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Retro: Philadelphia Sat, Sept 26, 1953

from TV Guide-Philadelphia edition

3 WPTZ-NBC Philadelphia
6 WFIL-ABC/DuMont Philadelphia
8 WGAL-NBC/ABC Lancaster
10 WCAU-CBS Philadelphia
12 WDEL-NBC Wilmington
33 WEEU-NBC/ABC Reading
43 WSBA-ABC York
46 WFPG-NBC/CBS/ABC/DuMont Atlantic City
61 WHUM-CBS Reading

Morning
8:40
8 Musical Moments

8:45
8 Wagon Theater

9:00
10 Time/Music/Resume

9:10
3 Thought for Today (Rev. John J. Lynch)

9:15
3 Today's Headlines

9:30
3 Ridin' the Trail
6 Hollywood Varieties
10 Industry on Parade

9:45
6 Junior Crossroads
8 Story Book Land
10 Americans All

10:00
6 Hippodrome (Whitey Carson welcomes The Range Rider (Jack Mahoney) and Dick West, and chats with Jolly Bill Steinke)
8 Film Featurette
10 Man in the House (Joanie & Dave Coale)

10:15
8 Highway Safety

10:30
3 Magic Clown
6-8 Smilin' Ed's Gang "The Bee Hunter"
10 Just Us Kids (Patches)

10:45
3 Boy Scout

11:00
3 Uncle Pete's
6-8 Space Patrol

11:30
3 Grady & Hurst (guests Tony Bennett and Charlie Graci)
6 Chief Halftown (the Chief welcomes telented youngsters Linda Robinson, Marian Lucketto, Mary Beth Duvaney, Sherry Lee & Barbara Allen, and Kathleen Lucuski)
8 This is the Life
10 Rod Brown

Afternoon
noon
6 Stories Retold "Aloafa" (Rev. Stanley K. Gambell)
8-10 Big Top

12:15
6 Hollywood Varieties

12:30
3 Hollywood Playhouse "Rebellion"
6 Sports Clinic (Moorehead, with 2 Philly boys as regular guests)

1:00
8 Johnny Jupiter
10 Lone Ranger

1:15
12 Wanderlust

1:30
3-8-12-33-46 Football Preview (Bosh Pritchard on 3, Red Grange/Bud Palmer on the others)
10 Armchair Theater "The Big Ride"

1:45
3-8-12-33-46 College Football: Dartmouth-Holy Cross (Mel Allen/Lindsey Nelson)

2:00
10 News (Barry Cassell)

2:05
10 Double Feature Theater "Three Little Sisters"

3:00
10 News (Barry Cassell)

3:05
10 Double Feature Theatre "Blackmail"

3:30
6 Spotlight Review
61 Film Featurette

4:00
6 Western Playhouse
10-61 Horse Race: Sysonby Mile (from Belmont Track, NY)

4:15
3-8-12-33-46 Football Scoreboard (Russ Hodges/Dick Kazmaier)

4:30
3 Dig Dobson (Charlie Dobson)
8 TBA
10 Horse Race: UN Handicap (from Atlantic City)
12 Boots & Saddles
33 Armchair Adventure "Mark of the Cobra"
46 Film Featurette
61 Faith for Today

5:00
3 Trailer's Ranch House
8 Twenty Questions (Jay Jackson)
10 Ghost Rider "Rustlers Hideout"
12 This is the Life
33 Saturday Roundup "Ghost Town Renegades"
46 Cosmpolitan Cinema "Tre Uomini in Frock" (Italiano with English subtitles)
61 Saturday Matinee "Circus Girl"

5:05
43 News Headlines

5:15
43 Paddock Parade

5:30
3 Frontier Playhouse "Flaming Lead"
8 Down You Go
10 Dick Tracy
43 Smilin' Ed's Gang "Tiger Shark"

Evening
6:00
6 TBA
8 Stu Erwin
10 Front Page Detective
12 Guide Right
33 Evening Edition
43 Early Show "Diamond Trail"
46 Film Feature
61 Sagebrush Theater

