Cleveland TV 1952-Pre-TV Guide..

Photo of a scene from the "Plainclothesman"-seen on WXEL-TV and The DuMont Network Sunday Nights..Interesting that the photo says it was a "Technicolor" Scene..

TV Today Photo for an early WXEL-TV afternoon show

Marlin Perkins, then of the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, as he hosted "Zoo Parade" on NBC-WNBK-4 Weekends..He was known later on for Mutual of Omaha's "Wild Kingdom"

Hello Folks:

I guess you could say we were on what Ohio Media Watch calls a "hiatus" though it wasnt necessarily planned..Wanted to give time for the digital transition and other local tv changes to settle in..Plus my grocery job has kind of been busy in the last couple of weeks with the Fourth of July Holiday and all..

Today I wanted to closely look at Cleveland TV from April 1952 through TV Today..A magazine that was distributed throughout Ohio, Michigan and Western New York from about 1950-55..We had used TV Today before in a couple of other postings but wanted to Spotlight a weekday and weekend from April 19-25, 1952 for all 3 Cleveland Stations..Today, the Saturday, April 19, 1952 listing appears below..Next post will have Sunday and a weekday listing..

"TV Today" had regional offices in Cleveland and Detroit and was printed in Sandusky, Ohio..At times, it listed Cleveland and Detroit in the same edition, other times Cleveland and Detroit had separate editions..

A couple of weekly highlights:

WXEL's Midday Movie at 1:30 Monday-Friday was hosted by Grant Wilson, at channel 9/8 through the late 1950's..and Alan Freed, who became nationally known as one of the first Rock and Roll DJ's..

WEWS had Bob Neal Sports Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:15 PM

WNBK-Today Show at 7AM with Dave Garroway and Tom Haley every half hour with News from Cleveland-Till 10AM

TV Today Listings..

Cleveland

4 WNBK-NBC

5 WEWS-CBS/ABC

9 WXEL-DuMont/CBS/ABC

Saturday, April 19, 1952

8:55

5 Sign-On/News

9AM

5 WRU Telecourse-Music Appreciation

9:30

5 Western Film

10AM

5 Big Wheel-Kids Show

9 Western Story

10:30

5 Western Film

11AM

5 Baird Puppets-CBS

9 Kousin Kay Merry Go-Round-Walt Kay

11:30

5 Betty Crocker Star Time-Bob Cummings-ABC

Noon

5 City Hospital-ABC

9 Big Top-CBS-Ed McMahon, who recently passed away, is listed here as one of the Clowns

12:30

5 Personal Appearance Theatre-

1PM

5 Western Film

9 Mr. I Magination-CBS

1:30

5 Western Film

9 Baseball Previews

1:55

9 Indians Baseball-Vs. Detroit Tigers-Bob Neal/Red Jones-Indians won 7-5

2PM

4 Zorro Rides Again

(May be surprising that 4 came on the air so late, but NBC apparently didnt develop a Sat. Morn. schedule as yet, just starting The Today Show four months before..)

5 High School Band Parade

2:30

4 Robinson Crusoe

5 Film Shorts

3PM

4 Red Ryder

5 Western Film

3:30

5 Senator Kefauver

3:45

5 Film

4PM

4 Hopalong Cassidy

5 Film

4:20

9 Scoreboard

5PM

4 Wild Bill Hickock

5 Uncle Jake's Theatre-Gene Carroll

5:30

4 Youth Wants To Know

5 Western Film

5:55

4 Morgan Beatty-News Comment

6PM

4 Cisco Kid

9 Hail The Champ

6:30

4 WNBK Presents

5 Pappy Howard and Orcherstra

9 Hi-Game Revue

6:45

9 Sports Quiz

7PM

4 Lone Ranger

5 Sammy Kaye Show-CBS

9 Bill Gwinn Show-ABC

7:30

4 One Man's Family

5 Film Shorts

9 Beat The Clock-Bud Collyer

8PM

4 All-Star Revue-Jimmy Durante, Bette Davis

5 Ken Murray-CBS

9 Paul Whiteman TV Teen Club-ABC

8:30

9 Sports Camera

9PM

4 Your Show of Shows-Sid Caesar/Imogene Coca

5 Wonderful Town-Faye Emerson-CBS

9 Premiere Theater-South of Pago Pago

9:30

5 Songs For Sale-CBS-Steve Allen

10:30

4 Your Hit Parade

10:40

9 Wrestling from Chicago-Jack Brickhouse-DuMont

11PM

4 Celluloid Playhouse

5 Souvenier Show Time-Local Variety with Barbara Lee, Chester Bundy Orchestra, Alan Douglas with Brooke Taylor, emcee

11:30

5 Feature Film Time

Midnight

4 News

12:15

4 Dagmar's Canteen

1AM

5 News/Sign-off

A note on the listings..WNBK, being NBC Owned and Operated, any network show will be from NBC..Since WXEL and WEWS were multiple networks, I will indicate the network origination if possible..