Here is a retro radio schedule from the News and Courier, November 5, 1948.
Information comes from the 1948/49 Broadcasting Yearbook at www.davidgleason.com and other sources.
Charleston had seven radio stations at the time, a large number for a market of 220,000 at the time.
Here are the schedules:
WFAK 730 (Mutual, 1kw-D, Graham Weiss) Just signed on in 1947
Sign-on 6:45am
6:45- Cornfield Frolics
7:15- Hi, Neighbor Boys
7:30- Cornfield Frolics
8- Bing Crosby
8:15- Cornfield Frolics (this might have been the station's morning show)
9- Inspiration Time
9:30- Bob Poole Show (DJ show)
10- Tom Vassy, News
10:15- Market Basket
10:45- Say it with Music
11- Music from Hollywood
11:15- President Truman's Speech from Washington (preempts Music from Hollywood, Gabriel Heatter's Music Bag, Kate Smith Sings)
Noon- Kate Smith
12:15- Happy Gang
12:30- Barn Dance
12:45- Swap Shop (local)
1: Cedric Foster
1:15- Happy Gang
1:45- Passing Parade
2- Queen for a Day
2:30- Luncheon at Sardis
3- Movie Matinee
3:30- Hillbilly Hit Parade
4:00- 7-30 Club (local music show)
5- The American Scene
5:15- Sign-Off
WTMA 1250 (NBC, 5kw day, 1kw night, Atlantic Coast Broadcasting)
All programming simulcast on WTMA-FM (95.1)
6: News-Show Time (till 7am)
7: Farm Journal, Show Time
7:15: Showtime, News
7:30: Breakfast at 7:30 (7:45 news)
8: World News
8:15: Do You Remember?
8:30: Toast Time Tunes
8:45: Noveltunes-News
9: Honeymoon in N.Y.
9:30: Scrapbook
9:45: Devotions-News
10: Fred Waring
10:30: Road of Life
10:45: The Brighter Day
11: Nora Drake
11:15: We Love & Learn
11:30: Jack Berch
11:45- Lora Lawton
12: Midday News
12:15- Stamps Quartette
12:30: 1250 Club
1:15: Farm Journal-News
1:30: Robert McCormick
1:45- Melody Matinee
2: Double or Nothing
2:30: Today’s Children
2:45: Light of World
3: Life Can Be Beautiful
3:15: Ma Perkins
3:30: Pepper Young
3:45: Right to Happiness
4: Backstage Wife
4:15: Stella Dallas
4:30: Lorenzo Jones
4:45: Widder Brown
5: News-Record Session
6: News-Sports
6:15: Peter Donald
6:30: Sammy Kaye
6:45- Music for Dreaming
7: Supper Club
7:15: World News
7:30: News-Show Tunes
7:45: H.V. Kaltenborn
8: Band of America
8:30: Jimmy Durante
9: Eddie Cantor
9:30: Pabst Serenade
10: Life of Riley
10:30: Bill Stern
10:45: To Announce
11- 11th Hour News
11:15- Our Land Be Bright
11:30- Whitey Berquist
Midnight: News-Sign Off
WHAN 1340 (ABC, 250w, Charleston Broadcasting)
6: News-Hit the Deck
7: Harlem Echoes
7:30: Last Call
7:45- Mrs. Mike
8: Martin Agronsky
8:15- Riders of Purple Sage
8:30- Four Knights
8:45- George Hicks: Gems
9: Don McNeill’s Breakfast Club
10: My True Story
10:30: Magazine of Air
10:45: Pauline Fredericks
11: Kay Kyser
11:30: Ted Malone
11:45: Jo Stafford
Noon: Welcome Travelers
12:30: Salon Serenade
1: Baukhage Talking
1:15: Nancy Craig
1:30: Tops in Pops
2: Breakfast in Hollywood
2:30: Bride and Groom
3: Ladies Be Seated
3:30- Galen Drake
3:45- Listen to This
4: Second Honeymoon
4:15: Smilin’ Ed McConnell
