 In 1957, Cincinnati's mayor, Charles Taft, proclaimed a "Ruth Lyons Day".The event, held at the city's Taft Theatre, was a much larger venue than WLWT provided for its daily "50-50 Club", but it was unable to provide seating for the 100,000 ticket requests it received.The show was the top rated daytime television program in the US from 1952 to 1964 and the first program in the Cincinnati market to be broadcast in color in 1957.