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Retro: Pittsburgh-western Pa., Tuesday, Jan. 4, 1955

(Source: Indiana, Pa. Evening Gazette)
Listings start at 7 a.m.

WDTV 2 Pittsburgh (Dumont, NBC, CBS, ABC)
AM
7 Today (NBC, of course)
9 Pastor’s Study
9:15 Fun To Reduce
9:30 Woman’s Angle
9:45 Portia Faces Life (CBS)
10 Garry Moore (CBS)
10:30 Home Edition (NBC’s “Home” with Arlene Francis?)
11 Arthur Godfrey (CBS)
PM
12 News
12:15 Love of Life (CBS)
12:30 Search for Tomorrow (CBS)
12:45 Guiding Light (CBS)
1 Let’s Visit
1:15 Star Parade
1:30 Kay’s Kitchen
2 Star Parade
2:15 Valiant Lady (CBS)
2:30 Meet Your Neighbor
3 House Party
3:30 Paul Dixon Show (Dumont)
4 Brighter Day (CBS)
4:15 Secret Storm (CBS)
4:30 On Your Account
5 Video Adventure
5:30 Howdy Doody (NBC)
6 News; Buzz and Bill
6:30 News
6:45 Pitt Parade
7 Captain Video (Dumont)
7:15 Morgan Beatty – News (Dumont)
7:30 Time Out
7:45 EZC Ranch
8 Life Is Worth Living (Dumont)
8:30 I Love Lucy (CBS; delayed from Monday)
9 Studio 57 (Dumont) – “Bewildered Bride” with Mala Powers
9:30 U.S. Steel Hour (ABC) – “The Thief” with Diana Lynn and Paul Lukas
10:30 See It Now (CBS)
11 World Tonite
11:15 Movie

WJAC-TV 6 Johnstown (NBC, CBS, ABC)
AM
7 Today (NBC)
9 Film
9:30 Garry Moore (CBS)
10 Ding Dong School (NBC)
10:15 Way Of The World
10:30 Sheilah Graham
11 Brighter Day (CBS)
11:15 Film
11:30 Strike It Rich (CBS)
PM
12 Valiant Lady (CBS)
12:15 Love of Life (CBS)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow (CBS)
12:45 Guiding Light (CBS)
1 Portia Faces Life (CBS)
1:15 Road of Life (CBS)
1:30 Welcome, Travelers (CBS)
2 Film
2:15 Robert Q. Lewis (CBS)
2:30 House Party (CBS)
2:45 Quick Quiz
3 Big Payoff (CBS)
3:30 Bob Crosby (CBS)
3:45 Miss Marlowe
4 Melodies
4:15 Secret Storm (CBS)
4:30 On Your Account
5 Cartoon Capers
5:30 Howdy Doody (NBC)
6 Music; Sports
6:15 DuBois News
6:30 December Bride (CBS)
7 Pepsi Playhouse (ABC)
7:30 Dinah Shore (NBC)
7:45 Camel News Caravan (NBC)
8 Uncertain; Schedule grid lists Bob Hope special(NBC); "Top viewing this evening" story lists Larry Storch Show with guest Teresa Brewer
9 Fireside Theater (NBC)
9:30 U.S. Steel Hour (ABC)
10:30 It’s A Great Life (NBC)
11 Lullaby Theater

WFBG-TV 10 Altoona (CBS, ABC, Dumont)
AM
9 Breakfast Club (signed on at 9)
10 Purple Sage
10:15 Marge and Jeff
10:30 Western Theater
11 Flynn’s Inn
PM
12 News
12:15 Tunes On 10
12:30 Movie Matinee
3 Paul Dixon Show (Dumont; an hour here, 30 mins. in Pittsburgh)
4 Girl From Gables
4:30 The Early Show (movie)
6 News Roundup
6:15 Purple Sage
6:30 Birthday
6:45 Sports
7 Captain Video (Dumont)
7:15 News
7:30 Cavalcade of America (ABC) – “The Marine Who Was 200 Years Old” with Ward Bond
8 Life Is Worth Living (Dumont)
8:30 Four Star Playhouse (CBS) – “Go Ahead And Jump” with Dick Powell
9 Danny Thomas Show (ABC)
9:30 Elgin TV Hour (ABC)
10:30 Stop The Music (ABC)
11 News; Late Show
 
> 8:30 Four Star Playhouse (CBS) – “Go Ahead And Jump” with
> Dick Powell
>

Found it on DVD for a dollar!
 
> > 8:30 Four Star Playhouse (CBS) – “Go Ahead And Jump” with
> > Dick Powell
> >
>
> Found it on DVD for a dollar!

I presume that either this episode/series is now in the public-domain, or the DVD it was on was a "sampler", sold at a very low price, in the hope that if you like it, you'd buy a much more expensive box set of "Four Star Playhouse" episodes, perhaps containing an entire season.
 
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