1963-06-16, WABC, 27 min.
September 5, 1949-June 7, 1954 (NBC); June 14, 1954-June 16, 1963 (ABC). This was the final broadcast of the season. "Voice of Firestone," which began on radio in 1928, was a Monday-night perennial for more than two decades before coming to television in 1949; for the next five years it was simulcast on NBC radio and television, until a dispute between the sponsor and the network over the Monday time slot led Firestone to shift the program to ABC. The half-hour musical series presented all kinds of music, but emphasized classical and semiclassical selections. Each week a guest celebrity was featured, and for many years the principal guests came from the Metropolitan Opera Company. The Firestone Orchestra was conducted by Howard Barlow, and the show was hosted by John Daly during its years on ABC; Hugh James was the announcer. "Voice of Firestone" was seen as a series of specials from 1959 until 1962; it returned as a weekly series in the fall of 1962 for a final season (September 30, 1962-June 16, 1963).
1963-06-16, , min.
Topics: Former President Hoover is seriously ill, the Russian astronauts are still in space, President Kennedy is criticized by the Republicans, Hugh Scott and Barry Goldwater should avoid European trip and pay attention to domestic matters, David Ben Gurion resigns as Israeli Prime Minister, a riot in Saigon following the funeral of a Buddhist priest who burned himself to death in protest to Diem's government, a review of British weeklies, Perfumo sex-scandal. negro crisis in the US, the legacy of Pope John 23rd, English monarchy.
1963-06-16, ABC, 00 min.
September 5, 1949-June 7, 1954 (NBC); June 14, 1954-June 16, 1963 (ABC). This was the first broadcast of the season. "Voice of Firestone," which began on radio in 1928, was a Monday-night perennial for more than two decades before coming to television in 1949; for the next five years it was simulcast on NBC radio and television, until a dispute between the sponsor and the network over the Monday time slot led Firestone to shift the program to ABC. The half-hour musical series presented all kinds of music, but emphasized classical and semiclassical selections. Each week a guest celebrity was featured, and for many years the principal guests came from the Metropolitan Opera Company. The Firestone Orchestra was conducted by Howard Barlow, and the show was hosted by John Daly during its years on ABC; Hugh James was the announcer. "Voice of Firestone" was seen as a series of specials from 1959 until 1962; it returned as a weekly series in the fall of 1962 for a final season (September 30, 1962-June 16, 1963).
Guests are Richard Tucker, Jerome Hines, and Mary Costa. Harry John Brown conducts the orchestra. Richard Tucker performs Gounod's Faust with Jerome Hines and Mary Costa. Also performed is "Around The World in Eighty Days."
Last show of the series.
1963-06-18, WABC, 27 min.
The Edie Adams Show, an Emmy Award winning SPECIAL, was a pilot for future Edie Adam's monthly SPECIALS...a total of eight half hour broadcasts were televised on ABC television, premiering October 23, 1962, followed by broadcasts on December 13, 1962, January 20, 1963, February 26, 1963, March 17, 1963, April 19, 1963, May 28, 1963, June 18, 1963 and called "Here's Edie."
8th and final "HERE'S EDIE" SPECIAL of the 1962-1963 television season.
1963-06-18, NBC, min.
October 1, 1962-May 22, 1992. Johnny Carson, host of NBC's network late-night "Tonight Show" reigned for 30 unprecedented years...five times the combined tenure of Steve Allen, and Jack Paar. Carson was impervious to competition, including efforts to dethrone him by Les Crane, Joey Bishop, Merv Griffin, Dick Cavett, Jack Paar, Pat Sajak, Joan Rivers, and Arsenio Hall. Sadly, very few complete "Tonight Show" broadcasts survive during Johnny Carson's first ten years of broadcasting. Around 1965, through the early 1970's, oldest tapes were first erased systematically by orders from myopic NBC executives, to be recycled for purposes of saving money. Ironically, in many cases, these older master tapes were too brittle, and portended probable drop-outs for re-use after being erased. Subsequently blank after being erased, these older questionable master 2" Quad tapes were either sparingly used or never used again for recording new programming and eventually were discarded. Saving thousands of dollars at the time (wiping master tapes for potential re-use) resulted in losing millions of dollars by NBC in today's marketplace, and more importantly wiping thousands of historic TONIGHT SHOW broadcasts, which contain precious personal anecdotes from political, show business, and sports icons of the past.
Johnny's guest is Vance Packard
1963-06-20, WNBC, 52 min.
September 27, 1962-September 3, 1967 (NBC); September 20, 1969-July 17, 1971 (NBC); 1976 (Syndicated). This was the final broadcast of the season. In 1962, Williams was finally given a fall series on NBC; the hour show lasted five seasons and featured The New Christy Minstrels and the Osmond Brothers. His third NBC series, which premiered in 1969, featured comics Charlie Callas and Irwin Corey, along with Janos Prohaska; the hour show lasted another two seasons. In 1976, Williams hosted a syndicated series, entitled "Andy." The half-hour show featured puppeteer Wayland Flowers.
