Source: New England Region TV Guide
4 – WBZ Boston (NBC) – now a CBS O&O
10:00a WBZ-TV Film Shorts
10:30a Mr. Wizard – Educational; Don Herbert
11:00a Our Believing World – religion
11:30a The Magic Clown – for youngsters
11:45a News Service
12:00p Johns Hopkins Science Review – “Man Against Cancer” part 3 (DuMont – delayed from Monday @ 8:30p)
12:30p Capt. Midnight’s Adventure Theater (Chapters from the Republic serials)
01:00p Community Auditions – Gene Jones
01:30p A Visit with Carl Sandburg – the twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize appears in a special TV film. He will recite “Phizzog”, “A Couple”, and a bit from “Sliphorn Jazz”.
02:00p American Inventory – documentary (subject was the mechanical heart)
02:00p American Forum of the Air – “How Can We Best Combat Communism?” with rep. Harold H. Velde (R-Ill.) and James B. Carey of the C.I.O.
03:00p Victory at Sea – documentary; “D-Day”
03:30p You Asked for It – Art Baker (ABC – delayed from Sunday @ 7p)
04:00p Kukla, Fran and Ollie – puppets
04:30p Zoo Parade – Lincoln Park; “Transplanting Animals” (moving animals from the wild to zoos)
05:00p Hall of Fame – drama; “Crown of Wings”, story of Audobon, the bird man
05:30p Red Skelton Show – comedy; guests: the Nat “King” Cole Trio (delayed from Sunday @ 7p)
06:00p Modern Film Hour – “Nicholas Nickleby” with Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Jill Balcom
07:00p The Range Rider – Jack Mahoney; “Ghost of Poco Loco”
07:30p Mr. Peepers – Wally Cox; something happens at a school bazaar that causes Nancy to hesitate accepting an out-of-town job offer
08:00p Colgate Comedy Hour – Eddie Cantor takes the spotlight with Sharon Baird, dancer Billy Daniel, Tom D’Andrea and Hal March, Connie Russell, Frank Loesser, Sara Berner
09:00p Television Playhouse – Arthur Treacher in “Mr. Pettengil Here”
10:00p The Doctor – Warner Anderson; “Song for a Banker”
10:30p The Big Story – True Drama; a reporter helps a 10-year-old boy fight eviction from his home
11:00p Night Owl Theater – movie; “Wing Over the Pacific”
6 – WNHC New Haven (ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC) – moved to channel 8; now WTNH (ABC)
10:00a What’s Your Trouble? – film
10:15a The Nature of Things – science
10:30a Mr. Wizard (NBC – delayed from Saturday @ 7p)
11:00a Super Circus – Claude Kircher (ABC)
12:00p Kit Carson – Western drama
12:30p Quiz Kids – Joe Kelly (NBC)
01:00p Youth Wants to Know – panel (NBC)
01:30p Frontiers of Faith – religion
02:00p Bishop Sheen – Life is Worth Living (DuMont – delayed from Tuesday @ 8:30p)
02:30p The Name’s the Same – panel (ABC – delayed from Wednesday @ 7:30p)
03:00p This is Your Life – Ralph Edwards (NBC – delayed from Wednesday @ 10p)
03:30p The Stu Erwin Show – comedy (ABC – delayed from Friday @ 7:30p)
04:00p Kukla, Fran and Ollie – puppets (NBC)
04:30p Omnibus – Alistair Cooke; 1) William Saroyan’s “The Oyster and the Pearl” with Paul Douglas; 2) “The Wheat Field”, an example of time-lapse photography; 3) An exhibition of “The Cellini Cup”; 4) Paris ballet, “Under the Bridges of Paris”, postponed from Feb. 8. (CBS)
