Over on my other website, for the last week or so I have been adding pictures and information on auto manufacturers that didn’t exist for very long in Rochester . In the early days of the auto industry there were many companies manufacturing autos. High prices of autos that were manufactured by hand is what …
The School of Industry in the Town of Rush is a place for juvenile criminal offenders. In a year of budget cutbacks the State is cutting programs at the School. There are two divisions at the school that are being affected. First is the “Industry Secure Center” which will close completely. The second division is …
The first you will notice about the Sunday schedule from 1953 is that channel 6, WHAM-TV didn’t sign on until noon. The Colgate Comedy Hour had different hosts each week and this week was the return of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis with guest singer Mary McCarthy. Here is the full day schedule for 3 …
It is Saturday in 1953 and kids all got up early to watch the shows just for them. Later in the afternoon on 2 May for the first time in Rochester, people were able to see the Kentucky Derby. It had been on TV the previous year but wasn’t on in Rochester. Here is the …
Channel 6 (WHAM – TV) in 1953 was officially affiliated with the NBC network but they also played some programs from both CBS and the DuMont Network. That’s because their weren’t any stations in Rochester affiliated with those networks at the time. This is the scheduled programs for the evening of 29 April 1953: 7:00 …
Continuing on from a local TV guide to programs on the one and only channel in Rochester in 1953. The station was on channel 6 and was WHAM which was associated with WHAM radio (1180 AM). Here are the programs that were on the evening of 23 Apr. 1953: 7:00 – 7:15 – Jewel Box. …
On 20 April 1953 there is still only one TV station in Rochester; WHAM, channel 6. There will be another station on channel 10 by the end of the year but there is only one choice of what to watch at the time. The date is notable. Lucy has returned to TV from her real …
Friday nights on WHAM, channel 6 in 1953 had a mixed line up of comedies, dramas and sports. Here is what was on Friday 17 April 1953: 7:00 – 7:15 – Herman Hickman. Herman was a former football player and did a sports talk show. 7:15 – 7:30 – Your Money. 7:30 – 7:45 – …
Continuing on with programs that were on TV in Rochester in 1953, we turn to the prime time schedule. The Tuesday evening schedule includes one of the most popular shows of the early days of TV; Texaco Star Theater You may not recognize the title but you will know the star; Milton Berle. It is …
Programs during the afternoon on WHAM, channel 6 in 1953 were not the same every day.The soap operas were on every weekday but then some entertainment programs were on only once or twice a week. Here is the programs that were on in the afternoon of Friday 10 April 1953: 12:00 – 12:15 – Bride …