Editor's note:For some reason, this post, Originally from July 19, 2008, went back into "draft" status on Blogger after being "published" for over a year..I have no idea why..So here's an encore:The first official TV Guide "Lake Erie Edition"
TV Guide proclaimed May 22-29, 1953 as "TV Baseball Appreciation Week"..Here local celebrities tell TV Guide readers what Baseball means to them..Some of the sentiments may come across as a bit corny when looking at Baseball today, but it was a much different time..
Ad for Tom Field News on WNBK/4 and WTAM/1100..Just 5 minutes Monday-Saturday..
Ad for WXEL-9 Cleveland Indians Telecasts..
First Edition of "Channel Chatter" News of local and national TV personalites. Of particular Interest is John Kinsella leaving WXEL to go to Kansas City KCTY-This station was DuMont Affiliated on channel 25 and as the article said, owned by Herbert Mayer. At the time there was only WDAF-4 on the air in Kansas City..KCTY-25 signed on June 9, 1953..By the end of the year Channels 5 qnd 9 popped up in KC..Not able to weather the new competition, Mayer sold channel 25 in December 1953 to DuMont Itself which only ran it for 2 months before shutting it down in February 1954..
WFMJ-TV 73-On the air about 6 weeks at this point..Exclusive for NBC in Youngstown..
Early Ad for WKBN-Heralding 3 "Big Networks" for Youngstown's TV Viewers
Today We'll look at TV Guide's Debut in Cleveland..Triangle Publications of Philadelphia had acquired a number of local TV magazines all over the US with the idea of unifying them into a single national magazine with locally produced daily listings..TV Guide's New York Edition debuted April 3, 1953..Over the next several weeks, more editions would roll out in different parts of the country. Cleveland's TV Guide premiered May 23, 1953..Known as the Lake Erie Edition. For the first year or so, TV Guide would hold to a Friday-Thursday Publication schedule.. On July 17, 1954 they would go the long familiar Saturday-Friday Schedule.. October 6, 2005 Thet went with Sunday-Saturday till the end of the small digest TV Guide..
Also by this time (Late 1954) they became known as the "Cleveland" Edition
The first week there would only be 5 stations listed..4, 5, and 9 in Cleveland..27 and 73 in Youngstown..A far cry from the eventual 17 stations they woulld carry by the mid seventies..In places like Toledo, Erie and Akron/Canton..TV Guide would eventually split off into "Cleveland Metro" and "Youngstown/Erie" editions by 1978..
In this first TV Guide, aside from the ads, etc. mentioned above, there are local articles about "Captain Glenn" Rowell of WNBK-4, who had earlier teamed with Gene Carroll on the radio in the 30's and 40's..now both in Cleveland as TV stars..and an article by Miss Paige Palmer.."Don't be a Parking Poop" advising Young Girls how to act around Boys when dating..
Schedule:
Cleveland
4 WNBK NBC
5 WEWS CBS
9 WXEL DuMont/ABC/CBS
Youngstown
27 WKBN CBS/DuMont/ABC
73 WFMJ NBC
Saturday. May 23, 1953
8:55
5 News
9AM
5 Western Reserve Univ.
9:30
4 Nature Of Things
5 Western Film
9:45
4 Cartoon Time
10AM
4 Buckskin Billy:Movie:Vigilantes of Boomtown
5 Green Thumbs-Arnold Davis
9 Film Shorts
10:15
5 Film Shorts
9 Lash of The West-Lash LaRue
10:30
9 By Jupiter-Joe Berg
11AM
4 Red Wagon-Captain Glenn Rowell
5 Space Patrol
9 Summer Show Walt "Kousin" Kay
11:30
4 Youth Wants to Know
5-27 Rod Brown Rocket Rangers-CBS
Noon
4 Panorama
5-27 Big Top-CBS
9 Sky King
12:30
4 American Inventory
9 Movie-Marked For Murder
1PM
4 Movie-Prison Nurse
5-27 Meet Me At The Zoo-CBS
1:30
5 Movies-TBA (3 hrs. 30 min.)
9 News Bulletin
27 Movies-TBA (2 Hrs. 30 min)
1:35
9 Baseball Preview
1:45
9 Dugout Interviews
2PM
9 Baseball-St. Louis Browns at Cleveland Indians-Bob Neal. Red Jones
(Cleveland won 5-1)
2:30
4 Movie-1Hour-TBA
73 Movie-Dear Murderer
3:30
4 Anywhere USA-Film
27 Boxing Film Gil Turner/Johnny Lombardo-Welterweight
4PM
4-73 Horse Racing-Metopolitan Handicap
4:20
9 Baseball Scoreboard
4:30
4 Danny Landau-Sports
9 Movie-Hollywood and Vine
27 Western Theater
73 Movie-Western Feature
4:45
4 Industry On Parade
5PM
4 Movie-Thunder In The Desert
5 Steps to Stardom-Bruce Charles
5:30
5-27 The Preakness
73 This Is America-Film
6PM
4 Cisco Kid
5 What One Person Can Do-Religious Film
9 Your Home and Garden-Harry Pree
27 Don Gardner Sports
73 Week In Review-Film
6:10
27 Norm Berger-Weather
6:15
5 Inside Catholic Schools
27 Gene Starn News
6:30
4 Billy The Kid-Western
5 Polka 'N' Fun-Court Stanton
9-27 What In The World
73 Laurel and Hardy
7PM
4 Lone Ranger
5 Stork Club-Robert Q. Lewis-CBS
9-27 Music From Meadowbrook-ABC-DEBUT
73 Mr. Wizard-NBC
7:30
4-73 Ethel And Albert
5 Twenty Fingers-Crandall Hendershott/Wayne Mack
9-27 Beat The Clock-CBS-Bud Collyer
7:45
5 Periscope-News/Sports
8PM
4-73 My Hero-Bob Cummings
5-27 Jackie Gleason
9 Movie-Tomorrow at Seven
8:30
4-73 Ted Mack Amateur Hour
9PM
4-73 Your Show Of Shows
5-27 This Is Show Business-Clifton Fadiman
9 Boxing-Bill Stern-ABC
9:30
5-27 Meet Millie
9:45
9 Fight Talk-Bob Cooke
10PM
5 The Web-CBS
9 Orient Express-Film
27 Wrestling-Chicago-DuMont
10:30
4-73 Your Hit Parade
5 It's News To Me-CBS-John Daly
9 Movie-Interrupted Journey (English)
11PM
4 Tom Field News
5 Movie-You Only Live Once
73 Movie-TBA
11:05
4 Movie-Tornado
27 Sports
11:20
27 Wrestling-Chicago
Midnight
9 Wrestling-Hollywood
27-73 News
12:15
4 Movie-TBA
12:30
5 Sports
12:35
5 Movie-TBA
1:15
4 News
Sunday, May 24, 1953
9:45
9 Faith For Today
9:55
5 News
10AM
4 Living Bible
5 TV Sunday School
10:15
9 Christophers
10:30
4 Norman Vincent Peale
5 Religious Film
9 Movie-Navajo Kid
10:45
4 Mr. Wizard
11AM
5 Western Film
11:15
4 Magic Clown
11:30
4 Flash Gordon
5 Polka Varieties-Danny Landau
11:45
9 Star Babes-Kids
Noon
4 Park Synagogue
5 Gene Carroll
9-27 Tootsie Hippodrome-CBS
12:30