1963-06-21, WNBC, 52 min.
January 27, 1961-April 21, 1961; September 28, 1961-September 21, 1964. Home viewers were able to participate in this hour-long musical series, as the lyrics to the songs were superimposed at the bottom of their screens; viewers were invited to "follow the bouncing ball" as it moved from one lyric to the next. Goateed composer-arranger Mitch Miller led the Sing-Along Gang, and on-stage aggregation of about two dozen. Among the featured vocalists were Leslie Uggams, Diana Trask, Barbara McNair, and Gloria Lambert. "Sing Along with Mitch" was introduced on "Ford Startime" in 1960 and had a limited run in the spring of 1961, alternating with "The Bell Telephone Hour," before going weekly in the fall of that year. Reruns were exhumed in the spring of 1966 to replace the faltering "Sammy Davis Jr. Show." Bill Hobin produced and directed the series.
1963-06-23, CBS, min.
June 20, 1948 - May 30, 1971
ED SULLIVAN SHOW, THE, (TOAST OF THE TOWN)
Television's longest-running variety series. Originally, titled, TOAST OF THE TOWN, the name of the series changed on September 18, 1955, to THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW. Most remembered for introducing many stand-up comedians, and musical acts, including The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, The Beatles.
Most of the 1,087 broadcasts, encompassing 10,000 performers, have been archived. The major exceptions are the first half-year of shows circa 1948 of which a few kinescope excerpts survive.
The ED SULLIVAN SHOW was a spectacular show-case that for twenty-three years entertained the American family. In its prime, more than thirty million viewers, young and old, tuned in at the same time to view popular culture.
Host Ed Sullivan celebrates 15 years on CBS with film clip segments of previous shows featuring guests Julie Andrews, Louis Armstrong, Jack Benny, Fred Astaire, Richard Burton, James Cagney, Art Carney, Maurice Chevalier, Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, Walt Disney, Jimmy Durante, Henry Fonda, Clark Gable, Jackie Gleason, Robert Goulet, Topo Gigio, Oscar Hammerstein 11, Helen Hayes, Sonny King, Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Johnny Wayne, Charles Laughton, Jack Lemmon, Gertrude Lawrence, Ethel Waters, Raoul Walsh, Sophie Tucker, Rod Steiger, Red Skelton, Phil Silvers, Richard Rodgers, Frank Shuster, Elvis Presley, Cole Porter, Gina Lollabridgida, Robert Mitchum, Maya Plisetskaya, Moiseyev Dancers.
1963-06-25, WCBS, 52 min.
June 25, 1963-September 17, 1963. This was the first broadcast of the series. Keefe Brasselle hosted this variety hour, a summer replacement for "The Garry Moore Show." Regulars included Ann B. Davis, French singer Noelle Adam and former boxing champ Rocky Graziano. This debut show was originally scheduled to air on July 2, 1963 (second show of the series). At the last second CBS decided to premiere this series with this broadcast.
1963-06-25, CBS, min.
June 25th 1963-September 17th, 1963 (CBS)
This prime-time game show was a summer replacement for The Jack Benny Program and hosted by Jerry Van Dyke. Two teams were featured consisting of a celebrity and a contestant, one member of the team tried to get the other to identify a secret phrase that his or her teammate draw clues.
Series Premiere. Guests are Orson Bean and Catherine Wyler.
The opening of the Keefe Brasselle summer replacement variety show is heard.
1963-06-27, WNBC, 25 min.
October 1, 1962-May 22, 1992. Johnny Carson, host of NBC's network late-night "Tonight Show" reigned for 30 unprecedented years...five times the combined tenure of Steve Allen, and Jack Paar. Carson was impervious to competition, including efforts to dethrone him by Les Crane, Joey Bishop, Merv Griffin, Dick Cavett, Jack Paar, Pat Sajak, Joan Rivers, and Arsenio Hall. Sadly, very few complete "Tonight Show" broadcasts survive during Johnny Carson's first ten years of broadcasting. Around 1965, through the early 1970's, oldest tapes were first erased systematically by orders from myopic NBC executives, to be recycled for purposes of saving money. Ironically, in many cases, these older master tapes were too brittle, and portended probable drop-outs for re-use after being erased. Subsequently blank after being erased, these older questionable master 2" Quad tapes were either sparingly used or never used again for recording new programming and eventually were discarded. Saving thousands of dollars at the time (wiping master tapes for potential re-use) resulted in losing millions of dollars by NBC in today's marketplace, and more importantly wiping thousands of historic TONIGHT SHOW broadcasts, which contain precious personal anecdotes from political, show business, and sports icons of the past.
