program for kids)
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, don't know if
this delay is from Friday night or Sunday afternoon)
11:30 Farming With Jack Crowner
12 N Political Talk (Republican, candidate not given)
12:15 NCAA Football: Syracuse-Army (Curt Gowdy and Paul
Christman report, the game is regional on ABC)
3:15 Scoreboard (time approximate)
3:30 Bowling Stars
4 PM Kentucky Afield
4:30 Saturday Prom (Merv Griffin's guests are singers Jo Ann
Campbell--not to be confused with Jo Ann Castle of "Lawrence
Welk Show" fame, Brian Hyland, and Dion)
5 PM Donna Reed (ABC, delay from Thu 7 PM)
5:30 Political Talk (Democratic candidate, name not given)
5:35 Viewpoint
5:45 Political Talk (party not given)
6 PM Tomorrow's Champions (local teenagers in amateur boxing)
6:25 News
6:30 Bonanza (COLOR)
7:30 Leave It To Beaver (ABC)
8 PM Bachelor Father (delay from Thu 8 PM)
8:30 Campaign And The Candidates (films of JFK and Nixon on the
campaign trail; discussion of the religious issue, which I thought
JFK had put to rest)
9:30 Lawrence Welk (ABC, delay from 8 PM and carried for only 30 minutes--
guests are Jo Ann Greer, candidate to replace Alice Lon as Champagne
Lady; 10-year-old ballerina Adelina Pedroza)
10 PM Rifleman (ABC, delay from Tue 7 PM)
10:30 Lawman (ABC, delay from Sun 7:30)
11 PM Naked City (ABC, delay from Wed 9 PM--Leslie Nielsen guest stars)
12 M Movie: "Shanghai Story"
1:45 News

WLW-T Ch. 5 Cincinnati (NBC)

7 AM Today On The Farm
7:30 Cowboys And Cartoons
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 Detective's Diary
1 PM Captain Gallant (delay from 5 PM)
1:30 People Are Funny (delay from Sun 6:30)
2 PM NBA Basketball: Syracuse Nationals-Los Angeles
Lakers (Jerry Daggett reports)
4:30 Bowling Stars (time approximate)
5 PM Playhouse (nothing else given)
5:30 Wrestling From Dayton
6:30 Midwestern Hayride
7:30 Bonanza (COLOR)
8:30 The Tall Man
9 PM The Deputy (Henry Fonda)
9:30 Campaign And The Candidates
10:30 Not For Hire
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Movie: "Crack-Up"

WTVW Ch. 7 Evansville (ABC)

9 AM Elementary German
10 AM Jaycees Present
10:30 Cartoon Capers
10:45 Light Time
11 AM Junior Boxing (wrestler Rip Hawk hosts)
11:30 Junior Auction
12 N Football Kickoff (Chris Schenkel hosts)
12:15 NCAA Football: Illinois-Michigan
3:15 Scoreboard (time approximate)
3:30 Campy's Corner (Roy Campanella)
4 PM Movie: "Tom Sawyer, Detective"
5 PM All-Star Golf (Cary Middlecoff vs. Paul Harney--
not to be confused with Paul Harvey. Jimmy
Demaret reports.)
6 PM Assignment: Underwater
6:30 Roaring 20's
7:30 Leave It To Beaver
8 PM Lawrence Welk
8:55 Political Talk (Richard Nixon)
9 PM Fight Of The Week: Marcel Pigou vs. Tiger Jones,
middleweights, 10 rounds, from Boston Garden. Don
Dunphy reports.)
9:45 Make That Spare (time approximate)
10 PM Coronado 9
10:30 Wrestling From Evansville
12 M Grand Ole Opry
12:30 Movie: "Man Alive"

WCPO Ch. 9 Cincinnati (ABC)

