Retro: Cincinnati/Dayton - Friday, January 26, 1973 and November 23, 1973

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Sources: Cincinatti Enquirer, Dayton Daily News via newspapers.com

Part I
January 26, 1973
The Partridge Family visits King's Island.

Cincinnati
5 WLWT (NBC)
9 WCPO (CBS)
12 WKRC (ABC)
19 WXIX (Ind.)
48 WCET (PBS)

Dayton
2 WLWD (NBC)
7 WHIO (CBS)
16 WOET (PBS)
22 WKEF (ABC)

5:50
9 - Farm Report

6:15
5 - Moments of Meditation

6:20
5 - Good Morning

6:30
5 - University of Michigan (TV college course credits)
7 - Garner Ted Armstrong
9 - America

6:45
2 - Inspiration

6:50
2 - Farming Today

6:55
12 - Professor Kitzel

7:00
2, 5 - Today - Broadcasting from Washington for coverage of Lyndon Johnson's death and funeral. He was laid to rest the day before.
7, 9 - CBS Morning News
12 - Viewpoint on Nutrition

7:30
12 - Bob Jones' Kaleidoscope

8:00
7, 9 - Captain Kangaroo - Mozart's birthday (the following day) is observed with his music.
12 - Concentration (pre-empted by WLWT)
16, 48 - Instructional Programming

8:30
12 - Sale of the Century (pre-empted by WLWT)
22 - New Zoo Revue

9:00
2, 5 - Paul Dixon
7 - 'New' Price is Right
9 - Uncle Al
12 - Jeopardy (pre-emted by WLWT)
22 - M: "On the Beach" (Part 2, 1959) - Gregory Peck, Fred Astaire, Ava Gardner, Anthony Perkins.

9:30
7 - Medical Hotline
12 - Love, American Style

10:00
7 - Perry Mason
9 - Joker's Wild
12 - Somerset (pre-epmted by WLWT)

10:30
2, 5 - Phil Donahue - Guest: Johnny Bench (produced at WLWD)
9 - 'New' Price is Right
12 - One Life to Live
19 - In Town Today
22 - Concentration (pre-empted by WLWD)

11:00
7, 9 - Gambit
12 - Password - Guests: Jo Anne Worley, Greg Morris.
19 - New Zoo Revue
22 - Sale of the Century (pre-empted by WLWD)

11:10
48 - Sesame Street

11:30
2, 5, - Hollywood Squares - Panel: Wally Cox, Rose Marie, Michael Landon, John Davidson, Paul Lynde, Karen Valentine, Arthur Godfrey, Denise Nicholas, Marty Allen. (Cliff Arquette [aka Charley Weaver] returned to the show the following Monday. He was last seen on the NBC version on May 5 the previous year when he suffered a stroke.)
7 - Love of Life
9 - Vin Scully - Guest: Nanette Fabray, who teaches Vin how to tap dance.
12 - Nick Clooney (George's father and Rosemary's brother) - Guest: Margaret Mead
19 - Bugs Bunny & Friends
22 - Bewitched

NOON
2, 5 - Bob Braun's 50-50 Club - Guests: Victor Buono, Helen Jackson, Dick Lord.
7, 9 - News
19 - Gomer Pyle
22 - Password

12:10
48 - Zoom

12:30
7 - Search for Tomorrow
12, 22 - Split Second
19 - Andy Griffith

12:40
48 - Instructional Programming

1:00
7 - Where the Heart Is
9 - Search for Tomorrow
12, 22 - All My Children
19 - M: "The Comedy Man" (1964) - Kenneth More
48 - Electric Company

1:25
7 - CBS Midday News

1:30
2, 5 - Three on a Match
7, 9 - As the World Turns
12, 22 - Let's Make a Deal
48 - Instructional Programming

