January 1959-A look back..

Ad for the "Voice Of Firestone" Music series on ABC-TV..Note that while channels 45 and 49 here are ABC affiliates in Youngstown/Akron..In time, their channel assignments would be co-owned WNEO-Alliance/WEAO-Akron..PBS simulcast 24/7..Also, This may be the only prime time show broadcast an all 3 ABC affiliates at the network time in this entire week..



Ad for WJW-TV's "Big Movie" at 5:30 PM weekdays


KYW Ad for their main movie time slots-5:45 and 11:15PM weeknights



TV Guide Ad about the CBS Network Daytime premiere of "I Love Lucy" and moving of "Arthur Godfrey" to a new time..


I thought we would try to focus on a specific month on TV in 1959.

Some highlights:

Western Reserve Telecourses returns to channel 5 (9AM weekdays).. presumably after Christmas break..

Play Your Hunch from Merv Griffin moves to ABC (45-49) after being on NBC for a long time (12:30 PM weekdays)

Cincinnati Kids Icon "Uncle Al" is featured Saturday mornings at 11AM-Noon on WEWS-TV 5..They also carried "Uncle Al" for a time in the late 1960's/early 70's..Uncle Al originates from WCPO-9, the Scripps-Howard Station in Cincinnati..

I Love Lucy makes its daytime debut on CBS Monday January 5, 1959 at 11AM. It would stay on the daytime CBS schedule until sometime in 1967.The Lucy Show repeats would then air in the morning..

TV Guide Listings Monday, January 5, 1959

Channels:
3 KYW NBC
5 WEWS ABC
8 WJW CBS
12 WICU Erie NBC/ABC
21 WFMJ Youngstown NBC
27 WKBN Youngstown CBS
35 WSEE Erie CBS/ABC
45 WKST Youngstown ABC
49 WAKR Akron ABC

6:30
3 Film Feature
8-21 Continental Classroom

7AM
3-12-21 Today
8 Rex Humbard

7:15
8 Mr.Banjo

8AM
8-27 Captain Kangaroo

8:25
5 News-Paul Wilcox

8:30
5 Beulah

8:45
8 Movie-Suddenly-Frank Sinatra
27 CBS News-Stuart Novins

8:55
3 News-Tom Haley
35 Daily Word

9AM
3 Cash On The Line Movie-Bringing Up Baby Part 1 (1938)-Host Tom Haley
5 (WRU) Telecourse-RETURN
12 Movie-White Bondage 1937
21 Bugs Bunny
27-35 Captain Kangaroo-Have no idea why 27 appears to be showing the Captain twice.

9:25
21 Coffee Break-Drama

9:30
5 Paige Palmer

9:45
27-35 CBS News-Richard C. Hottelet

10AM
5 Prize Cook
12-21 Dough Re Mi
27-35 For Love Or Money-Game

10:20
8 News-Jim Doney

10:25
3 Window-Women

10:30
3-12-21 Treasure Hunt
5 Romper Room-Miss Barbara
8-27-35 Arthur Godfrey

11AM
3-12-21 Price Is Right-Cullen
5 Our Miss Brooks
8-27-35 I Love Lucy DEBUT
45 Music Bingo-ABC
49 Life With Elizabeth-Betty White, Del Lord, Jack Narz announcer/narrator

11:30
3-12-21 Concentration
5-45-49 Peter Lind Hayes
8-27-35 Top Dollar-Game

Noon
3-12-21 Tic Tac Dough
5 News-Paul Wilcox
8-27-35 Love Of Life

12:05
5 Noon Show-Captain Penny

12:30
3-12-21 It Could Be You
8-35 Search For Tomorrow
27 Movie-The House Of Rothschild-1934-27 showed afternoon movies, rather than CBS soaps for over 20 years..
45-49 Play Your Hunch-Merv Griffin-moves from NBC today

12:45
8-35 Guiding Light

12:50
5 Dorothy Fuldheim

1PM
3 Movie-The Locket-1946
5 One O Clock Club-Bill Gordon, Fuldheim
8 Movie-Night And Day-1946 Part 1
12 Movie-Empty Holsters 1937
35 Hy Yaple-Women
45-49 Liberace

1:15
21 Kitchen Corner-Marjorie Mariner

1:30
35 As The World Turns
45 Our Miss Brooks
49 Looney Tunes

2PM
12-21 Truth Or Consequences-Barker-COLOR
27-35 Jimmy Dean
45-49 Day In Court

2:15
8 Jimmy Dean (Joined In progress)

2:30
5-49 Music Bingo
8-27-35 House Party
45 Paris Precinct-Drama

2:50
3 News-Pete French

3PM
3-12-21 Young Doctor Malone
5-45-49 Beat The Clock-Bud Collyer
8-27-35 Big Payoff-Quiz