7 AM Religion Today
7:15 Joe Emerson Hymn Time
7:30 Herald Of Truth
8 AM Industry On Parade
8:15 Air Force Story
8:45 F.O.P. Quiz
9:30 Cartoon Party
10 AM Rocky And His Friends (I think this is a
delay from Sunday afternoon.)
10:30 Three Stooges
11 AM Learn To Draw (Jon Gnagy)
11:15 Cartoons
11:30 Laffhouse Gang
12 N All-Star Wrestling
1 PM Football Kickoff
1:15 NCAA Football: Illinois-Michigan
4:15 Scoreboard (time approximate)
4:30 TV Dance Party
6:30 Cannonball
7 PM Outdoor Rambler
7:30 Leave It To Beaver (I don't figure this one out.
The show aired at 8:30 EST, yet TV Guide shows
it as the same episode that will air an hour later.)
8 PM Lawrence Welk (same here)
8:55 Political Talk (Richard Nixon, same here)
9 PM Flight
9:30 Silent Service
10 PM Take A Good Look (Ernie Kovacs, delay from Thu
10:30)
10:30 Silent Service (twice?)
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:20 Movie: "East Side Of Heaven"

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 Sky King
11:30 CBS News (Robert Trout)
12 N Songs Of Faith
12:30 Gene Autry
1 PM Popeye
2 PM Children's Theater: "Hoppity Goes
To Town"
3:30 Political Talk (Republican)
3:45 Horse Race (no info given, but it's not
the Breeders' Cup)
4:15 Inside Sports
4:30 Championship Bowling
5:30 Casing The Classics
6 PM Hi-Varieties
6:30 Perry Mason
7:30 Checkmate
8:30 JFK Political Talk (pre-empts "Have Gun, Will
Travel")
9 PM Gunsmoke
9:30 Sea Hunt
10 PM Ozzie And Harriet (ABC, delay from Wed 7:30)
10:30 News
10:40 Weather
10:45 Sports
11 PM Political Talk
11:05 Play Of The Week: "Miss Julie" by August Strindberg

WKRC Ch. 12 Cincinnati (CBS)

9:30 Skipper Ryle
10 AM Captain Kangaroo
11 AM Magic Land Of Allakazam
11:30 Mighty Mouse
12 N Sky King
12:30 First Tuesday (political program, not the NBC magazine
show that debuted in 1969)
1 PM Movie: "Tarzan's Peril"
2:30 Movies: "Raiders Of The Seven Seas" and "The Hitler Gang"
(the second may be of interest, since it dramatizes the rise
of Nazism)
5:30 African Patrol
6 PM The Aquanauts (delay from Wed 7:30)
7 PM Target (not "Target: The Corruptors")
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Checkmate
9:30 JFK Political Talk
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 This Man Dawson
11 PM News, Weather
11:15 Movies: "Shape Of Things To Come" (pessimistic view
of the aftermath of another world war, made in 1936),
"City On The Hunt"

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 (Frances Horwich kept this going
in syndication after NBC dropped it.)
9 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
9:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
10 AM Fury
10:30 Lone Ranger
11 AM True Story
11:30 Detective's Diary
12 N Mr. Wizard
12:30 Community Jamboree
12:45 Americans At Work
1 PM NBA Basketball: Nationals-Lakers
3:30 Bowling Stars (time approximate)
4 PM Captain Gallant
4:30 Saturday Prom
5 PM Item (some sort of local program)
6 PM Science Fiction Theater
6:30 Bonanza (COLOR)
7:30 The Tall Man
8 PM The Deputy
8:30 Campaign And The Candidates
9:30 Sea Hunt
10 PM R.C.M.P. (debut)
10:30 News
10:40 Sports
10:45 Movie: "The Red Menace" (Cold War piece from
'49--a disgruntled war veteran is converted to
Communism--actually a comedy)

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 Detective's Diary
1 PM Football Kickoff
1:15 NCAA Football: Illinois-Michigan
4:15 Scoreboard (time approximate)
4:30 TBA
5 PM Captain Gallant
5:30 Film Feature
5:45 Revival Tabernacle
6 PM The Groucho Show (new name for "You
Bet Your Life," delay from Thu 10 PM)
6:30 Riverboat (delay from Mon 7:30)
7:30 Bonanza (COLOR)
8:30 The Tall Man
9 PM Lawrence Welk
9:55 Political Talk (Nixon)
10 PM Fight Of The Week
10:45 Make That Spare (time approximate)
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Movie: "The Unholy Four"

