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Retro: Louisville/Lexington/Cincinnati/Evansville Monday, April 25, 1960

From TV Guide, Kentucky Edition

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

WAVE Ch. 3 Louisville (NBC)

6:30 Continental Classroom (COLOR)
"Chemistry"
7 AM Today
9 AM Dough Re Mi
9:30 Play Your Hunch
10 AM Price Is Right (COLOR)
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Truth Or Consequences
11:30 It Could Be You (COLOR)
12 N Funny Flickers
12:30 Life Of Riley
1 PM Queen For A Day
1:30 Loretta Young
2 PM Young Dr. Malone
2:30 From These Roots
3 PM Fibber McGee And Molly
3:30 Buckskin
4 PM Movie: "Desperate Moment"
5:30 Roy Rogers
6 PM News, Weather, Sports
6:15 Huntley-Brinkley Report
6:30 Dick Powell
7 PM Johnny Ringo
7:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
8 PM Peter Gunn
8:30 Goodyear Theater
9 PM Steve Allen (COLOR)
10 PM Not For Hire
10:30 News
10:40 Weather
10:45 Sports
10:50 Jack Paar (joined in progress)
12 M News

WLW-T Ch. 5 Cincinnati (NBC)

6 AM Good Morning
6:30 Continental Classroom
7 AM Today
9 AM Paul Dixon (COLOR)
10:30 Play Your Hunch
11 AM Price Is Right (COLOR)
11:30 Concentration
12 N Ruth Lyons (COLOR)
1:30 Truth Or Consequences
2 PM Queen For A Day
2:30 Loretta Young
3 PM Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4 PM It Could Be You
4:30 Buckskin
5 PM Movie: "The Human Comedy,"
Part 1 (it's not a comedy, but
a drama about growing up in
WWII, with Mickey Rooney)
6:25 Sports
6:30 News, Weather
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Treasure (COLOR) (Real-life
treasure hunts)
7:30 Riverboat
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
12 N Restless Gun
12:30 Highway Patrol
1 PM About Faces
1:30 Love That Bob! (Cummings, delayed
from 12:30 PM)
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 PM Popeye
5:25 Bunny Tales (wonder if this is Bugs?)
5:30 Rin Tin Tin
6 PM Woody Woodpecker
6:30 Cheyenne
7:30 Bourbon Street Beat
8:30 Adventures In Paradise
9:30 Coronado 9
10 PM News
10:10 Weather
10:15 Sports
10:20 Movie: "Unknown Island"

WCPO Ch. 9 Cincinnati (ABC)

6:45 Farm News
7 AM Religion Today
7:15 Know Your World
7:30 Yesterday's Newsreel
7:45 Joe Emerson Hymn Time
8 AM Puppet Time
8:30 Bozo The Clown
8:55 Al And Wanda Lewis
10:30 Life Of Riley
11 AM Hi-Lo (a variety show, not the
1957 Barry and Enright game High-Low)
11:30 People's Choice
12 N Restless Gun
12:30 Love That Bob!
1 PM About Faces
1:30 Our Miss Brooks
2 PM Day In Court
2:30 Gale Storm
3 PM Highway Patrol
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4 PM American Bandstand
5:30 Laffhouse Gang
6 PM Three Stooges
6:30 Woody Woodpecker
7 PM News
7:10 Passing Parade
7:15 Sports
7:25 Weather
7:30 Cheyenne
8:30 Bourbon Street Beat
9:30 Adventures In Paradise
10:30 Amateur Hour (Ted's last stand on ABC--
he'll move to CBS for good in the fall)
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:20 Movie: "Rendezvous With Annie"

WHAS Ch. 11 Louisville (CBS)

7:45 Cartoon Circus
8 AM CBS News (Richard C. Hottelet)
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Susie (Ann Sothern)
9:30 On The Go (Jack Linkletter, R.I.P.)
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 Summary
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 T-Bar-V Ranch
4:30 Movie: "Beg, Borrow Or Steal"
5:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
6 PM News, Weather, Sports
6:15 Small Talk
6:30 Kate Smith
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 Pat Boone (an ABC show delayed
from Thursday 8 PM Central)
10:30 News
10:40 Weather
10:45 Sports
11 PM Movie: "Pilot No. 5"

WKRC Ch. 12 Cincinnati (CBS)

8 AM CBS News
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Popeye And Billy
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 Amos 'n' Andy
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
5 PM Movie: "Personal Affair"
6:45 News, Weather
7 PM Jeff's Collie
7:30 Kate Smith
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 Movie: "Crack-Up"

WFIE Ch. 14 Evansville (NBC)

