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Retro: Central Ohio Sunday, June 18, 1978

By request, from TV Guide, Central Ohio Edition:

WDTN Ch. 2 Dayton (NBC)

7 AM Dick Van Dyke
7:30 Better Way...
8 AM Catholic Mass
8:30 Day Of Discovery
9 AM Valley Gospel Showcase
9:30 Robert Schuller
10:30 Music And The Spoken Word
11 AM Rex Humbard
12 N Black Press Forum
12:30 Meet The Press (Howard Jarvis, leader of the
California anti-tax movement, is the guest.)
1 PM Love Thy Neighbor (Jean Stapleton is one of
four people discussing how they have dealt
with crises in their lives.)
1:30 Movie: "The King And I"
4 PM Sportsworld (USAC Midget Auto Race from Gardena, CA;
Coronation Cup horse race from Epson Downs, England;
National Elite Women's Gymnastics Meet from Uniondale, NY)
5:30 Four Children (growing up in America from the standpoints of
an African-American city youth, an Appalachian girl, a Native
American from Arizona, and a Hispanic child from Texas)
6 PM All-Star Anything Goes
6:30 Wild Kingdom (Wyoming's Grand Tetons)
7 PM Wonderful World Of Disney ("The Scarecrow Of Romney Marsh,"
Part 1 of 2)
8 PM NBC Movie: "Earthquake"
11 PM News
11:30 NBC Movie: "Exo-Man"
1:30 Movie: "The King And I"
4 AM Family Affair
4:30 The Rookies
5:30 Black Press Forum

Ch. 3 Special Network Channel Columbus

12:30 CBS Sports Spectacular (Mate Parlov makes his first defense of the
WBC light-heavyweight crown against former champ John Conteh,
15 rounds, taped in Belgrade, aired live on Ch. 9 yesterday, pre-empted
on Ch. 10.)
4 PM Sportsworld
11:30 NBC Movie: "Exo-Man" (pre-empted on Ch. 4)

WCMH Ch. 4 Columbus (NBC)

6 AM Ag-USA
6:30 Jerry Falwell
7:30 Your Health
8 AM Day Of Discovery
8:30 Jimmy Swaggart
9 AM Robert Schuller (guest: Fred Waring)
10 AM Catholic Mass
10:30 Yours For The Asking
11 AM Doctors On Call (topic: suicide)
11:30 Focus On Columbus
12 N News Conference 4
12:30 Meet The Press
1 PM Truth Or Consequences
1:30 Little Rascals
2 PM Movie: "Tarzan's Savage Fury" (Lex Barker as Tarzan,
from '52)
3:30 Movie: "Torn Curtain"
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News (Jessica Savitch)
7 PM Wonderful World Of Disney
8 PM NBC Movie: "Earthquake"
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "A Lovely Way To Die"
1:30 Marcus Welby, M.D.

WTTV Ch. 4 Indianapolis (Ind.)
Listed EDT

7:45 Sacred Heart
8 AM Outdoors In Indiana
8:30 Revival Fires
9 AM Abundant Life
9:30 Foundations Of Faith
10 AM Jimmy Swaggart
10:30 Movie: "Desperate Journey"
12:30 Hogan's Heroes
1 PM Movie: "Feudin' Fools" (the Bowery Boys, from '52)
2:30 Movie: "A Shot In The Dark"
4:30 Movie: "The Man With The Golden Arm"
7 PM At Home In Indiana
7:30 Sports Challenge
8 PM The Racers
8:30 Ruff House (Howard Ruff)
9 PM Fiction, Fantasy And Reality
9:30 Statehouse Report
10 PM Brian Bex
10:30 News
11 PM Movie: "Tension At Table Rock"
1 AM Soul Train (Teddy Pendergrass, Rose Royce)
2 AM News

WLWT Ch. 5 Cincinnati (NBC)