4 Frontiers of Faith
9 Candy Carnival
27 In The Park-Puppets
1PM
4 Movie-TBA
5 Polka Parade-Johnny Vadnal
9 Sport Reports
27 Seminar-Education
73 Youth Wants to Know
1:05
9 Baseball Preview
1:15
9 Dogout Interviews Jimmy Dudley
1:30
5 Both Sides-Panel
9 Baseball St. Louis at Cleveland Doubleheader
Cleveland won 5-1 and 9-8
27 This Is The Life
73 Polka Hour-Steve Garcher
2PM
5 Film Shorts
27 Junior Press Conference
73 Norman Vincent Peale
2:15
5 Your Own Home
73 Industry On Parade
2:30
4-73 American Forum
5 Fun With Charades-Hal Morgan
27 Polka Party-Johnny Butchko
3PM
4 Techniscience
5-27 Following The Frontiers
73 That We May See
3:15
73 Film Fare
3:30
4 To Be Announced
5 Ohio Sesquiecentennial-Ohio's 150th anniversary
27 Movie Miniature
73 Frank Lloyd Wright-Hugh Downs
4PM
4 Kukla Fran and Ollie
5 Crusade in the Pacific
9 News Bulletins
27 Lamp Unto My Feet
4:15
9 Baseball St. Louis/Cleveland Game 2
4:30
4-73 Zoo Parade
5 Meet the Consulates
27 Man Of The Week-CBS
5PM
4-73 Hallmark Hall of Fame-Proudly I Love
5-27 Adventure
5:30
4-73 Sightseeing with Swayze-Canada
5:45
4-73 NBC News-Bill Henry
6PM
4 Meet The Press
5 Range Rider
27 You Are There-Walter Cronkite
73 Serial Theater
6:15
9 Baseball Scoreboard
6:30
4-73 Roy Rogers
5 See It Now-Edward R. Murrow
9 Walter Winchell-ABC
27 New York Times Youth Forum-DuMont
6:45
9 Orchid Room-ABC-DEBUT
7PM
4-73 Red Skelton
5 Gene Autry
9 You Asked For It-ABC
27 Georgetown Forum-DuMont
7:30
4-73 Mr. Peepers
5 Private Secretary
9-27 Plymouth Playhouse-ABC
8PM
4-73 Colgate Comedy Hour-Bob Hope
5-27 Toast Of The Town-Ed Sullivan
9 All Star News-ABC
9PM
4-73 Philco/Goodyear TV Playhouse
5 Fred Waring
9-27 Rocky King-DuMont
9:30
5-27 Alan Young
9 Plainclothesman-DuMont
10PM
4-73 The Doctor
5 Foreign Intrigue
9 What's Your Bid?-DuMont
27 The Web-CBS (Saturday 10PM)
10:30
4 Dangerous Assignment
5 What's My Line?
9-27 Movie-TBA (To sign-off)
73 Movie There Goes My Heart
11PM
4 Movie-TBA
5 CBS News-Don Hollenbeck
11:15
5 Movie-C-Man
Midnight
73 News
12:15
4 News
12:30
5 News
Wednesday, May 27, 1953
7AM
4 Today
8:30
5 News
8:35
5 On Wings of Song-Randy Culver Soloist, Crandall Hendershott At the Organ
9AM
4 Movie-Lady From Chunking
5 Western Resersve-TV Courses
9:30
5 Beauty For You-Paige Palmer
9:55
4 Tom Haley-News
5 News
10AM
4 Ding Dong School
5 Arthur Godrey-Robert Q. Lewis subs as Godfrey is in the Hospital
10:30
4 Charming Children-TV Kindergarten
9 Movie-Louisiana
11AM
4 Home Cooking-Marion Reich
5 One In Every Family-Dean Miller
11:30
4 Captain Glenn-Glenn Rowell
5 Strike It Rich-Warren Hull
Noon
4 Ed Wallace-News
5 Bride And Groom
12:10
4 Noontime Comics-Joe Bova
12:15
5 Love Of Life
9 All For You-Alice Weston
12:30
4 Maggi Byrne-Fashions
5 Search For Tomorrow
9 Rena and Bob-Variety
12:45
5 Guiding Light
73 Movie-Twin Husbands
1PM
4 Movie-Wrecking Crew
5 Women's Window-Ethel Jackson
9 Movie-Roosevelt Story
1:30
5 Garry Moore-Bill Cullen Subs for Garry-With Durward Kirby-Garry returns Monday
