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Where do you find these old TV shedules?
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> Where do you find these old TV shedules?
>
Mostly in college libraries. The University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has the New
York Times and Herald-Tribune, the Washington
Post, the Atlanta Constitution, and papers from
such cities as Boston, Baltimore, Charleston (SC),
Houston, Louisville, Des Moines, Kansas City,
Denver, Jackson (MS), and Little Rock. They
have all the Birmingham News from the '60s but
don't pick it up again until 2000. The North
Carolina edition of TV Guide going back to the
mid-1950s is also there, but more recently they've
been using the New York metropolitan edition. Duke
University is even better, also having papers from Detroit,
Dallas (partial, some from the '70s are missing),
St. Petersburg (same situation), Richmond, and
Columbia (SC). Both universities have newspapers
from Raleigh, Greensboro, and Charlotte; UNC has
virtually all North Carolina newspapers. And all
of this is on microfilm! I'm lucky that I live about
35 miles from Chapel Hill and 50 from Durham, so it's
no great problem to find these.
Your state university should have much the same thing.
You can always request schedules through interlibrary
loan if you know the paper or TV Guide and dates.
I know that, re TV Guide, the University of Georgia
has the Georgia/North Georgia/Atlanta edition back to
the '50s; the University of Tennessee has the Carolina-
Tennessee (and probably Knoxville-Chattanooga since 1980);
the University of Alabama has the Northern Alabama edition.
And some people have extensive collections of TV Guides.
I could shoot myself for having thrown away most of mine
over the years, since I've lived in both Carolinas, Virginia,
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Texas, and Maryland.
>
Mostly in college libraries. The University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has the New
York Times and Herald-Tribune, the Washington
Post, the Atlanta Constitution, and papers from
such cities as Boston, Baltimore, Charleston (SC),
Houston, Louisville, Des Moines, Kansas City,
Denver, Jackson (MS), and Little Rock. They
have all the Birmingham News from the '60s but
don't pick it up again until 2000. The North
Carolina edition of TV Guide going back to the
mid-1950s is also there, but more recently they've
been using the New York metropolitan edition. Duke
University is even better, also having papers from Detroit,
Dallas (partial, some from the '70s are missing),
St. Petersburg (same situation), Richmond, and
Columbia (SC). Both universities have newspapers
from Raleigh, Greensboro, and Charlotte; UNC has
virtually all North Carolina newspapers. And all
of this is on microfilm! I'm lucky that I live about
35 miles from Chapel Hill and 50 from Durham, so it's
no great problem to find these.
Your state university should have much the same thing.
You can always request schedules through interlibrary
loan if you know the paper or TV Guide and dates.
I know that, re TV Guide, the University of Georgia
has the Georgia/North Georgia/Atlanta edition back to
the '50s; the University of Tennessee has the Carolina-
Tennessee (and probably Knoxville-Chattanooga since 1980);
the University of Alabama has the Northern Alabama edition.
And some people have extensive collections of TV Guides.
I could shoot myself for having thrown away most of mine
over the years, since I've lived in both Carolinas, Virginia,
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Texas, and Maryland.
J
Joseph_Gallant
Guest
Re: Where do you find these old TV schedules?
Also try larger (read: city) public libraries.
In Boston, the Boston Public Library has old issues of TV Guide on microfilm, giving you the chance to see old Boston-area TV listings.
I would think that in other cities, their public libraries may also have on microfilm old issues of their local TV Guides.
And for listings prior to the birth of the "modern" TV Guide in 1953, you can look them up in old newspapers, also on microfilm. In larger libraries, you'll not only be able to look at old newspapers on microfilm from your city, but from other cities as well.
Also try larger (read: city) public libraries.
In Boston, the Boston Public Library has old issues of TV Guide on microfilm, giving you the chance to see old Boston-area TV listings.
I would think that in other cities, their public libraries may also have on microfilm old issues of their local TV Guides.
And for listings prior to the birth of the "modern" TV Guide in 1953, you can look them up in old newspapers, also on microfilm. In larger libraries, you'll not only be able to look at old newspapers on microfilm from your city, but from other cities as well.
Re: Where do you find these old TV schedules?
> Also try larger (read: city) public libraries.
>
>...
>
> I would think that in other cities, their public libraries
> may also have on microfilm old issues of their local TV
> Guides.
>
I used the Milwaukee Public Library extensively for my research. Other libraries may not have as extensive of a collection. In this case, it includes TV Guide on microfilm - as well as most of the hardcopies - and the newspapers on microfilm and in bound hardcopies.
The Wisconsin State Historical Society in Madison also has an extensive collection of newspapers on microfilm.
> Also try larger (read: city) public libraries.
>
>...
