Source: Arizona Daily Star, 7-10 January 1954
These were the first days that the Arizona Daily Star and the Tucson Citizen (separately owned but cooperatively published) listed both Phoenix/Mesa and Tucson stations simultaneously. Interestingly, KPHO still had the CBS affiliation in Phoenix; perhaps the network was waiting to see how the KOY-TV/KOOL-TV time-sharing of Channel 10 would pan out. Also interesting to see that KVOA-TV took a pass on NBC’s Thursday feed of Dragnet but KOPO-TV was picking up the syndicated reruns as Badge 714 on Mondays.
STATIONS:
4 KVOA-TV Tucson (NBC/ABC)
5 KPHO-TV Phoenix (CBS/ABC/DuMont)
10 KOY-TV Phoenix/KOOL-TV (KSAZ-TV) Phoenix (Independents)
12 KTYL-TV (KPNX) Mesa (NBC/DuMont)
13 KOPO-TV (KOLD-TV) Tucson (CBS/DuMont)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1954
MORNING
10:45
4 President Eisenhower
AFTERNOON
1:00
4 Glamour Girl
5 The Big Payoff (c)
12 Kate Smith
13 Test Tunes – Popular Vocals
1:30
4 Hawkins Falls
5 Bob Crosby (c)
1:45
4 The Bennetts
2:00
4 Three Steps to Heaven
5 Garry Moore
12 Welcome Travelers
2:15
4 Follow Your Heart
2:30
4/12 On Your Account (c)
5 Strike it Rich
3:00
4 Webb Spinning
5 Cook’s Corner
12 Channel 12 Calling
13 Shorts
3:30
4 Ladies Matinee
13 Love of Life
3:45
13 Visiting with Virginia
4:00
5 Art In Your Life
10 The Stan Norman Show
12 Cookery Magic
4:30
5 Love of Life
4:45
4 Sagebrush Theatre
5 Search for Tomorrow
5:00
5 Room for Adventure
10 Armchair Adventure
12 Big 12 Posse
13 Down Melody Lane
5:15
10 That’s Five For You
13 Telenews
5:30
4 Ding Dong School
5 Doug Edwards News (c)
10 Big Ten Ranch Gang
12 Dinah Shore
13 Uncle Mac & Squeaky
5:45
5 Reddy Cartoons
12 Camel News Caravan (for 45 minutes?!?)
EVENING
6:00
4 Weather – Melody
5 What’s Your Trouble?
13 Bar Nothing Ranch
6:15
4 Sound Stage
5 News in Focus
6:30
4/12 T-Men in Action (c)
5 Superman
10 Charlie Chase
13 Old American Barn Dance
6:45
10 News
7:00
4 Hopalong Cassidy
5 TBA
10 Adventure Theatre
12 Dragnet
13 Shorts
7:15
13 Show Me How
7:30
4 Ford Theatre
5 Arizona TV Newsreel
12 The Visitor
13 Life is Worth Living (Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, from DuMont on kinescope)
8:00
4 TV Bingo Party
5 Meet Mr. McNutley
10 Arizona Forum
12 Martin Kane
13 I Am The Law
8:30
4 Sports Reel
5 Chevron Theatre
10 Where’s Raymond
12 Story Theatre
13 Place The Face
8:45
4 News Spotlight
9:00
4 You Bet Your Life
5 Make Room For Daddy
10 First Run Theatre
12 Headline Edition
13 Sports Highlights
9:30
4 Hank McCune
5 Sports Hi-Lites
12 Rocky King
13 Story Time
10:00
4 Weather
5 Lux Video Theatre (c)
12 You Bet Your Life
13 Rhythm & Romance
10:05
4 La Hora Mexicana
10:15
13 Yesterday’s Newsreel
10:30
4 Late Show
5 Big Town (c)
10 Encore Theatre
12 Feature Favorite
13 Weather
10:45
13 Late Movie
11:00
5 Movietime
11:30
12 Sports – Final Edition
FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1954
MORNING
10:45
4 President Eisenhower
AFTERNOON
1:00
4 Glamour Girl
5 The Big Payoff (c)
12 Kate Smith
13 Test Tunes – Popular Vocals
1:30
4 Hawkins Falls
5 Bob Crosby (c)
1:45
4 The Bennetts
2:00
4 Three Steps to Heaven
5 I’ll Buy That
12 Welcome Travelers
2:15
4 Follow Your Heart
2:30
4/12 On Your Account (c)
