Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Cleveland/Akron/Canton Radio-1950's


Akron Beacon Journal Ad for the "Jack Clifton Sunshine Club" on WCUE-AM 1150 Monday through Saturday...(1956)..WCUE was ultimately given away to Family Stations of Oakland, California, who have run a Satellite-fed conservative religious format since November 1986.."Family Radio"


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Station Identification for WTAM-AM/FM Cleveland from January 1956..Karl Bates announcing..Just after Westinghouse took control of the stations, but before the call letter changes


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Set of various sign-on's, sign-offs and jingles from KYW AM/FM from around 1956-into the late 1950's era..

1. Bill Mayer morning show open/close
2. KYW-Boohoo jingle Big Wilson at the end
3. KYW-FM sign off-David Hawthorne
4. KYW-FM sign-on (12 Noon!) "Your Fine Arts Station"
5. KYW-Boohoo jingle with big band type promo
6. KYW-Clapclap jingle
7. KYW-Excitement Jingle
8. KYW-ID Jingle-Joe Finan heard at the end, subbing for Specs Howard
9. KYW Promo-Karl Bates "Is Your Radio Sluggish lately?"
10. KYW AM/FM sign-off with Bill Mayer promo..

Usually best to play these back to back-If You click on any one..The next will automatically play..Still experimenting with this audio stuff..Thanks to Jerry Immel for providing these.

Today I want to give a good look at radio in the mid-1950's..KYW-AM/FM seemed to be a mixture of big band, jazz and classsical music along with some NBC Drama/Comedy shows...The last days of Old Time Radio were upon us and radio was changing more into music and news intensive programmming..Between the Akron Beacon Journal and the Canton Repository, I want to share the Radio Schedules of one particular day..

Monday January 13, 1956 Radio Schedules:
Listing by Frequency

640-WHKK-Mutual Akron (Beacon Journal)

7AM Breakfast Time
9:15 Music-News
9:30 Weatherfords (Gospel singing family)
9:45 Akron Baptist Temple
10AM Back To The Bible
10:30 Christian Jew Hour
10:45 640 Music Hall
11AM News/Story Time
11:30 Queen For a Day
Noon Farms/Music
12:15 Capital Comment
12:30 Melody Roundup (Newscasts Throughout)
3:30 Dick Reynolds (Fulton Lewis at 7PM, Gabriel Heatter at 7:30)
8:30 Sign-off (ABJ continues listings with WHK-1420)

900-WAND-Canton (Repository)

7:15 Morning Melodies (7:30 Weather)
8AM News, Sports, Weather
8:20 Morning Melodies
8:30 Wings of Faith
8:45 Morning Melodies
9AM Hit Tunes
10AM Nick Barry
11AM Star Time
11:30 Bing Crosby
Noon Luncheon Serenade
1PM News, Weather
1:15 Music from the Movies
2PM Pop Hits
3:45 Nick Barry
5PM Hit Tunes
5:30 News, Weather, Stocks, Sports
6PM sign-Off

1060-WCMW-Canton (Repository)

7:15 Rustic Roundup
8AM Rosary Hour
9AM News
9:05 Story Lady
9:30 Rev. Mortenson (He would found WTOF-FM in 1961)
10AM News
10:05 Make Yours Music (News at 11AM)
11:55 Weather
Noon News
12:15 Stock Market
12:20 Massillon Show
12:50 Telechore
1PM News
1:05 Western Hayride (News at 2)
2:30 Tip Top Tunes News at 3, 4)
5:45 News, Sports
6PM Sign-Off

1100 WTAM/KYW-NBC Cleveland (Repository)

7AM Bill Mayer (Mayer of the Morning)
9:30 Mildred (Funnell)/Gloria (Brown)
10:15 Weekday
11:45 KYW Opening Ceremonies
Noon News
12:15 Wes Hopkins
3PM Weekday
3:30 Hotel For Pets
3:45 Doctor's Wise
4PM Right To Happiness
4:15 Young Widder Brown
4:30 Pepper Young's Family
4:45 A Woman In The House
5PM Joe Mulvihill (Tom Manning sports at 6PM 3-Star Extra News at 6:45)
7:30 News
7:45 One Man's Family
8PM News
8:15 Musicale
8:30 Lone Ranger
9PM Telephone Hour
9:30 Nixon Lincoln Day Address
10PM Fibber McGee and Molly
10:15 Night Music (News at 11, Midnight)
1AM Sign-Off

1150-WCUE Cuyahoga Falls/Akron (Beacon Journal)

7AM Jack Clifton (News at 7, 8, 9AM)
9:30 Polka Time (News at 10)
10:30 Kathryn Kuhlman
11AM News/Dr. McKay
11:10 Rick Reighard
Noon News
12:15 Bob Ancell (News at 1)
2PM Jack Chenoweth (News at 2, 3, 4 News and Sports at 5)
6PM Sign-Off

1220 WGAR-CBS Cleveland (Repository)

7AM Tom Armstrong-Jim Martin News (just a guess)
9:30 Ladies Day
10AM Arthur Godfrey
11:30 Make Up Your Mind
11:45 Howard Miller
Noon News
12:15 Hal Morgan
12:30 Helen Trent
12:45 Wendy Warren
1PM Road Of Life
1:15 Ma Perkins
1:30 Dr.. Malone
1:45 Guiding Light
2PM Second Mrs. Burton
2:15 Brighter Day
2:30 Nora Drake
2:45 Aunt Jenny
3PM House Party
3:30 James Taylor
4PM Morgan's Matinee (News, Sports throughout)
6PM News, Stocks, Sports
6:30 Ronnie Bonnie
6:45 Lowell Thomas
7PM Curt Massey
7:30 Bing Crosby
7:45 Edward R. Murrow
8PM Mostly Music
8:30 Talent Scouts
9PM Jack Carson
9:30 Amos And Andy
10PM James Taylor
10:30 Barrett's Garden
11:30 Nixon Address
Midnight Sign-Off

