(source: St. Louis Globe Democrat TV Digest)
KTVI-TV Channel 2 (ABC)
Friday March 6th, 1964
7:10am Sign on
7:15am Mahalia Sings
7:20am Farm Report; News
7:30am En France
8:00am Rural Almanac
8:30am Tree House Cartoon
9:00am King and Odie
9:15am Romper Room
10:00am The Price is Right
10:30am The Object Is
11:00am Seven Keys
11:30am Father Knows Best
12:00pm Hawaiian Eye
1:00pm Tennessee Ernie
1:30pm Day in Court
1:55pm Mid-Day Report (Alex Drier)
2:00pm General Hospital
2:30pm Queen for A Day
3:00pm Trailmaster
4:00pm Adventures in Paradise
5:00pm News, Weather
5:15pm ABC Evening News
5:30pm Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theater
6:00pm The Rifleman
6:30pm Destry (Fortune rides on Destry’s naming town’s most deserving citizen in “Nicest Girl in Gomorrah”; Patricia Barry)
7:30pm *Burke’s Law (Stars Gene Barry)*
8:30pm The Price is Right (Comedian Jack Carter celebrity panelist)
9:00pm Boxing-Heavyweights: Ernest Terrell vs. Gerhard Zech
9:45pm Make that Spare
10:00pm News, Weather
10:15pm Chiller Theatre: “The Lost Missile” (1958) w/ Robert Loggia, Larry Kerr
11:45pm Chiller, Too: “Caltiki, the Immortal Monster” (1960) w/ John Merivale, Didi Sullivan
followed by newsfinal and sign off
KMOX-TV Channel 4 (CBS)
Friday March 6th, 1964
5:10am Sign on
5:15am Prayer; News
5:30am Sunrise Semester
6:00am Town & Country
6:30am P.S. 4
7:00am Morning Scene
7:40am World of Mr. Zoom
8:00am Captain Kangaroo
9:00am CBS Morning News
9:30am I Love Lucy
10:00am The McCoys
10:30am Pete and Gladys
11:00am Love of Life
11:25am CBS News-Robert Trout
11:30am Search for Tomorrow
11:45am The Guiding Light
12:00pm News, Weather
12:05pm My Little Margie
12:30pm As the World Turns
1:00pm Password
1:30pm House Party
2:00pm To Tell The Truth
2:25pm CBS News-Douglas Edwards
2:30pm The Edge of Night
3:00pm The Secret Storm
3:30pm The Early Show: “Tarzan Escapes” (1936) w/ Johnny Weissmuller
5:00pm Popeye Cartoon
5:30pm CBS Evening News (Walter Cronkite)
6:00pm News, Weather
6:30pm Great Adventure (Rip C. Torn stars as John C. Fremont in “No Room For Kings”)
7:30pm Route 66 (Tod marries heiress in “And Then There Were Two”)
8:30pm The Twilight Zone (Ann Blyth, Lee Phillips in “Queen of the Nile”, story of movie star who discovers secret of eternal youth)
9:00pm The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands in “Murder Case”, an hour-long suspense story with host Alfred Hitchcock)
10:00pm News, Weather
10:30pm The Late Show: “The Nevadan” (1950) w/ Randolph Scott, Dorothy Malone
12:10am The Late Late Show: “Johnny Eager” (1941) w/ Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold
followed by sign-off
KSD-TV Channel 5 (NBC)
Friday March 6th, 1964
6:25am Sign on
6:30am Focus-Your World
7:00am Today Show
9:00am Say When
9:25am NBC News-Edwin Newman
9:30am The Merv Griffin Show [color]
10:00am Concentration
10:30am Missing Links [color]
11:00am First Impression [color]
11:30am Truth or Consequences [color]
11:55am NBC News-Ray Scherer
12:00pm News, Weather
12:05pm Charlotte Peters
1:00pm Let’s Make a Deal [color]
1:25pm NBC News-Floyd Kalber
1:30pm The Doctors
2:00pm The Loretta Young Show
2:30pm You Don’t Say [color]
3:00pm Match Game
3:25pm NBC News-Sander Vanocur
3:30pm Make Room for Daddy
4:00pm Corky the Clown (long-running local kids show from late 1950s to about 1980 hosted by Clif St. James)
4:30pm Maverick
5:30pm The Huntley-Brinkley Report (Chet Huntley, David Brinkley) (listed in the Globe as “Huntley Brinkley News”.)
