Some personal thoughts and updates..

October 1962:Jimmy Dean headlines an hour of songs and comedy, presumably filmed at the WEWS-TV 5 studios in Cleveland. Among the guests are Minnie Pearl, Pee Wee King and teen sensation Andrea Carroll. Landmark Farm Bureau Cooperative had earlier sponsored "Landmark Jamboree" on WEWS Saturday Nights in the 1950's. We can assume also that WTVN-6 Columbus and WCPO-9 Cincinnati also aired the show


May 1954:Ad for something called "Century Foods Exposition" Held In Youngstown in Spring 1954..WFMJ-TV 73 did a lot of remote telecasting from there that week..Included in this ad are rare photos of Marjorie Mariner and Hal Fryar..


1955:Ad for the Red Buttons Show-WNBK/3


1955:WXEL Channel 8's "New Evening Lineup" as of January 1955..Seeing Ohio Story as part of the lineup reminds me how much I'd love to see some episodes of "Ohio Story" sometime..


September 1956:WOR-TV 9 New York City TV Guide ad for Crusader Rabbit and Terrytoons..This is one of the earliest Animnation packages to be released to Television, with Farmer Alfalfa and the Original Black and White Crusader Rabbit Cartoons..Knowing this isnt Cleveland, but feeling the historical aspect is important..

Hello folks:
Just wanted to update folks on where the blog is going, along with thoughts about other classic tv matters..

March 28 was our blog's fourth anniversary..Just about forgotten about it(The anniversary)..I appreciate everybody's support and contributions over the years..Especially those who have been kind enough to send me photos, audio and video material..Has really added to the blog's popularity..I do appreciate it much..

While we're on the subject, if anyone has Video or audio especially of local Cleveland TV (Akron-Canton-Youngstown-Wheeling-Steubenville as well) or even photos they'd be willing to share, particlarly from the 1950's to the early 1970's..Radio airchecks are welcome too, from the 1940's to the early top 40 era..Would be much appreciated. Email me with the contact link at the right..

We've had our Facebook Page for Cleveland Classic Media up for about 15 months now and it has been a blast to do..Thanks for all the response there..

The Classic KYW Facebook Page has been slow going as of late..Not a lot that I have that I havent already shared..

About questions:We've covered before about the rarity of Local TV clips, especially from the 50's and 60's..Stations just didnt think much was important enough to save..When Videotape came in, programs were erased over..General saving of things like newscasts and local shows didnt happen till 1978 or so...When someone writes to ask, "Can you help me find a Mr. Banjo or Barnaby show I was on in 1960?" I hate to say that it would be almost impossible to find because of the above reason..I will try to answer any other question I can..

As far as research, even the internet has limits sometimes..Research I do outside the home involves trips to Akron or Cleveland, which have been limited by time and finances. In saying all that, Please keep emailing me your questions. If I can find a way to answer them, I will..

You may (or may not) have noticed the postings to this blog have slowed down considerably over the months. To do a Major post takes about 2-3 days to do right..To take several hours a day to work on the blog is a bit difficult with work and home considerations. I'll try to post more in the coming weeks here..

More good classic TV News locally..WOIO will add MeTV to one of its digital channels soon..WIVM-52 moved to channel 39 recently and added Tuff TV and will add AMGTV soon along with having RTV..Antenna TV was put on WJW-TV 8.2 in January..

Thank you for all your support and God Bless..

Have a Good Life, Joe Tait!

Legendary Cleveland Cavaliers Radio Broadcaster Joe Tait..He will be calling his final game as The Cavs play their season finale tonight against The Washington Wizards at Quicken Loans Arena. Courtesy coolcleveland.com

My favorite Cavaliers logo-Used from 1970-80

http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/multimedia/Joe_Taits_Greatest_Calls-59408-44.html

From nba.com..Some of Joe Tait's classic calls over the years..

Tonight marks the end of an era in Cleveland Sports and Broadcasting..The words "iconic" and legendary" are thrown around so easily these days..However, the subject of our blog today is definitely legendary in his field, or court, wherever he calls play by play at a sporting event..I am speaking of course, of Joe Tait,the voice of the Cleveland Cavaliers from shortly after the beginning of their first season (1970-71) through 2010-11, with the exception of 1981-83 when he called games for the New Jersey Nets on radio and the Chicago Bulls on Cable TV.

