OKLAHOMA CITY/TULSA - Tuesday Sept. 4, 1956
In this Oklahoma TV Guide, two names stand out: Will Rogers, Jr., son of the famous humorist, and Johnny Carson. Rogers does a wake up show on the CBS network called "Good Morning," but it's only carried for an hour on the Tulsa outlet and not at all on the Oklahoma City affiliate. Oddly, Roger's Wikipedia bio says he did the CBS morning program in 1958, but here it is in 1956. This was one of the first of many CBS attempts to compete with the NBC Today Show, something the network is still trying to get right 58 years later.Johnny Carson is seen for 15 minutes each weekday on the CBS affiliate in Tulsa. I'm guessing that station is picking up 15 minutes of a half-hour weekday variety show on the network? KOTV does news at noon and joins Carson at 12:15pm. The Oklahoma City affiliate doesn't carry it at all. Each day Carson does a feature, such as back-to-school fashions or an interview with actor Jack Haley (Wizard of Oz), along with singers Tommy Leonetti and Betty Holt doing a couple of tunes. Daytime variety shows that mixed comedy, music and conversation were big in the early days of TV, with Arthur Godfrey, Garry Moore, Tennessee Ernie Ford and others doing similar shows.
Also note that both NBC affiliates carry only one hour of the Today Show and one hour of the Tonight Show. Being in the Central Time Zone, KVOO-TV and WKY-TV didn't want to sign on at 6am to catch the first hour of Today. And in late night, they wanted the revenue from running a half-hour syndicated show, as well as 30 minutes of news, in the 10pm hour, so they joined Tonight in progress at 11pm. That was well after Steve Allen's monologue and skits had already aired, which would have begun at 10:15pm local time, 11:15 in New York. Until a few years ago, many Central and Mountain Time Zone stations, not owned by the networks, delayed Letterman, Nightline and even the Tonight Show, to air syndicated programming after the late news, so they could sell most of those commercials themselves. But at least the network's late night shows were aired in their entirety, thanks to videotape delay, something that wasn't available till the late 1960s, I believe.
2 KVOO-TV Tulsa NBC
7am Today--Dave Garroway
8am Ding Dong School--Kids. Cocker spaniel puppies.
8:30 Bandstand--Music. Bert Parks and Helen O'Connell emcee, Russ Morgan and the band provide the music.
9am Home--Arlene Francis. Arlene and Hugh Downs play host to the cast of Broadway's "The New Faces of 1956."
10am Tic Tac Dough--Quiz
10:30 It Could Be You--Stunts
11am Teleschool--Education
11:30 Noon Show--Meyerdirk (A local variety show.)
Noon My Little Margie. Margie tries to get one of Vern's clients to make up his mind about a trip to Hawaii, which would include her.
12:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford. "It Might As Well Be Spring" - Doris. "Gone Fishin'" - Ernie. "Rose Colored Glasses" - All.
1pm Matinee Theater (Color). "Lady's Maid Belle" A British woman separates from her titled husband, planning to marry an American. (This is the only color show on any network, all day. A few other color shows air during the week, but only on NBC.)
2pm Queen for A Day--Jack Bailey
2:45 Modern Romance. Mrs. Lockman doesn't want John to get the job.
3pm It's Always Jan--Janis Paige. Pat gets cold feet about going on a blind date, so Jan offers to fill in, rather than disappoint the man.
3:30 Looney Tunes
4pm Uncle Hiram--Kids. Uncle Hiram shows cartoons and a Gene Autry movie. (I'm sure Uncle Hiram was a station announcer who they pressed into service to pad out the time between the cartoons and the Western, so it would equal 90 minutes.)
5:30 Frankie Carle--Music
5:45 NBC News Caravan--John Cameron Swayze
6pm News
6:15 Weather--Bill Hyden
6:20 Sports--Len Morton
6:30 Curtain Time--Melodrama. A decent boxer tries to break away from his racketeer manager. George Wallace.
7pm Jane Wyman--Drama. A youngster escapes a reform school and tries to rob a woman farmer.
7:30 Circle Theatre--Drama. Based on fact, the story of Hurricane Diane impacting those on the Eastern seaboard.
8:30 Big Town--Drama. A doctor's career is threatened when a woman fails to tell the truth about her son's health.
9pm Fred Waring--Music. Fred and the Pennsylvanians review songs America has been singing for 40 years.
10pm Footlight Review--Comedy. A successful businessman's wife is too busy to go on a second honeymoon.
10:30 News (Some Oklahoma stations delay the late news till 10:30 to run a syndicated half hour show at 10pm.)
10:45 Weather--Bill Hyden
10:50 Sports--Len Morton
11pm Tonight--Steve Allen
4 WKY-TV NBC Oklahoma City
6:40 Oklahoma Farmer
6:55 Weather
7am Today--Dave Garroway
8am Ding Dong School--Kids. Cocker spaniel puppies.
