The following is taken from the July3-9 1953 Issue of TV Guide..The earliest known Cleveland Edition with national articles..Taken from the Cleveland Public Library Microfilm.
Stations:
Cleveland
4 WNBK NBC
Later moved to Channel 3 and became KYW 1956-65 and WKYC 1966-Present
5 WEWS CBS
Moved to ABC by around 1954
9 WXEL DuMont/ABC
Moved to Channel 8 and became fulltime CBS (As WJW) 1954
Youngstown
27 WKBN CBS, DuMont, ABC
73 WFMJ NBC
Both Youngstown stations had only been on the air a few months..WFMJ would be on Channel 21 within a year or so
The TV Guide listings went Friday-Thursday in the earliest issues..
Daytime
10AM
5 Wheel Of Fortune-Todd Russell
(absolutely NO relation to the current show)
11:30
5 Strike It Rich-Warren Hull
Guest:Geniveve Rowe, Soprano singer
Noon
5 Bride And Groom
2PM
5 Double Or Nothing-Bert Parks
3PM
4 73 Break The Bank-Bud Collyer
5 Big Payoff Randy Morrison, Bess Myerson, Betty Ann Grove
4PM
4 73 On Your Account
6:15
73 Viz Quiz
Sort of a telephone game done in a lot of cities.I think they showed a picture and a contestant was supposed to identify it.
Prime Time-Weekends
Friday July 3, 1953
9:30
4 73 Double Or Nothing-Parks..(five week limited run)
11PM
73 Viz Quiz
Saturday July 4. 1953
7:30
9 27 Beat The Clock-Bud Collyer
Regular CBS affiliate WEWS 5 Carried The Christophers at this time and a News Show, Periscope at 7:45(Hosted by Don Perris, longtime TV 5 General Manager)
9:30
5 Bank On The Stars-Jack Paar
Sunday July 5, 1953
2:30
5 Fun With Charades-Joe Berg
Local Pantomime show with civic and social groups playing against one another
8PM
4 73 Big Payoff-Morrison/Meyerson
10:30
5 What's My Line?-John Daly
Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf, Dorothy Kilgallen, Steve Allen
Monday, July 6, 1953
7:30
9 Twenty Questions (DuMont)
Panel:Fred Van Deventer, Jay Jackson,Florence Rinard Johnny McPhee Herb Polesie-Being theis was a DuMont show might be why you never heard of the panel on this show
8PM
4 73 Name That Tune DEBUT-Red Benson
Vicki Mills, singer
9PM
4 73 Juvenile Jury-Jack Barry
9:30
5 Masquerade Party-Douglas Edwards
Panel:Ilka Chase, Ogden Nash, Peter Donald, Buff Cobb
10:30
4 Who Said That-Walter Kiernan
Panel:H. V. Kaltenborn, June Lockhart, Orson Bean, Frank Coniff
(73-Film Drama)
Tuesday July 7, 1953
8PM
9 27 Blind Date-DuMont Jan Murray
8:30
4 73 Break The Bank-Bert Parks
9PM
5 27 Follow The Leader-Vera Vague
(This show alternated Tuesdays at 9PM with "Anyone Can Win" with Al Capp)
10PM
4 73 Two For The Money-Herb Shriner
10:30
9 The Name's The Same Robert Q. Lewis-ABC
Panel:Carl Reiner Joan Alexander (No third pannel Member listed..possibly Meredith Willson or Gene Rayburn or Bill Stern)
Wednesday, July 8, 1953
9PM
9 27 Strike It Rich-Hull
Eddie Condon, Jazz Guitarist is Guest
(WEWS 5 had the Syndicated "March Of Time")
9:30 5 I've Got A Secret-Garry Moore
Henry Morgan, Bill Cullen, Jayne Meadows, Faye Emerson
27 Chance of A Lifetime-Dennis James-ABC
Thursday, July 9 1953
8PM
4 73 You Bet Your Life-Groucho Marx
5 27 Take A Guess-John McCaffery
Panel:Margaret Lindsay, Ernie Kovacs, John Crawford, Dorothy Hart
8:30
4 73 Place The Face-Jack Smith
9 Chance Of A Lifetime-James-ABC
9:30
9 Quick As A Flash-Bud Collyer-ABC
(The Pilot for this show was hosted by Bill Cullen)
In the case of Channels 9 and 27 I will try to indicate if a show is ABC Or DuMont..9 Carried more DuMont than ABC and 27 carried a bit more CBS programming..though it seemed to split evenly between the 3 networks..Channel 73 Cleared nearly all the NBC shows.
Tim Lones
