| 
 2   WCBS (CBS) | ||
| 
MORNING | ||
| 
     6:30 | 
SUNRISE
  SEMESTER  
Urban Man | |
| 
     7:00 | 
CBS
  NEWS – John Hart  | |
| 
     8:00 | 
CAPTAIN
  KANGAROO  | |
| 
     9:00 | 
LEAVE
  IT TO BEAVER – Comedy | |
| 
     9:30 | 
DONNA
  REED – Comedy  | |
| 
   10:00 | 
LUCILLE
  BALL  | |
| 
   10:30 | 
BEVERLY
  HILLBILLIES  | |
| 
   11:00 | 
FAMILY
  AFFAIR  | |
| 
   11:30 | 
LOVE
  OF LIFE – Serial  | |
| 
AFTERNOON | ||
| 
   12:00 | 
WHERE
  THE HEART IS  | |
| 
   12:25 | 
CBS
  NEWS  | |
| 
   12:30 | 
SEARCH
  FOR TOMORROW – Serial  | |
| 
     1:00 | 
GALLOPING
  GOURMET  | |
| 
     1:30 | 
AS
  THE WORLD TURNS  | |
| 
     2:00 | 
LOVE
  IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING – Serial  | |
| 
     2:30 | 
GUIDING
  LIGHT  | |
| 
     3:00 | 
SECRET
  STORM – Serial  | |
| 
     3:30 | 
EDGE
  OF NIGHT – Serial  | |
| 
     4:00 | 
GOMER
  PYLE, USMC  | |
| 
     4:30 | 
MIKE
  DOUGLAS  
Co-Host George Hamilton, Guests Skitch
  Henderson, Evie Sands, Kathryn and Arthur Murray | |
| 
EVENING | ||
| 
     6:00 | 
NEWS
  – Jim Jensen  | |
| 
     7:00 | 
CBS
  NEWS – Walter Cronkite  | |
| 
     7:30 | 
GUNSMOKE  | |
| 
     8:30 | 
HERE’S
  LUCY  | |
| 
     9:00 | 
MAYBERRY
  R.F.D.  | |
| 
     9:30 | 
DORIS
  DAY  | |
| 
   10:00 | 
CAROL
  BURNETT  
Guests: Ricardo Montalban, Cass Elliot | |
| 
   11:00 | 
NEWS
  – Bob Young  | |
| 
   11:30 | 
MERV
  GRIFFIN  
Guests: Angie Dickinson, Tim Conway,
  Lew Alcindor, Elena Verdugo, Jackie Cooper | |
| 
     1:00 | 
NEWS  | |
| 
MOVIE
  – Drama 
“The Last Hurrah” (1958) | ||
| 
     3:25 | 
MOVIE
  – Western  
“Take Me to Town” (1953) | |
Very appropriate that Channel 2 is showing The Last Hurrah, starring Spencer Tracy, on election eve; one of the great political movies of all time, as I mentioned here.
