Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Speculative Fun-Classic TV 8 channel




Various WJW Logos over the years..Top:1962
Middle:1966 Bottom 1965.


Thought i'd go into something completely different..Since WJW-TV 8 has only one Digital channel currently, I thought it would be fun to "suggest" a second digital channel-A Classic TV 8 Channel, that would be used for some live simulcasts and relays of Fox 8 News, as well as "Classic" shows from the WJW-TV archives, even something different than the normal...Actual movies and syndicated/CBS originals from the bygone days of channel 8..Show the Big Chuck/Lil John DVD's as specials, etc..

Note:All speculative, I fully realize you have rights issues that may keep anything close to this from happening, but this is all purely for fun..



Monday-Friday

5AM Fox 8 Morning News (Live simulcast)

10AM Robin Swoboda (Live Simulcast)

11AM Movie

1PM Fox 8 News at Noon (Tape Delay)

2PM Adventure Road Classics=At least 2-3 times a week depending on what's out there-Maybe an Hour drama from the 60's the other 2-3 days

3PM Movie

5PM Robin Swoboda (repeat)

6PM Hawaiian Eye/77 Sunset Strip/Surfside 6

7PM Fox 8 News at 6 Tape Delay

8PM PM Magazine Classics

8:30 Leave It To Beaver/Beverly Hillbillies. etc..

9PM NewsCenter 8/City Camera Classics-complete newscasts..Any they can find from as far back as possible..

10PM One Tank Trip Classics

10:30 Just The Skits

11PM Fox 8 News at 10 (Tape Delay)

Midnight-3AM Monday-Thurs.-Repeat 8-11

3-5AM Monday-Thursday Movie

Friday Only
Midnight Big Chuck Lil John Classics-Chuck and John host new show, only with the movies THEY want to show and the classic skits..Hoolihan needs to make appearances on this.
2-5AM Repeat 8-11 (Friday Only)

Saturday/Sunday

5AM Movie
7AM Movie
9AM Looney Tunes
10AM Woodrow (1997 Revival)
11AM Just The Skits
11:30 One Tank Trip Classics
Noon Gunsmoke
1PM Marshal Dillon

1:30 Green Acres

2PM Beverly Hillbillies

2:30 Petticoat Junction

3PM Movie

5PM Marcus Welby

6PM NewsCenter8/City Camera Classics

7PM Fox 8 News
8PM Cinema 8 Weekend
10PM Fox 8 News
11PM Warner Brothers Dramas (Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, etc)
Midnight Rawhide
1AM Have Gun Will Travel
1:30 Wanted Dead or Alive
2AM Gunsmoke
3AM Movie

Also special programs over the years..

Any CBS/Syndicated show originally ran on TV 8..

I know the idea is out there..Doubt there'd be enough of some shows to do a full series..

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Paul Wilcox-1925-2010


Paul with a very young Tana Carli..Looks to be late 1960's..Courtesy Neil Zurcher's NE Ohio TV Memories Site and The Joe/Tana Carli Dimino Collection.


Paul Wilcox, posing with one of the bands on Polka Varities..Courtesy Neil Zurcher's NE Ohio TV Memories site and John Carroll University Media Archives


Paul Wilcox with Paige Palmer..Wilcox co-hosted "The Paige Palmer Show" weekday mornings on WEWS for a time in the 1960's

Paul Wilcox, the versatile WEWS-TV 5 announcer/Newsman/program host passed away last Friday, June 18, 2010 at his home in Florida at the age of 85..He was born in Sylvania, Ohio near Toledo, and prior to a heroic stint in the Korean War, (Wilcox was also in WWII) began his broadcasting career at WGAR-1220 in 1950..

He joined Channel 5 in 1954, and, like many broadcasters, did a lot of different things..He handled sports reports, sign-on news and booth announcing..

