Retro: Boston - Sunday, September 29, 1969

[MCarney]

Source – Boston Sunday Globe, TV Week section

2 - WGBH Boston (NET)
05:00p Say, Brother (color)
06:00p Rainbow Quest
07:00p Win, Place, Show (color)
08:00p Sounds of Summer “Festival Dubrovnik” – Mstislav Rostropovich, Galina Vichnevskaja, Issac Stern, Claudio Arrau, others (color)
10:00p Firing Line (color)

4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
05:45a The Living Word
06:00p Man in Space (color)
06:30a Boomtown (color)
09:00a The Government Story
09:30a International Zone (color)
10:00a O.B.W. ’69 (color)
10:30a Frontiers of Faith (color)
11:00a Community Auditions (color)
11:30a News, Weather (color)
12:00p Movie double feature – 1) “The Lively Set” (1964 - color) starring James Darrin, Pamela Tiffin and Doug McClure; 2) “Four Desperate Men” (1960) starring Aldo Ray and Heather Sears
03:30p Meet the Press (color)
04:00p Football – New York Jets vs. San Diego Chargers
07:00p News, Weather (color)
07:30p The Wonderful World of Disney “My Dog, the Thief”, conclusion (color)
08:30p The Bill Cosby Show “The Longest Hook Shot in the World” (color)
09:00p Bonanza – Candy is the prime suspect in the death of a rancher and his family (color)
10:00p The Bold Ones “A Case of Good Whiskey at Christmas Time” (color)
11:00p News, Weather (color)
11:30p Tonight Show (color)

5 – WHDH Boston (CBS)
06:30a Across the Fence (color)
07:00a The Bozo Show (color)
08:00a Insight
08:30a Faith to Faith (color)
09:00a Turning Point (color)
09:15a Sacred Heart
09:30a Builder’s Showcase (color)
10:00a Lamp Unto My Feet (color)
10:30a Look Up and Live “Reform from Within”; a study of changes in Catholic education (color)
11:00a Camera Three (color)
11:30a Face the Nation (color)
12:00p News, Weather (color)
12:30p Outdoors – Joe Foss (color)
01:00p The Big Bands – Guy Lombardo (color)
01:30p Sports Scrapbook (color)
01:45p The N.F.L. Today (color)
02:00p Football – New York Giants vs. Detroit Lions (color)
05:00p Branded (color)
05:30p News, Weather (color)
06:00p Movie “Marines, Let’s Go” (1961) starring Tom Tryan , David Hedison (color)
08:00p The Ed Sullivan Show – Barbra Streisand, Red Skelton, Tony Bennett, The Temptations (color)
09:00p The Leslie Uggams Show (Premiere) – variety, guests: Dick Van Dyke, David Frye, Sly and the Family Stone (color)
10:00p Mission: Impossible – Leonard Nimoy joins the cast (color)
11:00p News, Weather (color)
11:30p CBS News – Harry Reasoner (color)
11:45p Merv Griffin Show (color)
01:15a Movie “Conquest of Space” (1955) starring Eric Fleming, Ross Martin (color)

6 – WTEV New Bedford (ABC)
06:30a Farmer’s Corner
07:00a The Flintstones (color)
07:30a Cartoon Time (color)
07:45a Protestant Service (color)
08:15a Jewish Service (color)
08:45a Catholic Mass (color)
09:30a Dudley Do-Right (color)
10:00a George of the Jungle (color)
10:30a Fantastic Four (color)
11:00a Bullwinkle Show (color)
11:30a Discovery (color)
12:00p Skippy (color) – Australian show about a kangaroo
12:30p Three Stooges (color) – must be the cartoon if it’s color
01:00p The Cisco Kid (color)
01:30p Issues and Answers (color)
02:00p Congressional Conversation – Sens. Edward Brooke and Claiborne Pell (color)
02:30p Sunday Matinee (no title listed)
05:00p Ironside (color) – delayed from Thursday @ 8:30p (from NBC – WJAR ran a movie on Thursday nights)
06:00p Marcus Welby, M.D. (color) – delayed from Tuesday @ 10p (WTEV ran “Suspense Theater” at that time)
07:00p Land of the Giants “Six Hours to Live” (color)
08:00p The FBI “The Swindler” (color)
09:00p ABC Sunday Night Movie – “Nevada Smith” (1966) starring Steve McQueen (color)
11:30p News, Weather (color)
12:00a Movie double feature – 1) “Dark Mirror” (1948) and 2) “The Girl Most Likely” (1957)

