From TV Guide, Central Florida Edition:
WESH Ch. 2 Daytona Beach/Orlando (NBC)
7 AM Treehouse Club
7:30 Church Power
8 AM Day Of Discovery
8:30 TV Mass
9:15 Gospel Jubilee
10 AM Movie: "Lightning Strikes Twice"
11:30 Challenge
11:45 Opportunity Line
12 N Home Finder
12:30 Meet The Press
1 PM Easter Sunday (the restoration of England's
Coventry Cathedral, decimated in a World
War II bombing raid)
2 PM Fishing
2:30 Judd For The Defense
3:30 Movie: "Rosie"
5:30 Bobby Goldsboro (Seals and Crofts do "Summer
Breeze" and "Hummingbird")
6 PM News
6:30 Topic
7 PM Wild Kingdom
7:30 Wonderful World Of Disney ("Ride A Northbound
Horse," part 1 of a two-part Western from 1969,
with Carroll O'Connor and Jack Elam)
8:30 Hec Ramsey
10:30 The Protectors (Robert Vaughn)
11 PM News
11:30 Sunday Tonight Show (Gene Kelly, Elke Sommer,
Shecky Greene)
WEDU Ch. 3 Tampa (PBS)
5 PM The Messiah (the Arion Musical Club of Milwaukee
performs the oratorio at Holy Hill, a religious shrine
in Hubertus, WI)
7 PM Zoom
7:30 Salute To Spring (a visit to the flower show at the
Philadelphia Civic Center)
8:30 Joan Sutherland: Who's Afraid Of Opera? (a mini-version
of "La Traviata")
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre ("The Golden Bowl," Part 5)
10 PM Firing Line (the Right Rev. Donald Soper, a member of the
House of Lords, discusses Christianity, Communism, pacifism,
and the 1962 Cuban missile crisis)
sign off 11 PM
WDBO (WKMG) Ch. 6 Orlando (CBS)
7:30 Living Word
7:45 Christophers
8 AM Faith For Today
8:30 This Is The Life
9 AM Rex Humbard
10 AM The Year 1200 (medieval treasures exhibited by New York's
Metropolitan Museum of Art during its 1970 centennial)
11 AM Easter Service (conducted by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale)
12 N It's The Law
12:30 Sports Action Pro-File
1 PM Women's Golf: Cinderella Tournament championship match
(Jane Blalock and Sandra Palmer vs. Kathy Ahern and Betty
Burfeindt)
2 PM TBA
2:15 Baseball: Braves-Reds
5 PM Outdoors (time approximate)
5:30 Black Experience
6 PM 60 Minutes
7 PM Central Florida Showcase
7:30 The New Dick Van Dyke Show
8 PM M*A*S*H
8:30 Mannix
9:30 Barnaby Jones
10:30 Amazing World Of Kreskin
11 PM News
11:15 CBS News (Dan Rather)
11:30 Movie: "Heroes In White" (the story of the
founder of the Red Cross, Jean Henri Dunant)
WFLA Ch. 8 Tampa (NBC)
7:30 Chapel 8
8 AM Religion In Today's World
8:30 Harvest Temple
9 AM The Story
9:30 Church Service
10 AM Oral Roberts
10:30 Bayshore World
11 AM Rex Humbard
12 N Temple Heights Gospel Hour
12:30 Meet The Press
1 PM High Chaparral
2 PM Easter Sunday (same as Ch. 2)
3 PM Movie: "The Egyptian"
5:30 Easter Seals: Faith, Hope And Therapy
6 PM Town Meeting (from Pinellas Park)
6:30 NBC News (Garrick Utley)
7 PM Untamed World
7:30 Wonderful World Of Disney
8:30 Hec Ramsey
10:30 Golden Voyage (tour of Sweden)
11 PM News
11:30 Sunday Tonight Show
WFTV Ch. 9 Orlando (ABC)
6:55 News
7 AM Agriculture U.S.A.
7:30 Viewpoint On Nutrition
8 AM Revival Fires
8:30 Oral Roberts
9 AM Bullwinkle (delay from 11 AM)
9:30 Make A Wish (how a rotary engine in cars
can help curb air pollution, a visit with
architect Paolo Soleri, delay from 11:30 AM)
10 AM Curiosity Shop (subject: time and distance,
with the sundial explained by characters from
"B.C.")
