Retro: Nashville, Saturday, July 2, 1955

[DM601]

Odd abbreviations are exactly as printed in the Shelbyville (Tenn.) Times-Gazette of July 1, 1955. I'm not familiar with some of the shows from this era and didn't want to guess at what the abbreviations may be.

WSM-TV 4 (NBC)
AM
8 Pinky Lee
8:30 Paul Winchell
9 Pride of Vol. (Volunteer, as in Volunteer State?)
9:30 Tom Corbett, Space Cadet
10 Hopalong Cassidy
10:30 Porky Pig
11 Club (listed as printed)
PM
12 Western Frontiers
1 Buster Crabbe
1:30 Mr. Wizard
2 Front Row Theater
3:30 Legal Rights
4 Vacation Time
4:30 Play The Game
5 Buffalo Bill Jr.
5:15 Show Wagon
6 Max Leibman Presents
7:30 Jimmy Durante
8 George Gobel
8:30 Calv. Of Amer. (listed here exactly as originally printed; could this be Cavalcade of America from ABC?)
9 Your Hit Parade
9:30 Dear Phoebe (delayed from Friday)
10 Wrestling

WLAC-TV 5 (CBS)
AM
9 Winky Dink
9:30 Captain Midnight
10 Big Top
11 Party
11:30 Law Of The Wild
11:55 Game Of The Week
PM
2:30 Phantom
2:45 Double Action Western
4:45 Rex And Rinty
5:15 It’s Your Life
5:30 Beat The Clock
6 America’s Greatest Bands
7 Two For The Money
7:30 Down You Go
8 Professional Father
8:30 Damon Runyon Theater
9 Victory At Sea
9:30 Summer Night Movie

WSIX-TV 8 (ABC)
AM
9:30 Movie
11 Romper Room
PM
12 Westerns
1 Double Feature
2:15 ABC Horse Races
2:30 Comedy
3:30 Soldier Parade
4 Inside TV
4:15 Hall Of Fame
4:30 Sunday School Lesson
4:45 Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
5 Flight No. 7
5:30 Red Foley (as listed on this schedule; aka Ozark Jamboree)
7 Lawrence Welk
8 Western Frontier
9 Wrestling
10 Playhouse

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

Interestingly enough, it appears that no Nashville TV station stayed on the air past 11 P.M. that evening.

Granted, Nashville was on Central Standard Time, and that may have had a lot to do with it. When Daylight Time ended, the three Nashville TV stations may have stayed on until around 12 Midnight on Saturdays.

Of course, radio's "Grand Old Opry" on WSM-650 may, even back in the mid-fifties, have run until 12 Midnight or 1 (or even 2) in the morning local time. If that's the case, it's possible that "Opry" on radio was so entrenched that no Nashville TV station could compete against it, hence, the early TV sign-off.

 

[DM601]

> Interestingly enough, it appears that no Nashville TV
> station stayed on the air past 11 P.M. that evening.
>
> Granted, Nashville was on Central Standard Time, and that
> may have had a lot to do with it. When Daylight Time ended,
> the three Nashville TV stations may have stayed on until
> around 12 Midnight on Saturdays.
>
> Of course, radio's "Grand Old Opry" on WSM-650 may, even
> back in the mid-fifties, have run until 12 Midnight or 1 (or
> even 2) in the morning local time.

Since the late 1940s the Opry has ended shortly after midnight (depending on how long the last Opry act ran over) followed by the Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree, live from one of the Tubb record stores.

 

[TimL]

> > Interestingly enough, it appears that no Nashville TV
> > station stayed on the air past 11 P.M. that evening.
> >
> > Granted, Nashville was on Central Standard Time, and that
> > may have had a lot to do with it. When Daylight Time
> ended,
> > the three Nashville TV stations may have stayed on until
> > around 12 Midnight on Saturdays.
> >
> > Of course, radio's "Grand Old Opry" on WSM-650 may, even
> > back in the mid-fifties, have run until 12 Midnight or 1
> (or
> > even 2) in the morning local time.
>
> Since the late 1940s the Opry has ended shortly after
> midnight (depending on how long the last Opry act ran over)
> followed by the Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree, live from one
> of the Tubb record stores.


Actually the Midnite Jamboree broadcasts from the Texas Troubador Theater (Named for Tubb's Nickname) across from the Grand Ole Opry House..(Near the former Opryland Area)