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Retro: Boston - Sunday July 4, 1976

M

MCarney

Bicentennial listings!

Source: Boston Sunday Globe TV Week

2 - WGBH Boston (PBS)
04:00p Goodbye America – Reenactment of British Parliament debate in 1776 over whether Britain should make war or peace with the rebellious American colonists
05:30p Dance for Camera “George House”
06:00p Say Brother
06:30p Physical Fatness
07:00p Nova “The Search for Life” – mankind’s attempts to reach out into space
08:00p Evening at Pops “American Vignettes” – ballet star Edward Villella in salute to America in song
09:00p Masterpiece Theater – Fifth chapter of “Notorious Woman”
10:00p The Olympiad “The Marathon”
11:00p Video & Television Review

4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
07:00a The Living Word
07:15a Davey and Goliath
07:30a A Show of Faith
08:00a The Glorious Fourth – NBC all-day coverage of Bicentennial Day events, including sunrise at Grand Canyon; first pictures of Viking spacecraft on Mars (tentative); “Salute to America” parade from Athens, Ga; reading (in Boston) of Declaration of Independence; “Pow Wow” all-Indian rodeo from Flagstaff, Ari.; services at historic Donegal Presbyterian church, Mount Joy, Pa.; mass naturalization ceremony from Miami Beach; Louis Armstrong Memorial Jazz Concert, Charlotte, N.C.; bell ringing ceremony from the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia; a showboat on the Mississippi; the Alamo; events in San Francisco Bay, Valley Forge, Springfield, Mo., Washington D.C.; regular Sunday morning baseball game played by Americans in Hyde Park, London; Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin; DMZ between North and South Korea
12:00p Meet the Press – Hour-long edition featuring six of the participants in the Governor’s Conference in Philadelphia
01:00p The Glorious Fourth – continued
06:00p News
06:30p NBC News
07:00p Happy Birthday, America – Paul Anka and family play host to 6000 students and cast of entertainers and celebrities, including Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, astronauts Gordon Cooper, Jim Irwin and Ed Mitchell, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Jim Backus, Sandy Duncan, Arte Johnson
08:30p Bob Hope Special – Debbie Reynolds, Donny and Marie, Sammy Davis Jr., and others join Bob in a Bicentennial salute
10:00p Best of the Fourth – a look back at the day’s events
11:00p News
11:30p Mod Squad
12:30a Movie “Phantom of the Opera”

5 – WCVB Boston (ABC)
06:00p Christophers Close-Up
06:30p The Bible Answers
07:00a Make a Wish
07:30a Davey and Goliath
08:00a Captain Bob
08:30a Jabberwocky
09:00a New Heaven/New Earth
09:30a Aqui
10:00a Sunday Open House – Bicentennial celebration from Marblehead, focusing on how a small town honors the nation’s 200th birthday
12:00p Issues and Answers – Prince Philip, guest
12:30p Good Morning – Ken Stahl traces Pilgrims’ progress from their point of origin in England to their departure for the New World
01:30p Special “The Great American Birthday Party”
02:30p Boston Legacy
03:00p Good Morning, Freedom – Bicentennial tour of American Revolutionary landmarks from Lexington to Yorktown
03:30p Movie “Meet Me in St. Louis”
06:00p News
06:30p Let’s Make a Deal
07:00p The American Idea “The Glory Road West” – special capturing the grandeur of the West and recalling the people who molded it and were molded by it. Chad Everett, Henry Fonda, Buffy Saint Marie, narrators.
08:00p ABC Movie “The New Land”
10:00p Special “Great American Birthday Party” – wrap-up of Bicentennial events
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”
01:30a Sunday Open House

6 – WTEV New Bedford (ABC)
06:45a Farmer’s Corner
07:15a The Jetsons
07:45a Protestant Service
08:15a Jewish Service
08:45a Sunday Mass
09:30a Bullwinkle
10:00a Community Auditions
10:30a Special “Great American Birthday Party” (no description given)
11:30a Make a Wish
12:00p Portuguese Around Us
12:30p We the People
01:00p Issues and Answers
01:30p Special “The Great American Birthday Party”
02:30p Baseball – Red Sox at Milwaukee Brewers
05:00p World Invitational Tennis
06:00p News
07:00p The American Idea “The Glory Road West”
08:00p ABC Movie “The New Land”
10:00p Special “Great American Birthday Party”
11:00p News
11:30p David Susskind

7 – WNAC Boston (CBS)
06:00p Lamp Unto My Feet
06:30a Look Up and Live
07:00a Bicentennial Mass
08:00a In Celebration of Us – CBS all-day coverage of Bicentennial Day events, including pickup from Viking spacecraft; intermittent Bicentennial “Almanac” of American history; reenactment of battle of Gettysburg; musical by members of the transcontinental wagon train at Valley Forge; parades; folk festivals; President Ford at Independence Hall, Philadelphia; “One Nation Under God” ecumenical service from Miami; “July 4th – What’s It About?” for young people; Pure Americana, Polk County, Ia.
06:00p Destination America “A Nation of Immigrants”
07:00p In Celebration of Us – continued
11:00p News
11:30p In Celebration of Us – continued
12:00a Movie “Cotter”