8:30 Humpty Dumpty--Kids. (A local kids show? WKY passes on airing NBC's "Bandstand" with Bert Parks.)
9am Home--Arlene Francis. Arlene and Hugh Downs play host to the cast of Broadway's "The New Faces of 1956."
10am Tic Tac Dough--Quiz
10:30 It Could Be You--Stunts
11am Liberace--Music. Foreign favorites: "Sabre Dance," "La Cucaracha."
11:30 Tom Paxton--Variety
Noon News
12:20 Weather--Don Peeples
12:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford. "It Might As Well Be Spring"-Doris. "Gone Fishin'"-Ernie. "Rose Colored Glasses"-All.
1pm Matinee Theater (Color). "Lady's Maid Belle" A British woman separates from her titled husband, planning to marry an American.
2pm Queen for A Day--Jack Bailey
2:45 Modern Romance. Mrs. Lockman doesn't want John to get the job.
3pm It's Always Jan--Janis Paige. Pat gets cold feet about going on a blind date so Jan offers to fill in, rather than disappoint the man.
3:30 Waterfront--Adventure. A shipping tycoon plans to build an office building on Seamen's Cove, upsetting the local residents.
4pm Movie--Western. "The Singing Cowboy." Gene Autry. Thieves murder a rancher and threaten the kids who will inherit the ranch.
5:30 Frankie Carle--Music
5:45 NBC News Caravan--John Cameron Swayze
6pm News
6:15 Weather
6:20 Sports
6:25 Les Paul & Mary Ford--Music (Yes, a five-minute syndicated music show.)
6:30 People's Choice--Jackie Cooper. A famous director may be interested in putting Sock in a movie.
7pm Jane Wyman--Drama. A youngster escapes a reform school and tries to rob a woman farmer.
7:30 Circle Theatre--Drama. Based on fact, the story of Hurricane Diane impacting those on the Eastern seaboard.
8:30 A Man Called X--Adventure. Thurston is sent to Cairo to investigate the arrest of a spy.
9pm Fred Waring--Music. Fred and the Pennsylvanians review songs America has been singing for 40 years.
10pm News
10:15 Weather
10:20 Sports
10:30 Star Stage--Drama. Sam realizes he's falling in love with the wife of the local school teacher.
11pm Tonight--Steve Allen
5 KGEO-TV ABC Enid (The Oklahoma City market had three nearby ABC affiliates, with KGEO Enid, about 30 miles northwest of the city, KTEN Ada, about 30 miles to the southeast, and KSWO Lawton about 45 miles to the southwest. KSWO also serves as the ABC affiliate for Wichita Falls, Texas. ABC has little daytime programming, only a 1pm movie and Mickey Mouse at 5pm. So none of these affiliates signed on till 12 o'clock, and must do much of their own programming in the afternoon.)
1pm Afternoon Film Festival. "The Gentle Gunman" (English 1953). Donald Woods is host.
3pm Good Afternoon--Variety (A local two hour variety show.)
5pm Mickey Mouse Club
6pm News
6:15 ABC News--John Daly
6:30 Warner Brothers Presents. While a woman stops to pick up a few items from a store, kidnappers take her kids from her car.
7:30 Wyatt Earp--Western. Wyatt goes to Dodge City to take over as the new marshall. Hugh O'Brian.
8pm Big Picture--Army (Doesn't KGEO have anything better to run at 8pm than a free Army film?)
8:30 Mystery Theater. "Borrowed Corpse." Mark tries to talk a confessed murderer out of his confession. Tom Conway.
9pm Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal--Drama. The hospital gets a large contribution. John Howard.
9:30 Highway Patrol. Matthews helps a teenager who's been framed on charges of stealing auto parts. Broderick Crawford.
10pm News
10:15 Movie--Comedy. "Leave It to Henry." (1949) Raymond Walburn, Walter Catlett.
6 KOTV CBS Tulsa
6:45 Light of Life--Sermonette
6:50 Country Journal--Thomas
7am Captain Kangaroo--Kids. Bunny Rabbit has a magic trick and Grandfather Clock reads a poem.
7:25 News
7:30 Captain Kangaroo.
7:55 Time for Richut--Kids. (A five minute local kids show?)
8am Garry Moore--Variety. Gary shows what TV would be like if it used movie advertising techniques. Ken Carson sings "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane."
8:30 Peter Lind Hayes--Variety.
9:30 Strike It Rich--Quiz
10am Valient Lady
10:15 Love of Life
10:30 Search for Tomorrow
10:45 Guiding Light
11am Woman's Page--Boyd
11:30 As The World Turns
Noon News
12:15 Johnny Carson--Variety. A maker of ventriloquists' dummies guests. "Canadian Sunset" Tommy Leonetti. "Mobile" Betty Holt.
