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Retro: Ontario Mon, Apr 7, 1958

from Toronto Globe & Mail (ironically enough, its TV supplement was printed over the border in Buffalo, and its publisher's office at 130 W 30th St, NYC)

2 WGR Buffalo
2d WJBK Detroit
2s CJIC Sault Ste. Marie
3 CKVR Barrie
3s WSYR Syracuse
4 WBEN Buffalo
4d WWJ Detroit
4o CBOT Ottawa
5 WROC Rochester
5s CKSO Sudbury
6 CBLT Toronto
7 WCNY Watertown
7d WXYZ Detroit
8 CKNX Wingham
8s WHEN Syracuse
9 CKLW Windsor
10 CFPL London
10n CKGN North Bay
11 CHCH Hamilton
11k CKWS Kingston
12 CHEX Peterborough
12e WICU Erie
13 CKCO Kitchener
17 WBUF Buffalo

Morning
7:55
8s Colonel Bleep

8:00
2 Early Bird Playhouse
2d-4-8s Captain Kangaroo
7d Cartoons

8:30
7d Big Show

8:45
2d Cartoon Classroom
4-8s News (listings didn't indicate which was local and which was network)

8:55
8s Panorama

9:00
2 Eddie Cantor
3s Today's All-Star Theatre
4 Popeye Playhouse
4d Romper Room
5 Susie
8s These Things We Share
12e Morning Theatre

9:10
8s Party Line

9:20
8s Magic Toy Shop

9:25
2d News

9:30
2 Boston Blackie
2d-3s Ladies' Day
4 Susie
4d Amos 'n' Andy
5 Mr. District Attorney
7d Our Friend Harry

9:45
8s Gal Next Door

9:55
7 News
9 Prayer

10:00
2 My Little Margie
2d-4-7-8s Garry Moore
3s-4d-5-12e-17 Dough-Re-Mi
9 Morning Matinee

10:30
2 Abbott & Costello
2d-4-7-8s How Do You Rate?
3s-4d-5-12e-17 Treasure Hunt

11:00
2 My Favorite Story
2d-4-7-8s Arthur Godfrey
3s-4d-5-12e-17 Price is Right

11:25
7d News

11:30
2 Public Defender
2d-4 -8s Dotto
3s-4d-5-12e-17 Truth or Consequences
7 Cartoon Theatre
7d Robin & Ricky
9 Howdy Doody

11:45
7d Noontime Comics
13 Cartoon Carnival

Afternoon
noon
2 Midday Matinee (cartoon/serial/Movie "Action in Arabia")
2d-7-8s Hotel Cosmpolitan
3s-4d-5-12e-17 Tic Tac Dough
4 News
5s Music
9 King's Cupboard

12:15
2d-7-8s Love of Life
4 Speaker of the House
9 Children's Newsreel
10 Matinee Adventure

12:25
5s News Magazine

12:30
2d-4-8s Search for Tomorrow
3s Jim Deline Gang
4d-5-12e-17 It Could Be You
7 12:30 Theatre
7d Erwins
9 Mary Morgan
13 News

12:45
2d-4-8s Guiding Light
10 Co-op Farm Show

12:55
5s News

1:00
2d Susie "Oh Brother"
2s Storybook Time
3s Hollywood Matinee
4 Meet the Millers (c)
4d Movie Matinee
5 Feature Movie Theatre
5s Carnival "My Darling Clementine"
7d My Little Margie
8s Kay's Kitchen
9 Bill Kennedy Showtime
10 Guiding Light
12e Afternoon Playhouse
13 Over the Farm Fence
17 Hollywood Playhouse "Cuban Fireball"

1:10
13 Telescope

1:15
2s Afternoon Devotions
10 Star Performance

1:25
7 News

1:30
2d-4-8s As the World Turns
2s Open House
7 12:30 Theatre cont'd
7d Topper
13 Minister's Study

1:40
13 Afternoon Playhouse

1:45
2 How to Arrange Flowers
10 Matinee Comedy

2:00
2 Helen Neville
2d Our Miss Brooks
2s Carnival
4-7-8s Beat the Clock
7d Charm Theatre
11k Afternoon Almanac
17 Dateline Europe "The Operating Room"

2:15
5 How to Arrange Flowers
5s News
10 Matinee Telequiz

2:25
4d Fay Elizabeth

2:30
2 Laff Time "Three Chumps Ahead"
2d-4-7-8s House Party
3s-4d-12e-17 Kitty Foyle
5 Home Cooking
5s Carnival cont'd
6 Movie "The Belles of St. Trinians"

2:45
10 Matinee for Junior

2:50
9 News

2:55
10 Pastor's Study

3:00
2-7d American Bandstand
2d-4 -8s Big Payoff
3s-4d-5-12e-17 NBC Matinee Theatre (c)
7 Film Feature
8 James Mason
9 My Favorite Story
10 At Home/News
11 Movie Matinee "Bulldog Drummond's Bride"
13 Liberace