11 AM Church Service (probably First Baptist Church
of Orlando)
12 N Insight
12:30 Pro And Con
1 PM Directions (Easter Mass from New York's St.
Patrick's Cathedral)
2 PM NBA Playoff: conference semifinal or final-round
game (teams TBA)
4:15 Howard Cosell Sports Magazine (time approximate)
4:30 Golf: Tournament of Champions (final round)
6:30 Movie: "The Ox-Bow Incident" (time approximate)
8 PM Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John (Raymond Burr
as Pope John XXIII)
9 PM ABC Movie: "Three On A Couch" (Jerry Lewis)
11:15 ABC News (Bill Beutel)
11:30 News
11:45 Movie: "The Mad Doctor" (Basil Rathbone)
WLCY (WTSP) Ch. 10 St. Petersburg (ABC)
6:25 News
6:30 Focus On Religion
6:45 Singing Faith
7 AM Temple Heights Gospel Hour
7:30 Old Time Gospel Hour (Jerry Falwell)
8:30 Herald Of Truth
9 AM Billy James Hargis
9:30 A Man And His Boys
10 AM Gospel Hour
11 AM Church Service
12 N Social Security Roundtable
12:15 Science For Youth
12:30 World Today
1 PM Championship Wrestling From Florida
2 PM NBA Playoff (see Ch. 9)
4:15 Howard Cosell Sports Magazine (time approximate)
4:30 Golf: Tournament of Champions (final round)
6:30 Flipside (time approximate)
7 PM Circus!
7:30 This Is Your Life
8 PM Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
9 PM ABC Movie: "Three On A Couch"
11:15 ABC News
11:30 Movie: "Chief Crazy Horse"
WINK Ch. 11 Ft. Myers (CBS)
7 AM Church Service
7:30 Christophers
8 AM Rex Humbard
9 AM Oral Roberts
9:30 Harlem Globetrotters (animated)
10 AM The Year 1200
11 AM Church Service
12 N Herald Of Truth
12:30 This Is The Answer
1 PM WHA Playoff: divisional final, teams TBA
3:30 CBS Sports Spectacular (U.S.A. AAU International
Hall of Fame Diving Meet, World Invitational
Weightlifting Championships, time approximate)
5 PM You Are There (the trial of Joan of Arc, the series
is reruns of the Saturday-morning version of the
classic series which aired in the 1971-72 season,
Walter Cronkite anchors, as he did in the '50s)
5:30 CBS Sports Illustrated
6 PM 60 Minutes
7 PM That Good Ole Nashville Music
7:30 The New Dick Van Dyke Show
8 PM M*A*S*H
8:30 Mannix
9:30 Barnaby Jones
10:30 Face The Nation
11 PM CBS News
11:15 News
11:30 Movie: "Love Nest"
WTVT Ch. 13 Tampa (CBS)
6:45 Marine Radar
6:55 Weather
7 AM Gospel Singing Jubilee
8 AM America Sings
8:30 Right On!