12:30 House Party--Art Linkletter. Art plays the game "What's in The House?"
1pm The Big Payoff--Quiz
1:30 Bob Crosby--Music. "I Only Know I Love You" Carol Richards. "Surprise Number" Kathy Crosby. "Rosalie" All.
2pm Brighter Day--Serieal
2:15 Secret Storm
2:30 Edge of Night
3pm Kim's Club--Children
3:30 Star and The Story--Drama. Jan Sterling as a beautiful society girl whose car kills the wife of an Army chaplain.
4pm Terrytoon Theater--Kids.
4:30 Satellite Six--Kids. (2 1/2 hours of local kids' shows each afternoon.)
6pm News
6:05 Weather
6:10 Sports--Hugh Finnerty
6:15 CBS News--Douglas Edwards
6:30 Name That Tune--Quiz
7pm Crunch and Des--Adventure. A shady charter boat captain accuses Lawton Turner of stealing. Forrest Tucker, Sandy Kenyon.
7:30 Spotlight Playhouse. Eve Miller as a resourceful woman who finds herself alone with a situation she can't handle.
8pm $64,000 Question
8:30 Do You Trust Your Wife?--Edgar Bergen. (Father of Candice Bergen.)
9pm Phil Silvers--Comedy. Bilko insists Doberman bank his $500 check. But Doberman stops at a bar and meets a blonde.
9:30 Navy Log--Drama. The one man who can knows the Okinawa coast line is an elderly beachcomber.
10pm Favorite Story--Drama. Adolphe Menjou with the story of three GI's bedridden in a German prison hospital.
10:30 News
10:40 Weather
10:45 Sports--Hough Finnerty
10:55 Les Paul & Mary Ford--Music.
11pm Movie--Western. "The Fighting Phantom." Kent Taylor.
12:30 News--Jim Newton
7 KSWO-TV ABC Lawton (It seems KSWO only takes a few ABC shows all day and runs mostly like an independent, including a local prime time variety show and evening movie.)
1pm Afternoon Film Festival. "The Gentle Gunman" (English 1953). Donald Woods is host.
3pm What's Cooking?--Weston
3:30 News and Weather
3:45 Life with Edna--Edna Hennessee
4pm Movie--Drama "Tough Guy" 1936 Jackie Cooper, Joseph Calleia
5:45 News--Tom Gilmore
5:55 Sports--Al Hancock
6:05 Weather
6:15 ABC News--John Daly
6:30 My Little Margie--Comedy. Vern has to dye his hair and mustache when visiting a client who prefers young men.
7pm Bill Mack Show--Variety.
8pm Movie--Comedy "The More The Merrier" 1943. Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea
9:30 Susie--Comedy. Vi, the office receptionist, sends Susie's picture to a western cattleman in a pen-pal letter. Ann Sothern.
10pm News
10:10 Weather
10:20 Sports--Al Hancock
10:30 Movie--Spy Drama. "Candlelight in Algeria" 1944 British. James Mason, Carla Lehmann.
12am News
8 KTVX ABC Muskogee-Tulsa (Unlike the other ABC affiliates in Oklahoma which wait till 1pm to sign on when ABC has its first show of the day, KTVX signs on at 10:30am with its own programming.)
10:30 Kartoon Korner
11am Romper Room
Noon Midday Parade--Variety
1pm Afternoon Film Festival. "The Gentle Gunman" (English 1953). Donald Woods is host.
3pm Liberace--Music
3:30 All Star Theater. A mother who deserted her family years ago returns to find another woman has taken her place.
4pm Johnny Jet Pilot--Kids
5pm Mickey Mouse Club
6pm Wild Bill Hickok--Western. Wild Bill and Jingles try to restore order after the Colton gang stage a jailbreak.
6:30 Warner Brothers Presents. While a woman stops to pick up a few items from a store, kidnappers take her kids from her car.
7:30 Wyatt Earp--Western. Wyatt goes to Dodge City to take over as the new marshall. Hugh O'Brian
8pm Newsreel
8:15 Movie Shorts
8:30 Confidential File--Paul Coates. Coates looks at abortion and interviews a nurse who participated in many abortions.
9pm G.E. Summer Originals. Gene Raymond stars in "Dawn at Damascus."
9:30 Cavalcade Theater. A Korean boy, helped by a Catholic priest, achieves his dream of going to America.
10pm News (KTVX does a half hour of news at 10pm but no local or ABC news in the early evening.)
10:15 Weather--Don Woods
10:20 Sports
10:30 Movie--Spy Drama. "Candlelight in Algeria" (English: 1944). James Mason, Caral Lehmann.
9 KWTV CBS Oklahoma City
6am Good Morning!--Will Rogers Jr. Guest Roger Price instructs Will and Pamela Good in the fine art of droodling. West Point cadets discuss courtesy.
