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Retro Wisconsin July 13th, 1959

From TV Guide Monday July 13, 1959

2 WBAY-CBS Green Bay
3 WISC-CBS Madison
4 WTMJ-NBC Milwaukee
5 WFRV-NBC Green Bay
6 WITI-ABC Milwaukee
6m WDMJ-CBS (and ABC) Marquette
7 WSAU-CBS, ABC, NBC Wausau
11 WMBV ABC Green Bay
12 WISN-CBS Milwaukee
18 WXIX-Ind Milwaukee (Off the air)
27 WKOW-ABC Madison
33 WMTV-NBC Madison

Morning

6:45
4 Farm and Garden

7:00
2 Cheer Up Time - Widoe
4 5 33 Today - Garroway

7:45
3 Film Feature

7:50
6 news

8:00
2 3 6 News -Clark

8:10
2 TV Party Line - Widoe

8:15
Captain Kangaroo
The crew of the S.S. Treasure house forms a band.
Sailor Clyde turns a baseball bat into a musical instrument.

8:55
7 News - Don Debyle

9:00
2 3 7 On the Go - Linkletter
4 Kitchen News - Griem
5 33 Dough Re Mi - Quiz
6 Romper Room - Miss Barbara

9:30
2 3 6 Sam Levenson
4 5 7 33 Treasure Hunt
10 Music

9:40
12 News

9:45
10 Heritage
12 To the Ladies

10:00
2 3 6 I Love Lucy
4 5 7 33 Price is Right
11 This is the Life
12 Fun House - Comedy

10:15
10 Social Issues in Education

10:30
2 3 6 Top Dollar - Quiz
4 5 7 33 Concentration
Keefe Brasselle substitutes this week for Hugh Downs
11 Movie - "Mexican Spitfire at Sea"

11:00
2 3 6 7 Love of Life - Serial
4 5 33 Tic Tac Dough - Quiz
12 Burns and Allen - Comedy

11:15
10 Compass Rose

11:30
2 3 6 Search for Tomorrow - Serial
4 5 7 33 It Could be You
10 Program Ten
12 Woman's Angle - Trudy

11:45
2 3 6 Guiding Light
27 Country Style USA

Afternoon

12:00
2 Noon Show - Bob Nelson
3 Wisconsin Farm Hour
4 Hot Shots - Variety
5 Amos 'N' Andy
6 Playhouse 6 - Drama
7 News - Walter Cronkite
10 Children's Corner
11 12 27 Across the Board
33 Lunchtime - Kids

12:05
7 Merry-Go-Round - Topinka

12:30
4 Midday - Reynolds
5 Life With Father - Comedy
6 As the World Turns
10 Japanese Folklore
11 12 27 Pantomime Quiz
33 The Way - Religion

1:00
2 3 7 For Better or Worse - Dr. James Peterson
4 5 33 Queen For a Day
6 Star Performance - Drama
A man is accused of murdering his wife. The problem is he's not married.
10 Briefing Session - Discussion
11 12 27 Music Bingo - Quiz

1:30
2 What's New To "Day"
3 6 7 House Party
4 5 33 Court of Human Relations - Advice
10 Keyboard Cnversation
11 Channel 11's Kitchen
12 Our Miss Brooks - Comedy
27 Matinee Playhouse - Drama

2:00
2 3 6 Big Payoff - Quiz
4 Woman's World - Discussion
5 33 Young Dr. Malone
7 Our Miss Brooks - Comedy
11 12 27 Day In Court - Drama
Today's re-enacted case: A college football player sues over injuries received at a
Frat party.

2:30
2 3 6 6m 7 Verdict is Yours - Drama
4 5 33 From These Roots
11 12 27 Gale Storm - Comedy

3:00
2 3 6 6m Brighter Day
4 5 33 Truth or Consequences (In Color)
7 Christian Science - Religion
11 12 27 Beat the Clock
A woman tries to hinder her husband in his attempt to keep a balloon in the air.

