tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39433210924834988052024-03-12T20:43:11.213-04:00Cleveland Classic MediaHistory and Memories of Cleveland and Northeast Ohio Television and Radio from the 1940's-1980's..Dedicated to preserving the Broadcast Heritage of Northeast Ohio..Tim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.comBlogger374125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-67290695948687231422022-11-29T19:12:00.001-05:002022-11-29T19:50:42.212-05:00WXTV-Channel 45-A valiant effort..<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_zhGDMDQ2osM/RzVLCYPEamI/AAAAAAAAASU/cfDysH3m4CA/s1600-h/scan0004.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131089854696024674" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_zhGDMDQ2osM/RzVLCYPEamI/AAAAAAAAASU/cfDysH3m4CA/s400/scan0004.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a>
WEWS-5 ad for the Cleveland Browns Quarterback Club,,December 1960
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From April 1958-Something different:A TV Guide Southen Ohio ad for several syndicated shows on WTVN-Tv 6 in Columbus. (now WSYX)
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WJW-TV 8 ad for "Bozo" in December 1960..Ed Fisher, Longtime radio personality, was said to have been Cleveland's Bozo. <div><br /></div><div> As indicated by the lack of programming, I could find no TV Guide Ads to represent WXTV-45.. </div><div><br /></div><div> We saw in our last post that WKST-Channel 45 had moved down the dial to channel 33 around December 1, 1959. That left the familiar Youngstown limeup of 21-27-33 that local viewers started getting used to..Channel 45 was basically "turned in" to the FCC. It wasnt terribly long before someone gave channel 45 a second go..This time as Independent WXTV, making Youngstown a 4-station market for about 2 years. </div><div><br /></div><div> The biggest difference aside from loss of Network hookup (which ended up being huge) was that channel 45 had an even later sign-On time (6PM). I imagine it bacame harder, with less advertising dollars, to buy and keep any syndicated programming, old or new, as time went by. <br /><br /> I have not been able to find out who owned this incarnation of Channel 45, but there was a permit for WXTV Channel 73 in 1965 owned by a "Community Telecasters" of Farrell, Pa. I cannot really tell if they operated WXTV 45 or not..
<br /><br /> There is almost no information about WXTV anywhere to be found unless I pore through old Youngstown Vindicator articles.Havent the time or financial resources to really do that.. </div><div><br /></div><div> The best thing I can do is compare TV Guide Schedules from the period..We know they were on the air from at least December 3, 1960-March 16, 1962..The last day they were listed in Cleveland's TV Guide..
<br /><br /> First: December 3-9, 1960<br /><br /> Saturday December 3, 1960 </div><div><br /></div><div>6PM Star Showcase-Drama </div><div>6:30 Susie-Ann Sothern </div><div>7PM Movie Ghost Town-1955 </div><div>8:30 Ellery Queen </div><div>9PM Tiger by The Tail-English 1957 </div><div>10:30 Movie-Ghost Town 1955</div><div><br /></div><div> Sunday December 4, 1960 </div><div><br /></div><div>6PM Star Showcase</div><div>6:30 Cannonball </div><div>7PM Movie-Running Target 1956 </div><div>8:30 Stage 7-Drama </div><div>9PM Movie-Monte Carlo Story 1957 </div><div>10:30 Movie-Running Target 1956 </div><div><br /></div><div> Monday December 5, 1960 </div><div><br /></div><div>6PM Hawkeye (Mohicans) </div><div>6:30 Ramar </div><div>7PM Movie-Monte Carlo Story 1957 </div><div>8:30 Stage 7 </div><div>9PM Movie-Running Target 1956 </div><div>10:30 Movie- Monte Carlo Story 1957 </div><div><br /></div><div> Tuesday, December 6, 1960 </div><div><br /></div><div>6PM Hawkeye \</div><div>6:30 Ramar </div><div>7PM Movie-Bandido-1956 </div><div>8:30 New York Confidential </div><div>9PM Movie Spring Reunion 1957 </div><div>10:30 Movie-Bandido 1956 </div><div><br /></div><div> Wednesday, December 7, 1960 </div><div>6PM Hawkeye </div><div>6:30 Ramar
<br />7PM Movie-Spring Reunion 1957
<br />8:30 Susie </div><div>9PM Movie-Bandido 1956</div><div>10:30 Movie-Spring Reunion-1957 </div><div><br /></div><div>Thursday December 8, 1960 </div><div><br /></div><div>6PM Hawkeye<br />6:30 Ramar
<br />7PM Movie-The Showdown 1950
<br />8:30 Charlie Chan
<br />9PM Movie-Shanghai Story 1954
<br />10:30 Movie-The Showdown 1950
<br /><br /> Friday December 9, 1960
<br /><br />6PM Hawkeye
<br />6:30 Ramar
<br />7PM Movie-Shanghai Story 1954
<br />8:30 Man From Interpol
<br />9PM Movie-The Showdown-1950<br />10:30 Movie-Shanghai Story 1954
<br /><br /></div><div> While WXTV had a fairly decent lineup of Syndicated Shows, they were starting already to buy fewer movies-and run them 2-3 times a week <br /><br />Next: June 3-9, 1961
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<br /><br />5:30 Sagebrush Theater
<br />6:30 Weather
<br />6:35 Home Show
<br />7PM Movie-Spring Reunion 1957
<br />8:30 Movie-Bandido-1956
<br />10PM Movie-Ghost Town-1955
<br /><br />Sunday, June 4, 1961<br /><br /></div><div>5:30 Yugoslav Melodies
<br />5:45 US Air Force-Documentary
<br />6PM Way Of Truth-Religion
<br />6:15 Victor George Show
<br />6:30 Big Picture-Army
<br />7PM Polka Party<br />8PM Movie-Spring Reunion-1957
<br />9:30 Movie-The Showdown-1950
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<br />6PM Northfield Racing</div><div>6:10 Club Calendar
<br />6:15 Pezzenti Show-Music
<br />6:20 Baby Showcase
<br />6:25 Weather
<br />6:30 45 Hop-Music
<br />10:30 Weather
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<br /><br /></div><div> Monday June 5, 1961
<br /><br /></div><div>7:30 Movie The Showdown-1950
<br />9PM Shanghai Story-1954 <br />10:35 Movie-Spring Reunion-1957 (Third time in 3 days!)
<br /><br />Tuesday, June 6, 1961</div><div><br /></div><div>7:30 Movie-Shanghai Story-1954
<br />9PM Movie-City That Never Sleeps-1953 <br />10:35 Movie-Shanghai Story-1954
<br /><br />Wednesday, June 7, 1961</div><div>
<br />7:30 Movie-City That Never Sleeps-1953
<br />9:30 Movie- Hell's Outpost-1955
<br />10:35 Movie-City Theat Never Sleeps-1953
<br /><br /> <br />Thursday, June 8, 1961<br /><br />7:30 Movie-Hell's Outpost-1955
<br />9PM Movie-Bullfighter and the Lady-1951<br />10:35 Movie-Hell's Outpost-1955
<br /><br />Friday, June 9, 1961<br /><br /></div><div>7:30 Movie- Bullfighter and the Lady-1951
<br />9PM Movie-Lisbon-1956
<br />10:35 Movie-Bullfighter and the Lady-1951 </div><div><br /></div><div> Here, there were a few short local shows, but the rest of the schedule was basically all movies-The Only filmed shows besides movies, were "Big Picture" and the like..They seemed to have a very small film library. <br /><br /> Another Note:In acquiring TV Guide listings, what I get date wise tends to be entirely at random. In both December 1960 and June 1961 the Movies Bandido, Spring Reunion, Shanghai Story and The Showdown were shown..pointing out just how small the film library was.
<br /><br /> Now lets look at Friday March 16, 1962. It appears to be the last date WXTV-45 was carried in Cleveland's TV Guide. By now just about all Syndicated programming was gone and all that was left was a few movies and very cheap local shows..
<br /><br />5:45 Dusty Boyd-Children <br />6:15 Camera 15 <br />6:30 45 Hop-Music <br />8PM Movie Sheriff of Las Vegas 1944 William Elliott Bobby (Robert?) Blake <br />9PM Movie-Fighting Kentuckian John Wayne, Oliver Hardy <br />11PM Trial At Tara-About St. Patrick Standing Trial for converting Druids to Christianity. <br /><br /> Channel 45-WXTV just couldn't get anything going. After a short while it was probably obvious, they were not going to make it long term. The 1964 law requiring TV sets to have UHF/VHF Tuners should have helped WXTV some and probably would have changed other later channels in the Cleveland/Youngstown Markets. <br /><br /> While 3-16-62 is the last day of TV Guide listings, it May have stayed on the air longer. The grand Y-Town Independent TV experiment had pretty much failed. Channel 45 remained silent from late 1962-1973 when Akron, Kent State and Youngstown State Universities appropriated channel 45, now licensed to Salem/Alliance, Ohio as WNEO-PBS WEAO-49 was added in 1975. </div><div><br /></div><div> Both stations simulcast as PBS 45/49 In Akron-Canton/Youngstown, Ohio. (As of 2022 Now known as Western Reserve PBS) Incidentally, in the mid 1950's both 45 and 49 were ABC in Youngstown/Akron at the same time. Finally, anyone that has any memories of WXTV-45 from 1960-62, or information about the station more specifically as far as programming, personalities, etc. It would be appreciated very much. Please contact me through my e-mail or blog comments.</div>Tim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-81252057814563643342020-08-04T13:23:00.000-04:002020-08-04T16:59:50.129-04:00Dick Goddard-Cleveland Television's Weather Icon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tom Haley describing NBC's return to Cleveland in 1965..With a brief Dick Goddard interview about the circumstances behind his coming back to Cleveland. Courtesy NBC/Gannett<br />
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TV Guide ad promoting the premiere of KYW-TV 3 Eyewitness News on May 1, 1961..<br />
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Pictured are Bud Dancy, who would leave KYW/WKYC for NBC New York in 1966<br />
Jim Graner, Sportscaster at TV 3 from 1957-74 and radio voice of the Browns<br />
Dick Goddard who would be at TV 3 till 1965..Then after a brief time in Philadelphia, come to WJW-TV 8 in 1966.. Where he still is 42 years later<br />
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First TV Guide listing for KYW-TV 3 Eyewitness News at Noon Monday, May 1, 1961. One of the first, if not the first, full 30 minute local TV Newscast in the USA. The name "Eyewitness News" had been used at KYW-TV since April, 1959..They were the first station in the Country to use that title for a Newscast..<br />
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Dick's Triumphant return to Cleveland-March 28, 1966 as the main weather forecaster at CBS affiliate WJW-TV 8 after several months at KYW-TV 3 in Philadelphia..<br />
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Cleveland Weather forecasting has had as interesting a history as the Cleveland Weather itself..As in most TV markets, Cleveland has had an assortment of personalities doing weather foreccasts dating from the early 1950's. Most early weather forecasters, were doing weather as a sideline to other duties on TV and radio. Joe Finan, "The Atlantic Weatherman" was doing his thing on WNBK while doing radio on WTAM in the early 1950's..as was Captain Glenn Rowell, also on WNBK even earlier than Finan..WEWS-TV had "Weathergirls" such as "Sunny" Day, Susan Sadler and Miss Barbara Plummer, who was also doing "Romper Room". TV 5 also had Ron Penfound "Captain Penny" as weekend and sometime weeknight weatherman in the 1960s. The main Weatherman at WJW through the 1950's was Announcer Howard Hoffman, although Jim Doney and Doug Adair had done weather forecasts as well..Hoffman remained at TV 8 from 1949 into the 1980's.<br />
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May 1, 1961 would bring a number of firsts to KYW-TV 3.Possibly the first half hour local newscast in the USA..As well as possibly the first AMS Seal (No. 45) weatherman in Cleveland TV History,,Dick Goddard..<br />
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Dick was born February 24, 1931 in Akron, Ohio. After serving in weather related duties in the US Air Force in the early 1950's, Goddard graduated in 1960 from Kent State, majoring in Drama and Broadcasting..<br />
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Dick is also an avid cartoonist. He turned down an invitation to interview at Disney Studios in California, opting to stay in Cleveland and try his hand at TV on KYW-TV 3 with Eyewitness News starting Monday, May 1, 1961. Station staffers told him later that they had a pool going to see how long he would last..<br />
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Dick tells the story of his first day on the air, when he decided to tell a weather interest story about a Croaking Frog..Only he was so nervous, it came out "Froaking Crog"<br />
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After Dick got settled in, he became the most popular weatherman in Cleveland up to that time. The Other TV 3 newscasts in May 1961 included Bill Jorgensen at 6:30 and 11PM, Big Wilson doing Weather at 6:40 and Jim Gerard on Weather at 11:10..Jim Graner with Sports at 11:15..<br />
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Becasue of the forced return of Westinghouse's KYW to Philadelphia and NBC's WRCV (WKYC) to Cleveland, Dick Goddard went with Westinghouse to Philadelphia in June, 1965. He and his wife never felt comfortable in Philly. Thoiugh he says they were treated well, it was never "home" to them.. His replacement in Cleveland, Wally Kinnan, had been very popular in Philadelphia..<br />
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In early 1966, Goddard entertained offers from all 3 Cleveland Stations, electing to go to WJW-TV 8 because he was a big fan of the Browns and TV 8 sportscaster Ken Coleman, only Coleman left Cleveland a month later..He returned to Cleveland at Channel 8 March 28, 1966 as part of the City Camera News Team at 6 and 11PM with Doug Adair, Joel Daly and Coleman, later replaced by Frank Gleiber . Previous evening forecaster Bob "Hoolihan the Weatherman" Wells was moved to Noon and Weekend Weather before gaining even greater fame on the Hoolihan and Big Chuck Show, replacing Ghoulardi Friday nights in December 1966.<br />
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Goddard became the most popular weatherman in Cleveland TV History over more than 42 years at Channel 8..Emceeing live shows all over town, Hosting the Woolybear festival for 35 years..The largest one day festival in Ohio. He also has served as Cleveland Browns Statistician for many years, as well as doing numerous skits for Big Chuck and Lil John..<br />
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If any weather forecaster could be called "beloved" it would be Dick Goddard, at least in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio..<br />
