Retro: Tampa/Jax/Orlando/Ft. Myers, Thursday, August 8, 1957

[trainman]

I'm back. Finally, a Florida State edition of TV Guide showed up on eBay. Note that Florida was not observing DST in 1957...

Channel 8, WFLA-TV (NBC), Tampa

7:00 Today
7:25 Fishing News (Bobby Hicks)
7:30 Today
7:55 RFD Florida
8:00 Today
8:55 Local News
9:00 Home
10:00 Looking at Cooking
10:30 Truth or Consequences
11:00 Tic Tac Dough
11:30 It Could Be You
12:00 Ybor City Alcalde Election (Special, pre-empting noon movie; "alcalde" = honorary mayor of the Ybor City district of Tampa)
1:30 Bride and Groom
2:00 Matinee Theater ("The Invisible Man")
3:00 Queen for a Day
3:45 Modern Romances
4:00 Dear Phoebe
4:30 Major Jack (Jack Stir)
5:00 Circle 8 Ranch (Tumbleweed Thomas introduces "Oh! Susanna")
6:00 Little Rascals
6:30 News, Weather, Sports
6:45 NBC News (Huntley/Brinkley)
7:00 You Bet Your Life
7:30 Dragnet
8:00 People's Chice
8:30 High Low
9:00 Lux Video Theatre
10:00 Highway Patrol
10:30 News (Bob Stanton)
10:40 Movie ("You Were Never Lovelier") (not sure if this was one-time-only or a regular Thursday movie time slot, but Jack Paar aired every other night this week)

Channel 13, WTVT (CBS), Tampa

6:40 Florida Farmer
6:55 News, Weather
7:00 Jimmy Dean
7:45 CBS News (Richard Hottelet)
7:55 Fishing (Sol Fleishman)
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
8:45 CBS News (Richard Hottelet)
8:55 Local News
9:00 Fred Waring
9:30 Arthur Godfrey
10:30 Strike It Rich
11:00 Valiant Lady
11:15 Love of Life
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
12:00 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
12:10 News (Roger Sharp)
12:20 Most Interesting Person
12:30 As the World Turns
1:00 Our Miss Brooks
1:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
2:00 The Big Payoff
2:30 Bob Crosby
3:00 Brighter Day
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge of Night
4:00 Movie ("Stranger on the Prowl")
5:30 Popeye Playhouse
6:00 News (Dick John)
6:15 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
6:30 Weather (Charles Stump)
6:40 Sports (Guy Bagli)
6:50 Fishing (Sol Fleishman)
7:00 Sgt. Preston
7:30 Climax!
8:30 Playhouse 90
10:00 Name That Tune
10:30 The Bob Cummings Show
11:00 News (Wayne Fariss)
11:15 Sports (Paul Reynolds)
11:20 Weather (Charles Stump)
11:30 Movie ("Stranger on the Prowl")

Channel 38, WSUN-TV (ABC), St. Petersburg

1:55 News
2:00 American Bandstand
3:30 Fran Ratteree (Variety)
4:00 Trouble with Father
4:30 Firehouse Frolics
5:00 Mickey Mouse Club
6:00 Capt. Mac (Kids)
6:30 Superman
7:00 Cartoon Carnival (Kids)
7:30 Waterfront
8:00 Theater Time
8:30 Ernie Lee's Ranch (Music)
9:00 Film Feature
9:30 Liberace
10:00 News, Weather, Sports
10:30 Movie ("Message to Garcia")

Channel 4, WMBR-TV (CBS/ABC), Jacksonville

7:00 Jimmy Dean
7:45 News, Weather
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
8:45 News, Weather
9:00 Fred Waring
9:30 Arthur Godfrey
10:30 Strike It Rich
11:00 Valiant Lady
11:15 Love of Life
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
12:00 News (Bill Grove)
12:10 Stand Up and Be Counted
12:30 As the World Turns
1:00 Our Miss Brooks
1:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
2:00 The Big Payoff
2:30 Bob Crosby
3:00 Brighter Day
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge of Night
4:00 Open House (Variety)
5:00 Mickey Mouse Club
6:00 News (Bill Grove)
6:05 Sports (Dick Stratton)
6:10 Weather (Claude Taylor)
6:15 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
6:30 The Lone Ranger
7:00 Science Fiction Theater
7:30 Climax!
8:30 Playhouse 90
10:00 Celebrity Playhouse
10:30 Crunch and Des
11:00 News (Bill Blackburn)
11:10 Weather (Norm Davis)
11:15 Sports (Dick Stratton)
11:20 Movie ("Time to Kill")
12:45 News

Channel 36, WJHP-TV (NBC/ABC), Jacksonville

6:55 Farm, Home Report
7:00 Today
9:00 Home
10:00 The Price Is Right
10:30 Truth or Consequences
11:00 Tic Tac Dough
11:30 It Could Be You
12:00 Tex and Jinx
12:30 Club 60
1:30 Bride and Groom
2:00 Matinee Theater
3:45 Modern Romances
4:00 Dear Phoebe
4:30 Chit Chat (Shirley Jeanne)
4:45 News (Dick Fellows)
5:00 Movie (western)
6:00 TV Journal
6:10 Weather (Shirley Jeanne)
6:15 ABC News (John Daly)
6:30 Andy Williams-June Valli (Songs)
6:45 NBC News (Huntley/Brinkley)
7:00 You Bet Your Life
7:30 Dragnet
8:00 People's Choice
8:30 High Low
9:00 Bowling for the Family
9:30 Theater Time
10:00 Timely Topics
10:15 Tonight! (Jack Paar)
12:00 News, Weather

