From: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=b0M2c_1WBrUC&dat=19560105&printsec=frontpage&hl=en (page 8)
Network schedule: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule
WBAY (CBS 2 Green Bay)
5pm – Captain Hal
5:45pm – Barker Bill
6pm – Charlie Hanson
6:45pm – News
7pm – Weather
7:15pm – Sports (Douglas Edwards pre-empted)
7:30pm – Bill Hickok (The Adventures of Champion pre-empted)
8pm – Studio 57 (Mama pre-empted)
8:30pm – Badge 714 (Our Miss Brooks pre-empted)
9pm – Crusader
9:30pm – Playhouse of Stars
10pm – The Lineup
10:30pm – Triangle Theater (Person to Person pre-empted)
11pm – News
11:15pm – Sports
11:45pm – Movie
WKZO (CBS 3 Kalamazoo)
5pm – Santa Show
5:15pm – Pinky Lee
5:30pm – Howdy Doody
6pm – News
6:15pm – Weather
6:30pm – Superman
7pm – TV Playhouse (Douglas Edwards pre-empted)
7:30pm – Death Valley (The Adventures of Champion pre-empted)
8pm – Mama
8:30pm – Our Miss Brooks
9pm – Crusader
9:30pm – Playhouse of Stars
10pm – The Lineup
10:30pm – Person to Person
11pm – News
11:15pm – Sports
11:45pm – Movie
WTMJ (NBC 4 Milwaukee)
5pm – Pinky Lee
5:30pm – Howdy Doody
6pm – Foreman Tom
7pm – Sports
7:15pm – News
7:30pm – Eddie Fisher
7:45pm – Camel News Caravan
8pm – Truth or Consequences
8:30pm – Behind the Badge (The Life of Riley pre-empted)
9pm – Triangle Theatre (The Big Story pre-empted)
9:30pm – Star Stage
10pm – Boxing
10:45pm – Jungle Macabre (Red Barber’s Corner pre-empted)
11pm – Weather
11:15pm – News
11:30pm – Science Fiction (Tonight Show pre-empted)
WOOD (NBC 8 Grand Rapids)
5pm – Mickey Mouse
5:45pm – Movie Matinee
6pm – Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (from ABC)
6:30pm – News
6:45pm – Les Paul
7pm – Gildersleeve
7:30pm – Eddie Fisher
7:45pm – Camel News Caravan
8pm – Truth or Consequences
8:30pm – The Life of Riley
9pm – The Big Story
9:30pm – Star Stage
10pm – Boxing
10:45pm – Chet and Kay (Red Barber’s Corner pre-empted)
11pm – Weather
11:15pm – News
11:30pm – Tonight Show
WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
5pm – Bandstand Mat.
6:15pm – Santa Claus
6:30pm – Garfield Goose
7pm – C’rbstone Cut-Up
7:15pm – Sports
7:30pm – News
7:45pm – Newsreel
8pm – Gene Autry
9pm – Broadway Theater
9:30pm – The World is Yours
10pm – Whistler
10:30pm – City Detective
11pm – Movie
WWTV (CBS/ABC 13 Cadillac)
5pm – Kids’ Corner
6pm – News
6:15pm – Weather
6:30pm – Frank Leahy
6:45pm – Greatest Dramas
7pm – What Goes On (Douglas Edwards pre-empted)
7:30pm – Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (ABC in pattern, The Adventures of Champion pre-empted)
8pm – Doug Fairbanks (Mama pre-empted)
8:30pm – Crossroads (ABC in pattern, Our Miss Brooks pre-empted)
9pm – Crusader
9:30pm – I Lived Three Lives (Playhouse of Stars pre-empted)
10pm – The Lineup
10:30pm – Football Highlights (Person to Person pre-empted)
11pm – Weather
11:15pm – Movie
