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Retro: Portland, Org. Oct. 26, 1964

G

Gregg

Portland Org. TV Guide - Monday, Oct. 26, 1964

(Some things to look for: Ch. 2 has a female newscaster at 10:20am... pioneering for that day. Mike Wallace of today's 60 Minutes is doing the CBS Morning News in 1964, right after Capt. Kangaroo. "Wendy and Me" on ABC is a sitcom for George Burns now that his wife Gracie has either died or retired. And Bing Crosby also has a show after Burns... two pretty big names for a network that was always ranked third. Ch. 8 only carries an hour of Today. Only Ch. 8 has color shows. Even if CBS or ABC are showing programs in color, Ch. 2 and 6 aren't transmitting them yet. 15 min. Soap Operas are gone at this point but no soap runs an hour yet either. These days few TV stations do any local shows other than news. But on this schedule, Ch. 6 does a daytime variety show "Hi Neighbor" and a cooking show "KOIN Kitchen." Ch. 8 does a variety show in the morning called "Telescope." And Ch. 12 does a morning show "12 in the Morning" and a kiddie show "Popeye's Pier 12." I'm not sure if Ch. 2's "Smorgasbord" is local or network. Ind. Ch. 12 doesn't sign on till 10am. And no one stays on the air much after 12:30 or 1am.)


KATU - TV 2 (ABC)

7:00 Down to Earth--Brumfield
7:15 Basic Grammar
7:45 Deputy Dawg--Cartoons
8:00 Cartoonival--Rusty Nails
8:30 Romper Room--Miss Sue
9:00 Movie--Drama "The Sun Shines Bright" (1953)
10:20 News--Patti duPont
10:30 Price Is Right--Game
11:00 Get The Message--Game
11:30 Missing Links--Game
12:00 Father Knows Best
12:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford--Variety
1:00 Smorgasbord--Variety
1:30 Mike Douglas--Variety
2:30 Day in Court--Drama
2:55 ABC News
3:00 General Hospital--Serial
3:30 Young Marrieds--Serial
4:00 Trailmaster--Western
5:00 Dobie Gillis--Comedy
5:30 Leave It to Beaver
6:00 News--Pat Wilkins
6:15 News--Ron Cochran
6:30 Bold Journey--Travel
7:00 Survival--Documentary
7:30 Voyage--Adventure
8:30 No Time for Sergeants
9:00 Wendy and Me--Comedy
9:30 Bing Crosby--Comedy
10:00 Ben Casey--Drama
11:00 News, Sports
11:30 Movie--Western "Ambush" (1949)


KOIN - TV 6 (CBS)

7:00 Sunrise Semester
7:30 Weather Forecast
7:35 Cartoon Time
8:00 Captain Kangaroo--Children
9:00 CBS News--Mike Wallace
9:30 I Love Lucy--Comedy
10:00 Andy Griffith--Comedy
10:30 Real McCoys--Comedy
11:00 Love of Life--Serial
11:25 CBS News--Robert Trout
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
12:00 News--Art Eckman
12:05 Hi Neighbor--Variety
12:30 As The World Turns
1:00 KOIN Kitchen--Betty Davis
1:30 House Party--Art Linkletter
2:00 To Tell The Truth--Panel
2:25 CBS News--Douglas Edwards
2:30 Edge of Night--Serial
3:00 Secret Storm--Serial
3:30 Password--Game
4:00 Cartoon Circus--Children
4:15 Movie--Drama "Escape Me Never" (1947)
6:00 News--Chuck Foster
6:30 CBS News--Walter Cronkite
7:00 Trails West--Drama
7:30 To Tell The Truth--Bud Collyer
8:00 I've Got A Secret--Panel
8:30 Andy Griffith--Comedy
9:00 Lucille Ball--Comedy
9:30 Many Happy Returns--Comedy
10:00 Slattery's People--Drama
11:00 News, Sports
11:20 Yancy Derringer--Drama