I remember trying during the 1971-72 season to hear the games in the basement of our East Sparta home when the only station I could get the games on was the old WCUE 96.5FM(WAKS)..Was hard enough to get FM in rural Stark County without trying to get an FM station from Akron in a brick basement..Joe was my connection to the Cavaliers when not many games were on TV..He made the Cavaliers sound exciting even in a 141-87 blowout by Philly, which happened in the first season. His signature calls...BINGOO!! when Bobby Smith woulld launch a long jumper..WHAM! With the Right hand! for a dunk..His disdain for the officials became a regular thing that the fans loved..For as great as Joe was, he was/is one of us..He came about in a simpler era in the NBA when pretty much the game was all that mattered..Sure players had their issues, but The GAME was the thing..From recent interviews with Joe, you get the idea that Today's NBA is to much about "show"..Fireworks, cheerleaders, and other things that distract from the game on the floor..

I remember a second season game against the Knicks (February 20, 1972) when the Cavs beat them 111-109..The Knicks were still considered a championship contender..This was the Cavaliers first ever win against The Knicks..Youd have thought from Joe's call theyd won the NBA title..His calls in the Washington Bullets Playoff games in 1975-76..Classic..

As good as he was in Calling the Cavs action, Joe also called Indians games on radio from 1973-79 and TV from 1980-87.. Tait enjoyed doing Play-by-play so much he would do small college and high school games whenever time permitted..He even called some Barons Hockey games for a time..

Joe unfortunately never got to call a Cavaliers NBA championship, though the team made it to the finals in 2007.. 2010-2011 has been a particularly rough seson for Joe as illness and surgery robbed him of most of the season, which he had already announced would be his last..He has been able, however, to call the last 5 home games, including a recent memorable win over the Miami Heat..

His final game will be tonight at the Q when the Cavaliers take on the Washington Wizards..Fox Sports Ohio will be doing something unique, as they will be piping in Joe's call of tonight's second half with occasional comments from Fred McLeod and Austin Carr..FSO will also premiere an hour special after the game tonight, "Have a Good Night. Everybody"..In which past and present Cavs personnel share their memories of Joe Tait. This special with be repeated several times throughout April..

A personal note..From what I've read in recent days, Joe has been a "real"..Person, a friend to those he makes friends with if that makes sense..And a real encouragement to those breaking into the broadcasting/journalism business..It really irks me to see people on Cleveland.com comments recently say "Joe should have retired years ago" or "He was never that good to begin with"..He lasted 39 years..And will still be doing Mount Union Football..Who of those that make uninformed comments like that will last even 10 years in broadcasting, let alone 39.. Joe Tait is, and has been, one of the BEST ever in front of a microphone..We love you Joe and God Bless in your retirement..

Encore:Indians Broadcast History

With another new baseball season upon us, I thought we'd put up an encore post..with some slight updates, on Indians Broadcasting History..Originally posted in October 2007

TV Guide Ad for A Cleveland Indians-Chicago White Sox Game May 10, 1958..On WTRF-TV 7 Wheeling, W. Va. This was the CBS Game of the Week with announcers Dizzy Dean and Buddy Blattner. (White Sox won 5-4) TV Guide Ad for early 1970 Indians Game on WJW-TV 8. (Indians won 9-4) TV Guide Closeup for a Pirates/Philadelphia game on May 16, 1958. Pirate Network stations represented are KDKA 2 Pittsburgh, WJAC 6 Johnstown, Pa., WSTV 9 Steubenville, Oh, and WKST 45, New Castle, Pa. (Youngstown Market)(Phillies won 6-2)

With the Indians heading into the playoffs with the New York Yankees, I thought it would be kind of fun to go into some of the Cleveland Indians Broadcast History.

RADIO

Former Tribe Player Jack Graney was the first Radio announcer for Indians Baseball, beginning in 1932 on WJW-AM going all the way to 1944 with several partners, Though Tom Manning did some games for WTAM in the 1929-31 period, but he also was League Park Announcer.

In a unique situation, Four stations broadcast the June 28, 1946 game, Shortly after Bill Veeck bought the team..WJW (Earl Harper) WTAM (Tom Manning) WHK(Don Campbell) and WGAR (Jack Graney, Bob Neal)

WGAR then held the rights for 1947 with Jack Graney solo. WJW gained the rights for 1948-49 with Jimmy Dudley and Graney..WERE 1300 then acquired Broadcast rights from 1950-72..Jimmy Dudley was play by play man from 1950-67 with a number of color men..including Graney (1950-53) Ed Edwards (1954-55) Tom Manning (1956) Bob Neal (1957-61, 65-67) and Harry Jones (1962-64)..Dudley left the Indians after the 1967 season..It was said he didnt get along well with Bob Neal..Dudley announced Seattle Pilots games in 1969 before retiring in Arizona. Bob Neal was then partnered with Herb Score from 1968-72 (My first baseball memories are in 1970 with Herb Score and Bob Neal)

WWWE-1100 gained the Broadcast rights in 1973, with Joe Tait, Cavaliers broadcaster joining Herb Score until 1980..when Nev Chandler of Channel 5 joined Herb Score through the 1984 season..1985 saw Steve LaMar opposite Herb..Lamar was here through 1987..Paul Olden joined Herb in 1988..Olden had an uncanny knack for sounding like Vin Scully..Olden stayed through 1989..

