From an EXTRA published by the Syracuse Herald-Journal (The afternoon paper) November 22, 1963 exactly as it appeared on page 27:
TELEVISION
WHEN Channel 5
WSYR Channel 3
WNYS Channel 9
The Herald-Journal Is Not Responsible for Last Minute Changes in Radio and Television Programs Made by Stations
(c) Indicates Compatible Color
FRIDAY NIGHT
5:00 Popeye -- 3
Early Show (Cont.) -- 5
"Tarzan's Magic Fountain"
Superman -- 9
5:30 Dobie Gillis -- 9
6:00 News, Weather, Sports -- 5,3
Movie -- 9
"Day The Sky Exploded"
6:30 News -- 3,5
7:00 Redigo -- 3
Robin Hood -- 5
7:30 International Showtime -- 3
Great Adventure -- 5
Sunset Strip -- 9
8:30 (c)Bob Hope Theater -- 3
Route 66 -- 5
Burke's Law -- 9
9:30 Twilight Zone -- 5
Harry's Girls -- 3
Farmer's Daughter -- 9
10:00 Alfred Hitchcock -- 5
(c) Jack Paar -- 3
Fight of the Week -- 9
10:45 Make That Spare -- 9
11:00 News: Weather; Sports -- 3,5,9
11:15 Steve Allen -- 9
11:30 (c) Tonight -- 3
Star Theatre -- 5
"Valley of the Lions"
"South of Tahiti"
SATURDAY
7:00 Sunrise Semester -- 5
7:25 News -- 9
7:30 Western Jamboree -- 3
"Son of the Border"
Flicker Fun -- 5
(c) Hi Kids -- 9
7:45 (c) Cartoons -- 9
8:00 Captain Kangaroo -- 5
Lone Ranger -- 9
8:30 Cartoons -- 3
William Tell -- 9
9:00 Cartoons -- 5
African Patrol -- 9
9:15 Downtown Syracuse Christmas Parade -- 3
9:30 Tennesee Tuxedo -- 5
(c) Funny Co. -- 9
10:00 Superman -- 9
Cartoons -- 5
10:15 Cartoons -- 3
10:30 Fireball XL5 -- 3
Cartoons -- 5
Jetsons -- 9
11:00 Dennis the Menace -- 3
Rin Tin Tin -- 5
Cartoons -- 9
11:30 Fury -- 3
Roy Rogers -- 5
12:00 Sky King -- 5
Sgt. Preston - 3
12:30 (c) Cartoons -- 3
Magic Land of Allekazam -- 9
Do You Know? -- 5
1:00 (c)Exploring -- 3
Collegiate Kickoff -- 5
My Friend Flicka -- 9
1:30 Super Car -- 9
2:00 (c) Danger Is My Business -- 9
Movie -- 3
"Satellite In The Sky"
"Last of the Commanches"
2:30 Movie -- 9
"War of the Colossal Beast"
"House on Haunted Hill"
4:00 Scoreboard -- 5
4:30 AFL Highlights -- 9
Early Show -- 5
"Son of Sampson"
"Fiend Without A Face"
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WHEN was/is CBS -- now WTVH
WSYR was/is NBC -- now WSTM
WNYS was/is ABC -- now WSYR (was WIXT 1977 -- 2005)
I resisted explaining every single program. The movie programs are obvious. I wish the paper had been more specific rather than just "Cartoons" on Saturday morning, but you know those "cartoons" at that time included Mighty Mouse, Heckle & Jeckle, Bugs Bunny, etc. Ch. 3 used to use Popeye cartoons a lot as filler (ah, the good old Max Fleischer ones!).
A nearby advertisement from Ch. 3 indicated Johnnie Carson's guests that night would be Henny Youngman, Kirk Douglas and the Willis Sisters.
A nearby advertisement from ch. 9 plugged the 6:00 movie as a "Baron Daemon Special" -- he was their station announcer, Mike Price, who used to play a vampire-type character to present horror flicks and Little Rascal flicks in the afternoons. His costume burned in a station fire in the mid-60's, and that pretty much spelled the end of Baron Daemon (pron: day-MOAN).