06:00p You Are There – Walter Cronkite; “The Boston Tea Party” (CBS)
06:30p This is Charles Laughton
06:45p Walter Winchell – news (ABC)
07:00p Red Skelton Show – Red portrays a real estate salesman and a vitamin salesman; sketches are Dirty Deadeye and the Mad Scientist (NBC)
07:30p Private Secretary – Ann Sothern; the power of hypnosis makes Susie make strange statements that baffle her boss (CBS; alternates with Jack Benny running every 4th week)
08:00p Toast of the Town – Ed Sullivan; guests: Bing Crosby, Gene Autry, Jimmy Boyd, Molly Bee, pianist Honeychile Robinson, Roberta Peters singing “Sempre Libre”, Bill and Cora Baird, a scene from “Amahl and the Night Visitors” with the original cast (CBS)
09:00p Television Playhouse – Arthur Treacher in “Mr. Pettengil Here” (NBC; Goodyear and Philco were alternating sponsors)
10:00p The Doctor – Warner Anderson; “Song for a Banker” (NBC)
10:30p Ozzie and Harriet – sketch (ABC – delayed from Friday @ 8p)
11:00p Sunday News Special
11:15p Fireside Theater – drama
11:45p This is the Life – religion
7 – WNAC Boston (ABC/CBS/DuMont) – now WHDH (NBC)
11:00a This is the Life – drama
11:30a WNAC-TV Film Shorts
12:00p Billy Graham – Hour of Decision
12:15p Tootsie Hippodrome – kids (ABC)
12:30p The Candy Carnival – Crane
01:00p The Big Picture – documentary
01:30p Wisdom of the Ages – Jack Barry (DuMont – delayed from Tuesday @ 9:30p)
02:00p You Are There – Walter Cronkite; “The Capture of Jesse James” (CBS)
02:30p Pro Basketball – Curt Gowdy; Boston Celtics vs. Indianapolis Jets (according to Wikipedia WBZ had Celtics games from 1949-1954 (something I find doubtful – Wiki’s Celtics Radio & TV page doesn’t have TV coverage until 1960); DuMont televised games on a national level beginning with the 1953-54 season on Saturdays); the Jets folded in 1948, this team was the Olympians; Celtics won 89-76
04:30p Omnibus – Alistair Cooke; 1) William Saroyan’s “The Oyster and the Pearl” with Paul Douglas; 2) “The Wheat Field”, an example of time-lapse photography; 3) An exhibition of “The Cellini Cup”; 4) Paris ballet, “Under the Bridges of Paris”, postponed from Feb. 8. (CBS)
06:00p The Plainclothesman – Ken Lynch; “The Careless Killer” (DuMont – delayed from Sunday @ 9:30p)
06:30p Kieran’s Kaleidoscope
06:45p Walter Winchell – news (ABC)
07:00p Gene Autry Show – Western; “Hot Lead and Old Lace” (CBS)
07:30p Private Secretary – Ann Sothern; the power of hypnosis makes Susie make strange statements that baffle her boss (CBS; alternates with Jack Benny running every 4th week)
08:00p Toast of the Town – Ed Sullivan; guests: Bing Crosby, Gene Autry, Jimmy Boyd, Molly Bee, pianist Honeychile Robinson, Roberta Peters singing “Sempre Libre”, Bill and Cora Baird, a scene from “Amahl and the Night Visitors” with the original cast (CBS)