6:55 Weather
7am Captain Kangaroo--Kids. Bunny Rabbit has a magic trick and Grandfather Clock reads a poem.
7:25 Weather--Lola Hall
7:30 Captain Kangaroo
7:55 News--Dick Evans
8am Garry Moore--Variety. Gary shows what TV would be like if it used movie advertising techniques. Ken Carson sings "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane."
8:30 Peter Lind Hayes--Variety.
9:30 Strike It Rich--Quiz
10am Valient Lady
10:15 Love of Life
10:30 Search for Tomorrow
10:45 Guiding Light
11am Vivian, Harry and Eddie (Local variety show, I suppose.)
11:30 As The World Turns
Noon Romper Room
12:30 House Party--Art Linkletter. Art plays the game "What's in The House?"
1pm The Big Payoff--Quiz
1:30 Bob Crosby--Music. "I Only Know I Love You" Carol Richards. "Surprise Number" Kathy Crosby. "Rosalie" All.
2pm Brighter Day--Serieal
2:15 Secret Storm
2:30 Edge of Night
3pm My Little Margie. Vern tries to sign a client who is an ardent butterfly collector. Gale Storm.
3:30 Stu Erwin--Comedy. Jackie and Joyce think Stu has a girlfriend when they find a letter addressed to "Dearest One."
4pm Racket Squad--Police. Capt. Braddock looks into a fixed fight deal. Reed Hadley.
4:30 Range Rider--Western. The Range Rider discovers a runaway lad who is looking for his father. Jack Mahonney.
5pm Mickey Mouse Club--Kids. (KWTV carries this ABC network show, even though several nearby ABC affiliates also run it.)
6pm Wild Bill Hickok--Western. A notorious claim jumper attempts to take a gold mine from its rightful owner. Guy Madison.
6:30 Name That Tune--Quiz
7pm Father Knows Best. When a premonition comes true, all the Andersons, except Jim, believe Margaret has psychic powers.
7:30 Spotlight Playhouse. Eve Miller as a resourceful woman who finds herself alone with a situation she can't handle.
8pm $64,000 Question
8:30 I Led Three Lives. An FBI counterspy attempts to steal an atomic isotope.
9pm Phil Silvers--Comedy. Bilko insists Doberman bank his $500 check. But Doberman stops at a bar and meets a blonde.
9:30 Navy Log--Drama. The one man who can knows the Okinawa coast line is an elderly beachcomber.
10pm Weather--Harry Volkman (KWTV does 30 min. of local news at 10pm, but no local or CBS news in the early evening.)
10:10 News--Mark Weaver
10:25 Sports
10:30 Joe & Mabel--Comedy. Mabel decides to take voice lessons.
11pm Movie--Suspense. "Blind Alley" (1939) Chester Morris.
10 KTEN ABC Ada
Noon Home Maker
12:15 Noon Tunes--Monte Bell
12:30 News--George Miller
12:45 Weather--Monte Bell
12:55 Sports--George Miller
1pm Afternoon Film Festival. "The Gentle Gunman" (English 1953). Donald Woods is host.
3pm Building America. New designs in home building.
3:30 Movie--Detective. "Behind Locked Doors" (1948) Lucille Bremer, Richard Carlson
5pm Mickey Mouse Club
6pm News
6:10 Weather--Monte Bell
6:15 ABC News--John Daly
6:30 Warner Brothers Presents. While a woman stops to pick up a few items from a store, kidnappers take her kids from her car.
7:30 Wyatt Earp--Western. Wyatt goes to Dodge City to take over as the new marshall. Hugh O'Brian.
8pm Highway Patrol--Police. Matthews uses a helicopter to trap a criminal hiding out in a mountain cabin. Broderick Crawford.
8:30 Steve Donovan--Western. A criminal breaks out of prison vowing revenge on the one whose testomony put him there... Steve.
9pm G.E. Summer Originals. Gene Raymond stars in "Dawn at Damascus."
9:30 Navy Log--Drama. The one man who can knows the Okinawa coast line is an elderly beachcomber.
10pm The Hunter--Adventure
10:30 News
10:45 Movie--Drama. "Are These Our Parents?" (1944) Helen Vinson, Lyle Talbot.
13 KETA Educational Oklahoma City (Other than daytime classroom instruction, KETA is only on the air for two hours most nights.)
7pm Friendly Giant. Friendly gets a giant umbrella and reads the book "Raindrops Splash" about where rain goes.
7:15 Mr. Murgle's Muse. Mr. Murgle explains the legend of Paul Bunyon.
7:30 Did You Know? Ways of remodeling your home with red cedar.
8pm Nature of Life. Dr. Roney explains that water is an essential part of protoplasm, a raw material in organic compounds.