| 
 3   WTIC (HARTFORD) (CBS) | ||
| 
MORNING | ||
| 
     6:00 | 
SUNRISE
  SEMESTER  
Urban Man | |
| 
     6:30 | 
YOUR
  COMMUNITY  | |
| 
     7:00 | 
CBS
  NEWS – John Hart  | |
| 
     8:00 | 
CAPTAIN
  KANGAROO  | |
| 
     9:00 | 
HAP
  RICHARDS – Children  | |
| 
     9:15 | 
YOGI
  BEAR – Children  | |
| 
     9:30 | 
LUCILLE
  BALL  | |
| 
   10:00 | 
MOVIE
  – Drama 
“The Clown” | |
| 
   11:30 | 
LOVE
  OF LIFE – Serial  | |
| 
AFTERNOON | ||
| 
   12:00 | 
NEWS
  – Dick Bertel  | |
| 
   12:25 | 
CBS
  NEWS  | |
| 
   12:30 | 
SEARCH
  FOR TOMORROW – Serial  | |
| 
     1:00 | 
VIRGINIA
  GRAHAM  | |
| 
     1:30 | 
AS
  THE WORLD TURNS  | |
| 
     2:00 | 
LOVE
  IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING – Serial  | |
| 
     2:30 | 
GUIDING
  LIGHT  | |
| 
     3:00 | 
BEVERLY
  HILLBILLIES  | |
| 
     3:30 | 
FAMILY
  AFFAIR  | |
| 
     4:00 | 
RANGER
  STATION  | |
| 
     4:30 | 
HAZEL
  – Comedy  | |
| 
     5:00 | 
PERRY
  MASON – Mystery  | |
| 
EVENING | ||
| 
     6:00 | 
NEWS,
  WEATHER, SPORTS  | |
| 
     6:30 | 
CBS
  NEWS – Walter Cronkite  | |
| 
     7:00 | 
MOVIE
  – Drama  
“Lure of the Wilderness” (1952) | |
| 
     9:00 | 
MAYBERRY
  R.F.D.  | |
| 
     9:30 | 
DORIS
  DAY  | |
| 
   10:00 | 
CAROL
  BURNETT  
Guests: Ricardo Montalban, Cass Elliot | |
| 
   11:00 | 
NEWS
  – Bill Hanson  | |
| 
   11:25 | 
MOVIE
  – Drama 
“Blue Denim” (1959) | |
| 
     1:25 | 
NEWS
  AND WEATHER  | |
| 
 4   WNBC (NBC) | ||
| 
MORNING | ||
| 
     6:30 | 
EDUCATION
  EXCHANGE  | |
| 
     7:00 | 
TODAY  
Guests: Lady Bird Johnson, Norman
  Rockwell | |
| 
     9:00 | 
FOR
  WOMEN ONLY  | |
| 
     9:30 | 
KUP’S
  SHOW – Discussion  
Guests: Robert Mitchum, Bob Crane,
  Buddy Hackett, Eileen Fulton | |
| 
   10:00 | 
DINAH
  SHORE  
Guest: Jack Palance | |
| 
   10:30 | 
CONCENTRATION  | |
| 
   11:00 | 
SALE
  OF THE CENTURY  | |
| 
   11:30 | 
HOLLYWOOD
  SQUARES  
Guests: Godfrey Cambridge, Dennis
  Weaver, Abby Dalton, Paul Lynde, Rose Marie, Vincent Price | |
| 
AFTERNOON | ||
| 
   12:00 | 
JEOPARDY
  – Game  | |
| 
   12:30 | 
WHO,
  WHAT OR WHERE  | |
| 
     1:00 | 
IT’S
  YOUR BET – Game  
Guests: Joe Flynn, Rosey Grier, Tracy
  Reed | |
| 
     1:30 | 
WORDS
  AND MUSIC  | |
| 
     2:00 | 
DAYS
  OF OUR LIVES  | |
| 
     2:30 | 
DOCTORS
  – Serial  | |
| 
     3:00 | 
ANOTHER
  WORLD/BAY CITY – Serial  | |
| 
     3:30 | 
BRIGHT
  PROMISE  | |
| 
     4:00 | 
ANOTHER
  WORLD/SOMERSET – Serial  | |
| 
     4:30 | 
MOVIE
  – Comedy  
“Man’s Favorite Sport?” (1963) | |
| 
EVENING | ||
| 
     6:00 | 
NEWS
  – John Palmer  | |
| 
     7:00 | 
NBC
  NEWS  | |
| 
     7:30 | 
RED
  SKELTON  
Guest: Michael Landon | |
| 
     8:00 | 
ROWAN
  AND MARTIN’S LAUGH-IN – Comedy  
Guest: Carol Channing | |
| 
     9:00 | 
MOVIE
  – Crime Drama  