"Cleveland-Style" Polka Shows had their roots in WEWS-TV shows such as Polka Parade, Polka Hour, Polka N Fun, Polka Time and Possibly others hosted by people such as Johnny Vadnal, George Bass, Court Stanton and Danny Landau as early as 1952. Mr. Wilcox began his long run as Polka Varieties host in 1956-Hosting the show until 1983..In the 1960's Mr. Wilcox also did the Noon Weekday News and co-hosted The Paige Palmer Show..After doing some radio and promotion work, Wilcox retired to Florida in the 1990's..

Links:

Newsnet5.com

http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/about_us/paul-wilcox,-host-of-


Cleveland.com

http://www.cleveland.com/obituaries/index.ssf/2010/06/paul_wilcox_85_hosted_wews_cha.html

WEWS Friday, May 24, 1963 Noon News with Paul Wilcox Reporting





From WEWS's YouTube Page..Polka Varieties clips..


Dailymotion.com..

The classic "Certain Ethnic Varieties" skit from WJW-TV 8's Hoolihan and Big Chuck. It was said that Paul had a great sense of humor about this skit and enjoyed it whenever it was aired..



Our prayers go out to the Wilcox Family at this time..

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

New Widget..Also November 1961


Not having anything directly to do with the rest of the post..This was an article in the April 16, 1953 edition of the Massillon Evening Independent..WMAC-23 was to have been built in the Whipple Heights section of Canton..(12th St. NW, near Perry Drive)..Accoring to a later Independent article of May 5, 1960, The permit for channel 23 had been cancelled..WAKR switched from 49 to 23 December 1, 1967..


Ad for "45 Hop", which was hosted by longtime Youngstown DJ Boots Bell.. aired weeknights 6:30-8PM on WXTV-It was very rare for WXTV to spend the money for a TV Guide ad..By this time, the station was only on 6-Midnight, and both Movies in the listings had already been shown earlier in the week..The station would leave the air by March 1962..


Wanted:Dead or ALive Thursdays at 7 on WKST-33


Tom Haley, just off of the long running "Cash On The Line" Movie Show, hosts this local game show weekdays at 10AM on Channel 3..

Hello..
Just want to announce officially first of all a new Widget..Courtesy Cox Enterprises..The Palm Beach Post/Miami News archives..I'm always looking for ways to have low-cost/free Newspaper Archives from the past..Thanks to Facebook Friend Jason Beard for making me aware of this..Also, lets take a look at November 9, 1961..

Today 7AM 3-21 John Chancellor, Frank Blair, Robbin Bain as the "Today Girl"
Ernie's Place-9AM 8-The Case against Mrs. Ames-1936
Give N Take-10AM 3-Hosted by Tom Haley
Love That Bob!-11:30AM 5-33-49 Ann Jeffreys (Topper) and Herbert Rudley (Mothers-In-Law) guest star..
Early Show-5:05 PM 3 Invaders from Mars-1951

Thursday, November 9 1961-TV Guide Cleveland Edition

3 KYW-NBC

5:50 News
5:55 Farm Fare
6AM English For Americans
6:30 Continental Classroom-Color
7AM Today
9AM Funsville-Josie Carey
9:25 Kukla/Ollie
9:30 Truth Or Consequences-Barker (Tape Delay)
10AM Give-N-Take-Haley
10:30 Play Your Hunch-Merv Griffin-Color
11AM Price Is Right-Cullen-Color
11:30 Concentration-Dow10AM Give-N-Take-Haley
Noon Local News-Bud Dancy, Dick Goddard, Jim Graner
12:30 It Could Be You-Bill Leyden-Color
12:55 NBC News-Ray Scherer
1PM Movie (Fall Film Festival)-The Men-1950
2:30 Loretta Young
3PM Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4PM Make Room For Daddy
4:30 Barnaby/Popeye
5:05 Movie (Early Show) Invaders From Mars-1951
6:30 News-Bill Jorgenson
6:40 Weather-Dick Goddard
6:45 NBC News-Huntley/Brinkley
7PM Yogi Bear
7:30 Outlaws
8:30 Dr. Kildare
9:30 Hazel
10PM Sing Along With Mitch-Color
11PM News, Weather-Jorgenson, Goddard
11:15 PM East/PM West Mike Wallace, Terrence O'Flaherty
12:45 Movie-The Road To Glory-1936

