Friday, July 24, 2015

Comics Page

Here's the comics page from the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WLAV Channel 7 TV Schedule for Friday, November 24, 1950

Afternoon
========
1:30 pm                 Reel Relaxation
3:00 pm                 Ransom Sherman Show
3:30 pm                 To be announced
4:00 pm                 Homemaker's Exchange
4:30 pm                 Kate Smith Show
5:00 pm                 NBC Comics
5:15 pm                 Panhandle Pete & Jennifer
5:30 pm                 Howdy Doody



Evening
=======
6:00 pm               Cactus Jim
6:30 pm               Unusually Yours
6:55 pm               Photo Listings
7:00 pm               Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
7:30 pm               Holiday Hotel
8:00 pm               Big Story
8:30 pm               Pro Football Highlights
9:00 pm               Pulitzer Prize Plays
10:00 pm             The Fights (no contenders listed)
10:45 pm             Telenews Reel
10:55 pm             Stranger Than Fiction
11:10 pm             Telefacts
11:25 pm             Broadway Open House

R.H. TV Sales Ad

Here's a vintage ad for R.H. TV Sales. From the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WKZO Channel 3 TV Schedule for Friday, November 24, 1950

Afternoon
=========
1:30 pm                     Garry Moore Show
3:25 pm                     Test Pattern
3:30 pm                     Fashion Magic with Ilka Chase
4:00 pm                     Homemaker's Exchange with Louise Leslie
4:30 pm                     TV Topics
5:00 pm                     Children's Show
5:15 pm                     TV Hi-Lights



Evening
========
6:15 pm                   Tune-In Time
6:30 pm                   Featurette (no title listed)
6:45 pm                   Space Cadets
7:00 pm                   Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
7:30 pm                   News
7:45 pm                   Perry Como Show (guest: Mitchell Ayres)
8:00 pm                   Mama
8:30 pm                   Man Against Crime
9:00 pm                   Magnavox Theater
10:00 pm                 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
11:00 pm                 Martin Kane, Private Eye
11:30 pm                 News
11:45 pm                 TV Hi-Lights

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Chicago Calendar

Here's a vintage photo showing Jack Brickhouse (then hosting Chicago Calendar on WGN[9]) with two employees of  a lie-detector firm that will administer a lie-detector test to an unnamed mystery guest. From the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WTMJ Channel 3 TV Schedule for Friday, November 24, 1950

Afternoon
=========
1:45 pm                     Showroom with Roberta Quinlan
2:00 pm                     What's New In the Home with Breta Griem
2:45 pm                     Shopping News
3:00 pm                     Kate Smith Show with Ted Collins
4:00 pm                     Feminine Viewpoint
4:30 pm                     Howdy Doody Show
5:00 pm                     Cactus Jim
5:30 pm                    Joe DiMaggio Show
5:45 pm                    Vi & Jerry Wagner



Evening
========
6:00 pm                 Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
6:30 pm                 Sports Picture
6:45 pm                 News Caravan with John Swayze
7:00 pm                 Mama
7:30 pm                 You Bet Your Life with Groucho Marx
8:00 pm                 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
9:00 pm                Boxing from Madison Square Garden (no contenders listed)
9:45 pm                Greatest Fights of the Century (no details listed)
10:00 pm              TV Open House with Tom Moore
10:30 pm              Let's Look at the News
10:35 pm              Roller Derby with Joe Hasel (no teams listed)
11:15 pm              Lights Out
11:45 pm              Broadway Open House

TV Forecast Subscription Ad

Here's an ad for subscriptions to the TV Forecast: 1 year(52 issues) at $5 or 2 years (104 issues) for $8. From the "Great Lakes" edition of the TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WGN Channel 9 TV Schedule for Friday, November 24, 1950

Morning
=======
10:00 am                 Your Figure Ladies
10:15 am                 Film Varieties
10:30 am                 Chicago Cooks
11:30 am                 Chicagoland Newsreel
11:45 am                 Travelogue



Afternoon
========
12 noon                  Chicago Calendar with Jack Brickhouse
1:00 pm                  Open House with F. Masters
2:00 pm                  Stop the Record
2:30 pm                  Telephone Game
3:00 pm                  Television Matinee (no title listed)
4:30 pm                  Foto Test with Danny O'Neil
5:00 pm                  Small Fry Club with Bob Emery
5:30 pm                  Fairteen Club



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                Captain Video
6:30 pm                News with Austin Kiplinger
6:40 pm                Weather News with Frann Weigle
6:45 pm                Chicagoland Newsreel
7:00 pm                Talking with Toni [Rodgers] (guests: Joan McCracken &
                                                                                    Louis Zara)
7:30 pm                Hold That Camera with Kyle McDonnell
8:00 pm                Hands of Mystery   "The Man Everyone Hated"
8:30 pm                Musi-Comedy Playhouse (theme: Roaring '20s)
9:00 pm                Cavalcade of Stars with Jackie Gleason
10:00 pm              Feature Film   "Trans-Atlantic Merry-Go-Round"
11:00 pm              Feature Film (no title listed)


Early Saturday, November 25, 1950
=================================
12 midnight           Chicagoland Newsreel

TV Sportscast

Here's the TV Sportscast column from the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WENR Channel 7 TV Schedule for Friday, November 24, 1950

