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Retro: Central Florida Monday, August 18, 1969

From TV Guide, Central Florida Edition:

WESH Ch. 2 Daytona Beach/Orlando (NBC)

6:10 TV Classroom
6:40 Sunshine Almanac
6:55 Outdoors
7 AM Today (David J. McDonald, former president of
the United Steelworkers of America; Doug McClure,
Sara Lane, and Tim Matheson of "The Virginian";
anti-hunger campaigner Leonard Wolf; the psychology
of auto racing)
9 AM Galloping Gourmet
9:30 Hazel
10 AM It Takes Two (Milton Berle, Ted Cassidy, Dorothy Lamour,
and spouses)
10:25 NBC News (Nancy Dickerson)
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Personality (Bill Cullen, Sheila MacRae, Julia Meade; on film:
Robert Goulet)
11:30 Hollywood Squares (Jim Backus, Nanette Fabray, Sally Ann Howes,
Deanna Lund, Allan Sherman, Lyle Waggoner, Wally Cox, Charley
Weaver, Paul Lynde)
12 N Jeopardy!
12:30 Eye Guess
12:55 NBC News (Edwin Newman)
1 PM Newscope
1:30 You're Putting Me On (Larry Blyden, Peggy Cass, Jack Cassidy,
Nancy Dussault, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara)
2 PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say! (Charles Nelson Reilly, Betty White)
4 PM Mike Douglas (Johnny Mathis; singer Julie DeJohn; Helen Battle,
author of a book about her 14 months in an East German prison)
5:30 Newscope
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Rifleman
7:30 Tiger! Tiger! (busted pilot for a series about a professor and his
wife who move off to his new job, leaving behind a pair of orangutans
and a 500-pound tiger named Sultan, who hitch rides, ford rivers, and
avoid search parties to find their owners)
8:30 Crime
9 PM Movie: "Full Of Life"
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Tonight Show (Johnny begins his second week in Hollywood (he won't
move there permanently until 1972) with Bob Hope, Bill Cosby, and
Eva Gabor)

WEDU Ch. 3 Tampa (NET)

3:45 Cincinnati Symphony (Max Rudolf conducts the symphony in contemporary
composer Gene Gutche's Symphony No. 5, contemporary composer
Vaclav Nelhybel's "Etude Symphonique," and Tchaikovsky's "Capriccio
Italien")
4:45 Friendly Giant
5 PM What's New
5:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
6 PM Cincinnati Symphony (rerun from 3:45 PM)
7 PM What's New
7:30 Art Of Seeing (how a photographer finds abstraction in nature)
8 PM World Press
9 PM NET Journal (incidents of battered children)
10 PM R And D Review (the teleoperator, a machine which simulates the
function of the human arm)
sign off 11 PM

WDBO (WKMG) Ch. 6 Orlando (CBS)

6:15 Sunshine Almanac
6:30 Black Heritage (civil rights from 1959 to Selma; today: the rural vote)
7 AM CBS News (Joseph Benti)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Romper Room
9:30 David Frost (Gloria Swanson, Dr. Benjamin Spock, Jackie Vernon,
the singing Mighty Sparrow)
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van Dyke
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Girl Talk
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Linkletter Show (dream analyst Elsie Sechrist)
4:30 Flintstones
5 PM Gilligan's Island
5:30 Truth Or Consequences
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
7 PM F Troop
7:30 Gunsmoke
8:30 The Lucy Show (reruns replace "Here's Lucy" for the summer)
9 PM Mayberry R.F.D.
9:30 Family Affair
10 PM Jimmie Rodgers (guests: Joanie Sommers, Skiles and Henderson)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Merv Griffin (debut of his ill-fated CBS show; guests: Joe Namath,
Woody Allen, Leslie Uggams)

WFLA Ch. 8 Tampa (NBC)

6:30 Today In Florida
7 AM Today
9 AM Hazel's Hour (two episodes of "Hazel")
10 AM It Takes Two
10:25 NBC News
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Personality
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N Jeopardy!
12:30 Eye Guess
12:55 NBC News
1 PM News, Sports, Weather
1:30 Allen Ludden's Gallery (Ken Berry, Harvey Korman, TV Guide
writer Richard Warren Lewis, singer Gerri Granger, the Back
Porch Majority)
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say!
4 PM Match Game (E.J. Peaker, William Shatner)
4:25 NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
4:30 Steve Allen (Jack Benny, composer Lalo Schifrin, Shari Lewis)
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Julia (delay from Tue 8:30 PM)
7:30 Tiger! Tiger!
8:30 Movie: "The Naked And The Dead"
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Tonight Show

