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Retro: Western New England - Monday, March 30, 1964

Source: TV Guide, Western New England edition (covers Hartford/New Haven and Springfield, and the major network affiliates in Boston)

3 – WTIC Hartford (CBS)
06:30a Sunrise Semester – Civilizations : “Art and Architecture” is discussed by Dr. Lionel Casson
07:00a Understanding Our World
07:30a Perceptions – Dick Bertel
07:55a Let’s Talk About – today’s topic is amateur radio hams
08:00a Captain Kangaroo – The Captain reads the story “Goodnight Sherbert”
09:00a Hap Richards – children
09:15a Deputy Dawg – cartoon
09:30a Leave it to Beaver
10:00a CBS News – Mike Wallace
10:30a Movie “Return of the Frontiersman” 1950 – Gordon MacRae, Julie London, Rory Calhoun
12:00p Love of Life
12:25p CBS News – Robert Trout
12:30p Search for Tomorrow
12:45p The Guiding Light
01:00p Movie “Lives of a Bengal Lancer” part 1 (1935); Gary Cooper
01:30p As The World Turns
02:00p Password – host: Allen Ludden; guests: Frank Gifford and Lauren Bacall
02:30p House Party – guests: comedians Allen and Rossi
03:00p The Edge of Night
03:30p To Tell the Truth – panel: Sally Ann Howes, Robert Q. Lewis, Jan Murray and Phyllis Newman
03:55p CBS News – Douglas Edwards
04:00p Ranger Andy – children
04:30p Movie “Tarzan and His Mate” (1934)
06:05p Connecticut Senator – Sen. Thomas Dodd (D.) guests
06:10p Sports – Bob Steele
06:15p News, Weather
06:30p CBS News – Walter Cronkite
07:00p Movie “The Hanging Tree” ( 1959); Gary Cooper
09:00p Danny Thomas
09:30p Andy Griffith
10:00p The Detectives “The Legend of Jim Riva”
11:00p News, Weather
11:15p Movie “The Nightfighters” (1950); Robert Mitchum, Dan O’Herlihy

4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
06:15a Sign On Seminar
06:45a Daily Almanac
07:00a Today – scheduled guests: attorney James B. Donovan; Jack Lescoulie talks with members of the Houston Colt .45s (now the Astros) baseball team (Local news and weather 7:25, 8:25)
09:00a Leave it to Beaver
09:30a Bachelor Father
10:00a Say When
10:25a NBC News
10:30a Word For Word – Merv Griffin (color)
11:00a Concentration – Hugh Downs
11:30a Jeopardy (debut) – Art Fleming hosts this new question-and-answer game. Contestants must come up with questions to fit the answers already provided in their choice of six categories (color)
12:00p News, Weather
12:30p Mike Douglas – variety
02:00p Let’s Make A Deal (color)
02:25p NBC News – Floyd Kalber
02:30p The Doctors – Shafer wonders if Mrs. McMurtrie will pull through (live)
03:00p The Loretta Young Show
03:30p You Don’t Say! – Tom Kennedy; guests: Dorothy Dandridge and Peter Lawford (color)
04:00p Match Game – host: Gene Rayburn; guests: Arlene Francis and John Payne
04:25p NBC News
04:30p Clubhouse 4 – Bob Emery
05:00p Movie “Sorrowful Jones” (1949); Bob Hope, Lucille Ball
06:30p News, Weather
07:00p NBC News – Huntley/Brinkley
07:30p Monday Night at the Movies “The Pride of St. Louis” (1952); Dan Dailey
09:30p Hollywood and the Stars “The Oscars: Moments of Greatness”
10:00p Sing Along With Mitch (color)
11:00p News, Weather
11:15p Steve Allen – variety
12:45a News, Sports, Weather
01:00a Movie “The Last Train from Madrid” (1937)