2:00
2, 5 - Days of Our Lives
7, 9 - Guiding Light
12, 22 - Newlywed Game

2:30
2, 5 - The Doctors
7, 9 - Edge of Night
12, 22 - Dating Game

3:00
2, 5 - Another World
7 - Love is a Many Splendored Thing
9 - Secret Storm
12 - General Hospital
16 - Mister Rogers
19 - Larry Smith's Kartoon Karnival
22 - Club 22
48 - Lilias, Yoga and You (produced at WCET)

3:30
2, 5 - Return to Peyton Place
7 - Merv Griffin - Guests: Jack Sheldon (show's music director), Roger Williams, Milt Kamen, Maurice Woofruff, Gay Talese, Rubin Carson.
9 - Love is a Many Splendored Thing
12 - M: "Dark Delusion" (1947) - James Craig, Lionel Barrymore, Lucille Bremer
16 - Electric Company
19 - Popeye
48 - Playhouse in the Park

4:00
2 - Somerset
5 - I Dream of Jeannie
9 - M: "The Oustider" (1961) - Tony Curtis
16, 48 - Sesame Street
19 - Flintstones
22 - Speed Racer

4:30
2 - M: "Civilized Men" (1969) - Robert Stack, Jill St. John.
5 - Dick Van Dyke
19 - Gilligan's Island
22 - Porky Pig

5:00
5 - Ponderosa (Bonanza)
7 - Andy Griffith
16, 48 - Mister Rogers
19 - Petticoat Junction
22 - Flipper

5:30
7 - I Dream of Jeannie
12 - News
16, 48 - Electric Company
19 - Gomer Pyle
22 - McHale's Navy

6:00
2, 5, 7, 9 - News
12, 22 - ABC Evening News
16 - French Chef
19 - Courtship of Eddie's Father
48 - Maggie and the Beautiful Machine

6:30
2, 5 - NBC Nightly News
7, 9 - CBS Evening News
12, 22 - Hogan's Heroes
16 - Behind the Lines
19 - Andy Griffith
48 - Camera Three

7:00
2, 5 - Beat the Clock - Jack Narz
7 - News
9 - Truth or Consequences
12 - Compassion
19 - I Love Lucy
16 - Ohio This Week
22 - To Tell the Truth
48 - Playhouse in the Park

7:30
2 - Traffic Court
5 - Young Dr. Kildare
7 - Truth or Consequences
9 - What Would You Say?
12 - Animal World
16, 48 - Wall $treet Week
19 - That Girl
22 - Police Surgeon

8:00
2 - NCAA Basketball - Otterbein vs. Wright State (WLWD was the broadcaster for Wright State)
5 - Sanford and Son: "Watts Side Story" - Lamont dates Julio's sister, and are spied on by her mother and Fred.
7, 9 - Mission: Impossible: "The Fountain"
12 - Adventures of Black Beauty
16 - Washington Week in Review
19 - Wild, Wild West
22 - Brady Bunch: "Amateur Nite" - The kids sing "Sunshine Day" and "Keep On" on the TV talent show.
48 - News Review

8:30
5 - Brian Keith (then titled "The Little People" for that season): "The Bestest Doctor in the Whole Wide World"
12, 22 - Partridge Family: "I Left My Heart in Cincinnati" (filmed on location at Cincinnati's King's Island theme park)
16 - Eye to Eye
48 - Off the Record

9:00
5 - Circle of Fear (formerly titled "Ghost Story"): "Doorway to Death"
7 - M: "The Happy Road" (1957) - Gene Kelly, Michael Redgrave.
9 - CBS Friday Night Movie: "The Hook" (1963) - Kirk Douglas, Nick Adams.
12, 22 - ABC Special: "Burt Bachrach in Shangri-La" - Guests: The 5th Dimension, Bobby Van, Richard Harris, Chris Evert.
16, 48 - Masterpiece Theatre: "Tom Brown's School Days" (Part 2 of 5) - This series became controversial due to its depiction of bullying and corporal punishment.
19 - M: "The Champion" (1949) - Kirk Douglas, Ruth Roman.