Channel 2, WESH-TV (Ind.), Daytona Beach

4:00 Here and There
4:30 Your All Star Theater
5:00 Around the Town
5:15 Movie ("Guns in the Dark")
6:25 Sen. Smathers Report
6:30 Weather (Deanie Cates)
6:35 Market Reports
6:40 Sports (Charles Shaw)
6:50 News (Joe Smedley)
7:00 Movie ("Friendly Enemies")
9:00 Your All Star Theater
9:30 Movie ("The Sign of the Ram")
11:00 News, Meditation

Channel 6, WDBO-TV (CBS/NBC/ABC), Orlando

7:00 Jimmy Dean
7:45 CBS News (Richard Hottelet)
7:55 Local News
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
8:45 CBS News (Richard Hottelet)
8:55 Local News
9:00 Fred Waring
9:30 My Little Margie
10:00 The Price Is Right
10:30 Strike It Rich
11:00 Valiant Lady
11:15 Love of Life
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
12:00 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
12:10 Stand Up and Be Counted
12:30 As the World Turns
1:00 Eye on the World
1:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
1:45 This Land of Ours
2:00 The Big Payoff
2:30 Eye on the World
2:45 Bob Crosby
3:00 Brighter Day
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge of Night
4:00 Panorama (Travel)
4:15 Big Sister (Advice)
4:30 Eye on the World
5:00 Uncle Walt (Kids)
5:30 Soldiers of Fortune
6:00 Weather (Bill Berry)
6:05 News (Phil Brook)
6:10 Sports (Don McAllister)
6:15 ABC News (John Daly)
6:30 Hunting and Fishing
6:45 Industry on Parade
7:00 Smart Rhythms (Music)
7:15 Playhouse 15 (Drama)
7:30 Climax!
8:30 Playhouse 90
10:00 You Bet Your Life
10:30 The Bob Cummings Show
11:00 News (Hal Kent)
11:05 Weather (Dan Burton)
11:10 Sports (Hal Kent)
11:15 Sherlock Holmes

Channel 11, WINK-TV (CBS/ABC), Fort Myers

3:00 Industry on Parade
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Movie (To Be Announced)
4:45 Lazy Bar Club (Kids)
5:45 Crusader Rabbit
6:00 Guest Book (Frank Nodine)
6:15 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
6:30 Weather (Vernon Lundquist)
6:35 Sports (Frank Nodine)
6:50 News (Vernon Lundquist)
7:00 Pick the Key (Quiz)
7:30 O. Henry Playhouse
8:00 Movie (To Be Announced)
9:30 Wire Service
10:30 Movie (To Be Announced)<P ID="signature">______________
From Jim Ellwanger, proprietor of a mailing list for TV Guide collectors and fans</P>

 

[bpatrick]

> I'm back. Finally, a Florida State edition of TV Guide
> showed up on eBay. Note that Florida was not observing DST
> in 1957...

And didn't until 1967.
>
> Channel 13, WTVT (CBS), Tampa
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> 7:55 Fishing (Sol Fleishman)
"Salty" Sol was still going strong when I moved to
Tampa in 1973, although he retired before I left
three years later. I still remember his old-time-
radio 1920s-vintage microphone.
>
> 11:00 News (Wayne Fariss)
Is this the Wayne Fariss who was an institution for
many years on Miami's Channel 7?

> 11:15 Sports (Paul Reynolds)
There was a Paul Reynolds who did Action Line on
Atlanta's Channel 11 in the '70s; he also worked
at Channel 5 in Atlanta, IIRC. Wonder if this
is the guy?
>
> Channel 38, WSUN-TV (ABC), St. Petersburg
>
> 8:30 Ernie Lee's Ranch (Music)

Ernie Lee was host of The Breakfast Beat on Tampa's
Channel 13 for many, many years.
>
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> Channel 4, WMBR-TV (CBS/ABC), Jacksonville
>
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> 12:00 News (Bill Grove)

Another Sunshine State legend. Florida Trend
magazine in the mid-'70s did an article about
the longevity of him, Ralph Renick (WTVJ Miami),
and Hugh Smith (WTVT Tampa), all of whom had 20-
25 years as anchors in their respective markets.
>
> Channel 2, WESH-TV (Ind.), Daytona Beach

I wonder if Channel 2 got the NBC affiliation
when Channel 9 in Orlando (ABC) came on the air
in February 1958.
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> Channel 6, WDBO-TV (CBS/NBC/ABC), Orlando
> >
> 5:00 Uncle Walt (Kids)
Still on the air in the '60s.
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> 6:00 Weather (Bill Berry)
Likewise.
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> Channel 11, WINK-TV (CBS/ABC), Fort Myers
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> 6:30 Weather (Vernon Lundquist)
Could this be Verne Lundquist? If so, he
must have been awfully young at the time.
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