3:30
3-12-21 From These Roots
5-45-49 Who Do You Trust-Johnny Carson
8-27-35 Verdict Is Yours

4PM
3-12-21 Queen For A Day-Jack Bailey
5-45-49 American Bandstand
8-35 Brighter Day
27 Cartoon Classics

4:15
8-27-35 Secret Storm

4:30
3-12-21 County Fair-Bert Parks
8-35 Edge Of Night
27 Movie-Swanee River-1939
49 Movie-Hold Your Man-1933

5PM
3 Barnaby, Popeye and Friends
8 As The World Turns
12 American Bandstand (Joined In Progress)
21 Looneyville
35 Movie-Western

5:30
5-12-45 Mickey Mouse Club
8 Movie-Bordertown-1935
21 Popeye and Friends

5:45
3 Movie-China Sky-1945

6PM
5 Men Of Adventure-Jim Bowie
12 Lone Ranger
21 Woody Woodpecker
27 My Little Margie
35 Popeye
45 To Be Announced
49 Looney Tunes

6:30
5 News-Fuldheim (probably commentary)
12-21-27-35 News

6:45
5 News-Tom Field
12-21 NBC News-Huntley/Brinkley
27-35 CBS News-Edwards

6:55
5 Weather-Sylvia Simmons
49 Weather, News, Sports

7PM
5 Bishop Sheen
8 City Camera-News (Channel 8 would use this title for its news shows into 1977)
12 Pat Boone-ABC (Thursdays 9PM)
21 Mr. District Attorney
27 Frontier
35 Lawman-ABC (Sun. 8:30)
45 Sherlock Holmes

7:10
8 Sports Camera-John Fitzgerald

7:15
8 CBS News-Edwards
49 Akron Public Schools

7:20
3 News-Pete French

7:25
3 Mr. Merriweather-Cramer

7:30
3-12-21 Buckskin
5-45 Texas Rangers
8-27-35 Name That Tune
49 Movie-The Corpse Came COD-1947

8PM
3-12-21 Restless Gun
5 Meet Your Schools
8-27-35 Texan
45 Polka Go Round-ABC (Chicago)

8:30
3-12-21 Wells Fargo
5-45 Bold Journey
8-27-35 Father Knows Best

9PM
3-12-21 Peter Gunn
5-45-49 Voice Of Firestone-John Daly
8-27-35 Danny Thomas

9:30
3-12-21 Goodyear Theater
5 Herald Playhouse (Schlitz Playhouse reruns)
8-27-35 Ann Sothern Show
45 Doctor IQ-ABC
49 Film Feature

10PM
3-21 Arthur Murray
5-45 Patti Page
8-27-35 Desilu Playhouse-Trial At Devil's Canyon
12 Sea Hunt
49 I Spy (Not the Cosby/Culp 1965 series)

10:30
3 Decoy
5 Bob Cummings-NBC (The Bob Cummings Show aired on NBC Tuesday at 9:30..Channel 3 ran the syndicated State Trooper at that time..It was kind of rare for one network affiliate to pick up the others shows in Cleveland as all three were full affiliates)
12 Dragnet-NBC Tues. 7:30 (current season-its last till Dragnet 1967)
21 Badge 714-Earlier Dragnet reruns
45 ABC News-John Daly
49 Movie-Daisy Kenyon-1947

10:45
45 Movie-The Depravred

11PM
3 News-Pete French
5 News-Tom Field
8-27 News-Warren Guthrie-Sohio Reporter
12-21-35 News

11:10
3 Weather-Joe Finan
8 Press Box John Fitzgerald

11:15
3 Movie-The Seventh Cross 1944
5-12 Jack Paar
8 Weather-Doug Adair
35 Movie-Make A Wish-1937

11:20
8 Movie Dodge City-1939
21 Jack Paar
27 Movie-The Lonesome Trail-1955

1AM
5 News-Court Stanton

Notable happenings in January 1959:
Fidel Castro takes over Cuba..
January 3-Alaska Admitted to Union as 49th State
January 5 Bozo The Clown premieres on TV

In Cleveland Sports:
Cleveland Indians finish second-5 games behind the White Sox-Their last true pennant race till 1994.

Cleveland Browns-Finished Third in the NFL East with a 7-5 record-Missed the playoffs

Cleveland Barons (AHL) Finshed second with a 37-30-3 record (73 Points) in 1958-59-7 points behind Buffalo..Lost 4-3 in the first playoff round to The Hershey Bears...

This is similar to the "Week in 1954" I did earlier except I wanted to give a more full look at what was going on then..Not sure I'll do it quite this way again.....Thanks for the suggestions on station histories, etc..I'll look into the possibility soon..