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MAINE TV- Sunday April 23, 1972

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highwayman128

Source: Maine Sunday Telegram

MAINE TV- Sunday April 23, 1972

PORTLAND
WCSH-TV 6 (NBC)
8:00 Davey and Goliath
8:30 Christophers
9:00 The Answer
9:30 This is the Life
10:00 Herald of Truth
10:30 Comedy Time- “International House”
12:00 Great Show- Sins of Rachel Cade (1961)
2:30 Meat The Press
3:00 Conversation In Jerusalem
3:30 World Tennis Tournament from Charlotte, NC
4:30 Apollo Coverage
5:00 World Tennis Tournament from Charlotte, NC (continued)
5:30 Primus
6:00 Comment
6:30 NBC News
7:00 Wild Kingdom
7:30 Wonderful World of Disney
8:30 Jimmy Stewart
9:00 Bonanza
10:00 Bold Ones
11:00 Night Report
11:15 Passing Parade
11:30 Universal Startime
12:30 Sign-Off

WMTW-TV 8 (ABC)
8:00 Reverend Stevens
8:15 Rex Humbard
9:15 Catholic Mass (produced by Boston Catholic Television and taped at the Studios of WNAC-TV Boston)
10:00 Day of Discovery
10:30 Baptist Church
10:45 Old Time Gospel Hour
11:15 Baptist Church
11:30- Sunday Showtime- The Velvet Touch (1948)
1:00 Outdoors
1:30 NBA Basketball Playoffs- New York Knicks @ Boston Celtics
3:30 Auto Racing- The Trenton 300 from Trenton, NJ
5:00 Golf- The $165,000 Tournament of Champions from La Costa, CA
7:00 Lawrence Welk
8:00 Burt Bacharach
9:00 The Tony Awards
11:00 ABC News
11:15 Movie- Split Second (1953)
12:40 Sign-Off

WGAN-TV 13 (CBS)
8:00 Tom and Jerry
8:30 Pebbles and Bamm Bamm
9:00 Oral Roberts
9:30 Groovie Goolies
10:00 Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30 Look Up and Live
11:00 Camera 3
11:30 Face The Nation
12:00 Junior Bowling (does anyone in Maine remember this?)
12:30 CBS Golf Classic
2:00 NHL Hockey Playoffs- Boston Bruins @ St. Louis Blues
4:30 Apollo Coverage
5:00 Kid World
5:30 Animal World
6:00 60 Minutes
7:00 Untamed World
7:30 Movie- Funeral In Berlin (1966)
9:30 Cade’s County
10:30 American Cancer Society
11:00 Newsbeat
11:15 CBS News
11:30 Movie- Terror in The Bay
1:00 Sign-Off

BANGOR
WLBZ-TV 2 (NBC)
11:30 Faith for Today
12:00 This is The Life
12:30 American Religious Town Hall
1:00 Meet The Press
1:30 Conversation in Jerusalem
2:00 Skylab
2:30 World Tennis Tournament from Charlotte, NC
4:30 Apollo Coverage
5:00 No Simple Thing
5:30 T.H.E Cat
6:00 Comment
6:30 NBC News
7:00 Wild Kingdom
7:30 Wonderful World of Disney
8:30 Jimmy Stewart
9:00 Bonanza
10:00 Bold Ones
11:00 Perry Mason
12:00 Sign-Off

WABI-TV 5 (CBS)
8:30 Streams of Faith
9:00 Tom and Jerry
9:30 Groovy Goolies
10:00 Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30 Look Up and Live
11:00 Camera 3
11:30 Face The Nation
12:00 Lloyd Bridge’s Water World
12:30 CBS Golf Classic
2:00 NHL Hockey Playoffs- Boston Bruins @ St. Louis Blues
4:30 Apollo Coverage
5:00 Kid Talk
5:30 Animal World
6:00 60 Minutes
7:00 Lassie
7:30 Movie- Funeral In Berlin (1966)
9:30 Cade’s County
10:30 Rolling on the River
11:00 Telejournal News
11:15 CBS News- Dan Rather
11:30 Sign-Off

