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Retro: Boston/Manchester/Providence Sun, July 14, 1974

Seeing that bpatrick put up a sked for that day, and I just happen to have a copy of the same issue from New England, here's what aired up there that day, from TV Guide's Eastern New England edition...

WGBH 2-PBS Boston/WGBX 44-PBS Boston (2 & 44 simulcast on Sundays)
3:30pm Course of Our Times (2 only)
4:00 Sesame Street
5:00 Behind the Lines
6:00 Say Brother
7:00 Zoom
7:30 Naturalists
8:00 Evening at Pops (guest Benny Goodman)
9:00 Masterpiece Theatre "Music Halls of Edwardian England"
10:30 Firing Line (Watergate reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward discuss investigative journalism)
11:30 sign-off

WFSB 3-CBS Hartford
6:30 What's Happening
7:00 Christopher Closeup
7:30 Que Pasa
8:00 Insight
8:30 My Neighbor's Religion
9:00 Que Hay de Nuevo/What's New?
9:30 We Believe
10:00 Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30 Marshall Efron's Sunday School
11:00 Camera Three
11:30 Everywoman
noon Face the Nation
12:30 Challenge
1:00 Movie "Ring of Fire"
2:30 CBS Tennis Classic: Marty Reisen v Arthur Ashe (quarterfinals)
3:30 CBS Sports Spectacular: Reno Rodeo Championships/USSR v Japan volleyball
5:30 Consumer Rip-Off
6:00 CBS News Retrospective "Resources for Freedom" (1954/bw)
7:00 News
7:30 Apple's Way
8:30 Mannix
9:30 60 Minutes
10:30 Face the State
11:00 News
11:15 CBS News
11:30 Movie "Tiger Shark" (bw)
1:15 sign-off

WBZ 4-NBC Boston
6:30 International Zone
7:00 Living Word
7:15 Davey & Goliath
7:30 A Show of Faith
8:00 Nosotros Theatre "Sangre en el Ruedo"
10:30 For Kids Only (Newton rec program students interview Jack Molesworth, a director of the American Conservative Party; and Bill Drake, teaching pro at Longfellow Racket Club)
11:00 Community Auditions
11:30 News
Noon Movie "Agent for HARM"
1:30 Meet the Press
2:00 Baseball: California-Boston ('BZ had the Sox rights, commentators Ken Coleman and Johnny Pesky)
4:30 New England Mind (film essays from reporter Steve Schatz and cameraman Jim Arnold)
5:00 World of Survival
5:30 Johnny Mann's Stand Up & Cheer (guest Arte Johnson)
6:00 News
6:30 NBC Nightly News
7:00 Wild Kingdom
7:30 Wonderful World of Disney "The Adventures of Chip 'n' Dale" (first aired 1962)
8:30 McCloud
10:30 Protectors
11:00 News
11:30 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (Martha Reeves/Leo Kottke/Larry Raspberry & the Highsteppers/Kansas)
1:00 sign-off

WCVB 5-ABC Boston
6:00 This is the Life
6:30 Christopher Closeup
7:00 Bible Answers
7:30 Davey & Goliath (x2)
8:00 Pixanne
8:30 Fantasy Funhouse
9:00 Jabberwocky
9:30 Make a Wish
10:00 Kid Power
10:30 Discovery "Land of the Flaming Gorge"
11:00 Looking Ahead
11:30 New Heaven/New Earth
noon News
12:30 Your Place & Mine
1:00 Outlook: New England (visiting Mattapan)
1:30 Issues & Answers
2:00 Movie "Arch of Triumph" (bw)
4:30 Hollywood & the Stars (bw/pt 1)
5:00 National Geographic "The Mystery of Animal Behavior"
6:00 News
6:30 Ozzie's Girls
7:00 5 at Large
7:30 FBI
8:30 Movie "Riot"
10:30 News
11:00 Tom Jones (guests Sammy Davis Jr. and the Band of the Welsh Guards)
mid. ABC News
12:15 Movie "Charlie Chan in Murder Over New York" (bw)
1:30 New Heaven/New Earth
2:00 Outlook: New England
2:30 sign-off