Tom Hamilton joined the broadcast team in 1990..and has been with the team since then..WKNR-1220 gained radio rights from 1992-97, with the Score-Hamilton duo intact..Herb Score Retired after the 1997 season, but not before calling two Indians World Series..(1995, 97) WTAM-1100 (WWWE) acquired radio rights once again in 1998, with the Tribe going to a 3-man broadcast booth..Hamilton, former MLB player Mike Hegan and Former Tribe coach Davey Nelson were the team in 1998-99, with Channel 5 sports staffer Matt Underwood replacing Nelson from 2000-2006..In 2007, Underwood went to Sports Time Ohio as Indians annoiuncer with Rick Manning..Leaving just Tom Hamilton and Mike Hegan as the radio team..
UPDATE:Hamilton/Hegan in 2011 will be joined by Jim Rosenhaus, pregame host who will do a few innings a game to spell Hegan or Hamilton
Rosenhaus came from the AAA Buffalo Bisons. UPDATE 2012:Mike Hegan has retired from the radio booth, leaving just Jim Rosenhaus and Tom Hamiliton. UPDATE 2013:WTAM has signed a new Radio Contract for Indians games. with most of them simulcast on WMMS-100.7 FM..
TELEVISION

Cleveland Indians TV coverage began as early as 1948 on WEWS Channel 5 with Van Patrick in the booth, being replaced by Tris Speaker and Bob Neal in 1949..

1950 saw WXEL-9 get the TV rights..Holding them at first through 1955 (as WJW-8 by this time) Announcers were Jimmy Dudley/Jack Graney in 1950, Hal Newell in 1951, Bob Neal and "Red" Jones in 1952-53..Ken Coleman and Jim Britt 1954-55 on WXEL/WJW. WEWS got the rights back from 1956-60..with Coleman/Britt in 1956-57, Coleman and Bill McColgan from 1958-60.

WJW-TV 8 would get the rights once again in 1961-holding them through 1979..Ken Coleman partnered with Harry Jones in 1961, then Bob Neal in 1962-1963..Coleman left the Indians after the 1963 season. Herb Score joined Bob Neal in 1964, then Score was joined by Harry Jones from 1965-67..Harry Jones was joined by Yankee legend Mel Allen in 1968..1969-71 saw the team of Harry Jones and Dave Martin..Jones then partnered with Rocky Colavito in 1972, then Mudcat Grant in 1973-74..(Little bit of chin music there..) 1975-76 had Bob Brown and Rocky Colavito as the broadcast team..1977 it was back to Harry Jones and Mudcat Grant..1978 (WJKW) saw Jim Meuller and Eddie Doucette of Milwaukee as the TV Team..In 1979 it was Joe Castiglione and Bruce Drennan..

WUAB-TV 43 gained broadcast rights in 1980-2001..Joe Tait and Bruce Drennan as the team from 1980-82..Then Joe Tait was joined by retired Browns(?) receiver Reggie Rucker from 1983-84..Joe Tait then was with Jack Corrigan in 1985-87 (now part of the Rockies' Radio team).Corrigan teamed with Steve LaMar in 1988..then with Mike Hegan from 1989-2001, joined by Matt Underwood as the 3rd man in the booth in the 2000 season only..

In 2006..WKYC-TV 3 began airing a limited number of broadcast games through Cable home SportsTime Ohio..with Rick Manning and Jim Donovan

CABLE

Early unsuccesful attempts at Cable included Ted Stepien's TenTV in 1982..With Joe Castiglione and Bob Feller as announcers..Then the Sports Exchange in 1983, with Feller, Jack Corrigan and Denny Schreiner..

1990 saw the debut of SportsChannel Ohio(FOX Sports Ohio as of 1998), with Rick Manning and Plain Dealer writer Dan Coughlin. Coughlin was replaced in 1991 bu Pittsburgh Sports TV Veteran John Sanders. They were joined in 2002 by Mike Hegan through 2005..

