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Retro: New England Thursday September 28, 1949

M

MCarney

Source: TV Forecast New England Edition

4 - WBZ-TV
7 - WNAC-TV

10a
7 - Multiscope (news, weather and time)

12p
7 - Shopping-Vues (Louise Morgan)

1p
7 - Multiscope

1:10p
4 - Sports Round-Up

1:50p
4 - Baseball - Braves vs. Dodgers

4:30p
4 - Newstape

4:40p
4 - Serial "Custer's Last Stand"

5p
4 - Kukla, Fran and Ollie

5:30p
4 - Howdy Doody

5:35p
7 - Hoss Opry Playhouse

5:50p
7 - Yankee News Service

6p
4 - Surprize Package (children's show)
7 - Small Fry Club

6:15p
4 - Weather or Not

6:20p
4 - Thrill of Your Life (Interviews with Norwood stock car racers)

6:30p
4 - Herb Lewis (piano and song)
7 - Lucky Pup

6:40p
4 - Filmologue

6:45p
4 - Hobby Hob-Nob
7 - Song Hits

7p
4 - Hum and Strum (Piano and song by your old harmony team)
7 - Your Sports Special

7:15p
4 - Musical Manner
7 - Song Hits

7:20p
4 - Nightly Newsteller

7:30p
4 - Mohawk Showroom
7 - Manhattan Spotlight

7:45p
4 - News Caravan
7 - Nightly Newsteller

7:55p
7 - Weather Fotocast

8p
4 - RFD America
7 - Stop the Music

8:30p
4 - Mary Kay and Johnny

9p
4 - Fireball-Fun for All (with Olsen and Johnson)
7 - Crusade in Europe

9:25p
7 - Headliner

9:30p
7 - Starring Boris Karloff

10p
4 - Martin Kane, Private Eye
7 - Roving Camera

WJAR-TV Channel 11 (listed separately)
1:45p - Film Short
1:55p - Baseball, Braves vs. Brooklyn
6p - Meet Your Navy
6:20p - Film Highlights
6:30p - Newstape
6:40p - Tomorrow's Weather
6:45p - Armchair Traveler
7p - Kukla, Fran and Ollie
7:30p - Mohawk Showroom
7:45p - News Caravan
8p - NBC Presents
8:30p - Mary Kay and Johnnie
9p - Fireball Fun For All
10p - Private Eye
10:30p - News Views
 
Wow, I didn't realize Howdy Doody was on that early.

But yeah, it's really amazing that at the time, in Boston there were only 2 channels (3 if you count WJAR).
 
It should have been 3, but Raytheon wasn't ready to put WRTB on the air (and they never did). Funny thing is that there's a small blurb in the guide about a 3rd Boston station coming on soon.

Howdy Doody first aired in December 1947. Buffalo Bob and Howdy made an appearance at Jordan Marsh just after WBZ came on the air in June 1948.
 
"Howdy Doody" aired five days a week at 5:30 from 1948
until June 1956, when it cut back to Saturday mornings at
10 for its final four years. And that was a network (NBC)
practice, not just WBZ's.
 
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