Source - TV Guide New England edition
4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
07:00a Today
09:00a Swan Boat – variety (Cindy Lord and Lindsy Doherty will sing hit tunes from 1940 through 1954)
10:00a Ding Dong School
10:30a Way of the World (debut – described as a “dramatic daytime play” in an ad at the bottom of the page)
10:45a Sheliah Graham
11:00a Home – news
12:00p News and Weather
12:15p Big Brother – Bob Emery
01:00p Movie – to be announced
02:15p Child Behavior – education
02:45p into Focus – interviews (“Comic Books: Good or Bad?” Arch MacDonald is host)
03:00p First Love – serial
03:15p Golden Windows – serial
03:30p One Man’s Family
03:45p Miss Marlowe
04:00p At Four on 4 – drama
04:30p Mr. Sweeney
04:45p Modern Romances
05:00p Pinky Lee – variety
05:30p Howdy Doody
06:00p Rocky Jones – space
06:30p News Reporter – Victor Best
06:45p Terry and the Pirates
07:15p News – Arch MacDonald
07:30p Tony Martin – songs (tribute to Jerome Kern)
07:45p NBC News – John Cameron Swayze
08:00p Sid Caeser
09:00p Medic “A Time to Be Alive”
09:30p Robert Montgomery Presents “Deadline”
10:30p Foreign Intrigue “The Missing Schoolteacher”
11:00p News
11:10p People Are Funny – quiz
11:40p Tonight – Steve Allen
01:00a News
7 – WNAC Boston (ABC/CBS/DuMont)
07:00a Morning Show – Jack Paar (Jose Melis plays “Camana” and “Ain’t She Sweet”)
09:00a Star Time – Drama “Ringo’s Last Assignment”
09:30a Portia Faces Life – serial
09:45a Road of Life – serial
10:00a Garry Moore
10:30a Arthur Godfrey – variety
11:30a Strike It Rich
12:00p Valiant Lady – serial
12:15p Love of Life – serial
12:30p Search for Tomorrow
12:45p Guiding Light
01:00p Shopping Views – Women (Louise Morgan with “best buys”)
01:30p Welcome Travelers
02:00p Robert Q. Lewis
02:30p Linkletter’s Party (House Party?)
03:00p Big Payoff – quiz
03:30p Bob Crosby – music
04:00p Brighter Day – serial
04:15p Secret Storm
04:30p Matinee Time “Tomorrow’s Man”
05:00p Police Reporter – drama
05:30p Dick Tracy
06:00p Kit Carson
06:30p Gene Autry
07:00p I Led Three Lives
07:30p CBS News – Douglas Edwards
07:45p Perry Como – songs
08:00p Talent Scouts
09:00p I Love Lucy “Ethel’s Home Town”
09:30p December Bride “Uranium”
10:00p Studio One “The Silent Women”
11:00p News
11:05p The Star and the Story “Louise”
11:35p Stars in the Night “Ringo’s Last Assignment”
12:05a News
8 – WNHC New Haven (ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC)
09:00a The Yankee Peddlers
10:00a Ding Dong School
10:30a Way of the World
10:45a Sheilah Graham
11:00a Window Shopper – women
11:30a Strike It Rich
12:00p Tennessee Ernie Ford
12:15p Love of Life
12:30p Search for Tomorrow
12:45p Electric Show – variety (Joe Francis is the host)
01:30p Welcome Travelers
02:00p Robert Q. Lewis
02:30p Guiding Light
02:45p News – Joe Burns
03:00p Big Payoff
03:30p One Man’s Family
03:45p Miss Marlowe
04:00p Hawkins Falls – serial
04:15p Secret Storm
04:30p Meet The Stars
05:00p Outdoor Adventure Club
05:30p Howdy Doody
06:00p Stage 8 “Iron Mask”
06:30p Sports Report
06:45p News
07:00p Mr. District Attorney
07:30p Tony Martin
07:45p NBC News – John Cameron Swayze
08:00p Sid Caeser
09:00p I Love Lucy
09:30p December Bride
10:00p Studio One
11:00p Douglas Fairbanks Presents – drama
11:30p To be announced
12:00a Movie “Moonrise”
01:00a News
8 – WMTW Poland Springs (ABC/CBS/DuMont)
03:00p Homemaking – Weber
03:30p News
03:35p Movie “Murder on the Campus”
