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Retro: Los Angeles October 2, 1950

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crainbebo

Channels: 2 KTSL, 4 KNBH, 5 KTLA, 7 KECA, 9 KFI, 11 KTTV, 13 KLAC
2 KTSL
5PM: Test Pattern
5:45: Pgm: Cartoon
6PM: Cowboy Caravan
6:55: Newsroom
7PM: Lee's Lair
7:30: Cavalcade Stars
8:30: Mystery: Midnight at Madame Tussand's
9:30: Film
10PM: Fleetwood Lawton
10:05: N.T.G.
11:05: Peter Potter's Party

4 KNBH
9AM: Test Pattern
9:30: Sybil Chism
9:45: Buying with Betty
10:15: News
10:30: Open House
11:30: Chef Milani
Noon: Sybil Chism
12:15: News
12:30: Sign off
5:15: Baseball Scores
5:30: Howdy Doody
6PM: Crusader Rabbit
6:05: Jump Jump
6:20: Comedy Theatre
6:45: Cyclone Malone
7PM: Arch Le Roux
7:15: Review
7:30: Roberta Quinlan
7:45: News, Weather
8PM: Stars over Hollywood
8:30: Lights, Camera, Action
9PM: Dave Willock, Cliff Arquete
9:30: Leave it to the Girls
10:00: Editor's Roundup
10:15: Late News
10:30: Sign off

5 KTLA
5PM: Test Pattern
5:30: News, Music
5:45: Police Calls
6PM: Cowboy Thrills
6:30: Time for Beany
6:45: Handy Hints
7PM: Newsreel
7:15: Mayor Bowron
7:30: Dixie Showboat
8PM: Thriller: The Unknown Guest
9:15: Thriller 2: Silent Witness
10:15: Hollywood Career
11PM: Sign off

7 KECA
3PM: Test Pattern
5:45: Cartoon
6:15: Kid From... Ranch
6:30: Cartoon Comedy
6:45: Space Patrol
7PM: Triple Theatre
8PM: Film
9PM: Film
10PM: Film
11PM: Sign off

9 KFI
9AM: Bill Welsh
9:45: Keep in Tone
10AM: Bill Welsh
Noon: Newsroom
12:30: Ladies Day
1:30: Cook's Corner
2PM: Open House, Burrit Wheeler
3PM: Singing Chef
3:30: Film
3:40: Gordon's Garden
4PM: Stu Wilson
5PM: Frank Webb Show
5:15: Meglin Review
5:30: Newsroom
6:05: TV University
6:30: Eddie Coontz Show
7:30: Children Should Be Heard
8PM: Movie: Cowboy Holiday
9PM: Canasta Time
9:15: News
9:30: Square Dance Time
9:45: sign off

11 KTTV
Noon: Test Pattern
12:45: Serenade
1PM: Hollywood Studio Party
2PM: Come to Kitchen
3:30: Movie Gems: Men of Action
4:30: Classified Column
5PM: Range Riders
6PM: Magic Party
6:15: Film Oddities
7PM: Lucille Norman
7:15: Woman's Voice
7:30: TV Newsreel
7:45: Three's Company (no, not the 80s show, but a short-lived early 50s show)
8PM: Starlight Theatre
8:30: Horace Heidt Show
9PM: The Goldbergs
9:30: Studio One
10:30: Startime Newsreel
10:50: 770 on Air
11:05: Glancin' at Anson
(not sure when it signs off, might have been like 11:15 or 11:30)

13 KLAC
10AM: Joe Graydon
Noon: Mike Roy
1PM: Al Jarvis
5:30: Kemper's Kapers
6PM: Film
6:30: Johnny Bradford
7PM: Joe Graydon
7:30: Jimmy Ames Show
8:30: Sportsreel
8:40: Wrestling
10:30: Clete Roberts
10:40: B. McLaughlin

-crainbebo
 
I always thought Bill Welsh spent his career at KTLA.
I know that he and Stan Chambers covered the Kathy
Fiscus (the little girl who fell down a well to her death
in 1949) story, but that was a year and a half before
the date given for this thread. Did he ever work at
KTLA again?
 
