From TV Guide, Central Florida Edition:
WESH Ch. 2 Daytona Beach/Orlando (NBC)
6:15 Sunrise Almanac
6:30 Flying Nun
7 AM Today (Barbara Walters is scheduled to
interview Golda Meir in Israel.)
9 AM Phil Donahue
10 AM Dinah's Place
10:30 Baffle
11 AM Wizard Of Odds (Alex Trebek's first
U.S. game show)
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N Jeopardy! (Art Fleming)
12:30 News
12:55 NBC News (Edwin Newman)
1 PM I Love Lucy
1:30 Three On A Match
2 PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 Return To Peyton Place
4 PM Somerset
4:30 Bonanza
5:30 News
6:30 NBC News (John Chancellor)
7 PM To Tell The Truth
7:30 Untamed World
8 PM Baseball World Of Joe Garagiola
8:15 Baseball: Dodgers-Expos
11 PM News (time approximate)
11:30 Tonight Show (Joey Bishop subs for
Johnny)
NOTE: Tom Snyder's Tomorrow show didn't
debut until October.
WEDU Ch. 3 Tampa (PBS)
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM Sesame Street
7 PM Consultation
7:30 Chat With Pat (Pat Keegan shows how to
conserve energy in the kitchen.)
8 PM Tigers (a drama about a lion tamer whose
son was mauled by a lion and who now faces
divorce)
9 PM Conversation With Sol Hurok
9:30 Book Beat
10 PM The Descendants (about the conflict among the
Spanish Bourbons over the vacant throne)
sign off 11 PM
WDBO (WKMG) Ch. 6 Orlando (CBS)
6:15 Sunshine Almanac
6:30 Summer Semester: "The Immigrant In
American Life"
7 AM CBS News (Hughes Rudd/Sally Quinn)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Perry Mason
10 AM Joker's Wild
10:30 $10,000 Pyramid (how the stakes have jumped)
11 AM Gambit
11:30 Love Of Life
11:55 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
12 N Secret Storm (delay from 4 PM)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM News
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Guiding Light
2:30 Edge Of Night
3 PM Price Is Right
3:30 Match Game '73
4 PM Merv Griffin
5:30 Hogan's Heroes
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
7 PM Truth Or Consequences
7:30 What's My Line?
8 PM Gunsmoke
9 PM Here's Lucy (guest Wayne Newton)
9:30 Doris Day
10 PM Medical Center
11 PM News
11:30 CBS Movie: "The Old Man And The
Sea" (w/Spencer Tracy)
WFLA Ch. 8 Tampa (NBC)
6:15 Today In Florida
7 AM Today
9 AM Movie: "The Mudlark" (Part 1)
10:30 Baffle
11 AM Wizard Of Odds
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N Jeopardy!
12:30 Who, What Or Where
12:55 NBC News
1 PM News
1:30 Three On A Match
2 PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 Return To Peyton Place
4 PM Somerset
4:30 Merv Griffin
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM What's My Line?
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM Baseball World Of Joe Garagiola
8:15 Baseball: Dodgers-Expos
11 PM News (time approximate)
11:30 Tonight Show
WFTV Ch. 9 Orlando (ABC)
6 AM Sunrise Jubilee
7 AM Bozo
8 AM Mike Douglas
9 AM Movie: "Country Music Holiday"
11 AM Password (delay from noon)
11:30 Brady Bunch
12 N News
12:30 Split Second
1 PM All My Children
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 The Girl In My Life
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 One Life To Live
4 PM Movie: "Alexander Hamilton"
5:30 News
6:30 ABC News (Smith/Reasoner)
7 PM You Asked For It
7:30 Let's Make A Deal
8 PM The Rookies
9 PM Movie: "Splendor In The Grass"
11 PM News
11:30 ABC Movie: "War And Peace" (Part 1)
1 AM Movie: "The Great Sioux Massacre"
WLCY (WTSP) Ch. 10 St. Petersburg (ABC)
7 AM 4-H Spotlite
7:15 Involvement 10
7:45 News
8 AM Morning Show (Russ Byrd)
8:30 Fran Carlton (exercises)
