Retro: South Florida Wed, Mar 20, 1963

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from All Florida-Miami edition (All Florida was a Jacksonville-based supplement carried in dailies statewide with local TV listings; there were also sales offices in Pensacola, Miami and Tampa)

WTHS 2-Edu Miami
8:00 Math
8:35 Science
9:08 World History
9:30 Time for School
9:50 Science
10:20 Time for School
10:50 US History
11:30 Spanish
12:20 Civics
1:00 Math
1:30 Speech
1:45 Science
2:15 World History
2:40 Science
3:00 Big Picture
3:30 Science
4:00 Spanish
4:30 Heritage
5:00 Time for School
5:15 Tales of Poindexter
5:30 Time for School
5:45 Sports
6:00 Operation Alphabet
6:30 Americanism vs Communism
7:00 College Spanish
7:30 Turn of the Century
8:00 Paint Party
8:30 Tropical Gardener
9:00 Americanism vs Communism
9:30 Posin's Giants
10:00 UM Roundtable
10:30 American Economy

WTVJ 4-CBS Miami
6:30 College of the Air
7:00 Spanish News
7:15 Popeye Playhouse
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
9:00 Gold Coast Movie
10:30 I Love Lucy
11:00 (Real) McCoys
11:30 Leave It to the Girls
noon News
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1:00 Love of Life
1:25 News
1:30 As the World Turns
2:00 Password
2:30 House Party
3:00 To Tell the Truth
3:25 CBS News
3:30 Millionaire
4:00 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge of Night
5:00 Adventures in Paradise
6:00 News/Weather/Sports
6:45 CBS News
7:00 Movie "Somebody Up There Likes Me"
9:00 Beverly Hillbillies
9:30 Dick Van Dyke
10:00 US Steel Hour
11:00 News
11:15 Movie "The Blue Dahlia"
1:15 Spanish News

WPTV 5-NBC West Palm Beach
6:00 Physics
6:30 American Government (c)
7:00 Today (news at 7:25/8:25)
9:00 Genie's Farm
10:00 Say When
10:25 NBC News
10:30 Play Your Hunch (c)
11:00 Price is Right (c)
11:30 Concentration
noon Your First Impression (c)
12:30 Truth or Consequences
12:55 NBC News
1:00 One O'Clock Club
2:00 Merv Griffin (c)
2:55 NBC News
3:00 Loretta Young
3:30 Dr. Malone
4:00 Movie
6:00 News/Weather/Sports
6:45 NBC News
7:00 Star Performance "The Doctor and the Countess"
7:30 Virginian (c)
9:00 Perry Como (c/guests Dorothy Provine, Sandy Stewart, Ginny Tiu & Family, and Dick Shawn)
10:00 Eleventh Hour
11:00 News
11:20 Steve Allen (guests Dean Reed, Henry Mancini, and Hugh & Hiram Hart)
12:50 Movie Five "Simba"

WCKT 7-NBC Miami
6:00 Physics
6:30 American Government (c)
7:00 Today (news at 7:25/8:25)
9:00 Morning Movie
10:00 Say When
10:25 NBC News
10:30 Play Your Hunch (c)
11:00 Price is Right (c)
11:30 Concentration
noon Your First Impression (c)
12:30 Truth or Consequences
12:55 NBC News
1:00 News/Weather
1:30 Girl Talk
2:00 Merv Griffin (c)
2:55 NBC News
3:00 Loretta Young
3:30 Dr. Malone
4:00 Mickey Mouse Club
4:30 Movie
6:00 News/Weather/Sports
6:20 Sea Hunt
6:45 NBC News
7:00 Yogi Bear
7:30 Virginian (c)
9:00 Perry Como (c)
10:00 Eleventh Hour
11:00 News
11:30 Tonight Show (c)

WLBW 10-ABC Miami
6:10 Operation Alphabet
6:40 Sunrise Scholar
7:30 News
7:35 But Not Forgotten
7:50 Focus
8:15 Doin's Calendar
8:20 Gardening
8:30 News
8:45 Give Us This Day
9:00 Fun Boat
10:00 Jane Wyman
10:30 Day in Court
10:55 News
11:00 Queen for a Day
11:30 Yours for a Song
noon Tennessee Ernie Ford
12:30 Father Knows Best
1:00 Seven Keys
1:30 News
1:35 Movie
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4:00 American Bandstand
4:30 Discovery
4:55 ABC Newsstand
5:00 Commander Bolt
5:30 Lone Ranger
6:00 ABC News
6:15 News/Weather
6:30 Maverick
7:30 Wagon Train
8:30 Going My Way
9:30 Our Man Higgins
10:00 Naked City
11:00 News
11:25 Movie "The Man Who Came to Dinner"
1:00 News/Weather
1:05 Spanish News

