Originally posted November 28, 2007:
I believe this was telecast Sunday afternoons at 5PM on WEWS-TV 5 (ABC) "Hoppity Hooper" (though not this episode, unfortunately) has several episodes on Public Domain DVD..As I mention in the post I thought this show was underrated..
A little fun to start the Holiday season:A Christmas Episode of "Hoppity Hooper" from December 19, 1965..This was actually a repackaging of "Hoppity" into a series called "Cartoon Fun" on ABC-TV sponsored by Topper Toys, which ran Sunday afternoons from September-December, 1965. Veteran comic actor Hans Conreid was Waldo Wigglesworth, Bill Scott(Bullwinkle) was Fillmore the Bear and Chris Allen was the naive frog Hoppity..The show was reminiscent of Rocky and Bullwinkle, with crude animation and puns galore..Very underrated in my opinion..Thanks to Toontracker for this gem..
Friday, December 17, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Encore:Newscenter 8 December 24, 1977
For our next Encore posting we present the complete Newscenter 8 broadcast from December 24, 1977. Including commercials and staff greeting spots..More details in the post below..Originally from December 13, 2007..
Tonight we present courtesy of Google Video, a complete Newscenter 8 broadcast from 30 years ago.. Saturday, December 24, 1977..The 32-minute program includes all commercials, as well as before and after newscast promo spots. There are several nice, heartwarming TV 8 "Seasons Greetings" spots..The Anchors were Jim Finerty and Kathy Adams with News, Mike Marlier with weather and Fred McLeod on Sports (now FSN-Channel 43 Cavaliers announcer)..In one of the last spots, we see Channel 8 was the 1977-78 local TV home for the Cavaliers, plus the sportscast mentions Barons NHL Hockey..being Christmas Eve, it was a relatively slow news day..
Note:The video above is actually a repeat posting from July 10th, 2007, but many of our newer readers may not have come across it as yet. Being closer to Christmas, I thought it was appropriate to repeat..
Tonight we present courtesy of Google Video, a complete Newscenter 8 broadcast from 30 years ago.. Saturday, December 24, 1977..The 32-minute program includes all commercials, as well as before and after newscast promo spots. There are several nice, heartwarming TV 8 "Seasons Greetings" spots..The Anchors were Jim Finerty and Kathy Adams with News, Mike Marlier with weather and Fred McLeod on Sports (now FSN-Channel 43 Cavaliers announcer)..In one of the last spots, we see Channel 8 was the 1977-78 local TV home for the Cavaliers, plus the sportscast mentions Barons NHL Hockey..being Christmas Eve, it was a relatively slow news day..
Note:The video above is actually a repeat posting from July 10th, 2007, but many of our newer readers may not have come across it as yet. Being closer to Christmas, I thought it was appropriate to repeat..
Monday, December 13, 2010
Encore:Stark County Radio-Christmas 1948
For our second encore holiday posting we go back to 1948 in Canton/Stark County Radio..Posted Originally December 20, 2008
Timken Roller Bearing Company ad for 2 Sponsored Christmas Day Programs on Canton Radio..Timken, being the largest employer for many years in Canton/Stark County led the way in many areas, including radio..
WAND-AM 900/FM 92.5 ad for Christmas programming on December 25, 1948..Canton Repository `12-24-48
A Downtown Canton Tradition for over 60 years..The Newsstand/Bookstore News Depot..The store was located for many years at 207 Market Avenue North. It is now at 220 Market Avenue South, In The Huntington Bank Building..
Here I thought we would take a look at Stark County and Cleveland area radio in the Christmas Season in 1948. The Canton Repository listed all Canton Stations and 3 major Cleveland AM Stations..Some others from Akron (WADC, WHKK), Pittsburgh (KDKA), Wheeling (WWVA) and Cincinnati (WLW) were listed under their respective networks, but programming was not listed for these stations.. Some Highlights:
Thursday December 23
Jack Webb in a Red Cross Dramatization at 6:30-WHBC-Months before his premeiere on Dragnet..
Frankie Laine guests on "Chesterfield Supper Club" with Perry Como at 7PM-WTAM
Homer Gives His Father a Box Of exploding cigars on the "Aldrich Family" at 8PM-WTAM
"Two Days Before Christmas" will be dramatized on "Crime Photographer" at 9:30 on WGAR
Friday, Drcember 24
White House Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony with President Truman-5PM-WHK, 5:15 WTAM, 7:30 WHBC
Ghost Of Christmas Past-Ohio Story 6:30 WHBC
Santa Claus Appears on "Mr. Ace And Jane"-8:30 WGAR
Santa Takes a Powder on "This Is Your FBI" 8:30 WHBC
"Legend Of The Candle" by Mrs. Twila Carmen of Minerva-9:30 WHBC
Saturday, December 25
Two Hour Christmas Party-9AM WAND
Christmas Address by King George VI Of England at 10AM-All Networks
The "Story Lady" Presents a program from Stark County Home as residents there receive Christmas Gifts from WCMW sponsors and listeners-10:30 WCMW
Santa Claus confuses Lou Costello with a Penguin on "The Abbott and Costello Show"- 11AM WHBC
Miracle For Christmas-Grand Central Station (Frank Sinatra-12:30 WGAR