4:30: Ethel & Albert
4:45: Nelson-Olmstead
5: Story Time
5:30: Sky King
6pm: Tune Room
6:15pm: Strictly Nuts
6:30pm: Sportscope
6:45pm: Cote Glee Club
7pm: Edwin C. Hill
7:15pm: Elmer Davis
7:30pm: The Fisherman
7:45pm: Vets Administration
8pm: The Fat Man
8:30pm: This is Your FBI
9pm: Break the Bank
9:30pm: The Sheriff
10pm: Gillette Fights (Charlie Zivic vs. Pete Mead)
10:30pm: Your American Sports Page
11pm: Tomorrow’s News
11:15pm: Joe Hasel, Sports
11:30pm: Blue Barron
Midnight: News-Night Owl
WCSC 1390 (CBS, 5kw day and night, John Rivers)
Simulcast on WCSC-FM 96.9
6: News-Yawn Patrol (news at 6, 6:30, 6:45)
7:45: Marches-News
8: CBS News
8:15: The Music Shop
8:30- Music of America
8:45- Dick Haymes
9- Morning Devotion
9:15- Barnyard Follies
9:30: Fair Booth Quiz (there was a fair in Charleston at the time)
9:45: Riddle Man
10: News-Theaters
10:15- Pearl Baum Says
10:30: Arthur Godfrey
11:30: Off the Record
11:45- King St. Kwik Klass
Noon: Wendy Warren
12:15- Commentary-News
12:30: Helen Trent
12:45- Our Gal Sunday
1: Organ Melodies
1:15- Musical Moods
1:30- Young Dr. Malone
1:45- Hospitality Time
2: City Desk-News
2:15- Claudia
2:30- This is Norah Drake
2:45- Evelyn Winters
3- Fair Booth Broadcast
3:15- Hilltop House
3:30- House Party
4- Hunt Hunt (4:15 news)
4:30- Winner Take All
5: Fair Booth Quiz
5:15- Dixie Playboys
5:30- Jimmy Allen
5:45- Herb Shriner Time
6- News-Sports
6:15: Lone Ranger
6:45- Animal Court; Music
7- Pigskin Preview
7:15- Frank Parker Show
7:30- Club 15
7:45- Edward R. Murrow
8: Jack Carson Show
8:30- Mr. Ace and Jane
9: Ford Theater
10: Phillip Morris Playhouse
10:30- Spotlight Revue
11- News-Sports
11:15- Harry James
11:30- Wax Works
Midnight: News-Sign Off
WUSN 1450 (Mutual, 250w, Southern Broadcasting) Had just signed on in 1948
6am: Carolina Roundup
6:30am: Coffee Club
7am: N’s-Tight for Day
7:15am: Coffee Club
7:45am: News
8am: Coffee Club
8:30am: News-Coffee Club
9am: News
9:15am: Just Music
9:30am: Classified Ads
9:45am: Contrast in Music
10am: News-Bing Crosby
10:15am: Bing Crosby
10:45am: Easy Rhythm
11am: News-Melody
11:15am: Jackpot
11:30am: Melody Jackpot
Noon: News-Sons of Pioneers
12:15pm: North Charleston Hour
1pm: News-Guy Lombardo
1:30pm: Classified Ads
1:45pm: Musicale
2pm: News-Dinner Music
2:30pm: WUSN Music Hall
3pm: News-Musically Yours
3:15pm: Musically Yours
4pm: News-Musically Yours
4:15pm: Musically Yours
5pm: Adventure Parade
5:15pm: Superman
5:30pm: Captain Midnight
5:45pm: Tom Mix
6pm: News
6:15pm: Sports (Poucher)
6:30pm: Charleston Supper Club
7pm: Fulton Lewis, Jr.
7:15pm: Curtain Call
7:30pm: Henry J. Taylor
7:45pm: Inside of Sports
8pm: Great Scenes from Great Plays
8:30pm: Citadel vs. Furman Freshman Football
10pm: Meet the Press
10:30pm: “A” Train
11pm: Sports and News
11:15pm: Dance Orchestra
11:45pm: Dance Orchestra-News
Midnight- Signoff
Information comes from the 1948/49 Broadcasting Yearbook at www.davidgleason.com and other sources.