WEAT 12-ABC West Palm Beach
7:00 News
7:05 Three Stooges
8:00 News
8:05 Playhouse
9:00 News
9:05 Playhouse
9:50 News
10:00 Playhouse
10:30 Del Russo
11:00 Jane Wyman
11:30 Yours for a Song
noon Tennessee Ernie Ford
12:30 Father Knows Best
1:00 News
1:05 Debbie Drake
1:20 Passing Parade
1:30 Highway Patrol
2:00 Day in Court
2:25 ABC News
2:30 Seven Keys
3:00 Queen for a Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4:00 American Bandstand
4:30 Discovery
4:55 ABC Newsstand
5:00 Laff Time
5:55 Fishing/News/Sports/Weather
6:30 Gold Coast Nights
6:45 ABC News
7:00 Bat Masterson
7:30 Wagon Train
8:30 Going My Way
9:30 Our Man Higgins
10:00 Naked City
11:00 News
11:30 Celebrity Dance
12:30 Starlight Theatre "Man with Two Faces"
2:00 Night Watch Show "Till We Meet Again", followed by a re-run of the 12:30 movie

 

[retrothoughts]

Quite odd that Channel 5 in West Palm bumped a nearly-6-month-old Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for the Westinghouse-syndicated Steve Allen show.

 

[cd637299]

(1) The "physics" (6am on 5 & 7) had to be part of the series "Continental Classroom," which ended that year or a year later.
(2) Ch 7 ran "Girl Talk" at 1:30pm well into the late 60s, bumping Monty Hall's "Let's Make a Deal" daily...we had to view it on the fuzzy ch 5. LMAD being the giant that it was, that one was a head-scratcher. (I believe that during this time, NBC had no programming at 1:30pm.)
(3) "Fun Boat" (9am ch 10) was "Banjo Billy's Funboat" which was a quite popular kiddie show which ran many years after, as did "Popeye Playhouse" (7:15am ch 4).
(4) Oh and you'll notice, neither 5 nor 7 ran "Match Game" during this period; both would eventually carry it, but ch 7 ran it on a week-delay at 1pm. Ch 5 ran it in pattern for a few years, but it *also* had it at 1pm toward the end of Match Game's run, on a one DAY delay, which meant that new celebrities would appear every Tuesday!

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[Bluenoser]

(1) The "physics" (6am on 5 & 7) had to be part of the series "Continental Classroom," which ended that year or a year later.

That's what I thought on that too, I just posted how it was listed... For anyone out there, couldn't find a lot of info on CBS in WPB in 1963-was ch 4 the de facto Eye affiliate for both Miami and WPB at the time?

 

[cd637299]

(1) The "physics" (6am on 5 & 7) had to be part of the series "Continental Classroom," which ended that year or a year later.

That's what I thought on that too, I just posted how it was listed... For anyone out there, couldn't find a lot of info on CBS in WPB in 1963-was ch 4 the de facto Eye affiliate for both Miami and WPB at the time?

Pretty much. WTVX Ft. Pierce signed on later as CBS, but initially their signal couldn't even reach WPB.

 

[Stanislav]

(1)  The "physics" (6am on 5 & 7) had to be part of the series "Continental Classroom," which ended that year or a year later.

That's what I thought on that too, I just posted how it was listed... For anyone out there, couldn't find a lot of info on CBS in WPB in 1963-was ch 4 the de facto Eye affiliate for both Miami and WPB at the time?

I'm sure Chris will correct me if I'm wrong (not that I ever am!), but, no, WPB had no full CBS affiliate at the time, so would have depended on Miami for their CBS. In the northern reaches of what would be considered the WPB market, WTVX-34 had been established, serving Ft. Pierce/Vero Beach, but given that UHF was still relatively unwatched, and WTVX was very lo-power initially (about 6 kw ERP, IIRC), it was not much of a factor in WBP until CATV became more widespread.

EDIT: I see Chris already beat me to the punch...must have posted mere seconds before I did.

 

[gregg75]

Interesting that 12 West Palm Beach didn't sign off till around 4:30AM.......almost unheard of
in 1963......and they were not a large market.

 

[cd637299]

^ Speaking as a TV DXer----I long for the days of sign-offs again Yes indeed, good to catch that on ch 12 there. Miami market did not feature all-night programming as the norm, until about 1972 with Dave Dixon on ch 51. Talk about camp!

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