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This is the Chicago TV schedule from the day I was born in the western suburb of Oak Park that day.
2 WBBM (CBS)
AM
5:50 Thought for the Day
5:55 Local News
6:00 Sunrise Semester
6:30 Let's Speak English
7:00 CBS Morning News - John Hart
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
9:00 The Lucy Show
9:30 The Beverly Hillbillies
10:00 Family Affair
10:30 Love of Life
11:00 Where the Heart Is
11:25 CBS Mid-Day News - Douglas Edwards
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
PM
12:00 The Big News - Bob Jamieson (future NBC News anchor)
12:15 The Lee Phillip Show (local talk show)
12:30 As the World Turns
1:00 Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
1:30 The Guiding Light ('The' was dropped in 1975)
2:00 The Secret Storm
2:30 The Edge of Night
3:00 Gomer Pyle, USMC
3:30 The Early Show (Movie) - "Close to My Heart"
5:00 The Big News - Wayne Farriss
5:55 WBBM-TV Editiorial
6:00 CBS Evening News - Walter Cronkite
6:30 Gunsmoke
7:30 Here's Lucy
8:00 Mayberry, RFD
8:30 The Doris Day Show
9:00 The Carol Burnett Show - Guests: Jerry Lewis and Leslie Uggams
10:00 Local News - Wayne Farriss
10:25 WBBM-TV Editorial
10:30 The Merv Griffin Show - Guests: Jerry Lee Lewis, Anna Moffo, Oral Roberts
AM
12:00 The Late Show (Movie) - "Frontier Gal"
1:55 Local News
2:00 Meditation
5 WMAQ (NBC)
AM
5:40 Today's Meditation
5:45 Town and Farm
6:00 Education Exchange
6:30 Today in Chicago
7:00 Today - Hugh Downs, Barbara Walters, Frank Blair
9:00 Dinah's Place
9:30 Concentration - Bob Clayton
10:00 Sale of the Century - Jack Kelly
10:30 The Hollywood Squares (guest panelists: Karen Valentine, Phil Silvers, Richard Crenna, Della Reese; regular panelists: Wally Cox, Charley Weaver, Rose Marie, Jan Murray, Paul Lynde)
11:00 Jeopardy! - Art Fleming
11:00 The Who, What, or Where Game - Art James
11:55 NBC News - Floyd Kalber
PM
12:00 Local News - John Dancy, Jorie Lueloff
12:30 Words and Music - Wink Martindale
1:00 Days of Our Lives
1:30 The Doctos
2:00 Another World
2:30 Bright Promise
3:00 Somerset
3:30 The David Frost Show
5:00 News 5 - Jim Ruddle
6:00 NBC Nightly News - John Chancellor, David Brinkley, and/or Frank McGee
6:30 The Red Skelton Show - Guest: Jill St. John
7:00 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In - Guests: Johnny Carson, Gore Vidal, Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty
8:00 NBC World Premiere Movie - "The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill"
10:00 News 5 - Jim Ruddle
10:30 Tonight Show - Guest Host: David Steinbeck; Guests: Richard Chamberlain, Elaine Stritch, Peter Stone, Helen Gurley Brown; Musical Guests: Bette Midler, Monti Rock
AM
12:00 The (Steve) Allen Show
1:00 Some of My Best Friends
1:30 News
7 WLS (ABC)
AM
6:25 Reflections
7:00 News
7:05 Kennedy and Company - Bob Kennedy
8:30 Prize Movie - "Ride Beyond Vengeance"
10:30 That Girl
11:00 Bewitched
11:30 A World Apart
PM
12:00 All My Children
12:30 Let's Make a Deal
1:00 The Newlywed Game
1:30 The Dating Game
2:00 General Hospital
2:30 One Life to Live
3:00 Dark Shadows
3:30 Feature Film - "Dear Brigitte"
5:00 Flynn-Daly Eyewitness News - Fahey Flynn, Joel Daly
5:30 ABC Evening News - Harry Reasoner, Howard K. Smith
6:00 Flynn-Daly Eyewitness News
6:30 ABC Special: The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau - "Lagoon of Lost Ships"
