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Retro: Washington, DC Friday, July 30, 1954

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From The Washington Post:WNBW (WRC) Ch. 4 (NBC) 6:45 News 6:50 Look To This Day 7 AM Today 9 AM Kitchen Cupboard 9:30 Figure Formula 9:45 Joe Campbell10 AM Ding Dong School10:30 A Time To Live10:45 Three Steps To Heaven(preceding two were part of an unsuccessfulattempt at morning soaps on NBC)11 AM Home12 N Bob Smith Show (yes, Buffalo Bob)12:30 M. Hunnicutt (local, don't know the first name); News 1 PM People's Playhouse: "GI War Brides" 2 PM Inga's Angle 2:30 Here's How It Looks 3 PM One Man's Family (the classic radio soap, still airing in 1954 on NBC radio at 7:45 PM, in a daytime slot after a few years in primetime) 3:15 Golden Windows 3:30 First Love 3:45 Concerning Miss Marlowe 4 PM Hawkins Falls 4:15 Bride And Groom 4:30 Betty White Show 5 PM Pinky Lee Show 5:30 Howdy Doody 6 PM Footlight Film 6:45 Weather, News, Sports 7 PM Hopalong Cassidy 7:30 World Of Mr. Sweeney 7:45 Camel News Caravan (John Cameron Swayze) 8 PM The Duke (sitcom about a professional boxer) 8:30 Life Of Riley 9 PM Best In Mystery 9:30 Campbell TV Soundstage10 PM Sportsreel10:30 Great Moments (I think this is also a sports show)10:45 Fore On Four11 PM News With Richard Harkness; Weather11:15 Sports; Movies: "Cauldron Of Horror" and "Valley Of The Zombies"12:30 Inspiration; Sign OffNOTE: Steve Allen's Tonight show did not debut on NBC until 9/27/54; it was still a local New York show at this point.WTTG Ch. 5 (DuMont) 9:45 Cartoons10 AM Romper Room11 AM Early Bird Theater: "Tough To Handle"12 N Midday Chapel12:15 Movietone News12:30 Hoppity Skippity 1 PM (Art) Lamb Session 1:30 Matinee For You: "Youth's Highways" 2:30 Bazaar With Hazel Markel 3 PM Paul Dixon Show (Cincinnati posters-- remember him?) 4 PM Brighter Day (CBS soap pre-empted on Ch. 9) 4:15 Secret Storm (ditto) 4:30 On Your Account (CBS game show pre-empted on Ch. 9) 5 PM (Art) Lamb Session 5:45 Pat Priest (wonder if this is the second Marilyn Munster? She was the daughter of U.S. Treasurer Ivy Baker Priest.) 6 PM Hoppity Skippity 6:30 Headline News Edition 6:45 Sports And Weather 7 PM Captain Video 7:15 Lt. Palmer 7:30 Interlude: "Doctor Mac" 8 PM Warmup; Dugout Chatter; Baseball: Washington Senators at Cleveland Indians10:45 10th Inning (time approximate)11 PM News, Weather, Sports, Night Owl Theater: "Tough To Handle"sign off time not given but follows the movieWMAL (WJLA) Ch. 7 (ABC) 8:30 Cartoon Capers 9 AM Breakfast Club (Don McNeill's classic radio show in an unsuccessful attempt by ABC to simulcast, as CBS did with Arthur Godfrey)10 AM Movie Club: "Turnabout" (basis for a 1979 NBC sitcom about a couple who magically switch bodies)11:45 Cartoon Concert 1 PM Just For Fun 2 PM Hollywood Matinee: "Grief Street" 3 PM Modern Woman 3:30 Jerry & Jimma 4 PM Pirate Bill 5 PM Family Playhouse: "Roaming Cowboy" 6 PM Black Phantom; Weather 6:30 News 6:45 Jim Gibbons Show 7:15 John Daly And The News 7:30 Stu Erwin Show 8 PM Ozzie And Harriet 8:30 Who's The Boss? (not the sitcom, but a game show hosted by Mike Wallace in which the panel had to guess the contestants' celebrity employers) 9 PM Pride Of The Family 9:30 Golf Tips 9:45 Public Prosecutor10 PM Focus10:30 Front Page Detective11 PM News, Weather, Sports11:15 7 Star Theater: "Dear Murderer"12:45 Sign OffWTOP (WUSA) Ch. 9 (CBS) 6:55 Meditation 7 AM The Morning Show With Walter Cronkite (CBS's first attempt to challenge NBC's Today show) 9 AM Billy Johnson Show 9:45 Mark Evans10 AM Garry Moore (90 minutes on Friday, since Arthur Godfrey did his show from his farm in Virginia, which did not have television facilities)11:30 Strike It Rich12 N Valiant Lady12:15 Love Of Life12:30 Search For Tomorrow12:45 Guiding Light 1 PM Portia Faces Life 1:15 The Seeking Heart 1:30 Welcome Travelers 2 PM Robert Q. Lewis Show 2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party 3 PM Big Payoff 3:30 Allen Jeffreys 4 PM Pick Temple's Ranch: "3 In The Saddle" with Tex Ritter 5:30 Bob Crosby Show (delay from 3:30) 6 PM Starlight Theater 6:30 The 6:30 Report 6:45 Esso Reporter 7 PM Amos 'n' Andy 7:30 Douglas Edwards With The News 7:45 TV's Top Tunes 8 PM Pantomime Quiz 8:30 Topper (we recently lost one of its stars, Robert Sterling) 9 PM Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars 9:30 Our Miss Brooks10 PM Star Theater10:30 It's News To Me11 PM News With Ron Cochran; Weather11:15 Sports; Police Blotter11:30 Late Show: "Invitation To Waltz"sign off after the movie, time not given
 
WTTG-5(Dumont)5:45 PM Pat Priest(wonder if this is the second Marilyn Munster? Her mother was secretary of treasury under Eisenhower)No doubt in my mind that this was her own show since she lived in the area. She turned 18 that August 15th and she was entering beauty contests at that time according to her bio on imdb.com. This August 15th she will turn 70.
 
Ivy Baker Priest was Treasurer of the United States
under Eisenhower; her name appeared on all paper
currency at the time. The Secretary of the Treasury
was George Humphrey, replaced by Robert Anderson
in 1957.
 
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