(source: St. Louis Globe Democrat TV Digest)
KTVI-TV Channel 2 (ABC)
Thursday March 5th, 1964
7:10am Sign on
7:15am Mahalia Sings
7:20am Farm Report; News
7:30am En France
8:00am Great Voices
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 News Report
5:30pm Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theater
6:00pm The Rifleman
6:30pm The Flintstones [color]
7:00pm The Donna Reed Show (Comedy stars Donna Reed)
7:30pm My Three Sons (Fred MacMurray stars in comedy)
8:00pm Jimmy Dean Show (Singers Dorothy Collins, Hank Williams Jr., jazz sax man Boots Randolph)
9:00pm Edie Adams (John Raitt, Louis Nye, Charlie Brill-Mitzi McCall, guitarist Charlie Byrd)
9:30pm ABC News Report
10:00pm News, Weather, Sports
10:15pm The Steve Allen Show
11:45pm Movie: “Menace in the Night” (1958) w/ Griffith Jones, Lisa Gastoni
followed by newsfinal and sign off
KMOX-TV Channel 4 (CBS)
Thursday March 5th, 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 Movie: “Sangaree” (1953) w/ Fernando Lamas, Arlene Dahl
5:00pm Popeye Cartoon
5:30pm CBS Evening News (Walter Cronkite)
6:00pm The Big News (news, weather, sports)
6:30pm Password (Allen Ludden is host of TV word game)
7:00pm Rawhide (Gil Favor hunts masked zealots who had him horsewhipped in “Incident at Zebulon”)
8:00pm Perry Mason (Retired fireman accused of arson-murder in “The Case of the Arrogant Arsonist”; Tom Tully, Frank Aletter)
9:00pm The Nurses (Shirl Conway, Zina Bethune co-star in series about nurses)
10:00pm The Big News (news, weather, sports)
10:30pm The Late Show: “Two of a Kind” (1951) w/ Edmond O’Brien, Lizabeth Scott
11:55pm The Late Late Show: “Isn’t It Romantic” (1948) w/ Roland Culver, Veronica Lake
followed by sign off
KSD-TV Channel 5 (NBC)
Thursday March 5th, 1964
6:25am Sign on
6:30am Focus-Your World
7:00am Today Show
9:00am Say When
9:25am NBC News
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
12:00pm News, Weather
12:05pm Charlotte Peters
1:00pm Let’s Make a Deal [color]
1:25pm NBC News
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
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, sports)
6:30pm Temple Houston (Inventor’s contrivance-a double barreled cannon-is stolen in “The Gun That Swept The West”; John Dehner)
7:30pm Dr. Kildare (Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey co-star in hour-long drama with medical theme)
8:30pm Hazel [color] (Shirley Booth stars in comedy)
9:00pm Perry Como Show (Mickey Rooney, Martha Raye, trumpeter Al Hirt, dancers Jacques D’Amboise, and Lee Becker Theodore guests)
10:00pm KSD-TV Ten O’Clock Report (news, weather, sports)
10:15pm Tonight with Johnny Carson [color]
12:00am News
12:05am Bowery Boys Movie: “Here Come the Marines” (1952) w/ the Bowery Boys
followed by sign off
KETC-TV Channel 9 (Educational)
Thursday March 5th, 1964
8:05am Sign on
8:10am School programs begin
11:00am Parlons Francais
3:00pm Parlons Francais
6:00pm At Issue
6:30pm Basic Reading, Writing
7:00pm What’s New? (Subject: “The Rio Grande”)
7:30pm Metropolis: Creator or Destroyer? (“How to Look at a City”; first of series on urban America)
8:00pm Heifetz Master Class
8:30pm Age of Kings (Duke of Gloucester victim of Suffolk’s conspiracy in “Fall of a Protector”)
9:45pm Book Report
10:00pm Sign off
KPLR-TV Channel 11 (Independent)
Thursday March 5th, 1964
11:55am Sign on
12:00pm Newsreels
12:15pm Modern Almanac
12:30pm Cartoons and Comics
1:00pm Movie: “Johnny Apollo” (1940) w/ Tyrone Power, Edward Arnold, Loretta Young (repeat of Wednesday late movie)
2:15pm Movie: “The Fighting Kentuckian” (1949) w/ John Wayne, Vera Ralston (repeat of Wednesday night movie)
4:00pm The Three Stooges
5:00pm Mickey Mouse Club
5:30pm Yogi Bear
6:00pm Funny Company
6:15pm Rocky and Friends
6:30pm Amos n’ Andy
7:00pm People are Funny
7:30pm Pro Basketball: Boston Celtics vs. Cincinnati Royals
9:00pm Movie: “All My Sons” (1948) w/Burt Lancaster, Edward G. Robinson
11:00pm Movie: “International Counterfeiters” (1957) w/ Gordon Howard, Irene Garden