KGW - TV 8 (NBC)

6:55 Town and Country--Jones
7:00 Today
8:00 Cartooners' Clubhouse
8:20 Telescope--Variety (Color)
9:00 Political Talk--Republican
9:30 What's This Song? (Debut) (Color)
9:55 NBC News--Edwin Newman
10:00 Concentration--Game
10:30 Jeopardy--Game (Color)
11:00 Say When!--Game (Color)
11:30 Truth or Consequences--Game (Color)
12:00 News--Rick Meyers (Color)
12:25 NBC News
12:30 Loretta Young--Drama
1:00 Doctors--Serial
1:30 Another World--Serial
2:00 You Don't Say!--Game (Color)
2:30 Match Game
2:55 News
3:00 Let's Make A Deal--Game
3:30 Bachelor Father--Comedy
4:00 Cartoon Corral (Color)
4:30 Movie--Drama "The Glory Brigade" (1953)
6:00 NBC News--Hutley, Brinkley
6:30 News--Richard Ross
7:00 Science in Action (Color)
7:30 90 Bristol Court--Comedy
8:00 90 Bristol Court--Comedy
8:30 90 Bristol Court--Comedy
9:00 Andy Williams--Variety (Color)
10:00 Alfred Hitchcock--Drama
11:00 News, Sports
11:30 Johnny Carson--Variety (Color)



KOAP - TV 10 (Educ.)

9:00 Problems of Philosophy
9:45 Uncle Wonder's Workshop
10:00 Spanish I
10:15 Spanish II
10:30 Let's Be Artists
10:45 French I
11:00 General Biology--Lessons
11:45 Sing Hi, Sing Lo--Kennett
12:00 TV Kindergarten
12:30 American Perspectives
1:00 Uncle Wonder's Workshop
1:15 Spanish I
1:30 Spanish II
1:45 French I
2:00 General Psychology
2:45 Industry on Parade
3:00 Challenge--Science
3:30 Famous Generals
4:00 Sing Hi, Sing Lo--Kennett
4:15 Happy Attic--Paige Long
(No listings till 6:30)
6:30 Facts About Smoking
7:00 What's New--Children
7:30 French Chef--Cooking
8:00 Pathfinders--Discussion (Debut)
8:30 Oregon at Work
9:00 International Magazine
10:00 Basic Issues of Man (Debut)


KPTV - TV 12 (Ind.)

10:00 Film Feature
11:00 Twelve in The Morning
12:00 Cartoon Castle--Children
12:15 King Leonardo--Cartoons
12:30 Cartoon Castle--Children
1:00 Movie--Comedy "The Ex-Mrs. Bradford" (1936)
2:45 News--Duane Bock
3:00 Three Stooges--Comedy
3:30 Touche' Turtle--Cartoons
4:00 Rocky and His Friends
4:30 Lloyd Thaxton--Variety
5:30 Popeye's Pier 12--Children
6:00 Woody Woodpecker
6:30 Wells Fargo--Western
7:00 Have Gun, Will Travel
7:30 You Asked for It!--Smith
8:00 Cheyenne--Western
9:00 Dick Powell--Drama
10:00 Movie--Musical "I Dream Too Much" (1935)
11:45 Movie--Western "Prarie Law" (1953)




Gregg
[email protected]
 
> Portland Org. TV Guide - Monday, Oct. 26, 1964
>
> (Some things to look for: Ch. 2 has a female newscaster at
> 10:20am... pioneering for that day. Mike Wallace of today's
> 60 Minutes is doing the CBS Morning News in 1964, right
> after Capt. Kangaroo. "Wendy and Me" on ABC is a sitcom for
> George Burns now that his wife Gracie has either died or
> retired. And Bing Crosby also has a show after Burns... two
> pretty big names for a network that was always ranked third.
> Ch. 8 only carries an hour of Today. Only Ch. 8 has color
> shows. Even if CBS or ABC are showing programs in color,
> Ch. 2 and 6 aren't transmitting them yet. 15 min. Soap
> Operas are gone at this point but no soap runs an hour yet
> either.
>
Something's amiss. Search For Tomorrow and Guiding Light
(which isn't even listed here) were 15-minute soaps until
1968. Search aired at 11:30 (PT), Light at 11:45.