Chef Milani! I haven't heard that name since I was child, and Burma Shave signs were still around! Talk about jarring memories. A lot of people mistook him for Chef Boyardi.

Time For Beany was a childhood favorite of mine. It was live, and there was a lot of ad-libbed off-the-wall humor. The cartoon show that came later was good and well-written, but it still didn't quite compare to the puppet show.

My favorite Cecil line: "I wouldn't have liked that if it was good!"
 
Though this was a couple of years before I was born, and almost 6 years before my parents bought our first TV, I remember some of these people from LA TV and radio in the 60s and 70s.

I actually remember Bill Welsh from KTTV - he did the Rose Parade every year for Channel 11 until at least the late 1960s. Mike Roy was a chef who had a daily program on KNX radio - until at least the mid 70s, I think - well after the station had switched to News Radio. Clete Roberts, of course, was later a news anchor for KTLA and KNXT - possibly others.


Al Jarvis was a prominent radio DJ, and was part of the original group of jocks who exploded onto the airwaves in 1958 on "Color Radio" KFWB.

I don't know what the FCC ownership limits were in those days, but it's interesting that Earl C. Anthony was able to own 2 TV stations - KECA 7, and KFI 9.
 
Lkeller said:
I actually remember Bill Welsh from KTTV - he did the Rose Parade every year for Channel 11 until at least the late 1960s.

I don't know what the FCC ownership limits were in those days, but it's interesting that Earl C. Anthony was able to own 2 TV stations - KECA 7, and KFI 9.
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Duopolies were allowed in those days, both radio & TV. Mr. Anthony at the time also owned KFI & KECA (now KABC) Radio. I don't know when the rules changed. I think that some present-day ownership rules need to be changed, but that's another category.

At Golden West Broadcasters (710/KMPC) we had a Vice President/Sports, a local legend named Steve Bailey, whom I worked under. He had a very strong resemblance to Bill Welsh. They could have been mistaken for twin brothers if they had ever stood together. We used to joke that Steve & Bill Welsh were one and the same person, as they were never seen together. Steve (Yes, I was on a first-name basis with him, as he was with everybody) would reply, "Ok, you found me out! My cover is blown!"

Steve Bailey has passed on; I don't know about Bill Welsh.
 
RicoGregg said:
Lkeller said:
I actually remember Bill Welsh from KTTV - he did the Rose Parade every year for Channel 11 until at least the late 1960s.

I don't know what the FCC ownership limits were in those days, but it's interesting that Earl C. Anthony was able to own 2 TV stations - KECA 7, and KFI 9.
Click to expand...

Duopolies were allowed in those days, both radio & TV. Mr. Anthony at the time also owned KFI & KECA (now KABC) Radio. I don't know when the rules changed. I think that some present-day ownership rules need to be changed, but that's another category.

At Golden West Broadcasters (710/KMPC) we had a Vice President/Sports, a local legend named Steve Bailey, whom I worked under. He had a very strong resemblance to Bill Welsh. They could have been mistaken for twin brothers if they had ever stood together. We used to joke that Steve & Bill Welsh were one and the same person, as they were never seen together. Steve (Yes, I was on a first-name basis with him, as he was with everybody) would reply, "Ok, you found me out! My cover is blown!"

Steve Bailey has passed on; I don't know about Bill Welsh.
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As usual, the answer is as close as Google. IMDB has a surprising amount of info on Bill Welsh considering he was hardly a national celebrity. Bill died in 2000 at age 88. He broadcast 48 consecutive Rose Parades, and he was associated with KTTV, not KTLA...though I guess he spent some time on KFI 9.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0920521/bio
 
LKeller, thanks for the info. I usually pride myself on keeping up with things, but I somehow missed the news on Mr. Welsh's passing. I'm sorry to belatedly learn about it. Bill Welsh was most definitely an L.A. institution.
 
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