12:25am Sign off (approximate)
KTVI-TV Channel 2 (ABC)
Thursday March 5th, 1964
7:10am Sign on
7:15am Mahalia Sings
7:20am Farm Report; News
7:30am En France
8:00am Great Voices
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 News Report
5:30pm Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theater
6:00pm The Rifleman
6:30pm The Flintstones [color]
7:00pm The Donna Reed Show (Comedy stars Donna Reed)
7:30pm My Three Sons (Fred MacMurray stars in comedy)
8:00pm Jimmy Dean Show (Singers Dorothy Collins, Hank Williams Jr., jazz sax man Boots Randolph)
9:00pm Edie Adams (John Raitt, Louis Nye, Charlie Brill-Mitzi McCall, guitarist Charlie Byrd)
9:30pm ABC News Report
10:00pm News, Weather, Sports
10:15pm The Steve Allen Show
11:45pm Movie: “Menace in the Night” (1958) w/ Griffith Jones, Lisa Gastoni
followed by newsfinal and sign off
KMOX-TV Channel 4 (CBS)
Thursday March 5th, 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 Movie: “Sangaree” (1953) w/ Fernando Lamas, Arlene Dahl
5:00pm Popeye Cartoon
5:30pm CBS Evening News (Walter Cronkite)
6:00pm The Big News (news, weather, sports)
6:30pm Password (Allen Ludden is host of TV word game)
7:00pm Rawhide (Gil Favor hunts masked zealots who had him horsewhipped in “Incident at Zebulon”)
8:00pm Perry Mason (Retired fireman accused of arson-murder in “The Case of the Arrogant Arsonist”; Tom Tully, Frank Aletter)
9:00pm The Nurses (Shirl Conway, Zina Bethune co-star in series about nurses)
10:00pm The Big News (news, weather, sports)
10:30pm The Late Show: “Two of a Kind” (1951) w/ Edmond O’Brien, Lizabeth Scott
11:55pm The Late Late Show: “Isn’t It Romantic” (1948) w/ Roland Culver, Veronica Lake
followed by sign off
KSD-TV Channel 5 (NBC)
Thursday March 5th, 1964
6:25am Sign on
6:30am Focus-Your World
7:00am Today Show
9:00am Say When
9:25am NBC News
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
12:00pm News, Weather
12:05pm Charlotte Peters
1:00pm Let’s Make a Deal [color]
1:25pm NBC News
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
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, sports)
6:30pm Temple Houston (Inventor’s contrivance-a double barreled cannon-is stolen in “The Gun That Swept The West”; John Dehner)
7:30pm Dr. Kildare (Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey co-star in hour-long drama with medical theme)
8:30pm Hazel [color] (Shirley Booth stars in comedy)
9:00pm Perry Como Show (Mickey Rooney, Martha Raye, trumpeter Al Hirt, dancers Jacques D’Amboise, and Lee Becker Theodore guests)
10:00pm KSD-TV Ten O’Clock Report (news, weather, sports)
10:15pm Tonight with Johnny Carson [color]
12:00am News
12:05am Bowery Boys Movie: “Here Come the Marines” (1952) w/ the Bowery Boys
followed by sign off
KETC-TV Channel 9 (Educational)
Thursday March 5th, 1964
8:05am Sign on
8:10am School programs begin
11:00am Parlons Francais
3:00pm Parlons Francais
6:00pm At Issue
6:30pm Basic Reading, Writing
7:00pm What’s New? (Subject: “The Rio Grande”)
7:30pm Metropolis: Creator or Destroyer? (“How to Look at a City”; first of series on urban America)
8:00pm Heifetz Master Class
8:30pm Age of Kings (Duke of Gloucester victim of Suffolk’s conspiracy in “Fall of a Protector”)
9:45pm Book Report
10:00pm Sign off
KPLR-TV Channel 11 (Independent)
Thursday March 5th, 1964
11:55am Sign on
12:00pm Newsreels
12:15pm Modern Almanac
12:30pm Cartoons and Comics
1:00pm Movie: “Johnny Apollo” (1940) w/ Tyrone Power, Edward Arnold, Loretta Young (repeat of Wednesday late movie)
2:15pm Movie: “The Fighting Kentuckian” (1949) w/ John Wayne, Vera Ralston (repeat of Wednesday night movie)
4:00pm The Three Stooges
5:00pm Mickey Mouse Club
5:30pm Yogi Bear
6:00pm Funny Company
6:15pm Rocky and Friends
6:30pm Amos n’ Andy
7:00pm People are Funny
7:30pm Pro Basketball: Boston Celtics vs. Cincinnati Royals
9:00pm Movie: “All My Sons” (1948) w/Burt Lancaster, Edward G. Robinson
11:00pm Movie: “International Counterfeiters” (1957) w/ Gordon Howard, Irene Garden
12:25am Sign off (approximate)