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Retro: New York City, Monday, September 13, 1948

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Bob1370

Guest
Source; New York Times

Channels;
2-WCBS-TV (CBS)
4-WNBT (NBC; now WNBC)
5-WABD (DuMont; now WNYW-Fox)
7-WJZ-TV (ABC; now WABC-TV)
11-WPIX (Ind; now CW)
13-WATV (Ind; now WNET-PBS)

Mornings

10:00
13-Music & test patterns until 3 (no regular programming scheduled)

Afternoons

2:00
5-Sign-on; U.S. Open Tennis Championship from Forest Hills (until 6)
3:30
7-Sign-on; Cartoon Teletales (children)
5:00
11-Sign-on; News; Pixie Playhouse
5:30
4-Sign-on; Howdy Doody with Buffalo Bob (children)
5:45
11-Comics on Parade with Danny Webb
6:00
5-Small Fry Club with Bob Emery (children)
11-Records
6:30
2-News, weather
5-Sports with Russ Hodges
7:00
2-Bob Howard Show (variety)
5-Doorway to Fame; Mimi Benzell, guest
7-News and Views; Jack Beall and Jim Gibbons
11-Record Rendezvous with Stan Shaw
7:15
2-Places Please, with Barry Wood
7-The Fitzgeralds
7:30
2-CBS Evening News with Douglas Edwards
4-Sign-on; Music Miniatures
5-Camera Headlines (news)
7-Kiernan's Corner (news, comment with Walter Kiernan)
11-Newsreel
7:45
2-Face The Music; Johnny Desmond, Tony Mottola Trio, Sandra Deel
4-Camel News Caravan with John Cameron Swayze
11-UN Carnival
8:00
2-Film Shorts
4-NBC Presents
5-Champagne and Orchids
7-Quizzing The News; Nancy Craig, Gordon Fraser
8:10
11-Jack McCarthy
8:15
2-Sports with Dennis James
8:20
2-Baseball; Dodgers vs. Chicago Cubs
11-Baseball-Giantrs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
8:30
4-Americana with Ben Grauer
5-Swing Into Sports
7-Film;Tzurang (no details available)
9:00
4-Television Newsreel
5-Film Shorts
7-You're Invited (variety)
9:10
4-Village Barn Variety Show (until signoff)
9:30
5-Court of Current Issues (public affairs forum)(until signoff)
9:45
2-Boxing; Ezzard Charles vs. Jimmy Bivins, live from Washington (interrupts baseball)
10:45
2-Baseball coverage resumes
11-Newsreel
11:00
2-Newsreel


Notice the lack of regular morning or midday programming on all stations. Daytime TV would begin to appear in 1949 and be seen on more stations during 1950 and 1951.
 
It should be noted that CBS's newscast was called CBS-TV News; not to be called Douglas Edwards with the News until about 1951.
 
wbhist said:
It should be noted that CBS's newscast was called CBS-TV News; not to be called Douglas Edwards with the News until about 1951.

To be exact, the Newscast was called "CBS Television News" according to an early Cleveland area TV/Entertainment Magazine called "Televue"..I have a cover to an March 19, 1949 issue of Douglas Edwards in the CBS Newsroom..WEWS-TV 5 carried CBS News Mon-Fri at 7:30

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zhGDMDQ2o...IeMIbKpcTG8/s1600-h/Douglas+Edwardscbstv5.jpg
 
This is much better than the 1941 offerings were. What a difference 7 years made in NYC. I'm going out to buy my 13" black and white Philco TV right now!!!
 
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