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 …
I own a few TV program guides from 1953 that were published in Rochester. At that time there was one TV station in Buffalo, 2 in Syracuse and just one TV station in Rochester. The Rochester station was WHAM on channel 6 which later changed call letters to WROC and moved to channel 8. Let’s …
The genealogy series, The Generations Project has started it’s second season. It runs on the BYUTV channel, which is on a few cable systems and also on Dish Network. BYUTV isn’t on our local Time-Warner cable. In the first episode of this season, Xander and Carrie have two sons that have a rare genetic blood …
The celebrity that is profiled this week on Who Do You Think You Are? is Ashley Judd, actress, and also known for her support of philanthropic causes. She knew a lot about her mother’s side of her family but very little about her father’s family because her parents were divorced when she was very young. …