Retro: New York City, Friday, June 4, 1948

[Bob1370]

Source; N.Y. Times

Stations;
2-WCBS-TV (CBS)
4-WNBT (NBC, now WNBC)
5-WABD (DuMont, now WNYW-Fox)
13-WATV (Ind., now WNET-PBS)

No morning programs on any station

AFTERNOON

4:00
13-Feature Film; Varieties
5:30
4-Howdy Doody with Buffalo Bob Smith (children)
5:40
13-Film serial

EVENING

6:00
5-Small Fry Club with Bob Emery (children)
13-Film; Timber War (Western, 1935); Kermit Maynard, Lucille Lund
6:30
5-Sports with Russ Hodges
6:55
13-News, Films, Variety
7:00
2-Music, news
5-Film Shorts
7:10
4-Fashion Film with Carmel Snow
7:15
2-Face The Music (music, variety); Tommy Mottola Trio
7:30
2-CBS News with Douglas Edwards
4-Musical Merry-Go-Round
5-Camera Headlines (newsreel)
7:45
2-Film; I Killed That Man (Mystery, 1941); Ricardo Cortez, Joan Woodbury
13-Film; So Is Your Aunt Emma (Comedy, 1942); Zasu Pitts, Roger Pryor
7:50
4-Newsreel with John Cameron Swayze; Sports Time
8:00
5-Fashions On Parade
8:30
4-Stop Me If You Heard This One (Comedy, Game Show)
5-Baseball Fanfare (Pre-game Show)
8:40
5-New York Yankees vs. Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium; Mel Allen & Red Barber make the call
9:00
2-What It's Worth (antique appraisal)
4-Sports; Music; Newsreel
9:25
4-Boxing from Madison Square Garden

 

[bpatrick]

Getting close to a couple of key premiere dates: Milton
Berle's "Texaco Star Theater" on June 8, and Ed Sullivan's
"Toast Of The Town" on June 20.

 

[arc23]

with 8.45 broadcast i guess the baseball game was joined around the middle innings?

 

[oldiesfan6479]

with 8.45 broadcast i guess the baseball game was joined around the middle innings?

It probably was the start of the game--baseball start times were later way back. And the
games were likely to finish quicker, too.

Even in the 1960s the Dodgers started weeknight home games at 8 PM. Now of course,
around 7 PM is a common night game start time, with a couple of teams as early as 6:40.

 

[Tim L]

with 8.45 broadcast i guess the baseball game was joined around the middle innings?

It probably was the start of the game--baseball start times were later way back. And the
games were likely to finish quicker, too.

Even in the 1960s the Dodgers started weeknight home games at 8 PM. Now of course,
around 7 PM is a common night game start time, with a couple of teams as early as 6:40.

This doesnt directly relate to the topic, but I've recently seen where from 1948-the early 1950's Cleveland radio stations and WEWS-TV, that had the rights to Cleveland Barons AHL Hockey, only broadcasted the third period of games live, usually starting at 9:45-10PM ET..Was this a common practice in Broadcasting Hockey at the NHL/AHL level at the time?

 

[arc23]

yes it was , even in Canada , CBC did it, till 1969