Channel 3, being an NBC affiliate, had the most network color shows. ch. 9 definitely had a color film chain by then, but not color studio cameras. I've been told ch. 3 did local specials on film in color as early as the 50's.
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And from the column next to the timetable:
TV Tonight
Redigo Goes to Aid Of Ailing Neighbor
7-7:30 P.M. REDIGO. Even though a rancher (john Anderson) attempted to ruin him, Rdigo (Richard Egan) rushes to his neighbor's aid when he contracts a rare disease, in "Horns of Hate". NBC-WSYR-TV.
7:30 - 8:30P.M. THE GREAT ADVENTURE. Lloyd Bridges stars in the tragic role of "Wild Bill Hickok -- The Legend and the Man". Sheree North plays his wife. CBS - WHEN-TV.
7:30 - 8:30 P.M. INTERNATIONAL SHOWTIME. A trick rider on her 18-carat gold bicycle, a mock bullfight, a one-finger balancer, a family of musical clowns, and a daredevil aerial act featuring a mother and her two daughters, in "Wonderful Copenhagen Circus". NBC - WSYR-TV.
7:30 - 8:30 P.M. 77 SUNSET STRIP. A big time politician (Preston Foster) callson private eye Efrem Zimbalist Jr. to ask him to clear his son Hampton Fancher) who is in a prison death house on charges of murder and rape, in "Lover's Lane". ABC-WNYS-TV.
8:30 - 9:30 P.M. ROUTE 66. Linc (Glen Corbett) runs smack into a family of tyrants (James Coburn and Linda Watkins) when he rescues a would-be suicide (Barbara Mattes), uncovering unpleasant reminders of his own past, in "Kiss the Monster, Make Him Sleep". CBS-WHEN-TV
8:30 - 9:30 P.M. BOB HOPE THEATER. (Color) A sudden heart attack almost ruins a bachelor (Lee J. Cobb) who had planned to sell his nondescript bar to his bartender (Harry Guardino), marry his hatcheck girl (Gene Rowlands), and retire to Florida, in "It's Mental Work". NBC-WSYR-TV. (an accompanying ad says the story was by John O'Hara, dramatized by Rod Serling).
8:30 - 9:30 P.M. BURKE'S LAW. Millionaire detective Gene barry runs into a wild assortment of suspects (Joyce Jamison, Tammy Grimes, Oscar Homolka, Burgess Meredith, Richard Haydn, and Keenan Wynn) after a financier's body is found floating in a pool, in "Who Killed Jason Shaw?" ABC- WNYS-TV.
9:30 - 10 P.M. TWILIGHT ZONE. Gladys Cooper has a "Sorry, Wrong Number" kind of ball playing an elderly invalid terrified by a series of mysterious phone calls, in "Night call". CBS-WHEN-TV
9:30 - 10 P.M. HARRY'S GIRLS. A fabulous vision of early retirement awaits the girls (Dawn Nickerson, Susan Silo, and Diahn Williams) when they have a run of luck at a crooked roulette wheel, in "Bet It All". ABC-WSYR-TV. (**yes, a typo! - author)
9:30 - 10 P.M. THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER. Inger Stevens sudden return to her family and their Minnesota farm has the clan busy pushing her into marriage with a farm hand (George Kennedy) in "The Simple Life". ABC-WNYS-TV.
10-11 P.M. ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR. Lillian Gish plays a lovable, meddling old lady who sticks her nose into her neighbors' affairs so often that one of them is driven finally to murder, in "Body in the Barn". Peter Lind Hayes, Maggie Mcnamara and Patricia Cutts are the neighbors. CBS-WHEN-TV.
10-11 P.M. JACK PAAR SHOW. (Color). Liberace singing and playing the piano, comedian Milt Kamen offering a monologue, Cassius Clay displaying his poetic talents, and Mary McCarthy plugging her latest book, "The Group". NBC-WSYR-TV.
**I have a segment of this episode on DVD. Cassius Clay recites poetry while Liberace improvises a piano accompaniment. .
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There you go. What WOULD have run, had not an assassin killed John F. Kennedy earlier in the day, canceling all network regular programming for four days.