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From Fox 8's Wilma Smith and Gary Stromberg (Feb. 2008) Newly discovered footage of Dick's very early days at Channel 8..Late 60's/very early 70's..The actual footage has no audio..It had disintegrated from age.. From08country and myfoxcleveland.com<br />
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Dick Goddard Skit at the end of Big Chuck and Lil John's "PJ Party"<br />
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Dick's first day at Channel 3-Monday, May 1, 1961<br />
TV Guide listings for KYW-TV 3<br />
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5:50 News<br />
5:55 Farm Fare-Channel 3 had this program I think into the 1980's<br />
6AM Tomorrow's Learning<br />
6:30 Continental Classroom-COLOR<br />
7AM Dave Garroway (Today Show)<br />
9AM Funsville-Josie Carey was hostess of this program..similar to her earlier "Childrens Hour" at WQED-13 Pittsburgh, which she hosted with a young Fred Rogers before his fame as "Misterogers"..Funsville probably originated at KDKA-TV 2 in Pittsburgh, like KYW. a Westinghouse Station..<br />
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9:30 Life Of Riley<br />
10AM Give N Take-Tom Haley<br />
10:30 Play Your Hunch-COLOR-Merv Griffin<br />
11AM Price Is Right-COLOR-Bob Kennedy begins a 2-week stint as host while Bill Cullen is on Vacation (Live)<br />
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11:30 Concentration-Hugh Downs<br />
Noon News, Weather, Sports-DEBUT Bud Dancy, Jim Graner, Dick Goddard<br />
12:30 It Could Be You-COLOR-Bill Leyden<br />
12:55 NBC News-Ray Scherer<br />
1PM Movie-Big's Party Line-Walk Softly, Stranger 1949-Big Wilson<br />
2:30 Loretta Young<br />
3PM Young Doctor Malone<br />
3:30 From These Roots<br />
4PM Make Room For Daddy-Dean Martin Guests<br />
4:30 Barnaby, Popeye and Friends<br />
5:05 Early Show-Wee Willie Winkie-1937<br />
6:30 News-Bill Jorgenson<br />
6:40 Weather-Big Wilson<br />
6:45 Huntley Brinkley Report<br />
7PM Huckleberry Hound<br />
7:30 The Americans-Civil War drama-Guest stars Dick York, John McGiver and Lurene Tuttle<br />
8:30 Wells Fargo<br />
9PM May Day In Moscow-SPECIAL-Frank McGee<br />
9:30 Concentration-COLOR-Hugh Downs<br />
10PM Barbara Stanwyck Show<br />
10:30 Ten-4-Syndicated Police Drama<br />
11PM News-Bill Jorgenson<br />
11:10 Weather-Jim Gerard<br />
11:15 Sports-Jim Graner<br />
11:20 Movie-This Land Is Mine-1943<br />
1AM Movie-The Escape-1939<br />
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Dick's first day at Channel 8<br />
Monday, March 28, 1966<br />
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6:40 News<br />
6:45 Sunrise Semester<br />
7:15 Rex Humbard<br />
7:30 CBS News-Mike Wallace<br />
7:55 Local News<br />
8AM Captain Kangaroo<br />
9AM Franz The Toymaker-COLOR-Ray Stawiarski<br />
10AM Love Of Life<br />
10:25 News-Howard Hoffman<br />
10:30 McCoys-Guest:Hans Conreid<br />
11AM Andy Griffith<br />
11:30 Dick Van Dyke<br />
Noon City Camera News-Martin Ross, Harry Jones, Bob "Hoolihan" Wells<br />
12:30 Search For Tomorrow<br />
12:45 Guiding Light<br />
1PM Bachelor Father<br />
1:30 As The World Turns<br />
2PM Password-Allen Ludden-Panel-Alan King, Phyllis Newman<br />
2:30 House Party-COLOR-Art Linkletter<br />
3PM To Tell The Truth-Bud Collyer<br />
3:25 News<br />
3:30 Edge Of Night<br />
4PM Secret Storm<br />
4:30 Highway Patrol<br />
5PM Adventure Road-Jim Doney<br />
6PM City Camera-Doug Adair, Joel Daly, Dick Goddard (debut) and Ken Coleman<br />
6:30 CBS News-Walter Cronkite-COLOR<br />
7PM Rifleman<br />
7:30 To Tell The Truth-Collyer<br />
8PM I've Got A Secret-Steve Allen-Panel:Henry Morgan, Bess Myerson,Bill Cullen, Betsy Palmer Guest:Wilt Chamberlain<br />
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8:30 Lucy Show-COLOR-Guest Wayne Newton<br />
9PM Andy Griffith-COLOR<br />
9:30 Hazel-COLOR<br />
10PM Movie-COLOR-Black Widow-1954 (interrupted at 11PM for News)<br />
11PM City Camera News-Adair, Daly<br />
11:10 Sports-John Fitzgerald<br />
11:15 Weather-COLOR-Dick Goddard<br />
11:20 Movie-Black Widow-COLOR (1954) Continues<br />
12:15 Movie-Rulers Of The Sea-1939-Time approximate<br />
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Some Information courtesy Wikipedia and WJW-TV 8..Tim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-43649103288048441252018-06-30T13:11:00.001-04:002018-06-30T15:15:36.388-04:00WHLO-AM 640..After Top 40 1980-1986<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yes the Blog is still here..LOL..For our first post in about two and a half years I want to look back at a Classic Radio Station that was a huge success during the Top 40 AM radio era but fell on hard times and went through a succession of formats before settling on the I Heart News/Talk format of today. WHLO-AM 640 Akron, Ohio. But first lets look at some background:<br />
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The 640 Allocation first went to WAIU Columbus in 1922, later changing call letters to WBAV, In the meantime, WJAY Cleveland started on 610, later changing calls to WCLE in 1937 as a companion to WHK-1420 owned by Forest City Enterprises. <br />
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About this same time, Forest City acquired WBAV..(renamed WHKC) Because of an FCC rule on duopolies in the same market, WHKC was moved to Akron as 640-WHKK in 1944 and WCLE moved to Columbus as 610 WHKC (Now WTVN)<br />
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Forest City sold WHKK to Susquehanna Radio in York, Pa. in late 1959, the sale finalizing in January 1960..With personalities like Uncle Joe Cunningham, Johnny Andrews and Todd T. Taylor, WHLO developed a leading top 40 format with "The Good Guys" which was hugely popular until FM became more prevalent. In 1975, WHLO added large news blocks and some talk segments until going fully News-Talk in April 1977.<br />
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What I want to do is bring out some News articles from the Akron Beacon Journal, mostly written by Mark Dawidziak and Bob Dyer about this part of WHLO History from 1980-1986, until they were sold to Mortensen Broadcasting..<br />
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April 21, 1977:First Month of all Talk-News..<br />
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In the meantime, WHLO began winning state and national awards for their News coverage..Adding talk hosts like Lee Hamilton, Steve Fullerton and Nick Anthony, they began to have a following, though not great ratings..Susquehanna finally decided in late 1980 to go "All News" during the day as "The Daily News"<br />
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November 5, 1980:WHLO announces its transformation to "The Daily<br />
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Larry King. Along with eventually Enterprise Sports at 10-Midnight.<br />
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February 11, 1981:Steve Fullerton and Nick Anthony<br />
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April 2, 1981:WHLO tweaks the other Akron stations for<br />
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May 1, 1981:Sports Talker Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton was fired by WHLO<br />
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and goes to a Music of Your Life/Big Band Music Format..Hamilton went on<br />
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July 26, 1981:Very good article analyzing WHLO's<br />
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As part of a Mark Dawidziak Column August 15, 1984.<br />
Susquehanna announces the sale of WHLO-AM 640 to<br />
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November 29, 1984:Xen Zapis announces WHLO will go<br />
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August 7, 1986:Announcement of WHLO sale to Mortensen Broadcasting<br />
Owner of WTOF 900 and 98.1 FM along with some other properties.<br />
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There you have it. Three owners and about four format changes from 1977-86, WHLO was eventually part of The Salem Media Group, then sold in 2001 to Clear Channel and is now part on IHeart Media as..News/Talk 640..<br />
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All content courtesy Akron Beacon Journal Archives via newspapers.com. Special Thanks to Maureen Carney, a very good friend..<br />
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Early KYW-TV 3 Logo-1956-57 era.
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The Westinghouse/NBC Cleveland TV-Radio properties swap became official November 1955 with WNBK/WTAM call letters changing to KYW/KYW-TV, respectively at Noon Monday, January 13, 1956. Westinghouse almost immediately complained to the FCC about NBC's "strong-arm" tactics forcing the move.
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In the midst of this, 13 Westinghouse executives set up shop in Cleveland. To their credit, they set out to make The KYW properties great stations. They made a big splash immediately with balloons, celebrations and getting the new KYW name out there as much as possible, which we will document on the Facebook Page this week.
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New KYW-TV Logo-Introduced January 1961.
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As a result of the efforts revitalizing KYW-TV, The American Federation of Radio Arts and Sciences gave KYW 9 awards at their 1961-62 awards program held June 4, 1962. Below as a part of a Russell W. Kane Plain Dealer article is a summary of the complete awards program..
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Which leads us to the reason for the post today..On ebay I found a banner with all the awards listed. It appears to be either something used in house by KYW-Westinghouse..Or something as part of a Industry Magazine ad or special section..Havent been able to figure out exactly where it was used..Or who the people are that gave the awards..Below are all the awards as posted on the banner in order..
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Some great names there..In recent years, the Screen Actors Guild merged with AFTRA to form one Union. Cleveland was eventually folded into Pittsburgh Ohio SAG-AFTRA..
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Stu Shostak has been mentioned before here but he is doing something now that I think deserves all our support if we love vintage broadcasting and being able to see it regularly at a reasonable cost..
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Stu Shostak grew up in in the Los Angeles area, very much a "TV Kid" just as I was growing up in the Canton area. Being in LA, he was close to many of the TV broadcast stations, and as he became a teen ager, he became fascinated with TV films, and doing internship at one of the stations he noticed how many shows on film were simply being discarded in the trash..Stu took to "rescuing" as many of these films as possible. Many of them kinescopes and one time only broadcasts could have disappeared forever if not for Stu's foresight. <br />
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Fast forward to 1979..Stu and a partner started Shokus Video, probably the first company to sell old TV Shows directly to the home market..By this time Stu had amassed hundreds if not a few thousand different titles, many which are very rare and one of a kind..<br />
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In the meantime, Stu began a career as warmup comedian for 1970's and 80's sitcoms and became Lucille Ball's official film and video archivist.<br />
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In 2006 Stu began an Internet Radio Show, Stu's Show which airs Wednesdays 4-6PM Pacific Time (7-9 ET). Here he, and wife Jeannine Kasun host many TV and animation greats, such as Ed Asner, Dick Van Dyke, Linda Kaye Henning, Jerry Beck, Mark Evanier, William Schallert and many others. Also producers and directors of classic TV that otherwise would be forgotten are also featured..The conversation is lively and sometimes will go overtime..<br />
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Forward to The present..Stu has begun a "Shokus Video" presence on YouTube, with an eye toward starting a Roku (Internet Streaming TV Box) Channel in the future if there is enough support. I would love to see a lot of our friends join Stu's YouTube Channel. For all he's done to preserve Classic TV over the last 35 years or more. He deserves as much support as we can give him..Here is a link to the channel, just started a few days ago..There will be some content never released on VHS or DVD..Check it out and more importantly, subscribe to it as I have..<br />
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Cover of "Cleveland TV Tales" By Mike and Janice Olszewski.
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Today I want to review the latest book from Gray and Co, Cleveland TV Tales, by Mike and Janice Olszewski. Mike has been a well known Cleveland radio DJ and has had a long interest in Cleveland TV history. Wife Janice is a Photographer and Travel Expert. <br />
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The book itself is quite an enjoyable read, first Mike delves into the circumstances behind the birth of WEWS, "First In Cleveland" in December 1947, and goes into some detail about Paul Hodges, the first "Personality" on Channel 5..With the station only a short time in 1948-49..
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Paul Hodges, with his signature show "Dress and Guess" TeleVue Magazine, early 1949..
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WNBK Bus used for a Mobile Studio..Courtesy Cleveland TV Tales and Tom Feran at Cleveland.com
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Sleek looking WXEL mobile unit at the Parma Transmitter site (1949-50) Courtesy Richard Warner..
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Even early on, big stars would frequent Local Cleveland shows to plug their projects, etc..Jimmy Stewart visited WEWS to emcee the Cleveland Press Christmas Party..James Cagney is pictured with Tom Haley in an early WNBK segment..In 1961 Chuck Connors visited WEWS and invited Captain Penny (Ron Penfound) to appear in a January 1962 "Rifleman" episode.
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Promo Photo/screengrab from Rifleman "The Princess" January 8, 1962 (Courtesy riflemanconnors.com, A Rifleman Tribute Site)..
