From TV Guide, Kentucky Edition
Chs. 5, 9, 12, 18, 27 listed Eastern Time
Chs. 3, 7, 11, 14, 50 listed Central Time
Two questions:
1. When did WLKY sign on?
2. When did Louisville go on Eastern Time?
WAVE Ch. 3 Louisville (NBC)
6:30 Continental Classroom: "Probability
And Statistics" (COLOR)
7 AM Dave Garroway (Today)
9 AM Say When!
9:30 Play Your Hunch (COLOR)
10 AM Price Is Right (COLOR)
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Truth Or Consequences
11:30 It Could Be You (COLOR)
11:55 NBC News (Ray Scherer)
12 N Funny Flickers
12:30 Life Of Riley
1 PM Jan Murray (Charge Account) (COLOR)
1:30 Loretta Young
2 PM Young Dr. Malone
2:30 From These Roots
3 PM Make Room For Daddy
3:30 Here's Hollywood
4 PM Movie: "Spoilers Of The Forest"
5:30 Deputy Dawg
6 PM News
6:15 Huntley-Brinkley Report
6:30 Walt Disney Presents
7:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
8 PM Klondike (will be replaced the following
week by "Acapulco")
8:30 Dante
9 PM Barbara Stanwyck (four years before
"Big Valley," she's hosting an anthology)
9:30 Harrigan And Son
10 PM Manhunt
10:30 News
10:40 Weather
10:45 Sports
10:50 Jack Paar (COLOR)
12 M News
WLW-T Ch. 5 Cincinnati (NBC)
6 AM Good Morning
6:30 Continental Classroom (COLOR)
7 AM Dave Garroway
9 AM Paul Dixon (COLOR)
10:30 Play Your Hunch (COLOR)
11 AM Price Is Right (COLOR)
11:30 Concentration
12 N Ruth Lyons (COLOR)
1:30 Truth Or Consequences
2 PM It Could Be You (not in color)
2:25 NBC News
2:30 Loretta Young
3 PM Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4 PM Make Room For Daddy
4:30 Here's Hollywood
5 PM Movie: "Invaders From Mars"
6:25 Sports
6:30 News
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Adventure Tomorrow
7:30 The Americans (Civil War drama)
8:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
9 PM Klondike
9:30 Dante
10 PM Barbara Stanwyck
10:30 Jackpot Bowling Starring
Milton Berle
11 PM News
11:20 Jack Paar (COLOR)
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
11:55 Farm Digest
12 N Camouflage
12:30 Number Please
1 PM About Faces
1:30 Highway Patrol
2 PM Day In Court
2:30 Road To Reality
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4 PM American Bandstand
5 PM Rin Tin Tin
5:30 Three Stooges
5:50 News
6 PM Woody Woodpecker
6:30 College Basketball:
Indiana-Purdue
8 PM Surfside 6 (joined in progress,
time approximate)
8:30 Adventures In Paradise
(time approximate)
9:30 Peter Gunn
10 PM News
10:10 Sports
10:15 Weather
10:20 Movie: "To Each His Own"
WCPO Ch. 9 Cincinnati (ABC)
6:50 Farm News
7 AM Religion Today
7:15 Joe Emerson Hymn Time
7:30 Know Your World
8 AM Cartoons
8:30 Bozo The Clown
9 AM Al And Wanda Lewis
10 AM Willy ('50s-era sitcom with
June Havoc)
10:30 People's Choice (Jackie Cooper
and Cleo the basset hound)
11 AM Our Miss Brooks
11:30 Love That Bob!