6 AM Continental Classroom:
"Physics"
6:30 Continental Classroom:
"Chemistry" (COLOR)
7 AM Today
9 AM Dough Re Mi
9:30 Play Your Hunch
10 AM Price Is Right (COLOR)
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Truth Or Consequences
11:30 It Could Be You (COLOR)
12 N News
12:10 Uncle Dudley
12:30 Life Of Riley
1 PM Queen For A Day
1:30 Loretta Young
2 PM Young Dr. Malone
2:30 From These Roots
3 PM Fibber McGee And Molly
3:30 Buckskin
4 PM Movie: "The Star"
5:25 Political Talk--Democratic
5:30 Navy Log
5:55 Weather
6 PM News, Weather, Sports
6:15 Huntley-Brinkley Report
6:30 Riverboat
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
7 AM Today
9 AM Introduction To Physical
Anthropology
9:55 Take Five
10 AM Dough Re Mi
10:30 Play Your Hunch
11 AM Price Is Right (COLOR)
11:30 Concentration
12 N Truth Or Consequences
12:30 It Could Be You (COLOR)
1 PM Movie: "Shadow Man"
2 PM Queen For A Day
2:30 Loretta Young
3 PM Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4 PM Fibber McGee And Molly
4:30 Buckskin
5 PM Shorty Stout
5:30 Bluegrass Personalities
5:45 Farm And Home
5:55 Weather, News, Sports
6:15 Horse Racing
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM The Ford Show Starring
Tennessee Ernie Ford (COLOR)
(delay from Thursday 9:30)
7:30 Cheyenne
8:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
9 PM Peter Gunn
9:30 Curtain Time
10 PM Steve Allen (COLOR)
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 News
9:10 Popeye
9:50 News
10 AM Fun Fair
10:20 News, Weather
10:30 On The Go
11 AM I Love Lucy
11:30 December Bride
12 N Love Of Life
12:30 Movie: "Bulldog Drummond
At Bay"
1:50 Let's Talk About The Movies
2 PM For Better Or Worse
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Favorite Story
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
4 PM Matinee With Marie
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 American Bandstand (joined
in progrsss)
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 Kentucky Jamboree
7:30 Kate Smith
8 PM TV Hour Of Stars
9 PM Danny Thomas
9:30 Ann Sothern
10 PM Hennesey
10:30 June Allyson
11 PM News, Weather
11:10 Sports
11:15 Movie: "The Tiger And The Flame"

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

7:30 Comedy Theater
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Red Rowe (a Los Angeles personality
CBS hoped would be the next Arthur
Godfrey--didn't happen)
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 Clancy's Noontime Beat
12:10 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 Playyard 90
5:30 Clancy's Beat
6 PM News
6:15 Douglas Edwards With The News
6:30 Kate Smith
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 Divorce Court
11:15 Mike Hammer (Darren McGavin)
 
This listing reminds me of how the Radio-TV page of the Louisville Courier-Journal looked about this same time. In being Kentucky's daily newspaper back then, the Courier-Journal included stories, features and listings from a wide area. In keeping with that, they included almost every TV station that their readers could receive. That included TV from: Louisville, Lexington, Cincinnati, Evansville and even Cape Girardeau, Missouri. That station was KFVS, Channel 12. When I would see that station listed, I realized just how wide the Commonwealth of Kentucky was - reaching from Virginia and West Virginia on the east to Missouri on the west. I also remember that section back then would list the programming for WLW Radio in Cincinnati whose signal could be heard in those many towns as well.
 
I think they also carried the listings for WSM radio
in Nashville. I remember TV listings for Knoxville,
Nashville, Bristol, and Johnson City as well as those
you mentioned.
 
So, Louisville, a top 50 market, had no ABC affiliate whatsoever in 1960. I guess that explains how WLKY/32 was able to come in about 1961 or 62 with a brand new UHF with a full time ABC affiliation. Am I correct in assuming Louisville was the only market in the late 50s up until the mid 60s where a UHF was able to set up shop in a previously all VHF market? Did people rush out and buy UHF capable TVs or converters and was WLKY successful within a reasonable length of time?
 
fortmill said:
So, Louisville, a top 50 market, had no ABC affiliate whatsoever in 1960. I guess that explains how WLKY/32 was able to come in about 1961 or 62 with a brand new UHF with a full time ABC affiliation. Am I correct in assuming Louisville was the only market in the late 50s up until the mid 60s where a UHF was able to set up shop in a previously all VHF market? Did people rush out and buy UHF capable TVs or converters and was WLKY successful within a reasonable length of time?

There was an attempt for UHF before Channel 32, WKLO radio signed on Channel 21 in the early 50's. WKLO-TV was short lived for all the reasons UHF failed in the beginning. WLKY signed on in the early 60's (1961 I believe) and was more aggressive in promotion and making sure there were UHF tuners available. By the end of the decade Channel 32 had carved itself a share of the audience against two VHF. WLKY's success was the reason the company who eventually put WDRB on the air considered Louisville. Since Channel 32 had lead the way for UHF viewers the new Channel 41 could, in essence, ride along side their success and did.
 
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