09:00p The Fred Waring Show – music; the show originates from Los Angeles while the troupe is on a concert tour (CBS)
09:30p Time to Smile – comedy; Alan Young (CBS)
10:00p The Web – mystery drama; “The Patsy” with Warren Stevens, Constance Ford and Robert Simon (CBS)
10:30p Prince Television Theater – movie; “Wrecking Crew” with Richard Arlen
11 – WJAR Providence (ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC) – moved to channel 10 (NBC)
10:30a This is the Life – religion
11:00a Frontiers of Faith – religion
11:30a The Jewish Heritage (subject: Hebrew day school)
12:00p Tootsie Hippodrome – kids (ABC)
12:30p Super Circus – Claude Kircher (ABC)
01:00p Let’s Have the Facts
01:15p Portrait of Rhode Island
01:30p Music Hall – Patti Page (NBC – delayed from Wednesday @ 8:30p)
02:00p This is Your Life – Ralph Edwards (NBC – delayed from Wednesday @ 10p)
02:30p Down You Go – Bergen Evans (DuMont – delayed from Friday @ 10:30p)
03:00p Victory at Sea – documentary; “Melanesian Nightmare”
03:30p Ernie and Bea – debut
04:00p Life Begins at 80 – Jack Barry (DuMont – delayed from Friday @ 9p)
04:30p You Asked for It – Art Baker (ABC – delayed from Sunday @ 7p)
05:00p Bishop Sheen – Life is Worth Living (DuMont – delayed from Tuesday @ 8:30p)
05:30p Mr. and Mrs. North (CBS – delayed from Friday @ 10p)
06:00p Meet the Press – panel (NBC)
06:30p The Range Rider – Jack Mahoney
07:00p Red Skelton Show – Red portrays a real estate salesman and a vitamin salesman; sketches are Dirty Deadeye and the Mad Scientist (NBC)
07:30p Mr. Peepers – Wally Cox; something happens at a school bazaar that causes Nancy to hesitate accepting an out-of-town job offer (NBC)
08:00p Colgate Comedy Hour – Eddie Cantor takes the spotlight with Sharon Baird, dancer Billy Daniel, Tom D’Andrea and Hal March, Connie Russell, Frank Loesser, Sara Berner (NBC)
09:00p Television Playhouse – Arthur Treacher in “Mr. Pettengil Here” (NBC)
10:00p Ozzie and Harriet – sketch (ABC – delayed from Friday @ 8p)
10:30p The Little Theater – film
10:45p Foreign Intrigue – Jerome Thor
11:15p Late News – Arthur Lake
11:20p Balance Your Budget – Bert Parks (CBS – delayed from Saturday @ 10p)
11:50p Movie – “Gang’s All Here”
4 – WBZ Boston (NBC) – now a CBS O&O
10:00a WBZ-TV Film Shorts
10:30a Mr. Wizard – Educational; Don Herbert
11:00a Our Believing World – religion
11:30a The Magic Clown – for youngsters
11:45a News Service
12:00p Johns Hopkins Science Review – “Man Against Cancer” part 3 (DuMont – delayed from Monday @ 8:30p)
12:30p Capt. Midnight’s Adventure Theater (Chapters from the Republic serials)
01:00p Community Auditions – Gene Jones
01:30p A Visit with Carl Sandburg – the twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize appears in a special TV film. He will recite “Phizzog”, “A Couple”, and a bit from “Sliphorn Jazz”.
02:00p American Inventory – documentary (subject was the mechanical heart)
02:00p American Forum of the Air – “How Can We Best Combat Communism?” with rep. Harold H. Velde (R-Ill.) and James B. Carey of the C.I.O.
