Retro: Phoenix Affils Prime--Mon Oct 2, 1961

[oldiesfan6479]

ABC/CBS/NBC affils prime time (no indie, no non-comm)
Source: Arizona Republic microfilm
Time Zone MST (stations got the EST/CST delayed feeds)

KTVK 3 Phoenix/ABC (now indie)
06:30 Cheyenne
07:30 Rifleman
08:00 Surfside Six
09:00 Ben Casey
--Shows aired from 16mm film at KTVK (same episodes as on network).

KOOL-TV 10 Phoenix/CBS (now KSAZ-TV/Fox)
05:30 To Tell The Truth
06:00 CBS News/Douglas Edwards
06:30 Window On Main Street
07:00 Danny Thomas
07:30 Andy Griffith
08:00 Hennessey
08:30 I've Got A Secret
09:00 Brothers Brannigan
09:30 Pete & Gladys (network 8:00 ET)

KTAR-TV 12 Mesa/NBC (now KPNX)
06:30 Price Is Right
07:00 87th Precinct
08:00 Thriller
09:00 National Velvet (network 8:00 ET)
09:30 Case Of The Dangerous Robin
--Note: KTAR-TV now aired Jack Paar (almost) in full 10:30-12. Do not know
if this was same night as network or a day or more late.

 

[oldiesfan6479]

KOOL-TV 10 Phoenix/CBS (now KSAZ-TV/Fox)
06:00 CBS News/Douglas Edwards
06:30 Window On Main Street

Add:
06:15 Local News

 

[landtuna]

Interesting. We still get only 15 minutes of "news" but now the other 15 minutes are commercials.

 

[FRR]

Interesting. We still get only 15 minutes of "news" but now the other 15 minutes are commercials.

Good point. I put a stopwatch on the 6:30 evening news one week and actually got a little less the 15 minutes especially when you take out the "teasers" that every station always run.