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Retro: Pittsburgh/Ohio & Mahoning Valleys Thurs, Oct 9, 1958

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Bluenoser

from TV Guide-Pittsbugh edition
Channel 12 listings are EST
Italicized programs for Pittsburgh channels are simulcast on WARD 56-Johnstown, for which TVG only listed network programming

KDKA 2-CBS Pittsburgh
6:25 Sermonette
6:30 Sunrise Semester "Vanity Fair"
7:00 Jeff Jordan
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
8:45 Josie's Storyland
9:15 It's a Great Life
9:45 Slimnastics (John Hills)
10:00 For Love or Money
10:30 My Little Margie
11:00 Arthur Godfrey
11:30 Top Dollar
noon News (Bill Burns)
12:15 Jean Connolly
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1:00 Movie "Heavenly Days"
2:20 Woman's Angle (Kiely)
2:30 House Party
3:00 Big Payoff
3:30 Verdict is Yours
4:00 Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 KD Kartoons
5:00 Movie "The Diamond Wizard"
6:30 Annie Oakley "Annie Helps a Drifter"
7:00 News/Sports
7:15 CBS News
7:30 Death Valley Days "Head of the House"
8:00 December Bride
8:30 Yancy Derringer "Gallatin Street"
9:00 Zane Grey "The Scaffold"
9:30 Playhouse 90 "The Time of Your Life"
11:00 News/Sports
11:15 Movie "One Last Fling"
1:00 Weather/News
1:10 Movie "Timber Queen"
2:20 Sermonette

WTAE 4-ABC Pittsburgh
10:00 TV Hour of Stars "Gun in His Hand"
11:00 Movie "Return of the Ape Man"
noon Cartoons
12:30 Medic "Flash of Darkness"
1:00 Movie "The Sign of the Ram"
2:30 Our Miss Brooks
3:00 American Bandstand
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4:00 American Bandstand
5:00 Texas Rangers "Warpath"
5:30 Adventure Time
6:00 Three Stooges
6:20 Sword of Freedom "Caterina"
6:50 News (John B. Hughes)
7:00 It's in the Name
7:30 Leave It to Beaver "Eddie's Girl"
8:00 Zorro "Welcome to Monterey"
8:30 Real McCoys "Grampa Learns About Teen-Agers"
9:00 Pat Boone (guests Roy Rogers, Sons of the Pioneers, and square dancers)
9:30 Rough Riders "Breakout"
10:00 OSS "Sweet Talk"
10:30 News (John B. Hughes)
10:45 Movie "You Were Never Lovelier"
12:15 News (Paul Shannon)

WJAC 6-ABC/CBS/NBC Johnstown
6:30 Continental Classroom "Atomic Age Physics"
7:00 Today
9:00 Romper Room (c)
10:00 Dough-Re-Mi
10:30 Treasure Hunt
11:00 Price is Right
11:30 Concentration
noon Tic Tac Dough
12:30 It Could Be You
1:00 Rural Review
1:15 For the Ladies
1:30 His Honor, Homer Bell
2:00 Truth or Consequences
2:30 Sports Page
2:45 World Series, Game 7: the Yankees take the Series with a 6-2 victory, coming back from a 3-2 deficit in the Series
5:30 Huckleberry Hound
6:00 Sports/Weather/News
6:30 Frontier
7:00 Abbie Neal
7:30 Dragnet
8:00 Ed Wynn
8:30 Twenty One
9:00 Behind Closed Doors "Double Jeopardy"
9:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford (originating from WWJ Detroit)
10:00 Groucho Marx
10:30 Masquerade Party (c)
11:00 News/Sports
11:15 Movie "Colonel Effingham's Raid"

WTRF 7-ABC/NBC Wheeling
6:30 Continental Classroom "Atomic Age Physics"
6:55 Daily Word
7:00 Today
9:00 Romper Room
10:00 Dough-Re-Mi
10:30 Treasure Hunt
11:00 Price is Right
11:30 Concentration
noon Tic Tac Dough
12:30 It Could Be You
1:00 Heart of the Home (Jeanne Button)
1:30 Downtown (Martin)
2:00 Truth or Consequences
2:30 Sports Page
2:45 World Series, Game 7
5:30 Comedy Time "Down the Ribber"
6:00 Annie Oakley "The Cinder Trail"
6:30 Popeye Playhouse
7:00 News/Sports
7:15 NBC News
7:30 Ozzie & Harriet (delayed from Wed 8:30)
8:00 Ed Wynn
8:30 Twenty One
9:00 Behind Closed Doors "Double Jeopardy"
9:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford
10:00 Groucho Marx
10:30 Masquerade Party (c)
11:00 News/Sports
11:15 Jack Paar
1:00 Daily Word