03:00p Victory at Sea – documentary; “D-Day”
03:30p You Asked for It – Art Baker (ABC – delayed from Sunday @ 7p)
04:00p Kukla, Fran and Ollie – puppets
04:30p Zoo Parade – Lincoln Park; “Transplanting Animals” (moving animals from the wild to zoos)
05:00p Hall of Fame – drama; “Crown of Wings”, story of Audobon, the bird man
05:30p Red Skelton Show – comedy; guests: the Nat “King” Cole Trio (delayed from Sunday @ 7p)
06:00p Modern Film Hour – “Nicholas Nickleby” with Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Jill Balcom
07:00p The Range Rider – Jack Mahoney; “Ghost of Poco Loco”
07:30p Mr. Peepers – Wally Cox; something happens at a school bazaar that causes Nancy to hesitate accepting an out-of-town job offer
08:00p Colgate Comedy Hour – Eddie Cantor takes the spotlight with Sharon Baird, dancer Billy Daniel, Tom D’Andrea and Hal March, Connie Russell, Frank Loesser, Sara Berner
09:00p Television Playhouse – Arthur Treacher in “Mr. Pettengil Here”
10:00p The Doctor – Warner Anderson; “Song for a Banker”
10:30p The Big Story – True Drama; a reporter helps a 10-year-old boy fight eviction from his home
11:00p Night Owl Theater – movie; “Wing Over the Pacific”
6 – WNHC New Haven (ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC) – moved to channel 8; now WTNH (ABC)
10:00a What’s Your Trouble? – film
10:15a The Nature of Things – science
10:30a Mr. Wizard (NBC – delayed from Saturday @ 7p)
11:00a Super Circus – Claude Kircher (ABC)
12:00p Kit Carson – Western drama
12:30p Quiz Kids – Joe Kelly (NBC)
01:00p Youth Wants to Know – panel (NBC)
01:30p Frontiers of Faith – religion
02:00p Bishop Sheen – Life is Worth Living (DuMont – delayed from Tuesday @ 8:30p)
02:30p The Name’s the Same – panel (ABC – delayed from Wednesday @ 7:30p)
03:00p This is Your Life – Ralph Edwards (NBC – delayed from Wednesday @ 10p)
03:30p The Stu Erwin Show – comedy (ABC – delayed from Friday @ 7:30p)
04:00p Kukla, Fran and Ollie – puppets (NBC)
04:30p Omnibus – Alistair Cooke; 1) William Saroyan’s “The Oyster and the Pearl” with Paul Douglas; 2) “The Wheat Field”, an example of time-lapse photography; 3) An exhibition of “The Cellini Cup”; 4) Paris ballet, “Under the Bridges of Paris”, postponed from Feb. 8. (CBS)
06:00p You Are There – Walter Cronkite; “The Boston Tea Party” (CBS)
06:30p This is Charles Laughton
06:45p Walter Winchell – news (ABC)
07:00p Red Skelton Show – Red portrays a real estate salesman and a vitamin salesman; sketches are Dirty Deadeye and the Mad Scientist (NBC)
07:30p Private Secretary – Ann Sothern; the power of hypnosis makes Susie make strange statements that baffle her boss (CBS; alternates with Jack Benny running every 4th week)
08:00p Toast of the Town – Ed Sullivan; guests: Bing Crosby, Gene Autry, Jimmy Boyd, Molly Bee, pianist Honeychile Robinson, Roberta Peters singing “Sempre Libre”, Bill and Cora Baird, a scene from “Amahl and the Night Visitors” with the original cast (CBS)
09:00p Television Playhouse – Arthur Treacher in “Mr. Pettengil Here” (NBC; Goodyear and Philco were alternating sponsors)
10:00p The Doctor – Warner Anderson; “Song for a Banker” (NBC)
10:30p Ozzie and Harriet – sketch (ABC – delayed from Friday @ 8p)
11:00p Sunday News Special
11:15p Fireside Theater – drama
11:45p This is the Life – religion
7 – WNAC Boston (ABC/CBS/DuMont) – now WHDH (NBC)
11:00a This is the Life – drama
11:30a WNAC-TV Film Shorts
12:00p Billy Graham – Hour of Decision
12:15p Tootsie Hippodrome – kids (ABC)
12:30p The Candy Carnival – Crane
01:00p The Big Picture – documentary
01:30p Wisdom of the Ages – Jack Barry (DuMont – delayed from Tuesday @ 9:30p)