3:05
5s News/Telewives Time
10 At Home

3:15
3 Man to Man
8 M'Lady

3:30
2-7d Do You Trust Your Wife?
2d-4-7-8s Verdict is Yours
3 Women's Show
9 Wagon Trails
12 Calendar
13 News Desk

3:35
13 Bazaar

3:45
10 Brighter Day

3:55
5s Women's News
11k News

4:00
2-7d American Bandstand
2d-4-8s Brighter Day
3-4o-5s-6-8-10-11k-12 Open House
3s-4d-5-12e-17 Queen for a Day
7 For Your Information
10n Matinee

4:15
2d-4-7-8s Secret Storm

4:30
2d-4-8s Edge of Night
2s-3-4o-5s-6-8-10-10n-11-11k-12-13 Howdy Doody (CBC produced their own version)
7 Top Plays
9 Corliss Archer

4:45
3s-4d-5-12e-17 Modern Romances

5:00
2 Fun at Five: Superman "Three in One"
2d Detroit Bandstand
2s-3-5s-8-10-10n-11k-12-13 King's Cupboard
3s-7d-12e Superman
4 Fun to Learn About Music
4d Comedy Time
4o-6 Hobby Corner
5 Playhouse 5
7 Life with Elizabeth
8s Early Show
9 Looney Tunes
11 Family Theatre "Short Grass"
17 Comedy Time: I Married Joan

5:15
2s-3-4o-5s-6-8-10-10n-11k-12-13 Children's Newsreel
4 Children's Theatre

5:30
2-3s-7d-12e Mickey Mouse Club
2d Beat the Clock
2s Here & There
3 Western Theatre
4d Files of Jeffrey Jones
4o Champion
5s Ray Forrest
6 TBA
7 Kiddies' Karnival
8 Crimson Ghost
9 Serial Theatre
10 Cartoon Corner
10n Cartoon Capers
11k Fun House
12 Circle 12 Ranch
13 Cartoon Merry-Go-Round
17 Early Show "The Lady Wants Mink"

5:55
4 News

Evening
6:00
2 Colonel Bleep
2d Racket Squad
2s Melody Manor
3 Coming Events
3s Circus Boy
4d News
4o I Search for Adventure
5s $64,000 Question
6 Captain David Grief "Son of the Sun"
7 Trouble with Father
7d Mr. Danger
8 Focus Frolics
9 Popeye
10 Mr. & Mrs.
10n Scope
11k Range Rider
12e Candy Cane Lane
13 News Desk

6:05
3 Console Capers
13 TBA

6:10
5 Zorro

6:15
2s Telerama
4 Cisco Kid
10 Panorama

6:20
4d Box 4
8 News
13 Mr. & Mrs.

6:25
3 Farm Market Report

6:30
2-2d-3-3s-5s-7-8s-10-11-11k News
4d Frontier "The Texans"
4o Life with Elizabeth
6 Patti Page
7d Three Musketeers
8 Focus Farm
9 Foreign Legionnaire
12 Summing Up
12e Dateline Erie

6:35
13 News

6:40
4-12e News

6:45
2 Comedy Capers "Dad Always Pays"
4-4o-6 News
8 Sports

6:55
17 News

7:00
2 Corliss Archer
2d Badge 714 (Dragnet) "Big Coins"
2s Life of Riley
3 Falcon
3s Silent Service
4 Death Valley Days "Death of a Boom"
4d Death Valley Days (listings didn't carry ep title)
4o-6 Tabloid
5 Sid Caesar Invites You
5s-8 TBA
7 O. Henry Playhouse
7d Parade of Sports
8s Jim Bowie
9 Gangbusters
10 Leave It to Beaver
10n Red Skelton
11 Man Behind the Badge "Phoney Paper"
11k My Hero "Arabian Nights"
12 Cisco Kid
12e Walter Winchell File
13 Crunch & Des

7:15
5s Way & the Truth
7d-17 News
8 Mr. & Mrs.

7:30
2 Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer "One Overdose of Lead"
2d-4-8s Robin Hood
2s Sheriff of Cochise
3 I Married Joan
3s-4d-5-12e-17 Price is Right (c)
4o-10n TBA
5s Fin, Fur & Feather
6 Window on the World "Let's Look at Switzerland"
7 Lawrence Welk
7d Public Defender
8 Circle 8 Ranch
9 Million Dollar Movie
10 Ranch Party
11 Club 11 Dance Party (from the new Nelson High, Burlington)
11k Grand Ole Opry
12 Oh! Susanna
13 Mark Saber "Lost Face"

7:45
4o-6 Scan (its Ottawa and Winnipeg debut, guest Irene Kalarantow was a senior makeup artist at CBC)
5s TBA
10n Big Playback

7:55
5s This Week in Business

8:00
2-5-7d Love That Jill "Love That Foreign Sports Car"
2d-4-8s Burns & Allen
2s-3-4o-5s-6-8-10-10n-11-11k-12-13 Millionaire
3s-4d-12e-17 Restless Gun

