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Retro: Central Florida Tuesday, May 31, 1966

From TV Guide, Central Florida Edition:

NOTE: Gemini IX was scheduled to lift off
that day. The networks planned to be on
the air between 9 and 10 AM for the Atlas-
boosted target-vehicle liftoff (10 AM) and
the Gemini IX liftoff (11:40 AM), then return
between 3 and 4 PM for the rendezvous and
docking attempt (3:40 PM). Schedules below
are as listed in TV Guide.

WESH Ch. 2 Daytona Beach/Orlando (NBC)

6:15 Sunshine Almanac
6:30 History Since 1865
7 AM Today (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 (COLOR)
11:30 Paradise Bay (COLOR)
12 N Jeopardy! (COLOR)
12:30 Let's Play Post Office (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News (Sander Vanocur)
1 PM News
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! (COLOR)
4 PM Match Game (COLOR)
4:25 NBC News (Nancy Dickerson)
4:30 Mike Douglas
5:30 Newscope
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report (COLOR)
7 PM M Squad
7:30 My Mother The Car (COLOR)
8 PM Please Don't Eat The Daisies (COLOR)
8:30 Dr. Kildare (COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Long Long Trailer"
(stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz)
(COLOR)
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show (COLOR)

WEDU Ch. 3 Tampa (NET)

10:45 Classroom (in-school programs)
3:15 In-Service
3:45 Front Desk
4 PM Homemaking Today
4:30 U.S.A.
5 PM What's New
5:30 Children's Corner
6 PM Friendly Giant
6:15 Social Security In Action
6:30 English
7 PM Adelante (Spanish lessons)
7:30 Museum Open House
8 PM Mediation: Catalyst To Collective
Bargaining
8:30 Franklin To Frost (I'm sure this is
Robert, not David, Frost)
9 PM Arts Unlimited
9:30 Stories Of De Maupassant: "Yvette"
sign off 10:30 PM

WDBO (WKMG) Ch. 6 Orlando (CBS)

6:15 Sunshine Almanac
6:30 Summer Semester: "Western
Religious Trends"
7 AM News
7:05 CBS News (Mike Wallace)
7:30 World At Large
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Romper Room
9:30 Gypsy Rose Lee (she had a talk show--
I remember WVEC Norfolk carrying this show)
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 (no anchor given)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Girl Talk
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 (Douglas Edwards)
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Uncle Walt
5 PM Woody Woodpecker (COLOR)
5:30 Leave It To Beaver
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (Walter Cronkite) (COLOR)
7 PM Littlest Hobo
7:30 Daktari (COLOR)
8:30 Red Skelton (COLOR)
9:30 Petticoat Junction (COLOR)
10 PM CBS News Special: "Anthony Eden
On Vietnam" (Eden was a former
British Prime Minister)
10:30 Channel 6 Special
11 PM News
11:30 Bourbon Street Beat

WFLA Ch. 8 Tampa (NBC)

6 AM Continental Classroom
6:30 RFD Florida
7 AM Today (COLOR)
9 AM Movie: "Little Old New York"
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
1:20 Kitchen Korner
1:25 News
1:30 Let's Make A Deal (COLOR)
1:55 NBC News
2 PM PDQ (COLOR)
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 Merv Griffin
6 PM News
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report (COLOR)
7 PM Hank (delay from Fri 8 PM)
7:30 My Mother The Car (COLOR)
8 PM Please Don't Eat The Daisies (COLOR)
8:30 Dr. Kildare (COLOR)
9 PM Movie: "Rebecca"
11:30 News
11:55 Tonight Show (joined in progress) (COLOR)

WFTV Ch. 9 Orlando (ABC)

