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Retro: Philadelphia Fri, Nov 30, 1962

from TV Guide-Philadelphia edition

Channel numbers after Philadelphia channels indicate network program relayed by:
(15) WLYH Lebanon
(21) WHP Harrisburg
(27) WTPA Harrisburg
(43) WSBA York

WHYY 35-Edu Philadelphia airs programs 9:30am-2:35pm and 6:30-10pm, they weren't listed by TV Guide


WRCV 3-NBC Philadelphia
5:45 Thought for Today
5:50 Farm & Market News
5:55 News
6:00 Continental Classroom "Atomic Age Physics"/"American Government" (second course in color)
7:00 Today (guest: pianist Charles Milgrim; also, a feature on the National Cultural Center in Washington)
9:00 Zoo Stories (Pete Boyle)
9:25 News (John Schubeck)
9:30 Exercise (c/Gloria)
9:55 Gateway to Glamor
10:00 Say When
10:25 NBC News
10:30 Play Your Hunch (c)
11:00 Price is Right (c)
11:30 Concentration
noon First Impression (c)
12:30 Truth or Consequences
12:55 NBC News
1:00 Best of Groucho
1:30 Ann Sothern
2:00 Merv Griffin (c)
2:55 NBC News
3:00 Loretta Young "It's a Man's Game"
3:30 Young Dr. Malone
4:00 Make Room for Daddy
4:30 Here's Hollywood (Helen O'Connell interviews Jane Wyman and Barry Morse)
4:55 NBC News
5:00 Five O'Clock Show "The Abductors"
6:25 Sports (c/Jim Leaming)
6:30 News (c/Vince Leonard)
6:40 Weather (c/Kinnan)
6:45 NBC News
7:00 Biography: Theodore Roosevelt
7:30 Shakespeare: Soul of an Age (c/Sir Ralph Richardson narrates, with readings by Sir Michael Redgrave; this pre-empts International Showtime)
8:30 Sing Along with Mitch (c/guests Leslie Uggams, Gloria Lambert, and Louise O'Brien)
9:30 Don't Call Me Charlie! "A Visit from Amos Doolittle"
10:00 World of Jacqueline Kennedy (she was on that week's TVG cover; pre-empts Jack Paar)
11:00 News (c/Vince Leonard)
11:10 Weather (c/Kinnan)
11:15 Tonight Show (c)
1:00 Star Performance
1:30 FBI Most Wanted
1:35 Meet Your Neighbor (c)
2:05 News
2:10 Thought for Today

WFIL 6-ABC Philadelphia
6:45 RFD #6
7:00 News (Jim McCann)
7:15 Breakfast Time (c)
7:45 Rocky & His Friends (Bullwinkle)
8:00 Breakfast Time (c)
8:30 Happy the Clown
9:45 News (Jim McCann)
9:50 Features for Women
10:00 University of the Air
10:45 Studio Schoolhouse
11:00 Jane Wyman (27)
11:30 Yours for a Song (27)
noon Tennessee Ernie Ford (27)
12:30 Father Knows Best (27)
1:00 Rex Morgan
1:30 Who Do You Trust?
2:00 Day in Court (27)
2:25 ABC News (27)
2:30 Seven Keys (27)
3:00 Queen for a Day (27)
3:30 American Bandstand (guest Fabian)
4:30 Discovery '62 (27/stop-motion films on how seeds germinate and plants grow)
4:55 American Newstand (27)
5:00 Rocky & His Friends (Bullwinkle)
5:30 Popeye Theater (c)
6:25 Clutch Cargo (c)
6:30 Dragnet
7:00 News (c/Gunnar Beck)
7:10 Weather (c/Davis)
7:15 ABC News
7:30 Gallant Men "Fury in a Quiet Village" (27)
8:30 Flintstones "Nothing But the Tooth" (c on 27, but BW on 6)
9:00 West Point Glee Club Choral Concert
9:30 WFIL-TV Studio Workshop: Hedda Gabler (the Ibsen play about a woman determined to control the lives of those around her)
10:30 Rebel "The Ballad of Danny Brown"
11:00 ABC News (15/43)
11:10 News (c/Gunnar Beck)
11:20 Weather (c/Davis)
11:25 Sports (c/Les Keiter)
11:30 Premiere Theater "Hong Kong" (c)
1:15 Hollywood's Best "The Big Boodle"

