| 11:30am |
17 |
Farm
Hour(local origination with Al Pigg) |
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| 1:00pm |
3/17/20 |
Game
of the Week(Detroit Tigers and the Philidelphia Athletics from Connie
Mack Stadium in Philadelphia. Dizzy Dean and Buddy Blattner were
calling the game)(appears
to be an
NBC and ABC simulcast)
|
|
| 3:30pm |
3 |
Belmont
Stakes(appears
to be a CBS and NBC simulcast) |
|
| 4:00pm |
17 |
Sports
Revue(unknown
source) |
|
|
20 |
Western
Roundup(probably
an old western movie, local
origination) |
|
| 4:30pm |
3
|
Western
Theatre(probable
locally origination, western
movie) |
|
|
17 |
Hopalong
Cassidy(syndicated
re-edits of movie series which
starred William Boyd, who owned the rights to his old movies and got
rich when he syndicated them for TV. The basis for many
merchandised items with the Hopalong Cassidy logos from toys to milk
cartons. One of the many great brand icons of the 50's)
|
|
| 5:00pm |
20 |
World’s
Greatest
Fighters(unknown
source, unknown
program, could be packaged film newsreels of prize fighters) |
|
| 5:15pm |
20 |
Adventures
in Film(could be
travel films, newsreels,
government supplied films) |
|
5:30pm
|
17 |
Dick
Tracy(syndicated
half hour off network, former
ABC series from 1950-51, then went to first run syndication until the
death of it's star Ralph Bird in 1952, after which all episodes were
run in syndication for years.)
|
|
|
20 |
To Be
Announced (unknown
what actually aired) |
|
| 6:00pm |
17 |
Farm
News-with Al Pigg
(locally originated farm news with WTVP’s
farm director) |
|
|
20 |
Mr.
Wizard-“What is a
Watt?” Mr Wizard (Don Herbert) explains to Buzz (Bruce Podwell) some of
the mysteries of electricity.
(much
satired NBC science show for kids) |
|
| 6:15pm |
17 |
World
News |
|
| 6:25pm |
17 |
Weather |
|
| 6:30pm |
3 |
Ethyl
and Albert-The
Arbuckles offer to chaperone a teen
age party. Ethel and Albert naively think that the group will act
like
little ladies and gentlemen, but
they find they don’t know as much about modern youngsters as they
thought. Peg Lynch and Alan Bunce are starred.
(NBC film sitcom which had a life on all
three networks during it's run from 1953-56, came from radio, a spinoff
of a feature sketch from the Kate Smith Hour) |
|
|
17 |
Dotty
Mack
Show-Dotty, Bob Braun and Colin Male do pantomimes while the
records spin. Program: Dotty: Hernando’s Hideaway-Dolores
Hawkins. (ABC musical variety
show
in which Dotty Mack pantomimes routines to popular music. Rock
and roll music changed the mood of this show, as it seemed rather
ridiculous to see other people pantomime the songs of Elvis and others,
and was cancelled in 1956.)
|
|
|
20 |
Talent
Patrol-
(ABC show which ran on the network on
Thursdays, this was probably a kinescope of a previous weeks
show. One of just a handfull of shows which were on ABC, yet ran
on WICS) |
|
| 7:00pm |
3 |
Jackie
Gleason
Show-Sketches from the Gleason gallery of
characters including a Grandmother Fletcher sales pitch. The June
Taylor Dancers do “The Doll Dance” as
they pair off with dolls.
(CBS live
variety hour long show, produced in New York, featured a collection of
characters which "The Great One" played, including Ralph Kramden in the
"Honeymooners" sketch. The next year, this hour long show was
replaced by the half hour filmed episodes of "The Honeymooners."
The hour long variety show format resumed the following year.) |
 |
|
17 |
Enterprise
U.S.A.
(ABC, documentary used American industrial
films to fill holes in the ABC schedule. They consisted of films
produced by G.E., Bethlemem Steel and others to promote democracy and
to "fight communism in industry") |
|
|
20 |
Bank
on the Stars
(NBC, Quiz show with audience
participation. Contestants were picked from the audience to form
teams where they answered questions from film clips of famous
movies. Hosted by Bill Cullen on this episode, but other hosts
during it's run from 1953-54 included Jack Paar and Jimmy Nelson.)
|
|
| 7:30pm |
17 |
Greatest
Sports
Thrills-Stan Lomax and Marty Glickman narrate
films of: Leading Olympic contenders. Hollywood Ice Revue.
