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Retro: Northern California Mon, Apr 3, 1960

from TV Guide-Northern California edition

KTVU 2-Ind Oakland
11:30 News (c/Ray Jacobs)
noon Short Story Theater "Faith"
12:30 Paul Coates
1:00 Burns & Allen
1:30 Our Miss Brooks "Four-Leaf Clover"
2:00 Believe It or Not "The Incredible Accident"
2:05 Movie Matinee "Son of Fury"
3:30 Topper "Theatrical Episode"
4:00 Captain Satellite
4:30 Brother Buzz
4:45 Captain Satellite
5:00 Three Stooges "Coo Coo Cavaliers"/"Crash Goes the Hash"
6:00 Amos 'n' Andy "Counterfeiters Rent Basement"
6:30 Yogi Bear
7:00 Cannonball "The Runaway"
7:30 Movie "Land of the Pharoahs" (c)
9:15 Believe It or Not
9:30 Grand Jury "Hired for Homicide"
10:00 News/Weather
10:30 Paul Coates
11:00 Believe It or Not
11:05 Early Late Show "Young and Willing"

KCRA 3-NBC Sacramento
7:00 Dave Garroway (guests June Valli and the Mundell Lowe trio)
8:00 Captain Sacto
8:30 Wondertime (Miss Mauvra)
9:00 My Little Margie
9:30 Play Your Hunch (c)
10:00 Price is Right (c)
10:30 Concentration
11:00 Truth or Consequences
11:30 It Could Be You (c)
11:55 NBC News
noon Jan Murray (c)
12:30 Loretta Young "The Woman Between"
1:00 Young Dr. Malone
1:30 From These Roots
2:00 Make Room for Daddy "Terry vs Kathy"
2:30 News
2:35 Valley Playhouse "The Farmer's Daughter"
4:25 Greatest Headlines
4:30 Popeye (Bosun Bill)
5:00 Captain Sacto
5:30 Invisible Man "Man in Disguise"
6:00 News
6:15 NBC News
6:30 Channel 3 Reports
7:00 Brothers Brannagan "A Very Special Woman"
7:30 Americans "The Gun"
8:30 Wells Fargo "The Remittance Man"
9:00 Acapulco "Fisher's Daughter"
9:30 Dante "The Sesame Key"
10:00 Barbara Stanwyck "Sign of the Zodiacs"
10:30 Newsbeat
11:00 Paul Coates
11:30 Jack Paar (guests Earl Wilson, Alexander King, and Betty Johnson)
1:00 News

KRON 4-NBC San Francisco
6:55 Farm Dateline
7:00 Dave Garroway
7:25 Almanac Newsreel
7:30 Dave Garroway
8:25 Almanac Newsreel
8:30 Dave Garroway
9:00 Say When
9:30 Play Your Hunch (c)
10:00 Price is Right (c)
10:30 Concentration
11:00 Truth or Consequences
11:30 It Could Be You (c)
11:55 NBC News
noon Jan Murray (c)
12:30 Loretta Young "The Woman Between"
1:00 Young Dr. Malone
1:30 From These Roots
2:00 Make Room for Daddy "Terry vs Kathy"
2:30 Here's Hollywood (interviews with Howard Keel and James Francisco)
3:00 Golden Gate Playhouse "The Silken Affair"
4:30 Bozo the Clown
5:00 Popeye (Mayor Art)
6:00 News
6:15 NBC News
6:30 Californians "The Magic Box"
7:00 Science in Action "Medical Electronics" (with Palo Alto Research Foundation's Dr. Noel Thompson and Dr. Elliott Levinthal)
7:30 Americans "The Gun"
8:30 Wells Fargo "The Remittance Man"
9:00 Acapulco "Fisher's Daughter"
9:30 Dante "The Sesame Key"
10:00 Barbara Stanwyck "Sign of the Zodiacs"
10:30 Science Fiction Theater "Project 44"
11:00 News
11:10 Sports
11:15 Jack Paar
1:00 Almanac Newsreel