“Berlin Affair” (1970) | |
| 
   11:00 | 
NEWS
  – Jim Hartz  | |
| 
   11:30 | 
JOHNNY
  CARSON  
Guests: Tony Randall, Hines, Hines
  & Dad | |
| 
     1:00 | 
NEWS
  – Bob Teague  | |
| 
     1:15 | 
MOVIE
  – Adventure  
“Invincible Swordsman” (French-Italian;
  1963) | |
| 
 5   WNEW (IND.) | ||
| 
MORNING | ||
| 
     7:30 | 
CISCO
  KID – Western  | |
| 
     8:00 | 
MARINE
  BOY  | |
| 
     8:30 | 
CASPER  | |
| 
     9:00 | 
BEANY
  AND CECIL – Children  | |
| 
     9:30 | 
HUCKLEBERRY
  HOUND  | |
| 
   10:00 | 
MOVIE
  – Comedy 
“The Lady Eve” (1941) | |
| 
AFTERNOON | ||
| 
   12:00 | 
PAY
  CARDS – Game  | |
| 
   12:30 | 
YOU
  DON’T SAY! – Game  | |
| 
     1:00 | 
MOVIE
  – Comedy 
“Without Love” (1945) | |
| 
     3:00 | 
BUGS
  BUNNY – Children  | |
| 
     3:30 | 
SUPER
  HEROES – Children  | |
| 
     4:00 | 
RIFLEMAN
  – Western  | |
| 
     4:30 | 
FLINTSTONES
  – Children  | |
| 
     5:00 | 
LOST
  IN SPACE – Adventure  | |
| 
EVENING | ||
| 
     6:00 | 
FLYING
  NUN – Comedy  | |
| 
     6:30 | 
PETTICOAT
  JUNCTION  | |
| 
     7:00 | 
I
  LOVE LUCY – Comedy  | |
| 
     7:30 | 
TRUTH
  OR CONSEQUENCES  | |
| 
     8:00 | 
TO
  TELL THE TRUTH – Game  
Panelists: Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle,
  Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen | |
| 
     8:30 | 
DAVID
  FROST  
Guests: Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dana
  Valery | |
| 
   10:00 | 
NEWS
  – Bill Jorgensen  | |
| 
   11:00 | 
PEYTON
  PLACE – Serial  | |
| 
   11:30 | 
MOVIE
  – Comedy 
“The Big Hangover” (1950) | |
| 
     1:00 | 
REEL
  CAMP – Comedy  | |
| 
 7   WABC (ABC) | ||
| 
MORNING | ||
| 
     7:00 | 
LISTEN
  AND LEARN  | |
| 
     7:30 | 
NEWS
  – Tom Dunn | |
| 
     8:00 | 
A.M.
  .NEW YORK  | |
| 
     9:30 | 
MOVIE
  – Drama 
“That Brennan Girl” (1946) | |
| 
   11:30 | 
THAT
  GIRL  | |
| 
AFTERNOON | ||
| 
   12:00 | 
BEWITCHED  | |
| 
   12:30 | 
WORLD
  APART – Serial  | |
| 
     1:00 | 
ALL
  MY CHILDREN – Serial  | |
| 
     1:30 | 
LET’S
  MAKE A DEAL  | |
| 
     2:00 | 
NEWLYWED
  GAME  | |
| 
     2:30 | 
DATING
  GAME  | |
| 
     3:00 | 
GENERAL
  HOSPITAL  | |
| 
     3:30 | 
ONE
  LIFE TO LIVE  | |
| 
     4:00 | 
DARK
  SHADOWS  | |
| 
     4:30 | 
MOVIE
  – Drama  
“Bus Stop” (1956) | |
| 
EVENING | ||
| 
     6:00 | 
NEWS
  – Grimsby/Beutel  | |
| 
     7:00 | 
ABC
  NEWS  | |
| 
     7:30 | 
YOUNG
  LAWYERS  | |
| 
     8:30 | 
SILENT
  FORCE  | |
| 
     9:00 | 
PRO
  FOOTBALL  
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh | |
| 
   12:00 | 
NEWS
  – Grimsby/Beutel  | |
| 
   12:30 | 
MOVIE
  – Drama  
“The Enemy General” (1960) | |
| 
 8   WATR (NEW HAVEN) (ABC) | ||
| 
MORNING | ||
| 
     6:10 | 
NEWS | |
| 
     6:15 | 
PERSPECTIVES | |
| 
     6:45 | 
NEW
  DAY – Religion  | |
| 
     7:00 | 
MR.