9 AM Day Of Discovery
9:30 Church Service
9:55 News
10 AM The Year 1200
11 AM Easter Service (same as Ch. 6)
12 N Insight
12:30 Face The Nation
1 PM American Lifestyle (Will Rogers' ranch
in Palisades, CA)
1:30 CBS Golf Classic (first 18 holes of the championship:
Jerry Heard and Lanny Wadkins vs. Jim Colbert and
Lee Elder, one-week delay from Sat 4 PM)
3 PM American Adventure
3:30 CBS Sports Spectacular
5 PM Vision On
5:30 High-Q (Santa Fe High vs. Manatee High)
6 PM 60 Minutes
7 PM News
7:30 The New Dick Van Dyke Show
8 PM M*A*S*H
8:30 Mannix
9:30 Barnaby Jones
10:30 Project 13
11 PM News
11:30 CBS Movie: "Oklahoma!" (delay from Fri 9 PM)
WUSF Ch. 16 Tampa (PBS)
off air on Sunday
WBBH Ch. 20 Ft. Myers (NBC/ABC)
6 AM Prince Of Peace: The Master (the events following
the death of Christ: the entombment, the Resurrection,
the Ascension)
7:45 Baptist Chapel
8 AM Chaplain Of Bourbon Street (Bob Harrington)
8:30 Revival Fires
9 AM Old Time Gospel Hour
10 AM Day Of Discovery
10:30 Catholic Mass
11 AM Easter Sunday (same as Ch. 2)
12 N Easter Story (Davey and Goliath learn the meaning
of Easter)
12:30 Meet The Press
1 PM Head-On
1:30 The Adventurer (Gene Barry)
2 PM NBA Playoff (same as Ch. 9)
4:15 Howard Cosell Sports Magazine (time approximate)
4:30 Golf: Tournament of Champions (final round)
6:30 NBC News (time approximate)
7 PM Criss Award (Bob and Dolores Hope are honored for
their humanitarian activities, with guest appearances
by David Frost, Lawrence Welk, and Marlin Perkins--
the award is presented by Mutual of Omaha)
7:30 Wonderful World Of Disney
8:30 Hec Ramsey
10:30 ABC Movie: "Three On A Couch"
12:45 ABC News
1 AM Movie: "Carve Her Name With Pride"
WMFE Ch. 24 Orlando (PBS)
3 PM Big Eight Men's Gymnastics Championship
4:30 Feedback: Senior Citizens
5 PM The Messiah
7 PM Zoom
7:30 Salute To Spring
8:30 Joan Sutherland: Who's Afraid Of Opera?
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre
10 PM Firing Line
sign off 11 PM
WXLT (WWSB) Ch. 40 Sarasota (ABC)
7 AM Bible Ministries
7:30 Chaplain Of Bourbon Street
8 AM Revival Fires
8:30 Getting Together (either religion or public affairs)
9 AM Mobile Home News
9:30 Ronald Reads The Funnies
10 AM Curiosity Shop
11 AM Bullwinkle
11:30 Make A Wish (the Bronx Zoo; a recycling project
in El Paso)
12 N Championship Wrestling From Florida
1 PM Directions
2 PM NBA Playoff (same as Ch. 9)
4:15 Howard Cosell Sports Magazine (time approximate)
4:30 Golf: Tournament of Champions (final round)
6:30 Seven Seas (time approximate)
7 PM This Is Your Life (James Brolin is surprised by Chad
Everett and Rosey Grier)
7:30 Lassie
8 PM Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
9 PM ABC Movie: "Three On A Couch"
11:15 ABC News
11:30 Movie: "Molly And Me"
WTOG Ch. 44 St. Petersburg (Ind.)
7 AM Conversations With Galadriel
7:30 Jimmy Swaggart
8 AM Church Service
9 AM Archie's Funhouse (pre-empted on Ch. 13)
9:30 Ronald Reads The Funnies
10 AM Movie: "The Strange One"
12 N Reach Out
12:30 Garner Ted Armstrong
1 PM Chaplain Of Bourbon Street
1:30 Encounter
2 PM Day Of Discovery
2:30 Temple Heights Gospel Hour
3 PM Stanley Cup Playoff (divisional final, teams TBA,
pre-empted on Ch. 8)
6 PM Criss Award (time approximate)
6:30 Wild Kingdom
7 PM The Virginian
8:30 World Of Survival
9 PM Henry Fonda Special (springtime and sports is the
theme of this variety show--guests: Tim Conway,
Leslie Uggams, Johnny Bench, Lee Trevino, John
Davidson, Cathy Rigby, rodeo star Larry Mahan;
cameos by Sammy Davis Jr., Don Knotts, and Foster
Brooks)
10 PM Black Omnibus