04:45p Love of Life
05:00p Adventure Serial
05:30p Mountain Playhouse
06:00p News and Weather
06:15p Movie “I Am A Stranger”
07:15p ABC News – John Daly
07:30p The Name’s The Same – Dennis James
08:00p Cavalcade of America
08:30p Concert – Soprano Patrice Munsel
09:00p I Love Lucy
09:30p Star and the Story
10:00p Wrestling (from Chicago)
11:00p News
9 – WMUR Manchester (ABC/DuMont)
02:00p Movie “The Heart of New York”
03:30p At Home with Kay Stevens
04:00p News
04:05p Donn Tibbetts Show (pantomime, guests and sketches)
05:00p Adventure Theater
05:30p My Hero – comedy
06:00p Guest House – Kearney (interviews, sports, news, music)
07:00p News and Sports
07:15p ABC News – John Daly
07:30p Donn Tebbitts – variety
08:00p Janet Dean, R.N. “The Burlingame Case”
08:30p Concert
09:00p Farm & Home Digest – Gus Bernier
09:30p Boxing – Eastern Parkway
10:00p Boxing – Eastern Parkway (Brooklyn NY – middleweight bout)
11:00p News
10 – WJAR Providence (ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC)
06:50a New England Farm Report
07:00a Today
09:00a Breakfast at the Sheraton (Audience participation with Nancy Dixon and Johnny King as co-hosts)
10:00a Garry Moore
10:30a Arthur Godfrey
11:00a Home
12:00p Hum and Strum (Viewer’s requests are sung and played)
12:15p High School Forum
12:30p Search for Tomorrow
12:45p Guiding Light
01:00p Let’s Go Shopping – women
01:30p Welcome Travelers
02:00p Sugar ‘n’ Spice – women (Betty Adams with menu tips)
02:30p Olive Tinder – women (interviews with interesting guests)
03:00p Big Payoff
03:30p Way of the World
04:00p Robert Q. Lewis
04:15p First Love – serial
04:30p Liberace – music
04:45p Modern Romance
05:00p Children’s Theater – puppets
05:30p Howdy Doody
06:00p Superman
06:30p New England Talent Club
07:00p News and Sports
07:30p Madison Square Garden – sports
07:45p NBC News – John Cameron Swayze
08:00p Sid Caeser
09:00p Mr. District Attorney
09:30p Robert Montgomery Presents
10:30p Halls of Ivy “The Track Star”
11:00p News
11:15 George Gobel
11:45 Movie “Two Lost Worlds”
18 – WGTH Hartford (ABC/DuMont)
05:25p News
05:30p Western Playhouse
06:30p News and Weather
06:45p Industry on Parade
07:00p Kukla, Fran and Ollie
07:15p ABC News – John Daly
07:30p The Name’s The Same
08:00p TV Reader’s Digest
08:30p Voice of Firestone
09:00p Focus – documentary
09:30p Boxing – Eastern Parkway
10:00p Boxing – Eastern Parkway
11:00p Movie “Diplomatic Passport”
30 – WKNB Hartford (ABC/CBS)
07:00a Morning Show – Jack Paar
09:00a World Around Us
10:00a Garry Moore
10:15a What’s Your Trouble
10:30a Movie “Scotland Yard Mystery”
12:15p Fun Show – kids
12:30p Magic Carpet – travel
01:00p Little Playhouse “No Children, No Dogs”
01:30p TV Kitchen – women
02:00p Robert Q. Lewis
02:30p Linkletter’s Party
02:45p Jigsaw Quiz
03:00p Homemaking Adventures
03:30p Bob Crosby
04:00p Club 30 – variety
04:30p Serial – Westerns
04:45p Petey’s Adventures – serial
05:00p Movie – westerns
06:00p News
06:15p Movie “Varieties on Parade”
07:25p The Weathervane
07:30p CBS News – Douglas Edwards
07:45p Perry Como
08:00p Liberace
08:30p Talent Scouts
09:00p China Smith – drama
09:30p Stage 5 – Film Drama “Second Sun”
10:00p Movie “Charlie Chan at the Opera”
11:00p News
11:05p Movie “State Department-file 649”
55 – WHYN Springfield (CBS/DuMont)
07:00a Morning Show – Jack Paar
09:00a Movie – to be announced
10:00a Garry Moore
10:15a News
10:20a Test Pattern