5 – WHDH Boston (CBS)
06:00a Continental Classroom
06:30a Sunrise Semester – Civilizations : “Art and Architecture” is discussed by Dr. Lionel Casson
07:00a Morning Key Club (color)
07:30a Captain Bob (color)
08:00a Captain Kangaroo
09:00a Romper Room (color)
09:30a Chris Evans – women (color)
09:45a We Believe (color)
10:00a CBS News – Mike Wallace
10:30a I Love Lucy
11:00a The Real McCoys
11:30a Pete and Gladys
12:00p Love of Life
12:25p CBS News – Robert Trout
12:30p Search for Tomorrow
12:45p The Guiding Light
01:00p News – Leo Egan (color)
01:05p Farm and Food (color)
01:30p As The World Turns
02:00p Password – host: Allen Ludden; guests: Frank Gifford and Lauren Bacall
02:30p House Party – guests: comedians Allen and Rossi
03:00p To Tell the Truth – Bud Collyer; panelists: Ann Sheridan, Barry Nelson, Sam Levison and Nancy Dussault
03:25p CBS News – Douglas Edwards
03:30p Edge of Night
04:00p The Secret Storm
04:30p Bozo The Clown (color)
05:30p Sea Hunt
06:00p News – Leo Egan (color)
06:05p Dateline Boston (color)
06:30p CBS News – Walter Cronkite
07:00p News, Sports – John Day (color)
07:25p Weather – Ted Miller (color)
07:30p To Tell The Truth – panel: Orson Bean, Peggy Cass, Tom Poston and Kitty Carlisle
08:00p I’ve Got a Secret – Bette Davis presents a problem for panelists Bill Cullen, Henry Morgan, Betsy Palmer and Bess Myerson; host: Garry Moore
08:30p Lucille Ball “Lucy and the Scout Trip” (guest appearance by Desi Arnaz Jr.)
09:00p Danny Thomas
09:30p Andy Griffith
10:00p East Side/West Side “Nothing But the Half Truth”
11:00p News, Weather (color)
11:20p Sports – Don Gillis (color)
11:30p Johnny Carson (from NBC) – guests are Ferrante and Teicher (color)

6 – WTEV New Bedford (ABC)
06:00a Continental Classroom
07:00a Billy Bang Bang – cartoon
08:00a Whirlybirds “The Ashley Case”
08:30a Abbott and Costello
09:00a Ed Allen Time – exercise
09:30a Amos and Andy
10:00a Community – Bob Bassett
10:30a The Price is Right – Joan Fontaine concludes her stint as the celebrity panelist; host: Bill Cullen
11:00a Get The Message – host: Frank Buxton; celebrity guests: Betty White, Peggy Cass, Orson Bean and Abe Burrows
11:30a Missing Links – today the celebrity game show not only makes a channel change but a new host takes over the helm – Dick Clark; panel: Joel Grey, Tom Poston and Dorothy Kilgallen (came over from NBC where Ed McMahon was the host)
12:00p Father Knows Best
12:30p Ernie Ford – guest is home decorator Aleene; Ernie sings the hymn “Lonesome Valley”
01:00p Divorce Court
02:00p Woman – Athena Parker
02:30p Day In Court
02:55p ABC News – Lisa Howard
03:00p General Hospital
03:30p Queen For a Day
04:00p Trailmaster
05:00p Mickey Mouse Club
05:30p Superman
06:00p ABC News – Ron Cochran
06:15p News, Weather
06:30p The Detectives
07:30p The Outer Limits “Fun and Games”
08:30p Wagon Train (color) 90 min
10:00p Breaking Point
11:00p ABC News – Bob Young
11:10p News, Sports, Weather
11:30p Cain’s Hundred “The Debasers”