Morning
========
11:00 am                  Bob & Kay Show


Afternoon
========
1:00 pm                  Housewives' Holiday
4:00 pm                  Lois & Looie (cartoons)
4:15 pm                  Space Patrol
4:30 pm                  Sagebrush Theater   "Borderland" (part I)
5:00 pm                  Mary Hartline Show
5:15 pm                  Sandy Strong (puppet show)
5:30 pm                  Adventure Time
5:45 pm                  Uncle Mistletoe



Evening
=========
6:00 pm               War Tonight (news program)
6:05 pm               Club Seven (music program)
6:25 pm               Nation Tonight (news program)
6:30 pm               Life with Linkletter
7:00 pm               Twenty Questions with Bill Slater
7:30 pm               National Pro Football (highlights program; no other details
                                                                       listed)
8:00 pm              Pulitzer Prize Playhouse   "The End Game"
9:00 pm              Penthouse Party with Betty Furness (guests: the Buddy Wood
                                                          Trio & Don Cherry)
9:30 pm              Studs' Place
10:00 pm            Courtesy Hour with Jim Moran
11:00 pm            News with Paul Harvey
11:10 pm            Flana-Grams (sports news)
11:20 pm            Walter "Fats" Pischon
11:30 pm            Top O' the Weather with Russ Reed

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Uncle Mistletoe/Marshall Field & Company Ad

Here's a vintage ad for Marshall Field & Company, with a tie-in to the Uncle Mistletoe program, which aired on WENR(7). From the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WNBQ Channel 5 TV Schedule for Friday, November 24, 1950

Afternoon
===========
12 noon                        Meet Mintz with Herbie Mintz
12:15 pm                      Newsroom
12:30 pm                      Panorama Shop with Luckey North
1:00 pm                        Film   "How Doo You Do?"
2:00 pm                        Ransom Sherman Show
2:30 pm                        Bert Parks Show
3:00 pm                        Kate Smith Hour
4:00 pm                        NBC Comics
4:15 pm                        Panhandle Pete & Jennifer   "How George Burro Became
                                                                                      a Giraffe"
4:30 pm                       Howdy Doody Show with Bob Smith
5:00 pm                       Cactus Jim
5:30 pm                       Crusader Rabbit (cartoons)
5:35 pm                       News with Clifton Utley
5:45 pm                       Weatherman with Clint Youle
5:55 pm                       Public Life of Cliff Norton



Evening
========
6:00 pm                      Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
6:30 pm                      Showroom with Roberta Quinlan
6:45 pm                      News Caravan
7:00 pm                      Quiz Kids
7:30 pm                      Walt's Workshop
8:00 pm                      Versa-Tile Varieties with Bob Russell
8:30 pm                      Big Story
9:00 pm                      Boxing Bouts: Jersey Joe Walcott vs. Red Layne
9:45 pm                      Greatest Fights of the Century (featured: Dempsey vs.
                                                                                      Sharkey; film)
10:00 pm                    Weatherman with Clint Youle
10:10 pm                    Dorsey Connors
10:15 pm                    News with Clifton Utley
10:30 pm                   Let's Look at Sports
10:45 pm                   Herbie Mintz Show
11:00 pm                   Broadway Open House

Monday, July 20, 2015

WBKB Channel 4 TV Schedule for Friday, November 24, 1950

Morning
=========
10:00 am                      Fun & Features with George Menard
10:15 am                      Fun & Figures with Ed Allen
11:00 am                      Tel-A-Shopper with Betty Whitney


Afternoon
===========
12 noon                      INS Newsreel with Ulmer Turner
12:15 pm                   For Ladies Only
12:30 pm                   Cooking Is Fun with Tina Redmond
1:00 pm                     Bill Evans Show
2:00 pm                     Let's Have Fun with Hank Grant
3:00 pm                     Homemakers' Exchange
3:30 pm                     Vanity Fair with Dorothy Sloan
4:00 pm                     Lucky Pup with Doris Brown
4:15 pm                     Funny Bunnies (cartoons)
4:20 pm                     TV Billboard (ticker tape)
4:30 pm                     Comic Capers (puppet show)
4:45 pm                     Multiscope News (ticker tape)
5:15 pm                     Window Shopping (commercial)
5:30 pm                     Wrangler's Club
5:45 pm                     Tom Corbett Space Cadet



Evening
==========
6:00 pm                   Music Bowl with Danny O'Neil
6:15 pm                   News with Ulmer Turner
6:30 pm                   CBS News with Douglas Edwards
6:45 pm                   Perry Como Show (guests: the Fontaine Sisters)
7:00 pm                   Mama
7:30 pm                   Man Against Crime
8:00 pm                   Magnavox Theater   "The Three Musketeers"
9:00 pm                   Star of the Family with Morton Downey (guests: Polyna
                                                              Stoska, Herb Shriner, & Georgie Tapps)
9:30 pm                   Hit Spot
10:00 pm                 Curbstone Cut-Up with Ernie Simon
10:15 pm                 Wrestling from Hollywood (no contenders listed)
11:00 pm                 Film (no title listed)
11:25 pm                 Tomorrow's Weather
11:30 pm                 Murder Before Midnight



Early Saturday, November 25, 1950
==============================
12 midnight           INS Newsreel with Ulmer Turner
12:15 am               Night Owl Movies (no titles listed)
1:45 am                 Late War News (ticker tape)  

Courtesy Hour Ad

Here's a vintage ad for the Courtesy Hour (a variety program) hosted by Jim Moran & aired on WENR(7). From the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Magnavox Theater Ad