5 WEWS-ABC

8:55 News
9AM Western Reserve Telecourse-French
9:30 Romper Room
10AM Paige Palmer
11AM Texan
11:30 Love That Bob!
Noon News
12:10 Noon Show-Capt. Penny
1PM One O Clock Club-Dorothy Fuldheim, Bill Gordon
2:30 Seven Keys-Jack Narz
3PM Queen For A Day-Jack Bailey
3:30 Who Do You Trust-Johnny Carson
4PM American Bandstand-Dick Clark
4:50 American Newsstand-Roger Sharp
5PM Captain's Clubhouse-Capt. Penny
6:30 Dorothy Fuldheim
6:45 News-Tom Field
6:55 Weather-Carolyn Johnson
7PM Victory At Sea
7:30 Ozzie and Harriet
8PM Donna Reed
8:30 Real McCoys
9PM My Three Sons
9:30 Margie-Cynthia Pepper
10PM Suspicion
11PM News-Tom Field, Joel Daly
11:15 Jack Paar-Color
1AM News

8 WJW-CBS

6:50 Meditation
6:55 News
7AM College Of The Air
7:30 Rex Humbard
7:45 Clutch Cargo
8AM Captain Kangaroo
9AM Movie (Ernie's Place-Ernie Anderson)-The Case Against Mrs, Ames-1936
11AM Video Village-Monty Hall
11:30 Your Surprise Package-George Fenneman
11:55 CBS News-Harry Reasoner
Noon Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1PM David Niven Theater
1:30 As The World Turns
2PM You Asked For It-Jack Smith
2:30 House Party
3PM Millionaire
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
4PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5PM Movie (Big Show) Boy Troubles-1939
6:25 Sea Hunt
6:55 Weather-Howard Hoffman
7PM City Camera News-Doug Adair
7:10 Sports-John Fitzgerald
7:15 CBS News-Douglas Edwards
7:30 Frontier Circus
8:30 (New) Bob Cummings Show
9PM The Investigators
10PM CBS Reports
11PM News-Warren Guthrie (Sohio Reporter)
11:10 City Report-Adair
11:20 Movie-Skylark-1941
1AM Soldiers of Fortune

21 WFMJ-NBC Youngstown

6AM Continental Classroom-Color(2 episodes)
7AM Today
9AM It's A Great Life
9:30 Yancy Derringer
9:55 News
10AM Say When-Art James
10:30 Play Your Hunch-Merv Griffin-Color
11AM Price Is Right-Cullen-Color
11:30 Concentration-Dow10AM Give-N-Take-Haley
Noon Truth Or Consequences-Barker
12:30 It Could Be You-Bill Leyden-Color
12:55 NBC News-Ray Scherer
1PM News
1:15 Kitchen Corner-Marjorie Mariner
2PM Jan Murray-Color
2:30 Loretta Young
3PM Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4PM Make Room For Daddy
4:30 Here's Hollywood-Helen O'Connell
5PM Kukla/Ollie
5:05 Capt. Sailiorbird/Susie Sidesaddle
5:30 Bozo The Clown-Russell
6:30 News/Sports
6:45 NBC News-Huntley, Brinkley
7PM King Of Diamonds
7:30 Outlaws
8:30 Dr. Kildare
9:30 Hazel
10PM Sing Along With Mitch-Color
11PM News
11:20 Jack Paar-Color