WFTV Ch. 9 Orlando (ABC)

8:30 Fran Carlton
9 AM Movies: "Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder" and "Who Done It?"
(second feature stars Abbott and Costello)
11:55 News
12 N Bewitched
12:30 That Girl
1 PM Dream House
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 Dating Game
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 One Life To Live
4 PM Dark Shadows
4:30 Alfred Hitchcock Hour
5:30 News, Sports, Weather
6 PM ABC News (Frank Reynolds/Howard K. Smith)
6:30 Of Lands And Seas
7:30 The Avengers
8:30 Guns Of Will Sonnett
9 PM The Outcasts
10 PM Dick Cavett (Beverly Sills, Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-NY)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Joey Bishop (the Smothers Brothers, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.,
Henry Gibson, Kreskin)

WLCY (WTSP) Ch. 10 St. Petersburg (ABC)

7 AM Accent On Learning
7:15 Open Mike
7:45 News
8 AM Russ Byrd Show
8:30 Fran Carlton
9 AM Romper Room
10 AM Loretta Young
10:30 Movie: "Cavalry Scout"
12 N Bewitched
12:30 That Girl
1 PM Dream House
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 Dating Game
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 One Life To Live
4 PM Dark Shadows
4:30 Leave It To Beaver
5 PM Gilligan's Island
5:30 News, Sports, Weather
6 PM ABC News
6:30 I Love Lucy
7 PM Travel/Adventure
7:30 Miss Florida Teenager Pageant (live from Ch. 10 studios)
9 PM The Outcasts (time approximate)
10 PM Dick Cavett
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Joey Bishop

WINK Ch. 11 Ft. Myers (CBS)

6:30 Sunshine Almanac
6:45 Good Morning
7 AM CBS News
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Jack LaLanne
9:30 Dennis Wholey (debut of his talk show; first-week guests include
Julie and David Eisenhower, Polly Bergen, Hugh O'Brian, Oliver,
Stu Gilliam, the Friends of Distinction)
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van Dyke
12 N News, Weather
12:25 CBS News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Love Of Life
1:25 News
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Linkletter Show
4:30 Mike Douglas (Duke Ellington, Phyllis Diller, Rip Taylor,
singer Linda Bennett)
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
7 PM CBS News
7:30 Gunsmoke
8:30 The Lucy Show
9 PM Mayberry R.F.D.
9:30 Family Affair
10 PM Jimmie Rodgers
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Merv Griffin

WTVT Ch. 13 Tampa (CBS)

6 AM A.M. (Ernie Lee)
7 AM News, Weather
7:05 CBS News
7:30 News, Weather
7:45 A.M. (Ernie Lee)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Dennis Wholey (see Ch. 11)
10 AM Galloping Gourmet
10:30 Linkletter Show (Sarah Vaughan, Arlene Dahl,
two-day delay from 4 PM)
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van Dyke
12 N News, Weather
12:20 Farm Report
12:25 CBS News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Love Of Life
1:25 Tampa Bay Topics
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Flintstones
4:30 Mike Douglas (co-host Rex Reed; Hans Conried, singer
Abbey Lincoln)
5:30 News, Sports, Weather
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Movie: "Kiss Them For Me"
9 PM Mayberry R.F.D.
9:30 Family Affair
10 PM Jimmie Rodgers
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:20 Editorial
11:30 Merv Griffin

WBBH Ch. 20 Ft. Myers (NBC)

6:45 Today's Answer
6:50 Gardening
7 AM Today
9 AM The (Brad) Lacey Show
10 AM It Takes Two
10:25 NBC News
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Personality
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N Jeopardy!
12:30 Eye Guess
12:55 NBC News
1 PM Galloping Gourmet
1:30 You're Putting Me On
2 PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say!
4 PM Bozo The Clown
4:30 Movie: "The Man Who Could Cheat Death"
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM This Is The Question (debated: the current Lee County
school dilemma--wonder if this involved busing)
7:30 Tiger! Tiger!
8:30 NBC Movie: "The Glory Guys"
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Tonight Show

WSUN (WTTA) Ch. 38 St. Petersburg (Ind.)

