WGBH-TV Broadcast Schedules (1955-69)
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From Peter Wiggins
Tuesday May 10, 1955
- 5:30 p.m. – Adventures in Art
- 6:00 – Images
- 6:30 – News (with Louis M. Lyons)
- 7:15 – U.N at Work
- 7:30 – Trilogy
- 8:00 – Your Child
- 9:30 – Sign-Off
Friday November 4, 1955
- 5:30 p.m. – Come and See
- 6:00 – Discovery
- 6:30 – News (with Louis M. Lyons)
- 6:45 – Backgrounds
- 7:15 – Weather Forecasting
- 7:30 – People
- 8:00 – Bach to Mozart
- 8:45 – Creative Writing
- 9:30 – Sign-Off
Monday January 30, 1956
- 5:30 p.m. – Come and See
- 6:00 – Beginners French Course
- 6:30 – News (with Louis M. Lyons)
- 6:45 – Backgrounds
- 7:15 – Trans Atlantic Views
- 7:30 – Art and Artists
- 8:00 – Performances
- 9:30 – Sign-Off
Tuesday May 22, 1956
- 5:30 p.m. – The Friendly Giant
- 6:00 – Adventures in Art
- 6:30 – News (with Louis M. Lyons)
- 6:45 – Backgrounds
- 7:15 – British Weeklies
- 7:30 – Heritage of the Land
- 8:00 – Music of Australia
- 9:00 – Notes in Music
- 9:30 – Sign-Off
Wednesday November 7, 1956
- 5:15 p.m. – Let’s Have a Story
- 5:30 – The Friendly Giant
- 6:00 – American Art Today
- 6:30 – News (with Louis M. Lyons)
- 6:45 – Backgrounds
- 7:00 – Bulletin Board
- 7:15 – British Weeklies
- 7:30 – French Course
- 8:00 – Science Reporter
- 9:00 – Notes in Music
- 9:30 – Shakespeare on TV- Romeo and Juliet – Part I
- 10:00 – Sign-Off
Thursday January 31, 1957
- 5:15 p.m. – Friendly Giant
- 5:30 – Come and See
- 6:00 – French Course
- 6:30 – News (with Louis M. Lyons)
- 6:45 – Backgrounds
- 7:00 – America Looks Abroad
- 7:15 – British Weeklies
- 7:30 – Spanish Course
- 8:00 – Human Rights
- 8:30 – Frontiers of Health
- 9:00 – Performances
- 10:00 – News (with Louis M. Lyons)
- 10:15 – Sign-off
Monday December 2, 1957
- 5:30 p.m. – Friendly Giant
- 6:00 – Geophysical
- 6:30 – News (with Louis M. Lyons)
- 6:50 – Backgrounds
- 7:05 – Sports, Weather
- 7:15 – College and You
- 7:45 – Let’s Learn To Type
- 8:00 – Human Rights
- 8:30 – Frontiers of Health
- 9:00 – Challenge of Communism
- 9:30 – Basic Mathematics
- 10:00 – U.N. In Review
- 10:15 – Mikulos Schwalo
- 10:45 – News with Louis Lyons
- 11:05 – Sign-Off
Tuesday February 4, 1958
- 5:30 p.m. – Friendly Giant
- 6:00 – Geophysical
- 6:30 – News (with Louis M. Lyons)
- 6:50 – Backgrounds
- 7:05 – Sports, Weather
- 7:15 – College and You
- 7:45 – Let’s Learn To Type
- 8:00 – Human Rights
- 8:30 – Frontiers of Health
- 9:00 – Challenge of Communism
- 9:30 – Basic Mathematics
- 10:00 – U.N. In Review
- 10:15 – Mikulos Schwalo
- 10:45 – News – (with Louis Lyons)
- 11:05 – Sign-Off
Wednesday May 7, 1958
- 5:30 p.m. – Friendly Giant
- 6:00 – Geophysical
- 6:30 – News (with Louis M. Lyons)
- 6:50 – Backgrounds
- 7:05 – Sports, Weather
- 7:15 – College and You
- 7:45 – Let’s Learn To Type
- 8:00 – Science Reporter
- 9:00 – Notes in Music
- 9:30 – Basic Mathematics
- 10:00 – U.N. In Review
- 10:15 – Mikulos Schwalo
- 10:45 – News (with Louis Lyons)
- 11:05 – Sign-Off
Thursday November 6, 1958
- 5:30 p.m. – Friendly Giant
- 6:00 – French Course
- 6:30 – News (with Louis M. Lyons)
- 6:50 – Backgrounds
- 7:05 – Sports, Weather
- 7:15 – College and You
- 7:45 – Spanish Course
- 8:00 – Human Rights
- 8:30 – Frontiers Of Health
- 9:00 – Performances
- 10:45 – News (with Louis Lyons)
- 11:05 – Sign-Off
Friday February 13, 1959
- 5:30 p.m. – Friendly Giant
- 6:00 – French Course
- 6:30 – News (with Louis M. Lyons)
- 6:50 – Backgrounds
