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Retro: Michigan/Toledo/Cleveland Fri, Oct 1, 1954

from TV Today-Ohio/Michigan edition
Affiliation info from www.mcsittel.com, DuMont affiliate info from Wikipedia's DuMont affiliate page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_DuMont_Television_Network_affiliates

WJBK 2-CBS/DuMont Detroit
8:55 Meditations
9:00 Linkletter's House Party
9:30 Bob Murphy Calling
9:55 Amy Vanderbilt
10:00 Garry Moore
10:30 Arthur Godfrey
11:30 Strike it Rich
noon Valiant Lady
12:15 Love of Life
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1:00 Portia Faces Life
1:15 Seeking Heart
1:30 Welcome Travelers
2:00 Ladies' Day
3:00 Big Payoff
4:00 Brighter Day
4:15 First Love
4:30 On Your Account
5:00 Western Theatre "Man from Hell's Edges"
5:30 Pirate Pete
6:00 Willy
6:30 Telenews Ace
6:45 TV Weatherman
6:50 Chuck Davey Sports
7:00 Pro Football Highlights
7:30 Douglas Edwards (CBS News)
7:45 Perry Como
8:00 Mama
8:30 Topper
9:00 Playhouse of Stars "The Viking"
9:30 Our Miss Brooks
10:00 Lineup
10:30 Rocky King
11:00 Standard News
11:15 11th Hour Theatre "Amazing Mr. X"
12:30 Merchandise Review
12:45 Weathervane

WNBK 3-NBC Cleveland
7:00 Today (Ohio Today at :25 and :55)
9:00 Early Bird Theater "Corregidor"
10:00 Ding Dong School
10:30 A Time to Live
10:45 Three Steps to Heaven
11:00 Home
noon Betty White
12:30 Feather Your Nest
1:00 One O'Clock Playhouse "Cappy Rick Returns"
2:10 In Good Taste
2:15 Maggie Byrne
2:45 Maggie's Kitchen
3:00 Greatest Gift
3:15 Golden Windows
3:30 One Man's Family
3:45 Concerning Miss Marlowe
4:00 Hawkins Falls
4:15 First Love
4:30 Bob Smith
5:00 Pinky Lee
5:30 Howdy Doody
6:00 Tip Top Comics
6:30 Tom Manning
6:40 Weather Vane
6:45 Today's News
7:00 Badge 714
7:30 Eddie Fisher
7:45 Camel News Caravan (NBC News)
8:00 Red Button
8:30 Life of Riley
9:00 Big Story
9:30 Dear Phoebe
10:00 Cavalcade of Sports (from Cleveland, a 10-round heavyweight bout between Coley Wallace and Bob Baker)
10:45 Walter Kiernan
11:00 11th Hour News
11:05 Weather Station
11:10 Sports Scene
11:15 Custom Inn
11:30 Tonight Show
1:00 Final Edition

WKZO 3-ABC/CBS/NBC/DuMont Kalamazoo
6:55 Morning Meditation
7:00 Morning Show
9:00 Breakfast Club
10:00 Garry Moore
10:30 Arthur Godfrey
11:30 Strike It Rich
noon Valiant Lady
12:15 Love of Life
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1:00 News
1:05 Feminine Fancies
1:30 Welcome Travelers
2:00 Robert Q. Lewis
2:30 Art Linkletter
3:00 Big Payoff
3:30 Bob Crosby
4:00 Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 On Your Account
5:00 Barker Bill
5:15 Eddie Fisher
5:30 Matinee
6:00 Film
6:30 Deadline News
6:45 Weather
6:50 Sports
7:00 TV Playhouse "Double Exposure"
7:30 Douglas Edwards
7:45 Perry Como
8:00 Mama
8:30 Topper
9:00 Playhouse of Stars
9:30 Our Miss Brooks
10:00 Lineup
10:30 Person to Person
11:00 News Round-Up
11:05 Sports Spotlight
11:30 Football Forecasts
11:45 Musical Merry-Go-Round
12:05 News Final

WWJ 4-NBC Detroit
6:50 Farm Report
7:00 Today
9:00 Romper Room
10:00 Ding Dong School
10:30 A Time to Live
10:45 Three Steps to Heaven
11:00 Home
noon Betty White
12:30 Feather Your Nest
1:00 Nancy Dixon
1:10 Herschell Hart
1:15 Fay Elizabeth
1:20 Weather
1:30 Jean McBride
2:00 Ladies First
3:00 Greatest Gift
3:15 Golden Windows
3:30 One Man's Family
3:45 Concerning Miss Marlowe
4:00 Hawkins Falls
4:15 First Love
4:30 Bob Smith
5:00 Pinky Lee
5:30 Howdy Doody
6:00 Time for Music
6:15 News
6:25 Weather
6:30 Showcase of Stars
7:00 All-Star Playhouse
7:30 Eddie Fisher
7:45 Camel News Caravan
8:00 Red Button
8:30 Life of Riley
9:00 Big Story
9:30 Dear Pheobe
10:00 Cavalcade of Sports
10:45 Walter Kiernan
11:00 11 O'Clock News
11:15 Little Show
11:30 Tonight Show
1:00 News & Sign-Off

