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Retro: Boston - Monday March 20, 1972

Source – Boston Sunday Globe TV Week

Note: WCVB would be broadcasting 24/7 within a matter of weeks, once everything got up and running.

2 – WGBH Boston (PBS)
9:00a Parlons Francais I
9:15a World of Science
9:30a Ripples
9:45a Physics Demonstration
10:00a Sesame Street
11:00a Meet the Arts
11:30a Que Pasa?
12:00p World Workers, Inc.
12:15p Stepping into Melody
12:30p High School Film
1:00p Mathemagic
1:15p What Can I Tell You?
1:30p The Electric Company
2:00p Places in the News
2:20p What’s My Thing
2:30p Intergroup Relations
3:00p Man and His Motives
3:30p Maggie and the Beautiful Machine
4:00p Sesame Street
5:00p Misterogers
5:30p The Electric Company
6:00p Hodgepodge Lodge
6:30p The French Chef
7:00p Louis Lyons, News
7:30p The Reporters
8:00p Special of the Week “What Did You Do In School Today?” – films of classrooms in the US and England compare educational methods and theories
10:00p Forsyte Saga “The Pursuit of Happiness”
11:00p Janaki “Total Body Massage”

4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
6:15a Sign-On Seminar
6:45a Daily Almanac
7:00a Today Show
9:00a For Women Today
10:00a Dinah’s Place
10:30a Concentration
11:00a Sale of the Century
11:30a Hollywood Squares
12:00p News, Weather
12:30p David Frost
2:00p Days of Our Lives
2:30p The Doctors
3:00p Another World
3:30p Bright Promise
4:00p Somerset
4:30p Mike Douglas
6:00p News, Weather, Sports
7:00p NBC Nightly News
7:30p You Asked for It
8:00p Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In – guests: Jean Stapleton, Vida Blue, Roman Gabriel, Andy Granatelli, Joe Namath, Sugar Ray Robinson
9:00p World Premiere “Banacek” – an investigator seeks to collect finder’s fees in a $1.6 million gold theft
11:00p News
11:30p Tonight Show – Dom DeLuise, substitute host
1:00a News
1:05a Movie “Best of the Blues” 1939 – Dorothy Lamour, Lloyd Nolan

5 – WCVB Boston (ABC)
7:00a News, Weather, Sports
7:30a Jabberwocky (premiere) – children’s program designed to expand perspectives
8:00a Romper Room (premiere) – series premier with revised local format (host not listed – I’m not sure if Miss Jean Harrington continued)
8:30a Pixanne (premiere) – elements of nature through story and song
9:00a Medical Call (premiere) – issue-oriented health and science series
9:30a The Big Valley
10:30a From A to Zenker (premiere) – interview show with Arnold Zenker
11:30a News, Weather
12:00p Password
12:30p Split Second (premiere) – question-answer game with Tom Kennedy
1:00p All My Children (it was uncleared by WNAC)
1:30p Let’s Make a Deal
2:00p The Newlywed Game
2:30p The Dating Game
3:00p General Hospital
3:30p One Life to Live
4:00p Discovery “Fast Freight to Nashville”
4:30p Love, American Style
5:00p Perry Mason
6:00p News, Weather, Sports
6:30p ABC News
7:00p To Tell the Truth
7:30p Preview Special – an inside look at WCVB-TV programming and personalities
8:00p Monday Night Special “Unsinkable Sea Otter” (Jacques Cousteau)
9:00p Movie “The Caper of the Golden Bulls” 1967 – Steven Boyd, Yvette Mimieux
11:00p News, Weather, Sports
11:30p Dick Cavett Show – F. Lee Bailey, substitute host
1:00a Medical Call

6 – WTEV New Bedford (ABC)
6:30a Jack LaLanne
6:45a News, Weather
7:00a F Troop
7:30a Leave it to Beaver
8:00a The Flying Nun
8:30a Community (local talk show)
9:00a Romper Room (Miss Kris)
9:30a Movie Game
10:00a Truth or Consequences
10:30a Gilligan’s Island
11:00a The Mothers-In-Law
11:30a Bewitched
12:00p Password
12:30p Split Second (premiere) – question-answer game with Tom Kennedy
1:00p All My Children
1:30p Let’s Make a Deal
2:00p The Newlywed Game
2:30p The Dating Game
3:00p General Hospital
3:30p One Life to Live
4:00p Love, American Style
4:30p The Flintstones
5:00p Get Smart
5:30p News, Weather, Sports
6:00p ABC News
6:30p Primus
7:00p Hogan’s Heroes
7:30p Dr. Simon Locke (better known as “Police Surgeon”)
8:00p Monday Night Special “Unsinkable Sea Otter” (Jacques Cousteau)
9:00p Movie “The Caper of the Golden Bulls” 1967 – Steven Boyd, Yvette Mimieux
11:00p News, Weather, Sports
11:30p Dick Cavett Show – F. Lee Bailey, substitute host
1:00a News