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Next: a chapter on the musical heritage in Cleveland. (Few know that Country star Dottie West got her start on WEWS Landmark Jamboree with WERE's Tommy Edwards)
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Next, Mike writes about personalities..A great chapter on Linn Sheldon/Barnaby opens things up. Sheldon was one of the first popular performers in Cleveland. He could do anything.. then Miss Dorothy Fuldheim The pioneering newscaster that opened the door for women nationally in the news business..Lots of good stories about people who made TV and TV history in the Cleveland area..<br />
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Captain Penny with Wilbur Wiffenpoof (Earl Keyes. later known as Mr. Jingeling)-Cleveland Press Collection
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Bill Gordon, host of "Tumbleweed Theater" on WJW-TV 8-Cleveland Press Collection<br />
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Romper Room with Miss Barbara Plummer-Cleveland Press Collection<br />
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Dorothy Fuldheim with Bob Hope "One O' Clock Club"
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The stories Mike writes here are more than dry bio's..Great stories, some rarely or never put in print before and over 60 photos, some not published before anywhere. Had the privilege of meeting Mike at Ghoulardifest a few years back and have been looking forward to this book since then..A great read and well worth picking up..There is already talk of a volume 2..
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Link to The book page: <a href="http://www.grayco.com/cleveland/books/44157/#.VK63XM90zMO" target="_blank">Gray and Company-Cleveland TV Tales</a><br /><br /><br />
Tim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-32889359725933942014-08-11T00:23:00.001-04:002014-08-11T00:23:30.340-04:00Lights...Camera...Questions!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0U-Q206HwVM/U-g9xJd7pEI/AAAAAAAACzk/VNQE6wpB5hw/s1600/LCQPremiereBergmans111652.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0U-Q206HwVM/U-g9xJd7pEI/AAAAAAAACzk/VNQE6wpB5hw/s400/LCQPremiereBergmans111652.jpg" /></a>
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Plain Dealer Columnists Oscar and Rita Bergman announce the premiere of Lights Camera Questions Sunday November 16, 1952 on WXEL-9 at 1PM with Bill Gordon as Emcee.
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Ad in a "Hipp" Theater promo December 24, 1955<br />
Today we'll look at another local Game show that had a long run on Cleveland TV,
"Lights, Camera, Questions!" The show was sponsored by a consortium of Cleveland Movie Theater Owners who saw TV as a way to get people back in theaters... The show ran on and off for 9 years, until 1961. The show very popular among the movie going crowd and especially in the early years, drew Movie star guests, including Louise Baker, Betty Garrett, Larry Parks, Rock Hudson, Debbie Reynolds, Nina Foch, Melvyn Douglas, Jacques Bergerac, Joan and Jean Corbett, Marilyn Maxwell and Disney Art Director Roy Williams..
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Like several local shows of this era, LCQ! changed stations every couple years..Including:
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1952-53 WXEL Bill Gordon, John Fitzgerald
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1953-54 WNBK Johnny Andrews
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1954-55 WXEL Tom McCormack
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1955-56 WEWS Phil McLean
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1956-57 WEWS Phil McLean
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1957-58 KYW-TV
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1958-59 WJW-TV
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1959 WEWS Alan Douglas
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1960 WJW-TV Ed Fisher
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1960-61 WJW-TV<br />
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Host Johnny Andrews and Gloria Gale promote the 1953-54 season of Lights, Camera Questions on WNBK-4 Thursday Nights at 7PM..<br />
As we said, the show lasted until 1961..There was a brief clip of it on the WJKW-TV 8 30th Anniversary show..<br /><br />
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<br /><br />Here is the 1958 panel for the show..It never changed in the 9 years the show was on..At one point, this show was the second longest running local TV show in Cleveland, except for The Gene Carroll Show..Tim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-45161134160107535782014-06-03T01:55:00.000-04:002014-06-03T10:29:51.742-04:00Early years of WCRF-FM..To tell the story of the early years of Moody Radio outlet WCRF, it is necessary to go back to the 20's when radio was just getting established.<br />
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In 1925, an emergency program by two Moody Bible Institute cornet players led to the Institute establishing WMBI-AM in 1926. <br />
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Through the 1930's and 40's WMBI became a leader in Christian radio through doing everything as professionally as possible and developing many programs for eventual syndication to other areas, including Drama, Music, and teaching programs..
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Advertisement from 1950-The 24th anniversary of WMBI..
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Record of Musical Groups at WMBI..Probably including names such as the Melody Four Quartet, Sixteen Singing Men, Bill Pearce, Helen Barth..All had long careers in Moody Radio..
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Recording from Miss Helen Barth
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Record from Sixteen Singing Men..
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Fast forward to the 1950's. FM 103.3 had been used from approximately 1949-1951 for WCUO-FM in Cleveland operated by Labor Unions, who also operated WDET Detroit..WCUO closed down 1n 1951 and the license turned back into the FCC.
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In 1958, A Group of Christian Businessmen in the the Cleveland area wanted to establish a Christian Radio Station and turned to the Moody Bible Institute for help and guidance. MBI agreed to help fund and staff the new station, provided the Cleveland area eventually support the station financially on its own.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer Story of the opening of WCRF-November 23, 1958.
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The hours of the station were limited to 1-9PM Monday-Saturday and 9AM-9PM Sunday. John Rader was the first station manager. <br />
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Programming at first was just about all from Chicago, using programs and titles well known to WMBI listeners and nationally syndicated Christian programming..<br />
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Possibly the first WCRF paid ad in The Plain Dealer December 6, 1958.
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The Following is a real rarity. The very first WCRF Schedule, copied on Notepad from the weekly Orrville, Ohio Courier-Crescent Wednesday, November 26, 1958..
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WCRF-FM 103.3 Cleveland-First Program Schedule
November 23-29, 1958..
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1PM Keep Praising
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1:15 Open Bible
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1:45 Radio Prayer Circle
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2PM News
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2:05 Feature Page
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2:15 Something to Sing About
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2:30 Continued Story Reading
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3PM News
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3:05 Back To The Bible
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3:30 Story
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3:45 Listening Post
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4PM Headlines
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4:02 Bandstand
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4:15 Missionary Time
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4:30 My Song
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4:45 Patterns Of Melody
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5PM News
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5:05 At Your Service
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5:15 Candlelight and Silver
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6PM News Digest<br />
6:15 Question Box
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6:30 Bit Of Heaven
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6:45 Stories Of Great Christians
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7PM Headlines
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7:02 Bread Of Life
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7:30 Sunset Ranch
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7:45 Verse By Verse
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8PM Headlines
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8:02 Music Room
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8:45 Decision Time
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9PM Sign-Off
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1PM (WMBI) Male Quartet
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1:15 Sailor Sam
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1:30 Ranger Bill
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2PM News
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2:05 Science In The News
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2:15 Miracles and Melodies
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2:30 Off The Record
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3PM News
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3:05 Back To The Bible
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3:30 Meet The Students
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4PM Headlines
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4:02 Saturday Musicale
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5PM News
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5:05 Church Activities
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5:15 Candlelight and Silver
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6PM News Digest
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6:15 Youth For Christ
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7PM Headlines
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7:02 Haven Of Rest
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7:45 Hymns You Love
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8PM Headlines
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8:02 Music Room
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8:30 Chorus Time
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8:45 Decision Time<br />
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9:30 Radio Bible Class
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10AM News
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10:05 Chapel Hour
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10:30 Worship
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11AM Local Church Service
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12:15 WMBI Male Quartet
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12:30 News
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12:35 Music Hall
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1PM Old Fashioned Revival Hour
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1:30 Baptist Hour
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2PM Temple Time
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3PM KYB Club
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3:30 Hour Of Decision
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4PM Headlines
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4:02 Male Chorus<br />
4:15 Lorin Whitney (organist)
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4:45 Helen Barth (soloist)
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5PM Dr. Walter L. Wilson
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6PM Moody Presents<br />
6:30 Candlelight and Silver
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7PM Quiet Hour
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7:30 Organ Vespers
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8PM Open Bible<br />
8:15 Dr. (William) Culbertson
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8:45 Familiar Hymns
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9PM Sign-Off
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Another group was the Melody Four Quartet..The same four men sang together for over 50 years..Glenn Jorian, Clair Hess, Bill Pearce and Ray Felten. For many years a part of WCRF programming, Individual members also had programs on Moody Radio at one time or another..
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Things started slowly for WCRF, as FM was still just getting established. I heard a story that WCRF sold FM radios at cost just to get people to listen at first..As the station grew, people trusted the message of the Gospel being brought forth via radio..<br />
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Part of getting out the message about WCRF included "Radio Rallies" in which staff from Chicago would come to area churches and introduce Moody Radio in person. Below are ads/articles for a couple of such rallies..<br />
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Mansfield, Ohio May 14, 1959:
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In 1960 New York State native Bob Devine arrived at WCRF as a producer and engineer..Eventually becoming host of the Clockwatcher morning program from about 1965 till his retirement in 2000..He was a fine gentleman and broadcaster, by far and away the most recognized voice on WCRF, also doing Storybook Room for the Network..
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On January 1, 1964, WCRF extended it's hours from 7AM-11PM at night..
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1961 Advertisement for WCRF
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From The Orrville Paper, November 1966-Eighth Anniversary article
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1968-Tenth Anniversary Conference..By this time WCRF was well established in Northeast Ohio
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Many memorable folks have worked at, or are currently at WCRF, including Alice Andrews, Paul Carter, Mark Zimmerman, Ron Bartlebaugh, Sylvia Docking, Dick Lee, Brandt Gustafson and a host of others..WCRF went 24 hours January 1, 1980 and began, with Moody Broadcasting Network Satellite delivery of programming in 1982. WCRF also has repeater stations all over Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania..<br />
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Sample "Ranger Bill" episode from 1954..Aired on Saturdays for many years..
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I have many fond memories of listening to WCRF in the 1970's through the 1980's.Amazingly some of the same programs aired during the first week schedule continued well into the 1990's and beyond..WCRF has left a legacy of quality Christian Radio in Northeast Ohio and I am grateful for that..
Tim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-12879612452270225222014-05-01T13:39:00.000-04:002014-05-01T13:39:18.726-04:00WEWS-TV 5.."On Stage"<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-79SDm6rOkX4/U2Jt4QTOidI/AAAAAAAACt0/uTXVUTsEi6s/s1600/alan-douglas-john-carroll-univ-collection.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-79SDm6rOkX4/U2Jt4QTOidI/AAAAAAAACt0/uTXVUTsEi6s/s400/alan-douglas-john-carroll-univ-collection.jpg" /></a>
Undated photo of Alan Douglas, Producer of the "On Stage" program aired Tuesday Nights for 10 weeks in 1956..He later would be known as a radio and TV talk show host with "The Alan Douglas Show" on WEWS and later WKBF-61, and being the first host of the Morning Exchange in the first few months of 1972. <br />Courtesy Northeast Ohio TV Memories and The John Carroll University Archive..
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When WEWS-TV 5 became an ABC affiliate March 2, 1955, it left hours of programming to fill, especially in the daytime. ABC was definitely a 3rd place network in the 1950's, and it wasn't that unheard of to routinely pre-empt network programs for syndicated or local offerings..Local news was also not as important as it would become later on..<br /><br />With this in mind, Alan Douglas got the idea of a locally produced live "Play of the Week" WEWS agreed to open the Tuesday 11-12 Midnight time slot for Douglas. The show was called "On Stage" and it was sponsored, at least initially by Stern Brothers Plumbing Company..
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Introductory article by The Plain Dealer's Tom O' Connell, dated Saturday, February 4, 1956..
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The idea was to make each play a completely local production, from writers to technical support to acting..Actors were drawn from The Cleveland and Lakewood Playhouse, as well as local print and broadcast media. A particularly ambitious effort, considering that the budget you could do on a local level was a mere percentage of what could be done on a network level by shows like Playhouse 90 and Studio One.
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April 12, 1956:Epilogue of the total "On Stage" effort following the airing of the last live broadcast April 10 by Cleveland Plain Dealer TV/Radio editor George Condon..
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It was suggested by Condon that quality might be better if they just did one play a month rather than trying to do one a week, though On Stage never returned after it's 10-week run ended April 10, 1956.<br />
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Here is an attempt at a episode guide finding out as much as possible about each production..Title, writers and actors. I used the Plain Dealer Archive and the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram through TV writer Dorothy Funk to get some info on 9 of the 10 episodes. Could not find anything on the April 3, 1956 program..