>
> I would think that in other cities, their public libraries
> may also have on microfilm old issues of their local TV
> Guides.
>
I used the Milwaukee Public Library extensively for my research. Other libraries may not have as extensive of a collection. In this case, it includes TV Guide on microfilm - as well as most of the hardcopies - and the newspapers on microfilm and in bound hardcopies.
The Wisconsin State Historical Society in Madison also has an extensive collection of newspapers on microfilm.
Anyone recall "TV Junior" (or was it Junior TV)
There was a TV Guide-type magazine published for kids that focused on childrens
shows called "TV Junior" or was it "Junior TV"?!
The mag was the same size(pretty much) as a "TV Guide".
I had a subscription to it for six months or so when I was a kid.
It was published in regions so I had the "Boston" version.<P ID="signature">______________
"Be seeing you..."</P>
There was a TV Guide-type magazine published for kids that focused on childrens
shows called "TV Junior" or was it "Junior TV"?!
The mag was the same size(pretty much) as a "TV Guide".
I had a subscription to it for six months or so when I was a kid.
It was published in regions so I had the "Boston" version.<P ID="signature">______________
"Be seeing you..."</P>
Re: Anyone recall "TV Junior" (or was it Junior TV)
> There was a TV Guide-type magazine published for kids that
> focused on childrens
> shows called "TV Junior" or was it "Junior TV"?!
>
> The mag was the same size(pretty much) as a "TV Guide".
>
> I had a subscription to it for six months or so when I was a
> kid.
>
> It was published in regions so I had the "Boston" version.
>
I think it was called "Junior TV Guide" and, yes, I do
remember it back around the late '50s/early '60s. I thought
everyone had forgotten it.
> There was a TV Guide-type magazine published for kids that
> focused on childrens
> shows called "TV Junior" or was it "Junior TV"?!
>
> The mag was the same size(pretty much) as a "TV Guide".
>
> I had a subscription to it for six months or so when I was a
> kid.
>
> It was published in regions so I had the "Boston" version.
>
I think it was called "Junior TV Guide" and, yes, I do
remember it back around the late '50s/early '60s. I thought
everyone had forgotten it.
> And some people have extensive collections of TV Guides.
For some reason which eludes me now, I saved the Fall Preview edition in 1970. Then I did it again in 1971, 72, etc. Once I started, I had to keep going, so now I have 35. And every now and then, when I come across the box in the closet, I actually do pick a couple out at random to thumb through the new shows section. It's amazing how many TV shows have come and gone that I've never seen... and even some I've never heard of.
For some reason which eludes me now, I saved the Fall Preview edition in 1970. Then I did it again in 1971, 72, etc. Once I started, I had to keep going, so now I have 35. And every now and then, when I come across the box in the closet, I actually do pick a couple out at random to thumb through the new shows section. It's amazing how many TV shows have come and gone that I've never seen... and even some I've never heard of.
T
TimL
Guest
Re: Where do you find these old TV schedules?
> > Also try larger (read: city) public libraries.
> >
> >...
> >
> > I would think that in other cities, their public libraries
>
> > may also have on microfilm old issues of their local TV
> > Guides.
> >
>
> I used the Milwaukee Public Library extensively for my
> research. Other libraries may not have as extensive of a
> collection. In this case, it includes TV Guide on microfilm
> - as well as most of the hardcopies - and the newspapers on
> microfilm and in bound hardcopies.
>
> The Wisconsin State Historical Society in Madison also has
> an extensive collection of newspapers on microfilm.
>
My schedules come from scattered TV Guides I've purchased at a used bookstore in Alliance, Ohio. I copied the earliest known Cleveland TV Guide from Cleveland Public Library's Mocrofilm collection. Akron-Smmit County Public Library's TV Guide collection goes back to 1958, while Stark County (Canton)District Library starts at 1978. Through these Library Facilities I have access to Cleveland Plain Dealer, Akron Beacon Journal and Canton Repository back Issues as well as the New York Times. I hadnt thought of College Libraries having more possible back Newspapers..I should try The University Of Akron Library the next time I am up there.
> > Also try larger (read: city) public libraries.
> >
> >...
> >
> > I would think that in other cities, their public libraries
>
> > may also have on microfilm old issues of their local TV
> > Guides.
> >
>
> I used the Milwaukee Public Library extensively for my
> research. Other libraries may not have as extensive of a
> collection. In this case, it includes TV Guide on microfilm
> - as well as most of the hardcopies - and the newspapers on
> microfilm and in bound hardcopies.
>
> The Wisconsin State Historical Society in Madison also has
> an extensive collection of newspapers on microfilm.