TELEVISION
WHEN Channel 5
WSYR Channel 3
WNYS Channel 9
The Herald-Journal Is Not Responsible for Last Minute Changes in Radio and Television Programs Made by Stations
(c) Indicates Compatible Color
FRIDAY NIGHT
5:00 Popeye -- 3
Early Show (Cont.) -- 5
"Tarzan's Magic Fountain"
Superman -- 9
5:30 Dobie Gillis -- 9
6:00 News, Weather, Sports -- 5,3
Movie -- 9
"Day The Sky Exploded"
6:30 News -- 3,5
7:00 Redigo -- 3
Robin Hood -- 5
7:30 International Showtime -- 3
Great Adventure -- 5
Sunset Strip -- 9
8:30 (c)Bob Hope Theater -- 3
Route 66 -- 5
Burke's Law -- 9
9:30 Twilight Zone -- 5
Harry's Girls -- 3
Farmer's Daughter -- 9
10:00 Alfred Hitchcock -- 5
(c) Jack Paar -- 3
Fight of the Week -- 9
10:45 Make That Spare -- 9
11:00 News: Weather; Sports -- 3,5,9
11:15 Steve Allen -- 9
11:30 (c) Tonight -- 3
Star Theatre -- 5
"Valley of the Lions"
"South of Tahiti"
SATURDAY
7:00 Sunrise Semester -- 5
7:25 News -- 9
7:30 Western Jamboree -- 3
"Son of the Border"
Flicker Fun -- 5
(c) Hi Kids -- 9
7:45 (c) Cartoons -- 9
8:00 Captain Kangaroo -- 5
Lone Ranger -- 9
8:30 Cartoons -- 3
William Tell -- 9
9:00 Cartoons -- 5
African Patrol -- 9
9:15 Downtown Syracuse Christmas Parade -- 3
9:30 Tennesee Tuxedo -- 5
(c) Funny Co. -- 9
10:00 Superman -- 9
Cartoons -- 5
10:15 Cartoons -- 3
10:30 Fireball XL5 -- 3
Cartoons -- 5
Jetsons -- 9
11:00 Dennis the Menace -- 3
Rin Tin Tin -- 5
Cartoons -- 9
11:30 Fury -- 3
Roy Rogers -- 5
12:00 Sky King -- 5
Sgt. Preston - 3
12:30 (c) Cartoons -- 3
Magic Land of Allekazam -- 9
Do You Know? -- 5
1:00 (c)Exploring -- 3
Collegiate Kickoff -- 5
My Friend Flicka -- 9
1:30 Super Car -- 9
2:00 (c) Danger Is My Business -- 9
Movie -- 3
"Satellite In The Sky"
"Last of the Commanches"
2:30 Movie -- 9
"War of the Colossal Beast"
"House on Haunted Hill"
4:00 Scoreboard -- 5
4:30 AFL Highlights -- 9
Early Show -- 5
"Son of Sampson"
"Fiend Without A Face"
-0-
WHEN was/is CBS -- now WTVH
WSYR was/is NBC -- now WSTM
WNYS was/is ABC -- now WSYR (was WIXT 1977 -- 2005)
I resisted explaining every single program. The movie programs are obvious. I wish the paper had been more specific rather than just "Cartoons" on Saturday morning, but you know those "cartoons" at that time included Mighty Mouse, Heckle & Jeckle, Bugs Bunny, etc. Ch. 3 used to use Popeye cartoons a lot as filler (ah, the good old Max Fleischer ones!).
A nearby advertisement from Ch. 3 indicated Johnnie Carson's guests that night would be Henny Youngman, Kirk Douglas and the Willis Sisters.
A nearby advertisement from ch. 9 plugged the 6:00 movie as a "Baron Daemon Special" -- he was their station announcer, Mike Price, who used to play a vampire-type character to present horror flicks and Little Rascal flicks in the afternoons. His costume burned in a station fire in the mid-60's, and that pretty much spelled the end of Baron Daemon (pron: day-MOAN).
