WCBW Schedule, Week of August 10th, 1941

Here’s the schedule for WCBW, the CBS station in New York City, for the week starting Sunday, August 10th, 1941, straight from daily television listings printed in The New York Times. As usual, the station was off the air on Sunday and for the second week in a row was also off the air on Saturday.

It was a typical week for the station. Monday’s Men at Work variety show included a comic, dancers, acrobats, a singer, and dogs. Two more Metropolitan Museum of Art programs aired on Tuesday and Thursday. Another defense show aired on Friday.

Sunday, August 10th, 1941
No Programs Scheduled

Monday, August 11th, 1941 [1]
2:00PM – Test Pattern
2:30PM – News Reports
2:45PM – Boys in the Back Room
3:15-3:30PM – Children’s Story
7:30PM – Test Pattern
8:00PM – News
8:15PM – Tamara, Songs
8:30PM – Variety Show [Men at Work]: Henny Youngman, Comic; The Barrys, Dancers; Foley and Mason, Acrobats; Victor, Dancer; Annette, Songs; Thiessen, Dogs

Tuesday, August 12th, 1941 [2]
2:00PM – Test Pattern
2:30PM – News
2:45PM – Dancing Lesson
3:15PM – Children’s Story
3:30-4:30PM – Test Pattern
7:30PM – Test Pattern
8:00PM – News
8:15PM – Tamara, Songs
8:30PM – Metropolitan Museum of Art
9-9:30PM – Bob Edge Interviews

Wednesday, August 13th, 1941 [3]
2:00PM – Test Pattern
2:30PM – News
2:45PM – Helen Sioussat Interviews James Madison Blackwell, Lydia Banning, Ellsworth Alvort, Frank Chadorov
3:15PM – Children’s Story
3:30-4:30PM – Test Pattern
7:30PM – Test Pattern
8:00PM – News
8:15PM – Tamara, Songs
8:30-9:30PM – Quiz Program

Thursday, August 14th, 1941 [4]
2:00PM – Test Pattern
2:30PM – News Reports
2:45PM – Metropolitan Museum of Art
3:15PM – Children’s Story
3:30-4:30PM – Test Pattern
7:30PM – Test Pattern
8:00PM – News
8:15PM – Sports-Bob Edge
8:30PM – Country Dance and Swedish Folk Dance Societies, Adrian Hull, Caller

Friday, August 15th, 1941 [5]
2:00PM – Test Pattern
2:30PM – News Reports
2:45PM – Film
3:15PM – Children’s Story
3:30-4:30PM – Test Pattern
7:30PM – Test Pattern
8:00PM – News
8:15PM – National Defense Show
9-10PM – Sports, Bob Edge

Saturday, August 16th, 1941
No Programs Scheduled

Note: Television listings published in newspapers were based on information provided by stations and were subject to change at the last minute. They may not be an accurate representation of what actually aired.

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