5 Strike it Rich
3:00
4 At Home with Freda
5 Cook’s Corner
12 Channel 12 Calling
13 Music With a View
3:30
4 Ladies Matinee
13 Love of Life
3:45
13 Visiting with Virginia
4:00
5 Luke Field Presents
10 The Stan Norman Show
12 Cookery Magic
4:30
5 Love of Life
4:45
4 Sagebrush Theatre
5 Search for Tomorrow
5:00
5 Room for Adventure
10 Jonathan Story
12 Big 12 Posse
13 Down Melody Lane
5:15
10 That’s Five For You
13 Telenews
5:30
4 Ding Dong School
5 Doug Edwards News (c)
10 Big Ten Ranch Gang
12 Coke Time
13 Uncle Mac & Squeaky
5:45
5 Reddy Kids - Weather
12 Camel News Caravan (for 45 minutes?!?)
EVENING
6:00
4 Weather
5 Lilli Palmer
12 Dave Garroway
13 Shorts
6:05
4 Youth Wants to Know
6:15
5 News in Focus
10 Peanut Circus
6:30
4 Two On the Aisle
5 Featurette
10 Johnny Caldwell
12 Stars on Parade
13 Speaking of Tucson
6:45
10 News
13 Sports with Perlin
7:00
4/10 Wrestling
5 I Love Lucy
12 The Big Story
13 Abbott & Costello
7:30
5 The Lone Ranger
12 Soundstage
13 Ethel Barrymore Theatre
8:00
4 Heart of the City
5/13 My Friend Irma (c)
10 Dana & The Westerners
12 Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (Friday night boxing)
8:30
4 Desert Trails
5 You Asked For It
10 Gloria Swanson Theatre
13 Paul Killium
8:45
4 News Spotlight
12 TV Clinic
13 Yesterday’s Newsreel
9:00
4 Pastor’s Study
5/13 Playhouse of Stars
10 First Run Theatre
12 Headline Edition
9:15
12 Highway Patrol
9:30
4 La Hora Mexicana
5 Topper
12 Douglas Fairbanks Presents
13 Boston Blackie
10:00
4 Late Movie
5 City Detective
12 Boston Blackie
13 KOPO Playhouse
10:30
5 Wrestling
10 Encore Theatre
12 Feature Favorite
13 Weather
10:45
13 Platterama
11:30
5 Movietime
12 Sports – Final Edition
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1954
AFTERNOON
1:00
5 Matinee Theatre
1:30
5 Western Theatre
3:30
12 Big 12 Trail
13 The Bette Dean Show
4:00
4 Early Show
5 Treasure Time
10 Range Busters
13 Shorts
4:15
13 Hobby Date
4:30
5 Johnny Jupiter
4:45
13 Shorts
5:00
5 Meet Millie
10 Comedy Time
13 Pied Piper
5:15
4 The Nature of Things
5:30
4/12 Ethel & Albert (c)
5 Scouting in Action
13 Bea & Bobo
5:45
5 Wanted
10 Charlie Chase
13 Shorts
EVENING
6:00
4 The Spike Jones Show (C)
5 Texas Rasslin’
10 Adventure Theatre
12 Western Roundup
13 The Jackie Gleason Show (C)
6:30
4 Front Page Direct
12 Ted Mack’s Original Amateur Hour
7:00
4 Movie
5 Cavalcade of America
12 Your Show of Shows
13 Two For The Money
7:30
5 Two For The Money
10 Abbott & Costello
12 Western Ranch
13 The Cisco Kid
8:00
4 Late Show
5/13 Medallion Theatre (C)