Gracie Allen retired in 1958 and passed away Aug. 27, 1964.
George Burns' co-star on Wendy And Me was Connie Stevens.

I also notice you have 90 Bristol Court listed three times.
For those who've forgotten, that show was an experiment on
NBC's part: three sitcoms, all taking place in the same
apartment complex, and all focusing on the same theme.
The shows were: Karen; Tom, Dick And Mary; and Harris Against
The World (I think Jack Klugman starred in this last one).
Karen was the only one of the three to survive the entire
season, running 7:30-8 on Mondays from January-September 1965.
The 8-9 hour was filled by The Man From U.N.C.L.E., and Hullabaloo
got its former Tuesday slot (then moved to Mondays at 7:30 in
the fall of '65). BTW, Mondays at 8 was Man From U.N.C.L.E.'s
last time slot, in the fall of 1967. It was replaced in January
1968 by the biggest hit of the era: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.

A couple of other things. KOIN Kitchen was still on the air in
the '70s, if I recall. Also, is KOIN's noon anchor Art Eckman
the same person who was a sportscaster on WXIA/11 Atlanta in
the late '70s and most of the '80s?
>
> KATU - TV 2 (ABC)
>
> 7:00 Down to Earth--Brumfield
> 7:15 Basic Grammar
> 7:45 Deputy Dawg--Cartoons
> 8:00 Cartoonival--Rusty Nails
> 8:30 Romper Room--Miss Sue
> 9:00 Movie--Drama "The Sun Shines Bright" (1953)
> 10:20 News--Patti duPont
> 10:30 Price Is Right--Game
> 11:00 Get The Message--Game
> 11:30 Missing Links--Game
> 12:00 Father Knows Best
> 12:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford--Variety
> 1:00 Smorgasbord--Variety
> 1:30 Mike Douglas--Variety
> 2:30 Day in Court--Drama
> 2:55 ABC News
> 3:00 General Hospital--Serial
> 3:30 Young Marrieds--Serial
> 4:00 Trailmaster--Western
> 5:00 Dobie Gillis--Comedy
> 5:30 Leave It to Beaver
> 6:00 News--Pat Wilkins
> 6:15 News--Ron Cochran
> 6:30 Bold Journey--Travel
> 7:00 Survival--Documentary
> 7:30 Voyage--Adventure
> 8:30 No Time for Sergeants
> 9:00 Wendy and Me--Comedy
> 9:30 Bing Crosby--Comedy
> 10:00 Ben Casey--Drama
> 11:00 News, Sports
> 11:30 Movie--Western "Ambush" (1949)
>
>
> KOIN - TV 6 (CBS)
>
> 7:00 Sunrise Semester
> 7:30 Weather Forecast
> 7:35 Cartoon Time
> 8:00 Captain Kangaroo--Children
> 9:00 CBS News--Mike Wallace
> 9:30 I Love Lucy--Comedy
> 10:00 Andy Griffith--Comedy
> 10:30 Real McCoys--Comedy
> 11:00 Love of Life--Serial
> 11:25 CBS News--Robert Trout
> 11:30 Search for Tomorrow
> 12:00 News--Art Eckman
> 12:05 Hi Neighbor--Variety
> 12:30 As The World Turns
> 1:00 KOIN Kitchen--Betty Davis
> 1:30 House Party--Art Linkletter
> 2:00 To Tell The Truth--Panel
> 2:25 CBS News--Douglas Edwards
> 2:30 Edge of Night--Serial
> 3:00 Secret Storm--Serial
> 3:30 Password--Game
> 4:00 Cartoon Circus--Children
> 4:15 Movie--Drama "Escape Me Never" (1947)
> 6:00 News--Chuck Foster
> 6:30 CBS News--Walter Cronkite