9 AM Romper Room
10 AM Leave It To Beaver
10:30 I Love Lucy
11 AM Love, American Style (delay from 4 PM)
11:30 Brady Bunch
12 N Password
12:30 Split Second
1 PM All My Children
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 The Girl In My Life
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 One Life To Live
4 PM Movie: "Confession"
5:30 News
6 PM ABC News
6:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
7 PM Hollywood Squares
7:30 Police Surgeon
8 PM The Rookies
9 PM ABC Movie: "The Bliss Of Mrs.
Blossom"
11 PM News
11:30 ABC Movie: "War And Peace" (Part 1)
WINK Ch. 11 Ft. Myers (CBS)
6:30 Sunshine Almanac
6:45 Good Morning
7 AM CBS News
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Jack LaLanne
9:30 Sesame Street
10:30 Merv Griffin
11:30 Love Of Life
11:55 CBS News
12 N Young And The Restless
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Joker's Wild
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Guiding Light
2:30 Edge Of Night
3 PM Price Is Right
3:30 Match Game '73
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Mike Douglas
6 PM News
7 PM CBS News
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM Gunsmoke
9 PM Here's Lucy
9:30 Doris Day
10 PM Medical Center
11 PM News
11:30 CBS Movie: "The Old Man And
The Sea"
WTVT Ch. 13 Tampa (CBS)
6 AM Breakfast Beat
7 AM CBS News
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Mike Douglas
10:30 $10,000 Pyramid
11 AM Gambit
11:30 Love Of Life
11:55 CBS News
12 N Pulse Plus!
1 PM Search For Tomorrow
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Guiding Light
2:30 Edge Of Night
3 PM Price Is Right
3:30 Match Game '73
4 PM Big Valley
5 PM Bonanza
6 PM News
7 PM CBS News
7:30 Truth Or Consequences
8 PM Gunsmoke
9 PM Here's Lucy
9:30 Doris Day
10 PM Medical Center
11 PM News
11:30 CBS Movie: "The Old Man And
The Sea"
WUSF Ch. 16 Tampa (PBS)
off air until fall
WBBH Ch. 20 Ft. Myers (NBC/ABC)
7 AM Today
9 AM What's Happening? (community events)
9:05 Star Trek
10 AM Dinah's Place
10:30 Baffle
11 AM Wizard Of Odds
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N Jeopardy!
12:30 Who, What Or Where
12:55 News
1 PM Brad Lacey (local talk show)
1:30 Three On A Match
2 PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 Return To Peyton Place
4 PM Somerset
4:30 Daniel Boone (a young Jodie Foster
guests)
5:30 Truth Or Consequences
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM It Takes A Thief
8 PM Baseball World Of Joe Garagiola
8:15 Baseball: Dodgers-Expos
11 PM News (time approximate)
11:30 Tonight Show
1 AM Movie: "Across The Bridge"
WMFE Ch. 24 Orlando (PBS)
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM Sesame Street
7 PM French Chef
7:30 Chan-Ese Way (Chinese cooking)
8 PM Tigers
9 PM Conversation With Sol Hurok
9:30 Book Beat
10 PM What's The Big Idea?
sign off 11 PM
WXLT (WWSB) Ch. 40 Sarasota (ABC)
9 AM New Zoo Revue
9:30 Death Valley Days
10 AM Dinah's Place (pre-empted on Ch. 8)
10:30 Joker's Wild (pre-empted on Ch. 13)
11 AM Galloping Gourmet
11:30 Brady Bunch
12 N Password
12:30 Split Second
1 PM All My Children
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 The Girl In My Life
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 One Life To Live
4 PM Love, American Style (today, the pilot
for "Wait Till Your Father Gets Home")
4:30 Movie: "The Flying Squad"
6 PM News
6:30 ABC News
7 PM The Adventurer (Gene Barry's last series,
to date)
7:30 Young Dr. Kildare
8 PM The Rookies
9 PM ABC Movie: "The Bliss Of Mrs. Blossom"
11 PM News
11:30 ABC Movie: "War And Peace" (Part 1)
NOTE: This is typical of Marty Starger's time as head
programmer at ABC. He loved to import shows and movies
from England ("The Bliss Of Mrs. Blossom" is an example),
as well as try to elevate viewers' tastes ("War And Peace").
Unfortunately, his efforts weren't suited to ABC's audience
and by 1974 the network was in dire straits in the ratings.
Out he went, to be replaced by Elton Rule and (in '75) Fred
Silverman, who would go for the bread and butter and put
ABC on top in 1976.
WTOG Ch. 44 St. Petersburg (Ind.)
10:30 Patty Duke
11 AM Revelation Today
11:30 Not For Women Only
12 N Variety With Sandy Miller/News With Bruce
Micek
1 PM Robert Taylor's Detectives
2 PM The Saint
3 PM New Zoo Revue
3:30 Rocky And His Friends
4 PM Lost In Space
5 PM Batman (today's guest villainess: the Catwoman)
5:30 Gilligan's Island
6 PM Get Smart
6:30 Gomer Pyle, USMC (Jerry Van Dyke guests)
7 PM Petticoat Junction
7:30 Hogan's Heroes
8 PM Robert Taylor's Detectives
9 PM Movie: "Lone Star"
11 PM One Step Beyond
11:30 Movie: "Domino Kid" (Rory Calhoun from 1957,
the year before he started "The Texan")
WESH Ch. 2 Daytona Beach/Orlando (NBC)
6:15 Sunrise Almanac
6:30 Flying Nun
7 AM Today (Barbara Walters is scheduled to
interview Golda Meir in Israel.)
