from TV Guide-Nebraska edition (served by the office in Rock Island)
KMTV 3-Omaha
8:45 News (Winston Burdette)
9:00 Arthur Godfrey Time
10:00 Your TV Home (Bettie Tolson)
10:30 Strike It Rich
11:00 Valiant Lady
11:15 Love of Life
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
noon Noon Edition (Bill Talbot)
12:15 Martha's Kitchen Club (Martha Boulsen)
12:30 Garry Moore
1:00 Double or Nothing
1:30 Linkletter's House Party
2:00 Big Payoff
2:30 Bob Crosby
3:00 You are What You Eat
3:05 Women's Views (Jean Sullivan)
3:30 TV Classroom
3:45 Over the Garden Fence
4:00 Circle 3 Ranch
4:45 Ring Post
5:00 Talent Sprouts (Lew Jeffrey)
5:30 South Omaha on Parade (Tom Cary)
6:00 Colonel Flack
6:30 Run for the Money (Lee Bannon)
7:00 Burns & Allen
7:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
8:00 I Love Lucy
8:30 Red Buttons
9:00 Studio One "The Remarkable Incident at Carson Corners"
10:00 Weather Sketches (Frank Peddie/B-Nee the weatherbird)
10:05 All the News (Floyd Kalber, the station news director at the time...he would head to Chicago in 1962, joining WNBQ (now WMAQ))
10:20 Camera on Sports (Dick Charles)
10:30 My Hero
11:00 Nightwatch
11:30 Late Show
WOW 6-Omaha
7:00 Today with Garroway (Today in Omaha at 7:25/7:55)
9:00 Ding Dong School
9:30 Glamour Girl
10:00 Hawkins Falls
10:15 Three Steps to Heaven
10:30 Bennetts
10:45 Follow Your Heart
11:00 Bride & Groom (Newark NJ couple Ruth Curley and Gordon LeMatty get hitched)
11:15 TV Feature
11:40 TV Meditation
11:45 News (Ray Clark)
noon Snicker Flickers ("Jolly Joe" Martin)
12:30 TV Reporter (Mal Hansen)
12:45 Matinee Movie
2:00 Kate Smith
3:00 Welcome Travelers
3:30 On Your Account
4:00 Connie's Kitchen
4:30 Howdy Doody
5:00 Trail Time ("Uncle Tom" Chase)
6:00 Stand By for Action
6:30 News/Weather
6:45 Camel News Caravan
7:00 Name That Tune
7:30 Voice of Firestone (guest Patrice Munsel)
8:00 Dennis Day
8:30 Robert Montgomery Presents "A Case of Identity"
9:30 I am the Law "Buttons Story"
10:00 Omar Weatherman (Chuck Thomas)
10:07 Sports (Jack Payne)
10:15 News (Ray Clark)
10:30 Kent Theatre
11:00 Dave Garroway
11:30 Cinema 6
KVTV 9-Sioux City
11:00 Film Subject
11:15 Love of Life
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
11:45 Keyboard Kapers
noon Brighter Day
12:15 Noon Time News (Eddie Osborn)
12:25 Meditation
12:30 Curio Shop
1:00 TV Schooltime
1:30 Song Shop (Vivien Dale sings, Eddie Osborn on piano and organ)
2:00 Open House (Jan Voss)
2:30 Bob Crosby
3:00 Welcome Travelers
3:30 On Your Account
4:00 Western Roundup
4:30 Howdy Doody
5:00 Crusader Rabbit
5:05 Kids' Korner (The Canyon Kid)
5:30 Kit Carson
6:00 Sioux City Speaks
6:30 News
6:35 Weather (Conrad Johnson)
6:40 Markets
6:45 Camel News Caravan
7:00 TBA
7:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
8:00 I Love Lucy
8:30 Red Buttons
9:00 TV Playhouse
10:00 Sports (Les Davis)
10:10 Weather
10:20 News
10:30 TBA
10:35 Greatest Fights of the Century