  GOOBER – Children  | |
| 
     9:00 | 
CONN-TACT  | |
| 
   10:00 | 
PEYTON
  PLACE – Serial  | |
| 
   10:30 | 
BEAT
  THE CLOCK – Game  | |
| 
   11:00 | 
THAT
  GIRL  | |
| 
   11:30 | 
NEWS  | |
| 
AFTERNOON | ||
| 
   12:00 | 
MIKE
  DOUGLAS  
Co-Hosts: Sonny and Cher Guests: Barry
  Goldwater, Margaret Truman Daniel, Marty Barris | |
| 
     1:30 | 
LET’S
  MAKE A DEAL  -C- | |
| 
     2:00 | 
NEWLYWED
  GAME  | |
| 
     2:30 | 
DATING
  GAME  | |
| 
     3:00 | 
GENERAL
  HOSPITAL  | |
| 
     3:30 | 
ONE
  LIFE TO LIVE  | |
| 
     4:00 | 
DARK
  SHADOWS  | |
| 
     4:30 | 
DAVID
  FROST  
Guests: Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dana
  Valery | |
| 
EVENING | ||
| 
     6:00 | 
NEWS
  – Ralph Wenge  | |
| 
     6:30 | 
ABC
  NEWS  | |
| 
     7:00 | 
TRUTH
  OR CONSEQUENCES  | |
| 
     7:30 | 
YOUNG
  LAWYERS  | |
| 
     8:30 | 
SILENT
  FORCE  | |
| 
     9:00 | 
PRO
  FOOTBALL  
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh | |
| 
   12:00 | 
NEWS
  – Ralph Wenge  | |
| 
   12:30 | 
MOVIE
  – Drama 
“Sands of Iwo Jima” (1949) | |
| 
     2:30 | 
NEWS | |
| 
 9   WOR (IND.) | ||
| 
MORNING | ||
| 
     7:30 | 
NEWS
  AND WEATHER  | |
| 
     8:00 | 
CARTOONS  | |
| 
     9:00 | 
MOVIE
  – Drama  
“A Woman’s Secret” (1949) | |
| 
   10:30 | 
JOURNEY
  TO ADVENTURE  | |
| 
   11:00 | 
ROMPER
  ROOM  | |
| 
AFTERNOON | ||
| 
   12:00 | 
JOE
  FRANKLIN  | |
| 
     1:00 | 
MOVIE
  – Drama 
“Til the End of Time” (1946) | |
| 
     2:55 | 
NEWS | |
| 
     3:00 | 
VIRGINIA
  GRAHAM  
Guests: Nina Foch, Bob Dishy, Stanley
  Myron Handleman, Louise Huebner | |
| 
     4:00 | 
MOVIE
  GAME  
Guests: George Carlin, Joe Flynn,
  James Mason, Mary Tyler Moore, Terry Moore, Stefanie Powers | |
| 
     4:30 | 
CANDID
  CAMERA | |
| 
     5:00 | 
GILLIGAN’S
  ISLAND  | |
| 
     5:30 | 
FLIPPER
  – Drama  | |
| 
EVENING | ||
| 
     6:00 | 
GET
  SMART – Comedy  | |
| 
     6:30 | 
DICK
  VAN DYKE – Comedy  | |
| 
     7:00 | 
WHAT’S
  MY LINE – Game  
Panel: Joanna Barnes, Bert Convey,
  Arlene Francis, Soupy Sales | |
| 
     7:30 | 
DIVORCE
  COURT – Drama  | |
| 
     8:00 | 
MOVIE
  – Comedy  
“Bell, Book and Candle” (1958) | |
| 
   10:00 | 
AVENGERS
  – Adventure  | |
| 
   11:00 | 
MOVIE
  – Drama  
“The Lonely Professor” (1969) | |
| 
     1:00 | 
JOE
  FRANKLIN  | |
| 
     2:00 | 
NEWS
  AND WEATHER  | |
| 
11  WPIX (IND.) | ||
| 
MORNING | ||
| 
     7:15 | 
NEWS
  – Roy Whitfield  | |
