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Retro: Southeast Texas Monday, July 9, 1962

By request, from TV Guide, Southeast Texas Edition:

KPRC Ch. 2 Houston (NBC)

7 AM Today (John Chancellor)
9 AM Say When (Art James)
9:30 Play Your Hunch (Merv Griffin) (COLOR)
10 AM Price Is Right (Bill Cullen) (COLOR)
10:30 Concentration (Hugh Downs)
11 AM Your First Impression (Bill Leyden)
11:30 Truth Or Consequences (Bob Barker)
11:55 NBC News (Ray Scherer)
12 N Susie (Ann Sothern's "Private Secretary")
12:30 Highway Patrol
1 PM Jan Murray (COLOR)
1:25 NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
1:30 Loretta Young (Loretta plays a top fashion model
who returns to her home town.)
2 PM Young Dr. Malone
2:30 Our Five Daughters
3 PM Make Room For Daddy
3:30 Captain Bob
4 PM Dick Tracy (cartoon) (COLOR)
4:05 Movie: "Appointment In Brittany"
5:40 Almanac Newsreel
5:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report (Edwin Newman subs for
David Brinkley, who is in Europe)
6 PM News
6:10 Sports
6:15 News
6:25 Weather
6:30 Sea Hunt
7 PM National Velvet
7:30 Price Is Right (Bill Cullen) (COLOR)
8 PM 87th Precinct
9 PM Thriller (Boris Karloff) (last show of the series)
10 PM News
10:15 Weather And Sports
10:30 Tonight Show (this is the interim between Jack Paar
and Johnny Carson, with guest hosts being used--
this week it's Jimmy Dean) (COLOR)
12 M Consult Dr. Brothers (Dr. Joyce Brothers, who else?)
12:10 Debbie Drake (exercises)

KPAC (later KJAC, now KBTV) Ch. 4 Port Arthur (NBC)

7 AM Today
9 AM Say When
9:30 Play Your Hunch (COLOR)
10 AM Price Is Right (COLOR)
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Your First Impression
11:30 Truth Or Consequences
11:55 NBC News
12 N News And Weather
12:10 Highway Patrol
12:40 Religious Kaleidoscope
1 PM Jan Murray (COLOR)
1:25 NBC News
1:30 Loretta Young
2 PM Young Dr. Malone
2:30 Our Five Daughters
3 PM Make Room For Daddy
3:30 Here's Hollywood (in New York, Helen
O'Connell interviews Cyril Ritchard)
NOTE: This show is not to be confused
with ABC's 1967 daytime show "Dateline:
Hollywood," the show which introduced
America to Rona Barrett.
3:55 NBC News (Sander Vanocur)
4 PM Circle 4 Club (kids' show)
5:15 Quick Draw McGraw
5:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
6 PM News
6:20 Weather
6:30 Stage 4 (drama anthology)
7 PM National Velvet
7:30 Price Is Right (COLOR)
8 PM 87th Precinct
9 PM Thriller
10 PM News
10:10 Weather
10:15 News
10:25 Tonight Show (COLOR)

KFDM Ch. 6 Beaumont (CBS)

7:30 Uncle Willie's Club (probably a kids' show)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Calendar (Harry Reasoner)
9:30 I Love Lucy (Ricky is going to be presented
to the Queen of England.)
10 AM Verdict Is Yours (Jack Whitaker is the "court
reporter.")
10:30 Brighter Day
10:55 CBS News (Harry Reasoner)
11 AM Love Of Life
11:30 Search For Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
12 N Famous Playhouse
12:30 As The World Turns
1 PM Password (Allen Ludden--guests Kaye Ballard
and Orson Bean)
1:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
2 PM Millionaire (the check goes to a couple trying
to find their daughter a rich husband)
2:30 To Tell The Truth (Bud Collyer--panelists Barry
Nelson, Gretchen Wyler, Phyllis Newman, Gene
Rayburn)
2:55 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Famous Playhouse
4:30 Movie: "Adventure In Baltimore"
6 PM News
6:10 Weather
6:15 CBS News (Charles Collingwood substitutes
for Walter Cronkite.)
6:30 To Tell The Truth (Bud Collyer--panelists Gretchen
Wyler, Richard Hayes, Mimi Benzell, Tom Poston)
7 PM Pete And Gladys
7:30 Father Knows Best
8 PM Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour ("Lucy Takes A Cruise To
Havana" recounts how Lucy met Ricky while on a
cruise with buddy Susie McNamara. Ann Sothern
is Susie, Cesar Romero is Carlos--who runs a sightseeing
service with Ricky--and Rudy Vallee and Hedda Hopper
play themselves. Watch for Fred with a full head of hair.)
9 PM Hennesey
9:30 I've Got A Secret (Garry Moore--guest Kim Novak has a
secret for Bill Cullen, Betsy Palmer, Henry Morgan, and
Bess Myerson)
10 PM News
10:10 Weather
10:15 Movie: "On With The Show" (an early talkie, from 1929)