5 PM Film
5:30 The Texan
6 PM Highway Patrol
6:30 Shotgun Slade
7 PM Across The Seven Seas
7:30 Championship Sports
8:30 Championship Wrestling (probably from Tampa)

WTOG Ch. 44 St. Petersburg (Ind.)

1 PM Today In The Bay Area
1:30 You're Putting Me On (pre-empted on Ch. 8)
2 PM Days Of Our Lives (pre-empted on Ch. 8)
2:30 Rocky And His Friends
3 PM Abbott And Costello
3:30 Timmy And Lassie
4 PM Real McCoys
4:30 The Lucy Show (delay from 10 AM, pre-empted on Ch. 13)
5 PM Beverly Hillbillies (delay from 10:30 AM, pre-empted on Ch. 13)
5:30 Batman (Batman and the Green Hornet try to capture Col. Gumm)
6 PM Mister Ed
6:30 Addams Family
7 PM Alfred Hitchcock Presents (normally airs 7-8 PM)
7:30 Della Reese (normally airs at 8 PM; guests: Bill Medley of the
Righteous Brothers, dancer Susanne Charney)
8:30 NBC Movie: "The Glory Guys" (pre-empted on Ch. 8)
11 PM Westerners
11:30 Star Theatre
sign off 12:30 AM
 
It's interesting that the NBC stations i n Tampa Bay and Orlando/Daytona Beach ran their local midday newscasts at 1 P.M. instead of 12 Noon, maybe because NBC was "down" (not feeding programming) at that hour whereas they were at 12 Noon EDT.

In fact, WESH-2's 1 P.M. newscast was the only local midday newscast in the market then (of course, the Orlando/Daytona beach market was much smaller then. I think in the late sixties it ranked in the eighties; today I believe it's a Top-20 market).

In Tampa Bay, WTVT-13 had a midday newscast, but it was the only one in that market which was broadcast at 12 Noon.

WINK-11, despite being in a much smaller market, must have have dominated news ratings for why else would they not only have a Noon newscast when most stations in the larger Tampa Bay and Orlando/Daytona Beach markets did not, but an hour-long early-evening local newscast, something that only two other stations in the larger Central Florida markets (WESH and WTVT) had.
 
In fact, WESH-2's 1 P.M. newscast was the only local midday newscast in the market then (of course, the Orlando/Daytona beach market was much smaller then. I think in the late sixties it ranked in the eighties; today I believe it's a Top-20 market).

The newest Nielsen DMA rankings has Orlando/Daytona Beach now at #18, flip-flopping with Cleveland/Akron/Canton at #19.
 
Chs. 2, 8, and 20 probably wanted to keep "Jeopardy!" in pattern;
it was almost as popular then as it is now. Besides, Chs. 11 and 13
were number one in local news in their respective markets, so it
wouldn't have made much sense to go head-to-head with news at noon.
(Ch. 2 might have gotten away with it, as Ch. 6 is traditionally third in
local news in Orlando.) CBS and NBC were indeed down from 1-1:30;
ABC, with its later start in the morning, was up at 1 with "Dream House."
That show ran into a lot of controversy; as of the summer of 1969 none of
the houses won on the show had been completed, and some couples were
having to borrow more than the $7000 the show furnished them to buy the
land. The show began giving a choice of the house or a $20,000 cash payout,
but when TV Guide broke the story, the ratings began to fall, and "All My Children"
replaced "Dream House" on January 5, 1970.

By 1973, when I moved to Florida, all three affiliates in Orlando had midday
newscasts, although staggered: Ch. 9 at noon, Ch. 2 at 12:30, Ch. 6 at 1 PM.
Tampa/St/ Petersburg had an hour-long newscast ("Pulse Plus!") from 12 to 1
on Ch. 13 and a half-hour at 1 on Ch. 8. (Ch. 10 did not do a midday news then.)

Ch. 11 in Ft. Myers had dropped its noon news in favor of "The Young And The
Restless," and carried "Joker's Wild" on a three-hour delay at 1 PM. Ch. 20 did
five minutes at 12:55.
 
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