9 AM Phil Donahue
10 AM Dinah's Place
10:30 Baffle
11 AM Wizard Of Odds (Alex Trebek's first
U.S. game show)
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N Jeopardy! (Art Fleming)
12:30 News
12:55 NBC News (Edwin Newman)
1 PM I Love Lucy
1:30 Three On A Match
2 PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 Return To Peyton Place
4 PM Somerset
4:30 Bonanza
5:30 News
6:30 NBC News (John Chancellor)
7 PM To Tell The Truth
7:30 Untamed World
8 PM Baseball World Of Joe Garagiola
8:15 Baseball: Dodgers-Expos
11 PM News (time approximate)
11:30 Tonight Show (Joey Bishop subs for
Johnny)
NOTE: Tom Snyder's Tomorrow show didn't
debut until October.
WEDU Ch. 3 Tampa (PBS)
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM Sesame Street
7 PM Consultation
7:30 Chat With Pat (Pat Keegan shows how to
conserve energy in the kitchen.)
8 PM Tigers (a drama about a lion tamer whose
son was mauled by a lion and who now faces
divorce)
9 PM Conversation With Sol Hurok
9:30 Book Beat
10 PM The Descendants (about the conflict among the
Spanish Bourbons over the vacant throne)
sign off 11 PM
WDBO (WKMG) Ch. 6 Orlando (CBS)
6:15 Sunshine Almanac
6:30 Summer Semester: "The Immigrant In
American Life"
7 AM CBS News (Hughes Rudd/Sally Quinn)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Perry Mason
10 AM Joker's Wild
10:30 $10,000 Pyramid (how the stakes have jumped)
11 AM Gambit
11:30 Love Of Life
11:55 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
12 N Secret Storm (delay from 4 PM)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM News
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Guiding Light
2:30 Edge Of Night
3 PM Price Is Right
3:30 Match Game '73
4 PM Merv Griffin
5:30 Hogan's Heroes
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
7 PM Truth Or Consequences
7:30 What's My Line?
8 PM Gunsmoke
9 PM Here's Lucy (guest Wayne Newton)
9:30 Doris Day
10 PM Medical Center
11 PM News
11:30 CBS Movie: "The Old Man And The
Sea" (w/Spencer Tracy)
WFLA Ch. 8 Tampa (NBC)
6:15 Today In Florida
7 AM Today
9 AM Movie: "The Mudlark" (Part 1)
10:30 Baffle
11 AM Wizard Of Odds
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N Jeopardy!
12:30 Who, What Or Where
12:55 NBC News
1 PM News
1:30 Three On A Match
2 PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 Return To Peyton Place
4 PM Somerset
4:30 Merv Griffin
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM What's My Line?
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM Baseball World Of Joe Garagiola
8:15 Baseball: Dodgers-Expos
11 PM News (time approximate)
11:30 Tonight Show
WFTV Ch. 9 Orlando (ABC)
6 AM Sunrise Jubilee
7 AM Bozo
8 AM Mike Douglas
9 AM Movie: "Country Music Holiday"
11 AM Password (delay from noon)
11:30 Brady Bunch
12 N News
12:30 Split Second
1 PM All My Children
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 The Girl In My Life
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 One Life To Live
4 PM Movie: "Alexander Hamilton"
5:30 News
6:30 ABC News (Smith/Reasoner)
7 PM You Asked For It
7:30 Let's Make A Deal
8 PM The Rookies
9 PM Movie: "Splendor In The Grass"
11 PM News
11:30 ABC Movie: "War And Peace" (Part 1)
1 AM Movie: "The Great Sioux Massacre"
WLCY (WTSP) Ch. 10 St. Petersburg (ABC)
7 AM 4-H Spotlite
7:15 Involvement 10
7:45 News
8 AM Morning Show (Russ Byrd)
8:30 Fran Carlton (exercises)