12 N News (Al Schottelkotte)
12:25 Weather
12:30 Number Please
1 PM About Faces
1:30 Highway Patrol
2 PM Day In Court
2:30 Road To Reality
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4 PM American Bandstand
5 PM Popeye And His Friends
5:30 Rin Tin Tin
6 PM Three Stooges And Friends
6:30 Yogi Bear
7 PM News
7:10 Passing Parade
7:15 Sports
7:25 Weather
7:30 Cheyenne
8:30 Surfside 6
9:30 Adventures In Paradise
10:30 Peter Gunn
11 PM News
11:15 Weather
11:20 Movie: "In Old Sacramento"
WHAS Ch. 11 Louisville (CBS)
7:45 Cartoon Circus
8 AM CBS News (Richard C. Hottelet)
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9 AM December Bride
9:30 Video Village
10 AM I Love Lucy
10:30 Clear Horizon (soap about an
astronaut and his wife)
11 AM Love Of Life
11:30 Search For Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
12 N Midday Summary
12:15 Cactus Cartoons
12:30 As The World Turns
1 PM Full Circle (Dyan Cannon got her
break on this soap)
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 Movie: "Maryland"
5:15 T-Bar-V Ranch
5:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
6 PM News
6:15 Small Talk
6:30 To Tell The Truth
7 PM Family Classics: "The Heiress,"
with Julie Harris and Farley Granger
8 PM Danny Thomas
8:30 Andy Griffith
9 PM Hennesey
9:30 June Allyson
10 PM What's Your Question?
10:30 News
10:40 Weather
10:45 Sports
11 PM Movie: "Romance Of Rosy Ridge"
WKRC Ch. 12 Cincinnati (CBS)
8 AM CBS News
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Popeye And Billy
10 AM December Bride
10:30 Edge Of Night
11 AM I Love Lucy
11:30 Clear Horizon
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 Len Goorian
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: "On The Run"
6:30 News
6:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
7 PM Jeff's Collie
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM Family Classics
9 PM Danny Thomas
9:30 Andy Griffith
10 PM Hennesey
10:30 June Allyson
11 PM News
11:15 This Funny World
11:20 Movie: "Summertime"
WFIE Ch. 14 Evansville (NBC)
6 AM Continental Classroom: "Chemistry"
(COLOR)
6:30 Continental Classroom: "Probability
And Statistics" (COLOR)
7 AM Dave Garroway (Dayton Allen airs
for five minutes at 8:25)
9 AM Say When!
9:30 Play Your Hunch (COLOR)
10 AM Price Is Right (COLOR)
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Truth Or Consequences
11:30 It Could Be You (COLOR)
11:55 NBC News
12 N News
12:10 Uncle Dudley
12:30 Life Of Riley
1 PM Jan Murray (COLOR)
1:30 Loretta Young
2 PM Young Dr. Malone
2:30 From These Roots
3 PM Make Room For Daddy
3:30 Here's Hollywood
4 PM Movie: "Track The Man Down"
5:15 Navy Log
5:45 Dayton Allen
5:50 Weather
6 PM News
6:15 Huntley-Brinkley Report
6:30 The Americans
7:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
8 PM Klondike
8:30 Dante
9 PM Barbara Stanwyck
9:30 Best Of The Post
10 PM News
10:10 Sports
10:15 Weather
10:20 Jack Paar (COLOR) (I'm thinking
that this is the evening he launched
a diatribe against Ed Sullivan, who had
refused to come on the show to "debate"
performers' fees.)
WLEX Ch. 18 Lexington (NBC/ABC)
6:30 Continental Classroom (COLOR)
7 AM Dave Garroway
9 AM Anthropology
9:50 Take Five
10 AM Say When!
10:30 Play Your Hunch (COLOR)
11 AM Price Is Right (COLOR)
11:30 Concentration
12 N Truth Or Consequences
12:30 It Could Be You (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News
1 PM Movie: "White Orchid"
2 PM Jan Murray (COLOR)
2:30 Loretta Young
3 PM Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4 PM Make Room For Daddy
4:30 Here's Hollywood
5 PM Shorty Stout
5:30 Romper Room
6 PM News
6:05 Livestock Report
6:10 Sports
6:15 The Story (religion)
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Tennessee Ernie Ford
7:30 Cheyenne
8:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
9 PM Klondike
9:30 The Detectives Starring
Robert Taylor
10 PM Barbara Stanwyck
10:30 Peter Gunn
11 PM News
11:15 Jack Paar (COLOR)
WKYT Ch. 27 Lexington (ABC/CBS)
8 AM CBS News
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Popeye Theater
9:25 News
10 AM Movie: TBA (I find it hard to
believe a 35-minute newscast
in 1961, but nothing is listed at
9:30 Eastern)
11 AM Coffeetime With Marie
11:30 Love That Bob!
