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)
8:30 Cartoon Carnival
9 AM Howdy Doody
9:30 Ruff And Reddy
10 AM Fury
10:30 Blondie (reruns of the 1957
NBC sitcom version)
11 AM True Story
11:30 Detective's Diary
12 N Farm
12:55 Sen. John Sherman Cooper
1 PM Kentucky Afield
1:30 Baseball: Pirates-Milwaukee Braves
4 PM Circus Boy (time approximate)
4:30 Wagon Train (Ch. 3 showed "Disneyland"
Wednesdays at 6:30)
5:30 Cisco Kid
6 PM Tomorrow's Champions (I think this
was a bowling show)
6:25 News
6:30 People Are Funny
7 PM Bob Crosby (COLOR)
8 PM Club Oasis (named for its sponsor,
Oasis cigarettes)
8:30 Turning Point
9 PM Alfred Hitchcock (Ch. 11 pre-empted
on Sunday nights)
9:30 Lawrence Welk (only 30 minutes)
10 PM Broken Arrow
10:30 People's Choice (pre-empted on
Thursdays at 8 by Pee Wee King's
Bandstand)
11 PM Joseph Cotten
11:30 Movie: "Golden Boy"
WLW-T Ch. 5 Cincinnati (NBC)
8 AM Movie: "Saga Of Death Valley"
9:30 Signal Three
10 AM Howdy Doody
10:30 Ruff And Reddy
11 AM Fury
11:30 Blondie
12 N True Story
12:30 Detective's Diary
1 PM The Little Show
1:15 Dugout Dope
1:25 Baseball: Redlegs-Phillies
(NOTE: The Cincinnati Reds were called the
Redlegs in those days; Cold War hysteria and
the equation of "Reds" with Communists caused
the name change.)
4 PM Baseball Scoreboard
4:15 Top Pro Golf (Gene Littler vs. Gene Sarazen)
5:15 All About Sports
5:30 Movie: "Home On The Prairie"
6:30 Midwestern Hayride (COLOR)
7:30 People Are Funny
8 PM Bob Crosby (COLOR)
9 PM Club Oasis
9:30 Turning Point
10 PM Amateur Hour
10:30 Joseph Cotten
11 PM News, Weather And Sports
11:15 Movie: "Swing Time"
WTVW Ch. 7 Evansville (ABC)
12 N Compass
12:30 Movie: "Beyond The Rockies"
1:30 Movie: "Almost A Gentleman"
3 PM Movie: "Gun Law"
4 PM Four O'Clock Hop
5 PM Film Feature: "The Big Train"
5:30 Jungle Jim
6 PM Sky King
6:30 Dick Clark
7 PM Country Music Jubilee
8 PM Lawrence Welk
9 PM Life With Elizabeth (breakthrough
vehicle for Betty White)
9:30 Studio Wrestling
11 PM Movie: "Great Day"
WCPO Ch. 9 Cincinnati (still listed as ABC, DuMont)
