Here's a week's worth of General Electric's WRGB Channel 4 (as they were then), Schenectady, N.Y., the lone station in the Schenectady-Albany-Troy market and affiliated with all four networks.
(Source: Berkshire Evening Eagle, Pittsfield, Mass.)
SUNDAY, Feb. 17
AM
10:30 Sign On
11 Frontiers of Faith (NBC)
11:15 Tootsie Hippodrome (ABC)
11:30 Kate Smith Show (NBC)
PM
12 Ranger Joe (ABC)
12:15 Backstage
12:30 Twenty Questions (Dumont from 8 p.m. Fri.)
1 Foreign Intrigue (syndicated)
1:30 Red Skelton (NBC from 10 p.m. Sun.)
2 Faye Emerson’s Wonderful Town (CBS from 9 p.m. Sat.)
2:30 Stu Erwin (ABC from 8:30 p.m. Fri)
3 Kate Smith Revue (NBC from 8 p.m. Wed.)
3:30 Let’s Talk It Over
4 Meet The Press (NBC)
4:30 Zoo Parade (NBC)
5 Western
6 TV Playhouse
7 Fashion Parade
7:15 Stranger Than Fiction
7:30 Young Mr. Bobbin (NBC)
8 Colgate Comedy Hour (NBC)
9 Fred Waring Show (CBS)
9:30 I Love Lucy (CBS from 9 p.m. Mon.)
10 Goodrich Celebrity Time (CBS)
10:30 Week In Review
10:45 TBA
11 All Star Review (NBC from 8 p.m. Sat.)
12 Hollywood Opening Night (CBS from 10:30 p.m. Fri.)
12:30 Sign Off
DAYTIME MONDAY-FRIDAY
AM
6:45 Sign On
7 Today (NBC)
9 News
9:05 Telesnaps (shows 10 mins. Mon-Thu, 25 mins. on Fri.)
9:15 M-Tu-Th Variety Time; W-How To Be Attractive
9:30 (Fri only) How To Be Attractive
10:15 Garry Moore (starts 9:45 on Fri only) (CBS)
10:30 Bride And Groom (CBS)
10:45 First Hundred Years (CBS)
11 Tu-Th Community Spotlight; M – unavailable; W – RPI; Fr - N.Y. State College for Teachers
11:30 Strike It Rich (CBS)
PM
12 The Egg And I (CBS)
12:15 Love Of Life (CBS)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow (CBS)
12:45 Tu-Thu Candid Camera (ABC at that time, according to classicthemes.com); M – unavailable but likely a school-related program; W - Schenectady Public Schools; F - Excursions In Science
1 Taste Time; Thu-Prudence Penny (cooking)
1:30 Rollin’ With Stone (local talk show)
2:30 M-Thu Trader Tuell; F – Market Hostess
2:45 (Fri only) A Woman’s World
3 The Big Payoff (NBC)
3:30 M-W-F Bert Parks Show (NBC); Tu-Th Bill Goodwin Show (NBC)
4 Kate Smith (NBC)
5 M-W-F Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (ABC; from 6:30 p.m.); Tu-Th Time For Beany (syndicated)
5:15 Breadtime Stories (sponsor: Freihofer Baking Co.)
5:30 Howdy Doody (NBC)
6 Bronco Bill
6:30 TV Showcase
6:55 Weather Map
7 M-W-F Kukla, Fran And Ollie (NBC); Tu-Ole American Barn Dance; Th-Telesports News Digest
7:15 M-Washington Spotlight with Marquis Childs; W-Going Places With Gaddis (local fishing show with Gadabout Gaddis); F-Kieran’s Kaleidoscope (syndicated)
7:30 M-W-F Those Two (NBC); Tu-Music with Earle Pudney (local); Th-Memory Lane
7:45 Camel News Caravan (NBC)
11 Newsreel
11:15 Uncle Charlie’s Place
MONDAY, Feb. 18
8 Paul Winchell-Jerry Mahoney Show (NBC)
8:30 Voice of Firestone (NBC)
9 Lights Out (NBC)
9:30 Robert Montgomery Presents (NBC)
10:30 Who Said That (NBC)
11:30 Crime Photographer (CBS from 10:30 p.m. Thu.)
12 Sign Off
TUESDAY, Feb. 19
8 Texaco Star Theatre (NBC)
9 Fireside Theatre (NBC)
9:30 Suspense (CBS)
10 Original Amateur Hour (NBC)
10:45 Hospitality House
11:30 TBA
12 Midnight Movie
12:30 Sign Off
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20
8 Mama (CBS from 8 p.m. Fri.)
8:30 Groucho Marx (NBC from 8 p.m. Thu.)