12:45p Movie – to be announced
02:00p Robert Q. Lewis
02:30p Matinee – Bill Martin
03:00p Film Shorts
04:00p Film Short
04:30p Fred’s Corner – variety
05:00p Captain Video
05:15p Out West With Bill
06:15p Movie “Shantytown”
07:30p CBS News – Douglas Edwards
07:45p Affairs of State
08:00p Burns & Allen
08:30p Talent Scouts
09:00p TV Theater “Letters Marked Personal”
09:30p December Bride
10:00p Studio One
11:00p News
11:10p Movie “Savage Drums”
56 - WTAO Cambridge (ABC/DuMont)
06:40p Crusader Rabbit
06:45p Christophers – religion
07:00p The Man With 11,000 Answers – quiz
07:30p Front Page Detective
08:00p Hollywood Half Hour
08:30p Upon Their Soil
08:45p Paradise Island
09:00p Wrestling (from Hollywood)
10:00p Boxing – St. Nick’s (Lightweight 10 rounds – Chris Shenkel reporting)
61 – WWLP Springfield (ABC/NBC)
09:00a Breakfast Club (Don McNeill is off this week, Peter Donald is hosting. This week’s guest vocalists are Betty Madigan and Bob Manning)
10:30a Film Short
10:45a Sheilah Graham
11:00a Home
12:00p Tennessee Ernie Ford
12:30p Feather Your Nest – quiz
01:00p Movie “The Avenging Hand”
02:00p Movie – to be announced
02:15p Marilou Weston
03:00p Movie “Three Silent Men”
04:30p Mr. Sweeney
04:45p Modern Romance
05:00p Uncle Ed’s Fun Club
05:30p Howdy Doody
06:00p Cowboy Playhouse
06:30p Sports Report
06:45p News
07:00p Weather – John Quill
07:05p Little Show – Don Pirnie
07:15p Highlights – Colton
07:30p Passerby – drama
07:45p NBC News – John Cameron Swayze
08:00p Masquerade Party
08:30p Concert
09:00p Medic
09:30p Robert Montgomery Presents
10:30p Foreign Intrigue “Blind Man’s Bluff”
11:00p News
11:15p Music of Masters
11:30p Tonight
4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
07:00a Today
09:00a Swan Boat – variety (Cindy Lord and Lindsy Doherty will sing hit tunes from 1940 through 1954)
10:00a Ding Dong School
10:30a Way of the World (debut – described as a “dramatic daytime play” in an ad at the bottom of the page)
10:45a Sheliah Graham
11:00a Home – news
12:00p News and Weather
12:15p Big Brother – Bob Emery
01:00p Movie – to be announced
02:15p Child Behavior – education
02:45p into Focus – interviews (“Comic Books: Good or Bad?” Arch MacDonald is host)
03:00p First Love – serial
03:15p Golden Windows – serial
03:30p One Man’s Family
03:45p Miss Marlowe
04:00p At Four on 4 – drama
04:30p Mr. Sweeney
04:45p Modern Romances
05:00p Pinky Lee – variety
05:30p Howdy Doody
06:00p Rocky Jones – space
06:30p News Reporter – Victor Best
06:45p Terry and the Pirates
07:15p News – Arch MacDonald
07:30p Tony Martin – songs (tribute to Jerome Kern)
07:45p NBC News – John Cameron Swayze
08:00p Sid Caeser
09:00p Medic “A Time to Be Alive”
09:30p Robert Montgomery Presents “Deadline”
10:30p Foreign Intrigue “The Missing Schoolteacher”
11:00p News
11:10p People Are Funny – quiz
11:40p Tonight – Steve Allen
01:00a News
7 – WNAC Boston (ABC/CBS/DuMont)
07:00a Morning Show – Jack Paar (Jose Melis plays “Camana” and “Ain’t She Sweet”)
09:00a Star Time – Drama “Ringo’s Last Assignment”
09:30a Portia Faces Life – serial
09:45a Road of Life – serial
10:00a Garry Moore
10:30a Arthur Godfrey – variety
11:30a Strike It Rich
12:00p Valiant Lady – serial
12:15p Love of Life – serial
12:30p Search for Tomorrow
12:45p Guiding Light
01:00p Shopping Views – Women (Louise Morgan with “best buys”)
01:30p Welcome Travelers
02:00p Robert Q. Lewis
02:30p Linkletter’s Party (House Party?)