The Indians in 2006 took their TV production in house with the advent of SportsTime Ohio..While Sanders, Manning and Hegan were the team in 2006, it was decided in 2007 not to bring Sanders back..Hegan went exclusively to Radio and Matt
Underwood joined Rick Manning as the Current Broadcast TV Team..

2010 UPDATE:Jim Donovan is no longer announcing the Channel 3 games..They are now straight simulcasts with STO..


2013 Update:Dolans sell Sportstime Ohio to Fox which rebrands the Network "Fox Sportstime Ohio"..They will televise nearly every Indians Game, with just 4 simulcasts with WKYC-TV 3..

Longest serving Radio announcers
Jack Graney 1932-53
Jimmy Dudley 1948-67
Herb Score 1968-97
Bob Neal 1946, 1957-61, 1965-72
Tom Hamilton 1990-2013

TV (broadcast and Cable)
Ken Coleman 1954-63
Harry Jones 1961, 1965-74, 1977
Joe Tait 1980-87
Jack Corrigan 1983, 1985-2001
Rick Manning 1990-2013
John Sanders 1991-2006
Mike Hegan 1989-2006
Matt Underwood 2007-2013

I realize this has been exhaustive, but it points out how many talented broadcasters have come through Cleveland, and some not so talented (Rucker) and colorful personalites (Feller, Mudcat Grant, Drennan).. Baseball scores provided by shrpsports.com..Information provided by the Cleveland Indians..

Looking back:January 1958

"Susie"-Syndicated title for "Private Secretary", which had aired on CBS from 1953-57 Ann Sothern returned to series TV in the "Ann Sothern Show" from Fall 1958-Spring 1961..After a few months. cast changes were made that essentially made the show "Private Secretary" in a Hotel setting..Ann Sothern was best known on TV as "Mother" in the 1965-66 NBC series "My Mother The Car"


"Sherrif of Cochise" aka as "US Marshal" Thursdays at 10:30 PM on KYW-TV..Smaller Low power networks still show this on occasion


Ad for the Syndicated "Douglas Fairbanks Jr." on WEWS Friday nights at 10:30PM



Rev. Rex Humbard, from the Calvary Temple, which became Cathedral of Tomorrow

Wednesday, January 29, 1958:US Steel Hour Starring Andy Griffith on CBS:and Ozzie And Harriet on ABC, in their sixth season..


Hello
For our first pure historical posting in awhile I thought we'd look at January 1958.

Doug Adair was doing a 9:55AM News bulletin weekdays on channel 8..

The Syndicated "Liberace" aired weekdays at 11:30 on channel 5

8:55 AM News was being aired by Channel 3 (Tom Haley) and 5 (Court Stanton or Bill Prentice)

Tom Field returned to Cleveland at WEWS-5 from WRCV-3 Philadelphia, replacing John B. Hughes..

In a letter to TV Guide, One Bill Sanders of Canton was not pleased with the change: "I understand that Ton Field is returning to Cleveland to replace JOHN B. HUGHES AND THE NEWS on Channel 5. Why? I have enjoyed Hughes and his staff and the manner in which they give the news coverage. I doubt that Tom Field can offer anything close in this line of service."

John Daly News was aired weeknights at 7:15 on WKST-45 and WAKR-49..

In Pro Basketball, on NBC The Minneapolis Lakers took on the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden Saturday, Jan. 25 at 2PM (Knicks won 128-116)

"Spirtuals" was the name of the program Mary Holt hosted on Sunday mornings at 9:30on KYW-TV 3..Miss Holt passed away last week at the age of 89..

Sitcom, "Date With The Angels", with Betty White and Bill Williams, ends its ABC Run Friday, Jan. 31, 1958 at 9:30, being replaced the next week by a sketch variety show starring..Betty White! She is enjoying a well deserved surge of popularity these days, helped by starring in the TV Land original series, "Hot In Cleveland"


NBC:Portion of It Could Be You with Bill Leyden in a Nighttime Episode from September 1958..Sort of a takeoff on "This Is Your Life" Or "Queen For A Day"

TV Listings Cleveland Edition TV Guide
Saturday, January 25, 1958

3-KYW Cleveland NBC
5-WEWS Cleveland ABC
8-WJW Cleveland CBS
12 WICU Erie ABC-NBC
21-WFMJ Youngstown NBC
27-WKBN Youngstown CBS
35 WSEE Erie CBS
45-WKST Youngstown ABC
49-WAKR Akron ABC