Here's an ad for the Magnavox Theater production of "The
Three Musketeers", which aired on WBKB(4). From the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WLAV Channel 7 TV Schedule for Thursday, November 23, 1950

Afternoon
========
1:30 pm                      Reel Relaxation
3:00 pm                      Ransom Sherman Show
3:30 pm                      To be announced
4:00 pm                      Homemaker's Exchange with Louise Leslie
4:30 pm                      Edgar Bergen Show
5:00 pm                      NBC Comics  "Johnny & Mr. Do Good"
5:15 pm                      Boys Railroad Club
5:30 pm                      Howdy Doody



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                   Cactus Jim
6:30 pm                   Michigan Football (taped highlights)
7:00 pm                   Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
7:30 pm                   John Conte's Little Show
7:45 pm                   Women In the News with Adelaide Hawley
8:00 pm                   Stop the Music
9:00 pm                   Star Revue with Kay Kyser
10:00 pm                 Martin Kane, Private Eye
10:30 pm                Wayne King Show
11:00 pm                Telenews Reel
11:10 pm                Stranger Than Fiction
11:25 pm                Broadway Open House


Early Friday, November 24, 1950
=============================
12:25 am               Late News

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

WKZO Channel 3 TV Schedule for Thursday, November 23, 1950

Afternoon
==========
12:15 pm                    Test Pattern
12:25 pm                    Pro Football: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Chicago Cardinals
3:30 pm                      Betty Crocker
4:00 pm                      Homemaker's Exchange with Louise Leslie
4:30 pm                      Edgar Bergen Show
5:00 pm                      Thanksgiving Show (variety program)



Evening
========
6:00 pm                    Featurette (no title listed)
6:15 pm                    Top Views In Sports
6:30 pm                    Game of the Week (taped highlights)
7:00 pm                    Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
7:30 pm                    News
7:45 pm                    Faye Emerson Show
8:00 pm                    Stop the Music with Bert Parks
9:00 pm                    You Bet Your Life with Groucho Marx
9:30 pm                    Big Town
10:00 pm                  Truth or Consequences with Ralph Edwards
10:30 pm                  William Gaston Show
11:00 pm                  News
11:15 pm                  TV Hi-Lights

WTMJ Channel 3 TV Schedule for Thursday, November 23, 1950

Afternoon
=========
1:00 pm                       The Man Next Door
1:45 pm                       John Conte's Little Show
2:00 pm                       What's New In the Home with Breta Griem
2:45 pm                       Shopping News
3:00 pm                       Kate Smith Show
4:00 pm                       Feminine Viewpoint
4:30 pm                       Howdy Doody Show
5:00 pm                       Cactus Jim
5:30 pm                       Buster Keaton Comedies
5:45 pm                       Vi & Jerry Wagner



Evening
========
6:00 pm                    Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
6:30 pm                    Sports Picture
6:45 pm                    News Caravan with John Swayze
7:00 pm                    Burns & Allen
7:30 pm                    Show Goes On with Robert Q. Lewis
8:00 pm                    Kay Kyser's College of Musical Knowledge
9:00 pm                    Martin Kane, Private Eye
9:30 pm                    Wrestling (no contenders listed)
10:55 pm                   Crusade In Europe
11:15 pm                   Can You Top This?

Sunday, July 12, 2015

Walt's Workshop Ad

Here's an ad for Walt's Workshop, which aired on WNBQ(5). From the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WGN Channel 9 TV Schedule for Thursday, November 23, 1950

Morning
========
10:00 am                     Football Highlights of 1950 with Jack Brickhouse & Harry
                                                                                       Creighton



Afternoon
=========
12 noon                    Chicago Calendar
1:00 pm                    Open House
2:00 pm                    Stop the Record
2:30 pm                    Telephone Game with Bill Bailey
3:00 pm                    Television Matinee (no title listed)
3:45 pm                    Plan-A-Room
4:00 pm                    Hi Ladies
4:30 pm                    Foto Test with Danny O'Neil
5:00 pm                    Small Fry Club with Bob Emery
5:30 pm                    Boys Railroad Club
5:45 pm                    Film Varieties   "Jack & the Beanstalk"



Evening
========
6:00 pm                    Captain Video
6:30 pm                    News with Austin Kiplinger
6:40 pm                    Weather News with Frann Weigle
6:45 pm                    Chicagoland Newsreel
7:00 pm                    Telesports Digest
7:30 pm                    Inside Detective
8:00 pm                    Adventures of Ellery Queen   "The Crooked Man"
8:30 pm                    1951 Miss Tavern Pale Beauty Contest with Myron Wallace
9:00 pm                    Cartune-O with Lee Bennett
10:00 pm                  Wrestling (no contenders listed)
11:00 pm                  Film  "They Raid By Night"

WENR Channel 7 TV Schedule for Thursday, November 23, 1950

Morning
========
9:00 am                       Thanksgiving Day Parade with Bert Parks
11:00 am                     Bob & Kay Show



Afternoon
=========
1:00 pm                      Beulah Karney Show (cooking program)
2:30 pm                      Special Thanksgiving Show
4:00 pm                      Lois & Looie (cartoons)
4:15 pm                      Space Patrol
4:30 pm                      Sagebrush Theater   "Law of the Lash" (part II)
5:00 pm                      Mary Hartline Show
5:15 pm                      Sandy Strong (puppet show)
5:30 pm                      Adventure Time
5:45 pm                      Uncle Mistletoe