Johnny Carson's guests are Louis Nye, Jimmy Piersall, and Susan and Jennifer Baker.
1963-06-28, WNBC, 52 min.
January 27, 1961-April 21, 1961; September 28, 1961-September 21, 1964. Home viewers were able to participate in this hour-long musical series, as the lyrics to the songs were superimposed at the bottom of their screens; viewers were invited to "follow the bouncing ball" as it moved from one lyric to the next. Goateed composer-arranger Mitch Miller led the Sing-Along Gang, and on-stage aggregation of about two dozen. Among the featured vocalists were Leslie Uggams, Diana Trask, Barbara McNair, and Gloria Lambert. "Sing Along with Mitch" was introduced on "Ford Startime" in 1960 and had a limited run in the spring of 1961, alternating with "The Bell Telephone Hour," before going weekly in the fall of that year. Reruns were exhumed in the spring of 1966 to replace the faltering "Sammy Davis Jr. Show." Bill Hobin produced and directed the series.
1963-06-28, WOR, min.
Barry Farber was an American conservative radio talk show host. He produced the Tex and Jinx radio program which starred Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenberg. The show was heard weeknights on WNBC radio from 10:30 PM to midnight. Farber was also an author and commentator who wrote for various US newspapers. He was ranked the ninth greatest talk show host of all time by Talkers Magazine. He joined WOR radio in 1962 after a stint at 1010 WINS radio in New York City. When Farber left WOR radio he joined WMCA radio in New York City for an afternoon drive time show that lasted until 1989 when WMCA changed its format to a Christian radio station.
Barry Farber interviews Malcolm X and Allan P. Robinson, an associate editor of Jet, the popular African American weekly magazine who often appeared on broadcast panels with Malcolm X.
There is an ad for "Dr. No," the latest James Bond film.
1963-06-29, ABC, 16 min.
April 6th, 1963- September 12th, 1964 (ABC)
Jack Linkletter hosted television's first folk music series, broadcast from a different college campus each week.
From Syracuse University, New York on hand are The Limeliters, Jo Mapes, Mike Settle and the Clara Ward Singers.
Highlights:
"There's a Meeting Here Tonight," "Wabash Cannonball," "Hammer Song"...................................................Limeliters
"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine".............................Jo Mapes
" Come in the Room".......................................... Ward Singers
"Sing Hallelujah"..............................Limeliters and Mike Settle
"Down by the Riverside".............................................All
1963-06-29, WABC, 3 min.
July 2, 1955-September 4, 1971; 1971-1982 (Syndicated).
The opening of the show with music first number.
"The Lawrence Welk Show" presented middle-of-the-road music for almost three decades. Numbers were performed by the members of Welk's television family. That large group included the Lennon Sisters (Dianne, Peggy, Kathy, and Janet), Alice Lon, Norma Zimmer, Tanya Falan, Arthur Duncan, Joe Feeney, Guy Hovis, Jim Roberts, Ralna English, Larry Hooper, Jerry Burke, and former Mouseketeer Bobby Burgess.
Host: Lawrence Welk.
1963-06-29, WCBS, 10 min.
Many news stories covered in this 15 minute Saturday Night Late WCBS News broadcast.
Topics: Negro leaders including Malcolm X talk at rallies, President Kennedy comments in Shannon, Ireland, Rome prepares for Pope coronation tomorrow, a truce between Buddhists and Saigon, Diem government to end soon, religious service for Monk who burned himself to death.
The lead story:
Mike Wallace:
"Good evening. You could walk a few blocks from Harlem today to see for yourself the contrast between the drawing power of the moderate and the extremists in their competition for Negro leadership. On Seventh Avenue a rally of moderates drew 200 people. On Lenox Avenue, at the same time,
Malcolm X drew 2000.
The moderates were asking for equal justice in Mississippi. The Muslims were preaching racial superiority. Malcolm X demanded that negroes throw out the burden of drugs, alcoholism and vice, that he said the white government has loaded on the negroes back. And then Malcolm X went on to say"
Malcolm X:
"Mr. Muhammad rejects superiorism (sic) because he teaches you and me not only that we are as good as the white man, but better than the white man."
Additional coverage of Malcolm X preaching is broadcast. Mike Wallace returns to summarize this rally.
NOTE: This is possibly the first time Mike Wallace appeared on CBS television hosting a news program. On September 2, 1963 Mike Wallace would host the series "CBS Morning News with Mike Wallace" lasting through 1966.
1963-06-29, WCBS, 3 min.
Many news stories covered in this 15 minute Saturday Night Late WCBS News broadcast.
The lead story:
Mike Wallace:
"Good evening. You could walk a few blocks from Harlem today to see for yourself the contrast between the drawing power of the moderate and the extremists in their competition for Negro leadership. On Seventh Avenue a rally of moderates drew 200 people. On Lenox Avenue, at the same time,
Malcolm X drew 2000.
