The reason I'm bringing all this up is because the listings week's TV Guide, from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, include the names of most of the program hosts. Some of them we're sure to recognize: Hugh Downs on Today and Concentration; Huntley and Brinkley on the NBC news, Cronkite on the CBS news, Tom Kennedy on You Don't Say!, and so on. And every market has its local legends; Dave Moore and Bud Kraehling on WCCO, for example. But many more of them are little more than names on a printed page. Take the hosts of the shows on KTCA - Berkowitz, Brown, Wolf. We could look them up and might find something about them, but I doubt there's one person in 100,000 who remember them here. I'd never heard of Betty Wells, whose five-minute program airs at 4:00 p.m. on Channel 5, but if you go to the next-to-last page of this issue of Broadcasting magazine, you'll find an ad featuring her show.
All these people were, at one time or another, important enough to have their own television programs, and yet - well, we don't even do a good job of remembering those whom we should remember, let alone those who aren't nearly as well known. It all goes to show, I suppose, that the slave standing behind the triumphant general was correct, as he whispered in his ear, Sic transit gloria, all fame is fleeting. Let's see what the listings have to offer.
EVENING | ||
6:30 | BIG PICTURE—Army | |
7:00 | QUEST FOR CERTAINTY | |
7:30 | GRAPHIC ARTS—Berkowitz | |
8:00 | GUEST ARTIST CONCERT | |
8:30 | EFFICIENT READING—Brown | |
9:00 | TOWN AND COUNTRY—Wolf | |
10:00 | YOU AND YOUR HEART | |
10:30 | CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH | |
4 WCCO (CBS) | ||
MORNING | ||
6:30 | UNDERSTANDING OUR WORLD | |
7:00 | SIEGFRIED AND CLANCY | |
8:00 | CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children | |
9:00 | NEWS—Dean Montgomery | |
9:15 | WHAT’S NEW—Women | |
9:25 | DR. REUBEN K. YOUNGDAHL | |
9:30 | I LOVE LUCY—Comedy | |
10:00 | McCOYS—Comedy | |
10:30 | PETE AND GLAYDS—Comedy | |
11:00 | LOVE OF LIFE—Serial | |
11:25 | NEWS—Richard C. Hottelet | |
11:30 | SEARCH FOR TOMORROW | |
11:45 | GUIDING LIGHT—Serial | |
AFTERNOON | ||
12:00 | NEWS—Dave Moore | |
12:15 | SOMETHING SPECIAL | |
12:25 | WEATHER—Bud Kraehling | |
12:30 | AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial | |
1:00 | PASSWORD—Allen Ludden Celebrity: Peter Lawford | |
1:30 | HOUSE PARTY—Art Linkletter Guest: Martin Boyle | |
2:00 | TO TELL THE TRUTH—Collyer Panelists: Orson Bean, Mimi Benzell, Barry Nelson, Phyllis Newman | |
2:25 | NEWS—Douglas Edwards | |
2:30 | EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial | |
3:00 | SECRET STORM—Serial | |
3:30 | MILLIONAIRE—Drama | |
4:00 | AROUND THE TOWN—Interviews | |
4:30 | AXEL AND BOWERY BOYS Movie: “Hold That Hypnotist (1957) | |
5:30 | YOGI BEAR—Cartoons | |
| EVENING | ||
6:00 | NEWS—Dean Montgomery | |
6:10 | WEATHER—Don O’Brien | |
6:15 | NEWS—Walter Cronkite | |
6:30 | OUTDOORE SPORTS—Johnson | |
7:00 | PERRY MASON—Mystery | |
8:00 | TWILIGHT ZONE—Drama | |
9:00 | NURSES—Drama | |
10:00 | NEWS—Dave Moore | |
10:15 | WEATHER—Bud Kraehling | |
10:20 | SPORTS—Hal Scott | |
10:30 | STEVE ALLEN—Variety Guests: Tom Poston, Barbara Heller, Joe Cossman | |
12:00 | MOVIE—Western “The Fighting Lawman” (1953) News will follow the movie | |
5 KSTP (NBC) | ||
MORNING | ||
6:30 | COUNTRY STYLE, U.S.A.—Music | |
7:00 | TODAY—Hugh Downs Guest: Marianne Means | |
9:00 | SAY WHEN—Art James | |
9:25 | NEWS—Edwin Newman | |
9:30 | PLAY YOUR HUNCHY—Lewis | |
10:00 | PRICE IS RIGHT—Clark | |
10:30 | CONCENTRATION—Hugh Downs | |