6:00pm KSD-TV Six O’Clock Report (news, weather)
6:30pm International Showtime: “Circus from Holland”
7:30pm Bob Hope Theater [color] (Racketeer hires personnel psychologist to streamline his rackets in “Square Peg”, Bob Cummings, Burgess Meredith, Joanna Moore, Sue Ann Langdon)
8:30pm The Week That Was
9:00pm Jack Paar [color]
10:00pm News, Weather
10;15pm Tonight with Johnny Carson [color]
12:00am News
12:05am Movie: “Plunder of the Sun” (1953) w/ Glenn Ford, Diana Lynn
followed by sign off
KETC-TV Channel 9 (Educational)
Friday March 6th, 1964
8:05am Sign on
8:10am School programs begin
10:00am Parlons Francais
2:00pm Parlons Francais
5:45pm Community Campus
6:30pm Basic Reading, Writing
7:00pm What’s New?
7:30pm Great Decisions—1964 (Subject: “Disarmament”)
8:00pm At Issue
8:30pm Dandy Dick (Newton Blick, Stanley von Beggs star in Arthur Wing Pinero’s comedy)
followed by sign off
KPLR-TV Channel 11 (Independent)
Friday March 6th, 1964
11:55am Sign on
12:00pm Newsreels
12:15pm Modern Almanac
12:30pm Cartoons and Comics
1:00pm Movie: “International Counterfeiters” (1957) w/ Gordon Howard, Irene Garden (repeat of Thursday late movie)
2:15pm Movie: “All My Sons” (1948) w/Burt Lancaster, Edward G. Robinson (repeat of Thursday night movie)
4:00pm The Three Stooges
5:00pm Mickey Mouse Club
5:30pm Magilla Gorilla
6:00pm Funny Company
6:15pm Rocky and Friends
6:30pm Amos n’ Andy
7:00pm People are Funny
7:30pm Best of Groucho
8:00pm Science Fiction Theatre
8:30pm M-Squad
9:00pm Movie: “The Grapes of Wrath” (1940) w/ Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell
11:00pm Movie: “El Alamein” (1954) w/ Scott Brady, Rita Moreno
12:25am Sign off (approximate)
KTVI-TV Channel 2 (ABC)
Friday March 6th, 1964
7:10am Sign on
7:15am Mahalia Sings
7:20am Farm Report; News
7:30am En France
8:00am Rural Almanac
8:30am Tree House Cartoon
9:00am King and Odie
9:15am Romper Room
10:00am The Price is Right
10:30am The Object Is
11:00am Seven Keys
11:30am Father Knows Best
12:00pm Hawaiian Eye
1:00pm Tennessee Ernie
1:30pm Day in Court
1:55pm Mid-Day Report (Alex Drier)
2:00pm General Hospital
2:30pm Queen for A Day
3:00pm Trailmaster
4:00pm Adventures in Paradise
5:00pm News, Weather
5:15pm ABC Evening News
5:30pm Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theater
6:00pm The Rifleman
6:30pm Destry (Fortune rides on Destry’s naming town’s most deserving citizen in “Nicest Girl in Gomorrah”; Patricia Barry)
7:30pm *Burke’s Law (Stars Gene Barry)*
8:30pm The Price is Right (Comedian Jack Carter celebrity panelist)
9:00pm Boxing-Heavyweights: Ernest Terrell vs. Gerhard Zech
9:45pm Make that Spare
10:00pm News, Weather
10:15pm Chiller Theatre: “The Lost Missile” (1958) w/ Robert Loggia, Larry Kerr
11:45pm Chiller, Too: “Caltiki, the Immortal Monster” (1960) w/ John Merivale, Didi Sullivan
followed by newsfinal and sign off
KMOX-TV Channel 4 (CBS)
Friday March 6th, 1964
5:10am Sign on
5:15am Prayer; News
5:30am Sunrise Semester
6:00am Town & Country
6:30am P.S. 4
7:00am Morning Scene
7:40am World of Mr. Zoom
8:00am Captain Kangaroo
9:00am CBS Morning News
9:30am I Love Lucy
10:00am The McCoys
10:30am Pete and Gladys
11:00am Love of Life
11:25am CBS News-Robert Trout
11:30am Search for Tomorrow
11:45am The Guiding Light
12:00pm News, Weather
12:05pm My Little Margie
12:30pm As the World Turns
1:00pm Password
1:30pm House Party
2:00pm To Tell The Truth