The moderates were asking for equal justice in Mississippi. The Muslims were preaching racial superiority. Malcolm X demanded that negroes throw out the burden of drugs, alcoholism and vice, that he said the white government has loaded on the negroes back. And then Malcolm X went on to say"
Malcolm X:
"Mr. Muhammad rejects superiorism (sic) because he teaches you and me not only that we are as good as the white man, but better than the white man."
Additional coverage of Malcolm X preaching is broadcast. Mike Wallace returns to summarize this rally.
NOTE: This is possibly the first time Mike Wallace appeared on CBS television hosting a news program. On September 2, 1963 Mike Wallace would host the series "CBS Morning News with Mike Wallace" lasting through 1966.
1963-06-30, CBS, min.
June 20, 1948 - May 30, 1971
ED SULLIVAN SHOW, THE, (TOAST OF THE TOWN)
Television's longest running variety series. Originally, titled, TOAST OF THE TOWN, the name of the series changed on September 18, 1955 to THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW. Most remembered for introducing many stand-up comedians, and musical acts, including The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, The Beatles.
Most of the 1,087 broadcasts, encompassing 10,000 performers, have been archived. The major exceptions are the first half-year of shows circa 1948 of which a few kinescope excerpts survive.
The ED SULLIVAN SHOW was a spectacular show-case that for twenty-three years entertained the American family. In its prime, more than thirty million viewers, young and old, tuned in at the same time to view popular culture.
Ed Sullivan's guest is Jack Carter.
1963-07-02, WCBS, 52 min.
June 25, 1963-September 17, 1963. Keefe Brasselle hosted this variety hour, a summer replacement for "The Garry Moore Show." Regulars included Ann B. Davis, French singer Noelle Adam and former boxing champ Rocky Graziano.
1963-07-02, SYN, min.
June 25th, 1962-1964 (Syndicated)
A daily ninety-minute talk show hosted by Steve Allen and sponsored by Westinghouse.
The premiere of the film "Cleopatra" in Hollywood. Interviews with top stars.
Host: Steve Allen.
1963-07-05, WNBC, 52 min.
January 27, 1961-April 21, 1961; September 28, 1961-September 21, 1964. This was the "Toy Segment" broadcast. Home viewers were able to participate in this hour-long musical series, as the lyrics to the songs were superimposed at the bottom of their screens; viewers were invited to "follow the bouncing ball" as it moved from one lyric to the next. Goateed composer-arranger Mitch Miller led the Sing-Along Gang, and on-stage aggregation of about two dozen. Among the featured vocalists were Leslie Uggams, Diana Trask, Barbara McNair, and Gloria Lambert. "Sing Along with Mitch" was introduced on "Ford Startime" in 1960 and had a limited run in the spring of 1961, alternating with "The Bell Telephone Hour," before going weekly in the fall of that year. Reruns were exhumed in the spring of 1966 to replace the faltering "Sammy Davis Jr. Show." Bill Hobin produced and directed the series.
1963-07-05, CBS, min.
EYEWITNESS - September 30, 1960 - July 26, 1963
Originally titled "Eyewitness to History" title shortened to "Eyewitness" by the Fall of 1961
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EYEWITNESS
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'CBS News' Production
US Documentary series 1960-63 30 minute Documentary program
Hosted by Charles Kuralt (1960-61)
Hosted by Walter Cronkite (1961-1962)
Hosted by Charles Collingwood (1962-1963)
Tonight's show: "Goldwater Boom." A rally for Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater running for president in 1964.
Host: Charles Collingwood.
1963-07-07, ABC, min.
Voices in The Headlines was an American news program broadcast on ABC radio featuring the top news stories of the day. It was hosted by long-time radio and television announcer Fred Foy.
A review of the week's news: Comments by Robert Welch, president of the right-wing group "The John Birch Society."
Narrator: Fred Foy.
NOTE: Fred Foy, best known for his voicing the opening of THE LONE RANGER on radio joined the ABC TV announcing staff in New York in 1961. For ABC RADIO he narrated the award winning news documentary, VOICES IN THE HEADLINES a 25 minute weekly wrap up of salient news events of the week with sound bites representing the news as it was recorded.
1963-07-12, WNBC, 52 min.
January 27, 1961-April 21, 1961; September 28, 1961-September 21, 1964. Home viewers were able to participate in this hour-long musical series, as the lyrics to the songs were superimposed at the bottom of their screens; viewers were invited to "follow the bouncing ball" as it moved from one lyric to the next. Goateed composer-arranger Mitch Miller led the Sing-Along Gang, and on-stage aggregation of about two dozen. Among the featured vocalists were Leslie Uggams, Diana Trask, Barbara McNair, and Gloria Lambert. "Sing Along with Mitch" was introduced on "Ford Startime" in 1960 and had a limited run in the spring of 1961, alternating with "The Bell Telephone Hour," before going weekly in the fall of that year. Reruns were exhumed in the spring of 1966 to replace the faltering "Sammy Davis Jr. Show." Bill Hobin produced and directed the series.