Evening
=========
6:00 pm                    War Tonight (news program)
6:05 pm                    Club Seven (music program)
6:25 pm                    Nation Tonight (news program)
6:30 pm                    Lone Ranger
7:00 pm                    Stop the Music with Bert Parks
8:00 pm                    Holiday Hotel with Don Ameche
8:30 pm                    Blind Date with Arlene Francis
9:00 pm                    I Cover Times Square
9:30 pm                    Roller Derby (no teams listed)
10:15 pm                  Red Grange Predicts
10:30 pm                  Simply Simon with Ernie Simon
11:00 pm                  News with Paul Harvey
11:10 pm                  Flana-Grams (sports news)
11:20 pm                  Walter "Fats" Pischon
11:30 pm                  Top O' the Weather with Russ Reed

WNBQ Channel 5 TV Schedule for Thursday, November 23, 1950

Afternoon
==========
12 noon                      Meet Mintz with Herbie Mintz
12:15 pm                   Newsroom
12:30 pm                   Panorama Shop with Luckey North
1:00 pm                     Feature Film   "Crime, Inc."
2:00 pm                     Ransom Sherman Show
2:30 pm                     Remember This Date with Bill Stern
3:00 pm                     Kate Smith Hour
4:00 pm                     NBC Comics
4:15 pm                     Panhandle Pete & Jennifer   "How Samson & Hercules
                                                                                 Started Thanksgiving"
4:30 pm                     Howdy Doody Show with Bob Smith
5:00 pm                     Cactus Jim
5:30 pm                     Crusader Rabbit (cartoons)
5:35 pm                     News with Clifton Utley
5:45 pm                     Weatherman with Clint Youle
5:55 pm                     Public Life of Cliff Norton



Evening
========
6:00 pm                   Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
6:30 pm                   John Conte's Little Show
6:45 pm                   News Caravan with John Swayze
7:00 pm                   You Bet Your Life with Groucho Marx
7:30 pm                   Show Goes On with Robert Q. Lewis
8:00 pm                   College of Musical Knowledge with Kay Kyser
9:00 pm                   Martin Kane, Private Eye
9:30 pm                   Wayne King Show
10:00 pm                 Weatherman with Clint Youle
10:10 pm                 Dorsey Connors Show
10:15 pm                 News with Clifton Utley
10:30 pm                 Let's Look at Sports
10:45 pm                 Herbie Mintz Show
11:00 pm                 Broadway Open House with Jerry Lester

Saturday, July 11, 2015

WBKB Channel 4 TV Schedule for Thursday, November 23, 1950

Morning
========
10:00 am                     Fun & Features
10:15 am                     Fun & Figures with Ed Allen (exercise program)
11:00 am                     Tel-A-Shopper with Betty Whitney



Afternoon
========
12 noon                      INS Newseel with Ulmer Turner
12:15 pm                    For Ladies Only
12:30 pm                   Multiscope News (ticker tape)
2:00 pm                     Let's Have Fun with Hank Grant
3:00 pm                     Homemakers' Exchange
3:30 pm                     TV Thanksgiving Show with Edgar Bergen & Charlie
                                        McCarthy (guests: Diana Lynn & the Mellow Men)
4:00 pm                     Thanksgiving Day Festival
5:00 pm                     Flower Shop
5:15 pm                     Window Shopping (commercial)
5:30 pm                     Wrangler's Club
5:45 pm                     Film Shorts (no title listed)



Evening
==========
6:00 pm                   Herb Graffis Show
6:15 pm                   News with Ulmer Turner
6:30 pm                   CBS News with Douglas Edwards
6:45 pm                   Faye Emerson Show
7:00 pm                   Burns & Allen Show   "Harry Morton's Private Secretary"
7:30 pm                   Show Goes On with Robert Q. Lewis
8:00 pm                   Alan Young Show
8:30 pm                   Big Town   "Off-Beat"
9:00 pm                   Truth or Consequences
9:30 pm                   Hollywood On the Line (guest: Ann Rutherford)
9:45 pm                   Hollywood Reel (no title listed)
10:00 pm                 Curbstone Cut-Up with Ernie Simon
10:15 pm                 News with Ulmer Turner
10:30 pm                 Sports Roundup
10:45 pm                 Film (no title listed)
10:55 pm                 Tomorrow's Weather
11:00 pm                 Airflyte Theater   "Suppressed Desires"
11:30 pm                 Murder Before Midnight



Early Friday, November 24, 1950
============================
12 midnight           INS Newsreel with Ulmer Turner
12:15 am               Night Owl Movies (no titles listed)
1:45 am                 Late War News (ticker tape)

WBKB(4) & WENR(7) Ads

Here are a pair of ads for Fun & Features, airing on WBKB(4) & 20 Questions, airing on WENR(7). From the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WLAV Channel 7 TV Schedule for Wednesday, November 22, 1950

Afternoon
=========
1:30 pm                       Reel Relaxation
3:00 pm                       Ransom Sherman Show
3:30 pm                       To be announced
4:00 pm                       Homemaker's Exchange
4:30 pm                       Kate Smith Show
5:00 pm                       NBC Comics   "Danny March"
5:15 pm                       Gilbert Show
5:30 pm                       Howdy Doody Show



Evening
========
6:00 pm                    Cactus Jim
6:30 pm                    Alan Young Show
7:00 pm                    Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
7:30 pm                    Chance of a Lifetime with John Reed King
8:00 pm                    Arthur Godfrey
9:00 pm                    Don McNeill's TV Club
9:30 pm                    You Bet Your Life with Groucho Marx
10:00 pm                  Break the Bank with Bert Parks
10:30 pm                  Wrestling (no contenders listed)
11:50 pm                  Broadway Open House with Morey Amsterdam