10 Platter Panorama
8:30
5 Beat the Clock
12 Your Hit Parade
13 This is Show Business
9:00
5 The Jackie Gleason Show
10 First Run Theatre
12/13 I Led Three Lives
9:30
12 Wrestling
13 Two on the Aisle (the same show that was on KVOA yesterday at 6:30??)
10:00
5 Double Feature Movietime
10 Encore Theatre
12 Family Theatre (at 10:00??)
13 Big Time Wrestling
11:00
13 Late Movie
SUNDAY. JANUARY 10, 1954
AFTERNOON
1:00
5 Youth Wants to Know
12 Christ in the Valley
13 Resources, Freedom (C)
1:30
5 Man of the Week
12 Kukla, Fran & Ollie
2:00
12 Excursion
13 The Big Picture
2:30
5/13 Adventure (C)
12 Zoo Parade
3:00
5/13 Omnibus (C)
10 Church in the Home
4:00
4 Frontiers of Faith
10 Arizona’s #1 Killer
12 Boxing (kinescoped?)
4:30
4 American Forum
5/13 You Are There (C)
10 The Christophers
4:45
10 Corridors of Time
5:00
4 British Movie
5 Life with Father
10 Million Dollar Movie Night
12 The Roy Rogers Show
13 The Jeffrey Jones Show
5:30
5 Talent Patrol
12 Mr. Peepers
13 KOPO Playhouse
EVENING
6:00
5 The Name’s The Same
12 Piano Portraits
13 Toast of the Town (C)
6:30
4 Excursion
5 The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show
12 Paul Winchell & Jerry Mahoney
7:00
4 Dangerous Assignment
5 Toast of the Town
12 Television Playhouse
13 Range Rider
7:30
4 This is the Life
13 China Smith
8:00
4 Talent Patrol
5/13 Private Secretary (C)
12 Letters to Loretta (Young?)
8:30
4/5 Hollywood Half Hour
12 Purity Playhouse
13 Strange Adventure
8:45
13 Playhouse 15
9:00
4 Ted Mack’s Original Amateur Hour
5 The Bing Crosby Show
12 The Colgate Comedy Hour
13 Sunday Evening Theatre
9:30
4 NBC Newsreel
5 Man Behind the Badge
10:00
5 The Trouble with Father
12 Man Against Crime
10:30
5 Dollar a Second
12 Feature Favorite
13 Weather
These were the first days that the Arizona Daily Star and the Tucson Citizen (separately owned but cooperatively published) listed both Phoenix/Mesa and Tucson stations simultaneously. Interestingly, KPHO still had the CBS affiliation in Phoenix; perhaps the network was waiting to see how the KOY-TV/KOOL-TV time-sharing of Channel 10 would pan out. Also interesting to see that KVOA-TV took a pass on NBC’s Thursday feed of Dragnet but KOPO-TV was picking up the syndicated reruns as Badge 714 on Mondays.
STATIONS:
4 KVOA-TV Tucson (NBC/ABC)
5 KPHO-TV Phoenix (CBS/ABC/DuMont)
10 KOY-TV Phoenix/KOOL-TV (KSAZ-TV) Phoenix (Independents)
12 KTYL-TV (KPNX) Mesa (NBC/DuMont)
13 KOPO-TV (KOLD-TV) Tucson (CBS/DuMont)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1954
MORNING
10:45
4 President Eisenhower
AFTERNOON
1:00
4 Glamour Girl
5 The Big Payoff (c)
12 Kate Smith
13 Test Tunes – Popular Vocals
1:30
4 Hawkins Falls
5 Bob Crosby (c)
1:45
4 The Bennetts
2:00
4 Three Steps to Heaven
5 Garry Moore
12 Welcome Travelers
2:15
4 Follow Your Heart
2:30
4/12 On Your Account (c)