7:30
3 This Land Is Ours

8AM
8 Camera Three

8:30
3 Numbers and Space

8:55
5 News-Ron Penfound

9AM
3 Geophysical Year
5 Cowboy G-Men
8 Looney Tunes

9:30
3 Kartoons For Kids
5 Cartoon Time
8-27 Captain Kangaroo

10AM
3-21 Howdy Doody
5 Christophers
12 Toy Time

10:30
3-21 Ruff and Reddy
5 Movie-Code Of The Lawless (Kirby Grant)
8 Mighty Mouse
27 Cartoon Classics

11AM
3-21 Fury
8-27 Heckle and Jeckle-Return
12 Movie-To Be Announced

11:30
3-21 Andy's Gang-Andy Devine
5 Liberace
8 Adventures In Music
27 Saturday Playhouse
49 Get Set, Go!-Variety

Noon
3-21 True Story
5 Mr. Lollipop
8 RFD
12 Ramar
27-35 Jimmy Dean
49 Devotional Time

12:30
3-21 Detective's Diary
5 Telvideo Theater
8 Tomorrow-Science
12 High School Wrestling
27 Celebrity Theater
49 Movie-The Lost Trail (Johnny Mack Brown)

1PM
3 Movie-Along The Rio Grande (Tim Holt)
5 Movie-Riders Of The Range-1942 (Bob Steele)
8 Lone Ranger
21-35 Movie-TBA
27 Gene Autry

1:30
8-49 Rex Humbard

2PM
3-12-21 NBA Basketball-Minneapolis Lakers at NY Knicks
5 New Horizons-Industry
8-27-35 NHL Hockey-Detroit at Boston (Bruins win 5-3)
49 Bowling Stars

2:30
5 Movie-Old Chisolm Trail (Johnny Mack Brown)
49 Medical Society-Public Service

3PM
45 Film Drama
49 Movie-The Man From Utah (John Wayne)

3:30
5 All-Star Golf
45 Film Drama

4PM
3 Through The Hooping Glass (cute)
21 Popcorn Party-Kids
45-49 All-Star Golf

4:15
12 Civil Defense-Public Service

4:30
3-21 Horse Race-Royal Palm Handicap from Hialeah
5-27 College Basketball-Jack Drees Iowa at Minnesota
8 Bandstand-Phil McLean
12 All-Star Golf
35 New Horizons

5PM
3 Meet Corliss Archer
21 Popeye
35 Man To Man-Religion
45 Movie-TBA
49 Movie-Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947

5:15
35 Off To Adventure

5:30
3 TV Auction Party-Big Wilson
8 Frontier
12 Chalk it Up-Religion
35 Little Rascals
45 Film Drama

6PM
3 Mr. Wizard
5 Bowling Stars
8 Hawkeye
12 Rin Tin Tin
27 News, Sports
35 Movie-TBA
45 Travel Time

6:30
3 Lights, Camera, Questions
8 Annie Oakley
12 Broken Arrow-ABC
21 Get Set, Go!

6:45
5 Liberace
45 Our Miss Brooks

7PM
3 City Detective
5 Jamboree
8 Charlie Chan
12 Navy Log-ABC
21 Rumpus Room
27 Range Rider
45 Teen Time
49 Movie-Summer Holiday 1947

7:20
27 Ohio Story

7:30
3-12-21 People Are Funny-Art Linkletter
5-45 Keep It In The Family
8-27-35 Perry Mason

8PM
3-12-21 Pery Como-Color
5-45 Country Music Jubilee

8:30
8-27-35 Dick and The Duchess
49 Country Music Jubilee

9PM
3-12-21 Polly Bergen Show
5-45-49 Lawrence Welk
8-27-35 Oh! Susanna

9:30
3-12-21 Gisele McKenzie
8-35 Have Gun Will Travel
27 My Little Margie (You could say WKBN-27 had The Gale Storm Hour)

10PM
3-12-21 End Of The Rainbow
5-45 Mike Wallace
8-27-35 Gunsmoke
49 Movie-Parnell 1937

10:30
3-12-21 Your Hit Parade-Color
5 Four Star Theater
8 Silent Service
27 News Tonight
35 Championship Bowling
45 Movie-TBA

10:40
27 Movie-Lloyds of London 1936

11PM
3 News-Jay Miltner
5 Movie-The Whistler 1944
8 News-Jim Doney
12 Star Performance
21 Sports. Weather

11:05
3 Sports-Johnny Bell

11:10
3 Movie-Cry Havoc 1943
8 Sports-Doug Adair

11:15
8 Weather-Scotty Armstrong
21 Championship Bowling

11:30
12 Movie-The Wolf Man 1941
27 Wrestling
35 Movie-Footlight Serenade 1942
49 Movie-Laugh Your Blues Away 1943