7:30 The Silent Force
8:00 ABC Monday Night Movie - "Fathom"
10:00 Flynn-Daly Eyewitness News
10:30 The Dick Cavett Show - Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Dave Meggyesy
AM
12:00 Chicago - Howard Miller
1:00 Perspectives
2:00 Reflections
9 WGN (Independent)
AM
6:15 News
6:30 5 Minutes to Live By
6:35 Top o' the Morning
7:00 Ray Rayner and Friends
8:30 Romper Room
9:00 Exercise with Gloria
9:30 The Jim Conway Show
10:50 Fashions in Sewing
11:00 The Virginia Graham Show
PM
12:00 Bozo's Circus
1:00 The Mike Douglas Show - Guest Co-Host: Robert Morse; Guests: Rudy Vallee, Pearl Mesta, Enrico Rigga, Vernher von Braun
2:30 What's My Line? - Wally Bruner
3:00 Beat the Clock - Jack Narz
3:30 Garfield Goose and Friends - Frazier Thomas
4:00 Flipper
4:30 The Flintstones
5:05 Newsnine - Jack Taylor
5:30 Gilligan's Island
6:00 The Dick Van Dyke Show
6:30 Star Trek
7:30 It Takes a Thief
8:30 Dragnet (1967-70 version)
9:00 Perry Mason
10:00 Newsnine - Jack Taylor
10:30 WGN-TV Presents - "Public Enemy"
AM
12:40 Late Movie - "Stella"
2:20 News
2:25 5 Minutes to Live By
11 WTTW (PBS)
AM
7:30 TV High School
8:05 TV College - Social Science
9:00 Sesame Street
10:03 Physics Demonstrations
10:20 Americans All
10:45 All About You
11:15 TV College - Music
PM
12:05 TV College - Child Psychology
1:00 Matter of Fiction
1:22 Man in America
1:54 Let's Explore Science
2:11 Sing Along With Me
2:28 Stepping Into Rhythm
2:45 TV College - French
3:30 Sesame Street
4:30 Misterogers' Neighborhood (spelling changed to "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" the following month)
5:00 What's New?
5:30 Chimney Corner
5:45 The Friendly Giant
6:00 Magic Carpet
6:15 TV College
7:00 World Press
7:30 Silent Force
8:00 Realities
9:00 Book Beat
9:30 Fact of the Matter
10:00 Antiques IV
10:30 You!
20 WXXW (Instructional)
AM
9:10 Secondary Developmental Reading
9:40 Let's See America
10:15 Language Corner
10:35 Word Magic
10:55 Children's Literature
PM
1:05 Meet the Arts
1:40 Places in the News
2:05 Just Wondering
2:24 Wordsmith
26 WCIU (Independent)
AM
8:30 Black's Pre-School Fun
9:00 Stock Market Reports (continuous coverage until close of Market)
PM
4:00 Black's Pre-School Fun
4:30 Soul Train - Guests: The Mod Singers
5:30 Spanish Drama
6:00 Spanish News, Sports, and Weather
6:20 Job Openings
6:30 Today's Racing
7:00 The Turin Acevedo Show (Puerto Rican variety show)
10:00 A Black's View of the News
10:30 Unsung Heroes
32 WFLD (Independent)
PM
2:10 What's Happening (discussion series; sitcom by that same name would not be around until 1976)
2:30 Galloping Gourmet
3:00 Speed Racer
3:30 Cartoon Town - Bill Jackson (aka B.J.)
4:30 The Addams Family
5:00 The Flying Nun
5:30 The Rifleman
6:00 The Munsters
6:30 Get Smart
7:00 The Avengers
8:00 The Felony Squad
8:30 Truth or Consequences - Bob Barker
9:00 Of Lands and Seas
9:55 News
10:00 The Honeymooners
10:30 Movie - "Lonely Hearts"
AM
12:30 News
44 WSNS (Independent)
PM
12:00 Instant News (continuous covereage until 8:00 PM)
8:00 The Odell/Marshall Report - Mary Jane Odell, Linda Marshall
10:00 The Square World of Ed Butler
10:30 The Odell/Marshall Report
11:00 The Marshall/Saunders Report - Linda Marshall, Warner Saunders
11:15 Of Stars, Seers, and the Supernatural
11:30 Underground News - Chuck Collins
SOURCES: The Chicago Tribune via newspapers.com and The Chicago Daily News via geneologybank.com.
