Retro: Milwaukee, Monday, Jan. 7, 1962

[DM601]

(Source: Milwaukee Sentinel)

WTMJ-TV 4 (NBC)
AM
6 Continental Classroom (color)
7 Today
9 Mr. Adams and Eve
9:30 Play Your Hunch (color)
10 Price Is Right (color)
10:30 Concentration
11 Your First Impression
11:30 Truth or Consequences
11:55 News
PM
12 Mid-Day (color; Bill Reynolds; listings show a B&W weather segment at 12:30)
1 Jan Murray (color)
1:30 Loretta Young Theater
2 Woman’s World (color)
2:30 Our Five Daughters
3 Make Room For Daddy
3:30 Here’s Hollywood
4 Theater: “Lonely Heart Bandit” (1950, Dorothy Patrick, John Eldredge)
5:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
6 News (Mike Walden, Bill Carlsen, Chuck Faber)
6:30 Mr. Magoo
7 National Velvet
7:30 Price Is Right (color)
8 87th Precinct
9 Thriller
10 News (Carlsen/Tom Leuders)
10:15 Border Patrol
10:45 Tonight in Milwaukee (Gordon Hinkley, Mike Walden sports)
11 Interview (color) (could this be referring to Jack Paar?)
12 News

WITI 6 (ABC)
AM
7:40 Chapel
7:45 RFD
7:50 News
8 Cartoon Carnival
8:30 Cartoon Alley
9 Jack La Lanne
9:30 Early Show: “Desire Me” (1947; Robert Mitchum, Greer Garson)
11 Camouflage
11:30 Yours For A Song
PM
12 News
12:30 Make A Face
1 Day In Court
1:25 News
1:30 Divorce Court
2:30 Seven Keys
3 Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4 American Bandstand
4:50 American Newsstand
5 Popeye Playhouse
5:30 Rocky & His Friends
5:45 Kukla, Fran & Ollie
5:50 Wizard of Oz
5:55 Whirlybirds
6 Exepedition
6:25 News (John Anthony)
6:30 Cheyenne
7:30 Rifleman
8 Surfside Six
9 Ben Casey
10 News (Carl Zimmermann, Jim Major, Barbara Becker, Hal Walker)
10:20 Late Show: “Born To Be Bad” (1950, Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan)
12:20AM News; Chapel (Rabbi Harry B. Pastor, Congregation Shalom)

WMVS (10)
AM
8:15 Parlons Francais
8:45 Topic
9 General Science (ninth grade)
9:30 Patterns In Arithmetic
9:45 Americans At Work
10 Biology
10:30 Video Sketchbook
10:45 Parlons Francais
11 U.S. History
11:30 Physical Education
PM
12:15 Parlons Francais
12:45 Japan
1:15 Parlons Francais
1:30 Herb Hake
2 Potpourri
2:30 Spanish
2:45 Coffee Break
3 Video Sketchbook
4 Heritage
4:30 What’s New?
5 Children’s Fair (Uncle Al, Miss Chris)
5:30 Parlons Francais
5:45 Contemporary Crafts
6 New Biology
6:30 Algebra
7 Ragtime Era
7:30 American Government
8 Town Hall
9 Television International

WISN-TV 12 (CBS)
AM
7:15 Chapel
7:20 Badger Farm Report
7:25 Capsule News
7:30 College of the Air
8 Captain Kangaroo
9 Romper Room
10 Burns and Allen
10:30 Coffee Break (Barbara Orteig)
10:55 CBS News (Harry Reasoner)
11 Love of Life
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
11;45 Guiding Light
PM
12 Susie
12:30 As The World Turns
1 Password
1:30 House Party
2 Millionaire
2:30 Verdict Is Yours
2:55 News
3 Brighter Day
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge of Night
4 Punky And His Pals
4:30 Pops Theater (Three Stooges and Our Gang comedies; “Pops” is host)
5:30 Quick Draw McGraw
6 News (John Wessel, Doug Davenport, Charles La Force, Dick Johnson and Douglas Edwards/CBS News somewhere in the mix)
6:30 To Tell The Truth
7 Pete and Gladys
7:30 Window On Main Street
8 Danny Thomas
8:30 Andy Griffith
9 Hennessey
9:30 I’ve Got A Secret (Peter Lawford, Henry Fonda)
10 News (Wessel/Bob Herzog/Johnson/Bill Plante)
10:15 Hong Kong
10;45 Riverboat
11:15 Mike Hammer
11:45 Dr. Joyce Brothers
12AM Almanac; Chapel; Movie: “Castro Enters Havana” (1959)

WXIX (18)
PM
4 Mac The Mailman (cartoons, films)
5:30 You Are There
6 Robin Hood
6:30 Movie: “A Dangerous Adventure” (1937, Don Terry, Rosalind Keith)
8 Texas Wrestling
9 Night Court
10 Patricia Stevens (exercises)
10:15 Million Dollar Movie: “Too Many Husbands” (1940, Jean Arthur, Fred MacMurray)
11 Debbie Drake (doubt movie was just 45 minutes long, but this is what the schedule says…)
11:15 News

 

[bpatrick]

A few observations:

1. I saw the name Bill Plante. I think you all know that he
went on to a pretty-successful career at CBS.

2. Why are the exercise shows scheduled late at night?
Patricia Stevens, Debbie Drake, both after 10 PM. I
thought shows like Debbie Drake and Jack LaLanne were
morning shows.

3. "Camouflage" was celebrating its first birthday that week,
but strangely enough, Don Morrow decided to take the
week off. Announcer Johnny Gilbert (whom you know from
"Jeopardy!") subbed for him (I've seen the Jan. 8 episode on
YouTube), and Chet Gould took the announcing duties that week.
As much as I admire Don's talents (and he'll probably hate me if
he reads this), I think Johnny did a fine job hosting the show.

 

[Hal Erickson]

The 10:15 "Hong Kong" listing on Channel 12 was an error, since that was an hour-long program.
Re the late-night exercise shows: Channel 18 signed on a 4 in the afternoon, so it couldn't very well put the shows on any earlier. BTW, some of the films Channel 18's Mac the Mailman showed included Laurel & Hardy, Hopalong Cassidy, Ramar of the Jungle, Sgt. Preston, Jungle Jim and Judge Roy Bean.
The "cartoon" breakdown on Milwaukee TV at the time was as follows. Channel 6 had the theatrical Popeyes, plus Rankin-Bass' WIZARD OF OZ and Trans-Lux's COURAGEOUS CAT; Channel 12 had the made-for-TV Popeyes and "Bozo" cartoons, the WB theatrical package, and some new stuff from Halas-Bachelor (SNIP SNAP et al) and Rankin-Bass (PINOCCHIO). Channel 18 had the Columbia KRAZY KATS and SCRAPPYs, plus the Van Beurens and some Paramounts from the NTA Package. Channel 4 had the made-for-TV MR. MAGOOs and a package of foreign cartoons.