"The Boy Who Sang For The King" will be presented on the "Dennis Day Show"-10PM WTAM
Canton Repository Program Listings
Saturday,December 25, 1948
900/92.5 WAND Canton (Now WCER and WDJQ, respectively)
7:45 Light Of The World
8AM News
8:05 Morning Melodies
8:30 Calvary Call
8:45 Organ Reveries
9AM Christmas Party
11AM Holiday Music
11:30 Victor Herbert
Noon Lunch Serenade
1PM Bing Crosby
1:30 Freddy Martin
2PM Fred Waring
2:30 Frank DeVol
3PM Loretta Young-"Littlest Angel"
3:30 Richard Himber
4PM Lionel Barrymore
4:30 Dave Dennis
5PM Weather/Sign-Off
WAND-92.5 FM Only
5PM Nutcracker Suite
5:30 Carnival
6PM Messiah
8PM Weather
1060/94.9 WCMW Canton (Now WILB and WQMX Respectively)
7:45 Man About Town
8AM Musical Clock
9AM Little Shepherd
9:15 Carol Singers
9:30 Santa Rides Again
10AM Fire Fighters
10:30 Old Folks Christmas-Stark County Home
11AM Man About Town
11:15 Children's Choir
11:30 Story Lady
12:15 Del Courtney
1PM Christmas Carols
2PM World Carols
2:15 Thanks for Christmas
2:30 Merchants
4PM Concert Hour
4:45 Voice Of The Army/Sign-Off
WCMW-94.9 Only
5PM Claude Thornhill
5:30 Russ Morgan
6PM Frankie Carle
6:15 Navy Band
6:30 Dinner Concert
7:30 Danceland
1100-WTAM NBC Cleveland
7AM News/Musical Clock
7:30 Musical Clock/News
8AM Jack Elton
8:15 Naval Reserve
8:30 News
8:45 Strike Up The Band
9AM Mind Your Manners
9:30 Cornich Choir
10AM King George VI
10:15 Mary Lee Taylor
10:30 Archie Andrews
11AM Meet The Meeks
11:30 Ed McConnell
Noon Edward Wallace (Early Newscaster on WNBK Channel 4)
12:15 Perry Brown
12:30 Marine Band
12:45 Guest Star
1PM Farm And Home Hour
1:30 Edward Tomlinson
1:45 Ohio News
2PM Kiddies Concert
2:30 First Piano Quartet
3PM Yes, a Santa (how listed..I am assuming this is Yes Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus)
4PM Star Time
6PM Treasure House
6:15 News
6:30 NBC Symphony
7:30 Vic Damone
8PM Star Theater
8:30 Truth Or Consequences
9PM Your Hit Parade
9:30 Judy Canova
10PM Dennis Day
10:30 Grand Ole Opry
11PM News
11:15 Morton Downey
11:30 Guy Lombardo
1220 WGAR-CBS Cleveland
7AM Bill Mayer (News-Martin-Motor Melodies at 7:45)
9AM Christmas In Cleveland
9:45 St. Francis Hour
10AM King George VI
10:15 Chariot Wheels
10:30 Romance Drama
11AM News
11:15 Let's Pretend
11:30 Junior Miss
Noon Theater Of Today
12:30 Grand Central Station
1PM County Fair
1:30 Give and Take
2PM Stars Over Hollywood
2:30 Concert Orchestra
3PM BBC Singers
3:30 Dave Stephens
4PM Holiday Show
6PM Van Patrick
6:15 Bob Neal
6:30 Midwestern Hayride
7PM Audition Ambition
7:30 Vaughn Monroe
8PM Messiah
10:30 Minstrel Gitl
10:45 Decision Now
11PM News
11:15 Footlights Forum
11:30 Morgan's Musicale
1420 WHK Mutual-Cleveland
7AM News
7:15 Meditation
7:30 Spins and Needles
8AM World News
8:15 Breakfast Melody
8:30 Pat and Mike
9AM Hillbilly Music
9:15 Modern Revue
9:30 Polish Serenade
10AM King George VI
10:15 Book Caravan
10:30 Albert L. Warner
10:45 Rent Control
11AM Fire Safety
11:15 Story Teller
11:30 Magic Rhythm
12PM Smoky Mountain Hayride
12:30 Meet The Press
1PM Talent Parade
1:30 Christmas Story
2PM Polka
2:15 Polish Music
2:30 Hungarian Music
2:45 College Football-North/South Game
5PM Take A Number
5:30 True Or False
6PM Big Broadcast
8PM Twenty Questions
8:30 Cowboy Classics
8:45 Strikes and Spares
9PM True Or False
9:30 Guy Lombardo
10PM Take A Nubmber
10:30 Chicago Theater
11PM RCA Victor Choir
11:30 Eddy Duchin
1480/94.1 WHBC-ABC Canton
7AM News/Alarm Clock
8AM News/Top of the Morning
8:30 Morning Melodies
9AM Shopper's Special
10AM King George VI
10:15 Hansel and Gretel
11AM Abbott and Costello
11:30 Tomorrow's Headlines
11:45 Early Christmases In Canton-E.T. Heald of Stark County Historical Society
Noon News
12:15 Music Of All Nations
12:30 Fine Arts Quartet
1PM Maggie McNeils
1:30 Christmas Overseas
2PM Metropolitan Opera
5PM Tea and Crumpets
6PM News
6:15 Sports
6:30 Reminiscient Rhythm
6:45 Christmas Songs
7PM Episcopal Hour
7:30 Christmas Music
8PM Kay Starr
8:30 Famous Jury Trials
9PM Saturday Serenade
9:30 Amazing Malone
10PM Musical Etchings
10:30 Bing Crosby
11PM News
11:15 Sports Whirl
11:30 Hawthorn Thing (No idea what this is)
Timken Roller Bearing Company ad for 2 Sponsored Christmas Day Programs on Canton Radio..Timken, being the largest employer for many years in Canton/Stark County led the way in many areas, including radio..
WAND-AM 900/FM 92.5 ad for Christmas programming on December 25, 1948..Canton Repository `12-24-48
A Downtown Canton Tradition for over 60 years..The Newsstand/Bookstore News Depot..The store was located for many years at 207 Market Avenue North. It is now at 220 Market Avenue South, In The Huntington Bank Building..
Here I thought we would take a look at Stark County and Cleveland area radio in the Christmas Season in 1948. The Canton Repository listed all Canton Stations and 3 major Cleveland AM Stations..Some others from Akron (WADC, WHKK), Pittsburgh (KDKA), Wheeling (WWVA) and Cincinnati (WLW) were listed under their respective networks, but programming was not listed for these stations.. Some Highlights:
Thursday December 23
Jack Webb in a Red Cross Dramatization at 6:30-WHBC-Months before his premeiere on Dragnet..