2PM
5 Double or Nothing-Bert Parks
27 Movie-TBA
73 In Our Schools
2:15
4 Joe Portaro-Beauty
2:30
4 Nancy Dixon-Shopping
5 Linkletter (House Party)
73 Kitchen Corner-Marjorie Mariner
A form of this program was hosted by Ms Mariner on 73 (Later 21) At least until the end of 1966..generally daily between 1-3PM
2:55
9 Weather
3PM
4 73 Break The Bank-Bud Collyer
5 Big Payoff-Randy Merriman, Bess Myerson
9 Alice Weston
27 Paul Dixon-DuMont
3:30
4 73 Welcome Travelers
5 Mixing Bowl
9 Paul Dixon-DuMont
4PM
4 73 Kate Smith
5 Movie-TBA
9 News
27 Club 27
4:05
9 Write You Are-Handwriting Analysis-Helen Huthinson/Sidney Andorn
4:30
9 King Jack's Toybox-Boyd Heath/Pat Ryan-Story Lady
27 This Life Of Ours-Charm/Beauty
4:45
27 News
5PM
4 Hawkins Falls
5 Uncle Jake's House-Gene Carroll
27 Western Theater
73 Buckaroo Time
5:15
4 Gabby Hayes
5:30
4 Howdy Doody
5 Time For Beany-Puppets
9 Desert Deputy-Westerns
27 Adventure Time
5:45
5 Dinner Platter-Bob Dale Spins records
6PM
4 Wild Bill Hickock
27 Don Gardner Sports
73 News/Weather Bill Crooks, John Fritz
6:10
27 Stu Wilson Sports
6:15
9 Bob Neal Sports
27 Gene Starn News
73 Viz Quiz-Film
6:20
73 Eddie Lane-Sports
6:25
5 Bill Prentice-Sports
6:30
4 Tom Manning-Sports
5 Dorothy Fuldheim
9 Celebrity Corner-Andorn
27 Guide Right-DuMont
73 Kit Carson
6:40
4 Weather Station-Glenn Rowell
9 Bob Rowley-News
6:45
4 Tom Field News
5 Diamond Lock Show-Music
6:50
9 Around Home-Ken Ward-Home Inprovement
6:55
5 Johnny Price Weather
7PM
4 Johnny Andrews Show
5 Gray Drug News Bob Lang, Jimmy Dudley
9 Captain Video-DuMont
27 It Takes All Kinds-Ted Niemi
73 Pantomime Party-Local Game
7:15
4 Yard And Garden-Herb Meyer
5 Big Playback-Bill Stern
27 Stu Wilson Chats
7:30
4 73 Eddie Fisher
5 27 CBS News-Douglas Edwards
9 A Date With Judy-ABC
7:45
4 73 NBC News John Cameron Swayze
5 Perry Como
27 Week In Sports
8PM
4-73 I Married Joan
5-27 Arthur Godfrey and Friends
9 Johns Hopkins Science Review-DuMont
8:30
4-73 Cavalcade of America
9 Talent Rehearsal
27 Golf Clubs
9PM
4-73 Kraft Television Theater
5 Crusade In Europe
9-27 Strike It Rich-Warren Hull-CBS
9:30
5 Man Against Crime-CBS
9 Big Picture
27 Chance Of A Lifetime-ABC
10PM
4-73 This Is Your Life-Ralph Edwards
5 The Unexpected
9-27 Blue Ribbon Bouts-CBS
10:30
4 Harness Racing-Painesville
5 Boston Blackie
73 Movie-TBA
10:45
9 Sports Spot
27 Don Gardner Sports
11PM
4 News-Tom Field
5 Movie-Turnabout
9-27 News-Warren Guthrie
11:05
4 Sports-Ken Coleman
11:10
4 Joe Finan-Weather
9 Ted Malone
27 News
11:15
4 Movie-The Duke Comes Back
9 Sports-John Fitzgeald
27 Sports
11:20
9 Movie-Where are the Children?
27 Wrestling Matches
Midnight
27-73 News
12:15
4 News
12:30
5 Sports, News
Thanks to Cleveland Public Library-Main Downtown branch for their kind assistance..
Two Portions of a Cleveland Press Special Section-December 14, 1949-Highlighting the opening of WXEL-Channel 9..As always, Click on each article to read clearer...