| 
     7:30 | 
POPEYE
  – Children  | |
| 
     9:30 | 
FASHION
  IN SEWING  | |
| 
     9:40 | 
JACK
  LaLANNE – Exercise  | |
| 
   10:00 | 
TELL
  ME DR. BROTHERS  | |
| 
   10:30 | 
GOURMET
  – David Wade  | |
| 
   11:00 | 
SUBURBAN
  CLOSEUP  | |
| 
   11:30 | 
GUMBY
  – Children  | |
| 
AFTERNOON | ||
| 
   12:00 | 
BOZO
  – Children  | |
| 
   12:30 | 
UNDERDOG
  – Children  | |
| 
   12:50 | 
FASHIONS
  IN SEWING  | |
| 
     1:00 | 
STEVE
  ALLEN  | |
| 
     2:00 | 
CATHOLIC
  WINDOW  | |
| 
     2:25 | 
NEWS  | |
| 
     2:30 | 
PATTY
  DUKE – Comedy  | |
| 
     3:00 | 
POPEYE
  – Children  | |
| 
     3:30 | 
FELIX
  THE CAT – Children  | |
| 
     4:00 | 
MAGILLA
  GORILLA  | |
| 
     4:30 | 
BATMAN
  – Adventure  | |
| 
     5:00 | 
MUNSTERS
  – Comedy  | |
| 
     5:30 | 
F
  TROOP – Comedy  | |
| 
EVENING | ||
| 
     6:00 | 
LAND
  OF THE GIANTS  | |
| 
     7:00 | 
BEAT
  THE CLOCK – Game  
Guest: Bobby Rydell | |
| 
     7:30 | 
STAR
  TREK – Drama  | |
| 
     8:30 | 
DRAGNET
  – Crime Drama  | |
| 
     9:00 | 
PERRY
  MASON – Mystery | |
| 
   10:00 | 
NEWS
  – Lee Nelson  | |
| 
   11:00 | 
CAN
  YOU TOP THIS? – Game  | |
| 
   11:30 | 
MOVIE
  – Drama 
“This is My Affair” (1937) | |
| 
     1:00 | 
NEWS
  – Roy Whitfield  | |
| 
13  WNET (PBS) | ||
| 
MORNING | ||
| 
     8:30 | 
GERMAN
  - Education | |
| 
     9:00 | 
CHILDREN’S
  SPECIAL 
Special | |
| 
   10:00 | 
CLASSROOM
  – Education | |
| 
AFTERNOON | ||
| 
     3:00 | 
COLLEGE
  ADMISSIONS | |
| 
     3:30 | 
KUKLA,
  FRAN AND OLLIE  | |
| 
     4:00 | 
CHILDREN’S
  SPECIAL  
Special | |
| 
     5:00 | 
MISTEROGERS
  – Children  | |
| 
     5:30 | 
HODGEPODGE
  LODGE  | |
| 
EVENING | ||
| 
     6:00 | 
WHAT’S
  NEW – Children  | |
| 
     6:30 | 
COURSE
  OF OUR TIMES  | |
| 
     7:00 | 
PROBLEM
  SOLVING  | |
| 
     7:30 | 
POLITICAL
  TALK | |
| 
     8:00 | 
WORLD
  PRESS  | |
| 
     9:00 | 
REALITIES  | |
| 
   10:00 | 
BOOK
  BEAT  -C- | |
| 
   10:30 | 
FREE
  TIME  | |
| 
25  WNYE (EDUC.) | ||
| 
MORNING | ||
| 
     9:00 | 
CLASSROOM
  - Education | |
| 
AFTERNOON | ||
| 
     4:30 | 
MUSICAL
  INTERLUDE | |
| 
EVENING | ||
| 
     6:30 | 
SESAME
  STREET – Children  | |
| 
     7:30 | 
PLACES
  IN THE NEWS | |
| 
     8:15 | 
MOVING
  IMAGE – Filmmaking | |
| 
     8:30 | 
COMMUNITY
  REPORT | |
"Today's in-school classes: health, oceanography, black history, music, geography, arts. (7 hrs., 30 min.)" Bring back any memories?