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Ralph Beattie, Larry Kuhl, Keith Mackey Ruth Weiss Dolly Wheaton Bill Barrett
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Feb. 14 "Lion's Share"
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Writer Eleanor Bayer
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Bill Prentice Cole Klein
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Feb. 21 "The Interurban Voyage of Alfred Hoskins"
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Austin Beech, Dorothy Sands, Braemer Carlson, Bunny Bronstein and Michael Sandrey
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Feb.28 "Nobody Misses Ringo" <br />
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March 6 "The Two-Bed-Room"
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Barbara Lee, Dolly Wheaton, Alverda Sohlens and Nick Peters
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April 10 "This Way To Victory"
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First Fred Reinert regular TV drawing November 28, 1953<br />
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Tonight I want to, for those who aren't regular readers of the C-C-M Facebook Page, update some things that have been added to that page since it started in January 2010. Several regular features are now part of the page, some daily, some weekly..<br /><br />FRED REINERT CLASSIC SATURDAY-Since late 2012, we have been featuring drawings of iconic Plain Dealer artist Fred Reinert, who drew local and national tv related drawings as part of The Saturday Weekly TV section from late 1953 into 1956. Posting once each Saturday Morning. We are now into Spring 1955.<br />
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CLASSIC TV/RADIO DAILY-Picking out a random month/year corresponding to today's date-Posting schedules and program highlights for that day..<br />
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THROWBACK THURSDAY (TBT)-Taking a page from the Facebook tradition of posting "throwback" pictures of the past, This feature takes a rare local or national broadcast from anywhere from 30-50 years ago and posts the video-Usually prefer half hour complete shows, but a lot of good things we've shown that are of shorter length..<br />
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SUNDAY SPECIAL-Ads, photos or short articles concentrating on Sunday programming, which seemed especially early in TV history networks and local stations spent more money on ads for Sunday than on any other day of the week..<br />
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Of course, we still post other things randomly on Facebook as we find them..<br />
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Parma Place-1966 with Ernie Anderson and Chuck SchodowskiTim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-44347724553298385862014-04-14T10:27:00.006-04:002014-04-14T12:11:36.648-04:00Fun With Charades (1952-59)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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February 11, 1954:IGA advertisement in the Plain Dealer featuring their sponsorship of "Fun With Charades" on WEWS-TV 5 Sundays at 4:30 PM.<br />
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Hello folks:
For our first post in a very long time we will look at a Local Game Show, FUN WITH CHARADES, that had a healthy 7 year run on Cleveland TV..<br />
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First mention of the show in the Plain Dealer, which we could assume is it's premiere date, was Sunday November 9, 1952 on WEWS Channel 5 at 2:30 PM. The show aired mostly on Sundays throughout its run. First host mentioned, on the December 28, 1952 telecast was Linn Sheldon who basically hosted the 1952-53 season.<br />
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Cleveland TV Veteran Joe Berg, known as "Mr. Lollipop" on Channel 5, hosted the June 14, 1953 telecast. Fun with Charades pitted 2 community groups or high school teams against each other in a game of Charades, similar to the popular national show Pantomime Quiz. During the Channel 5 run , there were occasional multi-week tournaments..
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Fun with Charades had moved to 4;30 Sundays by October 11, 1953..By December 4. 1953 Bob Dale takes over as Emcee<br />
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Note on the November 14, 1954 broadcast<br />
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Bob Dale would continue as host through March 11, 1956 show, which was the final show on channel 5. The show would have a couple other time changes before it's WEWS cancellation.<br />
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Note on the move to channel 8 and auditioning for an emcee.<br />
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March 18, 1956 would see a new season and a new station and time for "Charades" WXEL (soon to be WJW-TV 8) tapped Jim Doney as host. with the show airing Sunday at Noon. By January 6, 1957 the show aired at 2:30 once again, with another time change January 12, 1958 at 2PM, and Doney still hosting..The show ended it's WJW-TV run April 6, 1958. <br />
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Notice of Fun with Charades return to TV on KYW-TV 3 October 12, 1958. Along with other TV/radio items of interest. <br />
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Fun with Charades made a last run, now on KYW-TV 3 with host "Big" Wilson until the apparent final show of the series February 22, 1959.
Surprising that no one else has tried to revive the concept locally since then. The National "Pantomime Quiz/Stump The Stars" ran as late the 1970's and NBC aired Win Lose or Draw for a few years as a "Pantomime" type show..<br />
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Following is a partial Episode Guide for Fun With Charades. I exhausted all the Plain Dealer and TV Guide listings I could find. Interesting to see the wide range of groups involved with this program.
Fun With Charades-WEWS 2:30 Sundays (host) )Debut November 9, 1952
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12-21-1952 First Presbyterian Church Mansfield Boys/Girls
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12-28-52 Cleveland Heights Theatrical Group (Linn Sheldon)
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1-11-53 Roosevelt School PTA Euclid/B'nai B'Brith Chapter 362 (Linn Sheldon)
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1-18-53 Skyscraper Club of Cleveland (group for tall people) (Linn Sheldon)
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1-25-53 Two Cleveland Married Couples/Four North Canton High School Girls (Linn Sheldon)<br />
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2-1-53 Cleveland YMCA Boys/YWCA Girls (Linn Sheldon)
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3-8-53 Cleveland (Heights) Theatrical Group/Lakewood Little Theater (Tournament-Linn Sheldon)
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3-15-53 WHKK Akron staff members/Two Parma Married Couples (Tournament-Linn Sheldon)
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3-29-53 WHKK Akron/ Civic Theater Group Cleveland -Semifinals (Linn Sheldon)
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4-12-53 WHKK Akron/Four Girls from Reliance Electric of Euclid-Championship-(Linn Sheldon)<br />
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4-26-53 North Olmsted High School/Cleveland High School Students (Linn Sheldon)
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5-3-53 Lakewood Light Opera Guild/ '359ers Glenville Chapter Order of Eastern Star (Linn Sheldon)<br />
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6/14/53 Akron Players/Shaker Players(Joe Berg)
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10/11/53 Youngstown Players/Team from Akron
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12/4/53 Bob Dale takes over as emcee
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1/10/1954 Akron Roadway Express/Ladies Oriental Shrine-North America-TV Guide
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2/13/54 Jewish Schools PTA/Travel Club of Cleveland
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3/28/1954 Kent Junior Chamber/ Boy Scout Troop 88 Parents
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4/4/54 Kent Jaycees/UJRS PTA (Jewish Schools PTA above?) Semifinals
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4/11/54 Maple Heights High/Lakewood High
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4/18/54 West Geauga School/Our Lady Of The Angels Church
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4/25/54 Brecksville Little Theater/Wickliffe Welcome Wagon
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5/9/54 Lakewood High Barnstormers/Wickliffe Welcome Wagon
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5/16/54 Paduan Youth Group ofOur Lady Of the Angels/Gruber's Waiters (TV Guide)
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7/25/54 Kinsman Group/Lorain Community Players (TV Guide)
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8/22/54 Seven Aces Club/Madison Leaders Club-Semifinals (TV Guide)
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8/29/54 Chi Rio Our Lady of Good Counsel/Madison Leaders Club-Season Final (TV Guide)
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9/12/54 Cleveland Light Opera Guild/Temple On The Heights Young People's Congregation
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11/14/54 Young Republicans Cleveland/Akron (Bob Dale Continues as host)
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12/5/1954 Young Republicans-Akron/Cleveland Heights Jr. Chamber of Commerce
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1/23/1955 TransCanada Airlines/Warrenville Players (TV Guide)
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5/22/55 Cleveland Music Theater Group
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5/29/55 Cleveland Music Theater/John Carroll Little Theater
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9/11/55 Trans Canada Airlines/Cleveland Heights Community Theater (Bob Dale)<br />
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Showtime moves to 5:30 PM 10/9/55
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10/9/55 TransCanada Airlines/Bay Village Players
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10/16/55 Freedom Chapter B'nai/B'rith/Shaker Heights Players
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10/23/55 Freedom Chapter B'nai B'rith/TransCanada Airlines
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11/27/55 Maple Heights Methodist/Simon Perkins Jr. High (Akron) (Now at 4:30 again)
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12/4/55 Maple Heights Co-Op Nursery School/Cathedral Square Players
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1/1/56 Akron United World Federalists/St. Aloysius Ares Club
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1/15/1956 Graphic Arts Field/Jewish Big Brothers
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2/12/56 Jewish Community Center/Triangle Guild Players (Finals)
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2/19/56 Sugardale Provision/Cleveland Shaw High School
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3/11/56 Final Show on WEWS
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3/18/56 First Show on WXEL-Jim Doney Emcee-12 Noon
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1/6/57 Moved to 2:30 PM
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2/3/57 Simon Perkins Jr. High (Akron)/Boy Scouts Explorer Post No. 190 (TV Guide)
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1-12-58 Moves to 2PM-Jim Doney Hosting
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4/6/1958 Last show on WJW-TV
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10-12-58 Moves to KYW-TV 3-Big Wilson hosting 4:30 PM
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11/9/58 Euclid Little Theater/Shaker Players Women's Committee
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2/22/59 Series ends..
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On a personal note:I've decided to be more active in posting here once again. It still won't be as much as I did when I first started the blog. I hope to find more new subjects, and other angles on subjects we've posted before..Tim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-39565058472444578412013-05-07T11:09:00.003-04:002013-05-07T11:10:17.689-04:00Do You remember?..Single season sitcoms..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Cover of SINGLE SEASON SITCOMS, 1948-1979, by Bob Leszczak. <br />
Hello:<br />
Over the last few months on the Facebook page I've been posting a number of relatively rare opens and closes of sitcoms, game shows and other vintage shows from a YouTube poster with the username of "Gilmore Box". That name is taken from a character played by Bob Sweeney on "The Brothers" a sitcom that lasted a single season on CBS-TV in 1956.<br />
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"Gilmore Box" is aka Bob Leszczak, who has an affinity for what are known as "Single Season Sitcoms". Those that had high hopes for success , but because of either a bad time slot, behind the scenes problems, or just lack of quality, lasted just one season (or less). Leszczak is a former radio host (Bob O' Brien) that has put out a great resource that details these sitcoms in alphabetical order, with a lot of previously unpublished detail, such as production company, producers and directors, and other information that puts out the history of these shows in marvelous detail. <br />
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The best parts of the book are the pictures..Many unpublished before, and interviews with actors that took part in the sitcoms. Names such as Jackie Joseph Lawrence, Sherry Alberoni, Tab Hunter, Lee Meriwether and a host of other actors that were interviewed by Bob for the project..<br />
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Another angle is Big movie stars that were thought to be a shoo-in for success (Jimmy Stewart) only lasted one season in their sitcom. While this is not a book you would read start to finish necessarily, it is a fantastic resource for shows that many of us had forgotten about, if we remembered them in the first place..Bob has done a great job here, and I highly recommend this book..<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Single-Season-Sitcoms-1948-1979-Complete/dp/0786468122/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367938502&sr=8-1&keywords=single+season+sitcoms" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Single-Season-Sitcoms-1948-1979-Complete/dp/0786468122/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367938502&sr=8-1&keywords=single+season+sitcoms</a><br />
Link to Amazon page.<br />
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All these and many others are featured in the book..Again, Highly recommended..Tim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-28599703367237213382013-04-09T09:46:00.000-04:002013-04-09T23:25:12.318-04:00Tom Field-Cleveland Sunday Magazine (Plain Dealer) July 8, 1973<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Py0kj35oJUI/UWQTR8529_I/AAAAAAAACk8/M6wodWDkuq4/s1600/tomfield_1.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Py0kj35oJUI/UWQTR8529_I/AAAAAAAACk8/M6wodWDkuq4/s320/tomfield_1.jpg" /></a>
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Cover Page Of The PD Sunday Magazine-July 8, 1973.<br />
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1953-TV Guide Ad for Tom Field News-WTAM/WNBK<br />
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1957-Field leaves Cleveland after 17 years to go to WRCV-3, Philadelphia's NBC owned and Operated station, only staying a few months..<br />
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May 1963-Profile of Tom Field, who returned to Cleveland and WEWS in 1958, staying until 1967..