Frankie Laine guests on "Chesterfield Supper Club" with Perry Como at 7PM-WTAM
Homer Gives His Father a Box Of exploding cigars on the "Aldrich Family" at 8PM-WTAM
"Two Days Before Christmas" will be dramatized on "Crime Photographer" at 9:30 on WGAR
Friday, Drcember 24
White House Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony with President Truman-5PM-WHK, 5:15 WTAM, 7:30 WHBC
Ghost Of Christmas Past-Ohio Story 6:30 WHBC
Santa Claus Appears on "Mr. Ace And Jane"-8:30 WGAR
Santa Takes a Powder on "This Is Your FBI" 8:30 WHBC
"Legend Of The Candle" by Mrs. Twila Carmen of Minerva-9:30 WHBC
Saturday, December 25
Two Hour Christmas Party-9AM WAND
Christmas Address by King George VI Of England at 10AM-All Networks
The "Story Lady" Presents a program from Stark County Home as residents there receive Christmas Gifts from WCMW sponsors and listeners-10:30 WCMW
Santa Claus confuses Lou Costello with a Penguin on "The Abbott and Costello Show"- 11AM WHBC
Miracle For Christmas-Grand Central Station (Frank Sinatra-12:30 WGAR
"The Boy Who Sang For The King" will be presented on the "Dennis Day Show"-10PM WTAM
Canton Repository Program Listings
Saturday,December 25, 1948
900/92.5 WAND Canton (Now WCER and WDJQ, respectively)
7:45 Light Of The World
8AM News
8:05 Morning Melodies
8:30 Calvary Call
8:45 Organ Reveries
9AM Christmas Party
11AM Holiday Music
11:30 Victor Herbert
Noon Lunch Serenade
1PM Bing Crosby
1:30 Freddy Martin
2PM Fred Waring
2:30 Frank DeVol
3PM Loretta Young-"Littlest Angel"
3:30 Richard Himber
4PM Lionel Barrymore
4:30 Dave Dennis
5PM Weather/Sign-Off
WAND-92.5 FM Only
5PM Nutcracker Suite
5:30 Carnival
6PM Messiah
8PM Weather
1060/94.9 WCMW Canton (Now WILB and WQMX Respectively)
7:45 Man About Town
8AM Musical Clock
9AM Little Shepherd
9:15 Carol Singers
9:30 Santa Rides Again
10AM Fire Fighters
10:30 Old Folks Christmas-Stark County Home
11AM Man About Town
11:15 Children's Choir
11:30 Story Lady
12:15 Del Courtney
1PM Christmas Carols
2PM World Carols
2:15 Thanks for Christmas
2:30 Merchants
4PM Concert Hour
4:45 Voice Of The Army/Sign-Off
WCMW-94.9 Only
5PM Claude Thornhill
5:30 Russ Morgan
6PM Frankie Carle
6:15 Navy Band
6:30 Dinner Concert
7:30 Danceland
1100-WTAM NBC Cleveland
7AM News/Musical Clock
7:30 Musical Clock/News
8AM Jack Elton
8:15 Naval Reserve
8:30 News
8:45 Strike Up The Band
9AM Mind Your Manners
9:30 Cornich Choir
10AM King George VI
10:15 Mary Lee Taylor
10:30 Archie Andrews
11AM Meet The Meeks
11:30 Ed McConnell
Noon Edward Wallace (Early Newscaster on WNBK Channel 4)
12:15 Perry Brown
12:30 Marine Band
12:45 Guest Star
1PM Farm And Home Hour
1:30 Edward Tomlinson
1:45 Ohio News
2PM Kiddies Concert
2:30 First Piano Quartet
3PM Yes, a Santa (how listed..I am assuming this is Yes Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus)
4PM Star Time
6PM Treasure House
6:15 News
6:30 NBC Symphony
7:30 Vic Damone
8PM Star Theater
8:30 Truth Or Consequences
9PM Your Hit Parade
9:30 Judy Canova
10PM Dennis Day
10:30 Grand Ole Opry
11PM News
11:15 Morton Downey
11:30 Guy Lombardo
1220 WGAR-CBS Cleveland
7AM Bill Mayer (News-Martin-Motor Melodies at 7:45)
9AM Christmas In Cleveland
9:45 St. Francis Hour
10AM King George VI
10:15 Chariot Wheels
10:30 Romance Drama
11AM News
11:15 Let's Pretend
11:30 Junior Miss
Noon Theater Of Today
12:30 Grand Central Station
1PM County Fair
1:30 Give and Take
2PM Stars Over Hollywood
2:30 Concert Orchestra
3PM BBC Singers
3:30 Dave Stephens
4PM Holiday Show
6PM Van Patrick
6:15 Bob Neal
6:30 Midwestern Hayride
7PM Audition Ambition
7:30 Vaughn Monroe
8PM Messiah
10:30 Minstrel Gitl
10:45 Decision Now
11PM News
11:15 Footlights Forum
11:30 Morgan's Musicale
1420 WHK Mutual-Cleveland
7AM News
7:15 Meditation
7:30 Spins and Needles
8AM World News
8:15 Breakfast Melody
8:30 Pat and Mike
9AM Hillbilly Music
9:15 Modern Revue
9:30 Polish Serenade
10AM King George VI
10:15 Book Caravan
10:30 Albert L. Warner
10:45 Rent Control
11AM Fire Safety
11:15 Story Teller
11:30 Magic Rhythm
12PM Smoky Mountain Hayride
12:30 Meet The Press
1PM Talent Parade
1:30 Christmas Story
2PM Polka
2:15 Polish Music
2:30 Hungarian Music
2:45 College Football-North/South Game
5PM Take A Number
5:30 True Or False
6PM Big Broadcast
8PM Twenty Questions
8:30 Cowboy Classics
8:45 Strikes and Spares
9PM True Or False
9:30 Guy Lombardo
10PM Take A Nubmber
10:30 Chicago Theater
11PM RCA Victor Choir
11:30 Eddy Duchin
1480/94.1 WHBC-ABC Canton
7AM News/Alarm Clock
8AM News/Top of the Morning
8:30 Morning Melodies
9AM Shopper's Special
10AM King George VI
10:15 Hansel and Gretel
11AM Abbott and Costello
11:30 Tomorrow's Headlines
11:45 Early Christmases In Canton-E.T. Heald of Stark County Historical Society
Noon News
12:15 Music Of All Nations
12:30 Fine Arts Quartet
1PM Maggie McNeils
1:30 Christmas Overseas
2PM Metropolitan Opera
5PM Tea and Crumpets
6PM News
6:15 Sports
6:30 Reminiscient Rhythm
6:45 Christmas Songs
7PM Episcopal Hour
7:30 Christmas Music
8PM Kay Starr
8:30 Famous Jury Trials
9PM Saturday Serenade
9:30 Amazing Malone
10PM Musical Etchings
10:30 Bing Crosby
11PM News
11:15 Sports Whirl
11:30 Hawthorn Thing (No idea what this is)
Encore:"Christmas In Cleveland 1953
Hello:
As we mentioned recently on our Facebook page, our home computer went on the fritz over a week ago (hard drive failure)..We plan on getting a new computer by income tax time..Hopefully by mid February, if not earlier..The computer I'm on is 9 years old and low on RAM memory, so I'm kind of leery of trying to do extensive new postings on the blog at this point.. (Would just take too long) Was hoping to do some Christmas postings through the month of December..Came up with the idea of doing "Encores" throughout the month..We'll also continue to do separate things on the Facebook Page..