1963-07-12, CBS, min.
EYEWITNESS - September 30, 1960 - July 26, 1963
Originally titled "Eyewitness to History" title shortened to "Eyewitness" by the Fall of 1961
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EYEWITNESS
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'CBS News' Production
US Documentary series 1960-63 30 minute Documentary program
Hosted by Charles Kuralt (1960-61)
Hosted by Walter Cronkite (1961-1962)
Hosted by Charles Collingwood (1962-1963)
Tonight's show: A report on the Soviet-Red China feud.
Host: Charles Collingwood.
1963-07-14, ABC, min.
Voices in The Headlines was an American news program broadcast on ABC radio featuring the top news stories of the day. It was hosted by long-time radio and television announcer Fred Foy.
A review of the week's news: racial demonstrations in Cambridge, Maryland, in the North negroes protest segregation in an NYC diner, Senate hearings on civil rights comments by Dean Rusk, Strom Thurmond, Senator Gale W. McGee, Gov. Ross Barnett of Mississippi attack the Kennedys proposed march on Washington, blames communists in civil rights, proposed nuclear test ban treaty, comments by Averill Harriman, Thurmond, Dirkson, and Goldwater comment on both the treaty and Kennedy, a railroad strike is threatened because of automation, comment by President Kennedy, Rep. Charles Hallack, King Paul and Queen Frederica of Greece arrive in England and trouble-left wingers boo Queen Elizabeth, comment by King Paul, Robert McNamara is proud of government savings operations, Soviet-Chinese rift, the Chinese demand removal of Khrushchev as the price for ending the split, comment by McGeorge Bundy.
Narrator: Fred Foy.
NOTE: Fred Foy, best known for his voicing the opening of THE LONE RANGER on radio joined the ABC TV announcing staff in New York in 1961. For ABC RADIO he narrated the award winning news documentary, VOICES IN THE HEADLINES a 25 minute weekly wrap up of salient news events of the week with sound bites representing the news as it was recorded.
1963-07-15, NBC, 29 min.
October 1, 1962-May 22, 1992. Johnny Carson, host of NBC's network late-night "Tonight Show" reigned for 30 unprecedented years...five times the combined tenure of Steve Allen, and Jack Paar. Carson was impervious to competition, including efforts to dethrone him by Les Crane, Joey Bishop, Merv Griffin, Dick Cavett, Jack Paar, Pat Sajak, Joan Rivers, and Arsenio Hall. Sadly, very few complete "Tonight Show" broadcasts survive during Johnny Carson's first ten years of broadcasting. Around 1965, through the early 1970's, oldest tapes were first erased systematically by orders from myopic NBC executives, to be recycled for purposes of saving money. Ironically, in many cases, these older master tapes were too brittle, and portended probable drop-outs for re-use after being erased. Subsequently blank after being erased, these older questionable master 2" Quad tapes were either sparingly used or never used again for recording new programming and eventually were discarded. Saving thousands of dollars at the time (wiping master tapes for potential re-use) resulted in losing millions of dollars by NBC in today's marketplace, and more importantly wiping thousands of historic TONIGHT SHOW broadcasts, which contain precious personal anecdotes from political, show business, and sports icons of the past.
Johnny Carson plays "Stump the Band" with the audience. Among the participants is 19 year old aspiring actress Linda Day who would later become actress Linda Day George. Guests are Mickey Rooney and impressionist Adam Keith. Ed McMahon is co-host.
1963-07-15, NBC, min.
October 1, 1962-May 22, 1992. Johnny Carson, host of NBC's network late-night "Tonight Show" reigned for 30 unprecedented years...five times the combined tenure of Steve Allen, and Jack Paar. Carson was impervious to competition, including efforts to dethrone him by Les Crane, Joey Bishop, Merv Griffin, Dick Cavett, Jack Paar, Pat Sajak, Joan Rivers, and Arsenio Hall. Sadly, very few complete "Tonight Show" broadcasts survive during Johnny Carson's first ten years of broadcasting. Around 1965, through the early 1970s, oldest tapes were first erased systematically by orders from myopic NBC executives, to be recycled for purposes of saving money. Ironically, in many cases, these older master tapes were too brittle, and portended probable drop-outs for re-use after being erased. Subsequently blank after being erased, these older questionable master 2" Quad tapes were either sparingly used or never used again for recording new programming and eventually were discarded. Saving thousands of dollars at the time (wiping master tapes for potential re-use) resulted in losing millions of dollars by NBC in today's marketplace, and more importantly wiping thousands of historic TONIGHT SHOW broadcasts, which contain precious personal anecdotes from political, show business, and sports icons of the past.
