Wednesday, March 28, 2012

TV in Minot -1959

TV in 1959 – On a Saturday evening in January of 1959 here is what you could expect to see on TV between the two local channels. 6:30 – People are Funny or Perry Mason – 7:00 – Perry Como or Wanted Dead or Alive – 8:00 – Wrestling or Lawrence Welk – 9:00 – Theater or Gunsmoke – 9:30 – Have Gun Will Travel or The DA’s Man – 10:00 – News, Weather & Sports – 10:30 – Jubilee USA or No Gun?? – 11:00 – Theater or The Whistler ---  Pictured below: KCJB-TV in Radio City Addition (next to what is now Minot Chrysler Center) and a newspaper ad about the station


2 comments:

  1. I used to live in Radio City in the mid-60's. Had to walk to edison school from there because school didn't have free bus routes. I think it would have cost my parents $10.00 a month for my brother and me to ride the bus.

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