1350 WADC-CBS Akron (Beacon Journal)

7AM News
7:15 Unity Views
7:30 Music, News, Weather
9AM News
9:15 The Humbards
9:30 Woman World
10AM Arthur Godfrey
11:30 Make Up Your Mind
11:45 Howard Miller
Noon Wendy Warren
12:15 News
12:30 Helen Trent
12:45 Our Gal Sunday
1PM Road Of Life
1:15 Ma Perkins
1:30 Dr.. Malone
1:45 Guiding Light
2PM Second Mrs. Burton
2:15 Brighter Day
2:30 Nora Drake
2:45 Aunt Jenny
3PM House Party
3:30 Bob Allen (News at 4, 4:30)
5PM News, Music
6PM Melodies
6:15 Pop Tunes
6:30 Bill Stern
6:45 Lowell Thomas
7PM Curt Massey
7:30 Bing Crosby
7:45 Edward R. Murrow
8PM My Son Jeep
8:15 Johnny Dollar
8:30 Talent Scouts
9PM Jack Carson
9:30 Amos And Andy
10PM The Humbards
10:30 News-Music
10:45 Melody Lane
11PM CBS News
11:15 It's Different
11:30 Race Results
11:45 It's Different
Midnight-Sign-Off

1420 WHK-Mutual Cleveland (Repository)

7AM News
7:15 Bill Gordon (News at 8, 9)
10AM Morning Moods
10:30 News/Eleanor Hanson
11AM Story Time
11:30 Queen For A Day
Moon Local News
12:15 National News
12:30 Tom Fletcher
1PM Cedric Foster
1:15 Dick O' Heren
2PM Pickup
2:30 Bruce Charles
4PM Bill Gordon
5:30 Ken Coleman
5:45 Music, (Harry) Wismer
6PM News
6:15 Dinner Winner
6:30 Bob and Ray
6:45 Hank: Music
7PM Fulton Lewis
7:15 Memories
7:30 Gabriel Heatter
7:45 Les Paul
8PM True Detective
8:30 Tom Steele
9PM Music
9:30 Reporters Roundup
10PM Tom Brown


1480/94.1 FM WHBC-ABC Canton (Repository)

7AM News/Sports
7:15 Three T's (Time, Temperature and Tunes)
8AM News-Top of the Morning
9AM Breakfast Club
10AM Morning Matinee
10:30 When a Girl Marries
10:45 Whispering Streets
11AM Easy Listening
11:30 Feminine Fancy
Noon Keyboard Captions(?)
12:30 Carol's Notebook-Various Ladies portrayed "Carol Adams"..Sort of a "Women's Editor"

1PM Paul Harvey
1:15 Ohio History
1:30 My True Story
2PM Music In The Air
3PM Coffee Break
3:30 Homeward Bound
5:30 Dinah Shore
5:45 Weather
6PM News
6:15 Sports
6:30 Bing Crosby
6:45 Patti Page
7PM Fulton Lewis
7:15 Bill Stern
7:30 Edward P, Morgan News
8PM Opera Auditions
8:30 Good Neighbor
8:45 Join The Navy
9PM Les Brown
9:30 Nixon Address
10PM Pop Concert
11PM News
11:15 Sports Whirl
11:30 Disc Den
1AM Sign-Off

1590-WAKR=ABC Akron (Beacon Journal)

7AM Top of the Morning (News at 7, 9 Martin Agronsky at 8)
10AM My True Story
10:30 When a Girl Marries
10:45 Whispering Streets
11AM Chef Lorenzo
11:15 Top Tunes (News 11:30)
11:45 Top Tunes-Hymn
Noon News/Clubs
12:15 Geyer-Swap Shop
12:30 What's Your Name
3PM Request Matinee (News at 4, 5)
6PM News, Sports
6:15 Sing Cinderella
6:30 News/Stars Sing
6:45 Sports, Weather
7PM News, Markets
7:15 Guy Nunn
7:30 Record Man
7:45 Records, News
8PM Record Man
8:30 Voice Of Firestone
9PM Record Man (News at 9)
10PM Vandercook
10:15 Request Review-Weather
11PM News, Sports
11:15 Request Review

I hope to do the Stan Anderson/Cleveland Press article next about KYW..This post sort of got bigger than I figured..


























4 comments:

  1. Very informative Tim. One thing I would like to add for the old time radio fans like yourself. On iTunes you can subscribe to Legacy of Laughs, where you get an old time radio program downloaded free every week. Shows like Burns and Allen, Martin and Lewis, Jack Benny, Red Skelton, and Stan Freeberg. All free from iTunes.

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  2. It sounds to me like Bill Mayer was run nationally on NBC (though I could be wrong on that), as his "Mayer in the Morning" show was also mentioned on a 1957 sign-off of WRCV-TV in Philadelphia by announcer Frank Carter (ne Kastner; likewise from Jerry Immel's collection). Unless between 1956 and 1957 Mr. Mayer moved from Cleveland to Philly.

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  3. Interesting to see that KYW/WTAM and WGAR did not broadcast 24/7 in those days.

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  4. I need some help on researching WTAM Morning Bandwagon Show w/Henry Hot Lips Levine..can anyone help me out?

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