WEWS 5-CBS/DuMont Cleveland
7:00 Morning Show (Paige Palmer at 8:25 and 8:55)
9:00 WRU Telecourse
9:30 Paige Palmer
10:00 Garry Moore
10:30 Arthur Godfrey
11:00 Dione Lucas
11:30 Strike It Rich
noon Valiant Lady
12:15 Love of Life
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1:00 Women's Window
1:15 Welcome Travelers
2:00 Robert Q. Lewis
2:30 Linkletter's House Party
3:00 Big Payoff
3:30 Bob Crosby
4:30 On Your Account
5:00 Uncle Jake's House
5:25 News
5:30 Twenty Fingers
5:45 Professor Pet
5:50 Dinner Platter
6:30 Highlights of News
6:45 Sports Page
6:55 Mr. Weather Eye
7:00 Big Playback
7:15 Film
7:30 Douglas Edwards
7:45 Perry Como
8:00 Mama
8:30 Topper
9:00 Playhouse of Stars "The Viking"
9:30 Our Miss Brooks
10:00 Lineup
10:30 I Led Three Lives
11:00 Friday Playhouse "Devil's Cargo"
12:30 News & Sign-Off

WNEM 5-NBC/ABC/DuMont Bay City
10:00 Ding Dong School
10:30 A Time to Live
10:45 Sing Along
11:00 Home
noon Home Journal
12:30 Feather Your Nest
1:00 Mother's Movie
2:15 Community Calendar
2:30 Ken's Korner
3:00 Greatest Gift
3:15 Let's Do It
3:45 Cartoon Carnival
4:00 Adventure Patrol
4:30 Charlie Ruggles
4:45 Modern Romances
5:00 Pinky Lee
5:30 Howdy Doody
6:00 News
6:15 Weather Man
6:20 World of Sports
6:30 Tales of the West
7:15 TBA
7:30 I Led Three Lives
8:00 TBA
8:30 Life of Riley
9:00 Big Story
9:30 Dollar a Second
10:00 Cavalcade of Sports
10:45 Greatest Moments in Sports
11:00 News
11:15 Living Room Theatre
12:30 News

WJIM 6-ABC/CBS/NBC/DuMont Lansing
7:00 Today
9:00 TBA
10:00 Garry Moore
10:30 Strike It Rich
11:00 Home
noon Seeking Heart
12:15 Love of Life
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1:00 Copper Kettle
1:30 Welcome Travelers
2:00 Robert Q. Lewis
2:30 Art Linkletter
3:00 Big Payoff
3:30 Valiant Lady
3:45 Brighter Day
4:00 Hawkins Falls
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 On Your Account
5:00 Kiddie Jamboree
5:30 Howdy Doody
6:00 I've Got a Secret
6:30 Ozzie & Harriet
7:00 This is Your Life
7:30 Eddie Fisher
7:45 Camel News Caravan
8:00 TV Hour
9:00 Big Story
9:30 Star Showcase
10:00 Sports Review
10:45 Football Forecast
11:00 Studio One
mid. News Headlines

WXYZ 7-ABC Detroit
8:55 News
9:00 Breakfast Club
10:00 Beulah
10:30 Wixie's Wonderland
11:00 Creative Cookery
11:55 News
noon 12 O'Clock Comics
12:30 My Life "Quiet Sunday"
2:00 Stars on Seven
3:00 Heartthrob Theatre
4:00 Cowboy Colt
4:50 Rickey the Clown
5:00 Auntie Dee
5:30 Jungle Story
6:00 Dinner Theatre "The Consulate"
6:30 Heart of the City
7:00 Detroit Deadline
7:10 What's the Weather?
7:15 John Daly (ABC News)
7:30 Stu Erwin
8:00 Ozzie & Harriet
8:30 Ray Bolger
9:00 Dollar a Second
9:30 Vise "One Just Man"
10:00 Black Spider
11:00 Soupy's On
11:15 Feature Theatre "Storm Over Lisbon"
12:40 News

WXEL 8-ABC/DuMont Cleveland
8:55 Prevue Corner
9:00 Breakfast Club
10:00 Alice Weston
10:30 Charming Children
11:00 Maggi Wulff "Valley of Wanted Men"
12:30 Rena & Bob (not sure if that's what aired, given the game started at 12:45)
12:45 World Series: Indians-NY Giants, Game 3 (Giants won 6-2, and would sweep the series in 4 straight)
3:30 Paul Dixon
4:00 Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 King Jack Toy Box
5:00 Cheerful House
5:30 Desert Deputy
6:15 Bob Neal
6:30 TV Weatherman
6:40 Cleveland Today
6:45 Joe Portaro
7:00 Captain Video Adventures
7:15 Gray Drug News Parade
7:30 Stu Erwin
8:00 Ozzie & Harriet
8:30 Ray Bolger
9:00 Dollar a Second
9:30 Boston Blackie
10:00 Chance of a Lifetime
10:30 Time Will Tell
11:00 Warren Guthrie News
11:10 Today's Top Story
11:15 Sports Final
11:20 Nite Owl Theatre

