Christmas 1967-Monday, December 25

1967 WYTV-33 Christmas Greeting



Ad for local WKBN Movie..Both 8 and 27 aired local movies Christmas Night at 10PM..and apparently took the night off as far as the 11PM News..


Christmas week Highlights on "Television 8"


John Hambrick News ad..WEWS pulled out all the stops ad wise for Hambrick..Really advertising their news shows for the first time..


WKYC ad for local "Babes In Toyland" Production


WAKR ad announcing their move to Channel 23..

Today, let's look at the Christmas season 1967..

Some Broadcast News:

John Hambrick debuts at WEWS-TV 5 December 25, 1967
This month (December 23) WAKR moves down the dial from channel 49 to channel 23-Channel 23 at one time was licensed to Massillon, Ohio
The NBA begins it's fourth season Christmas Eve at 5PM on ABC with the San Francisco (Golden State) Warriors at the Seattle Supersonics..The Sonics were a first-year franchise..After 39 years in Seattle the team became the Oklahoma City Thunder, now in its second season as the Thunder..
Cleveland Browns at the Dallas Cowboys for the NFL Eastern Conmference Title at 2:30PM on CBS..

3 WKYC-NBC Cleveland
5 WEWS-ABC Cleveland
8-WJW-CBS Cleveland
17 WJAN-IND. Canton
21 WFMJ-NBC Youngstown
23 WAKR-ABC Akron
25 WVIZ-NET Cleveland
27 WKBN-CBS Youngstown
33 WYTV-ABC Youngstown

Monday, December 25, 1967

6:20
3 Farm Front

6:30
3 Education Exchange

6:55
3 The Beginning-BW

7AM
3-21 Today
8 Rex Humbard-BW

7:15
8 News-Murray Stewart

7:25
5 News-BW

7:30
5 Donna Reed-BW
8 Cartoons-BW
27 CBS News-Joseph Benti

7:55
27 News-BW

8AM
5 Casper-BW
8-27 Captain Kangaroo
33 Cartoons-BW

8:30
5 Romper Room-Miss Barbara Plummer

9AM
3 Mike Douglas
5 Light The Dark Street-SPECIAL
8 Franz The Toymaker
21 Teleview
27 Romper Room
33 Ed Allen

9:30
5 Dating Game
21 Cartoons
27 FYI-Cliff Ferre
33 Film Feature-BW

9:45
27 Cartoons

10AM
3-21 Christmas Service-National Cathedral
5 Paige Palmer-"Santa Claus talks about losing Weight"
8 Love Of Life
23 Ed Allen
27 Search For Tomorrow

10:15
27 Guiding Light

10:25
3-21 NBC News
8 News-Howard Hoffman

10:30
5-33 Donna Reed-BW
8 Beverly Hillbillies-BW
23 Women's Page-BW
27 As The World Turns

11AM
3-21 Personality-Larry Blyden
Guests:Sam Levenson, Shelia MacRae, Betsy Palmer. On Film:George Hamilton

5-23-33 Temptation-Game
8-27 Andy Griffith-BW

11:25
5-23-33 Children's Doctor-Lendon Smith

11:30
3-21 Hollywood Squares-Peter Marshall
Abby Dalton, Jack Carter, Eartha Kitt, Wally Cox, Morey Amsterdam, Sebastian Cabot, Charley Weaver, Barbara Rush and Mike Connors

5-23-33 How's Your Mother-In-Law?-Wink Martindale
Marty Ingels, Joe E. Ross and Corbett Monica

8-27 Dick Van Dyke-BW

Noon
3-21 Jeopardy!-Art Fleming
5 News-Tom Field, Dorothy Fuldheim
8 News-Murray Stewart, Harry Jones, Hoolihan (Bob Wells)
23-33 Everybody's Talking-Pat Carroll, Milt Kamen, Leonard Nimoy (Final Week-BW)
27 Love Of Life

12:30
3-21 Eye Guess-Bill Cullen
5 Singing Angels-SPECIAL
8 Search For Tomorrow
23 Kathryn Kuhlman -Probably a special broadcast for Christmas
27 News-Bill Bowser

12:35
27 Movie-All Mine To Give-1957-BW

12:45
8 Guiding Light

12:55
3-21 NBC News

1PM
3 Three On The Town-Clay Cole and Mark Russell with guest Ventriliquist Angela Martin
5-23-33 Fugitive-BW
8 Franz Christmas Special
21 Match Game