10:00
2, 5 - Bobby Darin - Guests: David Steinberg, Helen Reddy, Mimi Hines.
12, 22 - Love, American Style: "Love and the... 1) ...Singing Suitor"; 2) ...Unmarriage"; 3) ...Wee He"
16 - Maggie and the Beautiful Machine
48 - High School Basketball - St. Bernard-Elmwood Place vs. Wyoming (OH)

10:30
16 - Black Journal

11:00
2, 5, 7, 8, 12, 22 - News
19 - Alfred Hitchcock Presents

11:30
2, 5 - Tonight Show - Guest host: Cass Elliot; Guests: Charles Grodin, Frances Sayer; Performers: Pat Boone, Ronny Graham, The New Seekers.
7 - M: "The Savage Guns" (1962) - Richard Basehart, Don Taylor, Alex Nicol
9 - M: "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955) - James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo.
12 - M: "High Wall" (1947) - Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter, Herbert Marshall.
19 - Merv Griffin (see ch. 7 @ 3:30 PM)
22 - Dick Cavett - Guest: Ray Charles

 

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Fascinating how the ABC affiliates in Cincinnati, Columbus, and Dayton cherry-picked some of the NBC daytime shows in lieu of the NBC affiliates running live programming produced and distributed by the AVCO corporation. Paul Dixon, Phil Donahue, and Bob Braun held court back in those days. UHF indie WXIX also pitched in. In '74, they carried the Dennis James version of "Name that Tune" from NBC, and the year after that, they picked up "Blank Check", "High Rollers", "The Magnificent Marble Machine", and, for a short period, "Somerset".

 

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Part II
Friday, November 23, 1973
This time, the Brady Bunch visits King's Island

5:50
9 - Farm News

6:00
7, 9 - Sunrise Semester

6:15
2 - Inspiration
5 - Moment of Meditation

6:20
2 - University of Michigan
5 - Good Morning

6:30
5 - Folk Literature
7 - Garner Ted Armstrong
9 - America
12 - Reading Linguistics
19 - In Town Today

7:00
2, 5 - Today - Guests: George Plimpton, Clifton Fadmiman.
7, 9 - CBS Morning News
12 - Make a Wish
19 - New Zoo Revue

7:30
12 - Bob Jones' Kaleidoscope
19 - Cartoonville

8:00
7, 9 - Captain Kangaroo
12 - Dinah's Place - Guest: Barbara Rush, Betty Ann Carr.
16 - Instructional Programming
22 - Mike Douglas - Co-host: Charley Pride; Guests: Rose Marie, Mel Tillis, Lonnie Shorr, The Pridesmen (Charley's band).

8:30
12 - Who, What or Where Game (pre-empted by WLWT; not sure if this ABC station picked up the NBC News Update which followed this show)
19 - Flintstones (x2)

9:00
2, 5 - Paul Dixon
7 - $10,000 Pyramid - All-star guests: Anita Gillette, David Spielberg (no relation to Steven), Loretta Swit, McLean Stevenson.
9 - Uncle Al
12 - M: "Dark Victory" (1939) - Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Ronald Reagan, Geraldine Fitzgerald (first American film).
22 - M: "Anastasia" (1956) - Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes.

9:30
7 - Medical Hotline

10:00
7 - Perry Mason
9 - Joker's Wild
19 - Dennis the Menace
48 - Sesame Street

10:30
2 - Phil Donahue - Guest: Dr. Morris Chafetz, discussing alcohol abuse.
5 - All-Star Baffle - Guests: Vera Miles, Doc Servinsen, Jo Anne Worley, Ed McMahon.
9 - John Wade (I remember him as a panelist on the 1980 revival of "To Tell the Truth" with Robin Ward. It's guessing that the "CBS Midday News" may have followed this since it did not carry "Love of Life".)
19 - I Love Lucy

11:00
5 - Wizard of Odds
7 - Gambit
12 - Password - Guests: Elizabeth Montgomery, Robert Foxworth.
19 - That Girl
22 - Love, American Style
48 - Electric Company