Early Thursday, November 23, 1950
==============================
12:50 am                Late News

WKZO Channel 3 TV Schedule for Wednesday, November 22, 1950

Afternoon
==========
1:30 pm                      Garry Moore Show
3:25 pm                      Test Pattern
3:30 pm                      Meet Your Cover Girl
4:00 pm                      Homemakers' Exchange with Louise Leslie
4:30 pm                      TV Topics
5:00 pm                      Children's Show
5:15 pm                      TV Hi-Lights



Evening
=======
6:15 pm                   Tune-In Time
6:30 pm                   Featurette (no title listed)
6:45 pm                   Space Cadets
7:00 pm                   Film Features (no title listed)
7:30 pm                   News
7:45 pm                   Perry Como Show (guests: the Fontaine Sisters)
8:00 pm                   Godfrey & His Friends
9:00 pm                   Somerset Maugham Theater
9:30 pm                   Western Michigan Football Highlights
10:00 pm                 Blue Ribbon Boxing Bouts (no contenders listed)
11:00 pm                 Billy Rose Show
11:30 pm                 News
11:45 pm                 TV Hi-Lights

WTMJ Channel 3 TV Schedule for Wednesday, November 22, 1950

Afternoon
========
1:00 pm                        The Man Next Door
1:45 pm                        Showroom with Roberta Quinlan
2:00 pm                        What's New In the Home with Breta Griem
2:45 pm                        Shopping News
3:00 pm                        Kate Smith Show
4:00 pm                        Feminine Viewpoint
4:30 pm                        Howdy Doody Show
5:00 pm                        Cactus Jim
5:30 pm                        Buster Keaton Comedies
5:45 pm                        Vi & Jerry Wagner



Evening
========
6:00 pm                     Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
6:30 pm                     Sports Picture
6:45 pm                     News Caravan with John C. Swayze
7:00 pm                     Four Star Revue with Danny Thomas
8:00 pm                     Kraft Theater
9:00 pm                     Stars Over Hollywood
9:30 pm                     Milwaukee Newsreel
10:00 pm                   Television Showcase
10:30 pm                   Let's Look at the News
10:35 pm                   Big Story
11:05 pm                   Life with Linkletter
11:35 pm                   Broadway Open House

1951 Miss Tavern Pale Ad

Here's a vintage ad for the televising of the 1951 Miss Tavern Pale beauty contest, which aired on WGN(9). From the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

Friday, July 10, 2015

WGN Channel 9 TV Schedule for Wednesday, November 22, 1950

Morning
=======
10:00 am                   Your Figure Ladies with Paul Fogarty
10:15 am                   Interior Decoration
10:30 am                   Chicago Cooks
11:30 am                   Chicagoland Newsreel
11:45 am                   Telesports Digest



Afternoon
=========
12 noon                   Chicago Calendar with Jack Brickhouse
1:00 pm                   Open House with Frankie Masters
2:00 pm                   Stop the Record
2:30 pm                   Telephone Game
3:00 pm                   Film   "Daring Daughters"
4:00 pm                   Hi Ladies
4:30 pm                   Foto Test
5:00 pm                   Small Fry Club with Bob Emery
5:30 pm                   Your Child On Parade


Evening
========
6:00 pm                   Captain Video
6:30 pm                   News with Austin Kiplinger
6:40 pm                   Weather News
6:45 pm                   Chicagoland Newsreel
7:00 pm                   They Stand Accused
8:00 pm                    Cardinal Football Game (filmed highlights)
8:30 pm                    Plainclothesman
9:00 pm                    Health Talk with Lewis B. Newman   "Building a New Life"
9:30 pm                    Feature   "Mutiny In the Big House"
11:00 pm                  Feature   "Forever Yours"



Early Thursday, November 23, 1950
================================
12 midnight          Chicagoland Newsreel

WENR Channel 7 TV Schedule for Wednesday, November 22, 1950

Morning
===========
11:00 am                      Bob & Kay Show



Afternoon
=========
1:00 pm                     Beulah Karney Show (cooking program)
4:00 pm                     Lois & Looie (cartoons)
4:15 pm                     Space Patrol
4:30 pm                     Sagebrush Theater   "Law of the Lash" (part I)
5:00 pm                     Mary Hartline Show
5:15 pm                     Sandy Strong (puppet show)
5:30 pm                     Adventure Time
5:45 pm                     Uncle Mistletoe



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                   War Tonight (news program)
6:05 pm                   Club Seven (music program)
6:25 pm                   Nation Tonight (news program)
6:30 pm                   Chance of a Lifetime with John Reed King
7:00 pm                   First Nighter
8:00 pm                   Don McNeill's TV Club (guest: Arthur Lake)
9:00 pm                   Wrestling (no contenders listed)
11:00 pm                 News with Paul Harvey
11:10 pm                 Flana-Grams (sports news)
11:20 pm                 Walter "Fats" Pischon
11:30 pm                 Top O' the Weather with Russ Reed