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We've written on the Facebook Page occasionally about Tom Field. who was one of the early TV newscasters in Cleveland..His active years were 1940-into the 1980's at WNBK/KYW-TV, WTAM Radio, WRCV Philadelphia, WEWS and finally as News Director of WDBN-FM, Medina..Here is an in-depth article published in the Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine dated July 8, 1973, Courtesy of our good friend Jerry Immel. He had already been at WDBN several years and was very content with where he was..One story..Field was asked to send samples of his work to NBC in New York..He wasn't sure why but he got an answer that "we decided to go with our guy on the West Coast"..that "guy" was Chet Huntley, chosen to team with David Brinkley on NBC nightly news..It could have been The "Field-Brinkley Report. "<br />
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Tom Field passed away May 2, 1992 in Florida..Tim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-34006953216746667962013-01-17T23:36:00.000-05:002013-01-17T23:36:23.799-05:00Cleveland Barons On TV/Radio-1949-50<one 1970..of="1970..of" a="a" all="all" and="and" been="been" br="br" broadcasting="broadcasting" cleveland="cleveland" course="course" days="days" earliest="earliest" fan="fan" has="has" have="have" huge="huge" interests="interests" intertwined="intertwined" my="my" of="of" other="other" over="over" pro="pro" radio..="radio.." since="since" sports..have="sports..have" sports="sports" the="the" things="things" years="years">
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Sadly, since the failure of the National Hockey League Cleveland Barons in 1978, Pro Hockey has been very much a minor sport in the Cleveland area, with several teams coming and going..</one><br />
<one 1970..of="1970..of" a="a" all="all" and="and" been="been" br="br" broadcasting="broadcasting" cleveland="cleveland" course="course" days="days" earliest="earliest" fan="fan" has="has" have="have" huge="huge" interests="interests" intertwined="intertwined" my="my" of="of" other="other" over="over" pro="pro" radio..="radio.." since="since" sports..have="sports..have" sports="sports" the="the" things="things" years="years"></one><br />
<one 1970..of="1970..of" a="a" all="all" and="and" been="been" br="br" broadcasting="broadcasting" cleveland="cleveland" course="course" days="days" earliest="earliest" fan="fan" has="has" have="have" huge="huge" interests="interests" intertwined="intertwined" my="my" of="of" other="other" over="over" pro="pro" radio..="radio.." since="since" sports..have="sports..have" sports="sports" the="the" things="things" years="years">The Lumberjacks had some success, but were ultimately sold to an owner with short finances and folded (along with the whole league)..</one><br />
<one 1970..of="1970..of" a="a" all="all" and="and" been="been" br="br" broadcasting="broadcasting" cleveland="cleveland" course="course" days="days" earliest="earliest" fan="fan" has="has" have="have" huge="huge" interests="interests" intertwined="intertwined" my="my" of="of" other="other" over="over" pro="pro" radio..="radio.." since="since" sports..have="sports..have" sports="sports" the="the" things="things" years="years"></one><br />
<one 1970..of="1970..of" a="a" all="all" and="and" been="been" br="br" broadcasting="broadcasting" cleveland="cleveland" course="course" days="days" earliest="earliest" fan="fan" has="has" have="have" huge="huge" interests="interests" intertwined="intertwined" my="my" of="of" other="other" over="over" pro="pro" radio..="radio.." since="since" sports..have="sports..have" sports="sports" the="the" things="things" years="years">The San Jose Sharks brought a second American Hockey League Barons in from 2001-06, but once George/Gordon Gund sold their Hockey interests, the team lost interest in being here and moved to Worcester, Mass after the 2005-06 season..</one><br />
<one 1970..of="1970..of" a="a" all="all" and="and" been="been" br="br" broadcasting="broadcasting" cleveland="cleveland" course="course" days="days" earliest="earliest" fan="fan" has="has" have="have" huge="huge" interests="interests" intertwined="intertwined" my="my" of="of" other="other" over="over" pro="pro" radio..="radio.." since="since" sports..have="sports..have" sports="sports" the="the" things="things" years="years"></one><br />
<one 1970..of="1970..of" a="a" all="all" and="and" been="been" br="br" broadcasting="broadcasting" cleveland="cleveland" course="course" days="days" earliest="earliest" fan="fan" has="has" have="have" huge="huge" interests="interests" intertwined="intertwined" my="my" of="of" other="other" over="over" pro="pro" radio..="radio.." since="since" sports..have="sports..have" sports="sports" the="the" things="things" years="years">The current Lake Erie Monsters (Still think Cleveland should be in the name somewhere) have been among the top teams in AHL attendance the last few years..</one><br />
<one 1970..of="1970..of" a="a" all="all" and="and" been="been" br="br" broadcasting="broadcasting" cleveland="cleveland" course="course" days="days" earliest="earliest" fan="fan" has="has" have="have" huge="huge" interests="interests" intertwined="intertwined" my="my" of="of" other="other" over="over" pro="pro" radio..="radio.." since="since" sports..have="sports..have" sports="sports" the="the" things="things" years="years"></one><br />
<one 1970..of="1970..of" a="a" all="all" and="and" been="been" br="br" broadcasting="broadcasting" cleveland="cleveland" course="course" days="days" earliest="earliest" fan="fan" has="has" have="have" huge="huge" interests="interests" intertwined="intertwined" my="my" of="of" other="other" over="over" pro="pro" radio..="radio.." since="since" sports..have="sports..have" sports="sports" the="the" things="things" years="years">Here is an earlier (updated from the 2007 original) post about the whole history of Cleveland Hockey:<br />
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In saying all that, I want to look back to a time where Minor League Hockey was major sports news in Northeast Ohio..The Original Cleveland Barons of The American Hockey League were the classiest organization in the AHL..Players would spend years in Cleveland, preferring the Barons to life in the NHL..</one><br />
<one 1970..of="1970..of" a="a" all="all" and="and" been="been" br="br" broadcasting="broadcasting" cleveland="cleveland" course="course" days="days" earliest="earliest" fan="fan" has="has" have="have" huge="huge" interests="interests" intertwined="intertwined" my="my" of="of" other="other" over="over" pro="pro" radio..="radio.." since="since" sports..have="sports..have" sports="sports" the="the" things="things" years="years"></one><br />
<one 1970..of="1970..of" a="a" all="all" and="and" been="been" br="br" broadcasting="broadcasting" cleveland="cleveland" course="course" days="days" earliest="earliest" fan="fan" has="has" have="have" huge="huge" interests="interests" intertwined="intertwined" my="my" of="of" other="other" over="over" pro="pro" radio..="radio.." since="since" sports..have="sports..have" sports="sports" the="the" things="things" years="years">The Barons won numerous division titles and 9 Calder Cups from 1937-73..The Plain Dealer and the other major Northeast Ohio Newspapers covered the Barons with front page stories and coverage rivaling the Indians and Browns for the most part..The 1949-50 season was 2 seasons removed from a 1948 Calder Cup Title during Cleveland's "Championship Season". The Barons were represented by a six station radio network with Ron Cook as Play By Play man..<br />
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Plain Dealer Note on the 1949-50 Cleveland Barons Radio Network
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Sponsor was Pilsener Brewing Company, whose "P.O.C." (Pride Of Cleveland) Beers were big at the time..
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Games were also televised over WEWS-TV 5..there was a schedule of 20 home dates televised-19 Saturday and one Sunday Afternoon..A couple of fellows named John Foley and Len Roof did play-by-play and color, respectively. Can't find much solid Info on Foley, though he appeared to do Barons TV for at least 2 seasons. Roof appears to have been an amateur athlete that turned to broadcasting for awhile. He subbed for Bob Neal on TV Indians Games in this era when there was a controversy between rival breweries sponsoring Neal's other radio commitments on one hand, and the Indians on the other..Roof also did local College Football on WJMO and WERE..<br />
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TV Highlight listing for the Providence Reds At Cleveland Barons,<br />
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The way games were broadcast in this era was much different than today..On both Radio and TV, Only the third period was broadcast, meaning that most often the broadcast/telecast would not start until 9:30 or 10:00 or later for night games..I guess it wasnt worth it for sponsors to buy a 2-3 hour window for games..<br />
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It would seem that WJW Radio had a pregame show at 9:45 with the action starting at 10. WEWS would join in progress at 10 for the Saturday games..<br />
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There was also many Saturday Nights that a wrapup show. "With The Barons" would air late at night on Channel 5..
As for the Barons themselves, they finished first in the AHL Western Division with a 45-15-10 record for 100 points, 19 points ahead of the second place Indianapolis Capitals, though the Capitals beat the Barons 4 games to 0 in the Calder Cup Finals in 1950..This is the only Cleveland Pro Hockey Team ever to hit 100 points during a regular season..<br />
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Goalie Johnny Bower, after many years in Cleveland, would go on to a Hall Of Fame Career for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Below is the Barons' Record for the televised games only. As indicated above, all telecasts were at home, though WJW Radio and its Barons Network broadcast all games, Home and Away..A couple of notes:The team was 18-1-1 in these games, and average attendance was 8,684 fans for the televised games..Listing includes W-L, final score and attendance for each game. <br />
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Harry Jones, (Later Sports anchor-Indians announcer for WJW-TV 8) Browns Writer Harold Sauerbrei and John Dietrich filed stories on these games for the Plain Dealer..
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WEWS Cleveland Barons/1949-50
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October
22 Cincinnati-Won 4-3 7325
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October 29 Buffalo-Won 9-3 8214
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November 12 Buffalo-Won 5-0 9076
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November 19 Providence-Won 7-6 9114
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November 26 Cincinnati-Won 9-3 9354
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December 10 New Haven-Won 8-2 9021
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December 17 Hershey-Won 7-1 8114<br />
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December 31 Cincinnati-Won 5-1 6894
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January
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January 14 Indianapolis-Won 10-0 10,318
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January 15 Pittsburgh (Sunday Afternoon)-Lost 3-5 8256
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February 11 New Haven-Won 7-0 7857
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February 18 Buffalo-Won 6-2 10,411
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February 25 Providence-Won 6-2 8214
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March 11 Providence-Won 8-5 7856
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March 18 Indianapolis-Won 5-3 8692
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Another PD Ad (December 10, 1952) for a different Barons Season (1952-53) Ron Cook was at the microphone for Barons Games well into the mid 1950's at least..
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I realize people here are'nt big hockey fans for the most part, but I wanted to show in some way, just how big the sport was in The Cleveland area, and try to dig out some history that may be lost otherwise..It would be great to find some old radio games from this era, or even the 60's-early 70's..Tim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-74609619248762531602012-12-05T11:25:00.001-05:002012-12-05T13:45:32.159-05:00Cleveland Christmas Memories<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Cover for "Cleveland Christmas Memories" by Gail Ghetia Bellamy..Publishers:Gray and Company.
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Christmas Tree at Higbees, Terminal Tower-1968
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Nela Park Christmas Lights, 1955
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Cover of Halles "Wish Book" of featuring Mr. Jingeling-1965
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Most of you know that have read the Blog for any length of time know that I am a native of The Canton/Stark County area..My own Christmas Memories include the toys, food, family gatherings,Church Pageants and Christmas on TV/radio in the 60's and 70's..WVIZ produced a TV special a few years ago called "The Way We Shopped" that revolved around the Classic Department Stores in Cleveland and Akron, with a large segment dedicated to Christmas Shopping..Here is a book that would make a great companion to that WVIZ Special..<br />
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Gail Ghetia Bellamy crystallizes the memories of Christmas In Cleveland in her new book, CLEVELAND CHRISTMAS MEMORIES, and she does an amazing job..The pictures alone are worth the price ($17.95 officially, cheaper at Amazon.com, etc)..The stories, culled from interviews with notable Clevelanders..Some that had charge of making memories, others just sharing their own holiday memories, mostly fun,some happy, some sad..The narrative is weaved around certain topics..Toys, food, ethnic traditions,Nativity scenes, Santa, lights, and even a whole chapter on Mr. Jingeling..
Being that I am not originally from Cleveland, you tend to forget/not realize how Ethnically rich and diverse The Cleveland area is..That is amazing in itself..Also, on the side margins of most pages are Christmas facts and trivia..If you are from Cleveland, this book will be an exciting trip down Memory Lane..I highly, highly recommend it..
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Gray and Company link to the book:<br />
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I'd like to dedicate this blog post to Mrs. Nadine Keyes..Wife of the late Earl Keyes..She was "Mrs. Jingeling" to generations of Northeast Ohio kids..Mrs. Keyes passed away recently..
Tim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-46695189768884763982012-10-24T00:51:00.000-04:002012-10-24T00:53:10.254-04:00Great Cleveland Radio Stories-From Adam JonesI've always felt kind of bad that I havent written nearly as much about Radio as TV..Not as much to write about many times, and harder to come up with real content. I've appreciated vets like Joe Mosbrook, Eric Braun and Jerry Immel for sharing some outstanding airchecks and photos in recent weeks on our various Facebook Pages..
Today I want to introduce you to Adam Ocopek (aka Adam Jones)..Akron radio listeners know him as half of "Adam and Bob"(Allen) from 1978-1995 on WAKR-1590..One of the last of the great local radio teams in Northeast Ohio..I barely knew of Adam, never listened often, but the show certainly must have been a hit to last 17 years..What I, or perhaps others didnt realize is that Adam had a very long career in Radio before WAKR. As many DJ's did, he broadcast under many different names..<br />
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Adam's website, full of great radio stories..<br />
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1947 WSRS Ad with Christmas greetings<br />
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First job at WSRS-1954-58<br />
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Describing Adam's first on air job (Bob Franklin) at WSRS-Great insight of how the station was run at that time<br />
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Adam Jones/Ocopek as WSRS "Bob Franklin"<br />
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July 4, 1958 Cleveland Press Radio Guide.."Bob Franklin" was on afternoons..<br />
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Here's the second story from WSRS-This would be about the time of the sale to the WJMO owners..WJMO would become 1490 while WSRS would be no more, replaced by WABQ at 1540 kc..<br />
These days WJMO is at 1300, WERE is at 1490 and WWGK is at 1540-At least this week-LOL<br />
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Engineer Ron Powell, apparently during a remote..<br />
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Adam Jones/Ocopek/"Bob Franklin" at the WSRS controls<br />
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WSRS station ID from about 1956..Originally from the Jerry Immel collection..<br />
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I want to thank personally Adam Jones for allowing me to share much of his memories of his first radio job..There is very little on the web about WSRS, because probably to be honest it was just a small "graveyard" AM without a lot of history to be found, but stories like his are a big reason I do the blog, etc..Now what I'd love to hear is an aircheck or two from WSRS..<br />
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<br />Tim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-20755914628620711672012-08-10T15:21:00.000-04:002012-08-11T10:59:36.331-04:00Hawkins Falls-A Television Novel:TV's first successful Soap Opera<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hawkins Falls Star Bernardine Flynn, with guest MacDonald Carey (Later of Days Of Our Lives Fame) and director Frank Pacelli..<br />
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Slide shown when an NBC show was filmed or Kinescoped for later airing..<br />
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Beginning slide of Hawkins Falls-A Television Novel<br />
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Short blurb announcing the premiere of Hawkins Falls as an afternoon Soap Opera on WNBK-TV 4 weekdays at 5 beginning April 2, 1951, after spending the summer of 1950 as a Prime time hour drama..
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Today we'll take a look at soap opera "Hawkins Falls"..The NBC soap is considered by most as the first tv soap opera that lasted very long.(it was the longest running Soap at the tile of it's cancellation).<br />
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The show actually premiered June 17, 1950 as prime time drama and lasted in prime time till October 12, 1950..
The show returned April 2, 1951 as a 5-a week daytime drama, produced live at NBC Chicago..From the episodes I've seen, it seems to be a very low key drama, which veered into gentle comedy on occasion, as witnessed by this October 21, 1953 episode:
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Hugh Downs was the Announcer at this point, later replaced by "Wed" Howard..<br />
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The show starred Bernardine Flynn as heroine Lona Drewer..Flynn was a veteran of Chicago based radio..Others in the cast were Jim Bannon, Maurice Copeland and Arthur Peterson..comedian Tom Poston appeared in the cast during 1953..Other known actors were Hope Summers and Art Van Harvey..Van Harvey and Flynn were radio's "Vic and Sade."