8:30 Herald Tribune Forum. Government officials are asked about the development of nuclear power.
In this Oklahoma TV Guide, two names stand out: Will Rogers, Jr., son of the famous humorist, and Johnny Carson. Rogers does a wake up show on the CBS network called "Good Morning," but it's only carried for an hour on the Tulsa outlet and not at all on the Oklahoma City affiliate. Oddly, Roger's Wikipedia bio says he did the CBS morning program in 1958, but here it is in 1956. This was one of the first of many CBS attempts to compete with the NBC Today Show, something the network is still trying to get right 58 years later.Johnny Carson is seen for 15 minutes each weekday on the CBS affiliate in Tulsa. I'm guessing that station is picking up 15 minutes of a half-hour weekday variety show on the network? KOTV does news at noon and joins Carson at 12:15pm. The Oklahoma City affiliate doesn't carry it at all. Each day Carson does a feature, such as back-to-school fashions or an interview with actor Jack Haley (Wizard of Oz), along with singers Tommy Leonetti and Betty Holt doing a couple of tunes. Daytime variety shows that mixed comedy, music and conversation were big in the early days of TV, with Arthur Godfrey, Garry Moore, Tennessee Ernie Ford and others doing similar shows.
Also note that both NBC affiliates carry only one hour of the Today Show and one hour of the Tonight Show. Being in the Central Time Zone, KVOO-TV and WKY-TV didn't want to sign on at 6am to catch the first hour of Today. And in late night, they wanted the revenue from running a half-hour syndicated show, as well as 30 minutes of news, in the 10pm hour, so they joined Tonight in progress at 11pm. That was well after Steve Allen's monologue and skits had already aired, which would have begun at 10:15pm local time, 11:15 in New York. Until a few years ago, many Central and Mountain Time Zone stations, not owned by the networks, delayed Letterman, Nightline and even the Tonight Show, to air syndicated programming after the late news, so they could sell most of those commercials themselves. But at least the network's late night shows were aired in their entirety, thanks to videotape delay, something that wasn't available till the late 1960s, I believe.
2 KVOO-TV Tulsa NBC
7am Today--Dave Garroway
8am Ding Dong School--Kids. Cocker spaniel puppies.
8:30 Bandstand--Music. Bert Parks and Helen O'Connell emcee, Russ Morgan and the band provide the music.
9am Home--Arlene Francis. Arlene and Hugh Downs play host to the cast of Broadway's "The New Faces of 1956."
10am Tic Tac Dough--Quiz
10:30 It Could Be You--Stunts
11am Teleschool--Education
11:30 Noon Show--Meyerdirk (A local variety show.)
Noon My Little Margie. Margie tries to get one of Vern's clients to make up his mind about a trip to Hawaii, which would include her.
12:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford. "It Might As Well Be Spring" - Doris. "Gone Fishin'" - Ernie. "Rose Colored Glasses" - All.
1pm Matinee Theater (Color). "Lady's Maid Belle" A British woman separates from her titled husband, planning to marry an American. (This is the only color show on any network, all day. A few other color shows air during the week, but only on NBC.)
2pm Queen for A Day--Jack Bailey
2:45 Modern Romance. Mrs. Lockman doesn't want John to get the job.
3pm It's Always Jan--Janis Paige. Pat gets cold feet about going on a blind date, so Jan offers to fill in, rather than disappoint the man.
3:30 Looney Tunes
4pm Uncle Hiram--Kids. Uncle Hiram shows cartoons and a Gene Autry movie. (I'm sure Uncle Hiram was a station announcer who they pressed into service to pad out the time between the cartoons and the Western, so it would equal 90 minutes.)
5:30 Frankie Carle--Music
5:45 NBC News Caravan--John Cameron Swayze
6pm News
6:15 Weather--Bill Hyden
6:20 Sports--Len Morton
6:30 Curtain Time--Melodrama. A decent boxer tries to break away from his racketeer manager. George Wallace.
7pm Jane Wyman--Drama. A youngster escapes a reform school and tries to rob a woman farmer.
7:30 Circle Theatre--Drama. Based on fact, the story of Hurricane Diane impacting those on the Eastern seaboard.
8:30 Big Town--Drama. A doctor's career is threatened when a woman fails to tell the truth about her son's health.
9pm Fred Waring--Music. Fred and the Pennsylvanians review songs America has been singing for 40 years.
10pm Footlight Review--Comedy. A successful businessman's wife is too busy to go on a second honeymoon.
10:30 News (Some Oklahoma stations delay the late news till 10:30 to run a syndicated half hour show at 10pm.)
10:45 Weather--Bill Hyden
10:50 Sports--Len Morton
11pm Tonight--Steve Allen
4 WKY-TV NBC Oklahoma City
6:40 Oklahoma Farmer
6:55 Weather
7am Today--Dave Garroway
8am Ding Dong School--Kids. Cocker spaniel puppies.