7 AM Big Blue Marble
7:30 Sunday Soul
8 AM Catholic Mass
8:30 Rex Humbard
9:30 For You...Black Woman
10 AM NAACP Presents
10:30 Church Today
11 AM Hollywood Connection (Rita Moreno, Buddy Hackett,
Barbara Rhoades, Orson Bean, Pat Carroll, Jan Murray)
11:30 Garner Ted Armstrong
12 N 1978 College Bowl Tournament (Stanford defeated Yale)
12:30 Meet The Press
1 PM Hollywood Connection (Meredith MacRae, Milton Berle,
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Anson Williams, Pat Carroll, Jan Murray)
1:30 Gong Show (judges: Michele Lee, Rip Taylor, Rex Reed)
2 PM Movie: "Atom Age Vampire"
4 PM Sportsworld
5:30 To Tell The Truth (Kitty Carlisle, Peggy Cass, Nipsey Russell,
Bill Cullen)
6 PM News
6:30 Sha Na Na (guest: Lesley Gore)
7 PM Wonderful World Of Disney
8 PM NBC Movie: "Earthquake"
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Adding Machine" (watch for Phyllis Diller in a serious
role in this 1969 murder mystery)

WTVN (WSYX) Ch. 6 Columbus (ABC)

7 AM Eddie Saunders (religion)
7:30 Show My People
8 AM Grace Cathedral
8:30 Celebration Of Praise
9 AM Rex Humbard
10 AM World Wide Church Of God
10:30 Hot Fudge
11 AM Big Blue Marble
11:30 Animals, Animals, Animals (a rural New York family
that raises sheep; bighorns roaming free in Nevada)
12 N Issues And Answers
12:30 Communique
1 PM America's Black Forum
1:30 Tony Brown's Journal
2 PM Tennis: WCT-Shakey's Tournament of Champions match
pits Ken Rosewall against Eddie Dibbs, taped at Las Vegas
3 PM Golf: U.S. Open (final round, from Cherry Hills Country Club,
Englewood, CO)
7 PM Nancy Drew (time approximate)
8 PM Lucan
9 PM ABC Movie: "At Long Last Love"
11:15 News
11:30 ABC News (Sylvia Chase/Tom Jarriel)
11:45 The FBI
12:45 Second City TV

WHIO Ch. 7 Dayton (CBS)

6:30 Tony And Susan Alamo
7 AM Jerry Falwell
8 AM Good News
8:30 James Robison Presents
9 AM Oral Roberts
9:30 Good Ship Zion
10 AM Urban And Suburban
10:30 Garner Ted Armstrong
11 AM WHIO Reports
11:30 Face The Nation
12 N Travel To Adventure
12:30 CBS Sports Spectacular (same as Ch. 3)
2 PM Bowling: PBA National Championship from Las Vegas
4 PM Movie: "The Stooge" (Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, from '52)
6 PM Jacques Cousteau (the search for a sunken Spanish galleon
and her $2 million cargo)
7 PM 60 Minutes
8 PM Rhoda
8:30 On Our Own
9 PM All In The Family
9:30 Alice
10 PM Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy In My Soul (guest: Lucille Ball)
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Play It Again, Sam" (this may be delayed from CBS
either Tuesday or Wednesday)
1:30 News

WCPO Ch. 9 Cincinnati (CBS)

6:30 Kentucky Afield
7 AM Movie: "After That Crocodile!"
8 AM Play It Safe
8:30 Kidsworld
9 AM Ghost Busters
9:30 Wacko (guests: Ted Ziegler and the Hotcakes)
10 AM Black Memo
10:30 Police Call ("Smart About Money" and "Home Security")
11 AM Call The Doctor (topic: veterinary medicine)
12 N Movie: "The Bedford Incident"
2 PM Movie: "Finian's Rainbow"
4 PM Auto Race: Milwaukee 150 USAC Race
6 PM Impact
6:30 CBS News (Morton Dean)
7 PM 60 Minutes
8 PM Rhoda
8:30 On Our Own
9 PM All In The Family
9:30 Alice
10 PM Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy In My Soul
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "You Can't Win 'em All" (this may have been
CBS's Friday late movie)
1:30 Christopher Closeup
2 AM News

WBNS Ch. 10 Columbus (CBS)

6 AM This Is The Life
6:30 America's Problems And Challenges
7 AM Treehouse Club
7:30 Urban League
8 AM Church Service (Baptist)
8:30 James Robison Presents
9 AM Oral Roberts
9:30 It Is Written
10 AM Movie: "Light In The Piazza"
12 N The Issue
12:30 Face The Nation
1 PM Alaskan Safari (Sir Edmund Hillary visits the Kenai
Peninsula, home of the Alaskan brown bear.)
2 PM Bowling (same as Ch. 7)
4 PM Milwaukee 150 USAC Race
6 PM Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea
7 PM 60 Minutes
8 PM Rhoda
8:30 On Our Own
9 PM All In The Family
9:30 Alice
10 PM Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy In My Soul
11 PM News
11:15 CBS News (Ed Bradley)
11:30 Movie: "Follow The Boys"