7 AM Know Your World
7:15 Industry On Parade
7:30 Big Picture
8 AM Get Set, Go!
8:30 Better Business Bureau
8:55 Play It Safe
9:30 Movie: "Adventure Of The Masked
Phantom"
10:30 Cowboy G-Men
11 AM Ramar Of The Jungle
11:30 Laurel And Hardy
12 N TV Dance Party
4 PM Movie: "Paid To Kill"
5 PM Movie: "Western Courage"
6 PM Movie: "Moon Over Her Shoulder"
7:30 Dick Clark
8 PM Country Music Jubilee
9 PM Lawrence Welk
10 PM Janet Dean, Registered Nurse
10:30 Chicago Wrestling
11:30 Movie: "The Cowboy And The Blonde"
WHAS Ch. 11 Louisville (CBS)
9 AM Heckle And Jeckle
9:30 Mighty Mouse
10 AM Captain Kangaroo
11 AM Jimmy Dean
12 N Lone Ranger
12:30 Songs Of Faith
1 PM Cartoon Circus
2 PM Western Movie (title TBA)
3 PM Film Feature
3:30 Horse Race: Mother Goose
Stakes, from Belmont Park
4 PM 20th Century-Fox Hour
5 PM Maverick
6 PM Hi Varieties
6:30 Perry Mason
7:30 Top Dollar
8 PM Oh! Susanna (Gale Storm)
8:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
9 PM Gunsmoke
9:30 Sea Hunt
10 PM Ozzie And Harriet
10:30 News, Weather And Sports
10:55 Movie: "Time To Kill"
WKRC Ch. 12 Cincinnati (CBS)
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Jimmy Dean
12 N Lone Ranger
12:30 Film Feature
1 PM Movies: "Garden Of The Moon"
and "The Law Rides Again"
3:30 Horse Race: Mother Goose Stakes
4 PM Movie: "Arizona Whirlwind"
5 PM Championship Wrestling (doesn't
say from where)
6 PM My Little Margie
6:30 Ray Milland
7 PM Ellery Queen
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Top Dollar
9 PM Oh! Susanna
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Highway Patrol
11 PM News, Weather And Sports
11:15 Movie: "Between Two Worlds"
WFIE Ch. 14 Evansville (NBC)
9 AM Howdy Doody
9:30 Ruff And Reddy
10 AM Fury
10:30 Blondie
11 AM True Story
11:30 Detective's Diary
12 N Film Feature
12:30 Willy
1 PM Our Message
1:15 Leo Durocher
1:30 Baseball: Pirates-Milwaukee Braves
4:15 Big Picture
4:45 Wonderful Words Of Life
5 PM Saturday Dance
6 PM Brave Eagle
6:30 People Are Funny
7 PM Bob Crosby (COLOR)
8 PM Club Oasis
8:30 Turning Point
9 PM Amateur Hour
9:30 Joseph Cotten
10 PM Badge 714 (Dragnet reruns)
10:30 News, Weather And Sports
10:35 Movie: "In Old Chicago"
WLEX Ch. 18 Lexington (NBC/ABC)
1 PM Musical Varieties
1:25 Baseball: Redlegs-Phillies
3:55 Baseball Scoreboard (time approximate)
4 PM Western Movie (no title)
6 PM Decision For Research
6:30 Get Set, Go!
7 PM TBA
7:30 People Are Funny
8 PM Bob Crosby (COLOR)
9 PM Lawrence Welk
10 PM Amateur Hour
10:30 Joseph Cotten
11 PM News, Weather And Sports
11:20 Movie: "Stranger On The Prowl"
WKYT Ch. 27 Lexington (CBS)
9:30 Western Movie (no title given)
10:30 Children's Gospel Hour
11 AM Captain Kangaroo
12 N Parson To Person
12:05 Movie: "Swanee River"
2 PM Len Carl (music)
3:30 Horse Race: Mother Goose Stakes
4 PM Movie: "Arizona Whirlwind"
5 PM Championship Wrestling
6 PM Movie: "Murder Over New York"
7 PM Ellery Queen
7:30 Waterfront
8 PM Movie: "War Paint"
10 PM News And Weather
10:15 I Led Three Lives
10:45 Mr. District Attorney
11:15 Movie: "Between Two Worlds"
(Chs. 12 and 27 were sister stations owned by
Taft Broadcasting, so they often carried the same
off-network shows.)
WEHT Ch. 50 (Ch. 25) Evansville (affiliation not
given, but it's CBS)
9 AM Heckle And Jeckle
9:30 Mighty Mouse
10 AM Captain Kangaroo
11 AM Jimmy Dean
12 N We Believe
12:30 Foundation For The Blind
12:45 Travelogue Film
1:15 Sports Page (Jim McKay, then at CBS)
1:25 Baseball: Phillies-Redlegs (the game was
played in Cincinnati)
3:25 Sports (time approximate)
3:30 Horse Race: Mother Goose Stakes
4 PM Movie: "The Sheriff Of Medicine Bow"
5:30 Impact (drama anthology)
6 PM Sgt. Preston Of The Yukon (delay from
Thursday 6:30)
6:30 Perry Mason
7:30 Top Dollar
8 PM Oh! Susanna
8:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
9 PM Gunsmoke
9:30 Sheriff Of Cochise
10 PM Alfred Hitchcock (delay from Sunday 8:30)
10:30 News, Weather And Sports
10:45 Movie: "Man-eater Of Kumaon"
12:15 Wrestling (city not given)
Chs. 5, 9, 12, 18, 27 listed Eastern Time.