> 7:00 Trails West--Drama
> 7:30 To Tell The Truth--Bud Collyer
> 8:00 I've Got A Secret--Panel
> 8:30 Andy Griffith--Comedy
> 9:00 Lucille Ball--Comedy
> 9:30 Many Happy Returns--Comedy
> 10:00 Slattery's People--Drama
> 11:00 News, Sports
> 11:20 Yancy Derringer--Drama
>
>
>
> KGW - TV 8 (NBC)
>
> 6:55 Town and Country--Jones
> 7:00 Today
> 8:00 Cartooners' Clubhouse
> 8:20 Telescope--Variety (Color)
> 9:00 Political Talk--Republican
> 9:30 What's This Song? (Debut) (Color)
> 9:55 NBC News--Edwin Newman
> 10:00 Concentration--Game
> 10:30 Jeopardy--Game (Color)
> 11:00 Say When!--Game (Color)
> 11:30 Truth or Consequences--Game (Color)
> 12:00 News--Rick Meyers (Color)
> 12:25 NBC News
> 12:30 Loretta Young--Drama
> 1:00 Doctors--Serial
> 1:30 Another World--Serial
> 2:00 You Don't Say!--Game (Color)
> 2:30 Match Game
> 2:55 News
> 3:00 Let's Make A Deal--Game
> 3:30 Bachelor Father--Comedy
> 4:00 Cartoon Corral (Color)
> 4:30 Movie--Drama "The Glory Brigade" (1953)
> 6:00 NBC News--Hutley, Brinkley
> 6:30 News--Richard Ross
> 7:00 Science in Action (Color)
> 7:30 90 Bristol Court--Comedy
> 8:00 90 Bristol Court--Comedy
> 8:30 90 Bristol Court--Comedy
> 9:00 Andy Williams--Variety (Color)
> 10:00 Alfred Hitchcock--Drama
> 11:00 News, Sports
> 11:30 Johnny Carson--Variety (Color)
>
>
>
> KOAP - TV 10 (Educ.)
>
> 9:00 Problems of Philosophy
> 9:45 Uncle Wonder's Workshop
> 10:00 Spanish I
> 10:15 Spanish II
> 10:30 Let's Be Artists
> 10:45 French I
> 11:00 General Biology--Lessons
> 11:45 Sing Hi, Sing Lo--Kennett
> 12:00 TV Kindergarten
> 12:30 American Perspectives
> 1:00 Uncle Wonder's Workshop
> 1:15 Spanish I
> 1:30 Spanish II
> 1:45 French I
> 2:00 General Psychology
> 2:45 Industry on Parade
> 3:00 Challenge--Science
> 3:30 Famous Generals
> 4:00 Sing Hi, Sing Lo--Kennett
> 4:15 Happy Attic--Paige Long
> (No listings till 6:30)
> 6:30 Facts About Smoking
> 7:00 What's New--Children
> 7:30 French Chef--Cooking
> 8:00 Pathfinders--Discussion (Debut)
> 8:30 Oregon at Work
> 9:00 International Magazine
> 10:00 Basic Issues of Man (Debut)
>
>
> KPTV - TV 12 (Ind.)
>
> 10:00 Film Feature
> 11:00 Twelve in The Morning
> 12:00 Cartoon Castle--Children
> 12:15 King Leonardo--Cartoons
> 12:30 Cartoon Castle--Children
> 1:00 Movie--Comedy "The Ex-Mrs. Bradford" (1936)
> 2:45 News--Duane Bock
> 3:00 Three Stooges--Comedy
> 3:30 Touche' Turtle--Cartoons
> 4:00 Rocky and His Friends
> 4:30 Lloyd Thaxton--Variety
> 5:30 Popeye's Pier 12--Children
> 6:00 Woody Woodpecker
> 6:30 Wells Fargo--Western
> 7:00 Have Gun, Will Travel
> 7:30 You Asked for It!--Smith
> 8:00 Cheyenne--Western
> 9:00 Dick Powell--Drama
> 10:00 Movie--Musical "I Dream Too Much" (1935)
> 11:45 Movie--Western "Prarie Law" (1953)
>
>
>
>
> Gregg
> [email protected]
>
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by bpatrick on 07/30/05 07:55 PM.</FONT></P>
 
