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Retro: Central Florida Monday, February 19, 1973

From TV Guide, Central Florida Edition:

WESH Ch. 2 Daytona Beach/Orlando (NBC)

6 AM Your Future Is Now
6:30 Garner Ted Armstrong
7 AM Today (Frank McGee)
9 AM Phil Donahue
10 AM Dinah's Place
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Sale Of The Century
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N Jeopardy!
12:30 News
12:55 NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
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 National Geographic
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Alamo" (Part 2)
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show

WEDU Ch. 3 Tampa (PBS)

In-school programming until

4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM Sesame Street
7 PM What's New In Science
7:30 Homemaking Today (and this when
the women's movement was really
starting to take off)
8 PM Mysterious Mr. Eliot (T.S. Eliot)
9 PM Bolero
9:30 Book Beat
10 PM Monday Night In The Jet Set
sign off after this

WDBO (WKMG) Ch. 6 Orlando (CBS)

6:15 Sunshine Almanac
6:30 Sunrise Semester: "The Heavenly
Twins--Astronomy And Astrology"
7 AM CBS News (John Hart)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Perry Mason
10 AM Beat The Clock (Gene Wood)
10:30 Price Is Right
11 AM Gambit
11:30 Love Of Life
12 N Where The Heart Is
12:25 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM News
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Guiding Light (those were the days--
Ch. 6 now carries GL at 9 AM)
2:30 Edge Of Night
3 PM Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
3:30 Secret Storm
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
9:30 Doris Day
10 PM Bill Cosby (variety--Groucho Marx is
guest, and it's said that it was after
this show that he suggested that Cosby
host a revival of "You Bet Your Life"--we
know how that turned out)
11 PM News
11:30 CBS Movie: "The Glass Bottom Boat"
(to 2 AM)

WFLA Ch. 8 Tampa (NBC)

6:15 Today In Florida
7 AM Today
9 AM Movie: "The Pumpkin Eater" (Part 1)
10:20 Fashions In Sewing
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Sale Of The Century
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 Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Alamo" (Part 2)
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show

WFTV Ch. 9 Orlando (ABC)

6 AM Sunrise Jubilee (host is someone
named Thomley, who replaced
Slim Mims--see my last Central
Florida post)
7 AM Bozo
8 AM Mike Douglas
9 AM Movie: "Suspicion"
11 AM Password
11:30 Bewitched
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 Dating Game
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 One Life To Live
4 PM Movie: "The Night Has A
Thousand Eyes" (and you
thought that was just a song)
5:30 News
6:30 ABC News (Smith/Reasoner)
7 PM You Asked For It (new episodes
with host Smilin' Jack Smith)
7:30 Let's Make A Deal
8 PM The Rookies
9 PM ABC Movie: "Riot"
11 PM News
11:30 Dick Cavett (now part of ABC's
"Wide World Of Entertainment"
rotation, he's on one week per month)
1 AM Movie: "The Sound And The Fury"
(to 3:05)

WLCY (WTSP) Ch. 10 St. Petersburg (ABC)

7 AM 4-H Spotlite
7:15 Involvement 10
7:45 News
8 AM Russ Byrd
8:30 Fran Carlton
9 AM Romper Room
10 AM Leave It To Beaver
10:30 Paul Dixon (the Cincinnati legend's last
attempt to go national--he died in 1974)
11 AM I Love Lucy
11:30 Bewitched
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 Dating Game
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 One Life To Live
4 PM Movie: "Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation"
6 PM I Dream Of Jeannie
6:30 ABC News
7 PM News
(This didn't last long. By the time I moved to
the Bay Area in July, the movie had been cut to
90 minutes, local news aired at 5:30, ABC News
at 6, "I Dream Of Jeannie" at 6:30, and different
programs each night at 7.)
7:30 Hollywood Squares
8 PM The Rookies
9 PM ABC Movie: "Riot"
11 PM News
11:30 Dick Cavett

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
12 N Where The Heart Is
12:25 CBS News
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 Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
3:30 Secret Storm
4 PM Vin Scully (the voice of the Dodgers
tries a short-lived talk show--"Secret
Storm" will return to this, its old time
slot, on March 26, without success)
4:30 Mike Douglas
6 PM News
7 PM CBS News
7:30 What's My Line?
8 PM Gunsmoke
9 PM Here's Lucy
9:30 Doris Day
10 PM Bill Cosby
11 PM News
11:30 CBS Movie: "The Glass Bottom Boat"

