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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1959
Page
12
A dense listing of broadcasts across multiple networks and time blocks. It details movies, cartoons, Westerns, sports, variety shows, and news including titles such as They Met in Argentina, Naked Gun, and The Dick Clark Show among many others with numerous performers and times.
Norfolk police questioned Lon Backman, WCMS news director, after he said his station wagon, allegedly stolen on New Year's Eve, bore his name and the WCMS call letters in large lettering, suggesting easy identification.
Hansel and Gretel with original songs by Alene Dalton will highlight today's Story Princess broadcast at 6 p M on radio station KABC.
The Cook County jail chaplain Reverend Louis R. King confessed he could no longer face the music and dismissed the jail band. He said the music aroused the beast in man and that it tormented him.
The page lists events including North and South football in Mobile at 1 pm, a 1:55 pm hockey contest between Boston and Detroit resuming after a vacation, and color broadcasts of Perry Como and Dick Clark shows. Guest stars include Louis Jourdan Peggy King Eddie Foy Jr The Teddy Bears Harald Ariën Tabifinter and David Seville with the Nu Tornados.
A TV feature outlines the new 10 30 PM program They Da s Man starring John Compton as a D A undercover agent who works without gun or credentials tracking a gangland murder While Jack Webb produced the early episodes the piece notes the show aims for authenticity and showcases an unusual musical background with a new electronic instrument.
The USS Ranger, a Forrestal class aircraft carrier, departs Alameda this afternoon for duty with the 7th Fleet in the Far East. It will pause at Pearl Harbor for training before its Far East cruise, acting as flagship for Rear Adm. Henry H. Caldwell.
Los Angeles councilman Earls D. Baker criticized mayor Narvis Poulson for blasting the auto industry over exhaust control devices. Baker urged praise for automakers now that Detroit works with the U S Public Health Service on air pollution research.
A dense listing of radio programs, times, and station identifiers from 1959 includes mentions of WIE 885, KWAW 120, KPOL 1430, and KGE etc. It notes program blocks, news segments, and various hosted shows with multiple personalities such as Henry Travis, Esther Rusined, and Kelley. The page presents a snapshot of mid-century radio scheduling, with local and regional programming across genres and time slots.
Mestagh's Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo Pagliacci to be presented live from the Metropolitan Opera stage starting at 11 a.m. today, broadcast on KNX radio. The two operas will air back to back, bringing the classic double bill to radio listeners.
KNX radio will cover the Los Angeles Opel Golf Tournament live from Rancho Golf Course with play-by-play and updates on the foursomes. Opera broadcasts follow with Zinka Milanov in Cavalleria Rusticana and Lucine Amara singing, featuring Richard Tucker and Mario De Monacofi in key roles. Broadcasts are at 3:15, 4:15, 5:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. pr.
Washington UPI reports Speaker Sam Rayburn and Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B Johnson moved to settle party squabbles threatening Democratic unity on Congress opening day. They held talks with leaders as Alford’s status and liberal versus conservative tensions surfaced. Johnson proposed a two thirds rule to end debate as senators weigh civil rights protections.
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The Peter Lind Jayes Mary Healy Show moves from KNK to KARC on Monday and will air at 10 a.m. following Don McNeill's Breakfast Club. The change places the new time slot immediately after the popular program.
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