WTEV 6-ABC New Bedford
7:15 Farmer's Corner
7:45 Protestant Church Service
8:15 Jewish Service
8:45 Catholic Mass
9:30 Lassie
10:00 Kid Power
10:30 Osmonds
11:00 H.R. Pufnstuf
11:30 Make a Wish
noon Passport to Portugal
12:30 Portuguese Around Us
1:00 Congressional Conversation (Senators Edward W. Brooke (R-MA) and Claiborne Pell (D-RI))
1:30 Issues & Answers
2:00 Baseball: California-Boston
4:30 New Dating Game
5:00 Lawrence Welk (WNAC aired it Saturdays at 7, also at 7:30 on WTNH)
6:00 News
6:30 Reasoner Report
7:00 Police Surgeon
7:30 FBI
8:30 Movie "Riot"
10:30 Evil Touch
11:00 News
11:30 Race of the Week
mid. David Susskind
1:30 ABC News
1:45 sign-off

WNAC 7-CBS Boston (channel 7 has used a "7 in a circle" logo for many years, but they were using an octogon in those days!)
6:30 Agriculture USA
7:00 Marshall Efron's Sunday School (return)
7:30 Mayberry RFD
8:00 Bailey's Comets
8:30 Amazing Chan & the Chan Clan
9:00 Book Mark
9:15 Catholic Mass
10:00 Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30 Today's Health
11:00 Urban Art
11:30 Newsmakers
noon Movie "Who's Minding the Mint?"
2:00 Face the Nation
2:30 CBS Tennis Classic
3:30 CBS Sports Spectactular
5:30 News
6:00 CBS News Retrospective "Resources for Freedom" (bw)
7:00 Black News
7:30 Apple's Way
8:30 Mannix
9:30 60 Minutes
10:30 News
11:00 Police Surgeon
11:30 CBS News
11:45 Movie "From Here to Eternity"
1:45 News
2:15 Book Mark
2:30 sign-off

WTNH 8-ABC New Haven
7:00 This is the Life
7:30 Worship for Shut-Ins
8:00 Catholic Mass
8:30 Insight
9:00 Make It Real
9:30 Captain Noah (WPVI and WTNH were sisters)
10:00 Kid Power
10:30 Osmonds
11:00 H.R. Pufnstuf
11:30 Make a Wish
noon Connecticut Scene
12:15 Speaking for the Consumer
12:30 Dialogue
1:00 Eighth Day
1:30 Issues & Answers
2:00 Movie "Johnny Holiday" (bw)
3:45 Movie "Operation Warhead" (bw)
5:30 You Asked for It
6:00 Partridge Family
6:30 Yale '74
7:00 Untamed World
7:30 FBI
8:30 Movie "Riot"
10:30 Evil Touch
11:00 News
11:30 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (Allman Brothers Band/Wet Willie/Marshall Tucker Band/Martin Mull)
1:00 ABC News
1:15 Speaking for the Consumer
1:30 sign-off

WMUR 9-ABC Manchester
8:30 Day of Discovery
9:00 Oral Roberts
9:30 Herald of Truth
10:00 Faith for Today
10:30 Osmonds
11:00 H.R. Pufnstuf
11:30 Make a Wish
noon Wrestling
1:00 Roller Game
2:00 Movie "Man from Oklahoma" (bw)
3:00 Movie "The Avengers" (bw/not to be confused with the 60s series, this stars John Carroll as a bandit-fighter)
4:30 Movie "Thunder Pass" (bw)
6:00 Car & Track: NASCAR Winston 500 highlights
6:30 Issues & Answers
7:00 Wild Kingdom
7:30 FBI
8:30 Movie "Riot"
10:30 Felony Squad
11:00 ABC News
11:15 Insight (bw)
11:45 sign-off

WJAR 10-NBC Providence
6:00 Christopher Closeup
6:30 This is the Life
7:00 Dialogue
7:30 Week Starts Here
8:00 Melting Pot
8:30 URI Urban Journal
9:00 Jetsons
9:30 Go (at the Tulsa State Fair)
10:00 Rex Humbard (Hee Haw's Lulu Roman talks about her religious beliefs)
11:00 Black Profile
11:30 Perspective
noon News Conference
12:30 Meet the Press
1:00 Movie "The Condemned of Altona" (bw)
3:00 Avengers
4:00 I Love Lucy (bw)
4:30 Thrillseekers
5:00 Seven Seas
6:00 News
6:30 NBC Nightly News
7:00 Wild Kingdom
7:30 Wonderful World of Disney "The Adventures of Chip 'n' Dale"
8:30 McCloud
10:30 New Treasure Hunt
11:00 News
11:30 Name of the Game
1:00 sign-off

