(not really much to list here..it was a Sunday and most regular programs were pre-empted, but I thought it would be interesting to look at what was on TV this historic day, 30 years ago)
Source: TV Guide
KDKA-2 (CBS)
5:00 Great American Celebration continued (see 7/3/76 thread)
7:00 Passing the Buck
7:30 This Is The Life
8:00 In Celebration of US - All day coverage of Bicentennial celebrations, hosted by Walter Cronkite
6:00 News
6:30 CBS News - Bob Schieffer
7:00 In Celebration of US continued
11:00 News
11:30 In Celebration of US continued
12:00 Movie - "Rachel and the Stranger"
1:45 Campus Connection
2:15 With This Ring
WTAE-4 (ABC)
7:30 Overseas Mission
8:00 Public Policy Forums
9:00 Community Perspective
9:30 Community Outreach
10:00 Big Blue Marble
10:30 Adventure Time
11:00 Great American Birthday Party - ABC coverage of bicentennial celebrations (for some reason they weren't wall-to-wall like CBS and NBC)
12:00 Issues and Answers
12:30 Hot Fudge
1:00 Leave It To Beaver
1:30 Great American Birthday Party
2:30 Movie - "The Courtship of Eddie's Father"
5:00 Jane Goodall
6:00 News
6:30 Black Chronicle
7:00 Glory Road West
8:00 Movie - "The New Land"
10:00 Great American Birthday Party
11:00 News
11:30 Rookies
12:40 Ironside
1:40 ABC News
WJAC-6 Johnstown (NBC)
8:00 Glorious Fourth (NBC's bicentennial coverage)
12:00 Rex Humbard
1:00 Glorious Fourth
6:00 Oral Roberts
6:30 NBC News
7:00 Happy Birthday America - from the L.A. Coliseum, with Paul Anka and KC and the Sunshine Band
8:30 Bob Hope Special - with Sammy Davis, Jr. The Captain & Tennille, Debbie Reynolds, and Donny & Marie Osmond.
10:00 Best of the Fourth
11:00 News
11:30 Movie - "Wake Me When It's Over"
WTAJ-10 Altoona (CBS)
5:00 Great American Celebration continued (see 7/3/76 thread)
7:00 Blue Ridge Quartet
7:30 Day of Discovery
8:00 Jerry Falwell
9:00 Gospel Notes
9:30 Spring Street USA
10:00 Life of Triumph
10:30 Dwayne Friend: Mr. Gospel Guitar
11:00 Next 200 Years - the mayors of Altoona, Johnstown, and State College discuss the future of their communities
11:30 200 Years of Faith
12:00 Jacobs Brothers
12:30 In Celebration of US
6:00 CBS News
6:30 Bicenntennial in Keystone Country
7:00 In Celebration of US continued
11:00 News
11:15 CBS News
11:30 In Celebration of US
12:00 Movie - "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"
WIIC-11 (NBC)
6:30 Across the Fence
7:00 Oral Roberts
7:30 It Is Written
8:00 Glorious Fourth (NBC's bicentennial coverage)
12:00 Meet The Press
1:00 Glorious Fourth
6:00 Freedom Is
6:30 NBC News
7:00 Happy Birthday America - from the L.A. Coliseum, with Paul Anka and KC and the Sunshine Band
8:30 Bob Hope Special - with Sammy Davis, Jr. The Captain & Tennille, Debbie Reynolds, and Donny & Marie Osmond.
10:00 Best of the Fourth
11:00 News
11:30 Movie - "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
WQED-13 (PBS)
(No listings before 5 pm)
5:00 David Susskind
6:30 Eastward Ho!
7:00 Olympiad
8:00 Evening at Pops
9:00 Masterpiece Theatre
10:00 Monty Python's Flying Circus
10:30 America
11:30 Firing Line
WPGH-53 (Ind.)
7:00 NFL Action '76
7:30 Chris Panos
8:00 Jerry Falwell
9:00 United Faith Foundation
9:30 Rev. Thea Jones
10:00 Jimmy Swaggart
10:30 Ernest Angley
11:00 Hour of Power
12:00 Italy Today
12:30 Look, Here's Education
1:00 Body N' Things
1:30 Alfred Hitchcock
2:30 "Heidi" - 1937, with Shirley Temple
4:00 Champions
5:00 Sports Challenge - Mickey Mantle, Tony Kubek and Don Larsen vs. Ron Jessie, James Harris and Fred Dryer, hosted by Dick Enberg. What they're competing in, I have no idea.