11:30
2, 5 - Hollywood Squares - Panel: John Davidson, Nanete Fabray, Jan Murray, Ken Howard, Paul Lynde (or McLean Stevenson), Karen Valentine, Charley Weaver, Michelle Lee, Demond Wilson.
7 - Love of Life
9 - $10,000 Pyramid (see ch. 7 @ 9:00 AM)
12 - Nick Clooney - Guest: future Cincinnati mayor, news anchor, talk show host, and TV judge Jerry Springer.
19, 22 - Brady Bunch (Channel 19 picking up for Channel 12)
48 - Mister Rogers

11:55
7 - CBS Midday News

NOON
2, 5 - Bob Braun's 50-50 Club
7, 9 - News
19 - Courtship of Eddie's Father
22 - Password (see ch. 12 @ 11:00 AM)
48 - Sesame Street

12:30
7 - Search for Tomorrow
12, 22 - Split Second
19 - Andy Griffith

1:00
7 - Secret Storm
9 - Search for Tomorrow
12, 22 - All My Children
19 - M: "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come" (1961) - Jimmie Rodgers, Luana Patten, Chill Wills.
48 - Electric Company

1:30
2, 5 - Three on a Match
7, 9 - As the World Turns
12, 22 - Let's Make a Deal
48 - History in Ohio

2:00
2, 5 - Days of Our Lives
7, 9 - Guiding Light
12, 22 - NCAA Football - Nebraska vs. Oklahoma
48 - Changing Seasons

2:30
2, 5 - The Doctors
7, 9 - Edge of Night
48 - Bill Moyers' Journal

3:00
2, 5 - Another World
7 - Price is Right
9 - M: "The Remarkable Andrew" (1942) - Brian Donlevy (as Andrew Jackson), William Holden.
16 - Mister Rogers
19 - Larry Smith's Cartoon Club
48 - Lilias, Yoga and You

3:30
2 - Return ot Peyton Place
5 - Phil Donahue (see ch. 2 @ 10:30 AM)
7 - Merv Griffin - from Ceasars Palace in Las Vegas; Guests: Alan King, Dick Haymes, Phyllis McGuire, Paul Anka, Don Goodwin.
16 - Electric Company
19 - Popeye
48 - Play Guitar

4:00
2 - Somerset
16, 48 - Sesame Street
19 - Flintstones

4:30
2 - Beat the Clock - Gene Wood
5 - Bonanza
7 - Andy Griffith
9 - CBS Famous Classic Tales: "The Three Musketeers"
19 - Gilligan's Island

5:00
2 - Gomer Pyle
7 - Mission: Impossible
16, 48 - Mister Rogers
19 - Green Acres

5:30
2 - Beverly Hillbillies
5 - Jeopardy
9 - Nanny and the Professor
12 - Kodak All-America Football Game - NCAA football highlights of the season; Hosts: Chris Schenkel, O. J. Simpson.
16, 48 - Electric Company
19 - Gomer Pyle
22 - Hogan's Heroes

6:00
2, 5, 7, 9, 12, - News
16 - Your Future Is Now
19 - Mission: Impossible
22 - ABC Evening News
48 - Smart Sewing

6:30
2, 5 - NBC Nightly News
7, 9 - CBS Evening News
12 - Hogan's Heroes
16 - Desinging Success Strategies
19 - Courtship of Eddie's Father
22 - I Love Lucy
48 - World Front

7:00
2 - On the Money
5 - To Tell the Truth
7 - News
9 - Truth or Consequences
12 - Bowling for Dollars
16 - Lilias, Yoga and You
19 - Bewitched
22 - What's My Line?
48 - Local Stocks

7:30
2 - World of Survival
5 - New Dating Game
7 - Truth or Consequences
9 - Ozzie's Girls
12 - Family Classics: "The Arabian Knights" (1968-69 Hanna-Barbera series)
16, 48 - Wall $treet Week
19 - I Love Lucy
22 - Police Surgeon