>
My schedules come from scattered TV Guides I've purchased at a used bookstore in Alliance, Ohio. I copied the earliest known Cleveland TV Guide from Cleveland Public Library's Mocrofilm collection. Akron-Smmit County Public Library's TV Guide collection goes back to 1958, while Stark County (Canton)District Library starts at 1978. Through these Library Facilities I have access to Cleveland Plain Dealer, Akron Beacon Journal and Canton Repository back Issues as well as the New York Times. I hadnt thought of College Libraries having more possible back Newspapers..I should try The University Of Akron Library the next time I am up there.
Re: Where do you find these old TV schedules?
> > >>
> My schedules come from scattered TV Guides I've purchased at
> a used bookstore in Alliance, Ohio. I copied the earliest
> known Cleveland TV Guide from Cleveland Public Library's
> Mocrofilm collection. Akron-Smmit County Public Library's
> TV Guide collection goes back to 1958, while Stark County
> (Canton)District Library starts at 1978. Through these
> Library Facilities I have access to Cleveland Plain Dealer,
> Akron Beacon Journal and Canton Repository back Issues as
> well as the New York Times. I hadnt thought of College
> Libraries having more possible back Newspapers..I should try
> The University Of Akron Library the next time I am up there.
>
If you can get down to Columbus, you'll probably find
newspapers for Cincinnati and Dayton as well at OSU.
And didn't TV Guide once have a Southern Ohio edition
that covered all three markets, and which has, for all
practical purposes, been revived?
> > >>
> My schedules come from scattered TV Guides I've purchased at
> a used bookstore in Alliance, Ohio. I copied the earliest
> known Cleveland TV Guide from Cleveland Public Library's
> Mocrofilm collection. Akron-Smmit County Public Library's
> TV Guide collection goes back to 1958, while Stark County
> (Canton)District Library starts at 1978. Through these
> Library Facilities I have access to Cleveland Plain Dealer,
> Akron Beacon Journal and Canton Repository back Issues as
> well as the New York Times. I hadnt thought of College
> Libraries having more possible back Newspapers..I should try
> The University Of Akron Library the next time I am up there.
>
If you can get down to Columbus, you'll probably find
newspapers for Cincinnati and Dayton as well at OSU.
And didn't TV Guide once have a Southern Ohio edition
that covered all three markets, and which has, for all
practical purposes, been revived?
T
TimL
Guest
Re: Where do you find these old TV schedules?
> If you can get down to Columbus, you'll probably find
> newspapers for Cincinnati and Dayton as well at OSU.
> And didn't TV Guide once have a Southern Ohio edition
> that covered all three markets, and which has, for all
> practical purposes, been revived?
>
The Southern Ohio Edition is one I have purchased twice at the Old bookstore (1959, 1968 issues)and have used in many retroschedules. Also years ago I traveled to Columbus and looked at the Public Library collection of TV Guides as well as the Columbus Dispatch and the former Citizen Journal (Scripps Howard Newspaper)
> If you can get down to Columbus, you'll probably find
> newspapers for Cincinnati and Dayton as well at OSU.
> And didn't TV Guide once have a Southern Ohio edition
> that covered all three markets, and which has, for all
> practical purposes, been revived?
>
The Southern Ohio Edition is one I have purchased twice at the Old bookstore (1959, 1968 issues)and have used in many retroschedules. Also years ago I traveled to Columbus and looked at the Public Library collection of TV Guides as well as the Columbus Dispatch and the former Citizen Journal (Scripps Howard Newspaper)
A
anoldradioguy1
Guest
Re: Anyone recall "TV Junior" (or was it Junior TV)
> > There was a TV Guide-type magazine published for kids that
>
> > focused on childrens
> > shows called "TV Junior" or was it "Junior TV"?!
> >
> > The mag was the same size(pretty much) as a "TV Guide".
> >
> > I had a subscription to it for six months or so when I was
> a
> > kid.
> >
> > It was published in regions so I had the "Boston" version.
>
> >
> I think it was called "Junior TV Guide" and, yes, I do
> remember it back around the late '50s/early '60s. I thought
>
> everyone had forgotten it.
Wow, what a flashback! I remember having a couple issues of Junior TV Guide, when I was about ten. I had the Utica - Syracuse edition.
>
> > There was a TV Guide-type magazine published for kids that
>
> > focused on childrens
> > shows called "TV Junior" or was it "Junior TV"?!
> >
> > The mag was the same size(pretty much) as a "TV Guide".
> >
> > I had a subscription to it for six months or so when I was
> a
> > kid.
> >
> > It was published in regions so I had the "Boston" version.
>
> >
> I think it was called "Junior TV Guide" and, yes, I do
> remember it back around the late '50s/early '60s. I thought
>
> everyone had forgotten it.
Wow, what a flashback! I remember having a couple issues of Junior TV Guide, when I was about ten. I had the Utica - Syracuse edition.
>
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