9 AM Romper Room
10 AM Leave It To Beaver
10:30 I Love Lucy
11 AM Love, American Style (delay from 4 PM)
11:30 Brady Bunch
12 N Password
12:30 Split Second
1 PM All My Children
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 The Girl In My Life
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 One Life To Live
4 PM Movie: "Confession"
5:30 News
6 PM ABC News
6:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
7 PM Hollywood Squares
7:30 Police Surgeon
8 PM The Rookies
9 PM ABC Movie: "The Bliss Of Mrs.
Blossom"
11 PM News
11:30 ABC Movie: "War And Peace" (Part 1)
WINK Ch. 11 Ft. Myers (CBS)
6:30 Sunshine Almanac
6:45 Good Morning
7 AM CBS News
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Jack LaLanne
9:30 Sesame Street
10:30 Merv Griffin
11:30 Love Of Life
11:55 CBS News
12 N Young And The Restless
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Joker's Wild
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Guiding Light
2:30 Edge Of Night
3 PM Price Is Right
3:30 Match Game '73
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Mike Douglas
6 PM News
7 PM CBS News
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM Gunsmoke
9 PM Here's Lucy
9:30 Doris Day
10 PM Medical Center
11 PM News
11:30 CBS Movie: "The Old Man And
The Sea"
WTVT Ch. 13 Tampa (CBS)
6 AM Breakfast Beat
7 AM CBS News
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Mike Douglas
10:30 $10,000 Pyramid
11 AM Gambit
11:30 Love Of Life
11:55 CBS News
12 N Pulse Plus!
1 PM Search For Tomorrow
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Guiding Light
2:30 Edge Of Night
3 PM Price Is Right
3:30 Match Game '73
4 PM Big Valley
5 PM Bonanza
6 PM News
7 PM CBS News
7:30 Truth Or Consequences
8 PM Gunsmoke
9 PM Here's Lucy
9:30 Doris Day
10 PM Medical Center
11 PM News
11:30 CBS Movie: "The Old Man And
The Sea"
WUSF Ch. 16 Tampa (PBS)
off air until fall
WBBH Ch. 20 Ft. Myers (NBC/ABC)
7 AM Today
9 AM What's Happening? (community events)
9:05 Star Trek
10 AM Dinah's Place
10:30 Baffle
11 AM Wizard Of Odds
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N Jeopardy!
12:30 Who, What Or Where
12:55 News
1 PM Brad Lacey (local talk show)
1:30 Three On A Match
2 PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 Return To Peyton Place
4 PM Somerset
4:30 Daniel Boone (a young Jodie Foster
guests)
5:30 Truth Or Consequences
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM It Takes A Thief
8 PM Baseball World Of Joe Garagiola
8:15 Baseball: Dodgers-Expos
11 PM News (time approximate)
11:30 Tonight Show
1 AM Movie: "Across The Bridge"
WMFE Ch. 24 Orlando (PBS)
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM Sesame Street
7 PM French Chef
7:30 Chan-Ese Way (Chinese cooking)
8 PM Tigers
9 PM Conversation With Sol Hurok
9:30 Book Beat
10 PM What's The Big Idea?
sign off 11 PM
WXLT (WWSB) Ch. 40 Sarasota (ABC)
9 AM New Zoo Revue
9:30 Death Valley Days
10 AM Dinah's Place (pre-empted on Ch. 8)
10:30 Joker's Wild (pre-empted on Ch. 13)
11 AM Galloping Gourmet
11:30 Brady Bunch
12 N Password
12:30 Split Second
1 PM All My Children
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 The Girl In My Life
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 One Life To Live
4 PM Love, American Style (today, the pilot
for "Wait Till Your Father Gets Home")
4:30 Movie: "The Flying Squad"
6 PM News
6:30 ABC News
7 PM The Adventurer (Gene Barry's last series,
to date)
7:30 Young Dr. Kildare
8 PM The Rookies
9 PM ABC Movie: "The Bliss Of Mrs. Blossom"
11 PM News
11:30 ABC Movie: "War And Peace" (Part 1)
NOTE: This is typical of Marty Starger's time as head
programmer at ABC. He loved to import shows and movies
from England ("The Bliss Of Mrs. Blossom" is an example),
as well as try to elevate viewers' tastes ("War And Peace").
Unfortunately, his efforts weren't suited to ABC's audience
and by 1974 the network was in dire straits in the ratings.
Out he went, to be replaced by Elton Rule and (in '75) Fred
Silverman, who would go for the bread and butter and put
ABC on top in 1976.
WTOG Ch. 44 St. Petersburg (Ind.)
10:30 Patty Duke
11 AM Revelation Today
11:30 Not For Women Only
12 N Variety With Sandy Miller/News With Bruce
Micek
1 PM Robert Taylor's Detectives
2 PM The Saint
3 PM New Zoo Revue
3:30 Rocky And His Friends
4 PM Lost In Space
5 PM Batman (today's guest villainess: the Catwoman)
5:30 Gilligan's Island
6 PM Get Smart
6:30 Gomer Pyle, USMC (Jerry Van Dyke guests)
7 PM Petticoat Junction
7:30 Hogan's Heroes
8 PM Robert Taylor's Detectives
9 PM Movie: "Lone Star"
11 PM One Step Beyond
11:30 Movie: "Domino Kid" (Rory Calhoun from 1957,
the year before he started "The Texan")