WKRC Ch. 12 Cincinnati (ABC)

6 AM Animals, Animals, Animals (tarantulas in the desert
around Tucson, AZ; an animated tale, "The Spider
And Robert The Bruce," delay from 11:30 AM)
6:30 Charles Fold Singers
7 AM Directions (R. Buckminster Fuller discusses the church's
role in conserving the world's resources, delay from
12:30 PM)
7:30 Max B. Nimble
8 AM Landmark Bible Class
8:30 Day Of Discovery
9 AM Oral Roberts
9:30 Jimmy Swaggart
10 AM It Is Written
10:30 Dialogue
11 AM Robert Schuller
12 N Movie: "The Great Race"
3 PM Golf: U.S. Open (final round)
7 PM Nancy Drew (time approximate)
8 PM Lucan
9 PM ABC Movie: "At Long Last Love"
11:15 News
11:45 Emergency One!
12:45 Issues And Answers (delay from 12 N)
1:15 ABC News
1:30 Insight

WPTO Ch. 14 Oxford, OH/WPTD Ch. 16 Dayton (PBS)

8 AM Sesame Street
9 AM Sesame Street
10 AM Sesame Street
11 AM Zoom
11:30 Studio See
12 N Once Upon A Classic ("Robin Hood," Part 5)
12:30 Paint Along With Nancy Kominsky
1 PM Washington Week In Review
1:30 Wall Street Week
2 PM World
3 PM In Performance At Wolf Trap (the National Symphony
and the University of Maryland Chorus perform Verdi's
"Requiem Mass")
4:30 TBA
5 PM International Animation Festival
5:30 Sneak Previews
6 PM Crockett's Victory Garden
6:30 French Chef
7 PM Fall Of Eagles
8 PM Previn And The Pittsburgh (Symphony) (guest: Isaac Stern)
9 PM Poldark II (Part 3)
10 PM Austin City Limits (jazz with Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
and Delbert McClinton)
sign off 11 PM

WHIZ Ch. 18 Zanesville, OH (NBC/ABC)

7 AM Sacred Heart
7:15 Bible Answers
7:30 Turning Point
7:45 Amazing Grace
8:15 All Things For Everybody
8:30 Oral Roberts
9 AM Rex Humbard
10 AM Treehouse Club
10:30 Insight
11 AM Faith For Today
11:30 This Is The Life
12 N Playhouse
12:30 Meet The Press
1 PM The Guardian (Helen Hayes introduces a play about a
drama coach trying to settle some differences among
young actors as they prepare for "The Passion Play.")
2 PM Zane's Trace Commemoration (rerun from Sat 9 PM)
3 PM Soul Train (Teddy Pendergrass, Rose Royce)
4 PM Sportsworld
5:30 Playhouse
6 PM Zane's Trace Commemoration (conclusion, rerun from Sat
9 PM)
7 PM Wonderful World Of Disney
8 PM NBC Movie: "Earthquake"
11 PM News
11:15 CBS News (this is correct)
11:30 NBC Movie: "Exo-Man"

WXIX Ch. 19 Cincinnati (Ind.)

6:45 Perspective
7:30 Dr. Thea Jones
8 AM Jerry Falwell
9 AM Leroy Jenkins
9:30 Tom And Jerry
10 AM Wonderama
12 N Movie: "The Mountain"
2 PM Movie: "About Mrs. Leslie"
4 PM Movie: "Papa's Delicate Condition" (Jackie Gleason
stars, from '63)
6 PM Movie: "The Neptune Disaster"
8 PM Movie: "The Last Day"
10 PM Love, American Style
10:30 Love, American Style
11 PM Jerry Falwell
12 M David Susskind (Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld discusses his
book "The Complete Medical Exam"; disciplining FBI agents)

WOUB Ch. 20 Athens, OH (PBS)]