WSTV 9-ABC/CBS Steubenville
7:00 Morning Show
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
8:45 Cartoons
9:00 Movie "Flaming Guns"
10:30 Play Your Hunch
11:00 Arthur Godfrey
11:30 Top Dollar
noon Love of Life
12:30 Hour of Stars "Introduction to Erica"
1:30 As the World Turns
2:00 Jimmy Dean (guest Martha Wright)
2:30 House Party
3:00 Big Payoff
3:30 Verdict is Yours
4:00 Consumer Quiz
4:30 Edge of Night
5:00 Texas Rangers "Warpath"
5:30 Adventure Time
6:00 Three Stooges
6:20 News/Weather/Sports
6:45 CBS News
7:00 Janet Dean
7:30 Playhouse "Apache Waters"
8:00 Casey Jones "The Old Timer"
8:30 Yancy Derringer "Gallatin Street"
9:00 I Love Lucy
9:30 Playhouse 90 "The Time of Your Life"
11:00 News/Weather
11:20 Movie "The Whistler"

WFBG 10-ABC/CBS Altoona
7:00 Breakfast Time
8:00 Horizons
10:00 TV Hour of Stars "Gun in His Hand"
11:00 Arthur Godfrey
11:30 Top Dollar
noon Love of Life
12:30 Farm, Home & Garden
1:00 Edge of Night
1:30 As the World Turns
2:00 Search for Tomorrow
2:15 Guding Light
2:30 House Party
3:00 Big Payoff
3:30 News/Weather
3:45 Brighter Day
4:00 American Bandstand
5:00 Cartoons
5:30 Adventure Time
6:00 Popeye Playhouse
6:15 Outdoors (Harris Breth)
6:30 News/Sports
6:45 CBS News
7:00 See the Pros (Glenn Davis)
7:30 Naked City "Meridian"
8:00 Zorro "Welcome to Monterey"
8:30 Real McCoys "Grampa Learns About Teen-Agers"
9:00 Pat Boone
9:30 Playhouse 90 "The Time of Your Life"
11:00 News/Weather
11:25 Movie "Once Upon a Honeymoon"
12:45 Thought for the Day (Rabbi Nathan Kaber)

WIIC 11-NBC Pittsburgh
6:30 Continental Classroom "Atomic Age Physics"
7:00 Today
9:00 Reduce to Rhythm
9:10 Romper Room
9:55 News
10:00 Dough-Re-Mi
10:30 Treasure Hunt
11:00 Price is Right
11:30 Concentration
noon Tic Tac Dough
12:30 It Could Be You
1:00 I Married Joan
1:30 Susie
2:00 Truth or Consequences
2:30 Sports Page
2:45 World Series, Game 7
5:30 Amos & Andy
6:00 Burns & Allen
6:30 News/Sports
6:45 Frank Leahy
7:00 26 Men "Insurrection"
7:30 I Love Lucy "Ricky's Screen Test"
8:00 Ed Wynn
8:30 Twenty One
9:00 Behind Closed Doors "Double Jeopardy"
9:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford
10:00 Groucho Marx
10:30 Masquerade Party (c)
11:00 News/Weather
11:15 Jack Paar
1:00 Weather/News

WBOY 12-ABC/CBS/NBC Clarksburg
7:00 Today
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10:00 Dough-Re-Mi
10:30 Treasure Hunt
11:00 Price is Right
11:30 Concentration
noon Tic Tac Dough
12:30 It Could Be You
1:00 News
1:05 TBA
1:30 Sports Page
1:45 World Series, Game 7
4:30 TBA
5:00 Three Stooges
5:30 Movie "Rainbow's End"
6:30 Sunshine Boys
6:45 News/Sports
7:15 NBC News
7:30 December Bride
8:00 West Virginia Outdoors
8:30 Twenty One
9:00 Behind Closed Doors "Double Jeopardy"
9:30 Target
10:00 Groucho Marx
10:30 Sherlock Holmes
11:00 News/Weather
11:15 Jack Paar

