Retro: Central Florida Monday, January 31, 1966

[bpatrick]

From TV Guide, Central Florida Edition:

WESH Ch. 2 Daytona Beach (NBC)

6:15 Sunshine Almanac
6:30 History Since 1865
7 AM Today (guest: poet-playwright Langston
Hughes; Hugh Downs hosts) (COLOR)
9 AM Best Of Groucho
9:30 People Are Funny
10 AM Eye Guess (COLOR)
10:25 NBC News (Edwin Newman)
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Morning Star (one of many, many unsuccessful
morning soaps) (COLOR)
11:30 Paradise Bay (ditto) (COLOR)
12 N Jeopardy! (COLOR)
12:30 Let's Play Post Office (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News (Frank McGee)
1 PM News, Sports, Weather
1:15 Focus 2
1:30 Let's Make A Deal (COLOR)
1:55 NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
2 PM Days Of Our Lives (COLOR)
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say! (guests: Eve Arden and
Ed Ames) (COLOR)
4 PM Match Game (guests: Rita Moreno and
Abe Burrows) (COLOR)
4:25 NBC News (Nancy Dickerson)
4:30 Mike Douglas
5:30 Newscope
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report (COLOR)
7 PM Zane Grey Theater
7:30 Hullabaloo (Frankie Avalon welcomes the T-Bones
("No Matter What Shape Your Stomach's In"), the
Miracles ("Going to a Go Go"), the Brothers Four
("It Was A Very Good Year"), soprano Judi Rolin)
(COLOR)
8 PM John Forsythe Show (COLOR)
8:30 Dr. Kildare (COLOR)
9 PM Andy Williams (the Golden Globe Awards, live) (COLOR)
10 PM Run For Your Life (COLOR)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Tonight Show (COLOR)

WEDU Ch. 3 Tampa (NET)

TV Guide doesn't say if Ch. 3 had in-school programs.
3:15 In-Service
3:45 Front Desk
4 PM Sew Easy
5 PM What's New
5:30 Children's Corner
6 PM Past Imperfect ("what ifs" of history: Napoleon
refuses to sell Louisiana, Catherine of Aragon presents
Henry VIII with a male heir; FDR refuses to run for a
third term; Cleopatra fails to charm Marc Antony)
6:30 Humanities In Modern Life
7 PM Junior College Spanish
7:30 World Civilization
8 PM Families
8:30 Legacy (the life of Louis XIV)
9 PM James Reston (the New York Times Washington correspondent
is interviewed by Paul Niven)
10 PM Exciting Years
10:30 Big Picture

WDBO (WKMG) Ch. 6 Orlando (CBS)

6:15 Sunshine Almanac
6:30 Sunrise Semester: "Age Of Rubens"
7 AM News
7:05 CBS News (Mike Wallace)
7:30 Magic Carpet
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Romper Room
9:30 PDQ
10 AM I Love Lucy
10:30 Real McCoys
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van Dyke
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News (anchor not given)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Girl Talk
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password (from Hollywood: guests Ross
Martin and June Lockhart)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (guest: Hedda
Hopper) (COLOR)
3 PM To Tell The Truth
3:25 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Uncle Walt (as I've said before, this is not
Disney and it's five years before Disney World)
5 PM Forest Rangers
5:30 Leave It To Beaver
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 CBS News (Walter Cronkite) (COLOR)
7 PM Digest (Bill Berry)
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM I've Got A Secret
8:30 The Lucy Show (guest: Jan Murray) (COLOR)
9 PM Andy Griffith (COLOR)
9:30 Movie: "The Master Of Ballantrae"
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Roaring 20's

WFLA Ch. 8 Tampa (NBC)