27 WKBN-CBS Youngstown

7:25 College Of The Air
7:55 News
8AM Captain Kangaroo
9AM Romper Room
10AM Calendar
10:30 I Love Lucy
11AM Video Village-Monty Hall
11:30 Your Surprise Package-George Fenneman
11:55 CBS News-Harry Reasoner
Noon Love Of Life
12:30 News-Dick Minton
12:35 Movie (Playhouse 27) See Here, Private Hargrove-1944
2PM Password-Allen Ludden-Players:Abe Burrows, Vivian Vance
2:30 House Party
3PM Millionaire
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
4PM Club 27
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Life Of Riley
5PM Three Stooges/Stanley
6PM Huckleberry Hound
6:30 News,Sports
6:45 CBS News-Edwards
7PM Roving Camera-Stu Wilson
7:30 Frontier Circus
8:30 (New) Bob Cummings Show
9PM The Investigators
10PM CBS Reports
11PM News-Warren Guthrie (Sohio Reporter)
11:10 News/Sports
11:20 Movie-When Your Smiling-1950

33 WKST-ABC Youngstown

9AM Kartoon Showtime
10AM Susie-Ann Sothern
10:30 Burns and Allen
11AM Texan
11:30 Love That Bob!
Noon Camouflage
12:30 Make A Face
1PM Day In Court
1:25 ABC News-Alex Drier
1:30 December Bride
2PM Number Please
2:30 Seven Keys
3PM Queen For A Day-Jack Bailey
3:30 Who Do You Trust-Johnny Carson
4PM American Bandstand-Dick Clark
4:50 American Newsstand-Roger Sharp
5PM Barney Bean
6PM ABC News
6:15 News/Weather
6:30 Jeff's Collie
7PM Wanted:Dead Or Alive
7:30 Ozzie And Harriet
8PM Donna Reed
8:30 M Squad
9PM My Three Sons
9:30 Whiplash
10PM Untouchables
11PM News
11:25 Movie-So Goes My Love-1946

45 WXTV-Ind Youngstown

6PM What's In The World
6:15 Club Calendar
6:20 Baby Showcase
6:25 Weather
6:30 45 Hop-Boots Bell
8PM Movie-Quiet Man-1952
10:10 Weather
10:15 Movie-Attack!-1956

49 WAKR-ABC Akron

11AM Texan
11:30 Love That Bob!
Noon Camouflage
12:30 Make A Face
1PM Day In Court
1:25 ABC News-Alex Drier
1:30 Cartoon Time
2PM Number Please
2:30 Seven Keys
3PM Queen For A Day-Jack Bailey
3:30 Who Do You Trust-Johnny Carson
4PM American Bandstand-Dick Clark
4:50 American Newsstand-Roger Sharp
5PM Movie-Air Raid Wardens 1943
6:30 Akron Art Institute
6:45 ABC News
7PM News-Jack Fitzgibbons
7:15 Weather
7:20 Capt. Ernie's Hobby Club
7:30 Mackenzie's Raiders
8PM Hop-Rick Shaw
9PM My Three Sons
9:30 Captain Grief
10PM Untouchables
11PM News/Sports
11:15 Movie-After Office Hours 1935

Also, Ive decided to change up the background..make it a bit brighter..

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Turn Blue-On Facebook



Classic Sign on Cleveland Area Transit Buses back in the day..
Hello:

Havent been on a lot I know, just needed a break I guess from posting..I do want to announce for those who dont regularly visit the Facebook Page, I just put up the Western Reserve PBS Special from Last Fall, "Turn Blue, The Short Life Of Ghoulardi" on our CCM Facebook Page..The special is in 7 parts..The first 6 being 6-8 minutes and the last part being about 15 minutes, including Closing Credits and PBS promos at the end..While the special has been included as a pledge gift, There are no announced plans to make it available for purchase, when/if it is, I will announce it..I do know that I have had a number of requests from around the US from people wanting to see this..I have to believe there would be a market for it.Here is the Link:




I'll try to put up a completely new post soon..Meantime, Enjoy!