WCBW Schedule, Week of October 12th, 1941

Here’s the schedule for WCBW, the CBS station in New York City, for the week starting Sunday, October 12th, 1941, straight from daily television listings printed in The New York Times. As always, the station was off the air on Sunday.

It was a very typical week for WCBW. The Monday variety show featured jugglers, ballroom dancers, a tap dancer, and a comic cellist named Fred Werner.

The listings didn’t include any details for Table Talk with Helen Sioussat or either of Bob Edge’s sports programs.

The daily children’s story this week continued the station’s adaptation of the 1873 Jules Verne’s novel Around the World in Eighty Days.

Sunday, October 12th, 1941
No Programs Scheduled

Monday, October 13th, 1941 [1]
2:00PM – Test Pattern
2:30PM – News Reports
2:45PM – Boys in the Back Room
3:15PM – Children’s Story: Around the World in 80 Days
7:30PM – Test Pattern
8:00PM – News
8:15PM – Joan Edwards, Songs
8:30PM – Variety Show [Men at Work]: Two Deweys, Jugglers; The Barrys, Ballroom Dancers; Bo Jenkins, Tap Dancer; Fred Werner, Comic Cellist

Tuesday, October 14th, 1941 [2]
2:00PM – Test Pattern
2:30PM – News
2:45PM – Dancing Lesson
3:15PM – Children’s Story: Around the World in 80 Days
7:30PM – Test Pattern
8:00PM – News
8:15PM – Joan Edwards, Songs
8:30PM – Metropolitan Museum of Art
9-9:30PM – Sports–Bob Edge

Wednesday, October 15th, 1941 [3]
2:00PM – Test Pattern
2:30PM – News Reports
2:45PM – Table Talk with Helen Sioussat
3:15PM – Children’s Story: Around the World in 80 Days
7:30PM – Test Pattern
8:00PM – News Reports
8:15PM – Joan Edwards, Songs
8:30-9:30PM – Country Dance

Thursday, October 16th, 1941 [4]
2:00PM – Test Pattern
2:30PM – News Reports
2:45PM – Metropolitan Museum of Art
3:15PM – Children’s Story: Around the World in 80 Days
7:30PM – Test Pattern
8:00PM – News
8:15PM – Sports-Bob Edge
8:30-9:30PM – Visual Quiz

Friday, October 17th, 1941 [5]
2:00PM – Test Pattern
2:30PM – News Reports
2:45PM – Film
3:15PM – Children’s Story: Around the World in 80 Days
7:30PM – Test Pattern
8:00PM – News Reports
8:15PM – National Defense Program
9-10PM – Sports–Bob Edge

Saturday, October 18th, 1941 [6]
2:00PM – Test Pattern
2:30-4:30PM – Films

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.

Works Cited:

1 “Radio Today.” New York Times. 13 Oct. 1941: 34.
2 “Radio Today.” New York Times. 14 Oct. 1941: 42.

3 “Radio Today.” New York Times. 15 Oct. 1941: 42.
4 “Radio Today.” New York Times. 16 Oct. 1941: 42.
5 “Radio Today.” New York Times. 17 Oct. 1941: 44.
6 “Radio Today.” New York Times. 18 Oct. 1941: C32.


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