National
Horse Show. All star professional basketball team.
Castellani-Durando
fight, including the unscheduled bout between Castellani’s manager and
the referee, not seen on live TV
(ABC
sports series which consisted of filmed sports highlights used as a
filler on ABC sometimes several nights a week, running the same
episode. Many stations preempted the series for their own
syndicated shows)
|
|
|
20 |
Into
the Night (unkown
source, unknown program)
|
|
| 7:40pm |
20 |
To Be
Announced (unknown what
actually aired)
|
|
| 8:00pm |
3 |
Two
for the Money
(CBS game show, which started out on NBC
in 1952. Hosted by Walter O'Keefe for this edition, but was also
hosted by Herb Shriner and Sam Levenson during it's run)
|
|
|
17 |
Saturday
Night
Fights-Cisco Andrade vs. Carlos Chavez, lightweights, 10
rounds. Jack Gregson reports from Boston Arena, Boston, Mass.
(ABC origination) |
|
|
20 |
The
Big Picture
(Army supplied film) |
|
| 8:30pm |
3 |
Cases
of Eddie Drake (unknown source,
unknown program)
|
|
|
20 |
Wrestling
with Russ
Davis
(unknown source)
|
|
| 9:00pm |
3 |
That’s
My Boy-Jarrin’
Jack sends Junior to spend the weekend at
the home of the local football hero. The football hero is far
more
impressed by Junior’s brain than Junior is by the athlete’s
brawn.
Eddie Mayehoff plays Jack. Gil Tratton, Jr., is Junior.
John Smith
plays athlete Bill Baker.
(CBS sit com) |
|
|
17 |
Wrestling(unknown source)
|
|
|
20 |
Stars
on Parade (DuMont military
musical variety show,
probably a kinescope of a previous weeks show, originally aired on
Wednesday evenings on DuMont ) |
|
| 9:30pm |
3/20 |
Hit
Parade-Snooky
Lanson, Dorothy Collins, Gisele MacKenzie<
Russell Arms, and the Raymond Scott Orchestra perform the “Lucky 7"
tunes. Extras: The dance group ina production number to
“Manhattan”,
Snooky Lanson sings “When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for
Alabam’.”
This is the last show for the current season. Next week at the
time:
“Private Secretary.” Ann Southern brings her typewriter and her
storeis along withen she installs herself in her summertime spot.
This
is a film series
(NBC's Lucky Strikes
Hit Parade, the top 7 songs performed by
stock singers and performers, sponsored by Lucky Strike Cigarettes,
another victim of the rock and roll era as the main genre of music
changed, it didn't lend itself to be performed by anyone other than the
original hit maker.) |
 |
| 10:00pm |
3 |
Wrestling
from St.
Louis
(unknown source)
|
|
|
17 |
Weather |
|
|
20 |
Wrestling
from Chicago
(unknown source)
|
|
| 10:10pm |
17 |
Lighter
Side of the
News
|
|
| 10:15pm |
17
|
News |
|
| 10:30pm |
17 |
Sports |
|
| 10:45pm |
17 |
Feature
Theater
(assume this is a locally originating
movie) |
|
| 11:00pm |
3 |
Midwest
Marquee
(assume this is a locally originating
movie) |
|
| 11:20pm |
20 |
Late
News |
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At
the
completion of the final
show in the listing, it's assumed the station signed off.
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Where
there
are scheduling
holes, the station either filled with films or the broadcast of a test
pattern.
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I
hope to
pictures from a few of
the programs listed....be checking back.
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Keep
in mind
that many in
Springfield couldn't receive WTVP, or many in Decatur couldn't receive
WICS, although most received WCIA. The range of the UHF stations
was only about 25 miles for WICS and perhaps around 30-35 for
WTVP. WCIA's coverage would have been similar to that of
today. The UHF transmitters of the day were low powered, plus the
tower/antenna of WICS was only about 250 feet, while WTVP was around
850
feet. WDAN was probably the lowest powered station and the
tower/antenna
was only about 385 feet. The signal would have barely reached
some 25 miles. There was a chance that many central Illinois
viewers could've received other outlying VHF stations such as WTTV in
Indianapolis, WGN in Chicago, KSD, KWK in St. Louis.
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