Kentucky’s public TV stations — but not Cincinnati or Dayton stations for now — will broadcast a four-part series this month about Cincinnati’s live television shows starring Bob Braun, Nick Clooney, and Ruth Lyons.
The Golden Age of Local Television, produced and directed by C.M. Brown through the Telecommunications Board of Northern Kentucky in Covington, premieres 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, on over-the-air WCVN-TV (Channel 54.3), and on Spectrum cable systems in Greater Cincinnati (Channel 981) and Northern Kentucky (193). Altafiber does not carry KETKY Channel 54.3.
It also airs throughout Kentucky on the KETKY channel which broadcasts the Kentucky legislature and programs about Kentucky people, places, history, and issues.
The first episode features Dick Murgatroyd, who came to WLWT-TV in 1966 to produce and direct Lyons’ live noon 50-50 Club and its successor The Bob Braun Show. In the late 1960s, WLWT had three live weekday shows — Paul Dixon, Braun, and an afternoon show hosted by Vivienne Della Chiesa, each with an orchestra and studio audiences every day — and on weekends Channel 5 aired the Midwestern Hayride country music showcase…