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The official title is "Hawkins Falls, A Television Novel"..The show originated live from Chicago and was known for the stars sharing witty sayings at the beginning of the program (In Hawkins Falls, People say...)<br />
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Near the end of the series, there was no official sponsor so NBC sustained the show until the end, July 1, 1955..
Here is a 3-episode arc about a man who thinks he is psychic and the problems it causes..March 31, April 1, and April 4, 1955..
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The theme was a rousing rendition of "Skip To My Lou"..Shows how much tamer (and clean) soap operas were in the 1950's compared to today..Tim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-34739364828101844512012-07-09T17:57:00.000-04:002012-07-10T12:16:53.956-04:00Mid summer Update..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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July 1962:Ad for The Warren Guthrie News on Channel 8
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January 1955:WXEL-CBS ad for "The Millionaire" Wednesdays at 9PM..
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July 1954:General advertisement for WXEL's programs-ABC, DuMont and Syndication
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October 1975:Action 3 News ad, featuring Doug Adair..
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Hello all:
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Thought I would just sort of Randomly update a few things..First, I know it's been 2 months since the last post..I think it's beyond promising I'll post on a certain date or time..Future posting will just depend on certain factors, such as whether we can come up with more vintage listings/stories, new or unusual local vintage TV/radio clips/film come about, or some large news story in the Cleveland area Broadcast scene..
Some interesting developments in the Facebook world..There has been a large spike of interest in the KYW Facebook page in the last week..Veterans Eric Braun, Gary Stromberg and Joe Mosbrook have been sharing excellent clips and stories..We've decided to change the KYW FB page title to include WKYC-Radio/TV from 1965-72 (Just before the radio became WWWE/WWWM)..It has been great how Broadcast people have come out to share stories of the KYW/WKYC years and I'm looking forward for more to come..
On a sad note, we've lost a number of folks recently that had a great part to play in the classic tv field including George Lindsey, Doris Singleton,Frank Cady, Andy Griffith and yesterday, Ernest Borgnine. Seems that way too many of the greats are leaving us as of late..Kind of sad..
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TV Guide Listings:<br />
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Friday, August 27, 1954<br />
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3 WNBK-NBC<br />
5 WEWS-CBS<br />
8 WXEL-ABC DuMont<br />
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7AM<br />
3 Today<br />
5 Morning Show-Jack Paar<br />
(Paige Palmer 8:25, 8:55)<br />
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8:55<br />
8 Preview Corner<br />
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9AM<br />
3 Early Bird Theater-Calaboose<br />
5 Early Show-Danger Ahead<br />
8 Breakfast Club-Don McNeill (ABC)<br />
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10AM<br />
3 Ding Dong School-Horwich<br />
5 Garry Moore<br />
8 Alice Weston<br />
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10:30<br />
3 A Time To Live<br />
8 Maggie Wulff Show (Movie) Behind Stone Walls<br />
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10:45 <br />
3 Three Steps To Heaven<br />
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11AM<br />
3 Home-Arlene Francis<br />
5 Dione Lucas-Cooking<br />
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11:30<br />
5 Strike It Rich-Hull<br />
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Noon<br />
3 Bob Smith Show (Buffalo Bob with a regular variety show)<br />
5 Valiant Lady<br />
8 Drama At Noon<br />
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12:15<br />
5 Love Of Life<br />
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12:30<br />
3 One O Clock Preview<br />
5 Search For Tomorrow<br />
8 Rena and Bob<br />
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12:45<br />
5 Guiding Light<br />
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1PM<br />
3 One o Clock Playhouse:The Wall Of Death<br />
5 Woman's Window-Fraser<br />
8 Portia Faces Life-CBS<br />
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1:15<br />
8 Seeking Heart-CBS<br />
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1:30<br />
8 Midday Movie-Little Pal<br />
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2PM<br />
5 Robert Q. Lewis<br />
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2:15<br />
3 Maggi Byrne<br />
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2:30<br />
5 Linkletter's House Party<br />
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2:45<br />
3 Maggi's Kitchen<br />
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3PM<br />
3 One Man's Family<br />
5 Big Payoff<br />
8 Paul Dixon-DuMont<br />
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3:15<br />
3 Golden Windows<br />
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3:30<br />
3 First Love (Moves to 4:15 following Monday)<br />
5 Bob Crosby<br />
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4PM<br />
3 Hawkins Falls<br />
5 Mixing Bowl<br />
8 Brighter Day-CBS<br />
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4:15<br />
3 Bride and Groom-Last Show of Series<br />
8 Secret Storm-CBS<br />
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4:30<br />
3 Betty White Show<br />
5 On Your Account<br />
8 King Jack<br />
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5PM<br />
3 Pinky Lee<br />
5 Uncle Jake-Gene Carroll<br />
8 Desert Deputy-Western Movie<br />
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5:25<br />
5 News<br />
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5:30<br />
3 Howdy Doody<br />
5 Twenty Fingers-Randy Culver/Crandall Hendershott<br />
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5:45<br />
5 Professor Pet<br />
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5:50<br />
5 Dinner Platter-Bob Dale<br />
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6PM<br />
3 Suppertime Comics<br />
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6:15<br />
8 Sports-Bob Neal<br />
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6:30<br />
3 Sports-Tom Manning<br />
5 News-Dorothy Fuldheim<br />
8 Weather-Dr. Annear<br />
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6:40 <br />
3 Weather Vein<br />
8 Cleveland Today<br />
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6:45<br />
3 News Summary<br />
5 Sports Page-Jack Graney<br />
8 Joe Potaro-Beauty<br />
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6:55<br />
5 Weather<br />
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7PM<br />
3 Badge 714 (Dragnet)<br />
5 Big Playback<br />
8 Captain Video-DuMont<br />
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7:15<br />
5 Green Thumbs<br />
8 News-Bob Lang/Jimmy Dudley<br />
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7:30<br />
3 Eddie Fisher<br />
5 CBS News-Douglas Edwards<br />
8 Stu Erwin-ABC<br />
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7:45<br />
3 NBC News-John Cameron Swayze<br />
5 Perry Como<br />
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8PM<br />
3 The Duke<br />
5 Pantomine Quiz<br />
8 Baseball-Indians/Senators-Tribe lost 3-2 in 10 innings at Washington<br />
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8:30<br />
3 Life Of Riley<br />
5 Topper<br />
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9PM<br />
3 Best In Mystery<br />
5 Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars<br />
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9:30<br />
3 Soundstage<br />
5 Our Miss Brooks<br />
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10PM<br />
3 Sports Highlights<br />
5 Star Theater<br />
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10:30<br />
3 Moments In Sports<br />
5 I Led Three Lives<br />
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10:45<br />
3 To Be Announced<br />
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11PM<br />
3 News-Tom Field<br />
5 Feature Film:40,000 Horsemen<br />
8 News-Warren Guthrie<br />
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11:05<br />
3 Weather-Joe Finan<br />
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11:10<br />
3 Sports<br />
8 Ted Malone<br />
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11:15<br />
3 Custom Inn-Local<br />
8 John Fitzgerald Sports<br />
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11:20<br />
8 Night Owl Theater:The Man Who Walked Alone<br />
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11:30<br />
3 Hollywood Theater:Topper<br />
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12:30<br />
5 News<br />
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12:45<br />
3 News<br />
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Episode of Soap Opera Hawkins Falls..Aired April 1, 1955 at 4:00 PM on WNBK-3..Tim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-70249006873944156252012-05-10T23:58:00.001-04:002012-05-11T00:15:43.595-04:00Channel 5 Video Vault:Movie Intros..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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James Flanagan, Plain Dealer TV Writer, preview's "Here's Pat O' Brien", an hour special produced by WEWS-TV 5 and aired May 25, 1964 from 7:30-8:30 PM..The promo for this special is part of the WEWS "Video Vault" below..
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We've mentioned Tom Livingston's fine work in digging out rare film and video tape from the WEWS-TV 5 Archives over the last year or more..He has outdone himself here in finding two rare movie openings and a promo for a Pat O'Brien special..
1. Jungle Theater. Though the slate says January 1962, The Plain Dealer archived TV Listings has "Jungle Theater" on between April and August 1963 Saturday afternoons at 5:30. They may have used that title beforehand but it isnt apparent by the listings..
2. The Friday Night Movie-The Slate says September 13, 1964, but The Movie series began Friday September 18, 1964 from 9-11PM with Doris Day in "Love Me Or Leave Me" (1955)..
3. Here's Pat O' Brien-A promo for a locally produced special with actor Pat O' Brien, Broadcast Monday, May 25, 1964..
WEWS is airing a TV version of "Video Vault" once every 3 months with Livingston and Leon Bibb hosting..Here's the Video Vault webpage..
<a href="http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/news_archives/video-vault-1960s-movie-opens-and-pat-obrien-promo">http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/news_archives/video-vault-1960s-movie-opens-and-pat-obrien-promo</a>Tim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-67558232487247774132012-04-12T15:05:00.000-04:002012-04-12T15:05:44.442-04:00Cleveland TV Memories-Sunday Plain Dealer October 1991While looking up other things I found this great article from The Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine October 6, 1991..Part of a 150-Year Celebration of Arts In The Cleveland area..A legthy article on The History of Cleveland Television..Tom Feran Interviewed TV pioneers Linn Sheldon, Don Webster, Betty Cope and Virgil Dominic. More In Depth on how TV actually was in the old days..
Article content from Newsbank's Plain Dealer Article Collection..Betty Cope Image from Cleveland.com..I added the other images from my own collection..