WKYT Ch. 27 Lexington (ABC/CBS)

9:30 Skipper Ryle
10 AM Captain Kangaroo
11 AM Roy Rogers
11:30 Mighty Mouse
12 N All-Star Wrestling
1 PM Nick Clooney
2 PM Movies: "Mildred Pierce" and "Polo Joe"
5 PM African Patrol
5:30 Conservation Club
5:45 Sports Review
6 PM Roaring 20's
7 PM Outdoor Rambler
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Checkmate
9:30 JFK Political Talk
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Pony Express
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Movie: "Canon City" (I posted this one on another
station's schedule the other day--the story of
12 inmates who escaped from Colorado State
Penitentiary in December 1947.)

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

8 AM Travelog 50
8:30 Time On Their Hands (don't know what this is)
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 Joe Palooka
12:30 Sherlock Holmes
1 PM Movie: "Trail's End"
2 PM Movie: "The Big Tip-Off"
3:30 Big Picture
4 PM Wrestling (doesn't say from where)
5 PM Mr. District Attorney
5:30 Things That Grow
6 PM Ranch Party (Tex Ritter)
6:30 Perry Mason
7:30 Checkmate
8:30 JFK Political Talk
9 PM Gunsmoke
9:30 Grand Jury
10 PM Movies: "Son Of Dracula" and "The Spider
Woman Strikes Back"

 

[gregg75]

If WHAE in Atlanta was "Heaven And Earth", was WHAS 11 in Louisville "Hell And Satan"?

 

[Hal Erickson]

The apparent time discrepancies on WCPO-TV may have been due to the EasternDaylight/Eastern Standard timeshift. Live programs were telecast at the same time in CDT and EDT markets, forcing the stations to time-shift the filmed shows. After the switchover to Eastern Standard in late Oct-early November, the live shows were seen an hour later in EST markets.

 

[bpatrick]

I know that in those days ABC would time-shift its
Saturday-night lineup because of three live shows:
Lawrence Welk, boxing, and "Make That Spare" during
daylight-saving time. But by November Ohio should have
been on EST, with "Beaver" on at 8:30 and Welk at 9
on WCPO. An error on the part of TV Guide, perhaps,
because WCPO didn't get the correct information to them
in time?

 

[Cincinnati Kid]

WCPO-TV, Channel 9, may have had to some some re-arranging so it could carry the Illinois-Michigan college football game from the ABC-TV Network and its locally-produced programs such as TV Dance Party and The Outdoor Rambler. 1960 was the first year that ABC-TV had the college football game of the week.

I should note that the Cincinnati area did not go on Daylight Savings Time until 1967.

 

[bpatrick]

I meant to put it in but for some reason forgot:
the announcers for the Illinois-Michigan game on
ABC (7, 9, 18) were Bill Flemming and Ray Eliot.

There was also a cornucopia of NFL games on Sunday:

2 PM/1 PM Giants-Browns (3, 9, 18)
Packers-(Baltimore) Colts (5, 11, 14, 27--Frankie Albert
and Lindsey Nelson did the game on 5, 14, 27;
Red Grange and George Connor on 11)
(Dallas) Texans-Bills (7)
Redskins-(St. Louis) Cardinals (50)

5 PM/4 PM Oilers-Broncos (9) (I wonder if this game was
joined in progress since Walt Disney is listed
at 6:30 on 9, which would have been in pattern.)

 

[gregg75]

NOW HERE'S A SHOCKER........

Nobody answered my question so I looked it up on Wikipedia. WHAS "unofficially"
stands for "we have a signal".

Now that's original!!!! It was the 2nd TV station in Kentucky. I'm not sure where the
first was, but probably in Louisville also, I'd think.

 

[Tim L]

NOW HERE'S A SHOCKER........

Nobody answered my question so I looked it up on Wikipedia. WHAS "unofficially"
stands for "we have a signal".

Now that's original!!!! It was the 2nd TV station in Kentucky. I'm not sure where the
first was, but probably in Louisville also, I'd think.