02:00p You Are There – Walter Cronkite; “The Capture of Jesse James” (CBS)
02:30p Pro Basketball – Curt Gowdy; Boston Celtics vs. Indianapolis Jets (according to Wikipedia WBZ had Celtics games from 1949-1954 (something I find doubtful – Wiki’s Celtics Radio & TV page doesn’t have TV coverage until 1960); DuMont televised games on a national level beginning with the 1953-54 season on Saturdays); the Jets folded in 1948, this team was the Olympians; Celtics won 89-76
04:30p Omnibus – Alistair Cooke; 1) William Saroyan’s “The Oyster and the Pearl” with Paul Douglas; 2) “The Wheat Field”, an example of time-lapse photography; 3) An exhibition of “The Cellini Cup”; 4) Paris ballet, “Under the Bridges of Paris”, postponed from Feb. 8. (CBS)
06:00p The Plainclothesman – Ken Lynch; “The Careless Killer” (DuMont – delayed from Sunday @ 9:30p)
06:30p Kieran’s Kaleidoscope
06:45p Walter Winchell – news (ABC)
07:00p Gene Autry Show – Western; “Hot Lead and Old Lace” (CBS)
07:30p Private Secretary – Ann Sothern; the power of hypnosis makes Susie make strange statements that baffle her boss (CBS; alternates with Jack Benny running every 4th week)
08:00p Toast of the Town – Ed Sullivan; guests: Bing Crosby, Gene Autry, Jimmy Boyd, Molly Bee, pianist Honeychile Robinson, Roberta Peters singing “Sempre Libre”, Bill and Cora Baird, a scene from “Amahl and the Night Visitors” with the original cast (CBS)
09:00p The Fred Waring Show – music; the show originates from Los Angeles while the troupe is on a concert tour (CBS)
09:30p Time to Smile – comedy; Alan Young (CBS)
10:00p The Web – mystery drama; “The Patsy” with Warren Stevens, Constance Ford and Robert Simon (CBS)
10:30p Prince Television Theater – movie; “Wrecking Crew” with Richard Arlen
11 – WJAR Providence (ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC) – moved to channel 10 (NBC)
10:30a This is the Life – religion
11:00a Frontiers of Faith – religion
11:30a The Jewish Heritage (subject: Hebrew day school)
12:00p Tootsie Hippodrome – kids (ABC)
12:30p Super Circus – Claude Kircher (ABC)
01:00p Let’s Have the Facts
01:15p Portrait of Rhode Island
01:30p Music Hall – Patti Page (NBC – delayed from Wednesday @ 8:30p)
02:00p This is Your Life – Ralph Edwards (NBC – delayed from Wednesday @ 10p)
02:30p Down You Go – Bergen Evans (DuMont – delayed from Friday @ 10:30p)
03:00p Victory at Sea – documentary; “Melanesian Nightmare”
03:30p Ernie and Bea – debut
04:00p Life Begins at 80 – Jack Barry (DuMont – delayed from Friday @ 9p)
04:30p You Asked for It – Art Baker (ABC – delayed from Sunday @ 7p)
05:00p Bishop Sheen – Life is Worth Living (DuMont – delayed from Tuesday @ 8:30p)
05:30p Mr. and Mrs. North (CBS – delayed from Friday @ 10p)
06:00p Meet the Press – panel (NBC)
06:30p The Range Rider – Jack Mahoney
07:00p Red Skelton Show – Red portrays a real estate salesman and a vitamin salesman; sketches are Dirty Deadeye and the Mad Scientist (NBC)
07:30p Mr. Peepers – Wally Cox; something happens at a school bazaar that causes Nancy to hesitate accepting an out-of-town job offer (NBC)
08:00p Colgate Comedy Hour – Eddie Cantor takes the spotlight with Sharon Baird, dancer Billy Daniel, Tom D’Andrea and Hal March, Connie Russell, Frank Loesser, Sara Berner (NBC)
09:00p Television Playhouse – Arthur Treacher in “Mr. Pettengil Here” (NBC)
10:00p Ozzie and Harriet – sketch (ABC – delayed from Friday @ 8p)
10:30p The Little Theater – film
10:45p Foreign Intrigue – Jerome Thor
11:15p Late News – Arthur Lake
11:20p Balance Your Budget – Bert Parks (CBS – delayed from Saturday @ 10p)
11:50p Movie – “Gang’s All Here”