Retro: Omaha/Lincoln/Sioux City/Sioux Falls Sat, Jan 16, 1954

[Bluenoser]

from TV Guide, Nebraska edition

KMTV 3, Omaha
8:45 Animal Time
9:00 Tootsie Hippodrome
9:30 Smilin' Ed's Gang
10:00 Space Patrol
10:30 Rod Brown
11:00 Big Top
Noon Lone Ranger
12:30 Baby Sitter
1:00 Adventure of Captain Hartz
1:15 KMTV Party (Lee Barron)
1:30 College Basketball: Penn State-Navy
3:00 KMTV Party
4:00 Great Western Movie Matinee
5:00 SAC Spotlight
5:30 Dotty Mack
6:00 Saturday Edition (Bill Talbot)
6:15 Picture Your Home
6:30 Beat the Clock
7:00 Jackie Gleason (Honeymooners)
8:00 Two for the Money
8:30 Ozzie & Harriet
9:00 Medallion Theater "The Gentle Deception"
9:30 Life with Father
10:00 All the News
10:15 Camera on Sports
10:30 My Favorite Husband
11:00 Paul Killiam
11:15 Nighthawk Movie "Picadilly Incident"

WOW 6, Omaha
Noon Matinee Movie
1:00 Western Movie Matinee
2:00 Pro Basketball: Philadelphia-Baltimore
2:45 Roundball Roundup
3:00 Basketball cont'd
4:00 TV Feature
4:30 Door of Knowledge
5:00 Roy Rogers
5:30 Hopalong Cassidy
6:00 Ruggles
6:30 Ethel & Elbert
7:00 Spike Jones
7:30 Original Amateur Hour
8:00 Your Show of Shows
9:30 City Detective
10:00 Sports Showcase
10:15 Wrestling from Marigold
11:15 Badge 714 (Dragnet)

KVTV 9, Sioux City
11:30 Two Gun Playhouse
12:30 What in the World
1:00 Film
2:00 Pro Basketball: Philadelphia-Baltimore
4:00 Two Gun Playhouse
4:15 Film Subject
5:00 Johnny Jupiter
5:30 College Program
5:45 TBA
6:00 Dave Garroway
6:30 Ethel & Albert
7:00 Jackie Gleason
8:00 Two for the Money
8:30 City Detective
9:00 Medallion Theater
9:30 Your Hit Parade
10:00 Wrestling
10:15 Wrestling from Marigold
11:15 Armchair Adventure "Bury Me Dead"

KFOR 10, Lincoln
5:15 Esther Plans for You
5:45 Dotty Mack
6:00 News (Av Bondarin)
6:15 Sports Scoreboard (Jack Bates)
6:30 Tumbleweed Theater (Cactus Pete)
7:00 Talent Patrol
7:30 Music from Meadowbrook
8:00 Boxing: Carmen Basilio v Italo Scortichini (10 rnds/welterweight)
9:00 Great Moments in Sports from Madison Square Gardens (highlights of NHL: NY-Chicago; fashion show; Boxing: Frankie Sodano-Archie Devino; Basketball: NY Knicks v Syracuse nationals; Boxing: Paddy DeMarco-Eddie Chavez)
9:30 News
9:45 Weather (Bob Askey)
9:50 Sports (Don Nelson)
10:00 Saturday Cinema

KELO 11, Sioux Falls
3:00 Feature Movie
4:30 Naval Reserve
5:00 TBA
6:30 Ethel & Albert
7:00 Topper
7:30 My Little Margie
8:00 Dollar a Second
8:30 Two for the Money
9:00 Favorite Story
9:30 Your Hit Parade
10:00 Industry on Parade
10:15 Rocky King, Detective
10:45 Medallion Theatre
11:15 Feature Movie

KOLN 12, Lincoln
5:00 Prairie Theater
6:00 Your All-Star Theatre
8:15 Sound Stage No. 12
10:00 Starlite Theatre

 

[bpatrick]