Thursday, July 9, 2015

WNBQ Channel 5 TV Schedule for Wednesday, November 22, 1950

Afternoon
========
12 noon                       Meet Mintz with Herbie Mintz
12:15 pm                     Newsroom
12:30 pm                     Panorama Shop with Luckey North
1:00 pm                       Feature Film   "Melody Parade"
2:00 pm                       Ransom Sherman Show
2:30 pm                       Bert Parks Show
3:00 pm                       Kate Smith Hour
4:00 pm                       NBC Comics
4:15 pm                       Panhandle Pete & Jennifer   "Rapid Jack Rabbit & the 
                                                                                      Turkey Hunt"
4:30 pm                       Howdy Doody Show with Bob Smith
5:00 pm                       Cactus Jim
5:30 pm                       Crusader Rabbit (cartoons)
5:35 pm                       News with Clifton Utley
5:45 pm                       Weatherman with Clint Youle
5:55 pm                       Public Life of Cliff Norton



Evening
========
6:00 pm                   Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
6:30 pm                   Showroom
6:45 pm                   News Caravan with John Swayze
7:00 pm                   Four Star Revue
8:00 pm                   Kraft Theater   "The Romantic Young Lady"
9:00 pm                   Break the Bank with Bert Parks
9:30 pm                   Stars Over Hollywood   "Winter Love"
10:00 pm                 Weatherman with Clint Youle
10:10 pm                  Dorsey Connors Show
10:15 pm                  News with Clifton Utley
10:30 pm                  Let's Look at Sports with Tom Duggan
10:45 pm                  Herbie Mintz Show
11:00 pm                  Broadway Open House

WBKB Channel 4 TV Schedule for Wednesday, November 22, 1950

Morning
========
10:00 am                      Fun & Features
10:15 am                      Fun & Figures (exercise program)
10:30 am                      Fun & Features (continues)
11:00 am                      Tel-A-Shopper with Betty Whitney
11:30 am                      Fun & Features (continues)


Afternoon
=========
12 noon                      INS Newsreel with Ulmer Turner
12:15 pm                   For Ladies Only
12:30 pm                   Cooking Is Fun with Tina Redmond
1:00 pm                     Bill Evans Show
2:00 pm                     Let's Have Fun with Hugh Grant
3:00 pm                     Homemakers' Exchange with Louise Leslie
3:30 pm                     Hair Raising Tale
4:00 pm                     Lucky Pup
4:15 pm                     Funny Bunnies (cartoons)
4:20 pm                     TV Billboard (ticker tape)
4:30 pm                     Comic Capers
4:45 pm                     Multiscope News (ticker tape)
5:15 pm                     Window Shopping (commercial)
5:30 pm                     Wranglers' Club
5:45 pm                     Tom Corbett, Space Cadet



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                   Music Bowl with Danny O'Neil
6:15 pm                   News with Ulmer Turner
6:30 pm                   CBS News with Douglas Edwards
6:45 pm                   Perry Como Show (guest: Mindy Carson)
7:00 pm                   Arthur Godfrey & His Friends
8:00 pm                   Somerset Maugham Theater
8:30 pm                   The Web   "The Amateur"
9:00 pm                   International Boxing with Ted Husing: Johnny Bratton vs.
                                                                                  Johnny Cesario
10:00 pm                Curbstone Cut-Up with Ernie Simon
10:15 pm                News with Ulmer Turner
10:30 pm                Sports Roundup with Joe Wilson
10:45 pm                Film (no title listed)
11:00 pm                Beat the Clock
11:30 pm                Murder Before Midnight



Early Thursday, November 23, 1950
==============================
12 midnight         INS Newsreel with Ulmer Turner
12:15 am             Night Owl Movies (no titles listed)
1:45 am               Late War News (ticker tape)              

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Ellery Queen Ad

Here's a vintage ad for the TV series Ellery Queen, which aired on WGN(9). From the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WLAV Channel 7 TV Schedule for Tuesday, November 21, 1950

Afternoon
=========
1:30 pm                       Reel Relaxation
3:00 pm                       Ransom Sherman Show
3:30 pm                       To be announced
4:00 pm                       Homemakers' Exchange
4:30 pm                       Kate Smith Show
5:00 pm                       NBC Comics   "Space Barton"
5:15 pm                       Panhandle Pete & Jennifer
5:30 pm                       Howdy Doody Show



Evening
========
6:00 pm                    Cactus Jim
6:30 pm                    Unusually Yours
7:00 pm                    Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
7:30 pm                    John Conte's Little Show
7:45 pm                    Top Views In Sports with Jimmy Evans
8:00 pm                    Star Theater with Milton Berle
9:00 pm                    Billy Rose Show
9:30 pm                    Circle Theater
10:00 pm                  Original Amateur Hour with Ted Mack
11:00 pm                  Telenews Reel
11:10 pm                  Stranger Than Fiction
11:25 pm                  Broadway Open House



Early Wednesday, November 22, 1950
==================================
12:25 am                Late News

WKZO Channel 3 TV Schedule for Tuesday, November 21, 1950

Afternoon
========
1:30 pm                      Garry Moore Show
3:25 pm                      Test Pattern
3:30 pm                      Meet Your Cover Girl
4:00 pm                      Homemakers' Exchange with Louise Leslie
4:30 pm                      TV Topics
5:00 pm                      Lucky Pup
5:15 pm                      TV Hi-Lights



Evening
==========
6:00 pm                   Tune-In Time
6:15 pm                   Featurette (no title listed)
6:30 pm                   Football Game of the Week (taped highlights)
7:00 pm                   Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
7:30 pm                   News
7:45 pm                   Faye Emerson
8:00 pm                   Texaco Star Theater with Milton Berle
9:00 pm                   Vaughn Monroe
9:30 pm                   Suspense
10:00 pm                 Danger
10:30 pm                 Alan Young Show
11:00 pm                 News
11:15 pm                 TV Hi-Lights