KPIX 5-CBS San Francisco
6:22 Farm Flashes/News
6:30 Books & Man
6:45 Dimensions
7:00 Morning News Report
7:30 Adventure School (Rowe)
8:15 Captain Kangaroo (did 5 run the Captain on delay? TVG has him talking about the pioneers on ch 5, with Reno and Sacto getting him reading a story about bunnies)
9:00 I Love Lucy
9:30 Video Village
10:00 Double Exposure
10:30 Your Surprise Package
11:00 Love of Life
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
noon News
12:30 As the World Turns
1:00 Face the Facts
1:30 House Party (guest Rod Serling)
2:00 Millionaire
2:30 Verdict is Yours
3:00 Brighter Day
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge of Night
4:00 Dance Party (Stewart)
4:45 Early Show "Submarine Patrol"
6:00 Marshal J "North Woods Mystery" (c/includes Clutch Cargo)
6:30 News (Ramey/Tracy/Weston)
6:45 CBS News
7:00 RCMP
7:30 To Tell the Truth
8:00 Pete & Gladys
8:30 Bringing Up Buddy "Poppa's Memoirs"
9:00 Danny Thomas "Old Man Denny" (Paul Anka guest stars)
9:30 Andy Griffith "A Plaque for Mayberry"
10:00 Hennesey "The Green-Eyed Monster"
10:30 June Allyson "Death of the Temple Bay"
11:00 News
11:10 Sports
11:15 Movie of the Week "Spellbound" (and they meant it too...this aired every night at 11:15 all week)
1:30 Life of Riley "Pay the Penalty"
2:00 News

KVIE 6-Edu Sacramento
10:10 Let's Talk
10:40 Let's Find Out
11:10 California Story
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1:10 Saludos Amigos
1:40 Hablemos Espanol
2:10 California Story
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5:00 Carousel
5:20 Story Hour
5:45 Friendly Giant
6:00 Danny Dee (cartoons)
6:30 Adventures in Rocketry
7:00 45 Years with Fitzpatrick
7:30 Briefing Session
8:00 Photography (Ansel Adams)
8:30 State of the Capitol
9:00 Prospects of Mankind "The Peace Corps: What Shape Shall It Take?" (JFK and Eleanor Roosevelt discuss the President's proposed peace corps, which is also discussed by Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) and his panel)
10:00 UN Review (MacVane)

KGO 7-ABC San Francisco
8:00 Charley & Humphrey
8:30 Joan Davis "Memory"
9:00 Jack LaLanne
9:30 Romper Room (Miss Nancy)
10:30 Ray Milland "The Faculty Dance"
11:00 Morning Court
11:30 Love That Bob!
noon Camouflage
12:30 Number Please
1:00 About Faces
1:25 ABC News
1:30 Divorce Hearing
2:00 Day in Court
2:30 Seven Keys (premiere)
3:00 Queen for a Day (Jack Bailey returns from vacation)
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4:00 American Bandstand (guest Darrell McCall)
5:00 Charley & Humphrey
5:30 Rin Tin Tin "Miracle of the Mission"
6:00 Headline Edition
6:30 US Marshal "The Man Who Never Was"
7:00 Brothers Brannagan "Wheel of Fortune"
7:30 Cheyenne "Manitoba Manhunt"
8:30 Surfside 6 "Spring Training"
9:30 Adventures in Paradise "The Jonah Stone"
10:30 Peter Gunn "A Penny Saved"
11:00 Best of the Thin Man "The Thin Man"

KVIP 7-NBC/ABC Redding
10:00 Price is Right (c)
10:30 Spanish Classroom
11:00 Truth or Consequences
11:30 Love That Bob!
noon Camouflage
12:30 Number Please
1:00 About Faces
1:25 ABC News
1:30 From These Roots
2:00 Day in Court
2:30 Seven Keys (premiere)
3:00 Queen for a Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4:00 American Bandstand
5:00 Popeye (Mayor Art)
5:30 Rin Tin Tin "Miracle of the Mission"
6:00 News
6:15 NBC News
6:30 Rebel "Miz Purdy" (delayed from Sun 9pm)
7:00 Lock Up
7:30 Cheyenne "Manitoba Manhunt"
8:30 Surfside 6 "Spring Training"
9:30 Adventures in Paradise "The Jonah Stone"
10:30 Peter Gunn "A Penny Saved"
11:00 News
11:15 Jack Paar
12:30 News