7 – WNAC Boston (ABC)
06:25a Farm and Market Report
06:30a Understanding Our World
07:00a The Three Stooges
08:15a The King and Odie
08:30a Jack La Lanne – Exercise
09:00a The People’s Choice “Sock Takes a Boarder”
09:30a Girl Talk – host: Virginia Graham; panel: Lisa Kirk, Doris Lilly and Zsuzsanna
10:00a Ernie Ford – Variety; guest is singer John Gary
10:30a The Price is Right – Joan Fontaine concludes her stint as the celebrity panelist; host: Bill Cullen
11:00a Get The Message – host: Frank Buxton; celebrity guests: Betty White, Peggy Cass, Orson Bean and Abe Burrows
11:30a David Allen – variety
12:00p People Are Funny
12:30p Father Knows Best
01:00p General Hospital
01:30p Trailmaster (Wagon Train)
02:30p Movie “The Wife Takes a Flyer” (1942); Joan Bennett, Franchot Tone
03:55p News – Lisa Howard
04:00p Adventures in Paradise “The Death Divers”
05:00p Woody Woodpecker
05:30p The Three Stooges
06:00p ABC News – Ron Cochran
06:15p News, Weather
06:30p Dobie Gillis
07:00p One Step Beyond “Echo”
07:30p The Outer Limits “Fun and Games”
08:30p Wagon Train (color) 90 min
10:00p American Communism (special)
11:00p News, Weather
11:15p Movie double feature “The Company She Keeps” (1950) and “Kill Me Tomorrow” (1957)

8 – WNHC New Haven (ABC)
06:45a Conversations on the Changing Church – religion
07:00a College Classroom
07:30a Mr. Goober – children
09:00a Girl Talk – host: Virginia Graham; panel: Kaye Ballard, Toni Carroll and Gena LeRoy
09:30a Queen for a Day – Jack Bailey is the host as the annual “YMCA King for a Day” is chosen
10:00a General Hospital
10:30a The Price is Right – Joan Fontaine concludes her stint as the celebrity panelist; host: Bill Cullen
11:00a Get The Message – host: Frank Buxton; celebrity guests: Betty White, Peggy Cass, Orson Bean and Abe Burrows
11:30a Missing Links – today the celebrity game show not only makes a channel change but a new host takes over the helm – Dick Clark; panel: Joel Grey, Tom Poston and Dorothy Kilgallen
12:00p Father Knows Best
12:30p Ernie Ford – guest is home decorator Aleene; Ernie sings the hymn “Lonesome Valley”
01:00p Movie “Pagan Love Song” 1950; Esther Williams, Howard Keel
02:30p Day In Court
02:55p ABC News – Lisa Howard
03:00p Trailmaster (Wagon Train)
04:00p Admiral Jack – children
05:00p The Rifleman
05:30p Yogi Bear
06:00p News
06:10p Weather – Joe Francis
06:15p ABC News – Ron Cochran
06:30p Follow the Sun “The Irresistible Miss Bullfinch”
07:30p The Outer Limits “Fun and Games”
08:30p Wagon Train (color) 90 min
10:00p Breaking Point
11:00p ABC News – Bob Young
11:10p News, Sports, Weather
11:30p Movie “Angels in the Outfield” (1951)

10 – WJAR Providence (NBC)
06:30a TV Classroom
07:00a Today – scheduled guests: attorney James B. Donovan; Jack Lescoulie talks with members of the Houston Colt .45s (now the Astros) baseball team (Local news and weather 7:25, 8:25)
09:00a Talk of the Town – Jay Kroll
09:30a News
09:35a The World Around Us
10:00a Say When
10:25a NBC News
10:30a Word For Word – Merv Griffin (color)
11:00a Concentration – Hugh Downs
11:30a Jeopardy (debut) – Art Fleming hosts this new question-and-answer game. Contestants must come up with questions to fit the answers already provided in their choice of six categories (color)
12:00p Your First Impression – Bill Leyden (color)
12:30p Truth or Consequences – Bob Barker; guests: midget Billy Barty, and Brownies and Cub Scouts (color)
12:55p NBC News – Ray Scherer
01:00p Make Room For Daddy
01:30p Leave It To the Girls
02:00p Let’s Make A Deal (color)
02:25p NBC News – Floyd Kalber
02:30p The Doctors – Shafer wonders if Mrs. McMurtrie will pull through (live)
03:00p The Loretta Young Show
03:30p You Don’t Say! – Tom Kennedy; guests: Dorothy Dandridge and Peter Lawford (color)
04:00p Match Game – host: Gene Rayburn; guests: Arlene Francis and John Payne
04:25p NBC News
04:30p Movie “One Million B.C.” (1940); Carole Landis, Victor Mature
06:00p Eye-Dentify - Jay Kroll
06:15p News, Weather
06:30p NBC News – Huntley/Brinkely
07:00p Death Valley Days
07:30p Monday Night at the Movies “The Pride of St. Louis” (1952); Dan Dailey
09:30p Peter Gunn
10:00p Sing Along With Mitch (color)
11:00p News, Weather
11:20p Sports – Clem Labine
11:30p Johnny Carson (color)