03:00p Big Payoff – quiz
03:30p Bob Crosby – music
04:00p Brighter Day – serial
04:15p Secret Storm
04:30p Matinee Time “Tomorrow’s Man”
05:00p Police Reporter – drama
05:30p Dick Tracy
06:00p Kit Carson
06:30p Gene Autry
07:00p I Led Three Lives
07:30p CBS News – Douglas Edwards
07:45p Perry Como – songs
08:00p Talent Scouts
09:00p I Love Lucy “Ethel’s Home Town”
09:30p December Bride “Uranium”
10:00p Studio One “The Silent Women”
11:00p News
11:05p The Star and the Story “Louise”
11:35p Stars in the Night “Ringo’s Last Assignment”
12:05a News
8 – WNHC New Haven (ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC)
09:00a The Yankee Peddlers
10:00a Ding Dong School
10:30a Way of the World
10:45a Sheilah Graham
11:00a Window Shopper – women
11:30a Strike It Rich
12:00p Tennessee Ernie Ford
12:15p Love of Life
12:30p Search for Tomorrow
12:45p Electric Show – variety (Joe Francis is the host)
01:30p Welcome Travelers
02:00p Robert Q. Lewis
02:30p Guiding Light
02:45p News – Joe Burns
03:00p Big Payoff
03:30p One Man’s Family
03:45p Miss Marlowe
04:00p Hawkins Falls – serial
04:15p Secret Storm
04:30p Meet The Stars
05:00p Outdoor Adventure Club
05:30p Howdy Doody
06:00p Stage 8 “Iron Mask”
06:30p Sports Report
06:45p News
07:00p Mr. District Attorney
07:30p Tony Martin
07:45p NBC News – John Cameron Swayze
08:00p Sid Caeser
09:00p I Love Lucy
09:30p December Bride
10:00p Studio One
11:00p Douglas Fairbanks Presents – drama
11:30p To be announced
12:00a Movie “Moonrise”
01:00a News
8 – WMTW Poland Springs (ABC/CBS/DuMont)
03:00p Homemaking – Weber
03:30p News
03:35p Movie “Murder on the Campus”
04:45p Love of Life
05:00p Adventure Serial
05:30p Mountain Playhouse
06:00p News and Weather
06:15p Movie “I Am A Stranger”
07:15p ABC News – John Daly
07:30p The Name’s The Same – Dennis James
08:00p Cavalcade of America
08:30p Concert – Soprano Patrice Munsel
09:00p I Love Lucy
09:30p Star and the Story
10:00p Wrestling (from Chicago)
11:00p News
9 – WMUR Manchester (ABC/DuMont)
02:00p Movie “The Heart of New York”
03:30p At Home with Kay Stevens
04:00p News
04:05p Donn Tibbetts Show (pantomime, guests and sketches)
05:00p Adventure Theater
05:30p My Hero – comedy
06:00p Guest House – Kearney (interviews, sports, news, music)
07:00p News and Sports
07:15p ABC News – John Daly
07:30p Donn Tebbitts – variety
08:00p Janet Dean, R.N. “The Burlingame Case”
08:30p Concert
09:00p Farm & Home Digest – Gus Bernier
09:30p Boxing – Eastern Parkway
10:00p Boxing – Eastern Parkway (Brooklyn NY – middleweight bout)
11:00p News
10 – WJAR Providence (ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC)
06:50a New England Farm Report
07:00a Today
09:00a Breakfast at the Sheraton (Audience participation with Nancy Dixon and Johnny King as co-hosts)
10:00a Garry Moore
10:30a Arthur Godfrey
11:00a Home
12:00p Hum and Strum (Viewer’s requests are sung and played)
12:15p High School Forum
12:30p Search for Tomorrow
12:45p Guiding Light
01:00p Let’s Go Shopping – women
01:30p Welcome Travelers
02:00p Sugar ‘n’ Spice – women (Betty Adams with menu tips)
02:30p Olive Tinder – women (interviews with interesting guests)
03:00p Big Payoff
03:30p Way of the World
04:00p Robert Q. Lewis
04:15p First Love – serial
04:30p Liberace – music
04:45p Modern Romance
05:00p Children’s Theater – puppets
05:30p Howdy Doody