Today:Christmas Week December 1953..Originally posted December 21, 2007
A "Cleveland Christmas Song" commissioned by TV Guide, written by "Captain" Glenn Rowell and Puppeteer Cy Kelly..Rowell was host of a WNBK 9AM Kids show..He earlier was partner with Gene Carroll in a 1930's and 40's Radio Comedy Act "Gene and Glenn." Carroll, of course, was well established at WEWS-5..Kelly was host of "Weather Factory" on WNBK-4. The opposite page is a list of Holiday-Themed programming for the week.
Ad touting WXEL's move to Channel 8 from Channel 9. On December 24th, 1953, WSTV-Channel 9 Steubenville first went on the air, Making the move of WXEL to Channel 8 necessary. WXEL had moved to Channel 8 December 10, 1953.
Sample pages of TV Guide December 22, 1953..The Photos on the top of the page are Dave Garroway-4 7AM (Today)
Crandall Hendershott and Randy Culver-On Wings of Song-5 8:05 AM
Bride And Groom-4, 73 Noon
King Jack-8 4PM
We now look at Christmas 1953...Let's look at an edited version of "Lake Erie Dateline" from the Dec. 18-24, 1953 Issue of TV Guide Lake Erie Edition-Originally at RadioInsight.com
Below are portions of a Local TV News column that appeared in TV Guide's "Lake Erie Edition" for December 18-24, 1953..Familiar Names made news that week:
"TV's Week: Welcome Akron and WAKR TV! Beginning with this issue, TV Guide will carry the complete program listings for Rubber City's Channel 49. Residents of Cleveland, Youngstown and now Akron can get all their program information for the five (actually now six) TV stations appearing in this area with a single TV Guide.
Channel Chatter:John Fitzgerald, well known to Clevelanders for his nightly Sports Final on channel 8 at 11:15PM, and for his color and background presentations during the Cleveland Browns' Games, has been named Promotions Director of WXEL. John, who has been a staff announcer since 1950, is a local boy. He Graduated from Lakewood High in 1943 and then studied speech at the University of Michigan.
Other notes:(my edits-not full text)
Fitzgerald's replacement at WXEL was Jack Beauchamp, an announcer at WHEN-TV Syracuse, NY.
An amusing Story about WNBK-4's Johnny Andrews, Host of Lights, Camera, Questions!..He was apparently late to work for the first time in 16 years because of..a faulty garage door opener! The then new technology went wrong..He was stuck in his garage and had to have the garage door maker come out and open his door..
Two soloists on WEWS Channel 5's Gene Carroll Talent Show,Marge Pawlak and Rose Hinkle, were encouraged by Gene ro form a duet..And were so popular they decided to make it a permanent pairing..But they they couldnt come up with a name for their duet..Viewers were asked to come up with suggestions.."
TV Guide:Lake Erie Edition
Monday, December 21, 1953
Channels:
4 WNBK Cleveland NBC
5 WEWS Cleveland CBS
8 WXEL Cleveland DuMont/ABC
27 WKBN Youngstown CBS/DuMont/ABC
49 WAKR Akron ABC
73 WFMJ Youngstown NBC
Morning
7AM
4 73 Today
8AM
5 News
8:05
5 On Wings Of Song
8:30
5 Beauty For You-Exercise
8:45
5 News Bulletins
8:50
5 Beauty For You-Paige Palmer
9AM
4 Captain Glenn-Glen Rowell
5 Mixing Bowl-Van Cleve
8 Movie-Kiss Of Araby
73 Pictorial Parade
9:25
4 Ohio Today-Tom Haley
9:30
4 Idea Shop-Mildred/Gloria
5 Television I.Q.
9:55
4 Ohio Today-Tom Haley
10AM
4 73 Ding Dong School
5 Arthur Godfrey Time
10:30
4 73 Glamor Girl-Jack McCoy
"Lucky Girl gets Beauty overhaul" (Not unlike today's "makeover" shows)
8 Charming Children-Marjore Harm
TV Kindergarten
11AM
4 73 Hawkins Falls-serial
8 Alice Weston-cooking
27 Morning Movie-Feature
11:15
4 73 Three Steps to Heaven-serial
11:30
4 73 The Bennetts-serial
5 Strike It Rich
8 Movie-Warren Case
11:45
4 73 Follow Your Heart-serial
Afternoon
4 73 Bride And Groom
5 Valiant Lady
12:15
4 Haley's Daily
5 27 Love Of Life
73 Noontime Comics
12:30
4 73 Maggi Byrne-Fashion
5 27 Search For Tomorrow
8 Rena And Bob-TV Shop
"Viewers Buy and Sell On TV"
12:45
5 Guiding Light
27 73 News
1PM
4 Movie-Westward Ho
5 Women's Window-Ethel Jackson
8 Movie-Scarlet Clue (Charlie Chan)
27 Home Cooking-Marion Resch
73 Movie-My Son The Hero
1:30
5 Garry Moore-Guests Roger Price{Known for "Droodles") and Denise Lor
27 Feature Matinee-Movie
2PM
5 Double Or Nothing
2:15
4 Joe Portaro-Fashion
73 Fashion Sketchbook
2:30
4 Nancy Dixon-Shopping
5 Art Linkletter
73 Kitchen Corner-Mariner
2:40
8 You are what You eat
2:45
4 Chef Lorenzo-cooking
8 All For You-Alice Weston
3PM
4 73 Kate Smith
5 Big Payoff
8 Maggi Wulff-Club News
27 Paul Dixon-DuMont
3:30
5 Bob Crosby
8 27 Paul Dixon-DuMont
4PM
4 73 Welcome Travelers
5 Dinner Platter-Bob Dale
8 49 Turn To A Friend-Dennis James-ABC
27 Action In The Afternoon Live Action western series from Philadelphia-CBS
4:30
4 73 On Your Account-Win Elliott
8 King Jack's Toy Box
27 49 Ern Westmore show-ABC
5PM
4 Atom Squad
5 News
8 73 Santa Claus (two different local shows)
27 Movie-Western
49 Hinky Dinks-Game
5:30
4 73 Howdy Doody
5 Movie-Where Trail Ends
8 Desert Deputy-Western (various serial westerns)
49 Corral Time-Western
Evening
6PM
4 Superman-George Reeves
27 Adventure Time
73 News/Weather
6:10
8 Bob Rowley-News
27 Humbard Family-Religion
73 Viz Quiz-Film
6:20
8 Al Rosen-Sports
73 Eddie Lane-Sports
6:30
4 Tom Manning-Sports
5 Dorothy Fuldheim
8 TV Weatherman
27 News Today
49 Tootsie Hippodrome-ABC
73 Film Fare
6:40
4 Weather Factory-Puppets
8 Les Paul/Mary Ford
27 News At Home
6:45
4 Tom Field-News
5 Lee Sullivan-Variety
8 Home with the Grahams
27 Don Gardner-Sports
6:55
5 Johnny Price-Weather
27 Weather
7PM
4 Dangerous Assignment-Syndicated
5 Twenty Fingers-Piano
8 27 Captain Video-DuMont
49 News
73 it Happened Here-History
7:15
5 Art Linkletter-Kids
8 News Parade-Lang/Dudley
27 Rambling Reporter-News
49 Kenny Nichols-Quiz
73 Film Short
7:30
4 Arthur Murray
5 27 CBS News-Douglas Edwards
8 49 Jamie-ABC
7:45
4 73 NBC News-John Cameron Swayze
5 Perry Como
27 The Pastor-Religion
8PM
4 73 Name That Tune
5 Burns And Allen
8 Twenty Questions-DuMont
49 You Asked For It-ABC
8:30
4 73 The Voice Of Firestone
5 Talent Scouts
8 The Big Issue-ABC
27 Of Many Things-Discussion
49 Teen WHO Club
9PM
4 73 Dennis Day
5 I Love Lucy
8 Lingo-word game
49 Junior Press Conference-ABC
9:15
8 Bible Forum
9:30
4 73 Robert Montgomery Presents
5 27 Masquerade Party
8 This Is The Life-ABC
49 Why The Chimes Rang
10PM
5 27 Studio One "Cinderella '53"
8 Carling Boxing=DuMont
Bob Baker/Clarence Henry-Heavyweight bout
49 Mystery Theater
10:30
4 73 Badge 714-Dragnet Reruns
49 Akron Bar Association
10:45
8 Ringside Interviews
11PM
4 Tom Field-News
5 73 Polka Revue
8 27 Warren Guthrie-Your Sohio Reporter
49 News/Sports/Weather
11:05
4 Ken Coleman-Sports
11:10
4 Joe Finan-Weather
8 Ted Malone-Today's Top Story
27 Sid Davis-News
11:15
4 Movie-Mississippi Rhythm
8 John Fitzgerald-Sports
11:20
8 Movie-"Fear"
27 Movie-TBA
12:00 Midnight
5 News
73 News
12:05
5 Movie-Cheating Blondes
12:15
4 News
12:30
27 News
As we mentioned recently on our Facebook page, our home computer went on the fritz over a week ago (hard drive failure)..We plan on getting a new computer by income tax time..Hopefully by mid February, if not earlier..The computer I'm on is 9 years old and low on RAM memory, so I'm kind of leery of trying to do extensive new postings on the blog at this point.. (Would just take too long) Was hoping to do some Christmas postings through the month of December..Came up with the idea of doing "Encores" throughout the month..We'll also continue to do separate things on the Facebook Page..
Today:Christmas Week December 1953..Originally posted December 21, 2007
A "Cleveland Christmas Song" commissioned by TV Guide, written by "Captain" Glenn Rowell and Puppeteer Cy Kelly..Rowell was host of a WNBK 9AM Kids show..He earlier was partner with Gene Carroll in a 1930's and 40's Radio Comedy Act "Gene and Glenn." Carroll, of course, was well established at WEWS-5..Kelly was host of "Weather Factory" on WNBK-4. The opposite page is a list of Holiday-Themed programming for the week.
Ad touting WXEL's move to Channel 8 from Channel 9. On December 24th, 1953, WSTV-Channel 9 Steubenville first went on the air, Making the move of WXEL to Channel 8 necessary. WXEL had moved to Channel 8 December 10, 1953.