7 – WNAC Boston (CBS)
5:50a Farm and Market Report
5:55a Understanding Our World
6:00a Sunrise Semester
6:25a News, Weather, Sports
6:30a Sunrise Semester
7:00a Major Mudd
8:00a Captain Kangaroo
9:00a Paul Benzaquin (local talk show)
10:00a The Lucy Show
10:30a no program listed (CBS was running My Three Sons – it was listed for the rest of the week)
11:00a no program listed (CBS was running Family Affair – it was listed for the rest of the week)
11:30a Love of Life
12:00p News, Weather
12:30p Search for Tomorrow
1:00p News, Weather
1:30p As The World Turns
2:00p Love is a Many Splendored Thing
2:30p The Guiding Light
3:00p The Secret Storm
3:30p The Edge of Night
4:00p The Amateur’s Guide to Love (short-lived game show hosted by Gene Rayburn)
4:30p Merv Griffin
6:00p News, Weather, Sports
6:30p CBS News
7:00p What’s My Line?
7:30p Let’s Make a Deal
8:00p Gunsmoke
9:00p Here’s Lucy – Kay Ballard guests
9:30p Doris Day Show
10:00p Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
11:00p News, Weather, Sports
11:30p CBS Late Movie “Doctor, You’ve Got to Be Kidding” 1967 – Sandra Dee, George Hamilton
1:00a News

9 – WMUR Manchester (ABC)
10:30a Western Theater
11:30a Bewitched
12:00p Password
12:30p Split Second (premiere) – question-answer game with Tom Kennedy
1:00p All My Children
1:30p Let’s Make a Deal
2:00p The Newlywed Game
2:30p The Dating Game
3:00p General Hospital
3:30p One Life to Live
4:00p Love, American Style
4:30p Uncle Gus
5:30p McHale’s Navy
6:00p ABC News
6:30p News, Weather
7:00p Movie “The Sea Hawk” 1940 – Errol Flynn
9:00p Movie “The Caper of the Golden Bulls” 1967 – Steven Boyd, Yvette Mimieux
11:00p News, Weather, Sports
11:30p Dick Cavett Show – F. Lee Bailey, substitute host

10 – WJAR Providence (NBC)
6:25a TV Classroom
7:00a Today Show
9:00a David Frost Show
10:00a Dinah’s Place
10:30a Concentration
11:00a Sale of the Century
11:30a Hollywood Squarers
12:00p Jeopardy
12:30p Who, What or Where Game
1:00p Watch Your Child – the Me Too Show
1:30p Talk Back
2:00p Days of Our Lives
2:30p The Doctors
3:00p Another World
3:30p Bright Promise
4:00p Somerset
4:30p I Love Lucy
5:00p The Wild, Wild West
6:00p News, Weather, Sports
7:00p NBC Nightly News
7:30p To Tell the Truth
8:00p Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In – guests: Jean Stapleton, Vida Blue, Roman Gabriel, Andy Granatelli, Joe Namath, Sugar Ray Robinson
9:00p World Premiere “Banacek” – an investigator seeks to collect finder’s fees in a $1.6 million gold theft
11:00p News
11:30p Tonight Show – Dom DeLuise, substitute host
1:00a News

11 – WENH Durham (PBS)
9:00a Imagine That
9:15a Our New Hampshire
9:30a Ripples
9:45a Playground
10:15a Let’s See America
10:40a World of Change
11:00a The Electric Company
12:00p Sesame Street
1:20p All About You
1:35p Developmental Reading
2:00p Places in the News
2:20p Cover to Cover
3:00p Course of Our Times
3:30p Designing Women
4:00p Sesame Street
5:00p Misterogers
5:30p The Electric Company
6:00p Forsyte Saga
6:45p Critic At Large
7:00p Louis Lyons, News
7:30p How Do Your Children Grow?
8:00p Special of the Week “What Did You Do In School Today?” – films of classrooms in the US and England compare educational methods and theories
10:00p Martin Agronsky, News

12 – WPRI Providence (CBS)
6:30a Sunrise Semester
7:00a CBS News
8:00a Captain Kangaroo
9:00a Dialing for Dollars
9:30a Direct Question
10:00a The Lucy Show
10:30a My Three Sons
11:00a Family Affair
11:30a Love of Life
12:00p News, Weather
12:30p Search for Tomorrow
1:00p The Phil Donahue Show
1:30p As The World Turns
2:00p Love is a Many Splendored Thing
2:30p The Guiding Light
3:00p The Secret Storm
3:30p The Edge of Night
4:00p The Deputy
4:30p Merv Griffin
6:00p News, Weather, Sports
6:30p CBS News
7:00p What’s My Line?
7:30p I Dream of Jeannie
8:00p Gunsmoke
9:00p Here’s Lucy – Kay Ballard guests
9:30p Doris Day Show
10:00p Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
11:00p News, Weather, Sports
11:30p CBS Late Movie “Doctor, You’ve Got to Be Kidding” 1967 – Sandra Dee, George Hamilton

