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Retro: Western Pennsylvania/Ohio Valley/Youngstown Tues, Oct 7, 1958

from TV Guide-Pittsburgh edition

Channel 12 programs listed EST
* network shows aired on WARD 56-ABC/CBS Johnstown (TVG only listed 56's network shows)


KDKA 2-CBS Pittsburgh
6:25 Sermonette
6:30 Sunrise Semester "Vanity Fair"
7:00 Jeff Jordan
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
8:45 Josie's Storyland
9:15 It's a Great Life
9:45 Slimnastics
10:00 For Love or Money
10:30 My Little Margie
11:00 Arthur Godfrey
11:30 Top Dollar
noon News
12:15 Jean Connelly
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1:00 Movie "His Kind of Woman" (pt 1)
2:20 Women's Angle
2:30 House Party
3:00 Big Payoff
3:30 Verdict is Yours
4:00 Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 KD Kartoons
5:00 Movie "The Master Race"
6:30 Wild Bill Hickok
7:00 News/Sports
7:15 CBS News
7:30 Decoy
8:00 Sea Hunt
8:30 To Tell the Truth*
9:00 Arthur Godfrey (guests Johnny Nash, Martha Carson, Ray Walston, and the Axidentals)
9:30 Red Skelton
10:00 Garry Moore* (guests William Bendix, Hermione Gingold, Marilyn Maxwell, Earl Hall, and Carol Burnett)
11:00 News/Sports
11:15 Movie "Too Hot to Handle"
1:00 Weather/News
1:10 Movie "Moon Over Her Shoulder"
2:20 Sermonette

WTAE 4-ABC Pittsburgh
10:00 TV Hour of Stars "One Life"
11:00 Movie "Cry of the Werewolf"
noon Cartoons
12:30 Medic
1:00 Movie "The Fuller Brush Man"
2:30 Our Miss Brooks
3:00 American Bandstand (Dick Clark was on that week's cover)
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4:00 American Bandstand
5:30 Adventure Time
6:00 Three Stooges
6:20 Buccaneers
6:50 News
7:00 If You Had a Million
7:30 Cheyenne
8:30 Wyatt Earp
9:00 Rifleman
9:30 Naked City
10:00 Rescue 8 (premiere)
10:30 News
10:45 Movie "East Side of Heaven"
12:15 News

WJAC 6-ABC/NBC/CBS Johnstown
6:30 Continental Classroom "Atomic Age Physics"
7:00 Today
9:00 Romper Room (c)
10:00 Dough-Re-Mi
10:30 Treasure Hunt
11:00 Price is Right
11:30 Concentration
noon Tic Tac Dough
12:30 It Could Be You
1:00 Mayor of the Town
1:30 His Honor, Homer Bell
2:00 Truth or Consequences
2:30 Haggis Baggis
3:00 Today is Ours
3:30 From These Roots
4:00 Queen for a Day
4:30 County Fair
5:00 Guy Lombardo
5:30 Woody Woodpecker
6:00 Sports/Weather/News
6:30 Headline
7:00 Ozzie & Harriet
7:30 Harbor Command
8:00 George Gobel (c/guests Dennis Day and Peggy Lee)
9:00 Colgate Theater "If You Knew Tomorrow" (finale)
9:30 Bob Cummings
10:00 Californians
10:30 Alfred Hitchcock
11:00 News/Sports
11:15 Movie "War Paint"

WTRF 7-ABC/NBC Wheeling
6:30 Continental Classroom "Atomic Age Physics"
6:55 Daily Word
7:00 Today
9:00 Romper Room
10:00 Dough-Re-Mi
10:30 Treasure Hunt
11:00 Price is Right
11:30 Concentration
noon Tic Tac Dough
12:30 It Could Be You
1:00 Heart of the Home
1:30 Downtown
2:00 Truth or Consequences
2:30 Haggis Baggis
3:00 Today is Ours
3:30 From These Roots
4:00 Queen for a Day
4:30 County Fair
5:00 It's a Great Life
5:30 Comedy Time "When Wife's Away"
6:00 Huckleberry Hound
6:30 Popeye Playhouse
7:00 News/Sports
7:15 NBC News
7:30 Donna Reed
8:00 George Gobel (c)
9:00 Colgate Theater "If You Knew Tomorrow" (finale)
10:00 Californians
10:30 Boots & Saddles
11:00 News/Sports
11:15 Jack Paar
1:00 Daily Word

