Retro: Alberta/Eastern British Columbia Sat, June 10, 1967

[Bluenoser]

from TV Guide, Alberta-Eastern British Columbia edition
Canadian stations listed MDT, Great Falls listed MST, Spokane listed PDT

CHCT 2-CBC Calgary
relayed on 8 Drumheller and 13 Banff
10:00 Cartoons
11:00 Tumbleweed
11:30 Kiddies on Kamera
noon Guys & Dolls
12:30 Film Feature
1:00 Wrestling
2:00 CBC Sports Presents
4:00 Snooker: Fred Pepper v Bill Christoff
5:00 Frankenstein Jr. (c)
5:30 Bugs Bunny (c)
6:00 News/Weather/Sports
6:30 Green Hornet (c)
7:00 Beverly Hillbillies (c/guest star Gloria Swanson)
7:30 Laredo (c)
8:30 Movie "A Hole in the Head" (c)
10:30 In Person (c)
11:00 CBC National News
11:15 Movie "Claudelle Inglish"

CKSA 2-CBC Lloydminster
also on 9 Bonnyville and 12 Meadow Lake SK
1pm Focus (profile of John Newman, owner of the Montreal Beavers in the Continental Football League and former CFL player)
1:30 On the Scene "Train Yard" (Bob Switzer visits the Vancouver train yards to see how a train is assembled)
2:00 CBC Sports Presents
4:00 Snooker: Pepper v Christoff
5:00 Frankenstein Jr. (c)
5:30 Bugs Bunny (c)
6:00 News/Weather/Sports
6:30 Pioneer Days
7:00 Beverly Hillbillies (c)
7:30 Tarzan (c)
8:30 Movie "A Hole in the Head" (c)
10:30 In Person (c)
11:00 CBC National News
11:15 News
11:25 Movie "The 49th Man"

KREM 2-ABC Spokane
8:00 Sew with Us
8:30 Porky Pig (c)
9:00 Portland Rose Festival (c/highlights/parade preview hosted by Rick Meyers, syndied or from one of the Portland channels?)
10:00 Portland Rose Parade (c)
noon Hoppity Hooper (c)
12:30 American Bandstand (guests the Grass Roots, and Question Mark)
1:30 4H TV Action Club
2:00 Casper
2:30 Milton the Monster
3:00 Casper
3:30 Magilla Gorilla
4:00 Newlywed Game (c)
4:30 Sam Snead (c/this was a golf tip show)
5:00 ABC Wide World of Sports (c; Indianapolis 500/National AAU Women's Indoor Platform Diving Championships/US Open preview)
6:30 Dating Game (c)
7:00 Outdoor Sportsman (c)
7:30 Country Music Caravan (c)
8:30 Lawrence Welk (c/tribute to Currier & Ives)
9:30 Piccadilly Palace (c/Morecambe & Wise welcome guests Frankie Avalon, and the New Vaudeville Band)
10:30 True Adventure (c)
11:00 News/Weather (c)
11:15 Movie "Duffy of San Quentin"

CFRN 3-CTV Edmonton
also on 12 Whitecourt/Edson and 12 Ashmont/St. Paul
8:45 4H Clubtime
9:00 Thunderbirds (c)
9:30 Space Ghosts (c)
10:00 Lone Ranger (c)
10:30 Beatles (c)
11:00 Soccer: 3rd place game in an international tourney from Expo 67's Autostade in Montreal; teams included Russia, Belgium, West Germany, England, and Mexico (c)
1:00 Tumbleweed
1:30 Report
2:00 Stampede Wrestling
3:00 Kiddies on Kamera
3:30 Kids Bids
4:00 After Four (c)
4:30 CTV Wide World of Sports (c/same sports as ABC)
6:00 Chuckwagon
6:30 Sports/News/Weather
7:00 Away We Go (c/hosts Buddy Greco, George Carlin, and Buddy Rich welcome guests Lana Cantrell, and Skyles & Henderson; Franke Avalon does a walk-on in a skit where Carlin plays a late-night talk show host)
8:00 Rat Patrol (c)
8:30 Windfall (Don Lawson)
9:00 Movie "Fame is the Name of the Game" (c)
11:00 CTV National News (c, co-anchoring with Harvey Kirck was Max Keeping, best known for his long-time stint as anchor at CTV Ottawa affiliate CJOH)
11:15 News
11:30 Movie "Carry On, Teacher"