9 – WMUR Manchester (ABC)
08:30a Day of Discovery
09:00a Oral Roberts
09:30a Herald of Truth
10:00a Faith for Today
10:30a Special “Great American Birthday Party”
11:30a Rex Humbard
12:30p Wrestling
01:30p Special – Manchester Bicentennial Parade
03:30p Special – “Great American Birthday Party”
04:30p World Invitational Tennis
06:00p Best Against Best
06:30p NFL Championship
07:00p The American Idea “The Glory Road West”
08:00p ABC Movie “The New Land”
10:00p Special “Great American Birthday Party”
11:00p ABC News
11:15p 700 Club

10 – WJAR Providence (NBC)
07:00a Freedom Is…
07:30a The Week Starts Here
08:00a The Glorious Fourth
12:00p Meet the Press
01:00p The Glorious Fourth – continued
06:00p News
06:30p NBC News
07:00p Happy Birthday, America
08:30p Bob Hope Special
10:00p Best of the Fourth
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation”
01:00a The Week Starts Here

11 – WENH Durham NH (PBS)
05:00p Woman
05:30p Crockett’s Victory Garden
06:00p Freedom Foundation Awards
06:30p World Press
07:00p A N.H. Family
08:00p Evening at Pops
09:00p Masterpiece Theater – Fifth chapter of “Notorious Woman”
10:00p The Olympiad “The Marathon”

12 – WPRI Providence (CBS)
07:00a Old Time Gospel Hour
08:00a In Celebration of Us
06:00p News
06:30p CBS News
07:00p In Celebration of Us – continued
11:00p News
11:30p In Celebration of Us – continued
12:00a Movie “Frontier Hellcat”

27 – WSMW Worcester (Ind)
08:00a Day of Discovery
08:30a Old Time Gospel Hour
09:00a Religious Town Meeting
10:00a It is Written
10:30a LeRoy Jenkins
11:00a Rex Humbard
12:00p Bowling
01:00p Day of Discovery
01:30p Jimmy Swaggart
02:00p Movie “Wild Blue Yonder”
04:00p Movie “Captain January”
05:30p Last of the Wild
06:00p Wild Kingdom
06:30p Bowling
07:30p Animal World
08:00p The Honeymooners
08:30p Racing from Suffolk Downs
09:00p Jacobs Brothers Quartet
09:30p PTL Club

38 – WSBK Boston (Ind)
08:00a Spirit of Independence
08:30a Porky Pig
09:00a Bugs Bunny
09:30a Popeye
10:30a Mr. Magoo
11:00a The Jetsons
11:30a Superman
12:00p Movie “Ghost Catchers”
02:30p Baseball – Red Sox at Milwaukee Brewers
05:30p Movie “Deadline USA”
07:00p Movie “Night and the City”
09:00p Red White and Wow – Bicentennial music special starring Wayne Newton, Dionne Warwick, Doc Severinsen
10:00p Ask the Manager
10:30p The Drum
11:00p Medix
11:30p Worship for Shut-ins

44 – WGBX Boston (PBS)
05:30p Black Perspective
06:00p Woman
06:30p World Press
07:00p French Chef
07:30p Lowell Thomas Remembers
08:00p Bill Moyers’ Journal
09:00p Speaking Freely
10:00p Echoes Bright and Clear

56 – WLVI Boston (Ind)
08:00a Rex Humbard
09:00a Hour of Power
10:00a Batman
10:30a Movie “Adventures of Mark Twain”
01:00p Movie “The Music Man”
04:00p Movie “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town”
06:00p Star Trek
07:00p Steve Allen Laugh-Back
08:00p Movie “Sherlock Holmes in Washington”
10:00p Lou Gordon
11:30p Point of View
12:00a People Power
 
The 1976 Boston Pops July 4th Concert(Was:Re:Retro:Boston - Sunday July 4, 1976)

I have found on You Tube footage of the "1812" overture from the Boston Pops' July 4th concert in 1976.

You can watch it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-fGZzS2M1s .

There are visual cutaways of what appears to be CBS correspondent Heywood Hale Broun (correct me if I'm wrong) standing atop an apartment building overlooking the Hatch Shell, but we never hear him.

I suspect that the network joined the concert in time for the climax of "1812" and I think they stayed through "Stars And Stripes Forever" (not seen in this clip).

I wonder if ABC or NBC also showed excerpts of the show or not (I recall watching almost all of CBS's day-long marathon, including the Pops segment).

In any event, 1976 was the year that put the Pops' July 4th concert "on the map" as a national event.

(BTW, the concert as we now know it began in 1974; prior to that, I believe the Pops had a matinee concert at Hatch Shell on the Fourth that didn't draw more than a few thousand people)
 
That is the great Charles Collingwood stationed on the roof in Boston. CBS gave its correspondents their choice of assignments for the Bicentennial. Collingwood chose Boston because his brother was the Rector of one of the Churches in Boston whose bells were used for the finale of the Overture. At the time of the Bicentennial, Collingwood was on the downside of a brilliant career at CBS and was rarely used. He retired in 1982 and died in 1985.
 
Thanks for correcting me!

Charles Collingwood was one of the so-called "Murrow Boys", and probably had the most successful television career at CBS of any of the Murrow team.

Yes, it's true that Howard K. Smith eventually became a weeknight network TV anchor, but it was at ABC.
 
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