WSTV 9-ABC/CBS Steubenville
7:00 Morning Show
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
8:45 Cartoons
9:00 Movie "Son of Roaring Dan"
10:00 For Love or Money
10:30 Play Your Hunch
11:00 Arthur Godfrey
11:30 Top Dollar
noon Love of Life
12:30 Hour of Stars "Smoke Jumpers"
1:30 As the World Turns
2:00 Jimmy Dean (guest Martha Wright)
2:30 House Party
3:00 Big Payoff
3:30 Verdict is Yours
4:00 Rural Urban Scene
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge of Night
5:00 American Bandstand
6:00 Three Stooges
6:20 News/Weather/Sports
6:45 CBS News
7:00 Andy Williams (finale)
7:30 Rin Tin Tin
8:00 Confidential File
8:30 To Tell the Truth
9:00 Arthur Godfrey
9:30 Red Skelton
10:00 Garry Moore
11:00 News/Weather
11:20 Movie "The Lone Wolf Returns"
1:00 Weather/News

WFBG 10-ABC/CBS Altoona
7:00 Breakfast Time
8:00 Horizons
10:00 TV Hour of Stars "One Life"
11:00 Arthur Godfrey
11:30 Top Dollar
noon Love of Life
12:30 Farm, Home & Garden
1:00 Edge of Night
1:30 As the World Turns
2:00 Search for Tomorrow
2:15 Guiding Light
2:30 House Party
3:00 Big Payoff
3:30 News/Weather
3:45 Brighter Day
4:00 American Bandstand
5:30 Adventure Time
6:00 Popeye Playhouse
6:15 Outdoors
6:30 News/Sports
6:45 CBS News
7:00 Mama
7:30 Cheyenne
8:30 Wyatt Earp
9:00 Rifleman
9:30 Red Skelton
10:00 Garry Moore
11:00 News/Weather
11:30 Movie "Parachute Battalion"
12:45 Thought for the Day

WIIC 11-NBC Pittsburgh
6:30 Continental Classroom "Atomic Age Physics"
7:00 Today
9:00 Reduce to Rhythm
9:10 Romper Room
9:55 News
10:00 Dough-Re-Mi
10:30 Treasure Hunt
11:00 Price is Right
11:30 Concentration
noon Tic Tac Dough
12:30 It Could Be You
1:00 I Married Joan
1:30 Susie
2:00 Truth or Consequences
2:30 Haggis Baggis
3:00 Today is Ours
3:30 From These Roots
4:00 Queen for a Day
4:30 County Fair
5:00 Popeye
5:30 Amos & Andy
6:00 Burns & Allen
6:30 News/Sports
6:45 NBC News
7:00 Union Pacific
7:30 Dragnet
8:00 George Gobel (c)
9:00 Colgate Theater "If You Knew Tomorrow" (finale)
9:30 Bob Cummings
10:00 Californians
10:30 Big Story
11:00 News/Sports
11:15 Jack Paar
1:00 Weather/News

WBOY 12-ABC/CBS/NBC Clarksburg
7:00 Today
9:00 off-air?
9:55 News
10:00 Dough-Re-Mi
10:30 Treasure Hunt
11:00 Price is Right
11:30 Concentration
noon Tic Tac Dough
12:30 It Could Be You
1:00 News
1:05 Movie "The Cobra Strikes"
2:00 Truth or Consequences
2:30 Haggis Baggis
3:00 Today is Ours
3:30 From These Roots
4:00 Queen for a Day
4:30 County Fair
5:00 Three Stooges
5:30 Movie "Colorado Serenade"
6:30 Three Stooges
6:45 News/Sports
7:15 NBC News
7:30 Dragnet
8:00 George Gobel (c)
9:00 O. Henry Playhouse "Marionettes"
9:30 Bob Cummings
10:00 Californians
10:30 Sea Hunt
11:00 News/Weather
11:15 Jack Paar
1:00 Weather/News

WQED 13-Edu Pittsburgh
8:25 TTD Physics
9:00 From Capitol Hill
9:30 Schooltime: History
10:00 TTD Physics
10:30 TTD Science
11:00 Language
11:30 Industry on Parade
11:45 Prince
noon World of Music
1:05 Schooltime: History
1:40 Atomic Primer
2:10 Schooltime: Stories
2:30 TTD Russian
3:00 Especially for You
3:15 TTD Russian
3:45 Friendly Giant
4:00 Children's Corner
4:30 Film Fare
5:00 World of Music
6:00 Jazz Meets the Classics
6:30 Pitt Parade
7:00 How to Write
7:30 Pitt Huddle
8:15 UN Review
8:30 Conversational Russian
9:00 Legally Speaking
9:30 Great Minds
10:00 Graphic Arts
10:30 Adventure

WFMJ 21-NBC Youngstown
6:30 Continental Classroom "Atomic Age Physics"
7:00 Today
9:00 Family Fare
10:00 Dough-Re-Mi
10:30 Treasure Hunt
11:00 Price is Right
11:30 Concentration
noon Tic Tac Dough
12:30 It Could Be You
1:00 News
1:15 Kitchen Corner
2:00 Truth or Consequences
2:30 Haggis Baggis
3:00 Today is Ours
3:30 From These Roots
4:00 Queen for a Day
4:30 County Fair
5:00 Bugs Bunny
5:30 Popeye Playhouse
6:30 News/Sports
6:45 NBC News
7:00 Kit Carson
7:30 Dragnet
8:00 George Gobel (c)
9:00 Colgate Theater "If You Knew Tomorrow" (finale)
9:30 Bob Cumming
10:00 Californians
10:30 Charlie Chan
11:00 News/Weather
11:20 Jack Paar