8:30 Humpty Dumpty--Kids. (A local kids show? WKY passes on airing NBC's "Bandstand" with Bert Parks.)
9am Home--Arlene Francis. Arlene and Hugh Downs play host to the cast of Broadway's "The New Faces of 1956."
10am Tic Tac Dough--Quiz
10:30 It Could Be You--Stunts
11am Liberace--Music. Foreign favorites: "Sabre Dance," "La Cucaracha."
11:30 Tom Paxton--Variety
Noon News
12:20 Weather--Don Peeples
12:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford. "It Might As Well Be Spring"-Doris. "Gone Fishin'"-Ernie. "Rose Colored Glasses"-All.
1pm Matinee Theater (Color). "Lady's Maid Belle" A British woman separates from her titled husband, planning to marry an American.
2pm Queen for A Day--Jack Bailey
2:45 Modern Romance. Mrs. Lockman doesn't want John to get the job.
3pm It's Always Jan--Janis Paige. Pat gets cold feet about going on a blind date so Jan offers to fill in, rather than disappoint the man.
3:30 Waterfront--Adventure. A shipping tycoon plans to build an office building on Seamen's Cove, upsetting the local residents.
4pm Movie--Western. "The Singing Cowboy." Gene Autry. Thieves murder a rancher and threaten the kids who will inherit the ranch.
5:30 Frankie Carle--Music
5:45 NBC News Caravan--John Cameron Swayze
6pm News
6:15 Weather
6:20 Sports
6:25 Les Paul & Mary Ford--Music (Yes, a five-minute syndicated music show.)
6:30 People's Choice--Jackie Cooper. A famous director may be interested in putting Sock in a movie.
7pm Jane Wyman--Drama. A youngster escapes a reform school and tries to rob a woman farmer.
7:30 Circle Theatre--Drama. Based on fact, the story of Hurricane Diane impacting those on the Eastern seaboard.
8:30 A Man Called X--Adventure. Thurston is sent to Cairo to investigate the arrest of a spy.
9pm Fred Waring--Music. Fred and the Pennsylvanians review songs America has been singing for 40 years.
10pm News
10:15 Weather
10:20 Sports
10:30 Star Stage--Drama. Sam realizes he's falling in love with the wife of the local school teacher.
11pm Tonight--Steve Allen
5 KGEO-TV ABC Enid (The Oklahoma City market had three nearby ABC affiliates, with KGEO Enid, about 30 miles northwest of the city, KTEN Ada, about 30 miles to the southeast, and KSWO Lawton about 45 miles to the southwest. KSWO also serves as the ABC affiliate for Wichita Falls, Texas. ABC has little daytime programming, only a 1pm movie and Mickey Mouse at 5pm. So none of these affiliates signed on till 12 o'clock, and must do much of their own programming in the afternoon.)
1pm Afternoon Film Festival. "The Gentle Gunman" (English 1953). Donald Woods is host.
3pm Good Afternoon--Variety (A local two hour variety show.)
5pm Mickey Mouse Club
6pm News
6:15 ABC News--John Daly
6:30 Warner Brothers Presents. While a woman stops to pick up a few items from a store, kidnappers take her kids from her car.
7:30 Wyatt Earp--Western. Wyatt goes to Dodge City to take over as the new marshall. Hugh O'Brian.
8pm Big Picture--Army (Doesn't KGEO have anything better to run at 8pm than a free Army film?)
8:30 Mystery Theater. "Borrowed Corpse." Mark tries to talk a confessed murderer out of his confession. Tom Conway.
9pm Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal--Drama. The hospital gets a large contribution. John Howard.
9:30 Highway Patrol. Matthews helps a teenager who's been framed on charges of stealing auto parts. Broderick Crawford.
10pm News
10:15 Movie--Comedy. "Leave It to Henry." (1949) Raymond Walburn, Walter Catlett.
6 KOTV CBS Tulsa
6:45 Light of Life--Sermonette
6:50 Country Journal--Thomas
7am Captain Kangaroo--Kids. Bunny Rabbit has a magic trick and Grandfather Clock reads a poem.
7:25 News
7:30 Captain Kangaroo.
7:55 Time for Richut--Kids. (A five minute local kids show?)
8am Garry Moore--Variety. Gary shows what TV would be like if it used movie advertising techniques. Ken Carson sings "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane."
8:30 Peter Lind Hayes--Variety.
9:30 Strike It Rich--Quiz
10am Valient Lady
10:15 Love of Life
10:30 Search for Tomorrow
10:45 Guiding Light
11am Woman's Page--Boyd
11:30 As The World Turns
Noon News
12:15 Johnny Carson--Variety. A maker of ventriloquists' dummies guests. "Canadian Sunset" Tommy Leonetti. "Mobile" Betty Holt.