Guests are Brian Keith and Mickey Rooney.
1963-07-16, WCBS, 52 min.
June 25, 1963-September 17, 1963. Keefe Brasselle hosted this variety hour, a summer replacement for "The Garry Moore Show." Regulars included Ann B. Davis, French singer Noelle Adam and former boxing champ Rocky Graziano.
1963-07-18, CBS, min.
Viet Cong raids the hills, more Americans in South Vietnam, violent demonstrations by Buddhists against the Government of Diem, Attorney General Robert Kennedy testifies for his brother's civil rights bill before Senator James Eastland's legislative hearing, President Kennedy entertains 2,000 foreign students at a White House lawn party.
1963-07-21, , 25 min.
Earliest known complete television interview with a young 21 year old heavyweight boxing contender Cassius Clay (before his name was change to Muhammad Ali) and his slightly older brother Rudolph Clay, who would also turn professional boxer (after his name was changed to Rahman Ali.
NOTE: The only known formal TV broadcast interview with both Muhammad and Rahman Ali, together.
NOTE: See incomplete re-run of this broadcast, ATA#14449.
DIALOGUE: CASSIUS CLAY, RUDOLPH CLAY
1964-02-23, WNBC, 13 min.
Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali, Rudolph Clay, Rahman Ali, Brian ODoherty
"DIALOGUE"
December 1, 1961-April 27, 1962 (Friday 7pm-7:30pm)
June 18, July 16, 1962 (Monday 7pm-7:30pm)
October 14, 1962-December 9, 1962 (Sunday 4:00pm-4:30pm)
April 21, 1963-September 29, 1963 (Sunday 4:30pm-5:00pm)
December 1, 1963-August 30, 1964 (Sunday 12:30pm-1:00pm)
DIALOGUE had five program slots in two and a-half years, with many preemption programming along the way. Approximately 75 video taped half hour broadcasts were telecast as Dr. Brian O'Doherty hosted various topics, ideas, and people from poetry readings to interviews.
Among the more notable interviews: Muhammad Ali (July 21, 1963), Woody Allen (April 28, 1963), Man Ray (June 16, 1963), Geraldine Page (July 14, 1963), Richard Leacock (June 18, 1962), Gordon Parks (July 16, 1962), Salvatore Dali (May 19, 1963), Peter Ustinov (June 2, 1963), James Baldwin (August 2, 1964), Mort Sahl (June 28, 1964), Olivia DeHavilland (June 14, 1964) and Odetta (May 23, 1964).
1963-07-21, ABC, min.
Voices in The Headlines was an American news program broadcast on ABC radio featuring the top news stories of the day. It was hosted by long-time radio and television announcer Fred Foy.
A review of the week's news: The top news stories of the week.
Narrator: Fred Foy.
NOTE: Fred Foy, best known for his voicing the opening of THE LONE RANGER on radio joined the ABC TV announcing staff in New York in 1961. For ABC RADIO he narrated the award winning news documentary, VOICES IN THE HEADLINES a 25 minute weekly wrap up of salient news events of the week with sound bites representing the news as it was recorded.
1963-07-22, WABC, 75 min.
WABC RADIO lead in by Bruce Morrow prior to coverage of
a first round KO of Floyd Patterson by Sonny Liston broadcast live from the convention center in Las Vegas over WABC Radio in New York. Heard is a 15 minute Special Preview boxing pre-fight show with Howard Cosell who interviews Heavyweight Champion Sonny Liston and Challenger, Floyd Patterson. They give their views on how the fight will turn out. Predictions of who will win this rematch World Heavyweight Championship fight by sports columnists at ringside, Arthur Daley, Shirley Povich, Al Abrams, Bill Hines, Dick Peebles, Nat Fleischer, Jack Hand, George Whiting, Angelo Dundee, and Jim Bishop, the only one who predicts a Patterson victory. Howard Cosell is at ringside along with Les Keiter who does the blow-by-blow reporting with commentary from Rocky Marciano. Jack McCarthy announces the fighters. Mickey Allen sings the National Anthem. Number 2 contender Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) mocks Sonny Liston at ringside and in the ring. The three knockdown first round is broadcast. Extensive interviews with Joe Louis, and Rocky Marciano. Additional comments from Billy Conn and Lou Nova. Howard Cosell interviews Patterson, Cus D'amato and Liston after the fight, who discusses a possible upcoming fight with Cassius Clay in September. Les Keiter summarizes the fight. Replay of the first round. Keiter interviews Joe Louis who feels that Clay will give Liston a better fight, but cannot beat him. From the Gold Room, Sonny Liston meets the Press and answers questions.