12 – WPRO Providence (CBS)
06:30a Sunrise Semester – Outlines of Art: “Flemish and Dutch Paintings of the 18th Century”
07:00a Cartoons
07:30a The King and Odie
07:45a Storytime – Beth Chollar
08:00a Captain Kangaroo – The Captain reads the story “Goodnight Sherbert”
09:00a Romper Room
09:30a Dialing for Dollars
10:00a CBS News – Mike Wallace
10:30a I Love Lucy
11:00a The Real McCoys
11:30a Pete and Gladys
12:00p Love of Life
12:25p CBS News – Robert Trout
12:30p Search for Tomorrow
12:45p The Guiding Light
01:00p Girl Talk – panel: Nancy Berg, Sue Keen and Diahn Williams
01:30p As The World Turns
02:00p Password – host: Allen Ludden; guests: Frank Gifford and Lauren Bacall
02:30p House Party – guests: comedians Allen and Rossi
03:00p To Tell the Truth – Bud Collyer; panelists: Ann Sheridan, Barry Nelson, Sam Levison and Nancy Dussault
03:25p CBS News – Douglas Edwards
03:30p Edge of Night
04:00p Salty’s Funny Company – children
04:30p Yogi Bear
05:00p Movie “The Bamboo Prison”
06:30p CBS News – Walter Cronkite
07:00p News, Sports, Weather
07:30p To Tell The Truth – panel: Orson Bean, Peggy Cass, Tom Poston and Kitty Carlisle
08:00p I’ve Got a Secret – Bette Davis presents a problem for panelists Bill Cullen, Henry Morgan, Betsy Palmer and Bess Myerson; host: Garry Moore
08:30p Lucille Ball “Lucy and the Scout Trip” (guest appearance by Desi Arnaz Jr.)
09:00p Danny Thomas
09:30p Andy Griffith
10:00p East Side/West Side “Nothing But the Half Truth”
11:00p News, Weather
11:15p Sports – Chris Clark
11:20p Movie “No Down Payment” (1957); Joanne Woodward, Tony Randall

18 – WHCT Hartford (Ind.) – also ran pay movies via Zenith’s Phonevision
01:00p Off to Adventure – religion
01:30p In the Public Interest
02:00p Life of Riley
02:30p Digest
03:00p Movie “Secret Enemies” (1942)
04:30p Movie “Secret Enemies” (1942)
06:00p Pay TV – Movie “Call Me Bwana”; price $1.00
08:00p Pay TV – Movie “Call Me Bwana”; price $1.00
09:45p Pay TV – Movie “Call Me Bwana”; price $1.00
11:30p Pay TV – Movie “Jessica” (1962); price $0.50

20 – WATR Waterbury (ABC) – channel 20 does not colorcast
10:30a The Price is Right
11:00a Get The Message
11:30a Missing Links
12:00p Father Knows Best
12:30p Ernie Ford – guest is home decorator Aleene; Ernie sings the hymn “Lonesome Valley”
01:00p Film Feature
01:30p At Home With Kitty
02:00p This is the Answer – religion
02:30p Day In Court
02:55p ABC News – Lisa Howard
03:00p General Hospital
03:30p Queen For a Day
04:00p Trailmaster
05:00p Mail Order Market
06:45p ABC News – Ron Cochran
07:00p Mail Order Market
07:30p The Outer Limits “Fun and Games”
08:30p Wagon Train (90 min)
10:00p Breaking Point
11:00p ABC News – Bob Young