WEMT-TV 7 (ABC)
8:00 Bible Speaks
8:15 Cathedral of Tomorrow
9:15 Davey and Goliath
9:30 Uncle Waldo
10:00 Reluctant Dragon
10:30 Doubledeckers
11:00 Bullwinkle
11:30 Make A Wish
12:00 Candlepin Bowling
1:00 NBA Basketball Playoffs- New York Knicks @ Boston Celtics
3:30 Curley O’Brien
5:00 Golf- The $165,000 Tournament of Champions from La Costa, CA
7:00 Hee Haw
8:00 Burt Bacharach
9:00 The Tony Awards
11:00 ABC News
11:15 Billy Hargis
11:30 Sign-Off

PRESQUE ISLE
WAGM-TV 8 (ABC, CBS, NBC)
8:15 Rex Hubbard
9:15 Christophers
9:30 Groovy Goolies (CBS)
10:00 Lamp Unto My Feet (CBS)
10:30 Look Up and Live (CBS)
11:00 Camera 3 (CBS)
11:30 Face The Nation (CBS)
12:00 This is The Life
12:30 Face The Nation (CBS)?
1:00 Meet The Press (NBC)
1:30 NHL Hockey Playoffs- Boston Bruins @ St. Louis Blues (CBS)
4:30 Apollo Coverage
5:00 Kid Talk
5:30 Animal World
6:00 60 Minutes
7:00 Lassie
7:30 Wonderful World of Disney
8:30 Jimmy Stewart
9:00 Bonanza
10:00 Bold Ones
11:00 Sunday News
11:15 Sign-Off

MANCHESTER, NH
WMUR-TV 9 (ABC)
8:00 Billy James Hargis
8:30 Herald of Truth
9:00 Oral Roberts
9:30 Insight
10:00 Faith For Today
10:30 Doubledeckers
11:00 Bullwinkle
11:30 Make A Wish
12:00 Wrestling
1:00 NBA Basketball Playoffs- New York Knicks @ Boston Celtics
3:30 Curley O’Brien
5:00 Golf- The $165,000 Tournament of Champions from La Costa, CA
7:00 Roller Derby
8:00 Burt Bacharach
9:00 The Tony Awards
11:00 ABC News
11:15 N.H and N.E News
11:30 Sign-Off


BOSTON
WBZ-TV 4 (NBC)
8:00 Boomtown
9:00 For Kids Only
9:30 International Zone
10:00 Insight
10:30 Show Of Faith
11:00 Community Auditions (Dave Maynard)
11:30 Eyewitness News
12:00 Afternoon Movie- The Swan (1956)
1:45 Red Sox Warm-Up
2:00 Baseball- Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees
4:30 Apollo Coverage
5:00 Meet The Press
5:30 Wild Kingdom
6:00 Eyewitness News
6:30 NBC News
7:00 People Games
7:30 Wonderful World of Disney
8:30 Jimmy Stewart
9:00 Bonanza
10:00 Bold Ones
11:00 Eyewitness News
11:30 David Frost’s Finest Hour
12:30 Sign-Off

WCVB-TV 5 (ABC)
8:00 Mormon Confessions
9:00 Jabberwocky
10:00 Reluctant Dragon and Mr. Toad
10:30 Double-deckers
11:00 Bullwinkle
11:30 Make A Wish
12:00 Presidential Primary
2:00 WCVB Movie- Billy Rose’s Jumbo (1962)
4:00 The Wildest Road
4:30 Basketball’s Little Men (WCVB pre-empts the Celtics Game, a car race and Golf for this programming)
5:00 Story Theater
5:30 Circus
6:00 WCVB News
6:30 Sunday Movie- Yuma (1971)
8:00 Burt Bacharach
9:00 The Tony Awards
11:00 Late News
11:15 ABC News
11:30 Late Movie- North by Northwest (1959)
1:46am- Sign-Off