2 WBBM (CBS)
AM
5:50 Thought for the Day
5:55 Local News
6:00 Sunrise Semester
6:30 Let's Speak English
7:00 CBS Morning News - John Hart
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
9:00 The Lucy Show
9:30 The Beverly Hillbillies
10:00 Family Affair
10:30 Love of Life
11:00 Where the Heart Is
11:25 CBS Mid-Day News - Douglas Edwards
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
PM
12:00 The Big News - Bob Jamieson (future NBC News anchor)
12:15 The Lee Phillip Show (local talk show)
12:30 As the World Turns
1:00 Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
1:30 The Guiding Light ('The' was dropped in 1975)
2:00 The Secret Storm
2:30 The Edge of Night
3:00 Gomer Pyle, USMC
3:30 The Early Show (Movie) - "Close to My Heart"
5:00 The Big News - Wayne Farriss
5:55 WBBM-TV Editiorial
6:00 CBS Evening News - Walter Cronkite
6:30 Gunsmoke
7:30 Here's Lucy
8:00 Mayberry, RFD
8:30 The Doris Day Show
9:00 The Carol Burnett Show - Guests: Jerry Lewis and Leslie Uggams
10:00 Local News - Wayne Farriss
10:25 WBBM-TV Editorial
10:30 The Merv Griffin Show - Guests: Jerry Lee Lewis, Anna Moffo, Oral Roberts
AM
12:00 The Late Show (Movie) - "Frontier Gal"
1:55 Local News
2:00 Meditation
5 WMAQ (NBC)
AM
5:40 Today's Meditation
5:45 Town and Farm
6:00 Education Exchange
6:30 Today in Chicago
7:00 Today - Hugh Downs, Barbara Walters, Frank Blair
9:00 Dinah's Place
9:30 Concentration - Bob Clayton
10:00 Sale of the Century - Jack Kelly
10:30 The Hollywood Squares (guest panelists: Karen Valentine, Phil Silvers, Richard Crenna, Della Reese; regular panelists: Wally Cox, Charley Weaver, Rose Marie, Jan Murray, Paul Lynde)
11:00 Jeopardy! - Art Fleming
11:00 The Who, What, or Where Game - Art James
11:55 NBC News - Floyd Kalber
PM
12:00 Local News - John Dancy, Jorie Lueloff
12:30 Words and Music - Wink Martindale
1:00 Days of Our Lives
1:30 The Doctos
2:00 Another World
2:30 Bright Promise
3:00 Somerset
3:30 The David Frost Show
5:00 News 5 - Jim Ruddle
6:00 NBC Nightly News - John Chancellor, David Brinkley, and/or Frank McGee
6:30 The Red Skelton Show - Guest: Jill St. John
7:00 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In - Guests: Johnny Carson, Gore Vidal, Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty
8:00 NBC World Premiere Movie - "The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill"
10:00 News 5 - Jim Ruddle
10:30 Tonight Show - Guest Host: David Steinbeck; Guests: Richard Chamberlain, Elaine Stritch, Peter Stone, Helen Gurley Brown; Musical Guests: Bette Midler, Monti Rock
AM
12:00 The (Steve) Allen Show
1:00 Some of My Best Friends
1:30 News
7 WLS (ABC)
AM
6:25 Reflections
7:00 News
7:05 Kennedy and Company - Bob Kennedy
8:30 Prize Movie - "Ride Beyond Vengeance"
10:30 That Girl
11:00 Bewitched
11:30 A World Apart
PM
12:00 All My Children
12:30 Let's Make a Deal
1:00 The Newlywed Game
1:30 The Dating Game
2:00 General Hospital
2:30 One Life to Live
3:00 Dark Shadows
3:30 Feature Film - "Dear Brigitte"
5:00 Flynn-Daly Eyewitness News - Fahey Flynn, Joel Daly
5:30 ABC Evening News - Harry Reasoner, Howard K. Smith
6:00 Flynn-Daly Eyewitness News
6:30 ABC Special: The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau - "Lagoon of Lost Ships"
7:30 The Silent Force
8:00 ABC Monday Night Movie - "Fathom"