Oddly, no WPBN, WMBV (now WLUK), WFRV, or WISN, which are/were all closer to Ludington than WGN [WITI didn’t sign on until later in 1956]
Network schedule: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule
WBAY (CBS 2 Green Bay)
5pm – Captain Hal
5:45pm – Barker Bill
6pm – Charlie Hanson
6:45pm – News
7pm – Weather
7:15pm – Sports (Douglas Edwards pre-empted)
7:30pm – Bill Hickok (The Adventures of Champion pre-empted)
8pm – Studio 57 (Mama pre-empted)
8:30pm – Badge 714 (Our Miss Brooks pre-empted)
9pm – Crusader
9:30pm – Playhouse of Stars
10pm – The Lineup
10:30pm – Triangle Theater (Person to Person pre-empted)
11pm – News
11:15pm – Sports
11:45pm – Movie
WKZO (CBS 3 Kalamazoo)
5pm – Santa Show
5:15pm – Pinky Lee
5:30pm – Howdy Doody
6pm – News
6:15pm – Weather
6:30pm – Superman
7pm – TV Playhouse (Douglas Edwards pre-empted)
7:30pm – Death Valley (The Adventures of Champion pre-empted)
8pm – Mama
8:30pm – Our Miss Brooks
9pm – Crusader
9:30pm – Playhouse of Stars
10pm – The Lineup
10:30pm – Person to Person
11pm – News
11:15pm – Sports
11:45pm – Movie
WTMJ (NBC 4 Milwaukee)
5pm – Pinky Lee
5:30pm – Howdy Doody
6pm – Foreman Tom
7pm – Sports
7:15pm – News
7:30pm – Eddie Fisher
7:45pm – Camel News Caravan
8pm – Truth or Consequences
8:30pm – Behind the Badge (The Life of Riley pre-empted)
9pm – Triangle Theatre (The Big Story pre-empted)
9:30pm – Star Stage
10pm – Boxing
10:45pm – Jungle Macabre (Red Barber’s Corner pre-empted)
11pm – Weather
11:15pm – News
11:30pm – Science Fiction (Tonight Show pre-empted)
WOOD (NBC 8 Grand Rapids)
5pm – Mickey Mouse
5:45pm – Movie Matinee
6pm – Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (from ABC)
6:30pm – News
6:45pm – Les Paul
7pm – Gildersleeve
7:30pm – Eddie Fisher
7:45pm – Camel News Caravan
8pm – Truth or Consequences
8:30pm – The Life of Riley
9pm – The Big Story
9:30pm – Star Stage
10pm – Boxing
10:45pm – Chet and Kay (Red Barber’s Corner pre-empted)
11pm – Weather
11:15pm – News
11:30pm – Tonight Show
WGN (IND 9 Chicago)
5pm – Bandstand Mat.
6:15pm – Santa Claus
6:30pm – Garfield Goose
7pm – C’rbstone Cut-Up
7:15pm – Sports
7:30pm – News
7:45pm – Newsreel
8pm – Gene Autry
9pm – Broadway Theater
9:30pm – The World is Yours
10pm – Whistler
10:30pm – City Detective
11pm – Movie
WWTV (CBS/ABC 13 Cadillac)
5pm – Kids’ Corner
6pm – News
6:15pm – Weather
6:30pm – Frank Leahy
6:45pm – Greatest Dramas
7pm – What Goes On (Douglas Edwards pre-empted)
7:30pm – Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (ABC in pattern, The Adventures of Champion pre-empted)
8pm – Doug Fairbanks (Mama pre-empted)
8:30pm – Crossroads (ABC in pattern, Our Miss Brooks pre-empted)
9pm – Crusader
9:30pm – I Lived Three Lives (Playhouse of Stars pre-empted)
10pm – The Lineup
10:30pm – Football Highlights (Person to Person pre-empted)
11pm – Weather
11:15pm – Movie
Oddly, no WPBN, WMBV (now WLUK), WFRV, or WISN, which are/were all closer to Ludington than WGN [WITI didn’t sign on until later in 1956]