11 PM Wacky World Of Jonathan Winters (guest: Dick Clark)
11:30 Charlie McCarty (not to be confused with Charlie McCarthy;
I have a feeling this is some sort of local talk show, something
like "Open Up" on Atlanta's Ch. 17 in the same era)
1 AM Rollin' (Ike and Tina Turner join Kenny Rogers and the First Edition)
WESH Ch. 2 Daytona Beach/Orlando (NBC)
7 AM Treehouse Club
7:30 Church Power
8 AM Day Of Discovery
8:30 TV Mass
9:15 Gospel Jubilee
10 AM Movie: "Lightning Strikes Twice"
11:30 Challenge
11:45 Opportunity Line
12 N Home Finder
12:30 Meet The Press
1 PM Easter Sunday (the restoration of England's
Coventry Cathedral, decimated in a World
War II bombing raid)
2 PM Fishing
2:30 Judd For The Defense
3:30 Movie: "Rosie"
5:30 Bobby Goldsboro (Seals and Crofts do "Summer
Breeze" and "Hummingbird")
6 PM News
6:30 Topic
7 PM Wild Kingdom
7:30 Wonderful World Of Disney ("Ride A Northbound
Horse," part 1 of a two-part Western from 1969,
with Carroll O'Connor and Jack Elam)
8:30 Hec Ramsey
10:30 The Protectors (Robert Vaughn)
11 PM News
11:30 Sunday Tonight Show (Gene Kelly, Elke Sommer,
Shecky Greene)
WEDU Ch. 3 Tampa (PBS)
5 PM The Messiah (the Arion Musical Club of Milwaukee
performs the oratorio at Holy Hill, a religious shrine
in Hubertus, WI)
7 PM Zoom
7:30 Salute To Spring (a visit to the flower show at the
Philadelphia Civic Center)
8:30 Joan Sutherland: Who's Afraid Of Opera? (a mini-version
of "La Traviata")
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre ("The Golden Bowl," Part 5)
10 PM Firing Line (the Right Rev. Donald Soper, a member of the
House of Lords, discusses Christianity, Communism, pacifism,
and the 1962 Cuban missile crisis)
sign off 11 PM
WDBO (WKMG) Ch. 6 Orlando (CBS)
7:30 Living Word
7:45 Christophers
8 AM Faith For Today
8:30 This Is The Life
9 AM Rex Humbard
10 AM The Year 1200 (medieval treasures exhibited by New York's
Metropolitan Museum of Art during its 1970 centennial)
11 AM Easter Service (conducted by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale)
12 N It's The Law
12:30 Sports Action Pro-File
1 PM Women's Golf: Cinderella Tournament championship match
(Jane Blalock and Sandra Palmer vs. Kathy Ahern and Betty
Burfeindt)
2 PM TBA
2:15 Baseball: Braves-Reds
5 PM Outdoors (time approximate)
5:30 Black Experience
6 PM 60 Minutes
7 PM Central Florida Showcase
7:30 The New Dick Van Dyke Show
8 PM M*A*S*H
8:30 Mannix
9:30 Barnaby Jones
10:30 Amazing World Of Kreskin
11 PM News
11:15 CBS News (Dan Rather)
11:30 Movie: "Heroes In White" (the story of the
founder of the Red Cross, Jean Henri Dunant)
WFLA Ch. 8 Tampa (NBC)
7:30 Chapel 8
8 AM Religion In Today's World
8:30 Harvest Temple
9 AM The Story
9:30 Church Service
10 AM Oral Roberts
10:30 Bayshore World
11 AM Rex Humbard
12 N Temple Heights Gospel Hour
12:30 Meet The Press
1 PM High Chaparral
2 PM Easter Sunday (same as Ch. 2)
3 PM Movie: "The Egyptian"
5:30 Easter Seals: Faith, Hope And Therapy
6 PM Town Meeting (from Pinellas Park)
6:30 NBC News (Garrick Utley)
7 PM Untamed World
7:30 Wonderful World Of Disney
8:30 Hec Ramsey
10:30 Golden Voyage (tour of Sweden)
11 PM News
11:30 Sunday Tonight Show
WFTV Ch. 9 Orlando (ABC)
6:55 News
7 AM Agriculture U.S.A.
7:30 Viewpoint On Nutrition
8 AM Revival Fires
8:30 Oral Roberts
9 AM Bullwinkle (delay from 11 AM)
9:30 Make A Wish (how a rotary engine in cars
can help curb air pollution, a visit with
architect Paolo Soleri, delay from 11:30 AM)
10 AM Curiosity Shop (subject: time and distance,
with the sundial explained by characters from
"B.C.")