WPRI 12-CBS Providence
7:30 Brother Buzz
8:00 Kathryn Kuhlman
8:30 Soul Village
9:00 Oral Roberts
9:30 Day of Discovery
10:00 To Be Equal
10:30 Portugal in America
11:00 Face the News
11:30 Fishin' Hole
noon Face the Nation
12:30 Movie "Spencer's Mountain"
2:30 CBS Tennis Classic
3:30 CBS Sports Spectacular
5:30 NFL Championship Games: Cleveland-Green Bay from 1965
6:00 CBS News Retrospective "Resources for Freedom" (bw)
7:00 News
7:30 Apple's Way
8:30 Mannix
9:30 60 Minutes
10:30 News
11:00 Protectors
11:30 Dragney
mid. Movie "A Distant Trumpet"
1:30 sign-off

WSMW 27-Ind Worcester
8:00 Day of Discovery
8:30 Old Time Gospel Hour
9:30 Gospel Singing Jubilee
10:30 Portuguese Around Us
11:00 Rex Humbard (Lulu's here too)
noon Bowling
1:00 Bold Journey (bw)
1:30 Capture
2:00 Day of Discovery
2:30 Movie "Let's Go Navy" (bw)
4:00 Movie "Curly Top" (bw)
5:30 Safari to Adventure
6:00 Wild Kingdom
6:30 Bowling
7:30 Movie "My Gal Sal"
9:30 David Susskind
11:30 sign-off

WSBE 36-PBS Providence
6pm Not for Black Only
6:30 Insight
7:00 Zoom
7:30 Journey to Japan
8:00 Evening at Pops
9:00 Masterpiece Theatre "Music Halls of Edwardian England"
10:30 Firing Line
11:30 sign-off

WSBK 38-Ind Boston
7:55 News
8:00 Worship for Shut-Ins
8:30 Nutty Squirrels
9:00 Mellotunes
9:30 Mr. Magoo & Friends
10:00 Porky Pig & Friends
10:30 Bugs Bunny & Friends
11:00 Hour of Power
noon Builder's Showcase
12:30 Wally's Workshop
1:00 Day of Discovery
1:30 Bruins Highlights
2:00 NFL Championship Games: Kansas City-Oakland in the 1969 AFL title game
2:30 Wagon Train
4:00 Laugh Classics "Man I Cured"/"Mail Trouble" (bw)
4:30 Movie "That's the Spirit" (bw)
6:00 Audubon Wildlife Theatre
6:30 Bold Ones
7:30 World Team Tennis: Toronto-Buffalo Royals take on the Boston Lobsters, live from BU's Brown Arena
10:00 Ask the Manager
10:30 Drum
11:00 Human Dimension
11:30 Massachusetts Council of Rabbis
mid. sign-off

WEDN 53-PBS Norwich
4pm TBA
4:30 Jazz a la Montreux
6:00 Family Theatre
7:00 Zoom
7:30 Journey to Japan
8:00 Evening at Pops
9:00 Masterpiece Theatre "Music Halls of Edwardian England"
10:30 Firing Line
11:30 sign-off

WLVI 56-Ind Boston
7:30 Huckleberry Hound
8:00 Speed Racer
8:30 Batman
9:00 Lost in Space
10:00 Flintstones (x2)
11:00 Little Rascals (bw)
11:30 Gilligan's Island (Phil Silvers guest stars as a movie producer whose plane crashes near the island)
noon Movie "It's Always Fair Weather"
2:00 Movie "Summer Stock"
4:00 Movie "Neptune's Daughter"
6:00 Movie "Mr. Imperium"
7:30 Movie "Torrid Zone" (bw)
9:30 Norman Vincent Peale
10:00 Point of View
10:30 Lou Gordon
mid. sign-off
 
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