- 7:05 – Sports, Weather
- 7:15 – College and You
- 7:45 – Spanish Course
- 8:00 – Human Rights
- 8:30 – Basic Mathematics
- 9:00 – Performances
- 10:00 – U.N. In Action
- 10:30 – Backgrounds
- 10:45 – News (with Louis Lyons)
- 11:00 – Sign-Off
Friday May 1, 1959
- 9:30 a.m. – Sign-on/21-inch Classroom
- 4:45 p.m. – Number of Things
- 5:00 – Ruth Ann’s Camp
- 6:00 – Nuclear Physics
- 6:30 – News (with Louis M. Lyons)
- 6:45 – Backgrounds
- 7:00 – Weather for You
- 7:15 – Jazz with Father O’Connor
- 7:45 – Groundwork in Graphics
- 8:00 – Max Lerner
- 8:30 – Ralph Burche
- 9:00 – Last Continent
- 9:30 – Masters of American Fiction
- 10:00 – Exceptional Child
- 10:30 – News (with Louis M. Lyons)
- 10:45 – Sign-off
Monday November 16, 1959
- 9:15 a.m. – Sign-on/21-inch Classroom
- 3:30 p.m. – Parlons Francais
- 4:00 – Art and Artists
- 4:30 – History (with Herb Hake)
- 5:00 – Ruth Ann’s Camp
- 6:00 – Magic Doorways
- 6:15 – Capitol Hill Report
- 6:30 – News (with Louis M. Lyons)
- 6:45 – Backgrounds
- 7:00 – Heritage
- 7:30 – Young Worlds
- 8:00 – European Imperalism
- 8:30 – Invitation to Art
- 9:00 – Max Loring’s Seminar
- 9:30 – I’ve Been Reading
- 10:00 – News
- 10:15 – Sign-off
Tuesday February 23, 1960
- 9:15 a.m. – Sign-on/21-inch Classroom
- 5:00 p.m. – Clipper Ship
- 6:00 – What’s New
- 6:30 – News (with Louis M. Lyons)
- 6:45 – Theater Review
- 7:00 – Accent on Music
- 7:30 – French Through TV
- 8:00 – Creative Sculpture
- 8:30 – Ordeal by Fire
- 9:00 – Sonata Recital
- 9:30 – Yesterday’s Worlds
- 10:00 – News
- 10:15 – Sign-off
Wednesday May 4, 1960
- 9:15 a.m. – Sign-on/21-inch Classroom
- 6:00 p.m. – Danny Dee
- 6:30 – News (with Louis M. Lyons)
- 6:45 – Backgrounds
- 7:00 – The Right To Sit
- 7:30 – Camera Series
- 8:00 – Reading Out Loud
- 8:30 – Sounding Board
- 9:00 – Science Reporter
- 9:30 – Hats in the Ring
- 10:00 – News
- 10:15 – Sign-off
Thursday November 3, 1960
- 9:15 a.m. – Sign-on/Parlons Francois
- 10:15 – 21-inch Classrom
- 11:00 – Parlons Français
- 11:45 – 21-inch Classroom
- 5:15 p.m. – Sing Hi, Sing Lo
- 5:30 – Make Believe Classroom
- 6:00 – Americans at Work
- 6:30 – News (with Louis M. Lyons)
- 6:45 – New England News (with Robert Bar)
- 7:00 – Ask The Candidate
- 7:30 – David Copperfield
- 8:00 – Lab 30
- 8:30 – Ragtime Era
- 9:00 – Open End
- 10:30 – News
- 10:45 – Sign-off
Friday February 3, 1961
- 9:15 a.m. – Sign-on/Parlons Francois
- 5:30 p.m. – Danny Dee
- 6:00 – From Haydn to Hi-Fi
- 6:30 – News (with Louis M. Lyons)
- 6:45 – Backgrounds
- 7:00 – Away of Thinking
- 7:30 – Jazz with Father O’Connor
- 8:00 – Red Myth
- 8:30 – Max Lerner
- 9:00 – Metropolis (with Governor John Volpe)
- 9:30 – Image Series
- 10:00 – 150 Anniversary Convocation of Mass-General Hospital
- 10:30 – News
- 10:45 – Backgrounds
- 11:00 – Sign-off
Monday December 1, 1969
WGBH-TV 2
- 10:00 a.m. – Sign-on/Sesame Street
- 11:00 – Educational Progr ming
- 12:00 p.m. – Mister Rogers Neighborhood
- 12:30 – What’s New?
- 1:00 – Educational Progr ming
- 3:00 – Chronological Behavior
- 3:30 – Maggie and the Beautiful Machine
- 6:30 – University of the Air
- 7:00 – Louis Lyons – News
- 7:30 – The Reporters
- 8:00 – On Being Black
- 9:00 – N.E.T Journal
- 10:00 – Newsfront
- 10:30 – All The Presidents Men
- 11:00 – Forsythe Saga
- 11:30 – Sign-Off
WGBX-TV 44
- 4:00 – Sesame Street
- 5:00 – Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
- 5:30 – What’s New
- 6:00 – Maggie and the Beautiful Machine