Chs. 3, 7, 11, 14, 50 listed Central Time.
WAVE Ch. 3 Louisville (NBC)
8:30 Cartoon Carnival
9 AM Howdy Doody
9:30 Ruff And Reddy
10 AM Fury
10:30 Blondie (reruns of the 1957
NBC sitcom version)
11 AM True Story
11:30 Detective's Diary
12 N Farm
12:55 Sen. John Sherman Cooper
1 PM Kentucky Afield
1:30 Baseball: Pirates-Milwaukee Braves
4 PM Circus Boy (time approximate)
4:30 Wagon Train (Ch. 3 showed "Disneyland"
Wednesdays at 6:30)
5:30 Cisco Kid
6 PM Tomorrow's Champions (I think this
was a bowling show)
6:25 News
6:30 People Are Funny
7 PM Bob Crosby (COLOR)
8 PM Club Oasis (named for its sponsor,
Oasis cigarettes)
8:30 Turning Point
9 PM Alfred Hitchcock (Ch. 11 pre-empted
on Sunday nights)
9:30 Lawrence Welk (only 30 minutes)
10 PM Broken Arrow
10:30 People's Choice (pre-empted on
Thursdays at 8 by Pee Wee King's
Bandstand)
11 PM Joseph Cotten
11:30 Movie: "Golden Boy"
WLW-T Ch. 5 Cincinnati (NBC)
8 AM Movie: "Saga Of Death Valley"
9:30 Signal Three
10 AM Howdy Doody
10:30 Ruff And Reddy
11 AM Fury
11:30 Blondie
12 N True Story
12:30 Detective's Diary
1 PM The Little Show
1:15 Dugout Dope
1:25 Baseball: Redlegs-Phillies
(NOTE: The Cincinnati Reds were called the
Redlegs in those days; Cold War hysteria and
the equation of "Reds" with Communists caused
the name change.)
4 PM Baseball Scoreboard
4:15 Top Pro Golf (Gene Littler vs. Gene Sarazen)
5:15 All About Sports
5:30 Movie: "Home On The Prairie"
6:30 Midwestern Hayride (COLOR)
7:30 People Are Funny
8 PM Bob Crosby (COLOR)
9 PM Club Oasis
9:30 Turning Point
10 PM Amateur Hour
10:30 Joseph Cotten
11 PM News, Weather And Sports
11:15 Movie: "Swing Time"
WTVW Ch. 7 Evansville (ABC)
12 N Compass
12:30 Movie: "Beyond The Rockies"
1:30 Movie: "Almost A Gentleman"
3 PM Movie: "Gun Law"
4 PM Four O'Clock Hop
5 PM Film Feature: "The Big Train"
5:30 Jungle Jim
6 PM Sky King
6:30 Dick Clark
7 PM Country Music Jubilee
8 PM Lawrence Welk
9 PM Life With Elizabeth (breakthrough
vehicle for Betty White)
9:30 Studio Wrestling
11 PM Movie: "Great Day"
WCPO Ch. 9 Cincinnati (still listed as ABC, DuMont)