Yes indeed..WAVE-3 Louisville was the first TV station in Kentucky..signing on November 24, 1948..Interestingly enough the third station in Kentucky didnt sign on till March 15, 1955..WLEX-18 Lexington..

 

[radiorob2.0]

NOW HERE'S A SHOCKER........

Nobody answered my question so I looked it up on Wikipedia. WHAS "unofficially"
stands for "we have a signal".

Now that's original!!!! It was the 2nd TV station in Kentucky. I'm not sure where the
first was, but probably in Louisville also, I'd think.

Yes indeed..WAVE-3 Louisville was the first TV station in Kentucky..signing on November 24, 1948..Interestingly enough the third station in Kentucky didnt sign on till March 15, 1955..WLEX-18 Lexington..

Actually, WEHT was originally licensed to Henderson and signed on September 27, 1953. The FCC later allowed WEHT to identify as Evansville for commerce reasons. WKLO-TV 21 Louisville signed on a month later only to leave the air less than a year later.

As far as the meaning of WHAS, it really never had one from the start. The call letters were sequentially issued. The convention at the time was the first and third letters were consistent while the fourth letter advanced. Once the twenty-sixth letter was assigned the second letter would advance. It's a quick way to know the order of a station that signed on circa 1922-23. For instance, WBAP, WCAU and WDAF received their call letters before WHAS while WLAP received their letters after. A few years later you could request a set a call letters if they were not assigned.

 

[Cincinnati Kid]

I meant to put it in but for some reason forgot:
the announcers for the Illinois-Michigan game on
ABC (7, 9, 18) were Bill Flemming and Ray Eliot.

There was also a cornucopia of NFL games on Sunday:

2 PM/1 PM Giants-Browns (3, 9, 18)
Packers-(Baltimore) Colts (5, 11, 14, 27--Frankie Albert
and Lindsey Nelson did the game on 5, 14, 27;
Red Grange and George Connor on 11)
(Dallas) Texans-Bills (7)
Redskins-(St. Louis) Cardinals (50)

5 PM/4 PM Oilers-Broncos (9) (I wonder if this game was
joined in progress since Walt Disney is listed
at 6:30 on 9, which would have been in pattern.)

The announcers for the Giants-Browns were: Ken Coleman and Jimmy Dudley. Channels 3, 8, 18 were on the Browns TV Network.

 

[Mr. Mike]

I meant to put it in but for some reason forgot:
the announcers for the Illinois-Michigan game on
ABC (7, 9, 18) were Bill Flemming and Ray Eliot.

There was also a cornucopia of NFL games on Sunday:

2 PM/1 PM Giants-Browns (3, 9, 18)
Packers-(Baltimore) Colts (5, 11, 14, 27--Frankie Albert
and Lindsey Nelson did the game on 5, 14, 27;
Red Grange and George Connor on 11)
(Dallas) Texans-Bills (7)
Redskins-(St. Louis) Cardinals (50)

5 PM/4 PM Oilers-Broncos (9) (I wonder if this game was
joined in progress since Walt Disney is listed
at 6:30 on 9, which would have been in pattern.)

The announcers for the Giants-Browns were: Ken Coleman and Jimmy Dudley. Channels 3, 8, 18 were on the Browns TV Network.

I might want to correct you. Channel 8 should be Channel 9. The nearest Channel 8 lies in Indianapolis.

 

[Cincinnati Kid]

Totally correct. I meant Channel 9; just hit the wrong key. WCPO-TV, Channel 9 in Cincinnati, was on the Browns TV Network for many seasons.

 

[Tim L]

Totally correct. I meant Channel 9; just hit the wrong key. WCPO-TV, Channel 9 in Cincinnati, was on the Browns TV Network for many seasons.

Which originated at WJW-TV 8 Cleveland..Ken Coleman was with the Browns from 1953-65 and did Indians TV from 1954-63.. as well as nightly sports reports on WNBK and WJW-TV at various times..Possibly WEWS as well..He also hosted the longtime Browns Highlight Show, "Quarterback Club" in the 1950's and early 60's..

Jimmy Dudley did Cleveland Indians Radio from 1948-67 and TV at various times during the same period..He also was a sportscaster at times on WXEL/WJW and WEWS..