10:00 Flynn-Daly Eyewitness News
10:30 The Dick Cavett Show - Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Dave Meggyesy
AM
12:00 Chicago - Howard Miller
1:00 Perspectives
2:00 Reflections
9 WGN (Independent)
AM
6:15 News
6:30 5 Minutes to Live By
6:35 Top o' the Morning
7:00 Ray Rayner and Friends
8:30 Romper Room
9:00 Exercise with Gloria
9:30 The Jim Conway Show
10:50 Fashions in Sewing
11:00 The Virginia Graham Show
PM
12:00 Bozo's Circus
1:00 The Mike Douglas Show - Guest Co-Host: Robert Morse; Guests: Rudy Vallee, Pearl Mesta, Enrico Rigga, Vernher von Braun
2:30 What's My Line? - Wally Bruner
3:00 Beat the Clock - Jack Narz
3:30 Garfield Goose and Friends - Frazier Thomas
4:00 Flipper
4:30 The Flintstones
5:05 Newsnine - Jack Taylor
5:30 Gilligan's Island
6:00 The Dick Van Dyke Show
6:30 Star Trek
7:30 It Takes a Thief
8:30 Dragnet (1967-70 version)
9:00 Perry Mason
10:00 Newsnine - Jack Taylor
10:30 WGN-TV Presents - "Public Enemy"
AM
12:40 Late Movie - "Stella"
2:20 News
2:25 5 Minutes to Live By
11 WTTW (PBS)
AM
7:30 TV High School
8:05 TV College - Social Science
9:00 Sesame Street
10:03 Physics Demonstrations
10:20 Americans All
10:45 All About You
11:15 TV College - Music
PM
12:05 TV College - Child Psychology
1:00 Matter of Fiction
1:22 Man in America
1:54 Let's Explore Science
2:11 Sing Along With Me
2:28 Stepping Into Rhythm
2:45 TV College - French
3:30 Sesame Street
4:30 Misterogers' Neighborhood (spelling changed to "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" the following month)
5:00 What's New?
5:30 Chimney Corner
5:45 The Friendly Giant
6:00 Magic Carpet
6:15 TV College
7:00 World Press
7:30 Silent Force
8:00 Realities
9:00 Book Beat
9:30 Fact of the Matter
10:00 Antiques IV
10:30 You!
20 WXXW (Instructional)
AM
9:10 Secondary Developmental Reading
9:40 Let's See America
10:15 Language Corner
10:35 Word Magic
10:55 Children's Literature
PM
1:05 Meet the Arts
1:40 Places in the News
2:05 Just Wondering
2:24 Wordsmith
26 WCIU (Independent)
AM
8:30 Black's Pre-School Fun
9:00 Stock Market Reports (continuous coverage until close of Market)
PM
4:00 Black's Pre-School Fun
4:30 Soul Train - Guests: The Mod Singers
5:30 Spanish Drama
6:00 Spanish News, Sports, and Weather
6:20 Job Openings
6:30 Today's Racing
7:00 The Turin Acevedo Show (Puerto Rican variety show)
10:00 A Black's View of the News
10:30 Unsung Heroes
32 WFLD (Independent)
PM
2:10 What's Happening (discussion series; sitcom by that same name would not be around until 1976)
2:30 Galloping Gourmet
3:00 Speed Racer
3:30 Cartoon Town - Bill Jackson (aka B.J.)
4:30 The Addams Family
5:00 The Flying Nun
5:30 The Rifleman
6:00 The Munsters
6:30 Get Smart
7:00 The Avengers
8:00 The Felony Squad
8:30 Truth or Consequences - Bob Barker
9:00 Of Lands and Seas
9:55 News
10:00 The Honeymooners
10:30 Movie - "Lonely Hearts"
AM
12:30 News
44 WSNS (Independent)
PM
12:00 Instant News (continuous covereage until 8:00 PM)
8:00 The Odell/Marshall Report - Mary Jane Odell, Linda Marshall
10:00 The Square World of Ed Butler
10:30 The Odell/Marshall Report
11:00 The Marshall/Saunders Report - Linda Marshall, Warner Saunders
11:15 Of Stars, Seers, and the Supernatural
11:30 Underground News - Chuck Collins
SOURCES: The Chicago Tribune via newspapers.com and The Chicago Daily News via geneologybank.com.