1:25
21 News

1:30
3 Let's Make a Deal
8 As The World Turns
21 Virginia Graham

2PM
3-21 Days Of Our Lives
5-23-33 US Open Highlights-SPECIAL
8-27 Love Is a Many Splendored Thing

2:15
5-23 North South Shrine Football Game-Keith Jackson/Bud Wilkinson

2:30
3-21 Doctors
8-27 House Party

3PM
3-21 Another World
8 Movie-Mr. Magoo's Storybook-1964-Compilation of episodes of "Famous Adventures Of Mr. Magoo"...Originally aired in the 1964-65 season Saturday nights on NBC-TV
27 To Tell The Truth

3:25
27 News

3:30
3-21 You Don't Say!-Tom Kennedy-With Chad Everett and Patricia Crowley
27 Edge Of Night

4PM
3 Match Game-Gene Rayburn-With Phyllis Diller and Mitch Miller
17 Rainbow Theatre-BW-Likely a 50's or 60's Dramatic Anthology rerun
21 Movie-1001 Arabian Nights-Jim Backus (Mr. Magoo)

4:15
25 London Line-Report-BW

4:25
3 NBC News-Floyd Kalber

4:30
3 PDQ-Dennis James-Barbara Feldon, Dick Gautier and Michael Landon
17 Cartoons-BW
25 Busy Knitter-BW
27 Merv Griffin

5PM
3 Movie-The Big Beat 1958-BW
5-23-33 NBA Basketball-Los Angeles Lakers at San Diego Rockets-With Chris Schenkel and Jack Twyman
8 Young People's Concert-SPECIAL
17 Shotgun Slade-BW
25 Film Feature-BW

5:30
17 Restless Gun-BW
25 Kindergarten-Joyce Marron-BW

6PM
8 News-Doug Adair, Martin Ross, Dick Goddard, Frank Gleiber
17 News-BW
21-27 News
25 What's New?-BW


6:15
17 Sidelight-BW

6:30
3-21 Huntley-Brinkley
8=27 CBS News-Walter Cronkite
17 Sports Playback-BW
25 Folk Guitar-Laura Weber-BW

7PM
3 News-Virgil Dominic, Wally Kinnan, Jim Graner
5 News-John Hambrick, Don Webster, Gib Shanley
8 Truth Or Consequences-Bob Barker
17 Sherry Lee-BW
21 Patty Duke-BW
23 News-BW
25 Efficient Reading-BW
27 Rifleman-BW
33 ABC News-Peter Jennings

7:15
23 Women's Page

7:30
3-21 Monkees
5-23 Cowboy In Africa
8-27 Gunsmoke
17 Local News-BW
25 Spectrum-BW
33 Movie-Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick-1952-BW

7:45
17 Holiday-Travel-BW

8PM
3-21 Man From UNCLE
17 Movie-Miracle On 34th Street 1947-BW
25 NET Journal-BW

8:30
5-23 Rat Patrol
8-27 Lucille Ball (Lucy Show)

9PM
3-21 Danny Thomas Hour
5-23 Felony Squad
8-27 Andy Griffith
25 Power of the Dollar-DEBUT-BW

9:30
5-23-33 Peyton Place
8-27 Family Affair
17 Messiah-BW
25 NET Playhouse-BW (Channel 25 sign-off-10:45)

10PM
3-21 I Spy
5-23-33 Big Valley
8 Movie-A Man Called Peter-1955 (11PM News pre-empted)
27 Movie-The Tarnished Angels-1957-BW (11PM News Pre-empted)

11PM
3 News-Dominic
5 News-Hambrick
21 News
23-33 News-BW

11:15
3 Weather-Kinnan
5 Weather-Ron Penfound
23 Country-Western Music-BW

11:20
3 Sports-Jim Graner
5 Sports-Gib Shanley
33 Outdoor Report-Jerry Blinzley-BW

11:30
3-21 Tonight-Guest Host Victor Borge
5-23-33 Joey Bishop

12:30
27 Peter Gunn

12:40
8 Movie-Mr. Scoutmaster-1953-BW

1AM
3 Sea Hunt-BW
5 Outdoor World

1:30
3 Tonight School

In closing, on behalf of my wife Linda and me...Here's hoping for a safe and Merry Christmas to all blog readers, and thanks for your support..