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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1961
Page
12
A dense schedule page lists WMT and KSTP and other stations with daily program blocks from early morning to midnight. Entries include news, cooking, science, sitcoms, dramas, westerns, games, educational shows, and children's programs across multiple markets.
The listing shows a Tuesday broadcast with time slots for News Morning, Farm Forum, market updates, weather, daily hosts Milo Knutson and Paul Harvey, plus segments like Trading Post, Breakfast Club, Stork Report, music blocks, and local reviews from 6:00 AM through 1:45 PM.
A dense list of radio programs and broadcasts across WKTY ABC 580 and 1490, detailing half hour blocks and hourly segments. Entries include Jolly Roger Show, Flair, Variety Matinee, Weather, News programs, Music features, sports, market summaries, and special segments such as Don Miller Show, Crosby Clooney, and Good Neighbors, with times ranging from 12:30 to 10:15. Local almanac, farm topics, and community notices appear alongside entertainment, news, and sports blocks.
Hollywood rush releases feature The Kingston Trio with Where Have All the Flowers Gone written by Pete Seeger and O Ken Karanga on the B side from the Close-Up album which has reached No 3 on LP charts Roy Clark records The Texas Twist a lively Twist with bongos and a slower Wildwood Twist on the flip side Recorded in Nashville these twists are part of a wave of Twist releases destined for radio play and charts.
A dense listing outlines daily program blocks for WCOW FM 97 1, including Rev. Roundup, J D Rice segments, weather, farm features, concerts, news, and special hour slots such as Tomah Tunetime, Superior Music, and Meal-time programs. The timetable also notes markets, obituaries, farm reviews, and education shows across morning to night slots. Multiple programs per hour show a full daily broadcast slate.
Producer Robert J Enders is signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to a three year multiple picture contract. He will begin work on Largely A Question of Love a romantic comedy with Arthur Sheekman writing the screenplay from John Paxton original story. Enders joined MGM after producing A Thunder of Drums a top grossing film, and he built a reputation in TV and radio including Best of the Post.
Hollywood gossip notes Lorne Greene, star of the Bondanza television series, has married actress Nancy Ann Deale, known on stage as Liza Cummings. Deale, 28, appeared off Broadway and in two films. Greene, 46, once CBC newsman, has a teenage son and daughter living in Toronto with his first wife.
New York AP reports director Dove Schary used an out of town style rehearsal by inviting audiences to full run-throughs of Something About a Soldier during the final two weeks of rehearsals. Ernest Kinoy called it like going out of town early. Some actors resisted early exposure but script revisions were sped up.
Hollywood Theater screens Jerry Lewis spoof The Errand Boy while the month ends with Chubby Checkers Twist Around the Clock co starring Dion Dance craze sighting on Dec 30 at 11 30 p m A New Year party for youngsters Sunday Dec 31 cartoon show follows at 1 30 p m then The Comancheros opens at 7 p m
In Tokyo the one night premier of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s King of Kings drew Imperial Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan and their royal family. It marked only the second public royal appearance, with Brigid Bazlen in Salome addressing the audience and then receiving a personal audience with the Emperor and Empress. The event supported Saisekai, the Japanese Red Cross, and was widely covered by Japanese media.
Britain's leading male dancer Michael Somes steps away from major roles at Covent Garden's Royal Ballet. In a recent Symphonic Variations performance he watched Dame Margot Fonteyn share the stage with 29yearold David Blair, ending the long celebrated partnership. Somes remains with the company but shifts from arduous classical leads to lighter duties.
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