KRTV 3-NBC Great Falls
6:00 Super 6 (c)
6:30 Atom Ant (c)
7:00 Flintstones (c)
7:30 Space Kidettes (c)
8:00 Secret Squirrel (c)
9:00 Cool McCool (c)
9:30 Movie "The Lost Volcano"
11:00 Baseball: Chicago White Sox-NY Yankees (c)
2:00 Buick Open golf (c, listed as 30 min)
2:30 Greatest Show on Earth
3:00 Cartoons
3:30 Emphasis: Youth
4:00 NBC News (c)
4:30 Flipper (c)
5:00 Please Don't Eat the Daisies (c)
5:30 Get Smart (c)
6:00 Movie "Robinson Crusoe on Mars" (c)
8:15 The Saint (c, episode filmed at England's famed Brands Hatch racetrack where the Saint investigates the attempted murder of his friend, who's competing in an international women's auto race)
9:15 Coliseum (the finale has Arthur Godfrey welcoming musical guest Trini Lopez and circus acts Beaudy's Siberian Tigers, Rex Williams & the Clyde Beatty Circus Elephants, trapeze artist Princess Tajana, and high-wire artist Scherherazade; Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour starts here next week)
10:15 Film Short
10:30 Thriller

CFCN 4-CTV Calgary
also on 3 Kimberly BC, 4 Field BC, 6 Columbia River Valley BC, 8 Banff, 9 Brooks, and 12 Drumheller/Hand Hills
9:30 Space Ghosts (c)
10:00 Lone Ranger (c)
10:30 Beatles (c)
11:00 International Soccer (c)
1:00 Kids Bids
1:30 Movie "Fort Worth"
3:00 All-Star Wrestling
4:00 After Four (c)
4:30 CTV Wide World of Sports (c)
6:00 Focus
6:15 Telefacts (Manning)
6:30 Auto Views
7:00 Away We Go (c)
8:00 Pistols 'n' Petticoats (c)
8:30 Windfall (Don Larson)
9:00 Movie "Fame is the Name of the Game" (c)
11:00 CTV National News (c)
11:15 News
11:30 Movie "An Affair to Remember" (c)

KXLY 4-CBS Spokane
7:30 Agriculture USA (c)
8:00 Captain Kangaroo (guest: magician Frank Brents)
9:00 Mighty Mouse (c)
9:30 Underdog (c)
10:00 Frankenstein Jr. (c)
10:30 Space Ghosts (c)
11:00 Superman (c)
11:30 Popeye, Wallaby & Friends (c)
noon Road Runner (c)
12:30 Beagles (c)
1:00 Checkmate
2:00 Movie: TBA
4:30 Mike Douglas
5:30 Western Jubilee
6:30 Gomer Pyle, USMC "Go Blow Your Horn" (c)
7:00 Hawaii Calls (c)
7:30 Away We Go (c)
8:30 Mission: Impossible (c)
9:30 Pistols 'n' Petticoats (c)
10:00 Gunsmoke (c)
11:00 News/Weather (c)
11:15 Movie: TBA

CBXT 5-CBC Edmonton (selected SRC programs on weekends)
also on 7 Peace River and 10 Grande Prairie
9:30 Tour de Terre (SRC)
10:00 Atome et galaxies (SRC)
10:30 Moi et l'autre (SRC)
11:00 L'age tendre (SRC)
noon Time Tunner (c)
1:00 Focus
1:30 On the Scene "Train Yard"
2:00 CBC Sports Presents
4:00 Snooker: Pepper v Christoff
5:00 Frankenstein Jr. (c)
5:30 Bugs Bunny (c)
6:00 20/20 "The Wandering Minstrel of Vercheres" (c/tribute to Calixa Lavallee, who wrote Canada's national anthem)
6:30 Sounds 67 (group the Young perform from Vancouver)
6:45 CBC News/Sports/Weather
7:00 Beverly Hillbillies (c)
7:30 Tarzan (c)
8:30 Movie "A Hole in the Head" (c)
10:30 In Person (c)
11:00 CBC National News
11:15 News
11:30 Movie "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" (c)

KFBB 5-ABC/CBS Great Falls
5:50 Farm News (c)
6:00 Mighty Mouse (c)
6:30 Underdog (c)
7:00 Frankenstein Jr. (c)
7:30 Space Ghosts (c)
8:00 Superman (c)
8:30 Lone Ranger (c)
9:00 Road Runner (c)
9:30 Beagles (c)
10:00 Tom & Jerry (c)
10:30 American Bandstand
11:30 Hoppity Hooper (c)
noon Movie "God is My Partner"
1:30 Sam Snead (c)
2:00 ABC Wide World of Sports (c)
3:30 King Kong (c)
4:00 News (c)
4:30 Away We Go (c)
5:30 Lawrence Welk (c)
6:30 Piccadilly Palace (c)
7:30 Felony Squad (c)
8:00 Gunsmoke (c)
9:00 News/Weather/Sports
9:30 Avengers "The See-Through Man" (c)
10:30 ABC Scope "Reunion: The War Classes" (a visit to Massachusetts' Amherst College to examine the attitues of 3 generations of college students towards war)