KSBW 8-CBS/NBC/ABC Salinas
7:00 Dave Garroway
9:00 Say When
9:30 Play Your Hunch (c)
10:00 Price is Right (c)
10:30 Concentration
11:00 Love of Life
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
noon Jan Murray (c)
12:30 Loretta Young "The Woman Between"
1:00 Young Dr. Malone
1:30 House Party
2:00 Millionaire
2:30 Verdict is Yours
3:00 Gold Coast Matinee "Northwest Outpost"
4:30 Ahoy, Mates!
6:00 News
6:15 CBS News
6:30 National Velvet "The Swindle"
7:30 To Tell the Truth
8:00 Pete & Gladys
8:30 Highway Patrol
9:00 Danny Thomas "Old Man Danny"
9:30 Andy Griffith "A Plaque for Mayberry"
10:00 Hennesey "The Green-Eyed Monster"
10:30 June Allyson "Death of the Temple Bay"
11:00 News
11:15 Jack Paar

KOLO 8-ABC/NBC/CBS Reno
8:00 CBS News
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9:00 Cactus Tom
11:00 Truth or Consequences
11:30 It Could Be You (c)
11:55 Meridian
12:30 Loretta Young "The Woman Between"
1:00 Young Dr. Malone
1:30 House Party
2:00 Make Room for Daddy "Terry vs Kathy"
2:30 Verdict is Yours
3:00 Movie "The Blackwell Story"
5:00 Uncle Happy
5:45 Sportsman's Notebook
6:00 Livestock Report (Garnick)
6:15 News
6:30 Assignment: News
7:00 Mister Ed "Ed the Tout"
7:30 Maverick "The Forbidden City" (Robert Colbert's debut)
8:30 Highway Patrol
9:00 Danny Thomas "Old Man Danny"
9:30 Andy Griffith "A Plaque for Mayberry"
10:00 Hawaiian Eye "Don't Kiss Me Good-Bye"
11:00 News
11:15 Bat Masterson "The Good and the Bad"
11:35 Jack Paar

KQED 9-Edu San Francisco
1:10pm Saludos Amigos
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2:00 Viva el Espanol
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3:30 Parlons Francais
4:00 Heritage
4:30 test pattern
5:00 Carousel
5:20 Story Hour
5:45 Friendly Giant
6:00 Children's Corner
6:30 Portrait in Music
7:00 Russian Language
7:30 American Perspective "The Hero as Warrior-John Horne Burns"
8:00 Kaleidoscope (James Day)
8:30 State of the Capitol
9:00 Inquiring Mind "The Goal-Oriented"
9:30 World Press (Boas)
10:30 World Report (Radenzel)

KXTV 10-CBS Sacramento
7:25 Focus on Farming
7:30 Cartoon Circus
8:00 CBS News
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9:00 Diver Dan
9:15 Debbie Drake
9:30 Video Village
10:00 Double Exposure
10:30 Your Surprise Package
11:00 Love of Life
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
noon News (no name listed for noon, Jim Hadlock at 12:05)
12:15 Woman's World
12:30 As the World Turns
1:00 Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal "Doctor's Lady"
1:30 House Party
2:00 Millionaire
2:30 Verdict is Yours
3:00 Brighter Day
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge of Night
4:00 Early Movie "The Cuban Love Song"
5:30 Sheriff of Cochise "The Shadow"
6:00 News
6:15 CBS News
6:30 Quick Draw McGraw
7:00 Wanted-Dead or Alive (finale)
7:30 To Tell the Truth
8:00 Pete & Gladys
8:30 Bringing Up Buddy "Poppa's Memoirs"
9:00 Danny Thomas "Old Man Danny"
9:30 Andy Griffith "A Plaque for Mayberry"
10:00 Hennesey "The Green-Eyed Monster"
10:30 June Allyson "Death of the Temple Bay"
11:00 News
11:15 Late Movie "White Fire"
1:00 Debbie Drake
1:15 News

KNTV 11-ABC/NBC/CBS San Jose
10:00 Daily Word
10:05 Women's View
10:10 News
10:15 Industry on Parade
10:30 Life of Riley "Junior's Double Date"
11:00 Morning Court
11:30 Love That Bob!
noon Camouflage
12:30 Number Please
1:00 About Faces
1:25 ABC News
1:30 As the World Turns
2:00 Day in Court
2:30 Seven Keys (premiere)
3:00 Queen for a Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4:00 American Bandstand
5:00 Uncle Luther (including the Three Stooges in "Sitter Downers")
5:30 Rin Tin Tin "Miracle at the Mission"
6:00 Record Hop (Darien)
6:30 News
7:00 Shotgun Slade "Mother Six-Gun"
7:30 Cheyenne "Manitoba Manhunt"
8:30 Surfside 6 "Spring Training"
9:30 Adventures in Paradise "The Jonah Stone"
10:30 Peter Gunn "A Penny Saved"
11:00 News
11:10 Sports
11:15 Command Playhouse "Androcles and the Lion"
12:45 News