Charleston had seven radio stations at the time, a large number for a market of 220,000 at the time.
Here are the schedules:
WFAK 730 (Mutual, 1kw-D, Graham Weiss) Just signed on in 1947
Sign-on 6:45am
6:45- Cornfield Frolics
7:15- Hi, Neighbor Boys
7:30- Cornfield Frolics
8- Bing Crosby
8:15- Cornfield Frolics (this might have been the station's morning show)
9- Inspiration Time
9:30- Bob Poole Show (DJ show)
10- Tom Vassy, News
10:15- Market Basket
10:45- Say it with Music
11- Music from Hollywood
11:15- President Truman's Speech from Washington (preempts Music from Hollywood, Gabriel Heatter's Music Bag, Kate Smith Sings)
Noon- Kate Smith
12:15- Happy Gang
12:30- Barn Dance
12:45- Swap Shop (local)
1: Cedric Foster
1:15- Happy Gang
1:45- Passing Parade
2- Queen for a Day
2:30- Luncheon at Sardis
3- Movie Matinee
3:30- Hillbilly Hit Parade
4:00- 7-30 Club (local music show)
5- The American Scene
5:15- Sign-Off
WTMA 1250 (NBC, 5kw day, 1kw night, Atlantic Coast Broadcasting)
All programming simulcast on WTMA-FM (95.1)
6: News-Show Time (till 7am)
7: Farm Journal, Show Time
7:15: Showtime, News
7:30: Breakfast at 7:30 (7:45 news)
8: World News
8:15: Do You Remember?
8:30: Toast Time Tunes
8:45: Noveltunes-News
9: Honeymoon in N.Y.
9:30: Scrapbook
9:45: Devotions-News
10: Fred Waring
10:30: Road of Life
10:45: The Brighter Day
11: Nora Drake
11:15: We Love & Learn
11:30: Jack Berch
11:45- Lora Lawton
12: Midday News
12:15- Stamps Quartette
12:30: 1250 Club
1:15: Farm Journal-News
1:30: Robert McCormick
1:45- Melody Matinee
2: Double or Nothing
2:30: Today’s Children
2:45: Light of World
3: Life Can Be Beautiful
3:15: Ma Perkins
3:30: Pepper Young
3:45: Right to Happiness
4: Backstage Wife
4:15: Stella Dallas
4:30: Lorenzo Jones
4:45: Widder Brown
5: News-Record Session
6: News-Sports
6:15: Peter Donald
6:30: Sammy Kaye
6:45- Music for Dreaming
7: Supper Club
7:15: World News
7:30: News-Show Tunes
7:45: H.V. Kaltenborn
8: Band of America
8:30: Jimmy Durante
9: Eddie Cantor
9:30: Pabst Serenade
10: Life of Riley
10:30: Bill Stern
10:45: To Announce
11- 11th Hour News
11:15- Our Land Be Bright
11:30- Whitey Berquist
Midnight: News-Sign Off
WHAN 1340 (ABC, 250w, Charleston Broadcasting)
6: News-Hit the Deck
7: Harlem Echoes
7:30: Last Call
7:45- Mrs. Mike
8: Martin Agronsky
8:15- Riders of Purple Sage
8:30- Four Knights
8:45- George Hicks: Gems
9: Don McNeill’s Breakfast Club
10: My True Story
10:30: Magazine of Air
10:45: Pauline Fredericks
11: Kay Kyser
11:30: Ted Malone
11:45: Jo Stafford
Noon: Welcome Travelers
12:30: Salon Serenade
1: Baukhage Talking
1:15: Nancy Craig
1:30: Tops in Pops
2: Breakfast in Hollywood
2:30: Bride and Groom
3: Ladies Be Seated
3:30- Galen Drake
3:45- Listen to This
4: Second Honeymoon
4:15: Smilin’ Ed McConnell
4:30: Ethel & Albert
4:45: Nelson-Olmstead