12 N Love Of Life
12:30 Number Please
1 PM About Faces
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Day In Court
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 American Bandstand
5 PM Windy And Popeye
6:15 News
6:30 Bugs Bunny (delay from Tuesday
7:30)
7 PM Father Knows Best
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM Family Classics
9 PM Danny Thomas
9:30 Andy Griffith
10 PM Hennesey
10:30 Life With Father
11 PM News
11:10 Sports
11:15 Movie: "She Married Her Boss"
WEHT Ch. 50 (Ch. 25) Evansville (CBS)
7:30 Comedy Theater
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9 AM December Bride
9:30 Video Village
10 AM I Love Lucy
10:30 Clear Horizon
11 AM Love Of Life
11:30 Search For Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
12 N CBS News (Ron Cochran)
12:05 Weather
12:10 Noontime Neighbors
12:30 As The World Turns
1 PM Full Circle
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 Let's Pretend (wonder how they
got the rights to use the name of
the old CBS radio kids' show?)
4:30 Crazy Cottage
5 PM Man From Cochise
5:30 I Led Three Lives
6 PM News
6:10 Scoreboard
6:15 Douglas Edwards With The News
6:30 To Tell The Truth
7 PM Family Classics
8 PM Danny Thomas
8:30 Andy Griffith
9 PM Hennesey
9:30 June Allyson
10 PM News
10:10 Scoreboard
10:15 Weather
10:20 Divorce Court (an hour in those days)
11:20 Cross Examination
Chs. 5, 9, 12, 18, 27 listed Eastern Time
Chs. 3, 7, 11, 14, 50 listed Central Time
Two questions:
1. When did WLKY sign on?
2. When did Louisville go on Eastern Time?
WAVE Ch. 3 Louisville (NBC)
6:30 Continental Classroom: "Probability
And Statistics" (COLOR)
7 AM Dave Garroway (Today)
9 AM Say When!
9:30 Play Your Hunch (COLOR)
10 AM Price Is Right (COLOR)
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Truth Or Consequences
11:30 It Could Be You (COLOR)
11:55 NBC News (Ray Scherer)
12 N Funny Flickers
12:30 Life Of Riley
1 PM Jan Murray (Charge Account) (COLOR)
1:30 Loretta Young
2 PM Young Dr. Malone
2:30 From These Roots
3 PM Make Room For Daddy
3:30 Here's Hollywood
4 PM Movie: "Spoilers Of The Forest"
5:30 Deputy Dawg
6 PM News
6:15 Huntley-Brinkley Report
6:30 Walt Disney Presents
7:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
8 PM Klondike (will be replaced the following
week by "Acapulco")
8:30 Dante
9 PM Barbara Stanwyck (four years before
"Big Valley," she's hosting an anthology)
9:30 Harrigan And Son
10 PM Manhunt
10:30 News
10:40 Weather
10:45 Sports
10:50 Jack Paar (COLOR)
12 M News
WLW-T Ch. 5 Cincinnati (NBC)
6 AM Good Morning
6:30 Continental Classroom (COLOR)
7 AM Dave Garroway
9 AM Paul Dixon (COLOR)
10:30 Play Your Hunch (COLOR)
11 AM Price Is Right (COLOR)
11:30 Concentration
12 N Ruth Lyons (COLOR)
1:30 Truth Or Consequences
2 PM It Could Be You (not in color)
2:25 NBC News
2:30 Loretta Young
3 PM Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4 PM Make Room For Daddy
4:30 Here's Hollywood
5 PM Movie: "Invaders From Mars"
6:25 Sports
6:30 News
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Adventure Tomorrow
7:30 The Americans (Civil War drama)
8:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
9 PM Klondike
9:30 Dante