WOOD 8-ABC/CBS/NBC/DuMont Grand Rapids
7:00 Today
9:00 TBA
10:00 Ding Dong School
10:30 A Time to Live
10:45 Three Steps to Heaven
11:00 Garry Moore
11:30 Strike It Rich
noon WOOD-TV Playhouse
1:30 Golden Windows
1:45 Greatest Gift
2:00 Chic Chat
2:45 Robert Q. Lewis
3:00 Big Payoff
3:30 One Man's Family
4:00 Hawkins Falls
4:15 First Love
4:30 Bob Smith
5:00 Jiffy Carnival
5:30 Howdy Doody
6:00 Martha Wright
6:15 Runyon Reporting
6:30 District Attorney
7:00 Big Story
7:30 Eddie Fisher
7:45 Camel News Caravan
8:00 Favorite Story
8:30 Gift Box
9:00 My Little Margie
9:30 Dear Pheobe
10:00 Cavalcade of Sports
10:45 Telephone Story
11:00 Weatherman
11:05 Runyon Reporting
11:15 WOOD-TV Playhouse
1:00 News & Sign-Off

CKLW 9-CBC/DuMont Windsor
3pm Paul Dixon
4:00 Myrtle Labbitt
4:30 News Brief
4:35 Kiddies' Film Fair
5:00 Western Feature
6:00 Captain Video
6:15 Austin Grant
6:30 Weather/Sports
7:00 Boston Blackie
7:30 Friendly Theatre
9:00 One Minute Please
9:30 Holiday
10:00 Chance of a Lifetime
10:30 Follow That Man
11:00 CBC National News
11:30 Late Feature

WSPD 13-ABC/CBS/NBC Toledo
8:50 Prayer for Today
9:00 Views of News
9:15 Portia Faces Life
9:30 Seeking Heart
9:45 Love of Life
10:00 Garry Moore
10:30 Welcome Travelers
11:00 Home Cooking
11:30 Strike It Rich
noon TV Farm Hour
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1:00 Hospitality House
3:00 Big Payoff
3:30 TU Telestudy (Toledo University, now the University of Toledo)
3:45 Valiant Lady
4:00 Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 On Your Account
5:00 Views of the News
5:15 Nature Trails
5:30 Howdy Doody
6:00 Fun Farm
6:30 Gaylords
7:00 Evening Varieties
7:30 Douglas Edwards
7:45 Perry Como
8:00 Toledo Theatre Time
9:00 Inner Sanctum
9:30 Our Miss Brooks
10:00 Lineup
10:30 Duffy's Tavern
11:00 Warren Guthrie News
11:30 Norman Sper

WWTV 13-CBS/ABC/DuMont Cadillac
3:30pm Coffee Cup
3:45 Bob Crosby
4:00 Homemakers Time
4:30 Valiant Lady
4:45 Space Soldiers
5:00 Uncle Glen
5:45 Captain Video
6:00 News
6:15 Weather/Sports
6:30 Western Time
7:00 Heart of the City
7:30 Football This Week
8:00 Waterfront
8:30 Frankie Laine
9:00 Big Picture
9:30 Star Showcase
10:00 Musical Comedy
11:00 News Nightcap
11:05 Football Scoreboard

WPAG 20-DuMont Ann Arbor
6:45pm Dateline Ann Arbor
7:00 Farm TV Hour
7:30 Studio Sampler
8:00 Sports Parade
8:15 Michigan Conservation
8:30 Mr. & Mrs. North
9:00 Star Time
10:30 Late Local News

WKNX 57-ABC/CBS Saginaw
9:00 Breakfast Club
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3:30 Afternoon Movie
4:45 Six-Gun Playhouse
5:15 Here's Russ
5:30 Dinner Winners
5:45 Sports
6:00 News
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7:15 John Daly
7:30 TBA
8:00 Mama
8:30 Topper
9:00 Playhouse of Stars
9:30 TBA
10:30 Wrestling
 
"Dinner Platter" on WEWS was hosted by Canton, Ohio native Bob Dale, who started at Channel 5 in 1948 and stayed in Cleveland until 1956.  A wartime ear injury led him, under a doctor's suggestion, to move to the  warmer climate of the West Coast to  allow the injury to heal properly.  Dale ended up in San Diego, where he stayed over 40 years and became a TV Icon..first at KFMB-8 then KNSD-39.  I wonder if not for the injury, he would have stayed in Cleveland much longer than he did. 

Also on WEWS, "Uncle Jake" was Gene Carroll, who had been part of a Comedy act with Glenn Rowell on NBC Radio in the 1930's.  He started a Talent Show in 1948 on Channel 5 which ran until 1974 Sundays at noon. 

WXEL's "Rena and Bob" Ledyard were a married couple that hosted a "garage sale on TV" Rena would scour Cleveland Neighborhoods for things to sell, which they would then show on TV..Its possible they could have been on 15 minutes that day..

In light of the discussion about Jack LaLanne here recently, it should be noted that WEWS's Paige Palmer, who was at the station from 1948-73, may well have had the first exercise program on television, even before Jack LaLanne..
 
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