Retro: San Francisco, Feb. 1949

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Here's a week's schedule for KPIX-TV, the Bay's only station in winter 1949. (Source: Oakland Tribune)

Sunday, Feb. 6, 1949
6:30 Test pattern, announcements
7 Nipper Song Shop
7:30 TBA
7:45 News
8 NBC Television Playhouse
9 NBC News Review Of Week
9:10 Family Quiz with Sam Hayes
9:20 News
9:30 Signoff
Monday, Feb. 7
7:30 Test pattern
8 Boxing matches
9:45 Signoff
Tuesday, Feb. 8
6:30 Test pattern
7 Film
8 Texaco Star Theater-Milton Berle
9 Family Quiz
9:10 News (no signoff listed on this date)
Wednesday, Feb. 9
6:30 Test pattern
7 Howdy Doody
7:30 Wrestling
7:50 Telenews Newsreel
8 Supper Club-Perry Como
8:15 Ice Hockey: San Francisco vs. Seattle
10:45 Signoff
Thursday, Feb. 10
6:30 Test pattern
6:55 Wanted Persons (from SFPD)
7 Interior Decorating
7:15 Range Rider
7:30 Fashion Show
7:45 News
8 Bill Baldwin Show
8:30 Coming Attractions
8:35 California Council Table
9 Window Of The World
9:30 Floor Show (no signoff listed on this date)
Friday, Feb. 11
6:15 Test Pattern
6:40 Hobby Parade
6:55 Missing Persons (from SFPD)
7 Howdy Doody
7:30 Clem's Barbershop
7:45 Life of Thomas Edison
7:51 News (yes, 7:51)
8 Broadway Revue
9 Your Show Time (no signoff listed on this date)
Saturday, Feb. 11
6:30 Test pattern
7:00 Kactus Theatre (‘K’ is correct)
8 Adventures of Martin Eden
9:20 Signoff