KHSL 12-CBS/ABC Chico
9:00 I Love Lucy
9:30 Video Village
10:00 Double Exposure
10:30 Chico State Presents
11:00 Love of Life
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
noon Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal
12:30 As the World Turns
1:00 Face the Facts
1:30 House Party
2:00 Jeanne Posey
2:30 Verdict is Yours
3:00 Brighter Day
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge of Night
4:00 Cisco Kid
4:30 People's Choice
5:00 Man from Cochise
5:30 Don's Cartoon Club
6:00 News
6:15 CBS News
6:30 Highway Patrol
7:00 Best of the Post "Antidote for Hatred"
7:30 To Tell the Truth
8:00 Pete & Gladys
8:30 Bringing Up Buddy "Poppa's Memoirs"
9:00 Danny Thomas "Old Man Danny"
9:30 Andy Griffith "A Plaque for Mayberry"
10:00 Hennesey "The Green-Eyed Monster"
10:30 SA 7 "Velvet Rope"
11:00 Channel 12 Theater "Sweet and Lowdown"

KOVR 13-ABC Stockton
8:30 Farm & Ranch World
8:40 Wonderama Cartoons
8:55 News
9:00 Jack LaLanne
9:30 Movie "Saga of the West"
10:50 Newsreel 13
11:00 Morning Court
11:30 Love That Bob!
noon Camouflage
12:30 Number Please
1:00 About Faces
1:30 Burns & Allen
2:00 Day in Court
2:30 Seven Keys (premiere)
3:00 Queen for a Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4:00 American Bandstand
5:00 Impact
5:30 Rin Tin Tin "Miracle of the Mission"
6:00 Mackenzie's Rangers
6:30 Highway Patrol
7:00 Man & the Challenge "The Storm"
7:30 Cheyenne "Manitoba Manhunt"
8:30 Surfside 6 "Spring Training"
9:30 Adventures in Paradise "The Jonah Stone"
10:30 Peter Gunn "A Penny Saved"
11:00 News
11:30 Starlight Theater "Fangs of the Arctic"
12:45 News
 
Considering how long KGO has touted its 'long history' of local news coverage, I'm shocked that they didn't have a newscast back then. Anyone know when it started?
 
onairb said:
Considering how long KGO has touted its 'long history' of local news coverage, I'm shocked that they didn't have a newscast back then. Anyone know when it started?

Yes - that almost seems like a mis-print. IIRC, in 61, many network O&Os and affiliates only did 15 minutes of news at 11:00, but nothing at all? Seems wrong to me, too. I recall that San Diego's ABC affiliate - XETV - had no news department at all in those days, but I always figured they got away with that because they were licensed in Mexico.

Growing up in LA, I do recall that in the early 60s KABC-TV's news was kind of a low-budget joke, and was at the bottom in the ratings. They ran early local news at 4:30, while KNBC and KNXT (now KCBS-TV) ran local news at 6:00. And the KABC anchor - Baxter Ward (later an LA politician of some note) spent a lot of time on commentary because (it seemed) like he didn't have enough filmed and tape stories to fill a half hour or hour.

In those days, I believe ABC as a network was also rated third by quite a margin, so it's possible that the network wasn't willing to make much of a commitment to news on their O&O stations.
 
Lkeller said:
onairb said:
Considering how long KGO has touted its 'long history' of local news coverage, I'm shocked that they didn't have a newscast back then. Anyone know when it started?

Yes - that almost seems like a mis-print. IIRC, in 61, many network O&Os and affiliates only did 15 minutes of news at 11:00, but nothing at all? Seems wrong to me, too. I recall that San Diego's ABC affiliate - XETV - had no news department at all in those days, but I always figured they got away with that because they were licensed in Mexico.

Growing up in LA, I do recall that in the early 60s KABC-TV's news was kind of a low-budget joke, and was at the bottom in the ratings. They ran early local news at 4:30, while KNBC and KNXT (now KCBS-TV) ran local news at 6:00. And the KABC anchor - Baxter Ward (later an LA politician of some note) spent a lot of time on commentary because (it seemed) like he didn't have enough filmed and tape stories to fill a half hour or hour.