9 Kraft Television Theatre (NBC)
10 Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts (CBS)
10:45 Sports Spot (CBS)
11:30 Charlie Wild, Private Detective (ABC from 8 p.m. Tue.)
12 Midnight Movie
12:30 News
12:35 Sign Off
THURSDAY, Feb. 21
8 Stop The Music (ABC)
9 Alan Young Show (CBS)
9:30 Ford Festival (NBC)
10 Martin Kane, Private Eye (NBC)
10:30 St. Lawrence College
11:30 Man Against Crime (CBS from 8:30 p.m. Fri.)
12 Sign Off
FRIDAY, Feb. 22
8 Toast Of The Town (CBS from 8 p.m. Sunday)
9 Big Story (NBC)
9:30 Teen Age Barn (local talent show)
10 Gillette Cavalcade Of Sports (NBC)
10:45 Greatest Fights (NBC)
11:30 Better Home Show (ABC from 6:30 p.m. Saturday)
12 Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars (CBS from 9 p.m.)
1 News
1:05 Sign off
SATURDAY, Feb. 23
AM
9:15 Sign on
9:30 Smilin’ Ed’s Gang (CBS)
10 Wild Bill Hickok (syndicated)
10:30 Big Top (CBS)
11:30 Date With Judy (ABC)
PM
12 Sky King Theatre (NBC or ABC)
12:30 Super Circus (ABC)
1 Juvenile Jamboree
2 Roy Rogers (NBC from 6 p.m. Sunday)
2:30 Hopalong Cassidy (syndicated)
3:30 Cisco Kid (syndicated)
4 Claudia (short-lived NBC and CBS drama?)
4:30 Paul Whitman’s TV Teen Club (ABC from 8 p.m. previous Sat.)
5 Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts (CBS from 8:30 p.m. Mon.)
5:30 The News And You
5:45 Sound Track Matinee
PM
6 Arthur Godfrey and His Friends (CBS from 8 p.m. Wed.)
7 Sportscope
7:30 One Man’s Family (NBC)
8 Ken Murray Show (CBS)
9 Your Show Of Shows (NBC)
10:30 Hit Parade (NBC)
11 Wrestling (Dumont)
12M Break The Bank (NBC from 10 p.m. Wed.)
12:30 Sign Off
(Source: Berkshire Evening Eagle, Pittsfield, Mass.)
SUNDAY, Feb. 17
AM
10:30 Sign On
11 Frontiers of Faith (NBC)
11:15 Tootsie Hippodrome (ABC)
11:30 Kate Smith Show (NBC)
PM
12 Ranger Joe (ABC)
12:15 Backstage
12:30 Twenty Questions (Dumont from 8 p.m. Fri.)
1 Foreign Intrigue (syndicated)
1:30 Red Skelton (NBC from 10 p.m. Sun.)
2 Faye Emerson’s Wonderful Town (CBS from 9 p.m. Sat.)
2:30 Stu Erwin (ABC from 8:30 p.m. Fri)
3 Kate Smith Revue (NBC from 8 p.m. Wed.)
3:30 Let’s Talk It Over
4 Meet The Press (NBC)
4:30 Zoo Parade (NBC)
5 Western
6 TV Playhouse
7 Fashion Parade
7:15 Stranger Than Fiction
7:30 Young Mr. Bobbin (NBC)
8 Colgate Comedy Hour (NBC)
9 Fred Waring Show (CBS)
9:30 I Love Lucy (CBS from 9 p.m. Mon.)
10 Goodrich Celebrity Time (CBS)
10:30 Week In Review
10:45 TBA
11 All Star Review (NBC from 8 p.m. Sat.)
12 Hollywood Opening Night (CBS from 10:30 p.m. Fri.)
12:30 Sign Off
DAYTIME MONDAY-FRIDAY
AM
6:45 Sign On
7 Today (NBC)
9 News
9:05 Telesnaps (shows 10 mins. Mon-Thu, 25 mins. on Fri.)
