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Retro: Salt Lake City, November 15, 1951

Source: Deseret News

Television in Salt Lake City started in 1946 with experimental W6SIX (which became KTVX Ch. 4). Regular-scheduled TV programming started on April 19, 1948, with as then known callsign KDYL, followed by KSL-TV (Ch. 5) on June 1, 1949. KUTV did not sign on until 1954, there were only two stations in Salt Lake City at the time of this listing.

Trivia: KTVX was originally known as W6SIX in 1946, then KDYL in 1948, then KTVT from '53-'59 (now used on Dallas' Ch. 11), then KCPX for many years in the 60s and early 70s, changing to KTVX in 1975.

Channels Listed
4 KDYL-TV (NBC)
5 KSL-TV (CBS, ABC, DuMont)

Listings start at 4PM

4 KDYL (NBC)
4PM: TV Charm School
4:30: Twilight Theater
5:30: Happy Holiday
5:45: America at Work
6PM: World News
6:15: Little Show
6:30: Kukla, Fran and Ollie
7PM: James Melton
8PM: Martin Kane
8:30: Groucho Marx
9PM: Electric Theater
10PM: Jeleanik and Violin
10:45: Night Owl Theatre
12AM: Midnight Edition (followed by sign-off at the end of the program)

5 KSL (CBS, ABC, DuMont)
4PM: Here's News for You
4:15: Uncle Roscoe
4:45: Bill Post's Telemart
5PM: Sagebrush Playhouse
6PM: Stop The Music (ABC) (Live)
7PM: Chance of A Lifetime (unknown, but is a talent show, guessing CBS?)
7:30: The Lone Ranger (ABC)
8PM: Amos 'n' Andy (CBS)
8:30: Crime Photographer (CBS) (Live)
9PM: Man Against Crime (CBS)
9:30: Garry Moore (CBS)
10PM: Danger (unknown)
10:30: News and Weather (local)

-crainbebo
 
crainbebo said:
Television in Salt Lake City started in 1946 with experimental W6SIX (which became KTVX Ch. 4). Regular-

I would be pretty sure this W6SIX callsign is incorrect. Other sources suggest it was W6XIS. (W6SIX would be a ham callsign)
 
Chance of A Lifetime was problably ABC, though it did show up on DuMont in 1952 and after. Danger was definitely a CBS Show..
 
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