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The '40s And '50s: Linn Sheldon <br />
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Television hit Cleveland on December 17, 1947, when Scripps-Howard's WEWS Channel 5 signed on the air as a CBS affiliate and the first station in Ohio. Itwas followed on October 31, 1948, by WNBK Channel 4, an NBC-owned station that moved to Channel 3 in 1954 and became KYW in 1956, under Westinghouse ownership.The city's third station, WXEL Channel 9, arrived on December 17, 1949; originally owned by the Empire Coil Co. of New York and affiliated with ABC and the old Dumont Network, it moved to Channel 8 and CBS and was renamed WJW after its purchase by Storer Broadcasting in the early 1950s. <br />
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Early broadcast hours were few and irregular; network programs couldn't be carried live until 1949. Staples were old movies, grainy kinescope films of network shows and live local programs. Local news was delivered radio-style by such announcers as Tom Field, Warren Guthrie and Jack Perkins. <br />
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Linn Sheldon, a stage and film actor and cabaret entertainer, was an original employee of WEWS. Nationally known and local legend as the children's host "Barnaby," a role he filled until 1990, he has been the host of 33 shows on four different stations here. <br />
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"The joy of working was unbelievable. We'd come early. We had no one to copy, and the ideas just flowed. We didn't worry about the news because the news was rip and read. We'd lip-synch records, we did game shows, we did plays - live, right in the studio. <br />
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"In 1948, I was doing the opening and telling people what's coming up, and I did a lip-synch of Jimmy Durante. A guy walked in a couple of days later and said, 'Can you do that three <strong>times</strong> a week for 15 minutes?' His name was Fred Shaw, from Rogers jewelry stores, and that was the first sponsored show in Cleveland - I lip-synched records three <strong>times</strong> a week. <br />
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"The facilities were a lot different. You talk about lights, we had scoops that were so hot you could bring them down and heat your soup. WEWS had three cameras on wood tripods. One had three lenses, to also do wide-angle and close-up. If you wanted to go to a close-up, the director would have to go to another camera while the guy turned the whole turret by hand and then focused it. We had boom mikes. Sports brought in the zoom lens. You could only use it on a good clear day. <br />
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"Everybody had kind of the same set - one door, it'd turn around and there'd be a kitchen, the other side a living room or whatever you wanted. Like radio, we had a staff orchestra, and the other stations had them, too. Everybody had a piano player. <br />
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"Everything was first. It was a discovery. The only audio was 78 rpm records. We had a desk that was called Public Service - a desk with a globe on it, a picture of Wyoming and an American flag." <br />
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Once, Sheldon remembers, a fire chief sat at the set to demonstrate a new extinguisher; speechless before the camera, he burned and extinguished every bit of paper he had, but didn't say a word in 10 minutes. Later, Sheldon recalls, on the first day of color programming at Channel 3, a guest threw up on the air. <br />
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"We never thought of being personalities, celebrities. I was standing out front of WEWS, after we'd been on a few months, and a man and his wife and little child came by. He said, 'How about a picture?' I was so thrilled. Then he handed me the camera - they wanted me to take a picture of them with their camera. <br />
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"Mistakes kept coming, but we learned from them. We didn't know about ratings, though we got them. Then the <strong>time</strong> got tighter. The money got tighter. I don't think it's fun for them anymore." <br />
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The '60s: Don Webster <br />
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The 1960s brought lasting <strong>change</strong> to Cleveland television. Color was introduced and became the norm. Newscasts expanded to a half-hour. Non-commercial, educational television arrived in 1965 with WVIZ Channel 25. It was the city's first UHF station, followed in 1968 by Kaiser's WKBF Channel 61 and United Artists' WUAB Channel 43. Viewers saw "Eyewitness News," "City Camera," "Montage" specials, the locally produced "Mike Douglas Show," "The One O'Clock Club," "Polka Varieties," "The Gene Carroll Show," "Jim Doney's Adventure Road,""Ghoulardi," "Jerry G & Co.," "Big Chuck & Hoolihan." <br />
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Two of the most remembered shows are "It's Academic," still broadcast as "Academic Challenge," and "Upbeat," an "American Bandstand"-type series. Both were on WEWS with Don Webster, who has served the station in a variety of roles and today is back as the popular weather forecaster on "Newschannel 5." <br />
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"I came to town from Hamilton, Ont., in September 1964 to do the 'Upbeat' show and a quiz show called 'Quick As A Wink.' WEWS [which had canceled "The One O'Clock Club"] was trying to do something against 'Mike Douglas' on Channel 3. It was a good quiz show, well-produced, and it lasted 13 weeks because Mike was really starting a roll. That whole talk-variety concept was new and innovative then. <br />
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"When I first came on 'Upbeat,' it was called 'The Big 5 Show' because it was on TV-5 at 5 in the afternoon. We used co-hosts from WHK radio. The business was so different because there was no FM radio in the way there is today. WHK was the big rock station, and record companies would do just about anything to get exposure for their artists. There were no Coliseums, no big concerts as we know them. We were in the era of these people going around town to town, playing movie theaters and high school gyms, so it was relatively easy to get big acts - with the understanding that if you got a good act, an A act, you'd have to take two B's, or maybe a B and a C. We ended up with people like Kenny Rogers, when he was first starting, or Simon & Garfunkel. I can remember sitting in the dressing room with Bobby Goldsboro, we were pretty good friends, saying, 'Gee, is this a weird act, we'll probably never hear from them again.' <br />
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"We didn't just have the rock acts. We had Duke Ellington once ... Paul Anka ... Frankie Avalon ... Connie Francis. Otis Redding made his last appearance with us. He left the show, got on that old DC-3 and crashed. <br />
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"The show became so successful in Cleveland that Scripps-Howard decided to put it on their other stations. It wasn't too far from the era of Downbeat magazine, so the name came to be 'Upbeat.' It was a badge of honor for a high school kid to become an 'Upbeat' dancer. I think they got $40, $50 a week, and back in 1968 that was a lot of money. I think every high school girl in town had a pair of white go-go boots in her closet. <br />
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"We were on 90 stations at one <strong>time</strong> , including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Dick Clark called me and suggested I go to California and work for him. We talked and talked, and Dick's a wonderful guy, but Dick still has the first nickel he ever made, so the money wasn't all that great. And we both had dark hair and our style was really similar, so I decided there wasn't much point. I said, 'If you continue producing new shows and doing things on the air yourself, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who's going to get the good ones.' So I stayed here in Cleveland, which I really never regretted. <br />
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"I did some announcing. We all pulled a booth shift then, and each station had a group of announcers you never saw on the air because we didn't have the automation we have now. Then I started to do a little bit of weather, sports, a little entertainment. About '71 I took over 'Academic.' By and large, the show is still the same. The kids never <strong>change</strong> . One of the things that impressed me was the good, solid, dedicated teachers who'd be there year after year. That's really nice to see.' <br />
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Webster also was host of the Ohio Lottery shows for nine years, a weekly half-hour and a nightly drawing. It was all live, with ever-changing contestants drawn by chance, "and that was the scariest thing I've ever done in my life." He was later asked to do "The Gene Carroll Show," a weekly amateur variety hour, after the death of its original host and the untimely cancer deaths of two replacements, Ron Penfound and Jim Runyon. <br />
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"So they said, 'Webster, it's yours.' I said, 'Wait a minute, I'm feeling pretty good, I'm not sure I want to do this.' So then I took it over and they had a pool at the station to see how long I was going to last. Fortunately, the show died before I did.' <br />
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The '70s: Betty Cope <br />
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The 1970s brought minicams and helicopters as a sideshow to Cleveland TV news, while the city's dire financial strait and political controversies lent anincreased air of urgency and importance. Cable arrived, with little initial impact, as suburbs awarded local franchises. Financially strapped WKBF Channel 61 went dark; it returned under new ownership as WCLQ. WUAB was sold to Gaylord Broadcasting of Texas. WJW, in new quarters on South Marginal, became WJKW afterStorer Broadcasting sold off its radio station, which had rights to the call letters it had used longer. WEWS started "The <strong>Morning</strong><strong>Exchange</strong> ," the pioneering <strong>morning</strong> show that is widely considered the model for "Good <strong>Morning</strong> America," andWJW launched "PM Magazine." <br />
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The 1970s were growth years that turned "educational television" into "public televison." WVIZ enlarged its quarters, added staff and built a new transmitter. Its president and general manager from the beginning has been Betty Cope, who broke into television as a producer at WEWS in the '40s. <br />
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"'Masterpiece Theater' was just getting started in 1970. Big Bird didn't come into his own until about '70. 'Mister Rogers' was about a year old. Kukla, Fran and Ollie were about to come back to TV. We had 'The Great American Dream Machine,' sort of a cross between '60 Minutes' and 'Saturday Night Live'; the National Conference of Christians and Jews, live; Julia Child; the first 'Live From the Met,' the first-ever 'Live From the Grand Ole Opry.' We had a slew of local things. We did City Council, the George Forbes carnival kickback trial. <br />
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"We had more programs for national distribution for instructional broadcasting in the '70s than any <strong>time</strong> before or since. <br />
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"We had started operating Monday-Friday for the schools and probably had only enough programs to go 6 to 10 on Sunday night. Our first March membership drive was in 1971, under the banner of 'S.O.S.' - 'Sesame On Saturday' - because we weren't on the air on Saturday then. We raised $23,000, and went on the air on Saturdays. By comparison, in March 1979, we raised $273,000. Then, because so many people were saying they wanted 'Sesame Street' on Sunday <strong>mornings</strong> and we started at 6 Sunday night, within two years we were on the air all day Saturday and all Sunday. <br />
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"What a dichotomy. Just as all the good program things looked like they were about to happen, along came something which threatened to sink us. 'Firing Line' - William F. Buckley broke with Nixon on China. 'Washington Week in Review' - the Nixon administration hated it. Then came the talk of gavel-to-gavel Watergate [coverage]. <br />
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"The Nixon administration said public broadcasting could spend money only on drama, dance and music. There would be no public affairs paid for by the federal funding, which had just begun in 1967. There were 15 people on the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, appointed with the advice and consent of Congress and nominated by the president. A bunch of us in about eight or 10 major cities, who decided we had as much clout on our boards, got on a plane and flew to Dallas and hammered out what we thought would be a compromise. We said, 'OK, you guys in the federal government, you can put all the strings you want on your monies, all we want is free and clear access if we can figure out a way to fund this ourselves.' They allowed as how we couldn't figure out how to fund it anyhow and said OK. And that really is what gave impetus to membership drives. <br />
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"That was in 1972. It was exciting. We didn't know if it was going to work or not. Our first membership drive was in '70. But they really started going big when we had this story to say. I think we got a lot of awareness by doing Watergate gavel-to-gavel, without commercial interruption. I think it gave us credibility." <br />
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The '80s: Virgil Dominic <br />
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Television exploded in the 1980s. It changed, and so did the way viewers watched it. Cleveland was wired for cable and more than half the area subscribed. Independent WUAB Channel 43 won rights to Indians and Cavs games andstarted its own newscast. WOIO Channel 19 took to the air in 1985 and soon affiliated with a new fourth network, Fox. WCLQ, unable to compete, was sold to Home Shopping Network and became WQHS. WJW, its old call letters back, led expansion in local news at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., TV-5's "Afternoon <strong>Exchange</strong> " became"Live on Five," but fragmentation of the audience and commercial dollars led WKYC to cancel "AM Cleveland." Stations expanded to 24-hour service, and competition intensified as the Arbitron Co. began providing local ratings on a next-day basis. Almost emblematically, a symbol of local television was lost with the debilitating stroke and death of pioneering WEWS commentator Dorothy Fuldheim. <br />
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As much as anyone, Virgil Dominic came to personify local television. A popular news anchor for WKYC and NBC in the '60s, he became news director of WJW in the '70s, served a <strong>time</strong> as station manager and now is its president and general manager. <br />
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"The year 1980 itself started off with a very dramatic event for local television. It was technological, the year local stations got into the satellite business. We were the first station to do it here. Storer Broadcasting had decided it wanted to be on the cutting edge of this new technology. Our first satellite receiving dish is still out there on the front lawn. We don't use it anymore, it's just a billboard, but it's the first one. We have a garden around it." <br />
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Storer wanted to "knock the socks off" local viewers with satellite technology. It was soon after the Three Mile Island nuclear power mishap; Dominic, then news director, spent eight weeks reporting on nuclear power around the world, sending back 28 reports for a month-long series. <br />
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"Now satellites are so commonplace. We probably have six dishes and most stations even have the uplinks to transmit. It's allowed us to get out of our own back yard, not just TV-8 but all the stations here. The benefit to the community was that it expanded a whole area of knowledge, enabled us to report more broadly and in-depth and really propelled us into partnerships with stations all across the country. <br />
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"Television became more of a business in the '80s. The main thing that caused that was the Reagan deregulation applied to broadcasting. Until then, people who owned stations had some degree of protection because you had a license to maintain, as opposed to running a grocery store or automotive factory. It afforded some insulation from the competitive forces that besiege other businesses. Until then, it was competitive within itself, you were competing against a like force. <br />
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"The '80s were the years we got a whole new competitor, cable. When I started in Cleveland in 1965, there were only two other stations that meant anything. Now the revenue pie is split among 54 different channels. <br />
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"The independents really came into their own. They got good programming together and were able to do things network affiliates were not able to do. When you're an affiliate, you cannot put on 65 Indians games a year; we were out of that ballgame, after almost 20 years, and that also began to affect revenue. <br />
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"Then the VCR came along. People were still using television, but not in the way anyone once envisioned. And the zappers, the remote controls - the opportunity to <strong>change</strong> channels without getting up from their easy chairs. Now we've got to prove to advertisers that their commercials are being watched. Talk about giving power to the people. <br />
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"I think all of us began searching for ways that cable would not be able to duplicate us. By far the best example was local news. It was always important from an image, community service and profit standpoint, but the importance to the profit side was increased. It was the quickest, surest way to differentiate ourselves from cable - you weren't going to get a Cleveland City Council meeting on CNN. That's why other local programs became more important, things like ' <strong>Morning</strong><strong>Exchange</strong> ' on Channel 5. I still think that's what's going to save us in local television.' cp060 Tim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-9854674371381706872012-03-12T14:05:00.000-04:002012-03-12T14:11:27.529-04:00Live, Out Of town TV comes to Cleveland..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Notice to WEWS Viewers on an attempt to bring a live telecast of a Red Sox/Tigers game from Detroit Septmber 20, 1948.
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Notice in the Plain Dealer September 21, 1948 on the success of the "Live" experiment..An ABC Dedication broadcast was shown later that night (The first live network broadcast to Cleveland)..WNBK was about a month away and would already be connected to NBC's Midwest Network..
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September 1948 was the beginning of big things in Northeast Ohio Television.Plans were put in motion for live, network broadcasts to Cleveland..The first of these was a Detroit/Boston American League Baseball Game September 20, 1948..As we see in the above articles, it was a mammoth undertaking just to air one Baseball Game from Detroit to Cleveland..About this time also WEWS aired an ABC-TV Inaugral Show live from Chicago..These were the first "On Location" telecasts ever seen live in Cleveland..When we compare with how easily and relatively cheaply remote telecasting is done today..Very Intriguing.<br />
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September 29, 1948 TV Schedule:
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1:55 Baseball Chicago White Sox at Indians
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4:15 Fans In The Stands
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5PM Just For Kids
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7PM Feminine Features
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7:30 Winner Take All (CBS)
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8PM Places Please (CBS)
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8:15 Know Your Neighbors
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8:30 As Others See Us
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8:50 Film Short<br />
9PM Videovaudeville
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9:20 Film Short
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9:30 Tune Time
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10PM Hot Rod Auto Races (ABC)
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Midnight NewsTim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-33678396601844958772012-02-01T23:00:00.000-05:002012-02-01T23:00:59.501-05:00New Link:CBS Radio Mystery Theater<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Logo for CBS Radio Mystery Theater, which aired from 1974-1982 with E. G. Marshall and Tammy Grimes as hosts..<br />
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Want to Introduce a New Link to everyone. A gentleman has gone through the trouble and expense of acquiring the entire CBS Radio Mystery Theater series..The program began in 1974 with EG Marshall as host, airing till 1982. all 1399 ahows are available for free download..There is also a searchable database of actors. appearing on each episode.
Not sure how long, but WHBC-1480 AM in Canton carried the show for awhile..Cleveland's WERE-1300 and WJW850 also carried the show..In addition to the broadcasts, which many times had top of the hour CBS News included in the tapes..There is a lot of of history on this site as well..<br />
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<a href="http://www.cbsrmt.com/">http://www.cbsrmt.com/</a>Tim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-38984102404815303932012-01-16T19:55:00.000-05:002012-01-16T20:39:35.337-05:00Just when did Jack Benny first appear on the radio?One of the things I like about writing the blog is finding out things not generally known, or better yet, refuting things that are suppoosed "known" facts..<br />
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One of these assumptions is that Jack Benny began his radio career as a guest of Ed Sullivan on a show in New York on March 29, 1932..His first words were documented as "Hello, this is Jack Benny. Now there will be a slight pause while you say, who cares?" <br />
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In recent days, friend Don M. Yowp, whom we have mentioned here before because of his vintage Hanna-Barbera Blog, has started "Tralfaz" a second blog for more of his general entertainment Interests:<br />
<a href="http://tralfaz.blogspot.com/2012/01/jack-benny-on-air-1931.html">Jack Benny On The Air, 1931</a><br />
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Yowp writes about an earlier Benny appearance on RKO Theater of The Air September 4, 1931 on WIBA Madison, Wisconsin.