27 – WSMW Worcester (Ind)
12:00p Movie “Who Stole the Body” 1962 – Elke Sommer
1:30p Today’s Woman
2:00p Bold Journey
2:30p Ed Allen
3:00p Today’s Woman
3:25p Consumer Wants to Know
3:30p Racing from Suffolk Downs
4:00p Laurel and Hardy
4:30p Bozo’s Big Top (local version)
5:00p Popeye
5:30p Lassie
6:00p Petticoat Junction
6:30p Movie “Brigham Young” 1940 – Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell
8:30p Movie “No Place for Jennifer” 1949
10:00p News, Weather
10:25p Consumer Wants to Know
10:30p Mantrap
11:00p News

38 – WSBK Boston (Ind)
11:20a Jack LaLanne
11:50a Fashions in Sewing
12:00p Jeopardy (from NBC)
12:30p Who, What or Where Game (from NBC)
1:00p What Every Woman Wants to Know (premiere) – Bess Myerson
1:30p Three on a Match (from NBC)
2:00p Tom Larson (local talk show – Tom was also the long-time studio host for Bruins hockey)
3:00p Porky Pig and Friends
3:30p Magilla Gorilla and Peter Potamas
4:00p Bugs Bunny-Road Runner
4:30p Three Stooges
4:50p Sportsclub
4:55p Three Stooges
5:30p The Munsters
6:00p I Dream of Jeannie
6:30p McHale’s Navy
7:00p Hogan’s Heroes
7:30p I Dream of Jeannie
8:00p Daniel Boone
9:00p The Phil Donahue Show – guest: Buffy St. Marie
10:00p Of Lands and Seas “On the Rooftops of Europe”
11:00p Movie “Mission to Paradise” 1945

44 – WGBX Boston (PBS)
3:00p Calculus Revisited
4:00p Sesame Street
5:00p Misterogers
5:30p The Electric Company
6:00p Hodgepodge Lodge
6:30p The French Chef
7:00p Computer Science
7:30p Hathayoga
8:00p Soul!
9:00p Time Check
9:30p The Reporters
10:00p Martin Agronsky, news

56 – WKBG Boston (Ind)
11:15a News Talk
11:30a New Zoo Revue
12:00p Kimba
12:30p Underdog
1:00p The Galloping Gourmet
1:30p Movie “Scandal” 1963
3:00p Kimba
3:30p Yogi Bear
4:00p The Flintstones
4:30p Speed Racer
5:00p Lost in Space
6:00p The Flintstones
6:30p Gilligan’s Island
7:00p I Love Lucy
7:30p Dragnet
8:00p Movie “The Black Rose” 1950 – Tyrone Power, Orson Welles
10:00p It Takes a Theif
11:00p One Step Beyond
11:30p Movie “Mind Benders” 1963 – Dirk Bogarde, Mary Ure
 
Thanks for the post.

MCarney said:
8:00a Romper Room (premiere) – series premier with revised local format (host not listed – I’m not sure if Miss Jean Harrington continued)

I seem to remember reading about that time that the show was changing format and that under the new format no Romper Room toys would be advertised.
 
Believe me I remember the commercialization in Romper Room. For Christmas 1971 I asked for a Do Bee Dough Machine but didn't get one. By the time March 1972 came around I was in morning Kindergarten and couldn't watch the program. I do know that Bill Harrington, Miss Jean's husband, was with WCVB for a long time.
 
MCarney said:
Believe me I remember the commercialization in Romper Room. For Christmas 1971 I asked for a Do Bee Dough Machine but didn't get one. By the time March 1972 came around I was in morning Kindergarten and couldn't watch the program. I do know that Bill Harrington, Miss Jean's husband, was with WCVB for a long time.
Miss Jean did not follow over to WCVB-TV after WHDH-TV left the air on 3/19/72. I believe WCVB used a generic (national) version of Romper Room from Claster Productions that was available to stations that did not produce local versions of "Romper Room". But, yes.... Bill Harrington made the move to Needham (WCVB-TV) and stayed at Channel 5 for many years thereafter.
 
I was Miss Kris on WTEV-Channel 6 during the time that TV personalities stopped doing commercials during their shows. The Association for Children's Television became active around 1970-1971 and, as children's show personalities, we were no longer able to do commercials. Starting in 1972, Romper Room National (Claster Productions) began making "canned" shows available to TV markets featuring Miss Sally (the daughter of the original RR teacher, Miss Nancy) at a cost that was lower than local stations could produce the show. Thus, the local personalities and local children were no longer featured on the show.
 
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