2:25pm CBS News-Douglas Edwards
2:30pm The Edge of Night
3:00pm The Secret Storm
3:30pm The Early Show: “Tarzan Escapes” (1936) w/ Johnny Weissmuller
5:00pm Popeye Cartoon
5:30pm CBS Evening News (Walter Cronkite)
6:00pm News, Weather
6:30pm Great Adventure (Rip C. Torn stars as John C. Fremont in “No Room For Kings”)
7:30pm Route 66 (Tod marries heiress in “And Then There Were Two”)
8:30pm The Twilight Zone (Ann Blyth, Lee Phillips in “Queen of the Nile”, story of movie star who discovers secret of eternal youth)
9:00pm The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands in “Murder Case”, an hour-long suspense story with host Alfred Hitchcock)
10:00pm News, Weather
10:30pm The Late Show: “The Nevadan” (1950) w/ Randolph Scott, Dorothy Malone
12:10am The Late Late Show: “Johnny Eager” (1941) w/ Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold
followed by sign-off
KSD-TV Channel 5 (NBC)
Friday March 6th, 1964
6:25am Sign on
6:30am Focus-Your World
7:00am Today Show
9:00am Say When
9:25am NBC News-Edwin Newman
9:30am The Merv Griffin Show [color]
10:00am Concentration
10:30am Missing Links [color]
11:00am First Impression [color]
11:30am Truth or Consequences [color]
11:55am NBC News-Ray Scherer
12:00pm News, Weather
12:05pm Charlotte Peters
1:00pm Let’s Make a Deal [color]
1:25pm NBC News-Floyd Kalber
1:30pm The Doctors
2:00pm The Loretta Young Show
2:30pm You Don’t Say [color]
3:00pm Match Game
3:25pm NBC News-Sander Vanocur
3:30pm Make Room for Daddy
4:00pm Corky the Clown (long-running local kids show from late 1950s to about 1980 hosted by Clif St. James)
4:30pm Maverick
5:30pm The Huntley-Brinkley Report (Chet Huntley, David Brinkley) (listed in the Globe as “Huntley Brinkley News”.)
6:00pm KSD-TV Six O’Clock Report (news, weather)
6:30pm International Showtime: “Circus from Holland”
7:30pm Bob Hope Theater [color] (Racketeer hires personnel psychologist to streamline his rackets in “Square Peg”, Bob Cummings, Burgess Meredith, Joanna Moore, Sue Ann Langdon)
8:30pm The Week That Was
9:00pm Jack Paar [color]
10:00pm News, Weather
10;15pm Tonight with Johnny Carson [color]
12:00am News
12:05am Movie: “Plunder of the Sun” (1953) w/ Glenn Ford, Diana Lynn
followed by sign off
KETC-TV Channel 9 (Educational)
Friday March 6th, 1964
8:05am Sign on
8:10am School programs begin
10:00am Parlons Francais
2:00pm Parlons Francais
5:45pm Community Campus
6:30pm Basic Reading, Writing
7:00pm What’s New?
7:30pm Great Decisions—1964 (Subject: “Disarmament”)
8:00pm At Issue
8:30pm Dandy Dick (Newton Blick, Stanley von Beggs star in Arthur Wing Pinero’s comedy)
followed by sign off
KPLR-TV Channel 11 (Independent)
Friday March 6th, 1964
11:55am Sign on
12:00pm Newsreels
12:15pm Modern Almanac
12:30pm Cartoons and Comics
1:00pm Movie: “International Counterfeiters” (1957) w/ Gordon Howard, Irene Garden (repeat of Thursday late movie)
2:15pm Movie: “All My Sons” (1948) w/Burt Lancaster, Edward G. Robinson (repeat of Thursday night movie)
4:00pm The Three Stooges
5:00pm Mickey Mouse Club
5:30pm Magilla Gorilla
6:00pm Funny Company
6:15pm Rocky and Friends
6:30pm Amos n’ Andy
7:00pm People are Funny
7:30pm Best of Groucho
8:00pm Science Fiction Theatre
8:30pm M-Squad
9:00pm Movie: “The Grapes of Wrath” (1940) w/ Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell
11:00pm Movie: “El Alamein” (1954) w/ Scott Brady, Rita Moreno
12:25am Sign off (approximate)