Retro: New Orleans and Mississippi Sunday, June 3, 1956

[bpatrick]

I had a request for New Orleans schedules for this date.
As there was only one station in the Big Easy at the
time (WDSU/6, WWL/4 didn't sign on until '57), and
because my source, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger, listed
Jackson, Meridian, and Memphis stations, I'm going to
post all six (count 'em!) stations listed in the paper
that day.

First, to fulfill the request:

WDSU Ch. 6

8:10 News
8:15 Christian Science
8:30 Christophers
9 AM Mr. Wizard (NBC)
9:30 Cap'n Sam
10:30 Little Rascals
11 AM Christ Church
12 N Real Estate
12:30 Wild Bill Hickok (could be syndicated
or reruns on CBS)
1 PM School Board
1:25 Know Why
1:30 Supplement (don't know what this is,
sounds like an infomercial for a vitamin
supplement but that's highly unlikely)
2 PM Wide Wide World (NBC, not to be confused
with Wide World Of Sports, this had Dave
Garroway showing events from around the world)
3:30 Lassie (CBS)
4 PM Big Town (NBC)
4:30 Roy Rogers (NBC)
5 PM It's A Great Life (NBC)
5:30 Frontier (NBC)
6 PM Colgate Comedy Hour (NBC)
7 PM Goodyear Playhouse (NBC)
8 PM Loretta Young (NBC)
8:30 Amos 'n' Andy
9 PM Biff Baker
9:30 Great Gildersleeve
10 PM Ozzie And Harriet (ABC)
10:30 Make Room For Daddy (Danny Thomas)
(ABC, moved to CBS in '57)
11 PM World Tonight
11:15 Late Show
12:45 News And Sports

NOTE: This is Central Standard Time, two hours behind
Eastern Daylight.

JACKSON

WLBT Ch. 3

10:30 Church In The Home
11 AM American Forum (NBC)
11:30 Frontiers Of Faith (NBC)
12 N Princeton '56 (NBC)
12:30 The Answer
1 PM Gospel Hour (may be Children's
Gospel Hour)
1:30 Zoo Parade (NBC)
2 PM Wide Wide World
3:30 The Way
4 PM Meet The Press (NBC)
4:30 Gene Autry
5 PM Long John Silver
5:30 Frontier
6 PM Colgate Comedy Hour
7 PM Goodyear Playhouse
8 PM Loretta Young
8:30 Highway Patrol
9 PM It's A Great Life
9:30 Overseas (nothing else given)
10 PM Man To Man
10:15 Weather
10:20 News
10:30 Movie

WJTV Ch. 12

9:45 Christian Science
10 AM Let's Take A Trip (CBS)
10:30 This Is The Life
11 AM First Baptist Church
12 N Christophers
12:30 Oral Roberts
1 PM Playhouse (nothing else given)
1:30 Inspection (again, nothing else given)
2 PM Southerners
2:30 Adventure (may be the CBS show by
that name)
3 PM Grand Ole Opry (could be delayed from
ABC's Saturday night schedule)
4 PM Telephone Time (CBS)
4:30 You Are There (CBS)
5 PM News
5:15 Scoreboard
5:30 Your Music
6 PM Lassie
6:30 Jack Benny (CBS)
7 PM GE Theater (CBS)
7:30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (CBS)
8 PM $64,000 Challenge (CBS)
8:30 Mr. District Attorney
9 PM Ed Sullivan (CBS)
10 PM Crunch & Des
10:30 The Vise (ABC)
11 PM Case Files Of Jeffrey Jones (the actor
who played Principal Rooney in "Ferris
Bueller's Day Off" is named Jeffrey Jones)

MERIDIAN

WTOK Ch. 11

1 PM Herald Of Truth
1:30 Church In The Home
2 PM Big Picture
2:30 Adventure
3 PM Face The Nation (CBS)
3:30 CBS News (Eric Sevareid)
4 PM Oral Roberts
4:30 Disneyland (ABC)
5:30 Amazing Dunninger (ABC)
6 PM I'm The Law
6:30 Jack Benny
7 PM GE Theater
7:30 Playhouse (nothing else given)
8 PM Loretta Young
8:30 Telephone Time
9 PM Ed Sullivan
10 PM Lineup (CBS)
10:30 Mark Saber
11 PM Sign Off

MEMPHIS

WMCT (now WMC-TV) Ch. 5

8:55 News
9 AM Man To Man
9:15 Industry On Parade
9:30 Big Picture
9:55 Senator Gore (Al Gore's dad, Albert)
10 AM Christophers
10:30 This Is The Life
11 AM American Forum
11:30 Frontiers Of Faith
12 N Drama (nothing else given)
12:30 Youth Wants To Know (NBC)
1 PM Your Government
1:30 Zoo Parade
2 PM Wide Wide World
3:30 March Of Medicine
4 PM Blackwood Brothers (gospel music,
they've been a fixture in the South
for decades)
4:15 Kaleidoscope
4:30 Roy Rogers
5 PM Long John Silver
5:30 Frontier
6 PM Colgate Comedy Hour
7 PM Goodyear Playhouse
8 PM Public Defender
8:30 Highway Patrol
9 PM Loretta Young
9:30 Science Fiction Theater
10 PM Star Stage (NBC)
10:30 Bowling
11 PM Movie
12 M Sign Off

I'm wondering here if WLBT got its shows via microwave
from WMCT; I know Nashville's WSM got its shows that
way from Louisville's WAVE.

WHBQ Ch. 13

12:30 For Your Information
12:45 Statesmen Quartet (more gospel music)
1 PM Bowling
2 PM Matinee
3:30 College Press Conference (ABC)
4 PM Going Places (ABC--Merv Griffin hosted
this variety show from Florida)
5 PM Ramar Of The Jungle
5:30 Rin Tin Tin (ABC)
6 PM Kit Carson
6:30 Lone Ranger (ABC)
7 PM Ted Mack's Amateur Hour (ABC)
8 PM Count Of Monte Cristo
8:30 Famous Film Festival (ABC)
10 PM Silver Screen (probably movies)

 

[johnnya2k6]

I had a request for New Orleans schedules for this date.
As there was only one station in the Big Easy at the
time (WDSU/6, WWL/4 didn't sign on until '57)

Actually, they had two station; WJMR (now WVUE) started in 1953 as a CBS/ABC station until WWL took the former network when they signed on in '57.

And until WLOX came on board in 1962, people on the Mississippi coast had trouble getting clear signals from those three N.O. stations.

Jonathan Allen

 

[jc]

I had a request for New Orleans schedules for this date.
As there was only one station in the Big Easy at the
time (WDSU/6, WWL/4 didn't sign on until '57), and
because my source, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger, listed
Jackson, Meridian, and Memphis stations, I'm going to
post all six (count 'em!) stations listed in the paper
that day.

First, to fulfill the request:

I didn't make this request but since you've posted this, can you post schedules from the early 1970's to the mid 1980s, just like this but from the years I described, please thanks. Of course, you don't have to post this al in one thread. Thanks.