More REALLY retro, this time from The Washington Post:
WNBW (WRC) Ch. 4 (NBC)
7 AM Today (Dave Garroway)
9 AM Nancy's Notebook
9:30 Inga's Figure Formula
9:45 Blair's House (a play on Blair House, the
Presidential guest house where Harry Truman
and family lived for a time while the White House
was being renovated--Blair here is Frank Blair,
longtime newscaster on the Today show)
10 AM Prologue To The Future
10:30 Breakfast Party
11 AM Mrs. U.S.A.
11:30 It's A Problem
12 N Ruth Lyons
12:30 Little Playhouse
1 PM Playhouse Film: "Michael Strogoff"
2:15 Guest Book
2:30 Who Said That? (aired on NBC Mondays
at 10:30 PM, but Ch. 4 delayed it--don't
know what was on instead, as the Democratic
Convention pre-empted regular programming
on Monday of that week)
3 PM Big Payoff
3:30 Johnny Dugan (a mostly-forgotten singer)
4 PM Matinee In New York
5 PM Hawkins Falls
5:15 Gabby Hayes
5:30 Howdy Doody
6 PM Footlight Playhouse
6:30 Western Film
7 PM Up To Paar (Jack Paar hosts a current-events
quiz)
7:30 Those Two
7:45 Camel News Caravan (John Cameron Swayze)
8 PM Curtain Call
8:30 We The People
9 PM Doorway To Danger
9:30 Campbell Playhouse (interestingly, this was the
new name for Orson Welles' "Mercury Theater
On The Air" on radio--Campbell picked up sponsorship
on the strength of the "War Of The Worlds" broadcast)
10 PM Gillette Summer Sports Reel
10:30 Greatest Fights
10:45 Nature Of Things
11 PM News And Movie: "Outlaw Fury"
WTTG Ch. 5 (DuMont)
10 AM Cartoon Theater
10:15 Early Bird Theater: "It's Never Too Late
To Mend"
12 N Women's Club
12:15 Noontime News
12:30 Take The Break
1 PM Johnny Olsen's Rumpus Room
1:30 Matinee Theater (not to be confused with
the NBC show which ran 1955-58)
1:45 Midday Chapel
2 PM TV Disc Jockey
2:30 Shop The Town
3 PM News; TV Disc Jockey continues
5:45 Tony Wakeman (don't know if he's a DJ--
any Washingtonians know who this guy is?)
6 PM Shop The Town
6:30 Tom Corbett, Space Cadet
6:45 Time For Beany (the original, live-action version
of Beany And Cecil)
7 PM Captain Video (decoders ready?)
7:30 WTTG Presents
8 PM Down You Go (sort of that generation's Wheel
Of Fortune--a panel filled in a phrase letter-by-
letter, but an incorrect letter and "down you go"
(and out for the remainder of the round))
8:30 20 Questions
9 PM Life Begins At 80
9:30 Big Picture
10 PM Cavalcade Of Stars (Jackie Gleason is gone, moving
to CBS. Larry Storch is host; ironically, he will be
Gleason's summer replacement on CBS in 1953.)
11 PM Movietone News
11:15 Night Owl Theater: "It's Never Too Late To Mend"
WMAL (WJLA) Ch. 7 (ABC)
2:30 Hollywood Matinee
3:30 Modern Woman
4 PM Ruth Anne's Kindergarten
5 PM Five O'Clock Theater: "Vacation Days"
6 PM Family Playhouse: "Carnival Lady"
7 PM News With Bryson Rash
7:15 Sports Reel (ABC wouldn't have a nightly newscast
at this time until October 1953.)
7:30 Stu Erwin Show
8 PM Shop By TV (you'd be surprised how common home-
shopping shows were in those days)
8:30 Encore Play
9:30 Tales Of Tomorrow (early sci-fi show)
10 PM Western Trails: "Ride 'Em Cowboy"
11 PM Chronoscope (CBS News forerunner to Nightline,
pre-empted on Ch. 9)
WTOP (WUSA) Ch. 9 (CBS)
9 AM Morning Movie (no title given)
10 AM CBS News--Charles Collingwood
10:15 CBS News--Dorothy Doan (mostly women's features)
10:30 Al Pearce Show
11:15 Bride & Groom
11:30 Strike It Rich
12 N The Egg And I
12:15 Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Allen Jeffreys' Ladies' Day
1:30 Garry Moore
2:30 Guiding Light
2:45 Mike And Buff
3:30 Summer School (yes, CBS brought in teachers to
lecture on various subjects so kids wouldn't forget
everything over the summer--I have a feeling this
show had an audience of, maybe, two)
4 PM Pick Temple's Cowboy Playhouse: "Law Of The North"
5:30 The Early Show: "Don't Trust Your Husband"
6:30 Weather; Sports With Shirley Povich (despite the
first name, it's Maury's dad)
6:45 Walter Cronkite (doing the local news, but bigger
things are about to happen to him)
7 PM Mark Evans (interviews)
7:30 CBS News--Douglas Edwards (who will be replaced
ten years hence by--Walter Cronkite)
7:45 Eddy Arnold
8 PM Arthur Murray Party
8:30 Pantomime Quiz
9 PM Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars
9:30 Holiday Theater
10 PM Police Story (not to be confused with the '70s
NBC series)
10:30 Tomorrow (again, don't confuse with Tom Snyder's
show)
11 PM Telenews; Sports
11:15 The Late Show: "The Great Flamarian"
Note that two stations get some of their news from
newsreel companies.