| 
31  WNYC (IND.) | ||
| 
MORNING | ||
| 
     9:30 | 
AROUND
  THE CLOCK | |
| 
   10:00 | 
SESAME
  STREET – Children  | |
| 
   11:00 | 
CHEMISTRY
  – Education  | |
| 
AFTERNOON | ||
| 
   12:00 | 
BLACK
  FRONTIER | |
| 
     1:00 | 
CASPER
  CITRON - Interview | |
| 
     1:30 | 
AROUND
  THE CLOCK | |
| 
     2:00 | 
ADVOCATES | |
| 
     2:30 | 
NASA
  PRESENTS | |
| 
     3:00 | 
RETURN
  TO NURSING | |
| 
     3:30 | 
ONE
  TO ONE – Art  | |
| 
     4:00 | 
FORSYTE
  SAGA | |
| 
     5:00 | 
AMERICAN
  GOVERNMENT | |
| 
EVENING | ||
| 
     6:00 | 
NEWS  | |
| 
     6:15 | 
FILM | |
| 
     6:30 | 
ENVIRONMENT | |
| 
     7:00 | 
ON
  THE JOB – Fire Department | |
| 
     7:30 | 
CHEMISTRY
  - Education | |
| 
     8:30 | 
CONSULTATION | |
| 
     9:00 | 
NEW
  YORK REPORT  | |
| 
     9:30 | 
NEWS  | |
| 
     9:45 | 
FILM | |
| 
   10:00 | 
BROOKLYN
  COLLEGE | |

Mitchell,
ReplyDeleteSorry to correct you, but Channel 8 call letter's in 1970 were not WATR. Channel 8 call letters at the time was WNHC-TV. Channel 8's owner's, Triangle, also published this very magazine that we a come to love. :) However, there were forced to sell (due to media concentration and a complaint by then Pennsylvania Gov. Milton Shapp over a smear campaign against him) to CapCities. CapCities would own channel 8 until the bought the ABC network and its stations in 1985, however they were allowed to keep sister station WPVI in Philadelphia. WTNH has been under a few owner changes since then and it look like Nexstar is it's new owner.
As for WATR, that station has an interesting history. During it's early days (owned by WATR AM in Waterbury CT) it was an ABC station. By 1970, it had changed affiliation to NBC. In 1970, only WATR's network shows were listed. The reason that Channel 20 is listed instead of Hartford's Channel 30 (then WHNB) had a weak signal that could not reach Eastern Connecticut, hence WATR affiliated with NBC and its inclusion in this TV Guide Edition as it was also view-able on Long Island. By the late 70's, WATR's full listings shown(it's local programming was nothing to write home about) By 1979, Channel 30 in Hartford, had strengthened its signal to the point that covered most of Connecticut to the point that it was included in the NY Metro edition. With writing on the wall for WATR's NBC affiliation, they would lose the affiliation in 1982. New ownership decided to make it into a independent, and actually a decent one. It then in the 90's became a UPN affiliate, and later a WB affitiate before becoming a CW station. WCCT, as it is known now is owned by Tribune (also WPIX owner), but if the government approves the sale, will be owned by Sinclair.
Phew!! :)
"The Last Hurrah" was a fave on election day, not suprisingly; when it ran on Election Day 1972 it actually finished No.1 in the New York market for its timeslot. (Then again, considering the outcome of the election, it was way more interesting than the real thing.)
ReplyDeleteJust curious here ...
ReplyDeleteLooking back on my back-in-the-day comment on The Last Hurrah:
Did you ever check out who played the handsome young Monsignor?