KPLC Ch. 7 Lake Charles, LA (NBC/ABC/CBS)

6:55 Farm Report
7 AM Today
9 AM Say When
9:30 Play Your Hunch (COLOR)
10 AM Price Is Right (COLOR)
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Your First Impression
11:30 Truth Or Consequences
11:55 NBC News
12 N Bayou Fair (I don't know if there was actually
a fair going on or this is an ongoing local program.)
12:30 Best Of Groucho
1 PM Jan Murray (COLOR)
1:25 NBC News
1:30 Loretta Young
2 PM Young Dr. Malone
2:30 Our Five Daughters
3 PM Make Room For Daddy
3:30 Here's Hollywood
3:55 NBC News
4 PM Kit Carson
4:30 Kartoon Kapers
5:30 Annie Oakley
6 PM News
6:10 Weather
6:20 Sports
6:30 U.S. Marshal
7 PM National Velvet
7:30 Price Is Right (COLOR)
8 PM 87th Precinct
9 PM Thriller
10 PM Weather And News
10:15 Tonight Show (COLOR)

KUHT Ch. 8 Houston (NET)

5:30 Operation Lift
6 PM What's New
6:30 History
7 PM Visits With A Sculptor
7:30 Anthology
7:45 Houston School Board (this may have
been a live meeting--I've heard of these
in Atlanta and Charlotte--and nothing else
is listed that evening)

KTRE Ch. 9 Lufkin (NBC/CBS/ABC)

7 AM Today
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Say When
9:30 Play Your Hunch (COLOR)
10 AM Price Is Right (COLOR)
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (ABC's daytime
schedule was on a "clock time" basis--Ernie
aired at 11 AM Eastern as well.)
11:30 Truth Or Consequences
11:55 NBC News
12 N Jane Wyman (a woman visits the grave of her
first husband in France, nearly wrecking her
second marriage)
12:30 Camouflage (Don Morrow)
12:55 ABC News (Alex Dreier)
1 PM Jan Murray (COLOR)
1;25 NBC News
1:30 Loretta Young
2 PM Young Dr. Malone
2:30 Our Five Daughters
3 PM Queen For A Day (Jack Bailey)
3:30 Who Do You Trust? (Johnny Carson)
4 PM American Bandstand (Dick Clark--guests not given)
4:50 American Newsstand (Roger Sharp)
5 PM Quick Draw McGraw
5:30 Kartoon Karnival
5:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
6 PM News
6:10 Sports
6:15 At Your Service
6:25 Weather
6:30 To Tell The Truth
7 PM Pete And Gladys
7:30 Price Is Right (COLOR)
8 PM Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
9 PM Thriller
10 PM Outlaws (NBC, delay from Thu 6:30)
11 PM Tonight Show (COLOR)

KHOU Ch. 11 Houston (CBS)

7 AM News
7:15 Mr. Caboose, Engineer
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Calendar
9:30 I Love Lucy
10 AM Verdict Is Yours
10:30 Brighter Day
10:55 CBS News
11 AM Love Of Life
11:30 Search For Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
12 N News (Al Bell, Ron Stone)
12:15 Lee Shepherd (women's show)
12:30 As The World Turns
1 PM Password
1:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
2 PM Millionaire
2:30 To Tell The Truth
2:55 CBS News
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Mahalia Jackson Sings
4:05 Movie: "Bad Men Of Missouri"
5:30 Whirlybirds
6 PM News
6:10 Weather
6:15 CBS News
6:30 To Tell The Truth
7 PM Pete And Gladys
7:30 Father Knows Best
8 PM Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
9 PM Hennesey
9:30 I've Got A Secret
10 PM News
10:10 Weather
10:15 Movie: "Strange Intruder"
12 M News (Bell/Stone)

KBMT Ch. 12 Beaumont (ABC)