7 – WNAC Boston (ABC)
07:00a Discovery (color)
07:30a Dudley Do-Right (color)
08:00a Dennis the Menace (color) – must be a mistake; the cartoon didn’t start until 1986
08:30a The Christophers (color)
08:45a This is the Life
09:15a Catholic Mass (color)
10:00a Limelight (color)
10:30a Firing Line (color)
11:30a Candid Camera
12:00p Movie double feature – 1) “Rio Bravo” (1959) starring John Wayne, Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson; 2) “Peggy” (1950) starring Rock Hudson and Diana Lynn
03:30p Issues and Answers (color)
04:00p All-American College Show (color)
04:30p Death Valley Days (color)
05:00p Movie “The Running Man” (1963) starring Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick
06:00p News, Weather (color)
07:00p Land of the Giants “Six Hours to Live” (color)
08:00p The FBI “The Swindler” (color)
09:00p ABC Sunday Night Movie – “Nevada Smith” (1966) starring Steve McQueen (color)
11:30p News, Weather (color)
12:00a Movie “Straight-Jacket” (1964) starring Joan Crawford

9 – WMUR Manchester (ABC) – they would not have live studio color until 1972
08:15a The Living Word
08:30a Allen’s Revival Hour
09:00a Oral Roberts
09:30a Day of Discovery
10:00a Faith for Today (color)
10:30a Herald of Truth (color)
11:00a Bullwinkle Show (color)
11:30a Football – Notre Dame vs. Purdue, game tape (color)
01:00p Insight
01:30p Issues and Answers (color)
02:00p College Football – highlights (color)
03:00p Scene 70
04:00p Roller Derby
05:00p Big Time Wrestling
07:00p Land of the Giants “Six Hours to Live” (color)
08:00p The FBI “The Swindler” (color)
09:00p ABC Sunday Night Movie – “Nevada Smith” (1966) starring Steve McQueen (color)
11:30p News, Weather

10 – WJAR Providence (NBC)
07:45a Leave it to Beaver
08:15a Sacred Heart
08:30a This is the Life
09:00a Frontiers of Faith (color)
09:30a The Christophers (color)
10:00a On This Day
10:30a Psychology Series (color)
11:00a The Living Word
11:15a News, Weather (color)
11:30a Your Child in School
12:30p McHale’s Navy
01:00p Meet the Press (color)
01:30p Sunday Movies (no title listed)
04:00p Football – New York Jets vs. San Diego Chargers
07:00p Wild Kingdom (color)
07:30p The Wonderful World of Disney “My Dog, the Thief”, conclusion (color)
08:30p The Bill Cosby Show “The Longest Hook Shot in the World” (color)
09:00p Bonanza – Candy is the prime suspect in the death of a rancher and his family (color)
10:00p The Bold Ones “A Case of Good Whiskey at Christmas Time” (color)
11:00p News, Weather (color)
11:30p Movie “A Letter to Three Wives” (1949)

11 – WENH Durham (NET)
05:00p Speaking Freely – Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (color)
06:00p Rainbow Quest
07:00p Book Beet (color)
07:30p Column Eight
08:00p Sounds of Summer “Festival Dubrovnik” – Mstislav Rostropovich, Galina Vichnevskaja, Issac Stern, Claudio Arrau, others (color)

12 – WPRI Providence (CBS)
08:00a Jonny Quest (color)
08:30a Mr. Magoo (color)
09:00a Tom and Jerry (color)
09:30a Oral Roberts (color)
10:00a Lamp Unto My Feet (color)
10:30a Day of Discovery
11:00a Face the News
11:30a Football – Notre Dame vs. Purdue, game tape (color)
01:00p – no program listed
01:45p The N.F.L. Today (color)
02:00p Football – New York Giants vs. Detroit Lions (color)
05:00p The Jetsons (color)
05:30p Amateur Hour (color)
06:00p CBS News Special
06:30p News, Weather (color)
07:00p Lassie (color) – WHDH will run this show on delay on Saturday @ 5p
07:30p To Rome With Love (Premiere, color) – WHDH will run this show on delay on Saturday @ 5:30p
08:00p The Ed Sullivan Show – Barbra Streisand, Red Skelton, Tony Bennett, The Temptations (color)
09:00p The Leslie Uggams Show (Premiere) – variety, guests: Dick Van Dyke, David Frye, Sly and the Family Stone (color)
10:00p Mission: Impossible – Leonard Nimoy joins the cast (color)
11:00p News, Weather (color)
11:30p Merv Griffin Show (color)