> Something's amiss. Search For Tomorrow and Guiding Light
> (which isn't even listed here) were 15-minute soaps until
> 1968. Search aired at 11:30 (PT), Light at 11:45.
>
> Gracie Allen retired in 1958 and passed away Aug. 27, 1964.
> George Burns' co-star on Wendy And Me was Connie Stevens.
> > A couple of other things. KOIN Kitchen was still on the air
> in
> the '70s, if I recall. Also, is KOIN's noon anchor Art
> Eckman
> the same person who was a sportscaster on WXIA/11 Atlanta in> the late '70s and most of the '80s?
> >


My mistake... I went back and sure enough, Channel 6 had Search for Tomorrow on at 11:30, Guiding Light at 11:45.

That's really amazing when you consider nearly all soaps today are a full hour. By the time you subtract commercials, introductions and closing credits, could a 15 min. soap even have 10 min. worth of programming?

Going back over the schedule, I suppose Ch. 2's 8am "Cartoonival--Rusty Nails" must be a locally produced kids show with a host who goes by the name Rusty Nails. In fact, with Capt. Kangaroo on Ch. 6 and Ch. 8 running Cartooners' Clubhouse (maybe another locally produced kiddie show?), the Portland TV viewer only has children's shows to choose from at 8am... and Independant Ch. 12 hasn't even signed on yet. These are all network affiliates. Quite different than today when everyone, including many independents, is running news-oriented wake-up shows.



Gregg
[email protected]
 
> Portland Org. TV Guide - Monday, Oct. 26, 1964
>
"Wendy and Me" on ABC is a sitcom for
> George Burns now that his wife Gracie has either died or
> retired. And Bing Crosby also has a show after Burns... two
> pretty big names for a network that was always ranked third.
> Ch. 8 only carries an hour of Today.


I always wondered why Bing Crosby's show never made it..Wendy And Me was shown on PBS locally (Akron/Youngstown) and I thought it wasnt a bad show. Leads me to wonder why big movie stars never could hit it big in Television..George had it hard w/out Gracie for years..Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda always seemed to have a hard time (though Stewart had a fairly good run with "Hawkins" later on.)


WSPD 13 Toledo as I have noted in past schedules, for a while ran "Today" for 90 minutes (7:30-9:00 AM) in the Mid-1960's)
 
> My mistake... I went back and sure enough, Channel 6 had
> Search for Tomorrow on at 11:30, Guiding Light at 11:45.
>
> That's really amazing when you consider nearly all soaps
> today are a full hour. By the time you subtract
> commercials, introductions and closing credits, could a 15
> min. soap even have 10 min. worth of programming?
>
> Going back over the schedule, I suppose Ch. 2's 8am
> "Cartoonival--Rusty Nails" must be a locally produced kids
> show with a host who goes by the name Rusty Nails. In fact,
> with Capt. Kangaroo on Ch. 6 and Ch. 8 running Cartooners'
> Clubhouse (maybe another locally produced kiddie show?), the
> Portland TV viewer only has children's shows to choose from
> at 8am... and Independant Ch. 12 hasn't even signed on yet.
> These are all network affiliates. Quite different than
> today when everyone, including many independents, is running
> news-oriented wake-up shows.
>
>
>
> Gregg
> [email protected]
>
Looking back, I think Portland had to be one of the smallest markets with five full-powered TV stations, and Channel 2 just signed on in 1962, and took ABC from 12 just two years later. You may already know about KPTV's history site, but it's a great read nonetheless.

http://kptv.home.comcast.net
 
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