What's On?

Programming choices for Chicago viewers

Selected listings from The Video Veteran's collection of old TV Forecast, TV Times, TV Guide, TV Round-Up, and TV Prevue Magazines

May 1943

W9XBK 2 (60--66 mcs)

Monday 7:30 pm

B & K News- Cubbberly and Campbell

7:45 pm

Joseph Golan, Violin Virtuoso- Lois Albright at the piano

8 pm

Film "Getting Together"

8:10

Burr Tillstrom Presents Kukla, The Patriotic Puppet

8:30

The Home Front with Harry CansdaleClick here for more!

 

 

 

October 1949

WBKB 4(CBS)

WNBQ 5(NBC)   

WENR-TV 7(ABC) 

WGN-TV 9 (DuMont)

Sunday 8 pm

4- Fred Waring Show  Musical Variety  With The Pennsylvanians

5- Philco Playhouse  Drama  "Because Of The Lockwoods"

7- Let There Be Stars  Variety

9- Cross Question  fictional trial

9 pm

4- Burton Holmes  Travelogue  "Southwestern Wonderland"

5- Garroway At Large  Variety

7- Celebrity Time  Quiz

9- Stars Of Tomorrow

 

 

 

 

 

February 1951

KS2XBS 2 (Phonevision Experimental)

WBKB 4 (CBS) 

WNBQ 5 (NBC)

WENR-TV 7 (ABC)

WGN-TV 9(DuMont)      

Monday 9 pm

4- Studio One  Drama  "The Ambassadors"

9- Easychair Adventures  Movie  "Going Spanish" with Bob Hope

9:30pm

2- Movie "Deep Valley"

5- Who Said That?   Quiz

7- Academy Theater  Feature  "The Shot" with Roland Varno and "Night Owl" with Peggy Stewart

9- Feature Film

 

August 1961

WBBM-TV 2 (CBS)

WNBQ 5 (NBC) 

WBKB 7(ABC)

WGN-TV9(Independent)

WTTW 11 (NET)

Tuesday 7:30 pm

2- Dobie Gillis Comedy  "The Day The Teachers Disappeared"  Rerun

5- Alfred Hitchcock Presents  Suspense  "The Contest For Aaron Gold"  Rerun

7- Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp  Western  "Ring Of Death"  Rerun

9-  Blue Angels  Drama  "Meeting On A Parallel"

11-  The Earth And Mankind  Nature  "Man And His Resources"

 

 

 

 

May 1971

WBBM-TV 2 (CBS)

WMAQ-TV  5 (NBC)

WLS-TV 7 (ABC) 

WGN-TV 9 (Independent) 

WTTW  11 (PBS)  

WXXW 20(Educational) 

WCIU 26 (Independent)

WFLD32(Independent) 

WSNS 44 (Independent)

 

Wednesday  6 pm

 

2- News  Walter Cronkite

5- NBC Nightly News

7- Flynn-Daly News

9- The Dick Van Dyke Show

20- TV College  Math

32- The Munsters

44- ESPecially Irene

6:30 pm

2- Men At Law

5- Men From Shiloh

7- The Courtship Of Eddie's Father

9- Star Trek

11- This Is The Life

26- The Don Canuto Show

32- Get Smart

44- Outdoor Sportsman

 

 

August 2001

 

WBBM-TV2 (CBS)

WMAQ-TV5 (NBC)

WLS-TV7 (ABC)

WGN-TV9 (WB)

WTTW11 (PBS)

WYCC20(PBS)

WCIU26(Independent)

WFLD32(Fox)  

WCPX38(Pax)

WSNS44(Telemundo)

WPWR50(UPN)

WYIN56(PBS)

WEHS60(HSN)  

WJYS62(Independent) 

WGBO66(Univision)

Thursday 10 pm

2, 5, 7, 44, 66- News

9- Friends Comedy

20-  BBC World News

26- Cosby  Comedy

32- Simpsons Comedy

38- It's A Miracle

50- Blind Date

56- Newshour with Jim Lehrer