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Retro: This Week in TV Guide, April 27, 1957 - Northern MN Edition

Groucho Marx is on the cover this week, and inside he's got some prime quotes. Daylight Saving Time is on Sunday, and is about to throw everyone's television schedule into mass chaos. 12-year-old Susan Heinkel hosts her own network show. Plus Ed Sullivan vs. Steve Allen, and more!

http://www.itsabouttv.com/2013/04/this-week-in-tv-guide-april-27-1957.html

As always your comments, positive as well as negative, are welcome.

And now a look at this week's listing. It's for Tuesday, April 30, and it's a bit different from what we've looked at before. There are more shared affiliations, less cohesive prime time schedules, and features some different stations for us to look at.

Tuesday, April 30, 1957
KDAL, Channel 3 (CBS, ABC) (Duluth)
Morning

06:45a CBS News (Richard C. Hottelet)
07:00a Captain Kangaroo
07:45a CBS News (Richard C. Hottelet)
08:00a Garry Moore
08:30a Arthur Godfrey
09:30a Strike It Rich
10:00a Valiant Lady
10:15a Love of Life
10:30a Search For Tomorrow
10:45a Guiding Light
11:00a CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
11:10a Stand Up and Be Counted
11:30a As the World Turns
Afternoon
12:00p News
12:05p Marian Key
01:00p Big Payoff
01:30p Bob Crosby
02:00p Brighter Day
02:15p Secret Storm
02:30p The Edge of Night
03:00p Movie – TBA
04:30p Jolly Joe
05:00p Mickey Mouse Club
Evening
06:00p News
06:15p CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
06:30p Superman
07:00p Phil Silvers
07:30p Rosemary Clooney
08:00p $64,000 Question
08:30p Frontier
09:00p I Search For Adventure
09:30p Private Secretary
10:00p News
10:15p Herb Taylor’s Notebook
10:30p Telephone Time
11:00p Movie – “Four Sided Triangle”

WCCO, Channel 4 (CBS)
Morning

05:40a Tele-Farmer
06:00a Jimmy Dean
06:45a CBS News (Richard C. Hottelet)
07:00a Captain Kangaroo
07:45a CBS News (Richard C. Hottelet)
08:00a Garry Moore
08:30a Arthur Godfrey
09:30a Strike It Rich
10:00a Valiant Lady
10:15a Love of Life
10:30a Search For Tomorrow
10:45a Guiding Light
11:00a Liberace
11:30a As the World Turns
Afternoon
12:00p News
12:15p Take Five
12:20p Weather
12:30p House Party
01:00p Big Payoff
01:30p Bob Crosby
02:00p Brighter Day
02:15p Secret Storm
02:30p The Edge of Night
03:00p Around the Town
03:30p Movie – TBA
04:30p Bugs Bunny
05:00p Axel and His Dog
05:30p Popeye Clubhouse
05:55p News
Evening
06:15p CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
06:30p Name That Tune
07:00p Phil Silvers
07:30p Red Skelton (color)
08:00p $64,000 Question
08:30p Spike Jones
09:00p To Tell the Truth
09:30p Wrestling
10:00p News
10:30p Movie – Comedy
12:00a Weather

KXJB, Channel 4 (Fargo, ND) (CBS)
Morning

11:00a Community Billboard
11:30a Valiant Lady
11:45a Search For Tomorrow
Afternoon
12:00p Markets
12:05p Down to Earth
12:20p News
12:30p As the World Turns
01:00p Big Payoff
01:30p Bob Crosby
02:00p Brighter Day
02:15p Secret Storm
02:30p The Edge of Night
03:00p Arthur Godfrey
03:30p Strike It Rich
04:00p House Party
04:15p Garry Moore
04:30p Susie
05:00p Capt. Jim
05:30p Capt. Jim
Evening
06:00p News
06:15p CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
06:30p Name That Tune
07:00p Phil Silvers
07:30p Red Skelton (color)
08:00p $64,000 Question
08:30p Highway Patrol
09:00p To Tell the Truth
09:30p Private Secretary
10:00p News
10:30p Movie – “Bombay Waterfront”
11:55p News

KSTP, Channel 5 (NBC)
Morning

07:00a Today
08:00a Home
09:00a The Price Is Right
09:30a Truth or Consequences
10:00a Tic Tac Dough
10:30a It Could Be You
11:00a Closeup
11:30a Treasure Chest
Afternoon
12:00p News
12:15p Weather
12:20p Melody Fair
12:30p Tennessee Ernie Ford
01:00p Matinee Theater – “Guardians of the Temple” (color)
02:00p Queen For a Day
02:45p Modern Romances
03:00p Topper
03:30p Susie
04:00p Movie – Western
05:00p Side Show
05:30p Capt. Daryl
Evening
06:00p News
06:20p You Should Know
06:30p Jonathan Winters
06:45p NBC News (Huntley/Brinkley)
07:00p Jane Wyman
07:30p Armstrong Circle Theater – “Night Court”
08:30p State Trooper
09:00p Arthur Murray
09:30p Panic! – “Marooned”
10:00p News
10:30p Badge 714
11:00p Tonight (Jack Lescoulie)