Additional commentary by Howard Cosell and Rocky Marciano who states that Patterson should retire from the ring. Les Keiter interviews former Heavyweight Lou Nova. Sign off.
1963-07-23, WCBS, 52 min.
June 25, 1963-September 17, 1963. Keefe Brasselle hosted this variety hour, a summer replacement for "The Garry Moore Show." Regulars included Ann B. Davis, French singer Noelle Adam and former boxing champ Rocky Graziano.
1963-07-25, WNBC, 27 min.
July 26, 1962-September 13, 1962; July 25, 1963-September 12, 1963.
his was the first broadcast of the second season.
Hosted by Vic Damone, this half-hour musical variety show was a summer replacement for "Hazel" for two seasons.
1963-07-26, WNBC, 52 min.
January 27, 1961-April 21, 1961; September 28, 1961-September 21, 1964. Home viewers were able to participate in this hour-long musical series, as the lyrics to the songs were superimposed at the bottom of their screens; viewers were invited to "follow the bouncing ball" as it moved from one lyric to the next. Goateed composer-arranger Mitch Miller led the Sing-Along Gang, and on-stage aggregation of about two dozen. Among the featured vocalists were Leslie Uggams, Diana Trask, Barbara McNair, and Gloria Lambert. "Sing Along with Mitch" was introduced on "Ford Startime" in 1960 and had a limited run in the spring of 1961, alternating with "The Bell Telephone Hour," before going weekly in the fall of that year. Reruns were exhumed in the spring of 1966 to replace the faltering "Sammy Davis Jr. Show." Bill Hobin produced and directed the series.
1963-07-26, NBC, min.
September 21st, 1962- September 10th, 1965 (NBC)
A Friday night variety series starring Jack Paar. Jonathan Winters was a frequent guest on the show.
Guests are Oscar Levant and Jackie Mason.
1963-08-01, WNBC, 27 min.
July 26, 1962-September 13, 1962; July 25, 1963-September 12, 1963. Hosted by Vic Damone, this half-hour musical variety show was a summer replacement for "Hazel" for two seasons.
1963-08-02, WNBC, 52 min.
January 27, 1961-April 21, 1961; September 28, 1961-September 21, 1964. Home viewers were able to participate in this hour-long musical series, as the lyrics to the songs were superimposed at the bottom of their screens; viewers were invited to "follow the bouncing ball" as it moved from one lyric to the next. Goateed composer-arranger Mitch Miller led the Sing-Along Gang, and on-stage aggregation of about two dozen. Among the featured vocalists were Leslie Uggams, Diana Trask, Barbara McNair, and Gloria Lambert. "Sing Along with Mitch" was introduced on "Ford Startime" in 1960 and had a limited run in the spring of 1961, alternating with "The Bell Telephone Hour," before going weekly in the fall of that year. Reruns were exhumed in the spring of 1966 to replace the faltering "Sammy Davis Jr. Show." Bill Hobin produced and directed the series.
1963-08-09, WNBC, 52 min.
January 27, 1961-April 21, 1961; September 28, 1961-September 21, 1964. This was the "Minstrel Show" broadcast. Home viewers were able to participate in this hour-long musical series, as the lyrics to the songs were superimposed at the bottom of their screens; viewers were invited to "follow the bouncing ball" as it moved from one lyric to the next. Goateed composer-arranger Mitch Miller led the Sing-Along Gang, and on-stage aggregation of about two dozen. Among the featured vocalists were Leslie Uggams, Diana Trask, Barbara McNair, and Gloria Lambert. "Sing Along with Mitch" was introduced on "Ford Startime" in 1960 and had a limited run in the spring of 1961, alternating with "The Bell Telephone Hour," before going weekly in the fall of that year. Reruns were exhumed in the spring of 1966 to replace the faltering "Sammy Davis Jr. Show." Bill Hobin produced and directed the series.
1963-08-10, WABC, 52 min.
July 2, 1955-September 4, 1971; 1971-1982 (Syndicated). This was the "Helena Polka" broadcast. "The Lawrence Welk Show" presented middle-of-the-road music for almost three decades. Numbers were performed by the members of Welk's television family. That large group included the Lennon Sisters (Dianne, Peggy, Kathy and Janet), Alice Lon, Norma Zimmer, Tanya Falan, Arthur Duncan, Joe Feeney, Guy Hovis, Jim Roberts, Ralna English, Larry Hooper, Jerry Burke and former Mouseketeer Bobby Burgess.
1963-08-10, , min.
The Kennedy baby is buried following death from respiratory ailments, Ex-Senator Estes Kefauver has died, the English police are looking for clues in the great mail robbery in which $7 million dollars was stolen, White Castle diners to employ more negroes, Catholics to support August 28th march to Washington,
volunteer teachers to go to Virginia to instruct schooling negroes on Prince Edward Island.