7 AM Know Your World
7:15 Industry On Parade
7:30 Big Picture
8 AM Get Set, Go!
8:30 Better Business Bureau
8:55 Play It Safe
9:30 Movie: "Adventure Of The Masked
Phantom"
10:30 Cowboy G-Men
11 AM Ramar Of The Jungle
11:30 Laurel And Hardy
12 N TV Dance Party
4 PM Movie: "Paid To Kill"
5 PM Movie: "Western Courage"
6 PM Movie: "Moon Over Her Shoulder"
7:30 Dick Clark
8 PM Country Music Jubilee
9 PM Lawrence Welk
10 PM Janet Dean, Registered Nurse
10:30 Chicago Wrestling
11:30 Movie: "The Cowboy And The Blonde"
WHAS Ch. 11 Louisville (CBS)
9 AM Heckle And Jeckle
9:30 Mighty Mouse
10 AM Captain Kangaroo
11 AM Jimmy Dean
12 N Lone Ranger
12:30 Songs Of Faith
1 PM Cartoon Circus
2 PM Western Movie (title TBA)
3 PM Film Feature
3:30 Horse Race: Mother Goose
Stakes, from Belmont Park
4 PM 20th Century-Fox Hour
5 PM Maverick
6 PM Hi Varieties
6:30 Perry Mason
7:30 Top Dollar
8 PM Oh! Susanna (Gale Storm)
8:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
9 PM Gunsmoke
9:30 Sea Hunt
10 PM Ozzie And Harriet
10:30 News, Weather And Sports
10:55 Movie: "Time To Kill"
WKRC Ch. 12 Cincinnati (CBS)
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Jimmy Dean
12 N Lone Ranger
12:30 Film Feature
1 PM Movies: "Garden Of The Moon"
and "The Law Rides Again"
3:30 Horse Race: Mother Goose Stakes
4 PM Movie: "Arizona Whirlwind"
5 PM Championship Wrestling (doesn't
say from where)
6 PM My Little Margie
6:30 Ray Milland
7 PM Ellery Queen
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Top Dollar
9 PM Oh! Susanna
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Highway Patrol
11 PM News, Weather And Sports
11:15 Movie: "Between Two Worlds"
WFIE Ch. 14 Evansville (NBC)
9 AM Howdy Doody
9:30 Ruff And Reddy
10 AM Fury
10:30 Blondie
11 AM True Story
11:30 Detective's Diary
12 N Film Feature
12:30 Willy
1 PM Our Message
1:15 Leo Durocher
1:30 Baseball: Pirates-Milwaukee Braves
4:15 Big Picture
4:45 Wonderful Words Of Life
5 PM Saturday Dance
6 PM Brave Eagle
6:30 People Are Funny
7 PM Bob Crosby (COLOR)
8 PM Club Oasis
8:30 Turning Point
9 PM Amateur Hour
9:30 Joseph Cotten
10 PM Badge 714 (Dragnet reruns)
10:30 News, Weather And Sports
10:35 Movie: "In Old Chicago"
WLEX Ch. 18 Lexington (NBC/ABC)
1 PM Musical Varieties
1:25 Baseball: Redlegs-Phillies
3:55 Baseball Scoreboard (time approximate)
4 PM Western Movie (no title)
6 PM Decision For Research
6:30 Get Set, Go!
7 PM TBA
7:30 People Are Funny
8 PM Bob Crosby (COLOR)
9 PM Lawrence Welk
10 PM Amateur Hour
10:30 Joseph Cotten
11 PM News, Weather And Sports
11:20 Movie: "Stranger On The Prowl"
WKYT Ch. 27 Lexington (CBS)
9:30 Western Movie (no title given)
10:30 Children's Gospel Hour
11 AM Captain Kangaroo
12 N Parson To Person
12:05 Movie: "Swanee River"
2 PM Len Carl (music)
3:30 Horse Race: Mother Goose Stakes
4 PM Movie: "Arizona Whirlwind"
5 PM Championship Wrestling
6 PM Movie: "Murder Over New York"
7 PM Ellery Queen
7:30 Waterfront
8 PM Movie: "War Paint"
10 PM News And Weather
10:15 I Led Three Lives
10:45 Mr. District Attorney
11:15 Movie: "Between Two Worlds"
(Chs. 12 and 27 were sister stations owned by
Taft Broadcasting, so they often carried the same
off-network shows.)
WEHT Ch. 50 (Ch. 25) Evansville (affiliation not
given, but it's CBS)
9 AM Heckle And Jeckle
9:30 Mighty Mouse
10 AM Captain Kangaroo
11 AM Jimmy Dean
12 N We Believe
12:30 Foundation For The Blind
12:45 Travelogue Film
1:15 Sports Page (Jim McKay, then at CBS)
1:25 Baseball: Phillies-Redlegs (the game was
played in Cincinnati)
3:25 Sports (time approximate)
3:30 Horse Race: Mother Goose Stakes
4 PM Movie: "The Sheriff Of Medicine Bow"
5:30 Impact (drama anthology)
6 PM Sgt. Preston Of The Yukon (delay from
Thursday 6:30)
6:30 Perry Mason
7:30 Top Dollar
8 PM Oh! Susanna
8:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
9 PM Gunsmoke
9:30 Sheriff Of Cochise
10 PM Alfred Hitchcock (delay from Sunday 8:30)
10:30 News, Weather And Sports
10:45 Movie: "Man-eater Of Kumaon"
12:15 Wrestling (city not given)