Sample pages of TV Guide December 22, 1953..The Photos on the top of the page are Dave Garroway-4 7AM (Today)
Crandall Hendershott and Randy Culver-On Wings of Song-5 8:05 AM
Bride And Groom-4, 73 Noon
King Jack-8 4PM
We now look at Christmas 1953...Let's look at an edited version of "Lake Erie Dateline" from the Dec. 18-24, 1953 Issue of TV Guide Lake Erie Edition-Originally at RadioInsight.com
Below are portions of a Local TV News column that appeared in TV Guide's "Lake Erie Edition" for December 18-24, 1953..Familiar Names made news that week:
"TV's Week: Welcome Akron and WAKR TV! Beginning with this issue, TV Guide will carry the complete program listings for Rubber City's Channel 49. Residents of Cleveland, Youngstown and now Akron can get all their program information for the five (actually now six) TV stations appearing in this area with a single TV Guide.
Channel Chatter:John Fitzgerald, well known to Clevelanders for his nightly Sports Final on channel 8 at 11:15PM, and for his color and background presentations during the Cleveland Browns' Games, has been named Promotions Director of WXEL. John, who has been a staff announcer since 1950, is a local boy. He Graduated from Lakewood High in 1943 and then studied speech at the University of Michigan.
Other notes:(my edits-not full text)
Fitzgerald's replacement at WXEL was Jack Beauchamp, an announcer at WHEN-TV Syracuse, NY.
An amusing Story about WNBK-4's Johnny Andrews, Host of Lights, Camera, Questions!..He was apparently late to work for the first time in 16 years because of..a faulty garage door opener! The then new technology went wrong..He was stuck in his garage and had to have the garage door maker come out and open his door..
Two soloists on WEWS Channel 5's Gene Carroll Talent Show,Marge Pawlak and Rose Hinkle, were encouraged by Gene ro form a duet..And were so popular they decided to make it a permanent pairing..But they they couldnt come up with a name for their duet..Viewers were asked to come up with suggestions.."
TV Guide:Lake Erie Edition
Monday, December 21, 1953
Channels:
4 WNBK Cleveland NBC
5 WEWS Cleveland CBS
8 WXEL Cleveland DuMont/ABC
27 WKBN Youngstown CBS/DuMont/ABC
49 WAKR Akron ABC
73 WFMJ Youngstown NBC
Morning
7AM
4 73 Today
8AM
5 News
8:05
5 On Wings Of Song
8:30
5 Beauty For You-Exercise
8:45
5 News Bulletins
8:50
5 Beauty For You-Paige Palmer
9AM
4 Captain Glenn-Glen Rowell
5 Mixing Bowl-Van Cleve
8 Movie-Kiss Of Araby
73 Pictorial Parade
9:25
4 Ohio Today-Tom Haley
9:30
4 Idea Shop-Mildred/Gloria
5 Television I.Q.
9:55
4 Ohio Today-Tom Haley
10AM
4 73 Ding Dong School
5 Arthur Godfrey Time
10:30
4 73 Glamor Girl-Jack McCoy
"Lucky Girl gets Beauty overhaul" (Not unlike today's "makeover" shows)
8 Charming Children-Marjore Harm
TV Kindergarten
11AM
4 73 Hawkins Falls-serial
8 Alice Weston-cooking
27 Morning Movie-Feature
11:15
4 73 Three Steps to Heaven-serial
11:30
4 73 The Bennetts-serial
5 Strike It Rich
8 Movie-Warren Case
11:45
4 73 Follow Your Heart-serial
Afternoon
4 73 Bride And Groom
5 Valiant Lady
12:15
4 Haley's Daily
5 27 Love Of Life
73 Noontime Comics
12:30
4 73 Maggi Byrne-Fashion
5 27 Search For Tomorrow
8 Rena And Bob-TV Shop
"Viewers Buy and Sell On TV"
12:45
5 Guiding Light
27 73 News
1PM
4 Movie-Westward Ho
5 Women's Window-Ethel Jackson
8 Movie-Scarlet Clue (Charlie Chan)
27 Home Cooking-Marion Resch
73 Movie-My Son The Hero
1:30
5 Garry Moore-Guests Roger Price{Known for "Droodles") and Denise Lor
27 Feature Matinee-Movie
2PM
5 Double Or Nothing
2:15
4 Joe Portaro-Fashion
73 Fashion Sketchbook
2:30
4 Nancy Dixon-Shopping
5 Art Linkletter
73 Kitchen Corner-Mariner
2:40
8 You are what You eat
2:45
4 Chef Lorenzo-cooking
8 All For You-Alice Weston
3PM
4 73 Kate Smith
5 Big Payoff
8 Maggi Wulff-Club News
27 Paul Dixon-DuMont
3:30
5 Bob Crosby
8 27 Paul Dixon-DuMont
4PM
4 73 Welcome Travelers
5 Dinner Platter-Bob Dale
8 49 Turn To A Friend-Dennis James-ABC
27 Action In The Afternoon Live Action western series from Philadelphia-CBS
4:30
4 73 On Your Account-Win Elliott
8 King Jack's Toy Box
27 49 Ern Westmore show-ABC
5PM
4 Atom Squad
5 News
8 73 Santa Claus (two different local shows)
27 Movie-Western
49 Hinky Dinks-Game
5:30
4 73 Howdy Doody
5 Movie-Where Trail Ends
8 Desert Deputy-Western (various serial westerns)
49 Corral Time-Western
Evening
6PM
4 Superman-George Reeves
27 Adventure Time