12:15
21 Movie-The Caribbean Mystery 1945

12:30
3 News-Pete French

12:30
3 Movie-Betrayal Of The East

1AM
5 News-Court Stanton
8 Movie-The Mask Of Dijon 1946

Monday, January 27, 1958

7AM
3-12-21 Today-Dave Garroway

7:55
8 Morning Meditation

8AM
8-27 Captain Kangaroo

8:45
8 Mr. Banjo-Davey Herbert
27 Cartoon Carnival

8:55
3 News-Tom Haley
5 News-Court Stanton
12 Your Church-Religion

9AM
3 Movie (Cash On The Line)-The First Hundred Years 1938-Tom Haley
5 Fun Farm
12 Movie-TBA
21 Adelaide Snyder
27-35 Captain Kangaroo

9:15
8 Susie-Ann Sothern

9:30
5 Paige Palmer

9:45
27-35 CBS News-Richard C. Hottelet

9:55
8 News-Doug Adair

10AM
8-27-35 Garry Moore
12-21 Arlene Francis

10:15
5 Movie-Doorway To Suspicion 1954

10:25
3 Window-Women

10:30
3-12-21 Treasure Hunt-Jan Murray
8-27-35 Arthur Godfrey

11AM
3-12-21 Price Is Right-Bill Cullen

11:30
3-12-21 Truth Or Consequences-Bob Barker
5 Liberace
8-27-35 Dotto-Jack Narz-In its fourth daytime week-The show that began suspicion that game shows may be fixed, though Narz himself was cleared of any wrongdoing

Noon
3-12-21 Tic Tac Dough-Gene Rayburn
5 News-Court Stanton
8-35 Hotel Cosmopolitan-serial
27 Cartoon Carnival

12:05
5 Noon Show Ron Penfound as Captain Penny

12:15
8-27-35 Love Of Life

12:30
3-12-21 It Could Be You-Bill Leyden
8-35 Search For Tomorrow
27 Movie-Appointment In Berlin-1943


12:45
8-35 Guiding Light

1PM
3 Movie-Wild Cargo 1934 Big Wilson
5 One O Clock Club-Dorothy Fuldheim
8 Movie-Glamour For Sale 1940
12 Tex and Jinx-Had been in radio since the 1940's. This was apparently their last TV series..
35 Hy Yaple-Women
49 Movie-Salute To The Marines-1943-Apparently a repeat from Sunday 9PM

1:15
21 Kitchen Corner-Marjorie Mariner

1:30
12 Howard Miller-Color
35 As The World Turns

2PM
5 Our Niss Brooks
21 Howard Miller-Color
27-35 Beat The Clock-Bud Collyer

2:15
8 Alice Weston-Debut

2:30
5 Stu Erwin
8-27-35 House Party-Art Linkletter
12-21 Kitty Foyle-serial

2:55
3 News-Pete French

3PM
3-12-21 Matinee Theater-Matinee Theater was normally in color, but today appears to be in B@W unless there was a mistake on TV Guide's part-"Soldier's Boy"
5-45 American Bandstand-Dick Clark
8-27-35 Big Payoff-Randy Merriman
49 Movie-Private Nurse 1941

3:30
5-45 Do You Trust Your Wife?-Johnny Carson (Later changed title to Who Do You Trust?)
8-27-35 Verdict Is Yours

4PM
3-12-21 Queen For A Day
5-45-49 American Bandstand
8-35 Brighter Day
27 Caroon Classics

4:15
8-27-35 Secret Storm

4:30
8-35 Edge Of Night
27 Colonel Bleep (With other cartoons I would think..Can't see 90 minutes straight of Colonel Bleep..)

49 Operation Blackboard

4:45
3-12-21 Modern Romances

5PM
3 Dear Phoebe-Peter Lawford sitcom-NBC
5-12-45 Superman-George Reeves
8 As The World Turns
21 Fun House Gang
35 Movie-The Return Of Daniel Boone 1941
49 Movie-Valley Of Fear Johnny Mack Brown

5:30
3 Popeye-Linn Sheldon as Barnaby
5-12-45 Mickey Mouse Club
8 Beat The Clock

5:45
21 Popeye

6PM
3 Six O Clock Adventure-Brave Eagle, followed by Sky King
5 Captain Penny
8 Action at Six
12 Candy Cane Lane
27 My Little Margie
35 Popeye
45 What's New For You?
49 Looney Tunes

6:10
45 Weather, News, Sports

6:30
5 Dorothy Fuldheim
8 News, Sports
12-21-27 News, Sports, Weather
35 Gene Autry

