RETRO; New York City, Tuesday, March 9, 1948

[Bob1370]

Source; New York Times

Stations;
WCBS-TV Ch. 2 (CBS)
WNBT Ch. 4 (NBC)
WABD Ch. 5 (DuMont)

Afternoon

5:00
4-Puppet Playhouse

Evening
6:15
5-Small Fry Club with Bob Emery
6:45
5-News from Washington with Walter Compton
7:00
5-Films
7:15
5-Mary Kay and Johnny (situation comedy)
7:30
5-Camera Headlines (local news)
7:40
5-Telenews
7:50
4-Newsreel with John Cameron Swayze
8:00
2-NCAA Basketball, NYU vs. CCNY from Madison Square Garden
4-Skipper Model Speedboat Contest from Downtown Athletic Club
5-Court of Public Opinion: Is Our Present Soviet-American Policy Wise?
Earl Browder, Philip Jaffe, Mrs. Carol King, Negative; William Henry Chamberlin, Norman Thomas,
Leo Cherne, Affirmative; Frank E. Karelsen Jr., Judge
9:00
4-Wrestling from St. Nicholas Arena
5-Modern Magic
9:30
5-Boxing from Park Arena
10:30
4-News

No regularly scheduled programs before 5 PM from any station.

 

[bpatrick]

Strange to see a New York schedule for a Tuesday night in 1948 and
Milton Berle isn't on it; he did his first "Texaco Star Theater" on June 8,
and after trying out a couple of other comedians, Texaco made him
permanent host starting Sept. 21. Also strange not to see Douglas
Edwards' newscast at 7:30 on Channel 2; depending on the source, he
went national (or what passed for national on CBS in those days--six
stations, I believe) on either May 3 or August 15.

I think that at the time the three biggest shows on Tuesdays were all
on NBC radio: "Fibber McGee & Molly," Bob Hope, and Red Skelton.