6 AM Continental Classroom
6:30 RFD Florida
7 AM Today (COLOR)
9 AM Movie: "The Immortal Sergeant"
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Morning Star (COLOR)
11:30 Paradise Bay (COLOR)
12 N Jeopardy! (COLOR)
12:30 Let's Play Post Office (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News
1 PM News, Sports, Weather
1:20 Kitchen Korner (interestingly, Tom Gillies
does this and "RFD Florida")
1:25 News, Sports, Weather
1:30 Let's Make A Deal (COLOR)
1:55 NBC News
2 PM Leave It To Beaver
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say! (COLOR)
4 PM Match Game (COLOR)
4:25 NBC News
4:30 PDQ (guests: Cliff Robertson, Charley Weaver,
Rose Marie; Dennis James hosts) (COLOR)
5 PM Lloyd Thaxton (Dion and the Wanderers sing
"Time In My Heart") (COLOR)
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report (COLOR)
7 PM Littlest Hobo
7:30 Hullabaloo (COLOR)
8 PM John Forsythe Show (COLOR)
8:30 Dr. Kildare (COLOR)
9 PM Andy Williams (COLOR)
10 PM Run For Your Life (COLOR)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:25 Tonight Show (COLOR)

WFTV Ch. 9 Orlando (ABC)

7 AM Bill Herson
9 AM Fran Carlton
9:30 Movie: "Paris Model" (Eva Gabor in something
other than "Green Acres," from '53)
11 AM Supermarket Sweep
11:30 Dating Game
12 N Donna Reed
12:30 News, Weather, Sports
1 PM Ben Casey
2 PM The Nurses
2:30 A Time For Us
2:55 ABC News (Marlene Sanders)
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 The Young Marrieds
4 PM 77 Sunset Strip
5 PM Where The Action Is (guests: Ben E. King and
Dick and Dee Dee, delay from 4:30)
5:30 News, Sports, Weather
5:55 Editorial (Ray Ruester)
6 PM ABC News (Peter Jennings)
6:15 News, Sports, Weather
6:30 12 O'Clock High (delay from 7:30 PM)
7:30 Movie: "The Egyptian"
9:30 Peyton Place
10 PM Ben Casey
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:20 Editorial
11:25 Weather
11:30 Movie: "Born Yesterday"

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

7:25 Pastor's Study
7:30 Sunshine Almanac
7:45 News
8 AM Good Morning
8:30 Jack LaLanne
9 AM Romper Room
10 AM Divorce Court
11 AM Supermarket Sweep
11:30 Dating Game
12 N Donna Reed
12:30 Father Knows Best
1 PM Ben Casey
2 PM The Nurses
2:30 A Time For Us
2:55 ABC News
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 The Young Marrieds
4 PM Never Too Young
4:30 Where The Action Is (in Las Vegas, the
Kingston Trio; also, Steve Alaimo)
5 PM Movie: "Tyrant Of The Sea"
6:30 News, Weather, Sports
7 PM ABC News
7:15 Weather, Sports
7:30 12 O'Clock High
8:30 Legend Of Jesse James
9 PM A Man Called Shenandoah
9:30 Peyton Place
10 PM Ben Casey
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Open Mike

WINK Ch. 11 Ft. Myers (CBS)

7 AM Edison Jr. College
7:30 CBS News
7:55 Informacast
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Jack LaLanne
9:30 Loretta Young
10 AM I Love Lucy
10:30 Real McCoys
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van Dyke
12 N News, Weather
12:15 Agricultural News
12:25 CBS News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Love Of Life
1:25 News, Sports, Weather
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (COLOR)
3 PM To Tell The Truth
3:25 CBS News
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Fun Time
5:40 Informacast
5:45 For Your Information
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 CBS News (COLOR)
7 PM Zane Grey Theater
7:30 Rifleman
8 PM I've Got A Secret
8:30 The Lucy Show (COLOR)
9 PM Andy Griffith (COLOR)
9:30 Hazel (COLOR)
10 PM Talent Scouts (celebrities and discoveries:
Laurence Harvey with singer Julie Gregg;
Barrie Chase with the dancing Lee Sisters;
Ann Blyth with singer David Troy; host Art
Linkletter with comic Fred Barber--Linkletter
also talks with Vincent Price, who shows
paintings by celebrities) (COLOR)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:20 Movie: "High Conquest"

WTVT Ch. 13 Tampa (CBS)

5:55 Sunrise Semester
6:25 Bible Readings
6:30 Florida Farmer
7 AM A.M.
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Mike Douglas (co-host David Frost; Ferrante
and Teicher)
NOTE: When I moved to Tampa in 1973, the 9 AM lineup
was still a movie on Ch. 8, Romper Room on Ch. 10, and
Mike Douglas on Ch. 13.