12:30 House Party--Art Linkletter. Art plays the game "What's in The House?"
1pm The Big Payoff--Quiz
1:30 Bob Crosby--Music. "I Only Know I Love You" Carol Richards. "Surprise Number" Kathy Crosby. "Rosalie" All.
2pm Brighter Day--Serieal
2:15 Secret Storm
2:30 Edge of Night
3pm Kim's Club--Children
3:30 Star and The Story--Drama. Jan Sterling as a beautiful society girl whose car kills the wife of an Army chaplain.
4pm Terrytoon Theater--Kids.
4:30 Satellite Six--Kids. (2 1/2 hours of local kids' shows each afternoon.)
6pm News
6:05 Weather
6:10 Sports--Hugh Finnerty
6:15 CBS News--Douglas Edwards
6:30 Name That Tune--Quiz
7pm Crunch and Des--Adventure. A shady charter boat captain accuses Lawton Turner of stealing. Forrest Tucker, Sandy Kenyon.
7:30 Spotlight Playhouse. Eve Miller as a resourceful woman who finds herself alone with a situation she can't handle.
8pm $64,000 Question
8:30 Do You Trust Your Wife?--Edgar Bergen. (Father of Candice Bergen.)
9pm Phil Silvers--Comedy. Bilko insists Doberman bank his $500 check. But Doberman stops at a bar and meets a blonde.
9:30 Navy Log--Drama. The one man who can knows the Okinawa coast line is an elderly beachcomber.
10pm Favorite Story--Drama. Adolphe Menjou with the story of three GI's bedridden in a German prison hospital.
10:30 News
10:40 Weather
10:45 Sports--Hough Finnerty
10:55 Les Paul & Mary Ford--Music.
11pm Movie--Western. "The Fighting Phantom." Kent Taylor.
12:30 News--Jim Newton
7 KSWO-TV ABC Lawton (It seems KSWO only takes a few ABC shows all day and runs mostly like an independent, including a local prime time variety show and evening movie.)
1pm Afternoon Film Festival. "The Gentle Gunman" (English 1953). Donald Woods is host.
3pm What's Cooking?--Weston
3:30 News and Weather
3:45 Life with Edna--Edna Hennessee
4pm Movie--Drama "Tough Guy" 1936 Jackie Cooper, Joseph Calleia
5:45 News--Tom Gilmore
5:55 Sports--Al Hancock
6:05 Weather
6:15 ABC News--John Daly
6:30 My Little Margie--Comedy. Vern has to dye his hair and mustache when visiting a client who prefers young men.
7pm Bill Mack Show--Variety.
8pm Movie--Comedy "The More The Merrier" 1943. Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea
9:30 Susie--Comedy. Vi, the office receptionist, sends Susie's picture to a western cattleman in a pen-pal letter. Ann Sothern.
10pm News
10:10 Weather
10:20 Sports--Al Hancock
10:30 Movie--Spy Drama. "Candlelight in Algeria" 1944 British. James Mason, Carla Lehmann.
12am News
8 KTVX ABC Muskogee-Tulsa (Unlike the other ABC affiliates in Oklahoma which wait till 1pm to sign on when ABC has its first show of the day, KTVX signs on at 10:30am with its own programming.)
10:30 Kartoon Korner
11am Romper Room
Noon Midday Parade--Variety
1pm Afternoon Film Festival. "The Gentle Gunman" (English 1953). Donald Woods is host.
3pm Liberace--Music
3:30 All Star Theater. A mother who deserted her family years ago returns to find another woman has taken her place.
4pm Johnny Jet Pilot--Kids
5pm Mickey Mouse Club
6pm Wild Bill Hickok--Western. Wild Bill and Jingles try to restore order after the Colton gang stage a jailbreak.
6:30 Warner Brothers Presents. While a woman stops to pick up a few items from a store, kidnappers take her kids from her car.
7:30 Wyatt Earp--Western. Wyatt goes to Dodge City to take over as the new marshall. Hugh O'Brian
8pm Newsreel
8:15 Movie Shorts
8:30 Confidential File--Paul Coates. Coates looks at abortion and interviews a nurse who participated in many abortions.
9pm G.E. Summer Originals. Gene Raymond stars in "Dawn at Damascus."
9:30 Cavalcade Theater. A Korean boy, helped by a Catholic priest, achieves his dream of going to America.
10pm News (KTVX does a half hour of news at 10pm but no local or ABC news in the early evening.)
10:15 Weather--Don Woods
10:20 Sports
10:30 Movie--Spy Drama. "Candlelight in Algeria" (English: 1944). James Mason, Caral Lehmann.
9 KWTV CBS Oklahoma City
6am Good Morning!--Will Rogers Jr. Guest Roger Price instructs Will and Pamela Good in the fine art of droodling. West Point cadets discuss courtesy.