3:15
2 3 6 6m 7 Secret Storm

3:30
2 3 6 6m 7 Edge of Night
4 5 33 Country Fair - Parks
11 12 27 Who Do You Trust

4:00
2 3 As the World Turns
4 Comedy Time - Cooper
5 Marianne Show - Women
6 Movie "The Green Promise" - Drama
6m Shop, Look, Listen - Women
7 11 12 27 American Bandstand - Dick Clark
33 Fern Fowler - Women

4:30
2 6m House Party
3 Information Center - Talk
4 Movie "Hidden Guns" - Western
5 Life of Riley - Comedy
33 Mr. Flicker and Friends

5:00
2 Popeye's Cartoon Time - Kids
3 Peanut Gallery - Kids
5 Three Stooges
6m Tiny Town - Kids
7 Fun House
11 Uncle Tom - Kids
12 Superman

5:15
6m Spin-O-Rama - Ramsey

5:30
6 Amos 'N' Andy
7 Annie Oakley
11 12 27 Mickey Mouse Club

5:45
4 News - Huntley, Brinkley

5:55
2 3 Sports

Evening

6:00
2 3 4 5 6 7 27 33 News
6m Cartoons
11 News - John Daly
12 Punky and His Pals - Cartoon

6:15
2 3 4 5 6 6m 7 News - Edwards
5 33 News - Huntley, Brinkley
11 News, Weather, Sports
12 News - John Daly

6:30
2 3 6 Name That Tune
4 5 33 Buckskin - Western
6m News, Weather, Sports
7 Walt Disney
11 27 Polka -Go-Round
12 Milwaukee Reports - Herzog

7:00
2 3 6 6m Texas - Western
4 5 33 Restless Gun
12 Polka -Go-Round

7:30
2 3 6 Father Knows Best
4 5 33 Wells Fargo - Western
6 Anne Oakley
7 Groucho Marx - Quiz
11 12 27 Bold Journey

8:00
2 3 6 6m 7 Frontier Justice - Western
4 5 33 Peter Gunn
11 Vacationtime '59 - Al Brown
12 27 Pantomime Quiz
21 Teen-Ager - Education

8:30
Joseph Cotton - Drama
4 5 33 Alcoa Theater - Drama
11 27 Top Golf Pro
12 Walter Winchell File
21 Heritage

9:00
2 3 6 Desilu Playhouse
4 5 33 Arthur Murray (In Color)
6m Too Young to go Steady
7 Dr. Christian - Drama
12 Twenty Six Men
21 Haydn to Hi-Fi

9:30
4 To Be Announced
5 Target - Adolphe Menjou
6m Sheriff of Cochise
7 Zane Grey
11 Variety Playhouse
12 Death Valley Days
21 20th Century Revolution In World Affairs
27 U.S. Marshall
33 Science Fiction Theater

10:00
2 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 27 33 News
6m Ramblers
21 Compass - Travel

10:10
12 Weather in the Weather

10:15
4 Tugboat Anne - Comedy
5 Jack Paar
6 Movie "Johnny Holiday" - Drama
11 Movie "Flight From Glory" - Drama
12 Movie "Cluny Brown" - Comedy

10:20
7 Peter Gunn

10:25
33 Jack Paar

10:30
2 State Trooper
3 Movie "Weekend in Havana" - Musical
6m Halls of Ivy - Comedy
27 Night Court - Drama

10:45
4 Tonight in Milwaukee
27 Governor's Report

10:50
7 News, Sports

11:00
2 Movie "Holy Matrimony" - Comedy
4 Jack Paar
6m News - Nick Lauri
7 Command Performance
27 Movie "Way Down East" - Drama

11:15
6m Movie "Fallen Angel" - Drama

11:45
6 News, Weather, Sports

12:00
4 5 33 News

12:15
12 Night Watch - Comedy
 
djhend1 said:
6 WITI-ABC Milwaukee
12 WISN-CBS Milwaukee
...as the listings reflect, at this point WITI/6 was a CBS affiliate and WISN-TV/12 was an ABC affiliate. In fact, CBS had affiliated with WITI only three months previous to this. They wouldn't swap affiliations until 2 April 1961...
 
WXIX 18 was a week or so away from signing on as an independent (it had gone dark as a CBS affiliate in April 1959 when WITI signed up with CBS).
 
Hal Erickson said:
WXIX 18 was a week or so away from signing on as an independent (it had gone dark as a CBS affiliate in April 1959 when WITI signed up with CBS).

Precisely a week.

(I tend to remember the date well, as I was roughly 17 hours old and roughly five miles away when WXIX returned to the air...)
 
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