11 AM Church Service (probably First Baptist Church
of Orlando)
12 N Insight
12:30 Pro And Con
1 PM Directions (Easter Mass from New York's St.
Patrick's Cathedral)
2 PM NBA Playoff: conference semifinal or final-round
game (teams TBA)
4:15 Howard Cosell Sports Magazine (time approximate)
4:30 Golf: Tournament of Champions (final round)
6:30 Movie: "The Ox-Bow Incident" (time approximate)
8 PM Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John (Raymond Burr
as Pope John XXIII)
9 PM ABC Movie: "Three On A Couch" (Jerry Lewis)
11:15 ABC News (Bill Beutel)
11:30 News
11:45 Movie: "The Mad Doctor" (Basil Rathbone)
WLCY (WTSP) Ch. 10 St. Petersburg (ABC)
6:25 News
6:30 Focus On Religion
6:45 Singing Faith
7 AM Temple Heights Gospel Hour
7:30 Old Time Gospel Hour (Jerry Falwell)
8:30 Herald Of Truth
9 AM Billy James Hargis
9:30 A Man And His Boys
10 AM Gospel Hour
11 AM Church Service
12 N Social Security Roundtable
12:15 Science For Youth
12:30 World Today
1 PM Championship Wrestling From Florida
2 PM NBA Playoff (see Ch. 9)
4:15 Howard Cosell Sports Magazine (time approximate)
4:30 Golf: Tournament of Champions (final round)
6:30 Flipside (time approximate)
7 PM Circus!
7:30 This Is Your Life
8 PM Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
9 PM ABC Movie: "Three On A Couch"
11:15 ABC News
11:30 Movie: "Chief Crazy Horse"
WINK Ch. 11 Ft. Myers (CBS)
7 AM Church Service
7:30 Christophers
8 AM Rex Humbard
9 AM Oral Roberts
9:30 Harlem Globetrotters (animated)
10 AM The Year 1200
11 AM Church Service
12 N Herald Of Truth
12:30 This Is The Answer
1 PM WHA Playoff: divisional final, teams TBA
3:30 CBS Sports Spectacular (U.S.A. AAU International
Hall of Fame Diving Meet, World Invitational
Weightlifting Championships, time approximate)
5 PM You Are There (the trial of Joan of Arc, the series
is reruns of the Saturday-morning version of the
classic series which aired in the 1971-72 season,
Walter Cronkite anchors, as he did in the '50s)
5:30 CBS Sports Illustrated
6 PM 60 Minutes
7 PM That Good Ole Nashville Music
7:30 The New Dick Van Dyke Show
8 PM M*A*S*H
8:30 Mannix
9:30 Barnaby Jones
10:30 Face The Nation
11 PM CBS News
11:15 News
11:30 Movie: "Love Nest"
WTVT Ch. 13 Tampa (CBS)
6:45 Marine Radar
6:55 Weather
7 AM Gospel Singing Jubilee
8 AM America Sings
8:30 Right On!