WNAC-TV 7 (CBS)
8:00 Playback
8:30 Religion at Issue
9:15 Sunday Mass
10:00 Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30 Look Up and Live
11:00 Camera 3
11:30 Face The Nation
12:00 Cinema 7- Elephant Walk (1954)
2:00 NHL Hockey Playoffs- Boston Bruins @ St. Louis Blues (CBS)
4:30 Apollo Coverage
5:00 Newsmakers
5:30 New England Tonight
6:00 60 Minutes
7:00 Lassie
7:30 Movie- Funeral In Berlin (1966)
9:30 Cade’s County
10:30 New England Tonight (WNAC broadcast’s 10:30 Sunday News, does anyone in Boston remember this?, when did Ch. 7 in Boston start doing 11 o’clock newscasts on Sunday nights?)
11:00 CBS Late News
11:15 Late Movie- Code Two (1953)
12:19 Sign-Off
 
> 2:00 WCVB Movie- Billy Rose’s Jumbo (1962)
> 4:00 The Wildest Road
> 4:30 Basketball’s Little Men (WCVB pre-empts the Celtics
> Game, a car race and Golf for this programming)

Remember that back then, network sports broadcasts were *always* blacked out in the home team's area.
 
> Source: Maine Sunday Telegram
>
> MAINE TV- Sunday April 23, 1972
>
> > >
>> > WNAC-TV 7 (CBS)
>
> 10:30 New England Tonight (WNAC broadcast’s 10:30 Sunday
> News, does anyone in Boston remember this?, when did Ch. 7
> in Boston start doing 11 o’clock newscasts on Sunday
> nights?)

For about four years (1971-75) CBS's primetime was
7:30-10:30 on Sundays,and 10:30 local newscasts were
not uncommon. I remember that during the 1973-74
season ABC and NBC did this as well; WXIA/11 Atlanta
(ABC then) moved its news to 10:30. The next year,
ABC went back to 8-11 on Sundays, while NBC stayed
7:30-10:30 and WSB/2 (NBC then) moved ITS news to
10:30. But I can't tell you when Boston's Channel 7
went to an 11 PM newscast; Joseph Gallant is probably
your best bet.
>
>
 
Channel 7 of Bangor was once WEMT-TV? Those calls are now on a station in eastern Tennessee. (I think it's FOX in the Bristol/Kingsport/Johnson City area.)
 
> Channel 7 of Bangor was once WEMT-TV? Those calls are now on
> a station in eastern Tennessee. (I think it's FOX in the
> Bristol/Kingsport/Johnson City area.)
>
It is. It's Fox39 in the Tri-Cities.

I have a question. I keep seeing "News Circle" listed on
WMTW/8 5:30-6:30 PM. Did Channel 8 carry ABC News at 6?
I know that as of August 7, 1972, the entire ABC network
was carrying Howard K. Smith and Harry Reasoner.
 
B. Patrick commented:

> For about four years (1971-75) CBS's primetime was
> 7:30-10:30 on Sundays,and 10:30 local newscasts were
> not uncommon. But I can't tell you when Boston's
> Channel 7 (which became a CBS affiliate in March of 1972)
> went to an 11 PM (Sunday night local) newscast;
> Joseph Gallant is probably your best bet.

Since I was asked to provide information, here's what I have so far. I have in my home a Boston Globe Sunday TV supplement for January 27th-February 2nd, 1974. On that Sunday, WNAC-7 indeed did air it's late local news at 10:30 (so did WCVB-5), while WBZ-4 broadcast their late news at 11 P.M. WNAC therefore broadcast it's late local news on Sunday night at 10:30 P.M. for a few years during the early-to-mid 1970's.

I suspect WNAC's late Sunday news remained at 10:30 P.M. until the Fall of 1975, when it went back to 11. That year, the FCC's "Prime Access Rule" was amended to allow the networks to go back to programming a full four hours on Sunday nights (7-11 P.M. ET/PT), provided that the 7-8 P.M. ET/PT hour was children's shows, news, or public-affairs.

And B. Patrick, thanks for asking me to help.
 
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