5: Story Time
5:30: Sky King
6pm: Tune Room
6:15pm: Strictly Nuts
6:30pm: Sportscope
6:45pm: Cote Glee Club
7pm: Edwin C. Hill
7:15pm: Elmer Davis
7:30pm: The Fisherman
7:45pm: Vets Administration
8pm: The Fat Man
8:30pm: This is Your FBI
9pm: Break the Bank
9:30pm: The Sheriff
10pm: Gillette Fights (Charlie Zivic vs. Pete Mead)
10:30pm: Your American Sports Page
11pm: Tomorrow’s News
11:15pm: Joe Hasel, Sports
11:30pm: Blue Barron
Midnight: News-Night Owl
WCSC 1390 (CBS, 5kw day and night, John Rivers)
Simulcast on WCSC-FM 96.9
6: News-Yawn Patrol (news at 6, 6:30, 6:45)
7:45: Marches-News
8: CBS News
8:15: The Music Shop
8:30- Music of America
8:45- Dick Haymes
9- Morning Devotion
9:15- Barnyard Follies
9:30: Fair Booth Quiz (there was a fair in Charleston at the time)
9:45: Riddle Man
10: News-Theaters
10:15- Pearl Baum Says
10:30: Arthur Godfrey
11:30: Off the Record
11:45- King St. Kwik Klass
Noon: Wendy Warren
12:15- Commentary-News
12:30: Helen Trent
12:45- Our Gal Sunday
1: Organ Melodies
1:15- Musical Moods
1:30- Young Dr. Malone
1:45- Hospitality Time
2: City Desk-News
2:15- Claudia
2:30- This is Norah Drake
2:45- Evelyn Winters
3- Fair Booth Broadcast
3:15- Hilltop House
3:30- House Party
4- Hunt Hunt (4:15 news)
4:30- Winner Take All
5: Fair Booth Quiz
5:15- Dixie Playboys
5:30- Jimmy Allen
5:45- Herb Shriner Time
6- News-Sports
6:15: Lone Ranger
6:45- Animal Court; Music
7- Pigskin Preview
7:15- Frank Parker Show
7:30- Club 15
7:45- Edward R. Murrow
8: Jack Carson Show
8:30- Mr. Ace and Jane
9: Ford Theater
10: Phillip Morris Playhouse
10:30- Spotlight Revue
11- News-Sports
11:15- Harry James
11:30- Wax Works
Midnight: News-Sign Off
WUSN 1450 (Mutual, 250w, Southern Broadcasting) Had just signed on in 1948
6am: Carolina Roundup
6:30am: Coffee Club
7am: N’s-Tight for Day
7:15am: Coffee Club
7:45am: News
8am: Coffee Club
8:30am: News-Coffee Club
9am: News
9:15am: Just Music
9:30am: Classified Ads
9:45am: Contrast in Music
10am: News-Bing Crosby
10:15am: Bing Crosby
10:45am: Easy Rhythm
11am: News-Melody
11:15am: Jackpot
11:30am: Melody Jackpot
Noon: News-Sons of Pioneers
12:15pm: North Charleston Hour
1pm: News-Guy Lombardo
1:30pm: Classified Ads
1:45pm: Musicale
2pm: News-Dinner Music
2:30pm: WUSN Music Hall
3pm: News-Musically Yours
3:15pm: Musically Yours
4pm: News-Musically Yours
4:15pm: Musically Yours
5pm: Adventure Parade
5:15pm: Superman
5:30pm: Captain Midnight
5:45pm: Tom Mix
6pm: News
6:15pm: Sports (Poucher)
6:30pm: Charleston Supper Club
7pm: Fulton Lewis, Jr.
7:15pm: Curtain Call
7:30pm: Henry J. Taylor
7:45pm: Inside of Sports
8pm: Great Scenes from Great Plays
8:30pm: Citadel vs. Furman Freshman Football
10pm: Meet the Press
10:30pm: “A” Train
11pm: Sports and News
11:15pm: Dance Orchestra
11:45pm: Dance Orchestra-News
Midnight- Signoff