6:45
5 News-Tom Field
8-27 CBS News-Douglas Edwards
12-21 Huntley-Brinkley Report
45 Our Miss Brooks


6:55
3 News-Pete French
5 Weather-Bill Prentice
49 Weather,News

7PM
3 Frontier Doctor
5 Waterfront
8 Badge 714 (Dragnet)
12 Walter Winchell
21 Death Valley Days
27 State Trooper
35 Erieland Newsreel

7:15
35 CBS News
45-49 ABC News-John Daly

7:30
3-12-21 Price Is Right-Color
5 Meet Your Schools
8-27-35 Robin Hood
45 Duffy's Tavern
49 Movie-Adam Had Four Sons 1941 (also aired Sunday Jan. 26 at 1PM)

8PM
3-12-21 Restless Gun
5-45 Love That Jill
8 Burns and Allen
27 Studio 57
35 Amos 'N' Andy

8:30
3-12-21 Wells Fargo
5-45 Bold Jouirney
8-27-35 Talent Scouts-Arthur Godfrey

9PM
3-12-21 Twenty-One-Jack Barry
5-45-49 Voice Of Firestone-Howard Barlow
8-27-35 Danny Thomas

9:30
3-12-21 Alcoa Theater
5-45-49 Top Tunes-Lawrence Welk
8-27-35 December Bride

10PM
3-12-21 Suspicion
8-27-35 Studio One

10:30
5 Bob Cummings Show (NBC-Tuesday 9:30)
45 News Sports Weather
49 TV Auction Party

11PM
3 News-Pete French
5 News-Tom Field
8-27 News-Warren Guthrie
12-21-35 News, Sports, Weather
45 Confidential File
49 Movie-Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)

11:10
3 Weather-Joe Finan
8 Sports-John Fitzgerald

11:15
3 Sports-Bob Neal
5 Tonight-Johnathan Winters
8 Weather-Ken Armstrong
27 Movie-Thirteen Rue Madeline 1946
35 Movie-Tight Shoes 1941

11:20
3 Movie-Idiot's Delight 1939
8 Movie-The Flanagan Boy English 1954
21 University Story

11:30
12 Wrestling-Buffalo
21 Tonight-Jonathan Winters
45 Travel Time-Documentary

1AM
5 News-Bill Prentice

"Dimension" Cleveland TV History Special-WVIZ--1988

The Classic WVIZ-25 Logo from 1978-From a still of a YouTube video from RobtatSea


Featured in this post will be a YouTube Video-Part of the WVIZ-TV "Dimension" Series of hour long monthly specials. This is from 1988. A History of Cleveland Televison as it was then..40 years in..Hosted by Jack Marschall, who had just weeks/months before this started at WUAB-TV's Ten O Clock News..and Anne Mulligan, who may have been at Channel 8 at this time..Producer was Dennis Goulden, known first at KYW-TV in 1964, then as producer of the long running "Montage" series (1966-84) on WKYC-TV 3..The hour is all too brief, as most shows of this type are. Run in tandem with PBS' "Television" history series (Not "Pioneers Of Television" currently being shown), There are clips galore, though many of them would be reused on later TV station retrospectives..There are a number of "New" Interviews with pioneers and then-current station representatives such as..

Tom Haley, WKYC
Jim Breslin, Don Webster WEWS (Webster was station manager)
Chuck Schodowski, Dick Goddard, Lou Gatozzi WJW
Dennis Thatcher WOIO
Betty Cope, Mike Massa WVIZ
Alice Weston, Gib Shanley WUAB

Also mentioned:WCLQ-61..Which had just recently become WQHS-61, having been purchased by Home Shopping Network..

Interesting look into local TV of the mid-1980's..a few years before HD and digital tv was thought of..

More pictures-WEWS from 1967-Latest Video clips

Nice Picture of WEWS Test Pattern


WEWS Newsfilm Can Label

Some Pictures In the Control Room

On the News Set..

Possibly the Paige Palmer Studio..

Setting up for something..Maybe Romper Room?

Hello:

Here are some behind the scenes pictures from Channel 5, taken by Jerry Immel during his time there..Never got names behind the pictures here, but if he wants to share the names I'll definitely put them up..

Here also, are the latest video clips We made of the rare audio that Jerry shared with us..Great stuff..

Cleveland TV Clips-1950's


Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo..1930's-1950's TV/Radio


Detroit TV/Radio-1950's


KYW Jingles-1956-60


1956 KYW Radio-"Mayer In The Morning" Opening and Closing Jingle (Bill Mayer)

I want to thank everyone for the good comments and responses about these postings..and especially Jerry Immel for making these available to share..

