A week's TV schedule from 1932...yes, really

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A week's TV schedule from 1932...yes, really Jun 23, 2017 9:50:49 GMT

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A week of New York City television schedules. This is, of course, mechanical television.

I may have mistyped some of these.

Monday 26 September 1932:
W2XAB
8:00PM - The Television Ghost
8;15PM - Piano Lessons
8:30PM - Ukulele, Jack Peterson
8:45PM - Baseball scores, correct time
8:50PM - Wide World Revue
9:15PM - Everybody's New York
9:30PM - Muriel Asche and Kiddies

W2XBS:
7:00PM tp 10:00PM - Experimental programs

W2XR:
5:00PM - Experimental programs
7:00PM - Cartoons
8;00PM - Films with sound
9:00PM - Cartoons

Tuesday 27 September 1932:
W2XAB
8:00PM - Fashion show, Gladys Kahn
8:15PM - Baby Ruth Parkin, dance and song act
8:25PM - Baseball scores
8:30PM - Peggy Soennecksen, pianist
8:45PM - Talkie Songs
9:00PM - One-man jazz band, Vincent Mondi
9:15PM - Tashamira, dancer
9:30PM - Boxing
9:45PM - Sam Brent, baritone

W2XBS:
2:00PM to 5:00PM - Experimental programs

W2XR
5:00PM - Experimental programs
7:00PM - Cartoons
8:00PM - Films with sound
9:00PM - Cartoons

Wednesday 28 September 1932:
W2XAB
8:00PM - Television Magic
8:15PM - Baseball scores
8:16PM - Grace Voss, dancer
8:30PM - Hair fashions
8:45PM - Senator Nutt and his Guffawians
9:00PM - George Britton, songs
9:15PM - Beauty Talk
9:30PM - Dramatic pantomimes, featuring Estelle Sydney
9:45PM - Musical Pastels

W2XBS
7:00PM to 10:00PM - Experimental programs

W2XR
5:00PM - Experimental programs
7:00PM - Cartoons
8:00PM - Films with sound
9:00PM - Cartoons

Thursday 29 September 1932:
W2XAB
8:00PM - Harry Fries and his Musical Saw
8:15PM - Songs, Connie O'Neill
8:30PM - Tele-talkies
8:45PM - Marion Harwick, dancer
9:00PM - Mortimer Miller, pianist
9:14PM - Baseball scores
9:15PM - Chalk chats, Lou Hanlon
9:30PM - Burnett Sisters, songs
9:45PM - Helen Haynes, songs (no, not Helen Hayes)

W2XBS
2:00PM to 5:00PM - Experimental programs

W2XR
5:00PM - Experimental Programs
7:00PM - Cartoons
8;00PM - Films with sound
9:00PM - Cartoons

Friday 30 September 1932:
W2XR:
5:00PM - Experimental programs
7:00PM - Cartoons
8:00PM - Films with sound
9:00PM - Cartoons

W2XBS:
8:00PM - Phil and her uke
8:15PM - Comic strip. George Kelting
8:30PM - Aviation Interviews
8:45PM - Spaghetti and Ravioli, Italian comedy team
9:00PM - Songs, Gladys Kahn
9:15PM - Make-up tests
9:30PM - David Ramsdell, baritone
9:45PM - Gosslin sisters, songs

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A week's TV schedule from 1932...yes, really Jul 22, 2017 1:49:25 GMT Matthew the Swordsman likes this

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I would have been a loyal viewer of Harry Fries and his Musical Saw; I love the sounds of a finely tuned saw. I'm guessing Spaghetti and Ravioli would be too offensive for modern times, but it sounds intriguing.

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A week's TV schedule from 1932...yes, really Jul 22, 2017 5:51:30 GMT

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Jul 22, 2017 1:49:25 GMT marianne48 said:

I would have been a loyal viewer of Harry Fries and his Musical Saw; I love the sounds of a finely tuned saw. I'm guessing Spaghetti and Ravioli would be too offensive for modern times, but it sounds intriguing.

It's a shame no television and very little radio survives from the early 1930s, since both featured many vaudeville acts like the two you mention. Of course, we do have the Vitaphone shorts as a record of vaudeville (which reminds me, I know at least one 1930s TV star appeared in Vitaphone shorts, but I forget her name).

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telegonus Junior Member Classic Film & TV Fan @telegonus Posts: 1,405 Likes: 1,408	A week's TV schedule from 1932...yes, really Jul 23, 2017 6:15:14 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by telegonus on Jul 23, 2017 6:15:14 GMT Thanks for posting, Mr. Dacron. Do you know the earliest surviving print/kinescope/whatever of television? I don't think it was even recorded back in the Thirties.

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Jul 23, 2017 6:15:14 GMT telegonus said:

Thanks for posting, Mr. Dacron. Do you know the earliest surviving print/kinescope/whatever of television? I don't think it was even recorded back in the Thirties.

There are German programs, shot on film, from the 1930s.

The earliest kinescopes are from 1947. I've seen various kinescopes from 1948, some of which are entertaining (including two highly enjoyable classical music concerts by Arturo Toscanini. These are on DVD).

Note: there is an experimental, silent off-air recording made of British mechanical TV from the early 1930s, recorded onto a transcription disc, which suggests that mechanical TV could be entertaining.

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telegonus Junior Member Classic Film & TV Fan @telegonus Posts: 1,405 Likes: 1,408	A week's TV schedule from 1932...yes, really Jul 23, 2017 7:01:09 GMT Matthew the Swordsman likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by telegonus on Jul 23, 2017 7:01:09 GMT Thanks a bunch for the quick reply, Mr. D. You are a treasure trove of arcana.
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A week's TV schedule from 1932...yes, really Jul 23, 2017 7:05:13 GMT

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Jul 23, 2017 7:01:09 GMT telegonus said:

Thanks a bunch for the quick reply, Mr. D. You are a treasure trove of arcana.

I would like to note that I've posted many additional schedules on the decades boards from 1940s to 1990s.

Later today I plan to post a 1950s Australian schedule (which consists mostly of American shows).

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A week's TV schedule from 1932...yes, really

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Post by marianne48 on Jul 22, 2017 1:49:25 GMT

Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jul 22, 2017 5:51:30 GMT

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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jul 23, 2017 6:58:50 GMT

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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jul 23, 2017 7:05:13 GMT