22 – WWLP Springfield (NBC)/32 – WRLP Northfield (NBC)
07:00a Today
09:00a Romper Room
10:00a Say When
10:25a NBC News
10:30a Word For Word – Merv Griffin (color)
11:00a Concentration – Hugh Downs
11:30a Jeopardy (debut) (color)
12:00p Your First Impression
12:30p Truth or Consequences
12:55p NBC News – Ray Scherer
01:00p At Home With Kitty – Ruth Ley uses wines in cooking (live)
02:00p Let’s Make A Deal (color)
02:25p NBC News – Floyd Kalber
02:30p The Doctors
03:00p The Loretta Young Show
03:30p You Don’t Say!
04:00p Match Game
04:25p NBC News
04:30p Movie “Angels in the Outfield” (1951)
06:15p Sports
06:30p NBC News – Huntley/Brinkely
07:00p News, Weather
07:15p Western Massachusetts Highlights – Tom Colton (channel 22)
07:15p Roundtable – discussion (channel 32)
07:30p Monday Night at the Movies “The Pride of St. Louis” (1952); Dan Dailey
09:30p Hollywood and the Stars “The Oscars: Moments of Greatness”
10:00p Sing Along With Mitch (color)
11:00p News, Weather
11:30p Johnny Carson (color)

24 WEDH Hartford (Educational)
09:30a Social Studies – Grades 4-6
09:55a Poetry – elementary
10:20a Science – Junior High
10:55a Wonder of Words
11:20a Humanities – Fadiman
11:55a Film Feature
01:00p Natural Science
01:25p Humanities – Clifton Fadiman
02:00p Natural Science
05:15p The Friendly Giant
05:30p What’s New – children
06:00p Discovery – Mary Lela Grimes
06:30p What’s New
07:00p Humanities – Clifton Fadiman
07:30p Film Feature
08:00p Dr. Posin’s Giants (a discussion of nuclear weapons)
08:30p Great Decisions-1964 “Chou en-lai In Africa: A Propaganda Case Study”
09:00p International Magazine
10:00p In-School Preview

30 – WHNB West Hartford (NBC)
06:30p Agriculture on Parade “Miracle of the Can”
07:00a Today
09:00a Today in Connecticut
09:30a Romper Room
10:00a Say When
10:25a NBC News
10:30a Word For Word – Merv Griffin (color)
11:00a Concentration – Hugh Downs
11:30a Jeopardy (debut)(color)
12:00p Your First Impression
12:30p Truth or Consequences
12:55p NBC News – Ray Scherer
01:00p At Home With Kitty – Ruth Ley uses wines in cooking (live)
01:30p Wild Bill Hickok – western
02:00p Let’s Make A Deal (color)
02:25p NBC News – Floyd Kalber
02:30p The Doctors
03:00p The Loretta Young Show
03:30p You Don’t Say!
04:00p Match Game
04:25p NBC News
04:30p Make Room for Daddy
05:00p Three Stooges
05:30p Maverick “The Third Rider”
06:30p NBC News – Huntley/Brinkely
07:00p News, Weather
07:15p Sports – Jack Comley
07:30p Monday Night at the Movies “The Pride of St. Louis” (1952); Dan Dailey
09:30p Hollywood and the Stars “The Oscars: Moments of Greatness”
10:00p Sing Along With Mitch (color)
11:00p News, Weather
11:15p Johnny Carson (color)

40 – WHYN Springfield (ABC)
08:30a Frontiers of Science
09:00a Bozo the Clown – cartoon
09:45a The King and Odie – cartoon
10:00a O. Henry Playhouse
10:30a The Price is Right
11:00a Get The Message
11:30a Missing Links
12:00p Father Knows Best
12:30p Ernie Ford – guest is home decorator Aleene; Ernie sings the hymn “Lonesome Valley”
01:00p News – Gary Garrison
01:05p Barbara Bernard – women; The Berkshire Trio entertains (live)
01:30p Movie “California Straight Ahead” (1937); John Wayne
02:30p Day In Court
02:55p ABC News – Lisa Howard
03:00p General Hospital
03:30p Queen For a Day
04:00p Trailmaster
05:00p The Admiral and Swabby – children
05:30p Superman
06:00p News
06:05p Laramie “Dragon at the Door”
07:00p News, Weather
07:15p ABC News – Ron Cochran
07:30p The Outer Limits “Fun and Games”
08:30p Wagon Train (color) 90 min
10:00p Breaking Point
11:00p ABC News – Bob Young
11:15p Steve Allen
 