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I thought I'd look around the Plain Dealer Archive to find anything sooner, not really thinking I would..Surprisingly, I came up with a Monday January 20, 1930 Broadcast on WHK-1390 Cleveland at 7:30 PM called "Voices From Filmland"
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This appears to be a early Columbia/CBS Radio series on until at least March 1930..According to JJ's Radio log website, this was also on KHJ-930 Los Angeles and WABC-860 New York..
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Mr. Benny was on either Radio or TV regularly from 1932-65, with periodic NBC specials until his death in December 1974. <br />
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Ms. Laura Leff, a fan of Jack Benny since 10 years of age, runs some facets of the Jack Benny Estate and is head of the International Jack Benny Fan Club..
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<a href="http://jackbenny.org/" target="_blank">International Jack Benny Fan Club</a>Tim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-5810438206957505622012-01-02T07:15:00.003-05:002012-01-02T12:35:23.159-05:00Year In Review-2011<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rIUrqBpscxE/TwGnV9nFzlI/AAAAAAAACYw/iMKpTmIOpS8/s1600/MHolt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rIUrqBpscxE/TwGnV9nFzlI/AAAAAAAACYw/iMKpTmIOpS8/s400/MHolt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693015399730630226" /></a><br />Mary Holt, pioneer among women in Cleveland Broadcasting, passed away March 9th..<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GW-sBM3D9Kk/TwGUPsQOfCI/AAAAAAAACYY/cvYs3TwM31k/s1600/228520_w300.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 343px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692994401271184418" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GW-sBM3D9Kk/TwGUPsQOfCI/AAAAAAAACYY/cvYs3TwM31k/s400/228520_w300.jpg" /></a><br />Broadcaster Joe Tait retired in April after 39 years of NBA Play-By-Play with the Cleveland Cavaliers..Tait, with Terry Pluto recently brought out his Biography, "It's Been A Real Ball."<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HsMBejF1JGg/TwGSbVE1SXI/AAAAAAAACYM/Nfzx-OkpH88/s1600/small_goddard.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692992402184554866" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HsMBejF1JGg/TwGSbVE1SXI/AAAAAAAACYM/Nfzx-OkpH88/s400/small_goddard.jpg" /></a><br />Dick Goddard, Cleveland TV Weather Forecaster who on May 1, 2011 celebrated his 50th year in Television, starting out at KYW-TV 3..After a short stint in Philadelphia at KYW, Goddard has been with WJW-8 Cleveland since March 1966..(Photo courtesy Cleveland Leader)<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZETWGYjDsL0/TwGMjnz3z0I/AAAAAAAACYA/ygCQCTz5Do4/s1600/9467104-standard.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692985947582877506" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZETWGYjDsL0/TwGMjnz3z0I/AAAAAAAACYA/ygCQCTz5Do4/s400/9467104-standard.jpg" /></a><br />Jane Scott, Rock Music Critic for the Plain Dealer, died July 4 (Photo courtesy Cleveland.com)<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IqrXINq7TDw/TwGLCxIUwRI/AAAAAAAACX0/it1kV1DAE_U/s1600/CollierWEB_20110922201804_640_480.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692984283637268754" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IqrXINq7TDw/TwGLCxIUwRI/AAAAAAAACX0/it1kV1DAE_U/s400/CollierWEB_20110922201804_640_480.jpg" /></a><br />Chuck Collier, WGAR Radio Host for over 40 years, passed away September 22..(Photo courtesy WGAR.com and WEWS Newsnet5.com)<br /><br />Hello..<br />I'd like to present our second annual Year In Review of Classic Cleveland and Northeast Ohio Media happenings..<br /><br />Passings..<br /><br />Mary Holt, a Pioneer in Cleveland Women's Broadcasting..worked at WJMO and WJW Radio as well as KYW-TV 3 in Cleveland..March 9<br /><br />Dick Dugan, Cartoonist for the Plain Dealer for 38 years..April 16<br /><br />Jane Scott, Rock Music Writer/Critic for The Plain Dealer..July 4<br /><br />Chuck Collier..WGAR DJ for over 40 years. September 22..<br /><br />(If anyone can think of any local folks I might have missed, Email me..)<br /><br />Milestones:<br /><br />Dick Goddard celebrated 50 years in TV in May..At That time he brought out his Biography "Six Inches of Partly Cloudy" with Tom Feran..<br /><br />Joe Tait retires as Cavaliers Basketball Announcer in April after 39 years as an NBA Play By Play man..He also recently wrote, with Terry Pluto "It's Been A Real Ball."<br />He is replaced by former Lake Erie Monsters Announcer John Michael..<br /><br />Mike Hegan retires as Indians Radio announcer in October, replaced by Jim Rosenhaus, who was already on the Broadcast Team, rotating with Tom Hamilton And Hegan..<br /><br />Other News:<br /><br />In Classic TV Locally, WIVM-52 Canton moves to digital 39 in January, eventually having 4 streams..1. Local With RTV, 2. Tuff TV 3. PBJ Family/Kids Programming 4. Denny and Marge Hazen FM stations..<br /><br />Antenna TV began on channel 8.2 January 1, 2011<br />MeTV Began August 1, 2011 on WOIO 19.2 replacing Weather Now<br />TCT (WRLM-former WOAC) adds a Family/Classic TV channel on 47.3 with TCT regular (.1) TCT HD (.2) and Spanish (.4)<br /><br />Bounce African American TV Channel is scheduled to begin shortly on WUAB-43.2 or 3 in addition to ThisTV..<br /><br />In Radio, The biggest news is probably WKRK 92.3 switching from Alt Rock to Sports Talk in late August 2011..<br /><br />WNWV (107.3) recently was sold by Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting to Rubber City Radio..Format was changed to a form of Smooth Jazz..<br /><br />Four New FM stations debuted this year in parts of Northeast Ohio..<br /><br />WKJA (91.9)..Calvary Chapel from California operates this station licensed to Brunswick, Ohio covering much of NE Ohio with 25kw..<br /><br />WHVY-89.5 Coshocton-Operated by Harvest Baptist Temple Of Clyde, Ohio (WHVT 90.5 and a Findlay Translator on 94.1)<br /><br />WJDD-90.9 Carrollton (June 2011) and WJEE-90.1 Bolivar (East Sparta)-Operated by Denny and Marge Hazen of TV Ministry Plus Or Minus 60..<br /><br />More Radio:<br />WINW Radio 1520 left the air last Spring partly due to Copper Theivery and flooding in the station's transmitter area. They recently returned to the air at low power..<br /><br />Curtis Perry III, who had been operating WINW under an LMA with an Urban Gospel Format (and appears to be again)..In the meantime, WCER-900 was LMA'ed to Mr. Perry, with the result that the station is currently off the air..Hoping that someone will put 900 back on the air at some point..I's a pretty good facility..<br /><br />It will be interesting to see what 2012 brings..As always, we're on the lookout for rare Radio/TV airchecks, either audio or video to share on our sites..God Bless you all, thanks for reading and contibuting and Happy New Year to all..Tim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-51089942743579945762011-12-31T12:32:00.000-05:002011-12-31T12:34:12.003-05:00Cleveland Broadcasting-New Years Eve 1949<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JX9ssOhlnNw/Tv9FGwwXxKI/AAAAAAAACXc/tFsvk8ce2uk/s1600/Hoppy.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 208px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 350px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692344436488914082" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JX9ssOhlnNw/Tv9FGwwXxKI/AAAAAAAACXc/tFsvk8ce2uk/s400/Hoppy.jpg" /></a><br />Picture Postcard of Hopalong Cassidy, distributed by Bond Bread..The other side had "Tune In Hopalong Cassidy on WNBK-4"..Hoppy was starting his Radio Show Jan. 1, 1950 on Mutual-WHK..The Hopalong movies and TV shows started being shown later in 1950 on NBC..<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BWrsVtxgNiw/Tv8uF-yXTQI/AAAAAAAACXE/bIG83yiPyN0/s1600/wgarfootball010250.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 81px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692319134308060418" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BWrsVtxgNiw/Tv8uF-yXTQI/AAAAAAAACXE/bIG83yiPyN0/s400/wgarfootball010250.jpg" /></a> Football Bowl Games on WGAR-1220, Including the OSU-California Rose Bowl Game from Pasadena..<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-17_uK5ZoonE/Tv8thBNUNbI/AAAAAAAACW4/7lEx34jdz-E/s1600/arnoldwtam1950_0001.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 169px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692318499302815154" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-17_uK5ZoonE/Tv8thBNUNbI/AAAAAAAACW4/7lEx34jdz-E/s400/arnoldwtam1950_0001.jpg" /></a> January 2, 1950 from the Plain Dealer.."Folksinger" (not Country Music Singer) Eddy Arnold had his own weekday morning show on NBC-WTAM<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A20gT5Q4Ix0/Tv8n1vKsC2I/AAAAAAAACWs/e_wuO-WAP0o/s1600/WXEL_test_pattern.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 314px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692312258167442274" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A20gT5Q4Ix0/Tv8n1vKsC2I/AAAAAAAACWs/e_wuO-WAP0o/s400/WXEL_test_pattern.jpg" /></a> WXEL-9 Test Pattern-Very nice copy..<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sJzR2jvHasI/Tv8nT5mxRZI/AAAAAAAACWg/vc3zBnFoPm8/s1600/WXEL_Dedication_Plaque.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 308px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692311676854027666" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sJzR2jvHasI/Tv8nT5mxRZI/AAAAAAAACWg/vc3zBnFoPm8/s400/WXEL_Dedication_Plaque.jpg" /></a> WXEL-TV 9 Dedication plaque-Cleveland's Third TV Station had been on the air less than two weeks.. </div><br /><br />Looking some at New Years Eve Radio-TV 1949.<br /><br />George Condon wrote in his Plain Dealer Column on December 31, 1949 about the possibility of The Cleveland Orchestra making it's debut on Television January 8, 1950 on WNBK-4..Radio broadcasts on WTAM and several other stations were to commence then, and it was planned to have an experimental TV relay during an Orchestra rehearsal from Severance Hall to the NBC Building on Superior Avenue using a Microwave reflector on top of Severance Hall, hoping to get the signal to a dish at WNBK/WTAM..Sohio was to sponsor the Radio/TV Broadcasts<br />beginning 1/8/1950..<br /><br />A Narrative Review of the last 50 years in Cleveland was to be aired by WGAR December 31 at 1PM, hosted by Reg Merridew and Sid Andorn..<br /><br />Talk about going through Material..It was figured out that Cooking Hostess Alice Weston of WEWS had gone through 1, 068 of her own recipies and 168 others from viewers since starting her program February 14, 1949..<br /><br /><br />Hopalong Cassidy was to begin his own Radio Show January 1, 1950 at 4PM on WHK. Cassidy (William Boyd) was already a huge Movie Star and would soon gain many more fans as his films hit Television..<br /><br />Robert Kintner, who joined ABC (Blue Network) in 1944, was announced as President of ABC-Radio/TV, where he served until 1956..<br /><br />More Program Highlights<br /><br />TV:(Dec. 31)<br />Jack Carter hosts Cavalcade of Stars on DuMont-WXEL at 9PM<br />Meet The Press with Senator Scott Lucas (D-Illinois) NBC-WNBK at 9:30<br />Morey Amsterdam hosts a New Years Eve Party on NBC-WNBK at 10<br /><br />CBS New Years Party with Ed Sullivan, Robert Q. Lewis and others on WEWS at 10PM<br /><br />Radio (Dec. 31)<br /><br />Blue-Gray Football WHK 2:30<br />East-West Shrine Football-WHK 5:30<br /><br />Forecast 1950-WTAM 3:30<br />Dallas Symphony-WTAM 4PM<br /><br />AHL Hockey Cleveland Barons/Cincinnati Mohawks-WJW 9:45 (Third Period only) (Barons win 5-1 before 6891 at the Arena)<br /><br /><br />TV (Jan. 1, 1950)<br />Movie-Little Men WEWS 3PM<br /><br />Movie-That Uncertain Feeling WXEL 3PM<br /><br />Super Circus-WXEL (ABC) 5PM<br />Exit 1949-News Films WNBK 5PM<br /><br />Perry Como WNBK-NBC 8PM<br />Toast Of The Town WEWS-CBS 8PM with Charles Laughton and Mary McCarty<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LrZbXd4P-DM/Tv9A2xH3BYI/AAAAAAAACXQ/CEJGTWesmM0/s1600/radio123149.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 310px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692339763663013250" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LrZbXd4P-DM/Tv9A2xH3BYI/AAAAAAAACXQ/CEJGTWesmM0/s400/radio123149.jpg" /></a><br />Radio Listings in The Plain Dealer Saturday, December 31, 1949 (Open link for better reading)<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VT-XbFsKAXs/Tv9F4mI5GmI/AAAAAAAACXo/h081D5Li8wM/s1600/tv123149_0002.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 69px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692345292632431202" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VT-XbFsKAXs/Tv9F4mI5GmI/AAAAAAAACXo/h081D5Li8wM/s400/tv123149_0002.jpg" /></a><br />TV Listings Saturday December 31, 1949</div><br /><br />Later Today, Tomorrow or Monday we'll have a brief Classic TV "Year In Review" Post..Want to wish all our readers a Happy and safe New Year..Tim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.com0