9 AM Day Of Discovery
9:30 Church Service
9:55 News
10 AM The Year 1200
11 AM Easter Service (same as Ch. 6)
12 N Insight
12:30 Face The Nation
1 PM American Lifestyle (Will Rogers' ranch
in Palisades, CA)
1:30 CBS Golf Classic (first 18 holes of the championship:
Jerry Heard and Lanny Wadkins vs. Jim Colbert and
Lee Elder, one-week delay from Sat 4 PM)
3 PM American Adventure
3:30 CBS Sports Spectacular
5 PM Vision On
5:30 High-Q (Santa Fe High vs. Manatee High)
6 PM 60 Minutes
7 PM News
7:30 The New Dick Van Dyke Show
8 PM M*A*S*H
8:30 Mannix
9:30 Barnaby Jones
10:30 Project 13
11 PM News
11:30 CBS Movie: "Oklahoma!" (delay from Fri 9 PM)
WUSF Ch. 16 Tampa (PBS)
off air on Sunday
WBBH Ch. 20 Ft. Myers (NBC/ABC)
6 AM Prince Of Peace: The Master (the events following
the death of Christ: the entombment, the Resurrection,
the Ascension)
7:45 Baptist Chapel
8 AM Chaplain Of Bourbon Street (Bob Harrington)
8:30 Revival Fires
9 AM Old Time Gospel Hour
10 AM Day Of Discovery
10:30 Catholic Mass
11 AM Easter Sunday (same as Ch. 2)
12 N Easter Story (Davey and Goliath learn the meaning
of Easter)
12:30 Meet The Press
1 PM Head-On
1:30 The Adventurer (Gene Barry)
2 PM NBA Playoff (same as Ch. 9)
4:15 Howard Cosell Sports Magazine (time approximate)
4:30 Golf: Tournament of Champions (final round)
6:30 NBC News (time approximate)
7 PM Criss Award (Bob and Dolores Hope are honored for
their humanitarian activities, with guest appearances
by David Frost, Lawrence Welk, and Marlin Perkins--
the award is presented by Mutual of Omaha)
7:30 Wonderful World Of Disney
8:30 Hec Ramsey
10:30 ABC Movie: "Three On A Couch"
12:45 ABC News
1 AM Movie: "Carve Her Name With Pride"
WMFE Ch. 24 Orlando (PBS)
3 PM Big Eight Men's Gymnastics Championship
4:30 Feedback: Senior Citizens
5 PM The Messiah
7 PM Zoom
7:30 Salute To Spring
8:30 Joan Sutherland: Who's Afraid Of Opera?
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre
10 PM Firing Line
sign off 11 PM
WXLT (WWSB) Ch. 40 Sarasota (ABC)
7 AM Bible Ministries
7:30 Chaplain Of Bourbon Street
8 AM Revival Fires
8:30 Getting Together (either religion or public affairs)
9 AM Mobile Home News
9:30 Ronald Reads The Funnies
10 AM Curiosity Shop
11 AM Bullwinkle
11:30 Make A Wish (the Bronx Zoo; a recycling project
in El Paso)
12 N Championship Wrestling From Florida
1 PM Directions
2 PM NBA Playoff (same as Ch. 9)
4:15 Howard Cosell Sports Magazine (time approximate)
4:30 Golf: Tournament of Champions (final round)
6:30 Seven Seas (time approximate)
7 PM This Is Your Life (James Brolin is surprised by Chad
Everett and Rosey Grier)
7:30 Lassie
8 PM Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
9 PM ABC Movie: "Three On A Couch"
11:15 ABC News
11:30 Movie: "Molly And Me"
WTOG Ch. 44 St. Petersburg (Ind.)
7 AM Conversations With Galadriel
7:30 Jimmy Swaggart
8 AM Church Service
9 AM Archie's Funhouse (pre-empted on Ch. 13)
9:30 Ronald Reads The Funnies
10 AM Movie: "The Strange One"
12 N Reach Out
12:30 Garner Ted Armstrong
1 PM Chaplain Of Bourbon Street
1:30 Encounter
2 PM Day Of Discovery
2:30 Temple Heights Gospel Hour
3 PM Stanley Cup Playoff (divisional final, teams TBA,
pre-empted on Ch. 8)
6 PM Criss Award (time approximate)
6:30 Wild Kingdom
7 PM The Virginian
8:30 World Of Survival
9 PM Henry Fonda Special (springtime and sports is the
theme of this variety show--guests: Tim Conway,
Leslie Uggams, Johnny Bench, Lee Trevino, John
Davidson, Cathy Rigby, rodeo star Larry Mahan;
cameos by Sammy Davis Jr., Don Knotts, and Foster
Brooks)
10 PM Black Omnibus
11 PM Wacky World Of Jonathan Winters (guest: Dick Clark)
11:30 Charlie McCarty (not to be confused with Charlie McCarthy;
I have a feeling this is some sort of local talk show, something
like "Open Up" on Atlanta's Ch. 17 in the same era)
1 AM Rollin' (Ike and Tina Turner join Kenny Rogers and the First Edition)