5 Strike it Rich
3:00
4 Webb Spinning
5 Cook’s Corner
12 Channel 12 Calling
13 Shorts
3:30
4 Ladies Matinee
13 Love of Life
3:45
13 Visiting with Virginia
4:00
5 Art In Your Life
10 The Stan Norman Show
12 Cookery Magic
4:30
5 Love of Life
4:45
4 Sagebrush Theatre
5 Search for Tomorrow
5:00
5 Room for Adventure
10 Armchair Adventure
12 Big 12 Posse
13 Down Melody Lane
5:15
10 That’s Five For You
13 Telenews
5:30
4 Ding Dong School
5 Doug Edwards News (c)
10 Big Ten Ranch Gang
12 Dinah Shore
13 Uncle Mac & Squeaky
5:45
5 Reddy Cartoons
12 Camel News Caravan (for 45 minutes?!?)
EVENING
6:00
4 Weather – Melody
5 What’s Your Trouble?
13 Bar Nothing Ranch
6:15
4 Sound Stage
5 News in Focus
6:30
4/12 T-Men in Action (c)
5 Superman
10 Charlie Chase
13 Old American Barn Dance
6:45
10 News
7:00
4 Hopalong Cassidy
5 TBA
10 Adventure Theatre
12 Dragnet
13 Shorts
7:15
13 Show Me How
7:30
4 Ford Theatre
5 Arizona TV Newsreel
12 The Visitor
13 Life is Worth Living (Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, from DuMont on kinescope)
8:00
4 TV Bingo Party
5 Meet Mr. McNutley
10 Arizona Forum
12 Martin Kane
13 I Am The Law
8:30
4 Sports Reel
5 Chevron Theatre
10 Where’s Raymond
12 Story Theatre
13 Place The Face
8:45
4 News Spotlight
9:00
4 You Bet Your Life
5 Make Room For Daddy
10 First Run Theatre
12 Headline Edition
13 Sports Highlights
9:30
4 Hank McCune
5 Sports Hi-Lites
12 Rocky King
13 Story Time
10:00
4 Weather
5 Lux Video Theatre (c)
12 You Bet Your Life
13 Rhythm & Romance
10:05
4 La Hora Mexicana
10:15
13 Yesterday’s Newsreel
10:30
4 Late Show
5 Big Town (c)
10 Encore Theatre
12 Feature Favorite
13 Weather
10:45
13 Late Movie
11:00
5 Movietime
11:30
12 Sports – Final Edition
FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1954
MORNING
10:45
4 President Eisenhower
AFTERNOON
1:00
4 Glamour Girl
5 The Big Payoff (c)
12 Kate Smith
13 Test Tunes – Popular Vocals
1:30
4 Hawkins Falls
5 Bob Crosby (c)
1:45
4 The Bennetts
2:00
4 Three Steps to Heaven
5 I’ll Buy That
12 Welcome Travelers
2:15
4 Follow Your Heart
2:30
4/12 On Your Account (c)