10:30 Real McCoys
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van Dyke
12 N News, Weather
12:20 Farm News, Stock Market
12:25 CBS News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Love Of Life
1:25 Tampa Bay Topics
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (COLOR)
3 PM To Tell The Truth
3:25 CBS News
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Superman
5 PM Cartoons With Ernie (COLOR)
5:30 News, Sports, Weather
5:45 Editorial (Tom Wright)
5:50 Market Report (Ray Dantzler)
5:55 Pulse Extra
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 CBS News (COLOR)
7 PM Movie: "Jubal"
9 PM Andy Griffith (COLOR)
9:30 Hazel (COLOR)
10 PM Talent Scouts (COLOR)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:20 Editorial
11:25 News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Movie: "The Great Jewel Robber"

WSUN Ch. 38 St. Petersburg (Ind.)

4:20 Daily Word
4:25 News
4:30 The Detectives (Robert Taylor)
5 PM Dialing For Dollars
5:30 You Asked For It (Smilin' Jack Smith)
6 PM Cheyenne Theatre (Sugarfoot)
7 PM Bold Journey
7:30 McKeever And The Colonel
8 PM Hennesey
8:30 Bilko
9 PM Ensign O'Toole
9:30 Movie: "Fallen Angel"
11 PM News, Sports, Weather

 

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"Eye Guess" (10 AM NBC) was a great game show, and very simple. Sadly, only one full episode has survived (see YouTube).

Ch 8: 2pm, Laeve it to Beaver over Days of Our Lives? Hmmmm

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[azumanga]

WTVT Ch. 13 Tampa (CBS)

9 AM Mike Douglas (co-host David Frost; Ferrante
and Teicher)
NOTE: When I moved to Tampa in 1973, the 9 AM lineup
was still a movie on Ch. 8, Romper Room on Ch. 10, and
Mike Douglas on Ch. 13.

And of these, Mike lasted the longest at this hour -- I believe it was on 13 until 1980, when Group W dropped the show and switched to Syndicast (and moved locally to WTOG ch.44 in the process). I think 13 replaced it at that hour with John Davidson and, later, Merv Griffin.

Channel 10 would eventually drop Romper Room by the mid-1970s, eventually placing Phil Donahue at that hour (44 had it first). Channel 8 would pick up Romper Room and carry it through the early-1980s, first with a local host, then later the national version from Baltimore.

 

[mleach]

4:30 Uncle Walt (as I've said before, this is not
Disney and it's five years before Disney World)

But one does have to wonder if THE Walt was a regular viewer to "Uncle Walt"? At the time of these listings and throughout 1965 didn't Walt Disney more/less had lived in the Orlando area very very low key in order to buy the land that would become Walt Disney World in totally secrecy? By the time Walt Disney had announced the plans for WDW to the public from what I had heard over the years..the land was already bought, deals were already made and everything was all set to go to the point where if one didn't want Disney to come to Florida, well it was already too late to do anything about it.

Far cry to what had happened in Northing Virginia in the mid 90's when Disney had tried to build a complex there. OTOH..there is still debate to this day if Disney was even serious in the first place with "Disney's America" since after ther Virginia uproar, nearby West Virginia had offered Disney pretty much everything and thensome to build in nearby Charles Town, West Virginia. Disney said no.

 

[retrothoughts]

Is it me or did Channel 13 bump To Tell the Truth, I've Got a Secret and Lucy Show for a "local movie"?

Probably, because Channel 13, even when I moved to Tampa Bay in the mid-'70s, often bumped CBS programming for their own little program called The Big Movie.

 

[bpatrick]

Ch. 13 did indeed bump CBS's 7:30-9 PM programming
(Lucy aired on delay Wednesdays at 8, following a week-
behind delay of "Lost In Space" at 7) in favor of a movie
and did this until the early '70s. By the time I moved to
Tampa in '73, with the access rule in effect, Ch. 13 was
carrying syndicated "Truth Or Consequences" at 7:30,
followed by "Gunsmoke" and Lucy in pattern at 8 and 9,
respectively. By that time their "local movie" usually pre-empted
the CBS one on Friday nights.

Ch. 10, OTOH, had a "local movie" on Mondays in '73; they delayed
"The Rookies" until Sunday afternoon, IIRC.