WTMJ Channel 3 TV Schedule for Tuesday, November 21, 1950

Afternoon
=========
1:00 pm                        John Conte's Little Show
1:45 pm                        Showroom with Roberta Quinlan
2:00 pm                        What's New In the Home with Breta Griem
2:45 pm                        Shopping News
3:00 pm                        Kate Smith Show
4:00 pm                        Gretchen Colnick
4:15 pm                        Your Library Story
4:30 pm                        Howdy Doody Show
5:00 pm                        Cactus Jim
5:30 pm                        Museum Explorers Club
5:45 pm                        Vi & Jerry Wagner



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                     Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
6:30 pm                     Sports Picture
6:45 pm                     News Caravan with John Swayze
7:00 pm                     Star Theater with Milton Berle
8:00 pm                     Fireside Theater
8:30 pm                     Circle Theater
9:00 pm                     Original Amateur Hour with Ted Mack
10:00 pm                   Night with the Wagners
10:30 pm                   Let's Look at Sports
10:35 pm                   Boxing Bouts (no contenders listed)
11:15 pm                   Billy Rose Show

You Bet Your Life Ad

Here's a vintage ad for Groucho Marx's You Bet Your Life show, which aired on WNBQ(5). From the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WGN Channel 9 TV Schedule for Tuesday, November 21, 1950

Morning
=======
10:00 am                     Your Figure Ladies (exercise program)
10:15 am                     Needlecraft Parade
10:30 am                     Chicago Cooks with B. Barkley
11:30 am                     Chicagoland Newsreel
11:45 am                     Telesports Digest


Afternoon
=========
12 noon                      Chicago Calendar with Jack Brickhouse
1:00 pm                      Open House with Frankie Masters
2:00 pm                      Stop the Record
2:30 pm                      Telephone Game
3:00 pm                      Feature Film  "One Year Later"
4:00 pm                      Hi Ladies with Tommy Bartlett
4:30 pm                     Foto Test with Danny O'Neil
5:00 pm                     Small Fry Club
5:30 pm                     Trail Blazers' Theater



Evening
========
6:00 pm                   Captain Video
6:30 pm                   News with Austin Kiplinger
6:40 pm                   Weather News with Frann Weigle
6:45 pm                   Chicagoland Newsreel
7:00 pm                   Court of Current Issues
7:30 pm                   John Hopkins Science Review
8:00 pm                   Cavalcade of Bands with Ted Steel
9:00 pm                   Star Time (variety show; guests: Frances Langford, Lew
                                                       Parker & the Benny Goodman Sextet)
10:00 pm                Feature Film   "Nothing Sacred"
11:30 pm                Chicagoland Newsreel

WENR Channel 7 TV Schedule for Tuesday, November 21, 1950

Morning
========
11:00 am                     Bob & Kay Show


Afternoon
=======
1:00 pm                      Beulah Karney Show (cooking program)
4:00 pm                      Lois & Looie (cartoons)
4:15 pm                      Space Patrol
4:30 pm                      Sagebrush Theater   "Wild Country" (part II)
5:00 pm                      Mary Hartline Show
5:15 pm                      Sandy Strong (puppet show)
5:30 pm                      Adventure Time
5:45 pm                      Uncle Mistletoe



Evening
========
6:00 pm                    War Tonight with Gordon Fraser
6:05 pm                    Club Seven (music program)
6:25 pm                    Nation Tonight (news program)
6:30 pm                    Beulah Show   "Beulah & the Health Fanatic"
7:00 pm                    All-American Game of the Week (taped highlights of a
                                                                                            football game)
7:30 pm                    Buck Rogers (1950 TV show, by this time, starring Robert
                                                               Pastene)
8:00 pm                    Billy Rose Show   "Pitching Horseshoes"
8:30 pm                    Can You Top This?
9:00 pm                    Box Seat with the Blackhawks
9:30 pm                    Roller Derby (no teams listed)
10:15 pm                  Sportscholar
10:30 pm                  Our Gal Toni
11:00 pm                  News with Paul Harvey
11:10 pm                  Flana-Grams (sports news)
11:20 pm                  Walter "Fats" Pischon
11:30 pm                  Top O' the Weather with Russ Reed

WNBQ(5) Ad

Here's a vintage ad for WNBQ(5), spotlighting their Wednesday-evening lineup. From the "Great Lakes" edition of the TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

Sunday, July 5, 2015

WNBQ Channel 5 TV Schedule for Tuesday, November 21, 1950

Afternoon
==========
12 noon                        Meet Mintz with Herbie Mintz
12:15 pm                      Newsroom
12:30 pm                      Panorama Shop with Luckey North
1:00 pm                        Film   "Here Comes Kelly"
2:00 pm                        Ransom Sherman Show
2:30 pm                        Remember This Date with Bill Stern
3:00 pm                        Kate Smith Hour
4:00 pm                        NBC Comics
4:15 pm                        Panhandle Pete & Jennifer   "City Pup Wins a Dog Show"
4:30 pm                        Howdy Doody Show with Bob Smith
5:00 pm                        Cactus Jim
5:30 pm                        Crusader Rabbit (cartoon)
5:35 pm                        News with Clifton Utley
5:45 pm                        Weatherman with Clint Youle
5:55 pm                        Public Life of Cliff Norton