5 Strike it Rich
3:00
4 At Home with Freda
5 Cook’s Corner
12 Channel 12 Calling
13 Music With a View
3:30
4 Ladies Matinee
13 Love of Life
3:45
13 Visiting with Virginia
4:00
5 Luke Field Presents
10 The Stan Norman Show
12 Cookery Magic
4:30
5 Love of Life
4:45
4 Sagebrush Theatre
5 Search for Tomorrow
5:00
5 Room for Adventure
10 Jonathan Story
12 Big 12 Posse
13 Down Melody Lane
5:15
10 That’s Five For You
13 Telenews
5:30
4 Ding Dong School
5 Doug Edwards News (c)
10 Big Ten Ranch Gang
12 Coke Time
13 Uncle Mac & Squeaky
5:45
5 Reddy Kids - Weather
12 Camel News Caravan (for 45 minutes?!?)
EVENING
6:00
4 Weather
5 Lilli Palmer
12 Dave Garroway
13 Shorts
6:05
4 Youth Wants to Know
6:15
5 News in Focus
10 Peanut Circus
6:30
4 Two On the Aisle
5 Featurette
10 Johnny Caldwell
12 Stars on Parade
13 Speaking of Tucson
6:45
10 News
13 Sports with Perlin
7:00
4/10 Wrestling
5 I Love Lucy
12 The Big Story
13 Abbott & Costello
7:30
5 The Lone Ranger
12 Soundstage
13 Ethel Barrymore Theatre
8:00
4 Heart of the City
5/13 My Friend Irma (c)
10 Dana & The Westerners
12 Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (Friday night boxing)
8:30
4 Desert Trails
5 You Asked For It
10 Gloria Swanson Theatre
13 Paul Killium
8:45
4 News Spotlight
12 TV Clinic
13 Yesterday’s Newsreel
9:00
4 Pastor’s Study
5/13 Playhouse of Stars
10 First Run Theatre
12 Headline Edition
9:15
12 Highway Patrol
9:30
4 La Hora Mexicana
5 Topper
12 Douglas Fairbanks Presents
13 Boston Blackie
10:00
4 Late Movie
5 City Detective
12 Boston Blackie
13 KOPO Playhouse
10:30
5 Wrestling
10 Encore Theatre
12 Feature Favorite
13 Weather
10:45
13 Platterama
11:30
5 Movietime
12 Sports – Final Edition
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1954
AFTERNOON
1:00
5 Matinee Theatre
1:30
5 Western Theatre
3:30
12 Big 12 Trail
13 The Bette Dean Show
4:00
4 Early Show
5 Treasure Time
10 Range Busters
13 Shorts
4:15
13 Hobby Date
4:30
5 Johnny Jupiter
4:45
13 Shorts
5:00
5 Meet Millie
10 Comedy Time
13 Pied Piper
5:15
4 The Nature of Things
5:30
4/12 Ethel & Albert (c)
5 Scouting in Action
13 Bea & Bobo
5:45
5 Wanted
10 Charlie Chase
13 Shorts
EVENING
6:00
4 The Spike Jones Show (C)
5 Texas Rasslin’
10 Adventure Theatre
12 Western Roundup
13 The Jackie Gleason Show (C)
6:30
4 Front Page Direct
12 Ted Mack’s Original Amateur Hour
7:00
4 Movie
5 Cavalcade of America
12 Your Show of Shows
13 Two For The Money
7:30
5 Two For The Money
10 Abbott & Costello
12 Western Ranch
13 The Cisco Kid
8:00
4 Late Show
5/13 Medallion Theatre (C)
10 Platter Panorama
8:30
5 Beat the Clock
12 Your Hit Parade
13 This is Show Business
9:00
5 The Jackie Gleason Show
10 First Run Theatre
12/13 I Led Three Lives
9:30
12 Wrestling
13 Two on the Aisle (the same show that was on KVOA yesterday at 6:30??)
10:00
5 Double Feature Movietime
10 Encore Theatre
12 Family Theatre (at 10:00??)
13 Big Time Wrestling
11:00
13 Late Movie
SUNDAY. JANUARY 10, 1954
AFTERNOON
1:00
5 Youth Wants to Know
12 Christ in the Valley
13 Resources, Freedom (C)
1:30
5 Man of the Week
12 Kukla, Fran & Ollie
2:00
12 Excursion
13 The Big Picture
2:30
5/13 Adventure (C)
12 Zoo Parade
3:00
5/13 Omnibus (C)
10 Church in the Home
4:00
4 Frontiers of Faith
10 Arizona’s #1 Killer
12 Boxing (kinescoped?)
4:30
4 American Forum
5/13 You Are There (C)
10 The Christophers
4:45
10 Corridors of Time
5:00
4 British Movie
5 Life with Father
10 Million Dollar Movie Night
12 The Roy Rogers Show
13 The Jeffrey Jones Show
5:30
5 Talent Patrol
12 Mr. Peepers
13 KOPO Playhouse
EVENING
6:00
5 The Name’s The Same
12 Piano Portraits
13 Toast of the Town (C)
6:30
4 Excursion
5 The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show
12 Paul Winchell & Jerry Mahoney
7:00
4 Dangerous Assignment
5 Toast of the Town
12 Television Playhouse
13 Range Rider
7:30
4 This is the Life
13 China Smith
8:00
4 Talent Patrol
5/13 Private Secretary (C)
12 Letters to Loretta (Young?)
8:30
4/5 Hollywood Half Hour
12 Purity Playhouse
13 Strange Adventure
8:45
13 Playhouse 15
9:00
4 Ted Mack’s Original Amateur Hour
5 The Bing Crosby Show
12 The Colgate Comedy Hour
13 Sunday Evening Theatre
9:30
4 NBC Newsreel
5 Man Behind the Badge
10:00
5 The Trouble with Father
12 Man Against Crime
10:30
5 Dollar a Second
12 Feature Favorite
13 Weather