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Maine TV- October 18, 1970

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highwayman128

Source: Maine Sunday Telegram

MAINE TV-

Sunday October 18, 1970

PORTLAND
WCSH-TV 6 (NBC)
8:00 Davey and Goliath
8:15 Sacred Heart
8:30 The Christophers
9:00 The Answer
9:30 This is The Life
10:00 Herald of Truth
10:30 Sunday Great Show- Spencer’s Mountain (1963)
12:30 Meet The Press
1:00 World Series (since Baltimore clinched the World Series that Thursday, what alternate programming did Ch. 6 air that day?)
4:00 NFL Football- Kansas City Chiefs @ Cincinnati Bengals (Kansas City won 27-19)
7:00 Wild Kingdom
7:30 Wonderful World of Disney
8:30 Bill Cosby
9:00 Bonanza
10:00 Bold Ones
11:00 News
11:30 Tonight Show
1:00 Sign-Off

WMTW-TV 8 (ABC)
8:00 Wellington
8:15 Rex Humbard
9:15 Catholic Mass (produced from the Boston Catholic TV center via WNAC-TV 7 Boston)
10:00 Day Of Discovery
10:30 College Football- Notre Dame .vs. Missouri (tape)
11:30 Quest for Adventure
12:00 This Week in Pro Football
1:00 Outdoors with Foss
1:30 Issues and Answers
2:00 Sunday Showcase- Pursued (1947)
4:00 Sunday Showcase- Hatful of Rain (1957)
6:00 All-American College Show
6:30 Something Else
7:00 Young Rebels
8:00 FBI
9:00 ABC Sunday Night Movie- Nevada Smith (1966)
11:00 11 o’clock Report
11:30 Movie 8- Small Voice (1948)
12:55 Sign-Off

WGAN-TV 13 (CBS)
8:00 Dastardly & Muttley
8:30 Bugs Bunny & Friends
9:00 Tom & Herry
9:30 Perils of Penelope
10:00 Word of Life
10:30 Look Up and Live
11:00 Camera 3
11:30 Face The Nation
12:00 This Week in Sports (with Frank Fixaris- does anyone remember him?!)
12:30 NFL Pre-Game (aka NFL Today)
1:00 NFL Football- New York Giants @ Boston Patriots (Giants won 16-0)
4:00 NFL Football- Dallas Cowboys @ Minnesota Vikings (Vikings won 54-13)
6:45 NFL Post Game
7:00 Lassie
7:30 Hogan’s Heroes
8:00 Ed Sullivan
9:00 Glen Campbell
10:00 Tim Conway
11:00 Newsbeat
11:15 CBS News- Harry Reasoner
11:30 Oral Roberts
12:30 Sign-Off

BANGOR
WLBZ-TV 2 (NBC)
11:00 Golden Years
11:30 Faith for Today
12:00 This Is The Life
12:30 Meet The Press
1:00 World Series (since Baltimore clinched the World Series that Thursday, what alternate programming did Ch. 2 air that day?)
4:00 NFL Football- Kansas City Chiefs @ Cincinnati Bengals (Chiefs won 27-19)
6:30 NBC Nightly News
7:00 Wild Kingdom
7:30 Wonderful World of Disney
8:30 Bill Cosby
9:00 Bonanza
10:00 Bold Ones
11:00 Suspense Theater- Back to Back (1959)
11:50 Sign-Off

WABI-TV 5 (CBS)
8:30 Forest Rangers
9:00 Tom and Jerry
9:30 Perils of Penelope
10:00 Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30 College Football- Notre Dame .vs. Missouri (TAPE)
11:30 Face The Nation
12:00 Big Picture
12:30 NFL Pre-Game Show
1:00 NFL Football- New York Giants @ Boston Patriots
4:00 NFL Football- Dallas Cowboys @ Minnesota Vikings
6:45 NFL Post-Game Show
7:00 Lassie
7:30 Hogan’s Heroes
8:00 Ed Sullivan
9:00 Glen Campbell
10:00 Tim Conway
11:00 News
11:15 CBS News
11:30 Sign-off

WEMT-TV 7 (ABC)
8:15 Cathedral of Tomorrow
9:15 Davey and Goliath
9:30 Smokey and The Bear
10:00 Johnny Quest
10:30 Chattanooga Cats
11:00 Bullwinkle
11:30 Discovery
12:00 This Week in Pro Football
1:00 Children’s Gospel Hour
1:30 Issues and Answers
2:00 NCAA Football (tape)
3:00 Sunday Matinee- Japanese War Bride (1952)
4:30 Sunday Matinee- Curley O’Brien
7:00 Young Rebels
8:00 FBI
9:00 ABC Sunday Night Movie- Nevada Smith (1966)
11:00 News
11:15 Sign-Off

PRESQUE ISLE
WAGM-TV 8 (ABC, NBC, CBS)
8:15 Rex Humbard
9:15 The Christophers
9:30 Perils of Penelope (CBS)
10:00 Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30 NCAA Football- Notre Dame .vs. Missouri (Tape)
11:30 Face The Nation (CBS)
12:00 This is The Life
12:30 NFL Pre-Game Show
1:00 NFL Football- New York Giants @ Boston Patriots
4:00 NFL Football- Dallas Cowboys @ Minnesota Vikings
6:45 NFL Post-Game Show
7:00 Lassie
7:30 Hogan’s Heroes
8:00 Ed Sullivan
9:00 Glen Campbell
10:00 Tim Conway
11:00 Sunday News
11:15 Sign-off