9:15 M-Tu-Th Variety Time; W-How To Be Attractive
9:30 (Fri only) How To Be Attractive
10:15 Garry Moore (starts 9:45 on Fri only) (CBS)
10:30 Bride And Groom (CBS)
10:45 First Hundred Years (CBS)
11 Tu-Th Community Spotlight; M – unavailable; W – RPI; Fr - N.Y. State College for Teachers
11:30 Strike It Rich (CBS)
PM
12 The Egg And I (CBS)
12:15 Love Of Life (CBS)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow (CBS)
12:45 Tu-Thu Candid Camera (ABC at that time, according to classicthemes.com); M – unavailable but likely a school-related program; W - Schenectady Public Schools; F - Excursions In Science
1 Taste Time; Thu-Prudence Penny (cooking)
1:30 Rollin’ With Stone (local talk show)
2:30 M-Thu Trader Tuell; F – Market Hostess
2:45 (Fri only) A Woman’s World
3 The Big Payoff (NBC)
3:30 M-W-F Bert Parks Show (NBC); Tu-Th Bill Goodwin Show (NBC)
4 Kate Smith (NBC)
5 M-W-F Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (ABC; from 6:30 p.m.); Tu-Th Time For Beany (syndicated)
5:15 Breadtime Stories (sponsor: Freihofer Baking Co.)
5:30 Howdy Doody (NBC)
6 Bronco Bill
6:30 TV Showcase
6:55 Weather Map
7 M-W-F Kukla, Fran And Ollie (NBC); Tu-Ole American Barn Dance; Th-Telesports News Digest
7:15 M-Washington Spotlight with Marquis Childs; W-Going Places With Gaddis (local fishing show with Gadabout Gaddis); F-Kieran’s Kaleidoscope (syndicated)
7:30 M-W-F Those Two (NBC); Tu-Music with Earle Pudney (local); Th-Memory Lane
7:45 Camel News Caravan (NBC)
11 Newsreel
11:15 Uncle Charlie’s Place
MONDAY, Feb. 18
8 Paul Winchell-Jerry Mahoney Show (NBC)
8:30 Voice of Firestone (NBC)
9 Lights Out (NBC)
9:30 Robert Montgomery Presents (NBC)
10:30 Who Said That (NBC)
11:30 Crime Photographer (CBS from 10:30 p.m. Thu.)
12 Sign Off
TUESDAY, Feb. 19
8 Texaco Star Theatre (NBC)
9 Fireside Theatre (NBC)
9:30 Suspense (CBS)
10 Original Amateur Hour (NBC)
10:45 Hospitality House
11:30 TBA
12 Midnight Movie
12:30 Sign Off
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20
8 Mama (CBS from 8 p.m. Fri.)
8:30 Groucho Marx (NBC from 8 p.m. Thu.)
9 Kraft Television Theatre (NBC)
10 Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts (CBS)
10:45 Sports Spot (CBS)
11:30 Charlie Wild, Private Detective (ABC from 8 p.m. Tue.)
12 Midnight Movie
12:30 News
12:35 Sign Off
THURSDAY, Feb. 21
8 Stop The Music (ABC)
9 Alan Young Show (CBS)
9:30 Ford Festival (NBC)
10 Martin Kane, Private Eye (NBC)
10:30 St. Lawrence College
11:30 Man Against Crime (CBS from 8:30 p.m. Fri.)
12 Sign Off
FRIDAY, Feb. 22
8 Toast Of The Town (CBS from 8 p.m. Sunday)
9 Big Story (NBC)
9:30 Teen Age Barn (local talent show)
10 Gillette Cavalcade Of Sports (NBC)
10:45 Greatest Fights (NBC)
11:30 Better Home Show (ABC from 6:30 p.m. Saturday)
12 Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars (CBS from 9 p.m.)
1 News
1:05 Sign off
SATURDAY, Feb. 23
AM
9:15 Sign on
9:30 Smilin’ Ed’s Gang (CBS)
10 Wild Bill Hickok (syndicated)
10:30 Big Top (CBS)
11:30 Date With Judy (ABC)
PM
12 Sky King Theatre (NBC or ABC)
12:30 Super Circus (ABC)
1 Juvenile Jamboree
2 Roy Rogers (NBC from 6 p.m. Sunday)
2:30 Hopalong Cassidy (syndicated)
3:30 Cisco Kid (syndicated)
4 Claudia (short-lived NBC and CBS drama?)
4:30 Paul Whitman’s TV Teen Club (ABC from 8 p.m. previous Sat.)
5 Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts (CBS from 8:30 p.m. Mon.)
5:30 The News And You
5:45 Sound Track Matinee
PM
6 Arthur Godfrey and His Friends (CBS from 8 p.m. Wed.)
7 Sportscope
7:30 One Man’s Family (NBC)
8 Ken Murray Show (CBS)
9 Your Show Of Shows (NBC)
10:30 Hit Parade (NBC)
11 Wrestling (Dumont)
12M Break The Bank (NBC from 10 p.m. Wed.)
12:30 Sign Off