9:15 Movie: "Backfire"
11 AM Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
11:30 Yours For A Song (Bert Parks)
12 N Jane Wyman
12:30 Camouflage
12:55 ABC News
1 PM Rendezvous With Adventure
1:30 The Pioneers ("Death Valley Days" reruns)
2 PM Day In Court (a woman is accused of shooting
a delivery boy)
2:30 Seven Keys (Jack Narz)
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4 PM American Bandstand
4:50 12 Star Special
5:30 ABC News (Ron Cochran)
5:45 Whirlybirds
6:15 News And Weather
6:30 Cheyenne
7:30 Law Of The Plainsman (reruns of the 1959-60
NBC Western)
8 PM Surfside 6
9 PM Ben Casey
10 PM ABC News Final (anchor not given, possibly
Murphy Martin)
10:10 Weather
10:15 News
10:25 Cimarron City

KTRK Ch. 13 Houston (ABC)

6 AM Operation Lift
6:30 Cadet Don (kids' show)
7:30 News (I see the name "Stephenson" and wonder
if it's Jan Stephenson, a fixture on Houston television
for years.)
8 AM Cadet Don
8:30 People Are Funny
9 AM Jack LaLanne
9:30 Movie: "Highways By Night"
11 AM Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
11:30 Yours For A Song
12 N Jane Wyman
12:30 Camouflage
12:55 ABC News
1 PM News
1:30 Dragnet (Ben Alexander, not Harry Morgan, is
Jack Webb's partner)
2 PM Day In Court
2:30 Seven Keys
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4 PM American Bandstand
4:30 Rocky And His Friends
4:45 Kitirik's Clubhouse
5:25 Yogi Bear
5:55 News, Weather, Sports
6:15 ABC News
6:30 Cheyenne
7:30 Law Of The Plainsman
8 PM Surfside 6
9 PM Ben Casey
10 PM News, Weather, Sports
10:20 ABC News Final
10:30 Riverboat
11:30 Follow That Man (reruns of the filmed episodes
of Ralph Bellamy's "Man Against Crime")
 
Re: Houston School Board on KUHT - I wasn't here in the 1960s but I do know there was a time when the regular meetings of the board were televised live. It was a period of great controversy, I think.

Re: Jan Stephenson - ? - on KTRK-TV - since I wasn't here I guess I shouldn't comment but I'm not familiar with any Jan Stephenson. There was a Bob Stephenson who was a longtime fixture in Houston broadcasting and later there was a Jan Carson who was a fixture on Channel 13 then moved to 2.
 
I may have my Jans mixed up; somehow I thought Jan Stephenson
was on 13 (anyway, the only person I ever think of when the subject
of Houston newscasts comes up is "MAARvin ZINDler, EYEEEwitness News!").

But that's not my only goof. Watching the John Deere Classic yesterday
on CBS, and noticing that Bill Macatee was in for Jim Nantz, I thought I remembered
Macatee on WFAA in Dallas; I googled his name and found out he started on KBMT
Beaumont.

After all, it's been more than thirty years since I left Texas...
 
Mulling it over I think you may be right, that "Stephenson"
is Bob Stephenson; somehow I got it into my head that there
was a Jan Stephenson, but I think you're right--the person I'm
thinking about is Jan Carson. In fact, I wasn't even close--I
had forgotten that Jan Stephenson was a professional golfer!
My goof, but then again, I lived in Dallas, not Houston, and only
a few Houston names (like Ron Stone) are familiar to me.

Off the subject, here's something to make all you baby boomers
feel old. In posting the daytime listings I noticed that only four
network daytime hosts--Bob Barker (Truth Or Consequences),
Dick Clark (American Bandstand), Hugh Downs (Concentration),
and Don Morrow (Camouflage)--are still with us; we recently
lost Art Linkletter. Although his show was syndicated, Jack LaLanne
is also still with us, although he's in his 90s (Hugh Downs will turn 90
next year and the other guys are in their 80s). Some of the announcers
are 80 or more but still working: Don Pardo (The Price Is Right, 92 and
still doing Saturday Night Live), Johnny Gilbert (Yours For A Song then,
Jeopardy! now), and Charlie O'Donnell (American Bandstand then, Wheel
Of Fortune now). I know; it's been nearly 50 years, but sometimes it's
still hard to imagine these guys 80 or more--especially Dick Clark.

But then again, Alex Trebek turns 70 this week. Remember when he first
came to this country in 1973 and looked like the last of the hippies with his
bushy hair and mustache? Tempus fugit.
 
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