73 News/Weather
6:10
8 Bob Rowley-News
27 Humbard Family-Religion
73 Viz Quiz-Film
6:20
8 Al Rosen-Sports
73 Eddie Lane-Sports
6:30
4 Tom Manning-Sports
5 Dorothy Fuldheim
8 TV Weatherman
27 News Today
49 Tootsie Hippodrome-ABC
73 Film Fare
6:40
4 Weather Factory-Puppets
8 Les Paul/Mary Ford
27 News At Home
6:45
4 Tom Field-News
5 Lee Sullivan-Variety
8 Home with the Grahams
27 Don Gardner-Sports
6:55
5 Johnny Price-Weather
27 Weather
7PM
4 Dangerous Assignment-Syndicated
5 Twenty Fingers-Piano
8 27 Captain Video-DuMont
49 News
73 it Happened Here-History
7:15
5 Art Linkletter-Kids
8 News Parade-Lang/Dudley
27 Rambling Reporter-News
49 Kenny Nichols-Quiz
73 Film Short
7:30
4 Arthur Murray
5 27 CBS News-Douglas Edwards
8 49 Jamie-ABC
7:45
4 73 NBC News-John Cameron Swayze
5 Perry Como
27 The Pastor-Religion
8PM
4 73 Name That Tune
5 Burns And Allen
8 Twenty Questions-DuMont
49 You Asked For It-ABC
8:30
4 73 The Voice Of Firestone
5 Talent Scouts
8 The Big Issue-ABC
27 Of Many Things-Discussion
49 Teen WHO Club
9PM
4 73 Dennis Day
5 I Love Lucy
8 Lingo-word game
49 Junior Press Conference-ABC
9:15
8 Bible Forum
9:30
4 73 Robert Montgomery Presents
5 27 Masquerade Party
8 This Is The Life-ABC
49 Why The Chimes Rang
10PM
5 27 Studio One "Cinderella '53"
8 Carling Boxing=DuMont
Bob Baker/Clarence Henry-Heavyweight bout
49 Mystery Theater
10:30
4 73 Badge 714-Dragnet Reruns
49 Akron Bar Association
10:45
8 Ringside Interviews
11PM
4 Tom Field-News
5 73 Polka Revue
8 27 Warren Guthrie-Your Sohio Reporter
49 News/Sports/Weather
11:05
4 Ken Coleman-Sports
11:10
4 Joe Finan-Weather
8 Ted Malone-Today's Top Story
27 Sid Davis-News
11:15
4 Movie-Mississippi Rhythm
8 John Fitzgerald-Sports
11:20
8 Movie-"Fear"
27 Movie-TBA
12:00 Midnight
5 News
73 News
12:05
5 Movie-Cheating Blondes
12:15
4 News
12:30
27 News
Friday, December 3, 2010
Father Knows Best:Home For Christmas..
Opening titles for Father Knows Best, aired from 1954-60 on NBC and CBS and aired on ABC Daytime in the mid-1960's..
Hello:
In our first of several postings for the Holiday Season we begin with The NBC "Big Event" from December 1977:The Opening moments of "Father Knows Best:Home For Christmas" A reunion of the cast of Father Knows Best in a full length TV movie with Robert Young and Jane Wyatt..with Laurin Chapin, Billy Gray and Elinor Donahue..As Is Our custom during the Holidays, I'll be looking for Christmas Music and TV video memories of the past as well as focusing on a couple of years specifically during the month..
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Thanksgiving-1967
WFMJ-21 Movie ad
Channel 49 (soon to be 23) ad for College Sports Specials and a WKBN-27 Movie Ad..
TV Guide Ad for the ABC Friday-After Thanksgiving Cartoon Block, which they did through at least the 1970's..This may have been the first year for it.
Today we'll look at Thanksgiving week in 1967..A few random notes:
Most of the TV shows of this period were in color, though there were still pockets of Black and White Local shows such as WJW-TV's Rex Humbard and some short newscasts,,On ABC, Game Shows Everybody's Talking and Family Game were also Black and White...
WVIZ-25 was all Black and White at this point. WJAN-17 and WAKR-49 Local shows were still monochrome, though WJAN showed a few off network reruns in color..
WJAN was still broadcasting 4-11:15 Monday-Friday 12-9 Saturday and off the air Sunday..
Franz The Toymaker was airing on WJW-TV 10-10:30 Sunday Mornings and weekdays 9-10..
WEWS' Upbeat with Don Webster was in the middle of its run..also airing in Youngstown, Erie and Toledo..
WKYC-TV countered with "Big Ralph" Saturdays at 6..With host Jay Lawrence (who, when asked about the name Big Ralph, said it was the name of his horse)
The Captain Penny Noon Show was 12:20-1 Monday-Friday and Comedy Clubhouse 4-5 PM weekdays on WEWS. The Noon Show would be gone by February, 1968, after a 13-year run, replaced by ABC "Bewitched" reruns and local news at 12:30..
"Sherlock Holmes and The House Of Fear" (1945) was The "Hoolihan and Big Chuck" Show Movie Friday, December 24, 1967 on Channel 8.
WAKR-49 moved down the TV dial to Channel 23 December 1, 1967
A young Jenny Crimm did news updates daily on WJW-TV at 3:25 PM after To Tell The Truth..She would move over to Channel 5, where for many years she did News Updates on the Morning Exchange and also the Noon News..