In those days, I believe ABC as a network was also rated third by quite a margin, so it's possible that the network wasn't willing to make much of a commitment to news on their O&O stations.

Given the title, I would say that Headline Edition at 6pm was KGO's newscast...
 
Lkeller said:
onairb said:
Considering how long KGO has touted its 'long history' of local news coverage, I'm shocked that they didn't have a newscast back then. Anyone know when it started?

Yes - that almost seems like a mis-print. IIRC, in 61, many network O&Os and affiliates only did 15 minutes of news at 11:00, but nothing at all? Seems wrong to me, too. I recall that San Diego's ABC affiliate - XETV - had no news department at all in those days, but I always figured they got away with that because they were licensed in Mexico.
...not true re XETV/6. The TV Guide for the second week of February 1961 not only lists a 7:00 PM weeknightly newscast for them, anchored by Lionel Van Deerlin, but also a Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri news feature program at 10:30 PM titled Dimension 6. There's even a half-page ad for the two programs on Page A-57...
 
Re: Retro: Northern California Monday, April 3rd, 1961

Bluenoser asked about this listing from April 3rd said:
KPIX 5-CBS San Francisco

8:15 Captain Kangaroo (did 5 run the Captain on delay?)

In 1961, the Captain was only on the air for 45 minutes, broadcast from 8:15 to 9 A.M. ET/PT.

The other fifteen minutes of that hour (8-8:15 A.M. ET/PT) on CBS consisted of a network newscast, anchored in 1961 by Richard C. Hottelett. KOLO-8 Reno cleared it.

That Fall, CBS launched a news and features show titled "Calendar" airing at 10 A.M. EDT/EST (it's cohost was a then-unknown CBS correspondent named Harry Reasoner; this program made him a "household name"). Once "Calendar" premiered, the 8 A.M. newscast was dropped and the Captain went back to being an hour.
 
The reason I asked if KPIX ran the Captain on delay, was due to the fact as noted in the original post, KPIX ran an entirely different episode of the Captain than ch 8 Reno and 10 Sacramento did. Or could it be that 5 ran the Captain from the network, with Reno and Sacto getting it on delay?
 
Check Tuesday's listings and see if the Captain is reading a
story about bunnies on Ch. 5; if that doesn't work try the
following Monday's listings. I find it hard to believe that two
of three CBS stations would air him on delay; for about a year
in 1973-74, WAGA carried him at 6:30 AM on day-behind while
WMAZ carried the first in-pattern feed at 8 and WDEF carried
the second feed at 9.
 
Ultimajock said:
Lkeller said:
onairb said:
Considering how long KGO has touted its 'long history' of local news coverage, I'm shocked that they didn't have a newscast back then. Anyone know when it started?

Yes - that almost seems like a mis-print. IIRC, in 61, many network O&Os and affiliates only did 15 minutes of news at 11:00, but nothing at all? Seems wrong to me, too. I recall that San Diego's ABC affiliate - XETV - had no news department at all in those days, but I always figured they got away with that because they were licensed in Mexico.
...not true re XETV/6. The TV Guide for the second week of February 1961 not only lists a 7:00 PM weeknightly newscast for them, anchored by Lionel Van Deerlin, but also a Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri news feature program at 10:30 PM titled Dimension 6. There's even a half-page ad for the two programs on Page A-57...

It was true later in the decade - 65 or 66' maybe. I recall watching The Honeymooners at 11:00 PM on XETV, and I'm pretty sure they didn't run early local news either, though they may have run syndicated newsy programs.
 
bpatrick said:
Check Tuesday's listings and see if the Captain is reading a
story about bunnies on Ch. 5; if that doesn't work try the
following Monday's listings. I find it hard to believe that two
of three CBS stations would air him on delay; for about a year
in 1973-74, WAGA carried him at 6:30 AM on day-behind while
WMAZ carried the first in-pattern feed at 8 and WDEF carried
the second feed at 9.

I've only got the Apr 1-7 issue, but there's no sign of any bunnies on KPIX that week...other than the station's Easter weekend TVG ads- the Apr 1 ad was a combined Easter/April Fools ad claiming that any kid watching the station on Apr 1 would get 5 live bunnies, with "April Fool" written in small letters underneath...the ad for the 2nd (Easter Sunday) showed the same line of rabbits with an additional one added, wishing viewers Happy Easter.
 
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