MCarney said:
18 – WHCT Hartford (Ind.) – also ran pay movies via Zenith’s Phonevision
01:00p Off to Adventure – religion
01:30p In the Public Interest
02:00p Life of Riley
02:30p Digest
03:00p Movie “Secret Enemies” (1942)
04:30p Movie “Secret Enemies” (1942)
06:00p Pay TV – Movie “Call Me Bwana”; price $1.00
08:00p Pay TV – Movie “Call Me Bwana”; price $1.00
09:45p Pay TV – Movie “Call Me Bwana”; price $1.00
11:30p Pay TV – Movie “Jessica” (1962); price $0.50

"Call Me Bwana" wasn't even a year old at this point!
 
That was the promise of Phonevision - in a time where it took about 5 years for a film to make it to TV they would show recent films. The drawback was this system could only work in black & white.
 
I guess at this time, Steve Allen was syndicated by Westinghouse, which is why Westinghouse-owned WBZ-TV ran his show after the 11pm news, instead of Johnny Carson, allowing the CBS affiliate, WHDH-TV, to carry Carson in Boston. And WHYN-TV Springfield picked up Steve Allen since ABC had no late night shows.

I also see WBZ and WNAC carry 1am movies. Everyone else signs off after the 11:15 movie or Carson or Allen.

WATR-TV Waterbury, then an ABC affiliate, signs off after the 11pm news. What an odd station, an ABC affiliate only 35 miles from WNHC 8 New Haven. WATR only signs on at 10:30am and they're off the air by 11:15pm. They had almost no programming to run when they weren't carrying ABC shows, not even an evening newscast, only an 11pm news. Could you imagine what that must have been? Someone reading wire copy for a few minutes before the National Anthem gets played?

What the heck was "Mail Order Market"? WATR would run that between 5pm and 7:30pm, only breaking for the 15 min. ABC national news at 6:45. Was this a forerunner of infomercials or HSN/QVC? Later WATR would become an NBC affilate, only 30 miles from WVIT 30 New Britain-Hartford. I remember NYC TV Guides would carry their program listings and except for a few black-and-white syndicated shows, they had almost nothing to run when NBC wasn't supplying them with programming.

By this time, another early Connecticut UHF station, WICC-TV 43 Bridgeport, an ABC and Dumont affiliate with very few viewers, was already off the air.
 
Many NBC affiliates dropped Tonight during the "Tonight: America After Dark" era in early 1957. Most came back by the end of the year, after Jack Paar took over but some didn't. (WJAR Providence did not clear it until Spring 1960 - WPRO aired it until then). WBZ and sister station KYW Cleveland didn't clear Tonight in part due to Group W's differences with NBC over the KYW trade - syndicating shows (like PM East and Steve Allen) came later.
 
MCarney said:
That was the promise of Phonevision - in a time where it took about 5 years for a film to make it to TV they would show recent films. The drawback was this system could only work in black & white.

...and "Call Me Bwana" was in Color!

I'm guessing the station wasn't color-casting anyway.

I wonder if "Phonevision" was hackable like the 1970's-1980's OTA Pay-TV incription systems.
 
MCarney said:
Many NBC affiliates dropped Tonight during the "Tonight: America After Dark" era in early 1957. Most came back by the end of the year, after Jack Paar took over but some didn't. (WJAR Providence did not clear it until Spring 1960 - WPRO aired it until then). WBZ and sister station KYW Cleveland didn't clear Tonight in part due to Group W's differences with NBC over the KYW trade - syndicating shows (like PM East and Steve Allen) came later.

WSB did much the same thing, never carrying Paar, who was carried in Atlanta by then-ABC affiliate WLW-A (now WXIA)
Ch. 11. WSB did not resume carrying "The Tonight Show" until Johnny Carson took over October 1, 1962; he remained
on Ch. 2 until the ABC/NBC switch of September 1, 1980, when "Tonight" went back to 11 Alive.

WSB did carry Steve Allen's late-'60s syndicated show on Saturday afternoons in 1968 and '69; Ted Turner later picked
it up and aired it five mornings a week.
 
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