WKBN 27-CBS Youngstown
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
8:45 CBS News
9:55 News
10:00 For Love or Money
10:30 Play Your Hunch
11:00 Arthur Godfrey
11:30 Top Dollar
noon Love of Life
12:30 Movie "Penitentiary"
1:45 Fashion Studio
2:00 Jimmy Dean
2:30 House Party
3:00 Big Payoff
3:30 Verdict is Yours
4:00 Cartoons
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Movie "Belle of the Yukon"
6:00 My Little Margie
6:30 News/Sports
6:45 CBS News
7:00 Heart of the City
7:30 City Detective
8:00 Keep Talking* (on 56, preceded by Stars in Action)
8:30 To Tell the Truth
9:00 Arthur Godfrey
9:30 State Trooper
10:00 Garry Moore
11:00 News/Sports
11:20 Movie "Ladies Love Danger"

WKST 45-ABC New Castle
3pm American Bandstand
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4:00 American Bandstand
5:30 Adventure Time
6:00 Travel Time
6:15 News/Sports
6:30 Molly
7:00 It's Fun to Reduce
7:15 ABC News
7:30 Cheyenne
8:30 Our Miss Brooks
9:00 Rifleman
9:30 Naked City
10:00 Confession
10:30 ABC News
10:45 Movie "Hobson's Choice" (which WTAE showed two nights earlier)
 
What did the CBS affiliates have against soaps,
especially KDKA? I see ATWT, Edge Of Night,
and Love Of Life pre-empted there; I see exactly
two stations carrying Edge, and one of them airs
it on delay; Search For Tomorrow and Guiding Light
pre-empted in Steubenville. This was the heyday
for these shows, for crying out loud!
 
bpatrick said:
What did the CBS affiliates have against soaps, especially KDKA?...
This was the heyday for these shows, for crying out loud!

I guess they should have "given it a great deal of thought"...but didn't. <wink>
 
Bluenoser said:
Channel 12 programs listed EST
WTRF 7-ABC/NBC Wheeling
WBOY 12-ABC/CBS/NBC Clarksburg

In 1958, Clarksburg went off of DST on the last Sunday in September;
so as the "clock times" are the same as Pittsburgh for NBC shows,
WBOY-TV apparently was switched to the EST/CST delayed feed for
the month they were out-of-synch.

OTOH, Wheeling remained on DST until the last Sunday of October in
1958 (the first year they did the extension, according to Doris).
 
oldiesfan6479 said:
Bluenoser said:
Channel 12 programs listed EST
WTRF 7-ABC/NBC Wheeling
WBOY 12-ABC/CBS/NBC Clarksburg

In 1958, Clarksburg went off of DST on the last Sunday in September;
so as the "clock times" are the same as Pittsburgh for NBC shows,
WBOY-TV apparently was switched to the EST/CST delayed feed for
the month they were out-of-synch.

Then someone forgot to tell TVG...for World Series games later in the week, a note indicated if the games were necessary (they aired at 12:45), Clarksburg viewers would see them at 11:45 EST :D
 
Bluenoser said:
Then someone forgot to tell TVG...for World Series games later in the week, a note indicated if the games were necessary (they aired at 12:45), Clarksburg viewers would see them at 11:45 EST :D

No, that's actually correct. Live event programming would be sent live to the
EST/CST areas; it was the regular schedule which the networks sent on an
hour delay.

So live soaps--and the evening news for that matter--were not seen live in
the standard time areas, but the World Series was.
 
Channel 45 in New Castle ran the movie Hobson's Choice two nights after WTAE in Pittsburgh. They are about 60 miles apart.
Can I assume that stations used to use couriers to shuttle prints of a movie around within a region?
 
FreddyE1977 said:
Can I assume that stations used to use couriers to shuttle prints of a movie around within a region?

Perhaps, or if two nearby stations had ties with each other they'd put it
on a Greyhound bus.

Sometimes the syndicator specified "station A" ship the program/movie
directly to "station B." Remember Railway/Air Express?

Film prints were often sent to Bonded TV Film Service in El Lay, which
was a clearinghouse of sorts for syndicated shows and movies.

Are there any TV stations still with (a) working film chain(s)?

I'm sure some of the older posters remember film chain elements such as
RCA TP-7, TP-66 and TK-27, Eastman 275 and 285, and the GE (vertical
flip) and RCA (backflip) multiplexers.
 
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