6:15
33 Weather (Cooper)

6:20
33 Sports (Cammarota)

6:30
3 Kit Carson "Curse of the Albas" (Coke was the local sponsor)
6 Newsreel (Hall)
8 Sports (Dave Brandt)
10 News (Randy Kraft)
12 Parlor Party
33 Watch Your Step

6:40
6 Weather (Francis Davis)
8 Week in Review (Frank Whalen)

6:45
6 George Walsh
10 Peak of Sports (Red Barber)

6:55
8 Tomorrow's News

7:00
3 Big Picture
6-43 Music from Meadowbrook (Walter Herlihy and the Korn Kobblers; nest week, Paul Whiteman TV Teen Club at 7, and Leave It to the Girls at 7:30)
8 TV Theater
10-61 Stork Club (guests Sherman Billingsley and Betty Ann Grove)
12-33-46 Mr. Wizard

7:30
3-8-12 Ethel & Albert
6 Name's the Same
10-46-61 Beat the Clock
33 Eventide Singers

7:45
33 Saturday Cinema "Counter Punch"

8:00
3-8-12 Bonino
6-43 Showcase Theater "Dream Without a Face"
10-46-61 Jackie Gleason

8:30
3-8-12 Ted Mack's Amateur Hour
6-43 Madison Square Garden (highlights of basketball, boxing, ice skating, and tennis)

9:00
3-8-12 Your Show of Shows
6-43 Phillies Fights (From Buffalo: a 10-round middleweight bout between Joey Giambra (34-2/19 KO) and Tuzo Portuguez (53-13-5/23 KO))
10 Two for the Money
33 Joe Palooka
46 Feature Theater
61 Ford Theater "Son of Monte Cristo"

9:30
10 My Favorite Husband

9:45
6 not listed
43 Fight Talk (Bob Cooke/Don Dunphy, guest is Princeton football captain Homer Smith)

10:00
6 George Jessel (guests Margaret Whiting, Mitzi Gaynor, and Buddy Hackett)
10-46 Medallion Theater "The Big Bow Mystery"
33 Allergy & You
43 Adventure Playhouse "Borrowed Hero"

10:30
3-8-12-33-46 Your Hit Parade
6 Ford Film Playhouse "Pier 23"
10 Political Program (Paul L. Trost)
61 TBA

10:45
10 Newsreel

11:00
3 Saturday Night Playhouse "Three is a Family"
8 News/Sports
10-33-43-61 News (John Facenda on 10, Bill Webber on 33, Ed Lincoln on 43, not listed on 61)
12 Harness Racing
46 Wrestling (Chicago; Bob Orton-Carl Engstrom)

11:05
46 Sportscase (guest Red Schoendienst)

11:10
8 Regional News
10 Weather (Barry Cassell)
43 Sports Review

11:15
8-10 Wrestling (Lane on 10, with Danny McShain v Billy Vargas; 8's show is listed as Lancaster)

11:20
46 Wrestling (Chicago)

11:40
6 Newsreel (Hall)

11:50
6 Weather (Francis Davis)

11:55
6 Film Featurette

Late Night
midnight
3 News (Bob Powell)
12 Headline Roundup

12:05
3 Religious Thought (Rev. W.T. Vandever)

12:15
8 Sports (Cox)
10 Feature Theater "End of the Road"
 
Nothing was listed for WFIL-6 from 1 to 3:30 P.M.

According to Shrp Sports.com, the Philadelphia Phillies hosted (and beat) the Brooklyn Dodgers that day at the old Shibe Park.

Could WFIL have carried that game??
 
Joseph_Gallant said:
Nothing was listed for WFIL-6 from 1 to 3:30 P.M.

According to Shrp Sports.com, the Philadelphia Phillies hosted (and beat) the Brooklyn Dodgers that day at the old Shibe Park.

Could WFIL have carried that game??

I wouldn't rule it out, though I haven't been able to come across a list of which station had TV rights that year...
 
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