11:00 | YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION COLOR Panelists: Joan Bennett, Artie Shaw, Danny Dayton | |
11:30 | TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES | |
11:55 | NEWS—Ray Scherer | |
AFTERNOON | ||
12:00 | NEWS—John MacDougall | |
12:15 | WEATHER—Johnny Morris | |
12:20 | TREASURE CHEST | |
1:00 | PEOPLE WLL TALK COLOR | |
1:25 | NEWS—Floyd Kalber | |
1:30 | DOCTORS—Drama | |
2:00 | LORETTA YOUNG—Drama | |
2:30 | YOU DON’T SAY!—Tom Kennedy COLOR Celebrities: Mary Tyler Moore, Keenan Wynn | |
3:00 | MATCH GAME—Gene Rayburn Panelists: Alan Young, Joan Fontaine | |
3:25 | NEWS—Sander Vanocur | |
3:30 | MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY | |
4:00 | BETTY WELLS CHATS | |
4:05 | MOVIE—Biography “Young Mr. Lincoln” (1939) | |
5:40 | DOCTOR’S HOUSE CALL—Fox | |
5:45 | NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley | |
| EVENING | ||
6:00 | NEWS—Bob Ryan | |
6:15 | WEATHER—Johnny Morris | |
6:25 | SPORTS—Al Tighe | |
6:30 | WIDE COUNTRY—Drama | |
7:30 | DR. KILDARE—Drama | |
8:30 | LIVELY ONES—Music COLOR Guests: Mel Tormé, Frances Faye, Charlie Barnet, Eduardo Sasson, the Eddie Cano Quartet, Dick Gautier, Ronnie Schell, Dick Patterson | |
9:00 | SUMMER SPECIAL “The World of Maurice Chevalier” | |
10:00 | NEWS—John MacDougall | |
10:15 | WEATHER—Johnny Morris | |
10:20 | SPORTS—Al Tighe | |
10:30 | JOHNNY CARSON | |
12:00 | NEWS AND SPORTS | |
12:15 | POWER FOR TOMORROW | |
9 KMSP (ABC) | ||
| MORNING | ||
7:40 | CHAPEL OF THE AIR—Religion | |
7:45 | BREAKFAST—Grandpa Ken | |
9:00 | ROMPER ROOM—Miss Betty | |
9:45 | DEBBIE DRAKE—Exercise | |
10:00 | RANDOM—Interviews | |
10:30 | SEVEN KEYS—Jack Narz | |
11:00 | ERNIE FORD—Variety | |
11:30 | PEOPLE ARE FUNNY | |
AFTERNOON | ||
12:00 | GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial | |
12:30 | FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy | |
1:00 | DAY IN COURT—Drama | |
1:25 | NEWS—Alex Dreier | |
1:30 | JANE WYMAN—Drama | |
2:00 | QUEEN FOR A DAY—Bailey | |
2:30 | WHO DO YOU TRUST? | |
3:00 | AMERICAN BANDSTAND | |
3:30 | DISCOVERY ’63—Children | |
3:55 | AMERICAN NEWSSTAND—Lord | |
4:00 | MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy | |
4:30 | MOVIE—Musical “The Song Parade” (1950) | |
EVENING | ||
6:00 | NEWS—Ron Cochran | |
6:15 | NEWS—Bob Allard | |
6:30 | OZZIE AND HARRIET—Comedy | |
7:00 | DONNA REED—Comedy | |
7:30 | LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Comedy | |
8:00 | MY THREE SONS—Comedy | |
8:30 | McHALE’S NAVY—Comedy | |
9:00 | ALCOA PREMIERE—Fred Astaire | |
10:00 | NEWS—George Grim | |
10:15 | WEATHER—Jere Smith | |
10:20 | SPORTS—Tony Parker | |
10:30 | TARGET: CORRUPTORS—Drama | |
11:30 | PETER GUNN—Mystery | |
12:00 | 26 MEN—Western | |
12:30 | NEWS | |
12:35 | CHAPEL OF THE AIR—Religion | |
11 WTCN (IND.) | ||
MORNING | ||
11:25 | WE LEARN TO LIVE—Religion | |
11:30 | CARTOON CIRCUS—Children | |
11:45 | NEWS—Bob Landon | |
AFTERNOON | ||
12:00 | LUNCH WITH CASEY—Children | |
12:45 | KING AND ODIE—Cartoon | |
1:00 | MOVIE—Drama “Song of Surrender” (1949) | |
2:55 | TAKE FIVE—Jan Werner | |
3:00 | DECEMBER BRIDE—Comedy | |
3:30 | AMOS ‘N’ ANDY—Comedy | |
4:00 | POPEYE AND PETE—Dave Lee | |
4:30 | DICK TRACY—Cartoons | |
5:00 | MICKEY MOUSE CLUB—Children | |
5:30 | ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS | |
EVENING | ||
6:00 | WHIRLYBIRDS—Adventure | |
6:30 | BOLD JOURNEY—Travel | |
7:00 | SEVEN LEAGUE BOOTS—Travel | |
7:30 | SEA HUNT—Adventure | |
8:00 | OUTDOOR FUNLAND—Kent | |
8:30 | ONE STEP BEYOND—Drama | |
9:00 | DEPUTY—Western | |
9:30 | NEWS—Dick Ford | |
9:45 | WEATHER—Stuart A. Lindman | |
9:50 | SPORTS—Beutel, Horner | |
10:00 | MOVIE—Drama “The Young Don’t Cry” (1957) | |