38 – WSBK Boston (Ind) – secondary ABC, CBS and NBC
08:00a With This Ring (color)
08:15a Cathedral of Tomorrow
09:15a Catholic Mass (color)
10:00a Herald of Truth (color)
10:30a Underdog (color)
11:00a Oral Roberts (color)
11:30a Football – Notre Dame vs. Purdue, game tape (color)
01:00p Hockey – highlights of last season’s Bruins-Montreal series; part 1 (color)
01:30p Dialogue 38 (color)
02:00p College Football – highlights (color)
03:00p Black Horizons (color)
03:30p Movie double feature – 1) “The Fighting 69th (1940) starring James Cagney and Pat O’Brien; 2) “Knute Rockne – All American” (1940) starring Pat O’Brien and Ronald Reagan
06:30p Alfred Hitchcock
07:00p Ray Anthony Show (color)
08:00p Suspense Theater (color)
09:00p Movie “Summer Interlude” (1951)
10:30p After Dark (color) – could this be “Playboy After Dark”?
11:30p The American West (color)

50 – WXPO Derry NH/Lowell MA (Ind) – 1st day on the air
03:00p The Monroes (color)
04:00p Burke’s Law
05:00p Adventures in Paradise (color) ??? – this show was in black & white
06:00p Secret Agent (color) – only the last 2 episodes are in color
07:00p David Susskind Show (color)
09:00p Here Comes the Stars – George Jessel, host (color)
10:00p Week-End in Hollywood – Pat Boone, host (color)
11:00p Playhouse 50 (no title listed)

56 – WKBG Boston (Ind)
07:55a At Your Service (color)
08:00a Words and Music (color)
09:00a Ultraman (color)
09:30a Bunker Hill Show (not marked as color but was a local kid’s show and was produced in color)
10:30a Superman
11:00a Little Rascals
11:30a The Flintstones (color)
12:00p Movie “The Golden Eye” (1948) a Charlie Chan mystery starring Roland Winters
01:00p Movie double feature – 1) “The Scarlet Pimpernel” (1935); 2) “Paris Underground” (1945)
04:30p The Honeymooners
05:00p Combat
06:00p The Baron (color)
07:00p The Champions (color)
08:00p Movie “Nightmare Alley” (1947) starring Tyrone Power
10:00p The Outer Limits
11:00p Les Crane Show (color)
02:30a At Your Service (color)

 

[azumanga]

4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
10:00p The Bold Ones “A Case of Good Whiskey at Christmas Time” (color)

This was the series premiere of "The Protectors", one of the three components of "The Bold Ones", which starred Leslie Nielsen:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bold_Ones:_The_Protectors

38 – WSBK Boston (Ind) – secondary ABC, CBS and NBC
10:30p After Dark (color) – could this be “Playboy After Dark”?

Maybe -- it's not uncommon for the "Playboy" name to be censored for one reason or another. TV Guide always listed the show as "Hugh Hefner", the show's host.

 

[retrosmart]

Isn't NBC on 7, CBS on 4, ABC on 5?

 

[MCarney]

It is now, and has been since January 2, 1995. WBZ 4 was an NBC affiliate until that time. 5 and 7 had swapped ABC and CBS a couple of times (1961 and 1972).

 

[retrosmart]

NBC has been on 7 all the time, during Profiler, Punky, Mario, Captain N, Hunter, A-Team, Batman Returns, 1600, etc, years on.

 

[Stitch]

NBC has been on 7 all the time, during Profiler, Punky, Mario, Captain N, Hunter, A-Team, Batman Returns, 1600, etc, years on.

A number of points...in no particular order....

Let's play a game called "research". The internet can be useful for this.

While researching the internet, you may find a little history of Boston television. (Boston, by the way, is nowhere near Houston.)