MANCHESTER, NH
WMUR-TV 9 (ABC)
8:15 Living Word
8:30 Herald of Truth
9:00 Children’s Gospel Hour
9:30 Insight
10:00 Faith For Today
10:30 NCAA Football- Notre Dame .vs. Missouri (Tape)
11:30 Discovery
12:00 NCAA Football (TAPE)
1:00 Scene 70
2:00 Roller Derby
3:00 Wrestling
4:00 Clyde Joy
4:30 Courtship of Eddie’s Father
5:00 Best Of Flynn- Silver River (1948)
7:00 Young Rebels
8:00 FBI
9:00 ABC Sunday Night Movie- Nevada Smith (1966)
11:00 News
11:30 Oral Roberts
12:30 Sign-Off

BOSTON
WBZ-TV 4 (NBC)
8:00 Boomtown
9:30 For Kids Only
10:00 International Zone
10:30 Our Believing World
11:00 Community Auditions (Dave Maynard)
11:30 Eyewitness News
12:00 Movie- It’s A Gift (1934)
1:30 Movie Buff
2:00 Sunday Afternoon at the Movies- Appaloosa (1966)
4:00 NFL Football- Kansas City Chiefs @ Cincinnati Bengals (Chiefs won 27-19)
7:00 Eyewitness News
7:30 Wonderful World of Disney
8:30 Bill Cosby
9:00 Bonanza
10:00 Bold Ones
11:00 Eyewitness News
11:30 Tonight Show
1:00 Sign-Off

WHDH-TV 5 (CBS)
8:00 Insight
8:30 Sacred Heart
8:45 Turning Point
9:00 This is The Life
9:30 Builder’s Showcase
10:00 Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30 Look up and Live
11:00 Camera 3
11:30 Face The Nation
12:00 Midday News
12:30 Wonderful World of Movies- 5-finger Exercise (1962) (Ch. 5 pre-empts the Patriots game for this?- because if a Patriots home game isn’t sold out 72 hours prior to the game, it is blacked out)
2:30 Rat Patrol
3:00 Outdoors
3:30 NFL Today
4:00 NFL Football- Dallas Cowboys @ Minnesota Vikings
6:45 NFL Post Game Show
7:00 Lassie
7:30 Hogan’s Heroes
8:00 Ed Sullivan
9:00 Glen Campbell
10:00 Tim Conway
11:00 News
11:30 CBS News (Harry Reasoner)
11:45 Merv Griffin
1:15 Sign-Off

WNAC-TV 7 (ABC)
8:00 Firing Line
9:00 The Christophers
9:15 Sunday Mass
10:00 Religious Press
10:30 Boston’s Beat
11:00 Bullwinkle
11:30 Discovery
12:00 Cinema 7- Bonzo Goes to College (1952)
1:30 Cinema 7- Far Country (1954)
3:30 Issues and Answers
4:00 All-American College Show
4:30 Sunday Movie Spectacular- Elephant Walk (1954)
6:30 News
7:00 Young Rebels
8:00 FBI
9:00 ABC Sunday Night Movie- Nevada Smith (1966)
11:00 News
11:30 Oral Roberts
12:30 Sign-Off
 
Highwayman 128 wrote:

> .............because if a (then-Boston, now New England)
> Patriots home game isn’t sold out 72 hours prior to the
> game, it is blacked out...

This policy did not exist in 1970.

Until 1973, NFL games were not shown in the city they were being played in (or in markets within 75 miles of the city a game was being played in, meaning Providence was also denied telecasts of Patriots home games), even if they were sold-out long in advance (which the Patriots' game of October 18th, 1970 might have been); undoubtdely lots of New York Giants fans travelled to Harvard Stadium (Foxboro Stadium was still being built; it would open in 1971) to see that game.

The blackout policy changed in 1973; the major reasons were Congressmen in Washington complaining that Redskins' home games were not on local television at a time when the team had become a Super Bowl contendor, and fans of the Miami Dolphins who were deprived of watching all seven regular-season home games as well as their AFC semifinal and championship games during the team's undefeated 1972/1973 Super Bowl championship season.

As a result, legislation was passed prior to the 1973 season which mandated NFL games sold-out 72 hours of more in advance would be televised in the city where the game was being played (and in other TV markets within 75 miles of the team's home city).

Actually, the current policy that lifts TV blackouts for sold-out home games is probably a major reason the NFL gets as much TV money today as it does. With all sixteen regular-season games on local television in almost all NFL cities, that results in larger audiences in home cities of NFL clubs, which in turn raises the advertising rates a network can charge and in turn raises the amount of money the NFL charges for television rights.

BTW, There have only been eight games so far in 2005 across the entire NFL that have been blacked-out. Three have been home games of the Oakland Raiders; all the rest were home games of the Arizona Cardinals (In fact, no Cardinals' home games have been locally televised in Phoenix thus far this season).

P.S.: The last time a New England Patriots' game was blacked-out in the Boston area was in 1993.
 
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