Evening
========
6:00 pm                       Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
6:30 pm                       John Conte's Little Show (guest: Betty Brewer)
6:45 pm                       News Caravan
7:00 pm                       Star Theater with Milton Berle
8:00 pm                       Fireside Theater   "The Love of Mike"
8:30 pm                       Circle Theater   "The Perfect Type"
9:00 pm                       Amateur Hour with Ted Mack
10:00 pm                     Weatherman with Clint Youle
10:10 pm                     Dorsey Connors
10:15 pm                     News with Clifton Utley
10:30 pm                     Let's Talk About Sports with Tom Duggan
10:45 pm                     Herbie Mintz Show
11:00 pm                     Broadway Open House

WBKB Channel 4 TV Schedule for Tuesday, November 21, 1950

Morning
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10:00 am                       Fun & Features with George Menard
10:15 am                       Fun & Figures with Ed Allen (exercise program)
10:30 am                       Fun & Features (continues)
11:00 am                       Tele-Shopper with Betty Whitney



Afternoon
===========
12 noon                        INS Newsreel
12:15 pm                      For Ladies Only
12:30 pm                      Multiscope News (ticker tape)
12:45 pm                      Through the Picture Tube
1:00 pm                        Bill Evans Show
2:00 pm                        Let's Have Fun with Hank Grant
3:00 pm                        Homemakers' Exchange
3:30 pm                        Necchi & the Nortons
3:45 pm                        Multiscope News (ticker tape)
4:00 pm                        Lucky Pup (puppet show)
4:15 pm                        Funny Bunnies (cartoons)
4:20 pm                        TV Billboard (ticker tape)
4:30 pm                        Comic Capers
4:45 pm                        Multiscope News (ticker tape)
5:15 pm                        Window Shopping (commercial)
5:30 pm                        Wrangler's Club
5:45 pm                        Film (no title listed)



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                       Herb Graffis Show
6:15 pm                       News with Ulmer Turner
6:30 pm                       CBS News with Douglas Edwards
6:45 pm                       Faye Emerson Show
7:00 pm                       Family Playhouse   "Three Men On a Horse"
8:00 pm                       Vaughn Monroe Show
8:30 pm                       Suspense   "Strike Me Dead"
9:00 pm                       Danger
9:30 pm                       Bears Quarterback Club with Red Grange & Luke Johnsos
10:00 pm                     Curbstone Cut-Up with Ernie Simon
10:15 pm                     News with Ulmer Turner
10:30 pm                     Sports Roundup with Joe Wilson
10:45 pm                     Film (no title listed)
10:55 pm                     Tomorrow's Weather with J. Dunham
11:00 pm                     Anonymously Yours
11:15 pm                     Newly Engaged with Carl Schreiber
11:30 pm                     Murder Before Midnight


Early Wednesday, November 22, 1950
==============================
12 midnight               INS Newsreel with Ulmer Turner
12:15 am                   Night Owl Movies (no titles listed)
1:45 am                     Late War News (ticker tape)

WENR(7) Ad

Here's a vintage ad for WENR(7), spotlighting their Tuesday-night lineup. From the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WLAV Channel 7 TV Schedule for Monday, November 20, 1950

Afternoon
=========
1:30 pm                       Reel Relaxation
3:00 pm                       Ransom Sherman Show
3:30 pm                       Bert Parks Show
4:00 pm                       Homemaker's Exchange with Louise Leslie
4:30 pm                       Kate Smith Show
5:00 pm                       NBC Comics   "Kid Champion"
5:15 pm                       Panhandle Pete & Jennifer
5:30 pm                       Howdy Doody with Bob Smith



Evening
========
6:00 pm                    Cactus Jim
6:30 pm                    Unusually Yours
7:00 pm                    Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
7:30 pm                    Who Said That?
8:00 pm                    Treasury Men In Action
8:30 pm                    Stars Over Hollywood
9:00 pm                    Lights Out
9:30 pm                    Life with the Erwins
10:00 pm                  Studio One
11:00 pm                  Telenews Reel
11:10 pm                  Stranger Than Fiction
11:25 pm                  Broadway Open House



Early Tuesday, November 21, 1950
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12:25 am                Late News

Friday, July 3, 2015

WTMJ Channel 3 TV Schedule for Monday, November 20, 1950

Afternoon
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1:00 pm                       The Man Next Door
1:45 pm                       Showroom with Roberta Quinlan
2:00 pm                       What's New In the Home with Breta Griem
2:45 pm                       Shopping News
3:00 pm                       Kate Smith Show
4:00 pm                       Feminine Viewpoint
4:30 pm                       Howdy Doody Show with Bob Smith
5:00 pm                       Cactus Jim
5:30 pm                       Adele Artinian Presents
5:45 pm                       Vi & Jerry Wagner


Evening
==========
6:00 pm                       Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
6:30 pm                       Sports Picture
6:45 pm                       News Caravan with John Swayze
7:00 pm                       Lux TV Theater
7:30 pm                       Voice of Firestone
8:00 pm                       Horace Heidt Show
8:30 pm                       The Goldbergs (NOT the current ABC sitcom)
9:00 pm                       Quiz Kids with Joe Kelly
9:30 pm                       Who Said That? with Robert Trout
10:00 pm                     Let's Remember
10:30 pm                     Let's Look at the News
10:35 pm                     The Web
11:05 pm                     Holiday Hotel with Don Ameche
11:35 pm                     Broadway Open House