Washington, DC Tuesday, January 24, 1956

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From The Washington Post. Again, no Baltimorelistings.WNBW Ch. 4 (NBC) 6:45 Today On The Farm 7 AM Today (Dave Garroway) 8:55 Cooking 9 AM Little Rascals 9:30 Romper Room10 AM Ding Dong School10:30 Ernie Kovacs (this show suffered the same fate as Letterman's morning show a quarter-century later--you had to WATCH, and too few people did so)11 AM Home (Arlene Francis, Hugh Downs)12 N Tennessee Ernie Ford Show12:30 Feather Your Nest 1 PM People's Playhouse: "King Of The Turf" 2 PM Afternoon 2:30 Star And Story 3 PM Matinee Theater (one of the first NBC shows to be broadcast regularly in color) 4 PM Date With Life 4:15 Modern Romances 4:30 Queen For A Day 5 PM Pinky Lee Show 5:30 Howdy Doody (also in color) 6 PM Footlight Theater: "Kid Ranger" 6:45 Weather And News 7 PM Superman 7:30 Dinah Shore (color) 7:45 Camel News Caravan 8 PM Martha Raye Show (she alternated with Milton Berle and Bob Hope) 9 PM Fireside Theater 9:30 Armstrong Circle Theater10:30 Big Town11 PM News11:15 Weather, Sports, Music11:30 Tonight (Steve Allen) 1 AM Sign OffWTTG Ch. 5 (DuMont) 9 AM Serial Theater 9:30 Looney Tunes10 AM Academy Theater: "Ramrod"12 N Looney Tune Time12:30 Serial Theater12:45 Time To Eat 1 PM Two In A Row: "International Incident" and "Bright Boy" 2 PM Ladies Be Seated (not the Johnny Olsen game show, this is a movie: today's feature is called "Louisiana") 3:30 Flame Theater 4 PM Brighter Day (CBS soap pre-empted on Ch. 9) 4:15 Secret Storm (ditto) 4:30 On Your Account (also pre-empted on Ch. 9) 5 PM Lamb Session With Art Lamb 6 PM Hoppity Skippity 6:30 Cindy Lou's Melody Ranch, News, Weather 7:15 Yesterday's Newsreel 7:30 Name That Tune (George De Witt-- another CBS show pre-empted on 9) 8 PM Million Dollar Movie: "Cure For Love" 9:30 Masterpiece Theater (no, not THAT one-- feature is "Candlelight In Algeria")11 PM News; Featurama12 M Sign OffWMAL Ch. 7 (ABC)11:15 This Is The Story11:30 Studio 7: "Train To Danger"12 N Cartoon Concert12:30 Clown Corner; News 1 PM Ladies Home Theater: "No Living Witnesses" 2:30 Milton Q. Ford's Quiz Club (another ubiqiuitous personality in D.C. back then) 3 PM Afternoon Film Festival: "Traveler's Joy" (ABC's series of English movies, also in primetime as "Famous Film Festival") 5 PM Mickey Mouse Club 6 PM Cowboy G-Men 6:30 Town & Country Time 7 PM Jim Gibbons (longtime voice of the Redskins) 7:15 John Daly And The News 7:30 Cheyenne 8:30 Wyatt Earp 9 PM Danny Thomas Show 9:30 DuPont Cavalcade Theater10 PM Outside U.S.A.10:30 Wrestling From Baltimore11 PM News And Weather11:15 Top Plays: "Second Elopement"12 M Heart Of The City12:30 Sign OffWTOP Ch. 9 (CBS) 6:55 Meditations 7 AM Morning Show (CBS's first attempt to compete with NBC's Today show) 8 AM Captain Kangaroo 9 AM Mark Evans Show10 AM Garry Moore Show10:30 Arthur Godfrey Time11:30 Strike It Rich12 N Valiant Lady12:15 Love Of Life12:30 Search For Tomorrow12:45 Guiding Light 1 PM Jack Paar Show 1:30 Love Story (a sort of forerunner to Love Connection) 2 PM Robert Q. Lewis Show 2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party 3 PM Big Payoff 3:30 Bob Crosby Show (Bing's brother) 4 PM Pick Temple's Ranch: "Trouble In Sundown" (episode of Kit Carson) 5 PM My Little Margie 5:30 Foreign Incident 6 PM Cisco Kid 6:30 Spotlight 6:45 Douglas Edwards With The News 7 PM 1956 Motorama Show 7:30 Amos 'n' Andy 8 PM Phil Silvers Show (Sgt. Bilko) 8:30 Navy Log 9 PM Meet Millie 9:30 Red Skelton Show (color)10 PM The $64,000 Question10:30 Waterfront11 PM News11:15 This Week In Sports11:30 Boston Blackie12 M Mr. And Mrs. North12:30 News12:45 Sign Off