CHAT 6-CBC Medicine Hat
also on 4 Pivot
noon Focus (as 1pm on the other CBC stations outside Calgary)
12:30 On the Scene "Train Yard"
1:00 CBC Sports Presents
3:00 Snooker: Pepper v Christoff
4:00 Frankenstein Jr. (c)
4:30 Bugs Bunny (c)
5:00 20/20 "The Wandering Minstrel of Vercheres" (c)
5:30 Sounds 67 (as 6:30pm, ch 5)
5:45 Film Short
6:00 Beverly Hillbillies (c)
6:30 TBA
7:00 Whirlybirds
7:30 Movie "A Hole in the Head"
9:30 Burke's Law
10:30 In Person (c)
11:00 CBC National News
11:15 Movie "The Bad Seed"

CKRD 6-CBC Red Deer
also on 10 Coronation and 10 Banff
1pm Focus
1:30 On the Scene "Train Yard"
2:00 CBC Sports Presents
4:00 Snooker: Pepper v Christoff
5:00 Frankenstein Jr. (c)
5:30 Bugs Bunny (c)
6:00 20/20 "The Wandering Minstrel of Vercheres" (c)
6:30 Rat Patrol
7:00 Beverly Hillbillies (c)
7:30 Girl from UNCLE
8:30 Movie "A Hole in the Head" (c)
10:30 In Person (c)
11:00 CBC National News
11:15 News
11:25 Movie "Chartroose Caboose"

KHQ 6-NBC Spokane
8:00 Super 6 (c)
8:30 Atom Ant (c)
9:00 Flintstones (c)
9:30 Space Kidettes (c)
10:00 Secret Squirrel (c)
10:30 Jetsons (c)
11:00 Baseball: White Sox-Yankees (c)
2:00 Buick Open golf (c)
3:00 Q6 Sports (c)
3:30 Movie "Monkey Business"
5:30 Of Lands & Seas
6:30 McHale's Navy (c)
7:00 Midwestern Hayride (c)
7:30 Flipper (c)
8:00 Please Don't Eat the Daisies (c)
8:30 Get Smart (c)
9:00 Movie "Robinson Crusoe on Mars" (c)
11:15 News (c)
11:30 Movie "The 39 Steps" (c)

CJLH 7-CBC Lethbridge
also on 3 Burmis and 12 Waterton Lakes
1pm Focus
1:30 On the Scene "Train Yard"
2:00 CBC Sports Presents
4:00 Snooker: Pepper v Christoff
5:00 Frankenstein Jr. (c)
5:30 Bugs Bunny (c)
6:00 20/20 "The Wandering Minstrel of Vercheres" (c)
6:30 Sounds 67 (as ch 5)
6:45 Davey & Goliath
7:00 Beverly Hillbillies (c)
7:30 Slattery's People
8:30 Movie "A Hole in the Head" (c)
10:30 In Person (c)
11:00 CBC National News
11:15 News
11:25 Movie "Onionhead"

 

[Gregg]

Interesting that in this TV Guide, the channels only go from 2 to 7. Nothing higher.

According to Wikipedia, KSPS-TV 7, Spokane's public TV station, went on the air in April of 1967, yet isn't listed in this TV Guide. Or maybe they didn't have weekend programming.

So how did TV Guide deal with having three Channel 2's and three Channel 6's? For the Canadian channels, I suppose they'd give some of them black screens and some white screens. And maybe for Spokane, those stations had white screens with a few horizontal lines through them? That's how later U.S. TV Guides handled it when there were more than two stations with the same channel number.

Interesting to see that CBXT Edmonton ran French SRC shows before noon, although none of the other CBC stations did that. I guess it would be the 70s or 80s before there were full time SRC stations in Western Canada, most on UHF.

 

[MCarney]

A lot of public TV stations didn't broadcast on the weekend during the 60s, mostly due to budget constraints.

 

[azumanga]

Interesting to see that CBXT Edmonton ran French SRC shows before noon, although none of the other CBC stations did that.

Many CBC-owned stations outside of cities served by an SRC station did that -- running SRC programming on weekend mornings, until the local SRC station started up.

A lot of public TV stations didn't broadcast on the weekend during the 60s, mostly due to budget constraints.

This would begin to change after Sesame Street started up in 1969, when NET / PBS stations began to offer Sesame Street reruns as an alternative to Saturday morning cartoons and Sunday morning religion.

 

[Bluenoser]

So how did TV Guide deal with having three Channel 2's and three Channel 6's? For the Canadian channels, I suppose they'd give some of them black screens and some white screens. And maybe for Spokane, those stations had white screens with a few horizontal lines through them? That's how later U.S. TV Guides handled it when there were more than two stations with the same channel number.

Interesting to see that CBXT Edmonton ran French SRC shows before noon, although none of the other CBC stations did that. I guess it would be the 70s or 80s before there were full time SRC stations in Western Canada, most on UHF.

On the channel bullets...
* Spokane stations (KSPS 7 wasn't listed) used striped bullets, with Great Falls listed in white bullets
* ch 2: CHCT in black, CKSA in white
* ch 6: CHAT in black, CKRD in white

A number of other stations did the SRC weekend thing as well: I've also seen it on O&Os in Regina, Saskatoon and Toronto; plus affiliates in London and Wingham.