WDSM, Channel 6 (NBC, ABC) (Duluth)
Morning

07:00a Today
08:00a Home
09:00a The Price Is Right
09:30a Truth or Consequences
10:00a Tic Tac Dough
10:30a It Could Be You
11:00a Closeup
11:30a Club 60 (color)
Afternoon
12:00p News
12:05p Club 60 (color) (continued)
12:30p Tennessee Ernie Ford
01:00p Matinee Theater – “Guardians of the Temple” (color)
02:00p Queen For a Day
02:45p Modern Romances
03:00p Topper
03:30p Afternoon
04:00p Looney Tunes
04:30p Capt. “Q”
05:00p Movie – Western
05:30p Jonathan Winters
Evening
06:00p News
06:15p Masquerade Party
06:45p NBC News (Huntley/Brinkley)
07:00p Jane Wyman
07:30p Top Tunes
08:30p Studio 57
09:00p This Is Your Life
09:30p Panic! – “Marooned”
10:00p News
10:15p Ray Milland
10:45p Tonight (Jack Lescoulie)

WDAY, Channel 6 (NBC, ABC) (Fargo, ND)
Morning

10:00a Tic Tac Dough
10:30a It Could Be You
11:00a Closeup
11:30a Around the World
Afternoon
12:00p Noonday
12:30p Tennessee Ernie Ford
01:00p Matinee Theater (color)
02:00p Queen For a Day
02:45p Modern Romances
03:00p Adventures in Planting
03:15p Come and See
03:30p Party Line
04:30p Commando Cody
Evening
06:00p News
06:15p ABC News (John Daly)
06:30p Wyatt Earp
07:00p Jane Wyman
07:30p Armstrong Circle Theater – “Night Court”
08:30p Du Pont Theater – “Chicago 2-1-2”
09:00p Arthur Murray
09:30p Panic! – “Marooned”
10:00p News
10:30p Movie – “Somewhere in the Night”
11:55p News

KMGM, Channel 9 (Ind.)
Afternoon

05:00p Movie – “Cattle Thief”
Evening
06:00p Adventure Time
06:30p Mr. and Mrs. North
07:00p Movie – “Unholy Night”
08:30p Science Fiction Theater
09:00p Movie – “Soul of a Monster”
10:30p Movie – “H.M. Pullham, Esq.”

WTCN, Channel 11 (ABC)
Morning

08:50a Kash Box
09:00a Tel-A-Story Playhouse
09:30a J.P. Patches
10:00a Douglas Fairbanks
10:30a Variety Time
11:00a Romper Room (Miss June)
11:55a News
Afternoon
12:00p Lunch With Casey
12:30p Trouble With Father
01:00p Afternoon Film Festival – “The Golden Salamander”
02:30p News
02:35p Movie – “Shoot to Kill”
04:00p Cartoon Carnival
05:00p Mickey Mouse Club
Evening
06:00p News
06:15p ABC News (John Daly)
06:30p Conflict
07:30p Wyatt Earp
08:00p Broken Arrow
08:30p Du Pont Theater – “Chicago 2-1-2”
09:00p Code Three
09:30p Danny Thomas
10:00p Movie – “The Girl From Manhattan”
12:00a News
 
It looks like the Twin Cities were still on Standard Time.

By 1957, videotape had started being used by the networks for program delays, so as a result, the network evening newscasts, live in the Winter, were likely on a one-hour delay in the Twin Cities.
 
Joseph_Gallant said:
It looks like the Twin Cities were still on Standard Time.

By 1957, videotape had started being used by the networks for program delays, so as a result, the network evening newscasts, live in the Winter, were likely on a one-hour delay in the Twin Cities.
Yes, at that point Minnesota was on Standard Time, although there was a bill pending in the legislature that would allow the Twin Cities and Duluth to go on Daylight Saving, while the rest of the state remained on Standard. I don't know how that turned out; I've heard a story (probably an urban legend) that Minneapolis and St. Paul were at one point on different times.

Of course, today the whole state observes Daylight Saving, like most states.
 
Wright County Guy said:
Not urban legend. For two weeks in 1965, Minneapolis and St. Paul had two different times. http://www.history.com/news/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-daylight-saving-time

Hmmm ... so, say, on WCCO, KSTP, and WTCN, booth v/o announcers would have said over slide promos, "Watch (show) tonight at 8, fast time, 7, slow time"? That's the phrase that local TV listings that straddled the Illinois/Indiana state line (e.g., Terre Haute, Springfield/Decatur markets) used back in the day.

Come to think, do any Hoosiers out there remember what the stations in those markets did for program promos during DST, from the Sixties up to about the Nineties? I don't think there are any clips from WTWO and WTHI (Terre Haute VHFs) on YouTube that would prove for sure, but I may be wrong.
 
Newspaper listings for the years that Indiana didn't go daylight time is also interesting. The Toledo Blade is a great source for the years Indiana and Michigan did not observe daylight time (1967-2005). Michigan did not go on Daylight time from 1969-72 and did not go on the extended Daylight time in February 1975 (Michigan did go on regular Daylight time in April 1975).
 
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