WQED 13-Edu Pittsburgh
8:25 TTD Physics
9:00 Atomic Primer
9:30 Schooltime
10:00 TTD Physics
10:30 TTD Science
11:00 Jazz Meets Classics
11:30 UN Review
11:45 Prince
noon World of Music
1:05 Schooltime
1:40 From Capitol Hill
2:10 Schooltime
2:30 TTD Russian
3:00 Especially for You
3:15 TTD Russian
3:45 Friendly Giant
4:00 Children's Corner (Carey)
4:30 Film Fare
5:00 World of Music
6:00 Christophers
6:30 Pitt Parade
7:00 From Capitol Hill (guest Sen. Jacob Javits)
7:30 Spotlight on Youth (Wilkinsburg HS concert pianist Pat Malone)
8:00 Atomic Primer
8:30 Conversational Russian
9:00 Frontiers of Health
9:30 Women '58
10:00 Growing Children
10:30 Adventure

WFMJ 21-NBC Youngstown
6:30 Continental Classroom "Atomic Age Physics"
7:00 Today
9:00 Family Fare (Snyder)
10:00 Dough-Re-Mi
10:30 Treasure Hunt
11:00 Price is Right
11:30 Concentration
noon Tic Tac Dough
12:30 It Could Be You
1:00 News
1:15 Kitchen Corner (Mariner)
2:00 Truth or Consequences
2:30 Sports Page
2:45 World Series, Game 7
5:30 Popeye Playhouse
6:00 Woody Woodpecker
6:30 News/Sports
6:45 NBC News
7:00 Target
7:30 TBA
8:00 Ed Wynn
8:30 Twenty One
9:00 Behind Closed Doors "Double Jeopardy"
9:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford
10:00 Groucho Marx
10:30 Masquerade Party (c)
11:00 News/Weather
11:20 Jack Paar

WKBN 27-CBS Youngstown
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
8:45 CBS News
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9:55 News
10:00 For Love or Money
10:30 Play Your Hunch
11:00 Arthur Godfrey
11:30 Top Dollar
noon Love of Life
12:30 Movie "Kill or Be Killed"
1:45 Casteel's Carousel
2:00 Jimmy Dean
2:30 House Party
3:00 Big Payoff
3:30 Verdict is Yours
4:00 Cartoons
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Movie "Atlantic Convoy"
6:00 My Little Margie
6:30 News/Sports
6:45 CBS News
7:00 Roving Camera (Wilson)
7:30 I Love Lucy "Ricky's Screen Test"
8:00 December Bride
8:30 Yancy Derringer "Gallatin Street"
9:00 Zane Grey "The Scaffold"
9:30 Playhouse 90 "The Time of Your Life"
11:00 News/Sports
11:20 Movie "The Man Who Loved Redheads"

WKST 45-ABC New Castle
3pm American Bandstand
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4:00 American Bandstand
5:00 Texas Rangers "Warpath"
5:30 Adventure Time
6:00 Travel Time
6:15 News/Sports
6:30 Kingdom of the Sea
7:00 It's Fun to Reduce
7:15 News (Don Goddard)
7:30 Leave It to Beaver "Eddie's Girl"
8:00 Vice-President Nixon (speaking in Columbus)
9:00 Pat Boone
9:30 Rough Riders "Breakout"
10:00 Stars of Jazz (guests Abbey Lincoln, and Buddy Collette's quintet)
10:30 ABC News
10:45 Movie "Disaster"
 
Bluenoser said:
9:00 Pat Boone (guests Roy Rogers, Sons of the Pioneers, and square dancers)
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Wow, I bet every teenager from Follansbee, WV to DuBois was huddled around the
set for THAT one!! ::)
 
Where was the time zone boundary in those days? As I mentioned in the preface to the original post, ch 12 was EST-were there any others in the coverage area? Also, is there any source giving 56's full sked for the day? The Pittsburgh paper only carried regional listings for PGH and ch 6, 7 and 9.
 
No network programming for ABC stations was listed prior to 3 P.M. EDT that day, but that would change the following Monday (October 13th), when ABC began feeding network programs from 11 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. ET, and again from 2 to 3 P.M. ET (I believe the 1:30-2 P.M. ET half-hour remained with local stations).

I suspect the October 13th date was chosen because the World Series (played in the daylight back then) would be over, and even back then, there were some female baseball fans, so instead of competing against the Fall Classic, ABC waited until it was over. Internally, according to several histories of the network, the daytime expansion was called "Operation Daybreak, although ABC would not, other than special news coverage (especially of early-morning space launches), not program the early-morning hours on a regular basis until "A.M. America" premiered in early 1975.

The date of the expansion of the ABC daytime schedule was based on a post at http://www.sandiegoradionews.com/0180202.htm . I assume that these schedules were the same in both the Eastern and Pacific time zones.
 
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