This would include actually seeing the movie.
You'd be surprised how many people in our age group don't place him at first ...
I am expecting an answer here ...
Festus.....
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, John Rowe!
DeleteYour correct ID of "Monsignor" Ken Curtis from The Last Hurrah was the first right answer! (OK, the only one, but still ...)
Now, The Bonus Round!:
How did Ken Curtis get the part?
(Movie Buffs will know ...)
Strong morning comedy lineup from WCBS with Beaver and Donna Reed leading into CBS's lineup of Lucy/Hillbillies/Affair
ReplyDeleteI've notice that fellow CBS afilliate WTIC(now WFSB) did not carry "The Secret Storm" during this period. The former CBS station in my market, WJW (until 1994 when they defected to Fox),did not carry the then sixteen-old daytime sudser either. They also preempted "The Edge of Night". Wonder how the housewives felt about that.
DeleteWJW, however did clear "The Edge of Night", albeit on tape--delay at 10 a.m., instead of at 3:30 p.m. in pattern like WCBS Channel 2.
DeleteWTIC Channel 3 also passed on "Where the Heart Is", just like WJW.
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ReplyDeletePretty good history for WATR-TV, but Sean left two very important things out. First, WATR began on channel 53 in September 1953. It was a dual affiliation of ABC and Dumont, sharing time with the aforementioned WNHC. When DuMont shut its' operations down in August of '56, it became ABC alone. Second, WATR would switch to the stronger channel 20 in 1962, and switched nets to NBC in August '66. The Channel 53 allocation now belongs to Conneticut Public Television's WEDN in Norwich, which I have also seen listed in the NY Metro edition. WATR's full listings can also be found in another TV Guide edition, West New England.
ReplyDeleteForgot to mention the fact that WNHC-TV was on channel 6 at the time WATR first hit the air.
ReplyDelete'The Movie Game' used to be able to get celebrity guests you wouldn't see on other game shows. I remember seeing Jack Lemmon on there, for example. Maybe the celebs liked the opportunity to show off their movie knowledge.
ReplyDeleteBill Beutel was first paired with Roger Grimsby on "Eyewitness News" on WABC on Sept. 28, 1970. He replaced Tom Dunn who at this point was reduced to doing the 7:30 A.M. newscast; by year's end, dogged by an ethics scandal dating to his days in Tampa, FL, Dunn would be let go by the station (he would join WOR-TV in the next year and remain there through 1987) and replaced on that morning newscast by Robert (Bob) Miller. Except for a few months when Beutel was co-hosting the ill-fated "AM America" in 1975 (or a period in 1971 when Beutel's co-anchor was Peter Jennings - yes, THAT Peter Jennings), the pairing would span until Grimsby's ignominious firing from Channel 7 on April 16, 1986.
ReplyDelete"AM New York," meanwhile, is basically an indirect predecessor to what is today "Live With Kelly and Ryan." It premiered on May 18, 1970, some 4½ months before Kelly Ripa was born.
By this time WABC had ditched the "Best of Broadway" umbrella as used for the movies that aired after Dick Cavett. Weeknights at that point was "The 1 O'Clock Movie." Gloria DeHaven was in her last few months as "Prize Movie" hostess in the mornings; she would fall victim to industry retrenchments in the wake of loss of revenue that resulted from the ban on cigarette advertising.
"Felix the Cat" as on WPIX was syndicated by Trans-Lux. For years after 1960, there was a "Six Degrees of Felix" situation over on Times Square, as Trans-Lux made several "zippers" known as Adcasts that ran up and down the Square over the years (at the time, in use for Coca-Cola on 47th Street; another, running atop the Bond Clothes building, had its controls by that point from a rival entity, Naxon Telesign); while the EPOK display on 46th and Broadway which at the time advertised Bulova Accutron watches had cartoon loops drawn by Otto Messmer who'd animated the silent Felix cartoons in the 1920's, and for years also drew the Felix comic strip.