8:30
2-7d Bold Journey "Overland to Katmandu" (pt 1, a look at a 6-month car journey taken from London to Singapore)
2d-4-7-8s Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
2s-3-4o-5s-6-8-10-10n-11-11k-12-13 On Camera "The Warm Decision"
3s-4d-5-12e-17 Tales of Wells Fargo

9:00
2-7d Voice of Firestone (guest Met/La Scala basso Cesare Siepi)
2d-4-7-8s Danny Thomas (pre-empts Lucy-Desi for this week)
2s-3-4o-5s-6-8-10-10n-11-11k-12-13 I Love Lucy "Deep Sea Fishing"
3s-4d-5-12e-17 Twenty-One
9 If You Had a Million

9:30
2-7d Lawrence Welk
2d-7-8s December Bride
2s-3-4o-5s-6-8-10-10n-11-11k-12-13 Tugboat Annie "Annie Plays Cupid"
3s A Turn of Fate
4 Men of Annapolis "Mister Fireball"
4d-5-12e-17 Alcoa Theatre "Loud Mouth" (starring Jack Lemmon)
9 Front Page Challenge

10:00
2d-2s-3-4-4o-5s-6-8-8s-10-10n-12-13 Studio One in Hollywood
3s-4d-12e-17 Suspicion "The Bull Skinner"
5 Restless Gun
7 Union Pacific
9 Lone Wolf "The Arena"
11 Alfred Hitchcock Presents "One More Mile to Go"
11k Feature Movie

10:30
2 Whistler "Mr. Carrington"
5 Lawrence Welk
7 A Twist of Fate
7d San Francisco Beat
9 City Detective
11 Oh! Susanna "How to Catch a Man"

11:00
2-2d-2s-3-4-4d-4o-5s-6-7-8-8s-9-10-10n-11-11k-12-12e-13-17 News
3s Sid Caesar
7d Soupy's On

11:15
2s Television Storytime
4o-6 Viewpoint
5 Hollywood Feature Movie
7 Night Show "China Smith"
8s Twentieth Century Fox
12 Summing Up
17 Jack Paar

11:20
9 Starlight Theatre

11:22
4o Film

11:23
6 News in Sports

11:25
2d Nightwatch Theatre
3 Community News
8 Starlight Theatre

11:30
2 Outboard Water Sports
3s-4d Jack Paar
4 Prizewinner Playhouse "Centennial Summer"
4o Tapp Room
5s Premiere Performance
6 Decoy "Sound of Tears"
7d Night Court
10 J. Arthur Rank Presents
10n Music Hall
11 Late Show "Front Page Story"
11k TBA
12e Wrestling

11:35
3 Speaking French
13 Frontier Theatre

Late Night
midnight
2 Operation Swingshift "Zamba"
11k News

12:30
12e Jack Paar
 
Bluenoser said:
10 At Home

CFPL's At Home was hosted by Hope Garber, the mother of actor Victor Garber. Hope Garber apparently appeared in a 1991 episode of Who's The Boss.

Bluenoser said:
13 News Desk

CKCO's News Desk was sponsored by Alka Seltzer, and even had "Speedy" in the program title card.
 
A note on the Globe's listings...the listings first ran a log format for Buffalo, Toronto and Hamilton stations, then followed by individual listings for the out-of-area channels, in alphabetical order of city (and in order of channel number if there was more than one channel in that city).
 
The listings also missed some stations that did reach Southern Ontario with their signals, like WHEC-TV in Rochester (Channel 10, then the CBS affiliate), which is still on the air today although it's now an NBC affiliate while WROC is linked with CBS. They also missed daytime programming on WBUF-TV, NBC's O&O on Channel 17 in Buffalo, which did carry the whole network schedule starting with the Today Show--at least until the network shut it down in September of 1958, tiring of the losses, gave its affiliation over to Channel 2, and gave the Channel 17 license away to the local public broadcasting council to help it get a station started the next year.

A listing from seven months later would have shown not only NBC programming moved over to WGR-TV on Channel 2, Channel 10 in Rochester represented, and Channel 17 among the missing, but ABC represented full-time in Western NY on WKBW-TV Channel 7, which signed on just after Thanksgiving in 1958.
 
Bob1370 said:
A listing from seven months later would have shown not only NBC programming moved over to WGR-TV on Channel 2, Channel 10 in Rochester represented, and Channel 17 among the missing, but ABC represented full-time in Western NY on WKBW-TV Channel 7, which signed on just after Thanksgiving in 1958.

Not necessarily...I have a January '59 Toronto Telegram supplement which lists many of the same channels that the Globe did, but still no sign of ch 10 Rochester-only ch 5 was listed from the Kodak City...Anyone wanting listings for ch 10 in Southern Ontario would need to refer to TVG's Lake Ontario edition...
 
I like the way you added the b,c,d's into the schedule. It makes group listing like this one
(instead of individual station listings) easier to follow. I think I'll do the same next time I
post.
 
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