7 AM Bill Herson (local talk show--today's guests
are members of the Leesburg Chamber Of
Commerce talking about a convention site)
9 AM Fran Carlton
9:30 Movie: "Larceny"
11 AM Supermarket Sweep
11:30 Dating Game
12 N Donna Reed
12:30 News
12:55 Arlene Dahl's Beauty Spot
1 PM Ben Casey
2 PM Confidential For Women
2:30 A Time For Us
2:55 ABC News (Marlene Sanders)
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 The Nurses
4 PM 77 Sunset Strip
5 PM Where The Action Is
5:30 News
5:55 Editorial
6 PM ABC News (Peter Jennings)
6:15 News
6:30 Bronco
7:30 Combat!
8:30 McHale's Navy
9 PM F Troop
9:30 Peyton Place
10 PM The Fugitive
11 PM News
11:20 Editorial
11:25 Weather
11:30 Movie: "Criss Cross"

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 (COLOR)
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 Confidential For Women
2:30 A Time For Us
2:55 ABC News
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 The Nurses
4 PM Never Too Young
4:25 Arlene Dahl's Beauty Spot (COLOR)
4:30 Where The Action Is
5 PM Movie: "Smuggler's Gold"
6:30 News
7 PM ABC News
7:15 Weather, Sports
7:30 Combat!
8:30 McHale's Navy
9 PM F Troop
9:30 Peyton Place
10 PM The Fugitive
11 PM News
11:30 Open Mike

WINK Ch. 11 Ft. Myers (CBS)

7 AM Edison Junior 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
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
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 Leave It To Beaver
5 PM Sea Hunt
5:40 Informacast
5:45 For Your Information
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (COLOR)
7 PM Hook, Line And Sinker
7:30 Daktari (COLOR)
8:30 Red Skelton (COLOR)
9:30 Petticoat Junction (COLOR)
10 PM CBS News Special
10:30 TBA
11 PM News
11:15 Movie: "The Crooked Web"

WTVT Ch. 13 Tampa (CBS)

5:55 Summer Semester
6:25 Bible Readings
6:30 Florida Farmer
7 AM A.M.
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Mike Douglas
10:30 Real McCoys
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van Dyke
12 N News
12:20 Farm And Livestock Report
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 Dennis The Menace
5 PM Woody Woodpecker (COLOR)
5:30 News
5:45 Editorial
5:50 Stock Market Report
5:55 Pulse Extra (COLOR)
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (COLOR)
7 PM Munsters (delay from Thu 7:30)
7:30 Daktari (COLOR)
8:30 Red Skelton (COLOR)
9:30 Petticoat Junction (COLOR)
10 PM WTVT Special Report
10:30 CBS News Special
11 PM News
11:20 Editorial
11:25 News
11:30 Movie: "Slaves Of Babylon"

WSUN Ch. 38 St. Petersburg (Ind.)

4:20 Daily Word
4:25 News
4:30 Trails West
5 PM Dialing For Dollars
5:30 You Asked For It
6 PM Cheyenne Theatre
7 PM Bold Journey
7:30 Thriller
8:30 Charlie Chaplin
9 PM Movie: "Never A Dull Moment"
sign off after the movie
 
bpatrick said:
NOTE: Gemini IX was scheduled to lift off
that day. The networks planned to be on
the air between 9 and 10 AM for the Atlas-
boosted target-vehicle liftoff (10 AM) and
the Gemini IX liftoff (11:40 AM), then return
between 3 and 4 PM for the rendezvous and
docking attempt (3:40 PM). Schedules below
are as listed in TV Guide.

As it turned out, the ATDA (Augmented Target Docking Adapter), which was a hastily thrown-together substitute for the original Agena Target Vehicle (which had been launched on May 17, but failed to make orbit due to a malfunction of the Atlas booster) was actually launched June 1, with Gemini supposed to follow shortly thereafter, but a computer problem scrubbed the manned launch. Gemini IX was finally launched June 3 and rendezvoused with the ATDA, only to find that its protective shroud had failed to separate, remaining attached in a partially-open configuration that astronaut Tom Stafford famously described as looking "like an angry alligator." The crew did make several rendezvous and stationkeeping approaches for practice, but were obviously unable to dock as planned. The remainder of the mission went forward as planned, including several experiments and an EVA (which ended up quite nonproductive as astronaut Gene Cernan's faceplate fogged over due to physical overexertion, his heartbeat at one point rising to 195, leading mission doctors to call off the remainder of the EVA).
 
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