10 PM Barbara Stanwyck
10:30 Jackpot Bowling Starring
Milton Berle
11 PM News
11:20 Jack Paar (COLOR)
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
11:55 Farm Digest
12 N Camouflage
12:30 Number Please
1 PM About Faces
1:30 Highway Patrol
2 PM Day In Court
2:30 Road To Reality
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4 PM American Bandstand
5 PM Rin Tin Tin
5:30 Three Stooges
5:50 News
6 PM Woody Woodpecker
6:30 College Basketball:
Indiana-Purdue
8 PM Surfside 6 (joined in progress,
time approximate)
8:30 Adventures In Paradise
(time approximate)
9:30 Peter Gunn
10 PM News
10:10 Sports
10:15 Weather
10:20 Movie: "To Each His Own"
WCPO Ch. 9 Cincinnati (ABC)
6:50 Farm News
7 AM Religion Today
7:15 Joe Emerson Hymn Time
7:30 Know Your World
8 AM Cartoons
8:30 Bozo The Clown
9 AM Al And Wanda Lewis
10 AM Willy ('50s-era sitcom with
June Havoc)
10:30 People's Choice (Jackie Cooper
and Cleo the basset hound)
11 AM Our Miss Brooks
11:30 Love That Bob!
12 N News (Al Schottelkotte)
12:25 Weather
12:30 Number Please
1 PM About Faces
1:30 Highway Patrol
2 PM Day In Court
2:30 Road To Reality
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4 PM American Bandstand
5 PM Popeye And His Friends
5:30 Rin Tin Tin
6 PM Three Stooges And Friends
6:30 Yogi Bear
7 PM News
7:10 Passing Parade
7:15 Sports
7:25 Weather
7:30 Cheyenne
8:30 Surfside 6
9:30 Adventures In Paradise
10:30 Peter Gunn
11 PM News
11:15 Weather
11:20 Movie: "In Old Sacramento"
WHAS Ch. 11 Louisville (CBS)
7:45 Cartoon Circus
8 AM CBS News (Richard C. Hottelet)
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9 AM December Bride
9:30 Video Village
10 AM I Love Lucy
10:30 Clear Horizon (soap about an
astronaut and his wife)
11 AM Love Of Life
11:30 Search For Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
12 N Midday Summary
12:15 Cactus Cartoons
12:30 As The World Turns
1 PM Full Circle (Dyan Cannon got her
break on this soap)
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 Movie: "Maryland"
5:15 T-Bar-V Ranch
5:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
6 PM News
6:15 Small Talk
6:30 To Tell The Truth
7 PM Family Classics: "The Heiress,"
with Julie Harris and Farley Granger
8 PM Danny Thomas
8:30 Andy Griffith
9 PM Hennesey
9:30 June Allyson
10 PM What's Your Question?
10:30 News
10:40 Weather
10:45 Sports
11 PM Movie: "Romance Of Rosy Ridge"
WKRC Ch. 12 Cincinnati (CBS)
8 AM CBS News
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Popeye And Billy
10 AM December Bride
10:30 Edge Of Night
11 AM I Love Lucy
11:30 Clear Horizon
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 Len Goorian
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: "On The Run"
6:30 News
6:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
7 PM Jeff's Collie
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM Family Classics
9 PM Danny Thomas
9:30 Andy Griffith
10 PM Hennesey
10:30 June Allyson
11 PM News
11:15 This Funny World
11:20 Movie: "Summertime"
WFIE Ch. 14 Evansville (NBC)
6 AM Continental Classroom: "Chemistry"
(COLOR)
6:30 Continental Classroom: "Probability
And Statistics" (COLOR)
7 AM Dave Garroway (Dayton Allen airs
for five minutes at 8:25)