Encore:The Bill Randle Show-WEWS-TV 5-Sunday, March 4, 1956.

Today, we present an encore post from Monday, June 16, 2008..Likely the most rare program in the Jerry Immel collection..The Bill Randle Show on WEWS-Channel 5 from Sunday, March 4th, 1956. The only change from the original post is that I changed the Internet Archive version to the Google Video version. Note:This is the first time I ever tried to add appropriate pictures to an audio..As it's 27 minutes long, I frankly got tired of the process at that point..So I just uploaded it to Google Video as it was..I may try to redo it and put it on Facebook in the weeks to come..





Portion of a TV Guide Page for Sunday, February 19, 1956..Showing the 10:30 PM listings..Bill Randle's Guests are Margaret Whiting, Nelson Riddle and Bobby Scott..Two weeks before the featured program below..


Bill Randle, Longtime Cleveland Disc Jockey, working in the music business or radio from the late 1940's to 2004..(Courtesy Life In Legacy)

Photograph taken at a Concert in Brooklyn, Ohio (Brooklyn High School) October 20, 1955..L-R:Bill Randle, Tommy Edwards of WERE, Elvis Presley and Bass player Bill Black..Courtesy Chris Kennedy Through Wikipedia

Today we will take a look at legendary Disc Jockey and music promoter Bill Randle..Born March 14, 1923 in Detroit, his first radio experience in the late 1940's in his hometown at WJLB-AM 1400. It was here that he became one of the first Disc Jockeys to play Jazz and Rhythm and Blues on the radio regularly in the North. Randle moved over to WERE-1300, Cleveland in 1949. It was here that he developed a reputation as a shrewd promoter in the then-new music field of Rock and Roll..He helped launch the careers of Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Bobby Darin, Fats Domino and most famously, Elvis Presley, whom he introduced to Northern Audiences for the first time on the Dorsey Brothers' CBS Stage Show television series on January 28, 1956. Before that Presley, Pat Boone and others were at pair of concert s in Brooklyn (Ohio) High School on October 20, 1955.

Randle's popularity was such that along with fellow Jocks Tommy Edwards, Phil McLean and Howie Lund, he was responsible for WERE's dominance of the Cleveland airwaves through much of the 1950's. Here is a link to a Time magazine article naming Randle top "Jock" of 1955..

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,807032,00.html

Randle was always a very busy man, doing six days at WERE, another show at WCBS Radio in New York, WEWS-TV, promoting concerts, etc..He tired of the grind by the early 1960's and walked away from radio..He went to college, getting several degrees throughout the 1960's eventually doing a bit of radio in New York.He then taught at Kent State and the University of Cincinnati.

At the age of 64, he passed the Ohio Bar exam and became an attorney, specializing in bankruptcy and estate planning. In the 1990's he returned to Cleveland Radio, doing the "Big Show" weekends on WRMR 850/1420..When WRMR was sold to Salem Communications in July 2004, the format was changed to talk from music..Randle passed away July 9, 2004..Two days later, WRMR played his last "Big Show".The final music program aired on WRMR.

Bill Randle was a legend in his time..one of the Greats of Cleveland Radio..

What follows courtesy of Jerry Immel, is Audio from "The Bill Randle Show" a live half hour music program aired Sunday evenings at 10:30 PM on WEWS-TV Channel 5..Randle had connections to get a lot of the top performers to come to Cleveland to do the show. This particular episode aired Sunday, March 4, 1956. Sponsored by Bayard-Forest Heating /Cooling Co. of Cleveland, Randle's announcer/sidekick was Alan Douglas, who gained fame from hosting a number of talk shows on TV and Radio into the 1970's, including the original "Morning Exchange".

The guest list was very impressive..Billy Eckstine, Lou Busch (aka Joe "Fingers" Carr), Nick Noble, (Fresh from the Ed Sullivan Show) Dick Duane (On his way to do the Sullivan show the next Sunday) and The Four Coins, who cover the Platters' "Great Pretender"..There is a "Middle commercial" with Douglas, and an offer of an Elvis Presley picture by Randle at the end of the show. This is probably the only episode of this show around in any form..extremely rare..It sounds great for as old as it is..There appear to be a couple of cuts during the show, but it is pretty much complete.just over 27 minutes.




Some Information courtesy Wikipedia..

This is the kind of stuff I'd love to feature more of in the blog.. rare Audio or Video of Northeast Ohio TV and Radio..