5:30 Greatest Sports Legends - profile of Leo Durocher
6:00 This is Baseball
6:30 Steve Allen's Laugh-Back
8:00 Daniel Boone
9:00 Suspense Theatre
10:00 700 Club
11:30 CBS News (pre-empted by KDKA)
11:45 Sammy (Davis Jr.) and Company
1:15 Jesus is the Answer
Source: TV Guide
KDKA-2 (CBS)
5:00 Great American Celebration continued (see 7/3/76 thread)
7:00 Passing the Buck
7:30 This Is The Life
8:00 In Celebration of US - All day coverage of Bicentennial celebrations, hosted by Walter Cronkite
6:00 News
6:30 CBS News - Bob Schieffer
7:00 In Celebration of US continued
11:00 News
11:30 In Celebration of US continued
12:00 Movie - "Rachel and the Stranger"
1:45 Campus Connection
2:15 With This Ring
WTAE-4 (ABC)
7:30 Overseas Mission
8:00 Public Policy Forums
9:00 Community Perspective
9:30 Community Outreach
10:00 Big Blue Marble
10:30 Adventure Time
11:00 Great American Birthday Party - ABC coverage of bicentennial celebrations (for some reason they weren't wall-to-wall like CBS and NBC)
12:00 Issues and Answers
12:30 Hot Fudge
1:00 Leave It To Beaver
1:30 Great American Birthday Party
2:30 Movie - "The Courtship of Eddie's Father"
5:00 Jane Goodall
6:00 News
6:30 Black Chronicle
7:00 Glory Road West
8:00 Movie - "The New Land"
10:00 Great American Birthday Party
11:00 News
11:30 Rookies
12:40 Ironside
1:40 ABC News
WJAC-6 Johnstown (NBC)
8:00 Glorious Fourth (NBC's bicentennial coverage)
12:00 Rex Humbard
1:00 Glorious Fourth
6:00 Oral Roberts
6:30 NBC News
7:00 Happy Birthday America - from the L.A. Coliseum, with Paul Anka and KC and the Sunshine Band
8:30 Bob Hope Special - with Sammy Davis, Jr. The Captain & Tennille, Debbie Reynolds, and Donny & Marie Osmond.
10:00 Best of the Fourth
11:00 News
11:30 Movie - "Wake Me When It's Over"
WTAJ-10 Altoona (CBS)
5:00 Great American Celebration continued (see 7/3/76 thread)
7:00 Blue Ridge Quartet
7:30 Day of Discovery
8:00 Jerry Falwell
9:00 Gospel Notes
9:30 Spring Street USA
10:00 Life of Triumph
10:30 Dwayne Friend: Mr. Gospel Guitar
11:00 Next 200 Years - the mayors of Altoona, Johnstown, and State College discuss the future of their communities
11:30 200 Years of Faith
12:00 Jacobs Brothers
12:30 In Celebration of US
6:00 CBS News
6:30 Bicenntennial in Keystone Country
7:00 In Celebration of US continued
11:00 News
11:15 CBS News
11:30 In Celebration of US
12:00 Movie - "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"
WIIC-11 (NBC)
6:30 Across the Fence
7:00 Oral Roberts
7:30 It Is Written
8:00 Glorious Fourth (NBC's bicentennial coverage)
12:00 Meet The Press
1:00 Glorious Fourth
6:00 Freedom Is
6:30 NBC News
7:00 Happy Birthday America - from the L.A. Coliseum, with Paul Anka and KC and the Sunshine Band
8:30 Bob Hope Special - with Sammy Davis, Jr. The Captain & Tennille, Debbie Reynolds, and Donny & Marie Osmond.
10:00 Best of the Fourth
11:00 News
11:30 Movie - "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
WQED-13 (PBS)
(No listings before 5 pm)
5:00 David Susskind
6:30 Eastward Ho!
7:00 Olympiad
8:00 Evening at Pops
9:00 Masterpiece Theatre
10:00 Monty Python's Flying Circus
10:30 America
11:30 Firing Line
WPGH-53 (Ind.)
7:00 NFL Action '76
7:30 Chris Panos
8:00 Jerry Falwell
9:00 United Faith Foundation
9:30 Rev. Thea Jones
10:00 Jimmy Swaggart
10:30 Ernest Angley
11:00 Hour of Power
12:00 Italy Today
12:30 Look, Here's Education
1:00 Body N' Things
1:30 Alfred Hitchcock
2:30 "Heidi" - 1937, with Shirley Temple
4:00 Champions
5:00 Sports Challenge - Mickey Mantle, Tony Kubek and Don Larsen vs. Ron Jessie, James Harris and Fred Dryer, hosted by Dick Enberg. What they're competing in, I have no idea.
5:30 Greatest Sports Legends - profile of Leo Durocher
6:00 This is Baseball
6:30 Steve Allen's Laugh-Back
8:00 Daniel Boone
9:00 Suspense Theatre
10:00 700 Club
11:30 CBS News (pre-empted by KDKA)
11:45 Sammy (Davis Jr.) and Company
1:15 Jesus is the Answer