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Retro: Louisville and a couple of other major stations Saturday, April 12, 1952

By request, Louisville schedules that include
independent stations. From the Courier-Journal.
Times are CST.

WGRC 790 (Mutual)

6 AM Just Folks
6:30 On Parade
6:45 Melody Four
7 AM Blue Serenade
7:15 Dr. A.D. Muse
7:30 Good News
7:45 Akron Baptist Church
8 AM Baptist Hour
8:15 Piano Melodies
8:30 Wesley Methodist
9 AM Back To The Bible
9:30 Words Of Life
10 AM Rev. Pitts
10:30 Methodist Hour; News
11 AM Pilgrim Hour
11:30 Church Of Christ
11:45 Music Room
12 N Meet The Farmer
12:30 Man On The Farm
1 PM Home Beautiful
1:15 Perry And Patti
1:30 Baseball: St. Louis Cardinals
vs. St. Louis Browns
4 PM Hal Monroe
4:45 News
5 PM Open Door Church
5:30 Separate Baptist
6 PM News
6:15 Sports, Dan Hill
6:30 Eddy Arnold
6:45 Bing Crosby; C. Brown
7 PM Twenty Questions
7:30 Louisville Hit Tunes
8:30 Lombardoland USA
9 PM Conrad Nagel
9:30 News, Donnell
9:45 Star Parade
10 PM Magic Music
11 PM Midnight Son

WHAS 840 (CBS)

6 AM News; Get Up Smilin'
6:30 Agriculture
6:45 Farm News
7 AM World News
7:15 Roy Acuff
7:30 News
7:45 Captain Stubby
8 AM News; Bud Abbott
8:45 Garden Gate
9 AM Guest Star
9:15 Galen Drake
9:30 Quiz Kids
10 AM News; Circle Star
10:30 Give And Take
11 AM Theater Of Today
11:30 University of Kentucky
Agriculture
12 N Grand Central Station;
Every Day
12:30 News
12:45 Farm Market
1 PM Music With The Hormel Girls
1:30 Stars Over Hollywood
2 PM Overseas Report
2:15 Gold Medal Doc (don't know
what this is)
2:30 University of Kentucky Recital
2:45 Christian Science
3 PM Horse Race: Experimental No. 2
(from Jamaica Raceway)
3:15 Augsburg Choir
3:30 Cross-Section USA
4 PM Kentucky Bulletin
4:30 Treasury Bandstand
5 PM Production Report
5:15 UN On Record
5:30 News
5:45 Sports Roundup
6 PM Believe; Saturday At The Chase
6:30 Tarzan
7 PM Gene Autry
7:30 Renfro Valley Barn Dance
8 PM Gangbusters; Elliott
8:30 Broadway Is My Beat
9 PM Dr. T.B. Rice
9:15 Robert Q. Lewis
10 PM News, French (could be the anchor)
10:15 Kentuckiana Sports
10:30 Fair Weather Hour
11 PM News; Alan Holmes
11:30 Grif Williams

WKYW 900 (Ind.)

6 AM Sunrise Sendoff
6:30 News
6:45 Old Time Sing
7 AM Musical Clock
9 AM Highlands Hour
9:30 Radio Rodeo
10 AM All Time Hits
10:30 News, Stratton
10:45 Checks
11 AM Ballroom
12 N News, Stratton
12:15 Top Tunes
12:30 Man From Dixie
12:45 Sweet Music
1 PM Corn Matinee
3 PM Jazz Concert
4 PM 20th Century
4:30 News, Stratton
4:45 Bing Crosby
5 PM Song Parade
5:30 Everybody's Hour
6 PM Music For Dining
(station must have signed off around 6:30)

WAVE 970 (NBC)

6 AM Golden Gate
6:15 Sunrise Roundup
6:30 Jimmy Dickens
6:45 Farm News
7 AM News
7:15 On Parade
7:30 Church In The Wildwood
8 AM Morning Melodies
8:15 News
8:30 Howdy Doody (there was a radio
version)
9:30 Mary Lee Taylor
10 AM My Secret Story
10:30 Love Story
11 AM Farm Fireside
11:15 Public Affairs
11:30 U.S. Marine Band
12 N Jackpot Jamboree
12:15 Tex Beneke
12:30 News
12:45 University of Kentucky Livestock
1 PM Farm And Home Hour
1:30 Kentucky State Republican Convention
5 PM News
5:15 Cheer Up Jamboree
5:45 News, Livingston Gilbert
6 PM Fort Knox Band
6:30 Medicine USA
7 PM Jane Ace
7:30 Bob And Ray
8 PM Judy Canova
8:30 Grand Ole Opry
9 PM Vaughn Monroe
9:30 Basin Street Chamber Music
Society
10 PM News, Livingston Gilbert
10:15 Disc Jockey
11:30 Stan Kenton Orch.; News

WKLO 1080 (ABC)

6:15 Jim Osborne
6:45 On Parade
7 AM Jim Osborne
7:15 News; Clock Shop
7:55 News
8 AM No School Today
9:30 Space Patrol
10 AM News; Safety
10:15 Food News
10:30 Henry County Schools
11 AM Jim Osborne
12 N Metropolitan Opera: "Parsifal"
5 PM News
5:15 Bible Messages
5:30 Harry Wismer
5:45 Cliff Gross
6 PM Dinner Music
6:15 Bert Andrews
6:30 State Income Tax
7 PM ABC Dancing Party
9 PM Saturday At The Shamrock
9:30 Dance Parade (news interrupts at
10 PM)
10:30 Dance Orchestra
10:55 News
11 PM Dance Parade
11:55 News

