WCBW Schedule, Week of July 27th, 1941

Here’s the schedule for WCBW, the CBS station in New York City, for the week starting Sunday, July 27th, 1941, straight from daily television listings printed in The New York Times. The station was off the air on Sunday

It was another typical week for WCBW, with the regular test patterns, news, songs, sports, and children’s stories. The Men at Work variety show on Monday featured a puppeteer, a comic, dancers, and a mimic. There were two more Metropolitan Museum of Art programs on Tuesday and Thursday. Also on Tuesday was another episode of Boys in the Back Room, which offered viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the station and its employees.

Table Talk with Helen Sioussat aired on Wednesday as usual but listings did not indicate who she was interviewing. The were two changes on Friday: the introduction of a film in the afternoon and a National Defense Show at 8:15PM. The latter show replaced a test pattern.

Sunday, July 27th, 1941
No Programs Scheduled

Monday, July 28th, 1941 [1]
2:00PM – Test Pattern
2:30PM – News Reports
2:45PM – Dancing Lesson
3:15-3:30PM – Children’s Story
7:30PM – Test Pattern
8:00PM – News
8:15PM – Joan Edwards, Songs
8:30-9:30PM – Variety Show [Men at Work]: Sue Reed, Jack Homer, Puppeteer; Hal Sherman, Comic; Toy and Wing, Dancers; Hildegarde Halliday, Mimic.

Tuesday, July 29th, 1941 [2]
2:00PM – Test Pattern
2:30PM – News
2:45PM – Boys in the Back Room
3:15-3:30PM – Children’s Story
7:30PM – Test Pattern
8:00PM – News
8:15PM – Joan Edwards, Songs
8:30PM – Metropolitan Museum of Art
9-9:30PM – Bob Edge Interviews Caswell Adams, Writer

Wednesday, July 30th, 1941 [3]
2:00PM – Test Pattern
2:30PM – News
2:45PM – Helen Sioussat Interviews
3:15-3:30PM – Children’s Story
7:30PM – Test Pattern
8:00PM – News
8:15PM – Joan Edwards, Songs
8:30-9:30PM – Quiz Program

Thursday, July 31st, 1941 [4]
2:00PM – Test Pattern
2:30PM – News Reports
2:45PM – Metropolitan Museum of Art
3:15-3:30PM – Children’s Story
7:30PM – Test Pattern
8:00PM – News
8:15PM – Sports-Bob Edge
8:30PM – Country Dance and Polish Folk Dance Societies, Adrian Hull, Caller

Friday, August 1st, 1941 [5]
2:00PM – Test Pattern
2:30PM – News Reports
2:45PM – Film
3:15-3:30PM – Children’s Story
7:30PM – Test Pattern
8:00PM – News
8:15PM – National Defense Show
9-10PM – Sports, Bob Edge

Saturday, August 2nd, 1941 [6]
2:00PM – Test Pattern
2:30-4:30PM – Film

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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