TV Listings Thursday, November 23, 1967
Source:TV Guide Cleveland Edition
(While TV Guide designated color shows, I'll indicate shows without the COLOR designation as BW)
Stations:
Cleveland 3, 5, 8, 25
Akron 49
Canton 17
Youngstown 21, 27, 33
6:20
3 Farm Front
6:25
3 Education Exchange
8 News-BW
6:30
8 To Be Announced
7AM
3-21 Today
8 Rex Humbard-BW
27 To Be Announced
7:15
8 News
7:30
5 Donna Reed
8 Cartoons
27 CBS News-Joseph Benti
7:55
27 Local News
8AM
5 Magilla Gorilla
8-27 Captain Kangaroo
33 Cartoons
8:30
5 Romper Room-Miss Barbara Plummer
9AM
3 Mike Douglas
5 Everybody's Talking-Game-BW
8 Franz The Toymaker
21 Tele-View
27 Romper Room
33 Ed Allen Show-Exercise
9:15
21 Classroom TV
9:30
5 Dating Game
21 Cartoon Time
27 FYI-Cliff Ferre
33 Dateline:Youngstown-Charles Devalut
10AM
3-21 Macy's Parade-Lorne Greene, Betty White
5 Paige Palmer
8-27 Thanksgiving Parades-New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Toronto
49 Ed Allen
10:30
5-33 Dateline:Hollywood-BW
49 Women's Page-BW
10:55
5-33 Children's Doctor
11AM
5-33-49 Honeymoon Race
11:30
5-33-49 Family Game-BW
Noon
3-21 Jeopardy!-Art Fleming
5 News-Dorothy Fuldheim, Tom Field
8-27 NFL Pregame
33-49 Everybody's Talking-BW
12:15
8-27 NFL Football
LA Rams at Detroit Lions-Announcers:Van Patrick, Gil Statton andFrank Gifford (Rams won 31-7)
12:20
5 Noon Show-Captain Penny
12:30
3-21 Eye Guess-Bill Cullen
33-49 Donna Reed
12:55
3-21 NBC News
1PM
3 Three On The Town
5-49 Fugitive-BW
21 Match Game
33 Rip Van Winkle-SPECIAL
1:25
21 Virginia Graham
1:30
3 Let's Make A Deal-Monty Hall
2PM
3-21 AFL Football
Oakland Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs-Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman
(Oakland Won 44-22)
5 Cartoons
49 Newlywed Game-Bob Eubanks
2:30
33 News
49 Great Moments In Music-BW
2:45
5-33-49 NCAA Pre-Game
3PM
5-33-49 College Football-Oklahoma at Nebraska-Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson
3:15
8 Mr. Magoo in The King's Service-Likely edited episodes from "Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (NBC 1964-65)
27 To Be Announced
3:30
27 Edge Of Night
4PM
8 King Family Thanksgiving
17 Ladies' Day-BW
27 Secret Storm
4:30
17 Leave It To Beaver-BW
27 Merv Griffin
5PM
3-21 AFL Football
Denver at San Diego (Chargers won 24-20)
8 News-Doug Adair, Martin Ross, Dick Goddard, Frank Gleiber
17 Frontier Circus
25 Folk Guitar
5:30
8 Voice Of The Fans
25 Kindergarten-Joyce Marron
27 News
5:45
8 Best Of the Browns
6PM
5 Merv Griffin
8-27 NFL Football
St. Louis Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys-Jack Drees, Jack Buck and Pat Summerall
(Dallas won 46-21)
17 News-BW
25 What's New-BW
33 Mike Douglas
49 Cartoons
6:15
17 Sidelight-Interview-BW
6:30
17 Record Hop-BW
25 Let's Lip Read-BW
49 Sports Talkback-BW
7PM
5 News-Fred DeBrine, Dave Buckel, Gib Shanley, Don Webster
25 Opinion:Washington-BW
49News-BW
7:15
49 Women's Page
7:20
5 Dorothy Fuldheim Commentary
7:30
3-21 Daniel Boone
5-33-49 Batman
17 Hall Of Fame-Football
25 Arnold Toynbee
7:35
17 News-Carl Day-Carl recently passed away after many years on Dayton TV/radio
7:45
17 Holiday
8PM
5-33-49 Flying Nun
17 Movie-Claudia-1943-BW
25 Spectrum-BW
8:30
3-21 Ironside
5-33-49 Bewitched
25 French Chef-BW
49 High School Football Akron Championship
9PM
5-33-49 That Girl
8-27 CBS Movie-PT 109-BW
25 Robertson At Large-Don Robertson
Guests:John Ryan, Folksinger, "Big Chuck" Schodowski and Bob Wells of Channel 8
9:30
3-21 Dragnet
5-33 Peyton Place
17 Suspicion-BW
10PM
3-21 Dean Martin
5 Hondo
33 Good Company
10:3o
17 Talkback-BW
33 Rat Patrol
11PM
3 News,Weather, Sports-Virgil Dominic, Wally Kinnan, Jim Graner
5 News, Weather, Sports Dave Buckel/Fred DeBrine, Ron Penfound, Gib Shanley
17-33-49 News-BW
21 News
11:15
8 News, Weather, Sports Doug Adair/Martin Ross, Dick Goddard, Frank Gleiber
27 News
11:20
33 Outdoor Report-Jerry Blinzley-BW
11:25
33 Horse Racing-BW
11:30
3-21 Johnny Carson
5-33-49 Joey Bishop
11:40
8 Movie-Double Feature
1. How To Be Very Very Popular-1955
2. Main Street To Broadway-1953-BW
27 Movie-Dodge City-1939-BW
1AM
3 Sea Hunt-BW
At this time I would like the wish our readers a happy and safe Thanksgiving..
Thursday, November 4, 2010
New Gadget:Shokus Internet Radio
Hello:
You may notice something new on the Blog page..Last night I added a new "widget" The Live 365 feed of Shokus Internet Radio..Stu Shostak has been programming this station for several years now, with nostalgia-based programming..Especially about classic TV..His main program on Wednesdays at 4PM PT/7PM ET has live two hour interviews with actors and people behind the scenes in the entertainment world..Especially those who arent necessarily "big stars" but have interesting stories to tell..Here's a link to shokus.com, Shostak's store for rare classic TV series..
Shokus.com..Classic TV Video store
You may notice something new on the Blog page..Last night I added a new "widget" The Live 365 feed of Shokus Internet Radio..Stu Shostak has been programming this station for several years now, with nostalgia-based programming..Especially about classic TV..His main program on Wednesdays at 4PM PT/7PM ET has live two hour interviews with actors and people behind the scenes in the entertainment world..Especially those who arent necessarily "big stars" but have interesting stories to tell..Here's a link to shokus.com, Shostak's store for rare classic TV series..
Shokus.com..Classic TV Video store
We'll add this to our permanent links..
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