The current affiliation lineup amongst the 'Big 4' broadcast networks, plus PBS, is:

WGBH-Channel 2 (PBS)
WBZ-Channel 4 (CBS, and a CBS owned-and-operated station)
WCVB-Channel 5 (ABC, owned by Hearst)
WHDH-Channel 7 (NBC, owned by Sunbeam Television)
WFXT-Channel 25 (Fox, and a Fox owned-and-operated station)

Yes, there are CW, MyNetwork TV, Univision, Telemundo, and other stations, but let's just focus on the above five. And yes, those channels reflect the heritage pre-digital allotments and current 'virtual channels'. (I know at this point I just blew your mind, but bear with me-and I don't mean Yogi Bear or Winne-The-F*@! Pooh bear).

Years ago, probably before you or your parents were born, (more specifically, the period encompassing 1994-95), there was what's called an 'affiliation switch' between WBZ-Channel 4, then NBC, and WHDH-Channel 7, then CBS.

WBZ's owner, then Westinghouse (or "Group W"), bought the CBS network.

So, here you have WBZ Channel 4, an NBC station which DID air shows like Captain N, Punky Brewster, SuperTrain, and um, perhaps the airing of Tim Burton's Batman Returns at one time or another, suddenly finding itself being owned by the same company that now owned CBS.

Over at WHDH Channel 7, which carried CBS, the thought must have been along the lines of "well what will happen now, 'cause our network and our competitor, channel 4, are owned by the same company. What will happen to us?"

Here's what happened, more or less. CBS did in fact change stations. They moved to Channel 4 (which had been carrying NBC for years), from Channel 7, which had been the CBS station.

Where did NBC go? They went to Channel 7. There were a few rumors that Fox (a network you may or may not be familiar with) would switch to channel 7, but that didn't happen, and it stayed on channel 25. (Sorry, I may have blown your mind again there).

So, the point is this: Channel 7 in Boston was never 'always NBC'. They joined the NBC network in 1995, long after "Punky Brewster", "The A-Team", "Bonanza" and "Hello, Larry" had left the primetime airwaves.

CBS, which HAD been on Channel 7, went to Channel 4, and NBC, which HAD been on Channel 4, went to Channel 7.

1994: NBC on WBZ Channel 4, CBS on WHDH Channel 7
1995: NBC on WHDH Channel 7, CBS on WBZ Channel 4

I hope this clears up confusion. And again, I recommend some 'reasearch' on the internet before making a claim that a specific TV station has always been with a specific network. Or what cookie Lassie eats.

- - - -

Unrelated, but even in your area of Houston (I'm assuming your in the area, given the unhealthy obsession with obscure UHF channels in the Houston market), there have been a few network affiliation changes. LONG, LONG ago, before you were born, KPRC-Channel 2, which you may or may not know today as being the NBC station, once carried...get ready for this...OTHER NETWORKS. Channel 2, in their earliest days going back to 1949, carried some network shows not only from NBC, but also CBS, ABC, and the long-gone DuMont Network. Once Channels 11 and 13 signed on the air, Channel 2 lost CBS and ABC programs, and stayed with NBC. (DuMont shut down around 1956). Channel 2, by the way, has no intentions as to be going the path of KETH, joining the PBJ network, or relocating to an abandoned Shoney's located three blocks away from KUBE's transmitter site.

Or, just read MCarney's post, which clearly explained what happened in much, much shorter detail.

The End.

 

[Fenway1912]

WXPO did not sign on until early October because the STL wasn't ready.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

The old WNAC-7 was a primary CBS affiliate from it's debut on June 21st, 1948 through December 31st, 1960, and again from March 19th, 1972 through (as WHDH) January 1st, 1995.

In it's earliest years, it carried a few DuMont shows (as did WBZ-4), and was a secondary affiliate of ABC from 1948 until November of 1957.

It was an ABC affiliate from January 1st, 1961 through March 18th, 1972.

Boston's Channel 5 (at first the original WHDH, now WCVB) was an ABC affiliate from it's sign-on in November, 1957 through December 31st, 1960; then was a CBS affiliate from January 1st, 1961 through March 18th, 1972 and has been an ABC affiliate since WCVB took over the channel on March 19th, 1972.

So Boston's Channel 7 has been a primary affiliate of all of the traditional "big three" networks during the station's history.