Channel 3, being an NBC affiliate, had the most network color shows. ch. 9 definitely had a color film chain by then, but not color studio cameras. I've been told ch. 3 did local specials on film in color as early as the 50's.
-0-
And from the column next to the timetable:
TV Tonight
Redigo Goes to Aid Of Ailing Neighbor
7-7:30 P.M. REDIGO. Even though a rancher (john Anderson) attempted to ruin him, Rdigo (Richard Egan) rushes to his neighbor's aid when he contracts a rare disease, in "Horns of Hate". NBC-WSYR-TV.
7:30 - 8:30P.M. THE GREAT ADVENTURE. Lloyd Bridges stars in the tragic role of "Wild Bill Hickok -- The Legend and the Man". Sheree North plays his wife. CBS - WHEN-TV.
7:30 - 8:30 P.M. INTERNATIONAL SHOWTIME. A trick rider on her 18-carat gold bicycle, a mock bullfight, a one-finger balancer, a family of musical clowns, and a daredevil aerial act featuring a mother and her two daughters, in "Wonderful Copenhagen Circus". NBC - WSYR-TV.
7:30 - 8:30 P.M. 77 SUNSET STRIP. A big time politician (Preston Foster) callson private eye Efrem Zimbalist Jr. to ask him to clear his son Hampton Fancher) who is in a prison death house on charges of murder and rape, in "Lover's Lane". ABC-WNYS-TV.
8:30 - 9:30 P.M. ROUTE 66. Linc (Glen Corbett) runs smack into a family of tyrants (James Coburn and Linda Watkins) when he rescues a would-be suicide (Barbara Mattes), uncovering unpleasant reminders of his own past, in "Kiss the Monster, Make Him Sleep". CBS-WHEN-TV
8:30 - 9:30 P.M. BOB HOPE THEATER. (Color) A sudden heart attack almost ruins a bachelor (Lee J. Cobb) who had planned to sell his nondescript bar to his bartender (Harry Guardino), marry his hatcheck girl (Gene Rowlands), and retire to Florida, in "It's Mental Work". NBC-WSYR-TV. (an accompanying ad says the story was by John O'Hara, dramatized by Rod Serling).
8:30 - 9:30 P.M. BURKE'S LAW. Millionaire detective Gene barry runs into a wild assortment of suspects (Joyce Jamison, Tammy Grimes, Oscar Homolka, Burgess Meredith, Richard Haydn, and Keenan Wynn) after a financier's body is found floating in a pool, in "Who Killed Jason Shaw?" ABC- WNYS-TV.
9:30 - 10 P.M. TWILIGHT ZONE. Gladys Cooper has a "Sorry, Wrong Number" kind of ball playing an elderly invalid terrified by a series of mysterious phone calls, in "Night call". CBS-WHEN-TV
9:30 - 10 P.M. HARRY'S GIRLS. A fabulous vision of early retirement awaits the girls (Dawn Nickerson, Susan Silo, and Diahn Williams) when they have a run of luck at a crooked roulette wheel, in "Bet It All". ABC-WSYR-TV. (**yes, a typo! - author)
9:30 - 10 P.M. THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER. Inger Stevens sudden return to her family and their Minnesota farm has the clan busy pushing her into marriage with a farm hand (George Kennedy) in "The Simple Life". ABC-WNYS-TV.
10-11 P.M. ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR. Lillian Gish plays a lovable, meddling old lady who sticks her nose into her neighbors' affairs so often that one of them is driven finally to murder, in "Body in the Barn". Peter Lind Hayes, Maggie Mcnamara and Patricia Cutts are the neighbors. CBS-WHEN-TV.
10-11 P.M. JACK PAAR SHOW. (Color). Liberace singing and playing the piano, comedian Milt Kamen offering a monologue, Cassius Clay displaying his poetic talents, and Mary McCarthy plugging her latest book, "The Group". NBC-WSYR-TV.
**I have a segment of this episode on DVD. Cassius Clay recites poetry while Liberace improvises a piano accompaniment. .
-0-
There you go. What WOULD have run, had not an assassin killed John F. Kennedy earlier in the day, canceling all network regular programming for four days.