10:45 Public Prosecutor
11:00 George Jessel
KFOR 10-Lincoln (the station was celebrating 2 major accomplishments on Dec 1/53...(1) increasing its power from 11kw to 59kw, and (2) joining the ABC microwave network-their feed was relayed from Omaha via Gretna)
5:30pm Comic Club
6:00 News
6:15 Supper Club
6:30 Three Musketeers
7:30 Of Many Things
8:00 Junior Press Conference
8:30 Big Picture
9:00 Outdoor Nebraska Theatre (Nebraska Game Commission Chairman Paul Gilbert)
9:30 News
9:45 Weather
9:55 Sports
10:00 Hourglass Theatre
KELO 11-Sioux Falls
4:30pm TV Puppets
4:45 Love of Life
5:00 KELO Lites
5:05 Serial
5:25 Crusader Rabbit
5:30 Cisco Kid
6:00 Club Video
6:30 Arthur Murray's Dance Party
6:45 Frigidaire News (Bill Wigginton)
6:55 Grain Belt Weather (Gene Piatt)
7:00 Hollywood Half Hour
7:30 Red Buttons
8:00 Life is Worth Living
8:30 Robert Montgomery Presents
9:30 Liberace
10:00 Old Home Weather (Roger Russell)
10:10 Hamm's Newsreel (Jim Burt)
10:20 Fenn's News (Bill Wigginton)
10:30 Championship Wrestling
11:30 Paradise Island
KOLN 12-Lincoln
5:30pm Merry & Mr. Bill
6:00 Weather (Joe Kinney)
6:05 Sports (Bud Shaner)
6:15 Lincolnland News (Bob Taylor)
6:20 National/International News (By Krasne)
6:30 Big Picture
7:00 Stars on Parade
7:30 High School Hi-Lites (Cathedral High, Lincoln/Beatrrice High)
8:00 Boxing
9:00 Mr. & Mrs. North
9:30 Movie Quick Quiz (Paul Jensen)
9:40 Weather (Bob Taylor)
9:45 Lincolnland News (By Krasne)
9:50 National/International News (ditto)
10:00 Starlite Theatre
KMTV 3-Omaha
8:45 News (Winston Burdette)
9:00 Arthur Godfrey Time
10:00 Your TV Home (Bettie Tolson)
10:30 Strike It Rich
11:00 Valiant Lady
11:15 Love of Life
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
noon Noon Edition (Bill Talbot)
12:15 Martha's Kitchen Club (Martha Boulsen)
12:30 Garry Moore
1:00 Double or Nothing
1:30 Linkletter's House Party
2:00 Big Payoff
2:30 Bob Crosby
3:00 You are What You Eat
3:05 Women's Views (Jean Sullivan)
3:30 TV Classroom
3:45 Over the Garden Fence
4:00 Circle 3 Ranch
4:45 Ring Post
5:00 Talent Sprouts (Lew Jeffrey)
5:30 South Omaha on Parade (Tom Cary)
6:00 Colonel Flack
6:30 Run for the Money (Lee Bannon)
7:00 Burns & Allen
7:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
8:00 I Love Lucy
8:30 Red Buttons
9:00 Studio One "The Remarkable Incident at Carson Corners"
10:00 Weather Sketches (Frank Peddie/B-Nee the weatherbird)
10:05 All the News (Floyd Kalber, the station news director at the time...he would head to Chicago in 1962, joining WNBQ (now WMAQ))
10:20 Camera on Sports (Dick Charles)
10:30 My Hero
11:00 Nightwatch
11:30 Late Show
WOW 6-Omaha
7:00 Today with Garroway (Today in Omaha at 7:25/7:55)
9:00 Ding Dong School
9:30 Glamour Girl
10:00 Hawkins Falls
10:15 Three Steps to Heaven
10:30 Bennetts
10:45 Follow Your Heart
11:00 Bride & Groom (Newark NJ couple Ruth Curley and Gordon LeMatty get hitched)
11:15 TV Feature
11:40 TV Meditation
11:45 News (Ray Clark)