> from TV Guide, Nebraska edition
>
> KMTV 3, Omaha
> 8:45 Animal Time
> 9:00 Tootsie Hippodrome
> 9:30 Smilin' Ed's Gang
> 10:00 Space Patrol
> 10:30 Rod Brown
> 11:00 Big Top
> Noon Lone Ranger
> 12:30 Baby Sitter
> 1:00 Adventure of Captain Hartz
> 1:15 KMTV Party (Lee Barron)
> 1:30 College Basketball: Penn State-Navy
> 3:00 KMTV Party
> 4:00 Great Western Movie Matinee
> 5:00 SAC Spotlight
> 5:30 Dotty Mack
> 6:00 Saturday Edition (Bill Talbot)
> 6:15 Picture Your Home
> 6:30 Beat the Clock
> 7:00 Jackie Gleason (Honeymooners)
> 8:00 Two for the Money
> 8:30 Ozzie & Harriet
> 9:00 Medallion Theater "The Gentle Deception"
> 9:30 Life with Father
> 10:00 All the News
> 10:15 Camera on Sports
> 10:30 My Favorite Husband
> 11:00 Paul Killiam
> 11:15 Nighthawk Movie "Picadilly Incident"
>
> WOW 6, Omaha
> Noon Matinee Movie
> 1:00 Western Movie Matinee
> 2:00 Pro Basketball: Philadelphia-Baltimore
> 2:45 Roundball Roundup
> 3:00 Basketball cont'd
> 4:00 TV Feature
> 4:30 Door of Knowledge
> 5:00 Roy Rogers
> 5:30 Hopalong Cassidy
> 6:00 Ruggles
> 6:30 Ethel & Elbert
> 7:00 Spike Jones
> 7:30 Original Amateur Hour
> 8:00 Your Show of Shows
> 9:30 City Detective
> 10:00 Sports Showcase
> 10:15 Wrestling from Marigold
> 11:15 Badge 714 (Dragnet)
>
> Interesting that KMTV appears to have been a primary
CBS affiliate, and WOW (now WOWT) a primary NBC affiliate,
since Ch. 3 is CBS and Ch. 6 is NBC today (KETV/7 is ABC).
But for years 3 was NBC and 6, CBS. Anyone know how long?

 

[tonydevino]

how do i get a copy of a show that my dad was on?

 

[Stanislav]

how do i get a copy of a show that my dad was on?

First off, welcome to the board.

Your question cannot be answered without knowing specifically which show you are referring to -- it depends on the era; whether it was local, network, or syndicated; and what the specific recording/archiving practices were in regard to that show. Some programs went out live and were never recorded in any form; others were routinely filmed, kinescoped, or videotaped, but the recordings lost, destroyed, wiped, or otherwise unavailable; some shows may have been saved but are not routinely made available to the general public (at least not without paying a hefty fee); etc., etc.

Overall chances are slim to none, especially if the show is of the era represented by this retro schedule (early 50's). Let us know which show is involved here, and we can probably give you our "expert" opinion as to your chances, and/or maybe steer you in the right direction if it is something you have a legitimate shot at finding.

 

[Bob1370]

Tony asks, "how do i get a copy of a show that my dad was on?"

Your odds might be a little better than you think.

If it was a national network show, you might want to start with YouTube, simply because a lot of old kinescopes, films and tapes of those programs seem to have wound up there and you might just find it online by doing a search based on the show title and the rough time frame when you think it aired. They have some unusual stuff there, including the pilots for 1950s shows of all genres, so you never know if your dad's appearance might turn up there. You can see the show itself online, possibly save it to your hard drive, and also contact the person who posted the clip to see if he or she is making copies available.

If it was part of a popular network series it's possible the show has made it to home VHS tape or DVD by now, courtesy of the production company that originally sold it to the network (or the network itself, if they owned the show). Again, a Google search may help. Or you could try getting in touch with TVLand or Retro Television Network, which may own the rights and carry the show in question and (I believe) markets episodes of some of the shows for which they've obtained rights.

If it was a local show, chances of survival are lower even if we're talking about New York or LA programs. But it can't hurt to ask the station that produced and aired it, and again you could very well luck out. If the station was a VHF network affiliate or big-signal independent back in the 50s, you can be certain the station is still in business, even if it may be under different ownership. Most stations like to save highlights of their efforts if only for their anniversary celebrations every few years. Stations still own nearly all the rights to shows they originally produced and if they've taped or kinescoped the program, often are happy to make clips available to the people who appeared in those shows. Sometimes they charge, but often they'll provide a freebie to the person who appeared on the program (or his immediate family). Can't hurt to ask.

If the appearance was part of a nightly news program, station news archives can be sketchy until about 1955 or so (a lot of stations didn't run more than perfunctory newscasts until then); from that time on, most stations have a fairly good archive of news film they shot although their cataloguing systems for finding it can vary all over the lot from great to godawful.

Once you get into the 60s it gets a lot better. Past 1975 it's all on more easily accessible ENG tape.

Good luck.