9 AM Say When!
9:30 Play Your Hunch (COLOR)
10 AM Price Is Right (COLOR)
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Truth Or Consequences
11:30 It Could Be You (COLOR)
11:55 NBC News
12 N News
12:10 Uncle Dudley
12:30 Life Of Riley
1 PM Jan Murray (COLOR)
1:30 Loretta Young
2 PM Young Dr. Malone
2:30 From These Roots
3 PM Make Room For Daddy
3:30 Here's Hollywood
4 PM Movie: "Track The Man Down"
5:15 Navy Log
5:45 Dayton Allen
5:50 Weather
6 PM News
6:15 Huntley-Brinkley Report
6:30 The Americans
7:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
8 PM Klondike
8:30 Dante
9 PM Barbara Stanwyck
9:30 Best Of The Post
10 PM News
10:10 Sports
10:15 Weather
10:20 Jack Paar (COLOR) (I'm thinking
that this is the evening he launched
a diatribe against Ed Sullivan, who had
refused to come on the show to "debate"
performers' fees.)
WLEX Ch. 18 Lexington (NBC/ABC)
6:30 Continental Classroom (COLOR)
7 AM Dave Garroway
9 AM Anthropology
9:50 Take Five
10 AM Say When!
10:30 Play Your Hunch (COLOR)
11 AM Price Is Right (COLOR)
11:30 Concentration
12 N Truth Or Consequences
12:30 It Could Be You (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News
1 PM Movie: "White Orchid"
2 PM Jan Murray (COLOR)
2:30 Loretta Young
3 PM Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4 PM Make Room For Daddy
4:30 Here's Hollywood
5 PM Shorty Stout
5:30 Romper Room
6 PM News
6:05 Livestock Report
6:10 Sports
6:15 The Story (religion)
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Tennessee Ernie Ford
7:30 Cheyenne
8:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
9 PM Klondike
9:30 The Detectives Starring
Robert Taylor
10 PM Barbara Stanwyck
10:30 Peter Gunn
11 PM News
11:15 Jack Paar (COLOR)
WKYT Ch. 27 Lexington (ABC/CBS)
8 AM CBS News
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Popeye Theater
9:25 News
10 AM Movie: TBA (I find it hard to
believe a 35-minute newscast
in 1961, but nothing is listed at
9:30 Eastern)
11 AM Coffeetime With Marie
11:30 Love That Bob!
12 N Love Of Life
12:30 Number Please
1 PM About Faces
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Day In Court
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 American Bandstand
5 PM Windy And Popeye
6:15 News
6:30 Bugs Bunny (delay from Tuesday
7:30)
7 PM Father Knows Best
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM Family Classics
9 PM Danny Thomas
9:30 Andy Griffith
10 PM Hennesey
10:30 Life With Father
11 PM News
11:10 Sports
11:15 Movie: "She Married Her Boss"
WEHT Ch. 50 (Ch. 25) Evansville (CBS)
7:30 Comedy Theater
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9 AM December Bride
9:30 Video Village
10 AM I Love Lucy
10:30 Clear Horizon
11 AM Love Of Life
11:30 Search For Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
12 N CBS News (Ron Cochran)
12:05 Weather
12:10 Noontime Neighbors
12:30 As The World Turns
1 PM Full Circle
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 Let's Pretend (wonder how they
got the rights to use the name of
the old CBS radio kids' show?)
4:30 Crazy Cottage
5 PM Man From Cochise
5:30 I Led Three Lives
6 PM News
6:10 Scoreboard
6:15 Douglas Edwards With The News
6:30 To Tell The Truth
7 PM Family Classics
8 PM Danny Thomas
8:30 Andy Griffith
9 PM Hennesey
9:30 June Allyson
10 PM News
10:10 Scoreboard
10:15 Weather
10:20 Divorce Court (an hour in those days)
11:20 Cross Examination