WINN 1240 (LBS--Gordon McLendon's
Liberty Broadcasting Network)

6:15 Farm Program
6:30 Strength
6:45 Music; News
7 AM Breakfast Music
7:30 On Parade
7:45 Music; News
8 AM Open House
8:30 Rent Control
8:45 Platter Party
9 AM News; Junior Hop
9:45 Paula Stone
10 AM News; Homemakers
10:30 Rhythm Ranch
11 AM News; Cavallo
11:15 Sweet And Lovely
11:30 Swing Club
12 N Lineup; News
12:15 Baseball: Brooklyn Dodgers
at New York Yankees
3 PM Scores; News
3:15 Charles Antell
3:30 1240 Club
4 PM Charles Antell
4:15 Music Best Bets
4:30 Here's To Vets
4:45 Ozzie The Owl
5 PM News; Perry Como
5:15 Band Of The Day
5:30 Peggy Lee
5:45 Sports Slants
6 PM Bring You Music
6:30 Rosary Hour
6:45 Music; News
7 PM Major League Scoreboard
9 PM Creation
10:30 News
10:45 Music 'Til Midnight
11:45 Club (don't know what) (to 1 AM)

WLOU 1350 (Ind.)

6 AM Yawnin' In The Morning
7 AM News; Yawnin' In The Morning
8 AM News; Sunny Side Up
9 AM News; Gospel Train
10 AM Jockey Jack
12 N News
12:15 Ladies Way
12:30 Man On The Street
12:45 Job Mart
1 PM Red, Hot And Blue
3 PM Louisville Lou
4 PM Talent Hunt
4:30 With J.J.
5:15 Ship Of Zion
5:30 Blues Express
(station appears to sign off around 6
or 6:30)

Prime time only for the following:

WSM 650 Nashville (NBC)

7 PM Ernest Tubb
7:15 Carter Sisters (includes June,
who later married Johnny Cash)
7:30 Roy Acuff
7:45 Lew Childre
8 PM Grand Ole Opry

WLW 700 Cincinnati (NBC)

7 PM TBA
7:30 Dance Party
8:30 Grand Ole Opry
9 PM Vaughn Monroe
9:30 Midwest Jamboree
9:55 Scores
10 PM News
10:15 By Holloway
10:30 Health Aids
11 PM News
11:15 Moon River Jamboree
11:30 Barn Dance
 
Thanks for looking these up and posting them.

It's interesting that Mutual and ABC had moved to new, more powerful
stations since your post from 1943, and that WGRC 790 seemed to depend heavily on paid religious programming, despite the Mutual affiliation.

Of course, things would get more interesting in Louisville some years later, when WAKY 790 and WKLO 1080 get into a Top 40 battle.


Is it correct to assume WLOU has always been aimed at an African-American audience?

> WLOU 1350 (Ind.)
>
> 6 AM Yawnin' In The Morning
> 7 AM News; Yawnin' In The Morning
> 8 AM News; Sunny Side Up
> 9 AM News; Gospel Train
> 10 AM Jockey Jack
> 12 N News
> 12:15 Ladies Way
> 12:30 Man On The Street
> 12:45 Job Mart
> 1 PM Red, Hot And Blue
> 3 PM Louisville Lou
> 4 PM Talent Hunt
> 4:30 With J.J.
> 5:15 Ship Of Zion
> 5:30 Blues Express
> (station appears to sign off around 6
> or 6:30)
>
 
> Thanks for looking these up and posting them.
>
> It's interesting that Mutual and ABC had moved to new, more
> powerful
> stations since your post from 1943, and that WGRC 790 seemed
> to depend heavily on paid religious programming, despite the
> Mutual affiliation.
>
> Of course, things would get more interesting in Louisville
> some years later, when WAKY 790 and WKLO 1080 get into a Top
> 40 battle.
>
>
> Is it correct to assume WLOU has always been aimed at an
> African-American audience?
>
> > WLOU 1350 (Ind.)
> >
> > 6 AM Yawnin' In The Morning
> > 7 AM News; Yawnin' In The Morning
> > 8 AM News; Sunny Side Up
> > 9 AM News; Gospel Train
> > 10 AM Jockey Jack
> > 12 N News
> > 12:15 Ladies Way
> > 12:30 Man On The Street
> > 12:45 Job Mart
> > 1 PM Red, Hot And Blue
> > 3 PM Louisville Lou
> > 4 PM Talent Hunt
> > 4:30 With J.J.
> > 5:15 Ship Of Zion
> > 5:30 Blues Express
> > (station appears to sign off around 6
> > or 6:30)
> >
> It does appear that WLOU aimed at the African-
American audience in 1952, although I can't say
for certain. But I also wouldn't be surprised,
if I could go back in time, to find white teens
listening to those blues programs. After all,
Alan Freed first made a name for himself playing
R&B for a predominantly-white audience in Cleveland--
in this same era.
 
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