8:00
2, 5 - Sanford and Son: "A House is Not a Poolroom"
7 - Family Classics: "The Arabian Knights"
9 - Calucci's Deparment: "Calucci and the Chicken or the Egg" (starring James Coco; series ended the following week)
12, 22 - Brady Bunch: "The Cincinnati Kids" - Filmed at King's Island.
16 - Washington Week in Review
19 - Star Trek
48 - Conflicts: "Man of Destiny"

8:30
2, 5 - Girl With Something Extra: "It's So Peaceful in the Country"
7, 9 - Roll Out!: "Members of the Wedding"
12, 22 - Odd Couple: "Maid for Each Other"
16 - Special: "Roger Kellaway Cello Quartet"

9:00
2, 5 - Needles and Pins: "Endangered Species"
7 - M: "High Society" (1956) - Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly (final film before becoming Princess Grace of Monaco), Louis Armstrong, Celeste Holm.
9 - M: "Bachelor in Paradise" (1961) - Bob Hope, Lana Turner.
12, 22 - ABC Special: "Julie on Sesame Street" - Julie Andrews and Perry Como pay a musical visit to the iconic street.
16, 48 - Masterpiece Theatre: "The Man Who Was Hunting Himself" (Part 2 of 3)
19 - M: "Action of the Tiger" (1957) - Van Johnson, Martine Carol, Herbert Lom.

9:30
2, 5 - Brian Keith: "Uncle Timothy"

10:00
2, 5 - Dean Martin - Roastee: Senator and former Vice-President Hubert Humphey; Roasters: Nipsey Russell, Gene Kelly, Mort Sahl, Pat Henry, Leo Durocher, Foster Brooks, Ted Knight, Rich Little, Audrey Meadows, Donald Rice, Mark Russell, Lowell Reicker.
12, 22 - Love, American Style: "Love and the... 1) ...Blue Plate Special"; 2) "...Man of the Year"; 3) "...Time Machine"; Stars including: Monty Hall, Cindy Williams, Natalie Schafer, Lorna Luft, Marlyn Mason, Charles Maritn Smith.
16 - Ohio This Week
48 - Washington Week in Review

10:30
16 - Roots of a Nation
48 - Sports & Scores

11:00
2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 22 - News
19 - Wild, Wild West
48 - Lilias, Yoga and You

11:30
2, 5 - Tonight Show - Guests: Jack Palance, Victoria Principal, Michael Preminger, Stephen Birmingham.
7 - M: "Son of a Gunfighter" (1965) - Russ Tamblyn, Kieron Moore.
9 - M: "Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed" (1969) - Peter Cushing, Freddie Jones.
12 - M: "The Prisoner of Zenda" (1937) - Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
22 - In Concert (2 back-to-back episodes in honor of its first anniversary on ABC; see Part III for performers)
48 - Camera Three

MIDNIGHT
19 - Thriller

1:00
2, 5 - Midnight Special (see Part III for performers)
19 - This Week in Football

1:30
19 - In Town Today

 

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Part III
Addendum

Performer Rosters

IN CONCERT (ABC channel 22)

11:30 -

Sly & the Family Stone
J. Geils Band
Mott the Hoople
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks
The Locker Dancers
Dr. John
Sha Na Na

1:00 -

B. B. King
Black Oak Arkansas
Billy Preston
The Eagles
Seals & Crofts
Jim Croce
Johnny Winter
T. Rex (with Marc Bolan)

NOTE: After it premiere the previous year, In Concert was blacklisted by WKRC channel 12 after Taft Broadcasting (WKRC's owner) president Bud Rogers' disgust from watching Alice Cooper's performance. It was hastily substituted with a Rawhide rerun.

MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (NBC channels 2 and 5)

Second of three episodes from London, hosted by Peter Noone.

Performers:

The Bee Gees
Gilbert O'Sullivan
Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)
Manfred Mann
David Essex
Robin Trower