WTVT Ch. 13 Tampa (CBS)

6 AM Breakfast Beat
7 AM CBS News
7:30 Breakfast Beat
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Mike Douglas
10:30 Price Is Right
11 AM Gambit
11:30 Love Of Life
12 N News
12:25 CBS News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow (would
move to 1 PM that summer, as
Ch. 13 expanded its noon news
to an hour)
1 PM Where The Heart Is
1:25 Tampa Bay Topics
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Guiding Light
2:30 Edge Of Night
3 PM Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
3:30 Secret Storm
4 PM Perry Mason
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 Bill Cosby
11 PM News
11:30 CBS Movie: "The Glass Bottom Boat"

WUSF Ch. 16 Tampa (PBS)

3:30 Sunrise Semester
4 PM Anthropology
4:30 Film
5 PM Time For Timothy
5:30 Personal Finance
6 PM Sesame Street
7 PM Anthropology
7:30 Motor Development (motor skills,
not about cars)
8 PM Sunrise Semester
8:30 Issues In Music
9:30 One Of Us (a former VISTA volunteer
talks about community service)
sign off 10 PM

WBBH Ch. 20 Ft. Myers (NBC)

6:35 Potpourri
7 AM Today
9 AM What's Happening? (community
announcements)
9:05 Star Trek
10 AM Dinah's Place
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Sale Of The Century
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N Jeopardy!
12:30 Who, What Or Where
12:55 News (local)
1 PM Brad Lacey
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
5:30 Truth Or Consequences
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM It Takes A Thief
8 PM Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Alamo" (Part 2)
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
1 AM The Fugitive

WMFE Ch. 24 Orlando (PBS)

In-school programs until

4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM Sesame Street
7 PM Wall Street Week
7:30 Bill Moyers' Journal
8 PM Mysterious Mr. Eliot
9 PM Bolero
9:30 Book Beat
10 PM Man And Environment
10:30 Washington Week In Review
sign off 11 PM

WXLT (WWSB) Ch. 40 Sarasota (ABC)

9 AM New Zoo Revue
9:30 TV Talk
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 Bewitched
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 Dating Game
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 One Life To Live
4 PM Love, American Style
4:30 Movie: "Three Faces West"
6 PM News
6:30 ABC News
7 PM The Adventurer
7:30 Young Dr. Kildare
8 PM The Rookies
9 PM ABC Movie: "Riot"
11 PM News
11:30 Dick Cavett

WTOG Ch. 44 St. Petersburg (Ind.)

11:20 Early Show
11:25 Professor Kitzel
11:30 Ben Casey
12:30 Garner Ted Armstrong
1 PM Movie: "Battle Circus"
3 PM New Zoo Revue
3:30 Underdog
4 PM Love, American Style (pre-empted
on Ch. 10)
4:30 Addams Family
5 PM Batman
5:30 Gilligan's Island
6 PM Get Smart
6:30 Gomer Pyle, USMC
7 PM Petticoat Junction
7:30 Hogan's Heroes
8 PM The Saint
9 PM Movie: "The Last Command"
11 PM One Step Beyond
11:30 Movie: "Thief Of Baghdad"
 
bpatrick said:
WFTV Ch. 9 Orlando (ABC)

6 AM Sunrise Jubilee (host is someone
named Thomley, who replaced
Slim Mims--see my last Central
Florida post)

As I mentioned in my reply to that thread.....Gene Thomley was his name. I don't know if he was local (I thought he was at the time) or not, and wonder where he came from and whatever happened to him. He didn't seem to have any major talent -- I just recall him sitting on a stool, chatting in a low-key style, and introducing guests. He might have actually sang some, too, but I didn't pay that close attention to the show -- it was really "background noise" when I would be getting ready for school.
 
Gene Thomley

My name is Helen Thomley; Gene Thomley was my father. He was a self-taught pianist who started playing professionally at the age of 15. He lived in Orlando for a few years, but was from Mobile, Alabama. Among having the show and a passion for country music, he toured with Johnny Cash in 1971 where he performed with him in Las Vegas. He personally knew Ernest Tubb from the Grand Old Opry and performed there multiple times. He was also one of Bob Luman's fellow musicians and dear friend. He was recognized and awarded a certificate from Florida's country Hall of Fame. He passed away in 2013 from a massive heart attack.
 
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