WGAL 8-CBS/NBC Lancaster
6:00 Continental Classroom "Atomic Age Physics"/"American Government" (second course in color)
7:00 Today
9:00 College of the Air
9:30 Hola Ninos
9:45 Colonel Bleep (c)
10:00 Say When
10:25 NBC News
10:30 Play Your Hunch (c)
11:00 Price is Right (c)
11:30 Concentration
noon News (Nelson Sears)
12:05 People & Events (Klein)
12:10 Weather (Anne Herr)
12:15 TV Farmer (Bob Malick)
12:30 Truth or Consequences
12:55 NBC News
1:00 M Squad
1:30 As the World Turns
2:00 Merv Griffin (c)
2:55 NBC News
3:00 Love That Bob!
3:30 Young Dr. Malone
4:00 Star Time "Dear Diane"
4:30 Edge of Night
5:00 Alvin
5:30 Wally Gator (c)
5:45 Broken Arrow
6:15 News/Weather/Sports
6:45 NBC News
7:00 Death Valley Days
7:30 Shakespeare: Soul of an Age (c)
8:30 Sing Along with Mitch (c)
9:30 Don't Call Me Charlie! "A Visit from Amos Doolittle"
10:00 World of Jacqueline Kennedy
11:00 News/Sports/Weather (c)
11:30 Tonight Show (c)
1:00 News
1:05 A Minute with Your Bible

WCAU 10-CBS Philadelphia
5:50 Give Us This Day
5:55 News
6:00 College of the Air "Can We Have Full Employment Without Inflation?" (lecturing on the topic: Milton Friedman of the University of Chicago and MIT's Paul A. Samuelsen)
6:30 Television Seminar
7:00 Bill Bennett's Almanac "A Baby Beef Show"
7:30 News (Crane/Hart)
7:45 Pixanne
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
9:00 Gene London
9:55 News (Bob Collier)
10:00 Calendar (15/21/43)
10:30 I Love Lucy (15/21/43)
11:00 (Real) McCoys (15/21/43)
11:30 Pete & Gladys (15/21/43)
noon Love of Life (15/21/43)
12:25 CBS News (15/21/43)
12:30 Search for Tomorrow (15/21/43)
12:45 Guiding Light (15/21/43)
1:00 News (Bob Collier)
1:05 Burns & Allen
1:30 As the World Turns
2:00 Password (15/21/43)
2:30 House Party (also on 15/21/43; guest Elaine McKenna)
3:00 Millionaire (15/21/43)
3:30 To Tell the Truth (15/21/43)
3:55 CBS News (15/21/43)
4:00 Secret Storm (15/21/43)
4:30 Edge of Night
5:00 Life of Riley
5:30 Early Show "Josette"
7:00 News/Weather/Sports
7:15 CBS News
7:30 Rawhide "The Incident of the Reluctant Bridegroom" (15/21/43)
8:30 Route 66 "Hey Moth, Come Eat the Flame" (15/21/43)
9:30 Fair Exchange "A Young Man's Fancy" (15/21/43)
10:30 Eyewitness to History (15/21/43)
11:00 News/Weather/Sports
11:15 Late Show "Citizen Kane"
1:30 Late Late Show "The Fallen Sparrow"
3:15 News
3:20 Give Us This Day
 
For a city of it's size I'd say Philadelphia was BEHIND in 1962. I'd expect at least 1 or 2
independent stations there (by 1962).
 
gregg75 said:
For a city of it's size I'd say Philadelphia was BEHIND in 1962. I'd expect at least 1 or 2
independent stations there (by 1962).

Not necessarily..Except for New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Denver and SF/Oakland, No one really had full blown Independent TV until 1965..(Though Youngstown, Ohio gave it a try with WXTV-45 in 1960-62)..
In 1965-66 Though, Philadelphia gained 17, 29 and 48..It could be argued that 3 was too many at that time..

If the original WDEL-7 (Later 12) of Wilmington, Delaware had been able to be kept on the air as a commercial outlet, It would have the Philly area's first Independent station.
 
Tim, this link tells part of the story.

http://www.broadcastpioneers.com/wdeltv49.html

I'm surprised Storer couldn't sell Channel 12 to someone else. In fact, Rollins Broadcasting, which owned WAMS radio in Wilmington, applied for Channel 12. But there was a certain mentality in the FCC that wanted non-commercial public television stations on VHF, a mentality that also doomed prospects for DuMont.
 
Neil Rattigan said:
Tim, this link tells part of the story.

http://www.broadcastpioneers.com/wdeltv49.html

I'm surprised Storer couldn't sell Channel 12 to someone else. In fact, Rollins Broadcasting, which owned WAMS radio in Wilmington, applied for Channel 12. But there was a certain mentality in the FCC that wanted non-commercial public television stations on VHF, a mentality that also doomed prospects for DuMont.

Storer could have kept Channel 12..It's not like they didnt have experience running TV stations..They could have been creative, even as an Independent and made a go of it, I think..
 
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