WNBW (WRC) Ch. 4 (NBC)
7 AM Today (Dave Garroway)
9 AM Nancy's Notebook
9:30 Inga's Figure Formula
9:45 Blair's House (a play on Blair House, the
Presidential guest house where Harry Truman
and family lived for a time while the White House
was being renovated--Blair here is Frank Blair,
longtime newscaster on the Today show)
10 AM Prologue To The Future
10:30 Breakfast Party
11 AM Mrs. U.S.A.
11:30 It's A Problem
12 N Ruth Lyons
12:30 Little Playhouse
1 PM Playhouse Film: "Michael Strogoff"
2:15 Guest Book
2:30 Who Said That? (aired on NBC Mondays
at 10:30 PM, but Ch. 4 delayed it--don't
know what was on instead, as the Democratic
Convention pre-empted regular programming
on Monday of that week)
3 PM Big Payoff
3:30 Johnny Dugan (a mostly-forgotten singer)
4 PM Matinee In New York
5 PM Hawkins Falls
5:15 Gabby Hayes
5:30 Howdy Doody
6 PM Footlight Playhouse
6:30 Western Film
7 PM Up To Paar (Jack Paar hosts a current-events
quiz)
7:30 Those Two
7:45 Camel News Caravan (John Cameron Swayze)
8 PM Curtain Call
8:30 We The People
9 PM Doorway To Danger
9:30 Campbell Playhouse (interestingly, this was the
new name for Orson Welles' "Mercury Theater
On The Air" on radio--Campbell picked up sponsorship
on the strength of the "War Of The Worlds" broadcast)
10 PM Gillette Summer Sports Reel
10:30 Greatest Fights
10:45 Nature Of Things
11 PM News And Movie: "Outlaw Fury"
WTTG Ch. 5 (DuMont)
10 AM Cartoon Theater
10:15 Early Bird Theater: "It's Never Too Late
To Mend"
12 N Women's Club
12:15 Noontime News
12:30 Take The Break
1 PM Johnny Olsen's Rumpus Room
1:30 Matinee Theater (not to be confused with
the NBC show which ran 1955-58)
1:45 Midday Chapel
2 PM TV Disc Jockey
2:30 Shop The Town
3 PM News; TV Disc Jockey continues
5:45 Tony Wakeman (don't know if he's a DJ--
any Washingtonians know who this guy is?)
6 PM Shop The Town
6:30 Tom Corbett, Space Cadet
6:45 Time For Beany (the original, live-action version
of Beany And Cecil)
7 PM Captain Video (decoders ready?)
7:30 WTTG Presents
8 PM Down You Go (sort of that generation's Wheel
Of Fortune--a panel filled in a phrase letter-by-
letter, but an incorrect letter and "down you go"
(and out for the remainder of the round))
8:30 20 Questions
9 PM Life Begins At 80
9:30 Big Picture
10 PM Cavalcade Of Stars (Jackie Gleason is gone, moving
to CBS. Larry Storch is host; ironically, he will be
Gleason's summer replacement on CBS in 1953.)
11 PM Movietone News
11:15 Night Owl Theater: "It's Never Too Late To Mend"
WMAL (WJLA) Ch. 7 (ABC)
2:30 Hollywood Matinee
3:30 Modern Woman
4 PM Ruth Anne's Kindergarten
5 PM Five O'Clock Theater: "Vacation Days"
6 PM Family Playhouse: "Carnival Lady"
7 PM News With Bryson Rash
7:15 Sports Reel (ABC wouldn't have a nightly newscast
at this time until October 1953.)
7:30 Stu Erwin Show
8 PM Shop By TV (you'd be surprised how common home-
shopping shows were in those days)
8:30 Encore Play
9:30 Tales Of Tomorrow (early sci-fi show)
10 PM Western Trails: "Ride 'Em Cowboy"
11 PM Chronoscope (CBS News forerunner to Nightline,
pre-empted on Ch. 9)
WTOP (WUSA) Ch. 9 (CBS)
9 AM Morning Movie (no title given)
10 AM CBS News--Charles Collingwood
10:15 CBS News--Dorothy Doan (mostly women's features)
10:30 Al Pearce Show
11:15 Bride & Groom
11:30 Strike It Rich
12 N The Egg And I
12:15 Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Allen Jeffreys' Ladies' Day
1:30 Garry Moore
2:30 Guiding Light
2:45 Mike And Buff
3:30 Summer School (yes, CBS brought in teachers to
lecture on various subjects so kids wouldn't forget
everything over the summer--I have a feeling this
show had an audience of, maybe, two)
4 PM Pick Temple's Cowboy Playhouse: "Law Of The North"
5:30 The Early Show: "Don't Trust Your Husband"
6:30 Weather; Sports With Shirley Povich (despite the
first name, it's Maury's dad)
6:45 Walter Cronkite (doing the local news, but bigger
things are about to happen to him)
7 PM Mark Evans (interviews)
7:30 CBS News--Douglas Edwards (who will be replaced
ten years hence by--Walter Cronkite)
7:45 Eddy Arnold
8 PM Arthur Murray Party
8:30 Pantomime Quiz
9 PM Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars
9:30 Holiday Theater
10 PM Police Story (not to be confused with the '70s
NBC series)
10:30 Tomorrow (again, don't confuse with Tom Snyder's
show)
11 PM Telenews; Sports
11:15 The Late Show: "The Great Flamarian"
Note that two stations get some of their news from
newsreel companies.