6:55 Weather
7am Captain Kangaroo--Kids. Bunny Rabbit has a magic trick and Grandfather Clock reads a poem.
7:25 Weather--Lola Hall
7:30 Captain Kangaroo
7:55 News--Dick Evans
8am Garry Moore--Variety. Gary shows what TV would be like if it used movie advertising techniques. Ken Carson sings "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane."
8:30 Peter Lind Hayes--Variety.
9:30 Strike It Rich--Quiz
10am Valient Lady
10:15 Love of Life
10:30 Search for Tomorrow
10:45 Guiding Light
11am Vivian, Harry and Eddie (Local variety show, I suppose.)
11:30 As The World Turns
Noon Romper Room
12:30 House Party--Art Linkletter. Art plays the game "What's in The House?"
1pm The Big Payoff--Quiz
1:30 Bob Crosby--Music. "I Only Know I Love You" Carol Richards. "Surprise Number" Kathy Crosby. "Rosalie" All.
2pm Brighter Day--Serieal
2:15 Secret Storm
2:30 Edge of Night
3pm My Little Margie. Vern tries to sign a client who is an ardent butterfly collector. Gale Storm.
3:30 Stu Erwin--Comedy. Jackie and Joyce think Stu has a girlfriend when they find a letter addressed to "Dearest One."
4pm Racket Squad--Police. Capt. Braddock looks into a fixed fight deal. Reed Hadley.
4:30 Range Rider--Western. The Range Rider discovers a runaway lad who is looking for his father. Jack Mahonney.
5pm Mickey Mouse Club--Kids. (KWTV carries this ABC network show, even though several nearby ABC affiliates also run it.)
6pm Wild Bill Hickok--Western. A notorious claim jumper attempts to take a gold mine from its rightful owner. Guy Madison.
6:30 Name That Tune--Quiz
7pm Father Knows Best. When a premonition comes true, all the Andersons, except Jim, believe Margaret has psychic powers.
7:30 Spotlight Playhouse. Eve Miller as a resourceful woman who finds herself alone with a situation she can't handle.
8pm $64,000 Question
8:30 I Led Three Lives. An FBI counterspy attempts to steal an atomic isotope.
9pm Phil Silvers--Comedy. Bilko insists Doberman bank his $500 check. But Doberman stops at a bar and meets a blonde.
9:30 Navy Log--Drama. The one man who can knows the Okinawa coast line is an elderly beachcomber.
10pm Weather--Harry Volkman (KWTV does 30 min. of local news at 10pm, but no local or CBS news in the early evening.)
10:10 News--Mark Weaver
10:25 Sports
10:30 Joe & Mabel--Comedy. Mabel decides to take voice lessons.
11pm Movie--Suspense. "Blind Alley" (1939) Chester Morris.
10 KTEN ABC Ada
Noon Home Maker
12:15 Noon Tunes--Monte Bell
12:30 News--George Miller
12:45 Weather--Monte Bell
12:55 Sports--George Miller
1pm Afternoon Film Festival. "The Gentle Gunman" (English 1953). Donald Woods is host.
3pm Building America. New designs in home building.
3:30 Movie--Detective. "Behind Locked Doors" (1948) Lucille Bremer, Richard Carlson
5pm Mickey Mouse Club
6pm News
6:10 Weather--Monte Bell
6:15 ABC News--John Daly
6:30 Warner Brothers Presents. While a woman stops to pick up a few items from a store, kidnappers take her kids from her car.
7:30 Wyatt Earp--Western. Wyatt goes to Dodge City to take over as the new marshall. Hugh O'Brian.
8pm Highway Patrol--Police. Matthews uses a helicopter to trap a criminal hiding out in a mountain cabin. Broderick Crawford.
8:30 Steve Donovan--Western. A criminal breaks out of prison vowing revenge on the one whose testomony put him there... Steve.
9pm G.E. Summer Originals. Gene Raymond stars in "Dawn at Damascus."
9:30 Navy Log--Drama. The one man who can knows the Okinawa coast line is an elderly beachcomber.
10pm The Hunter--Adventure
10:30 News
10:45 Movie--Drama. "Are These Our Parents?" (1944) Helen Vinson, Lyle Talbot.
13 KETA Educational Oklahoma City (Other than daytime classroom instruction, KETA is only on the air for two hours most nights.)
7pm Friendly Giant. Friendly gets a giant umbrella and reads the book "Raindrops Splash" about where rain goes.
7:15 Mr. Murgle's Muse. Mr. Murgle explains the legend of Paul Bunyon.
7:30 Did You Know? Ways of remodeling your home with red cedar.
8pm Nature of Life. Dr. Roney explains that water is an essential part of protoplasm, a raw material in organic compounds.
8:30 Herald Tribune Forum. Government officials are asked about the development of nuclear power.