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"



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




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..