noon Snicker Flickers ("Jolly Joe" Martin)
12:30 TV Reporter (Mal Hansen)
12:45 Matinee Movie
2:00 Kate Smith
3:00 Welcome Travelers
3:30 On Your Account
4:00 Connie's Kitchen
4:30 Howdy Doody
5:00 Trail Time ("Uncle Tom" Chase)
6:00 Stand By for Action
6:30 News/Weather
6:45 Camel News Caravan
7:00 Name That Tune
7:30 Voice of Firestone (guest Patrice Munsel)
8:00 Dennis Day
8:30 Robert Montgomery Presents "A Case of Identity"
9:30 I am the Law "Buttons Story"
10:00 Omar Weatherman (Chuck Thomas)
10:07 Sports (Jack Payne)
10:15 News (Ray Clark)
10:30 Kent Theatre
11:00 Dave Garroway
11:30 Cinema 6
KVTV 9-Sioux City
11:00 Film Subject
11:15 Love of Life
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
11:45 Keyboard Kapers
noon Brighter Day
12:15 Noon Time News (Eddie Osborn)
12:25 Meditation
12:30 Curio Shop
1:00 TV Schooltime
1:30 Song Shop (Vivien Dale sings, Eddie Osborn on piano and organ)
2:00 Open House (Jan Voss)
2:30 Bob Crosby
3:00 Welcome Travelers
3:30 On Your Account
4:00 Western Roundup
4:30 Howdy Doody
5:00 Crusader Rabbit
5:05 Kids' Korner (The Canyon Kid)
5:30 Kit Carson
6:00 Sioux City Speaks
6:30 News
6:35 Weather (Conrad Johnson)
6:40 Markets
6:45 Camel News Caravan
7:00 TBA
7:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
8:00 I Love Lucy
8:30 Red Buttons
9:00 TV Playhouse
10:00 Sports (Les Davis)
10:10 Weather
10:20 News
10:30 TBA
10:35 Greatest Fights of the Century
10:45 Public Prosecutor
11:00 George Jessel
KFOR 10-Lincoln (the station was celebrating 2 major accomplishments on Dec 1/53...(1) increasing its power from 11kw to 59kw, and (2) joining the ABC microwave network-their feed was relayed from Omaha via Gretna)
5:30pm Comic Club
6:00 News
6:15 Supper Club
6:30 Three Musketeers
7:30 Of Many Things
8:00 Junior Press Conference
8:30 Big Picture
9:00 Outdoor Nebraska Theatre (Nebraska Game Commission Chairman Paul Gilbert)
9:30 News
9:45 Weather
9:55 Sports
10:00 Hourglass Theatre
KELO 11-Sioux Falls
4:30pm TV Puppets
4:45 Love of Life
5:00 KELO Lites
5:05 Serial
5:25 Crusader Rabbit
5:30 Cisco Kid
6:00 Club Video
6:30 Arthur Murray's Dance Party
6:45 Frigidaire News (Bill Wigginton)
6:55 Grain Belt Weather (Gene Piatt)
7:00 Hollywood Half Hour
7:30 Red Buttons
8:00 Life is Worth Living
8:30 Robert Montgomery Presents
9:30 Liberace
10:00 Old Home Weather (Roger Russell)
10:10 Hamm's Newsreel (Jim Burt)
10:20 Fenn's News (Bill Wigginton)
10:30 Championship Wrestling
11:30 Paradise Island
KOLN 12-Lincoln
5:30pm Merry & Mr. Bill
6:00 Weather (Joe Kinney)
6:05 Sports (Bud Shaner)
6:15 Lincolnland News (Bob Taylor)
6:20 National/International News (By Krasne)
6:30 Big Picture
7:00 Stars on Parade
7:30 High School Hi-Lites (Cathedral High, Lincoln/Beatrrice High)
8:00 Boxing
9:00 Mr. & Mrs. North
9:30 Movie Quick Quiz (Paul Jensen)
9:40 Weather (Bob Taylor)
9:45 Lincolnland News (By Krasne)
9:50 National/International News (ditto)
10:00 Starlite Theatre