06:00p Superman
06:30p New England Talent Club
07:00p News and Sports
07:30p Madison Square Garden – sports
07:45p NBC News – John Cameron Swayze
08:00p Sid Caeser
09:00p Mr. District Attorney
09:30p Robert Montgomery Presents
10:30p Halls of Ivy “The Track Star”
11:00p News
11:15 George Gobel
11:45 Movie “Two Lost Worlds”
18 – WGTH Hartford (ABC/DuMont)
05:25p News
05:30p Western Playhouse
06:30p News and Weather
06:45p Industry on Parade
07:00p Kukla, Fran and Ollie
07:15p ABC News – John Daly
07:30p The Name’s The Same
08:00p TV Reader’s Digest
08:30p Voice of Firestone
09:00p Focus – documentary
09:30p Boxing – Eastern Parkway
10:00p Boxing – Eastern Parkway
11:00p Movie “Diplomatic Passport”
30 – WKNB Hartford (ABC/CBS)
07:00a Morning Show – Jack Paar
09:00a World Around Us
10:00a Garry Moore
10:15a What’s Your Trouble
10:30a Movie “Scotland Yard Mystery”
12:15p Fun Show – kids
12:30p Magic Carpet – travel
01:00p Little Playhouse “No Children, No Dogs”
01:30p TV Kitchen – women
02:00p Robert Q. Lewis
02:30p Linkletter’s Party
02:45p Jigsaw Quiz
03:00p Homemaking Adventures
03:30p Bob Crosby
04:00p Club 30 – variety
04:30p Serial – Westerns
04:45p Petey’s Adventures – serial
05:00p Movie – westerns
06:00p News
06:15p Movie “Varieties on Parade”
07:25p The Weathervane
07:30p CBS News – Douglas Edwards
07:45p Perry Como
08:00p Liberace
08:30p Talent Scouts
09:00p China Smith – drama
09:30p Stage 5 – Film Drama “Second Sun”
10:00p Movie “Charlie Chan at the Opera”
11:00p News
11:05p Movie “State Department-file 649”
55 – WHYN Springfield (CBS/DuMont)
07:00a Morning Show – Jack Paar
09:00a Movie – to be announced
10:00a Garry Moore
10:15a News
10:20a Test Pattern
12:45p Movie – to be announced
02:00p Robert Q. Lewis
02:30p Matinee – Bill Martin
03:00p Film Shorts
04:00p Film Short
04:30p Fred’s Corner – variety
05:00p Captain Video
05:15p Out West With Bill
06:15p Movie “Shantytown”
07:30p CBS News – Douglas Edwards
07:45p Affairs of State
08:00p Burns & Allen
08:30p Talent Scouts
09:00p TV Theater “Letters Marked Personal”
09:30p December Bride
10:00p Studio One
11:00p News
11:10p Movie “Savage Drums”
56 - WTAO Cambridge (ABC/DuMont)
06:40p Crusader Rabbit
06:45p Christophers – religion
07:00p The Man With 11,000 Answers – quiz
07:30p Front Page Detective
08:00p Hollywood Half Hour
08:30p Upon Their Soil
08:45p Paradise Island
09:00p Wrestling (from Hollywood)
10:00p Boxing – St. Nick’s (Lightweight 10 rounds – Chris Shenkel reporting)
61 – WWLP Springfield (ABC/NBC)
09:00a Breakfast Club (Don McNeill is off this week, Peter Donald is hosting. This week’s guest vocalists are Betty Madigan and Bob Manning)
10:30a Film Short
10:45a Sheilah Graham
11:00a Home
12:00p Tennessee Ernie Ford
12:30p Feather Your Nest – quiz
01:00p Movie “The Avenging Hand”
02:00p Movie – to be announced
02:15p Marilou Weston
03:00p Movie “Three Silent Men”
04:30p Mr. Sweeney
04:45p Modern Romance
05:00p Uncle Ed’s Fun Club
05:30p Howdy Doody
06:00p Cowboy Playhouse
06:30p Sports Report
06:45p News
07:00p Weather – John Quill
07:05p Little Show – Don Pirnie
07:15p Highlights – Colton
07:30p Passerby – drama
07:45p NBC News – John Cameron Swayze
08:00p Masquerade Party
08:30p Concert
09:00p Medic
09:30p Robert Montgomery Presents
10:30p Foreign Intrigue “Blind Man’s Bluff”
11:00p News
11:15p Music of Masters
11:30p Tonight