1963-08-11, ABC, 27 min.
An ABC special report on the "Civil Rights Crisis."
Ron Cochran reports. The first of five programs.
The Negro drive to turn rights into realities is the subject of five half-hour weekly reports. Ron Cochran is the anchor man in New York City. Other newsmen reporting: John Rolfson, Richard Bate, Roger Sharp.
In tonight's program, "CHRONOLOGY OF CRISIS," a brief history of Negro life in the US.is followed by an outline of civil rights developments since World War 2 that led up to the present. situation.
From his home in Atlanta Martin Luther King is interviewed by correspondent Roger Sharp. Others interviewed on this program include Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, Atlanta publisher Ralph McGill, and Dr. Kenneth Clark, New York psychologist.
Also included: An ad for "Hootenanny."
1963-08-11, , 7 min.
Nicholas Luard co-founder of the iconic comet night club, THE ESTABLISHMENT, is interviewed.
David Frost, performer, contributes commentary and skits related to the topic of "Class Society" in the UK.
One of the earliest radio/television appearances in the United States by David Frost contributing a special filming for a specific broadcast.
The Establishment was a London nightclub which opened in October 1961, at 18 Greek Street, Soho and which became known in retrospect for satire although at the time was a venue more commonly booking jazz acts and used for other events. It was founded by Peter Cook and Nicholas Luard, both of whom were also important in the history of the magazine Private Eye. The name "The Establishment" is a play on the meaning of "establishment" as in "institution," i.e. the club itself, and the broader definition meaning the prevailing social order of the time, which the satirists who founded, funded and performed at the club typically undermined.
The venue allowed the opportunity for budding comedians and satirists to perform new material in a nightclub setting, outside the jurisdiction of the Lord Chamberlain, whose censorship of language and content was a problem for many performers. Some who appeared included Lenny Bruce in 1962 (subsequently banned from entering the UK a year later), Barry Humphries (as Edna Everage), and musically, The Dudley Moore Trio. The Establishment, a tie-in album of comedy routines and sketches featuring John Bird, John Fortune, Eleanor Bron and Jeremy Geidt, was released on the Parlophone label in 1963.
The Establishment in London closed in 1964.
1963-08-13, WPIX, 35 min.
Steve Allen and guest Burt Lancaster discuss among other topics, Civil Rights and the upcoming Aug. 28 March on Washington.
1963-08-13, SYN, min.
June 25th, 1962-1964 (Syndicated)
A daily ninety-minute talk show hosted by Steve Allen and sponsored by Westinghouse.
Steve Allen's guest is Burt Lancaster. They discuss civil rights.
Host: Steve Allen.
1963-08-14, WABC, 52 min.
Leisure time is the theme of this Bing Crosby Special as Bing and his guests explore "The Good Life In The USA." This program is a repeat of the show from May 14, 1962.
1963-08-15, WNBC, 27 min.
July 26, 1962-September 13, 1962; July 25, 1963-September 12, 1963. Hosted by Vic Damone, this half-hour musical variety show was a summer replacement for "Hazel" for two seasons.
Guests include Mel Torme, Frances Faye, Charlie Barnet, Eduardo Sasson, the Eddie Cano Quartet, and comedians Dick Gautier, Ronnie Schell and Dick Patterson. the comics run through their routines from night-club settings in Dallas, San Francisco and Minneapolis.
HIGHLIGHTS:
"All Right, Ok, You Win".........................Vic Damone
"Panchito"..............................Eddie Cano Quartet
"Malaguena"...............................Eduardo Sasson
"Cherokee," "Pompton Turnpike," "Skyliner".....Charlie Barnet
"Bess, You is My Woman Now"......Mel Torme, Francis Faye
1963-08-16, WNBC, 52 min.
January 27, 1961-April 21, 1961; September 28, 1961-September 21, 1964. Home viewers were able to participate in this hour-long musical series, as the lyrics to the songs were superimposed at the bottom of their screens; viewers were invited to "follow the bouncing ball" as it moved from one lyric to the next. Goateed composer-arranger Mitch Miller led the Sing-Along Gang, and on-stage aggregation of about two dozen. Among the featured vocalists were Leslie Uggams, Diana Trask, Barbara McNair, and Gloria Lambert. "Sing Along with Mitch" was introduced on "Ford Startime" in 1960 and had a limited run in the spring of 1961, alternating with "The Bell Telephone Hour," before going weekly in the fall of that year. Reruns were exhumed in the spring of 1966 to replace the faltering "Sammy Davis Jr. Show." Bill Hobin produced and directed the series.
1963-08-17, ABC, min.
April 6th, 1963- September 12th, 1964 (ABC)
Jack Linkletter hosted television's first folk music series, broadcast from a different college campus each week.
A folk-music get together with host Jack Linkletter.