8 AM Sesame Street
9 AM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
9:30 Zoom
10 AM Sesame Street
11 AM Infinity Factory
11:30 Electric Company
12 N In Search Of The Real America
12:30 Dick Cavett (guest: Susan Sontag, author of "Illness As Metaphor")
1 PM How To
1:30 Hocking Valley Bluegrass
2 PM Soundstage
3 PM Meat (inside a Colorado meat-packing plant, parental discretion advised)
5 PM Old Friends...New Friends
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM Zoom
6:30 Nova ("Memories From Eden," about spacious animal habitats that are
becoming the last refuge for many endangered species)
7:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
8 PM Previn And The Pittsburgh
9 PM Poldark II (Part 3)
10 PM Austin City Limits (guitarist Rusty Weir, Jimmy Buffett)
sign off 11 PM

WKEF Ch. 22 Dayton (ABC)

6 AM PTL Club
8 AM Jimmy Swaggart
8:30 Church Service (Baptist)
9 AM The Search
9:30 Leroy Jenkins
10 AM Ernest Angley
11 AM For You...Black Woman
11:30 Kidsworld
12 N Daktari
1 PM Star Trek
2 PM Tennis (same as Ch. 6)
3 PM Golf: U.S. Open (final round)
7 PM Nancy Drew (time approximate)
8 PM Lucan
9 PM ABC Movie: "At Long Last Love"
11:15 700 Club

WOSU Ch. 34 Columbus (PBS)

4 PM Washington Week In Review
4:30 Wall Street Week
5 PM Nova (same as Ch. 20)
6 PM Ohio Journal
6:30 French Chef
7 PM Insight
7:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
8 PM Previn And The Pittsburgh
9 PM Poldark II (Part 3)
10 PM Book Beat (Richard Adams discusses "The Plague
Dogs," his novel about two dogs who escape inhumane
treatment at an experimental lab.)
10:30 Monty Python's Flying Circus
sign off 11 PM

WLIO Ch. 35 Lima, OH (NBC/ABC)

7 AM Jerry Falwell
8 AM Day Of Discovery
8:30 Jimmy Swaggart
9 AM Oral Roberts
9:30 Rex Humbard
10:30 Truth For Youth
11 AM Christopher Closeup
11:15 Church Service (Baptist)
12 N Revival Fires
12:30 Meet The Press
1 PM The Guardian
2 PM Soul Train
3 PM Emergency One!
4 PM Sportsworld
5:30 1978 Indianapolis 500 Highlights
6 PM Changing Horizons
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Wonderful World Of Disney
8 PM NBC Movie: "Earthquake"
11 PM News
11:30 Ric Bratton (local talk show)

WUAB Ch. 43 Cleveland (Ind.)

7 AM Coffee Shoppe
7:30 Jerry Falwell
8:30 Day Of Discovery
9 AM Oral Roberts
9:30 Jimmy Swaggart
10 AM It Is Written
10:30 Come Walk The World (missionary work in Thailand,
Bangladesh, and the Philippines)
11 AM Robert Schuller
12 N Gunsmoke (guest: George Lindsey)
1 PM Movie: "Rhubarb"
3 PM Movie: "Papa's Delicate Condition"
5 PM Maverick
6 PM Wild Wild West
7 PM Star Trek
8 PM Movie: "Life With Father"
10 PM Lorain Conversation
10:30 About Town
11 PM Lanigan At Large
11:30 News
11:45 America's Black Forum

WCET Ch. 48 Cincinnati (PBS)

9 AM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
9:30 Zoom
10 AM Sesame Street
11 AM Infinity Factory
11:30 Studio See
12 N Rebop
12:30 Ohio Journal
1 PM Washington Week In Review
1:30 Wall Street Week
2 PM World
3 PM Minnesota Orchestra 75th Anniversary Concert
5 PM Firing Line (Maj. Gen. Vernon Walters, former CIA director,
discusses American diplomacy.)
6 PM Crockett's Victory Garden
6:30 Black Perspective On The News
7 PM Bluegrass, Bluegrass
8 PM Previn And The Pittsburgh
9 PM Poldark II (Part 3)
10 PM Nova (same as Ch. 20)
11 PM Austin City Limits (same as Chs. 14, 16)
sign off 12 M
 
I find it somewhat interesting that both WXIX-19 (at 4:00) and WUAB-43 (at 3:00) both ran "Papa's Delicate Condition" with Jackie Gleason. In checking further, I found that June 18 was Father's Day in 1978, which makes sense for the choice of film..
 
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