RETRO: COLUMBIA-JEFFERSON CITY-N. MISSOURI, FRIDAY, JAN. 21, 1977

[DM601]

(Source: Mexico, Mo. Ledger)

COLUMBIA-JEFFERSON CITY
(Ironically, the only commercial station in the market not carrying a PBS program is the one then/now owned by a university…)
KOMU 8 (NBC)
AM
7 Today
9 Sanford & Son
9:30 Hollywood Squares
10 Wheel of Fortune
10:30 Shoot For The Stars
11 Name That Tune
11:30 Lovers & Friends
PM
12 News
12:30 Days Of Our Lives
1:30 The Doctors
2 Another World
3 Gong Show
3:30 Woman’s World
4 Gilligan’s Island
4:30 Ironside
5:30 NBC News
6 News
7 Sanford & Son
7:30 Bob Hope special (spoof of movies of 1976)
9 Rockford Files
10 News
10:30 Tonight
12M Midnight Special (host Judy Collins)

KRCG 13 (CBS)
AM
6:45 Agriculture
7 CBS Morning News
8 Captain Kangaroo
9 Sesame Street (from PBS)
10 Double Dare
10:30 Love of Life
11 Young and the Restless
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
PM
12 News
12:30 As The World Turns
1:30 Guiding Light
2 All In The Family
2:30 Match Game
3 Tattletales
3:30 Price Is Right
4:30 Showtime
5 Truth or Consequences
5:30 CBS News
6 News
6:30 The Muppets
7 Hee Haw (pre-empts Code R on CBS)
8 Sonny & Cher
9 Executive Suite
10 News
10:30 CBS Movie: “Innocent Bystanders

KCBJ 17 (ABC)
AM
6:30 Good Morning Missouri
7 Good Morning America
9 PTL Club
11 Don Ho
11:30 Ryan’s Hope
PM
12 All My Children
12:30 Family Feud
1 $20,000 Pyramid
1:30 One Life To Live
2:15 General Hospital
3 Edge of Night
3:30 Cartoons
4 Mr. Rogers (from PBS)
4:30 Bozo
5 News
5:30 ABC News
6 Phil Donahue
7 Donny & Marie
8 ABC Friday Night Movie: “Love Boat II”
10 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
10:30 S.W.A.T.
11:40 Superman

NORTHERN MISSOURI
KTVO (3-ABC) KIRKSVILLE, MO./OTTUMWA, IA.
AM
7 Good Morning America
9 PTL Club
11 Don Ho
11:30 Ryan’s Hope
PM
12 News
12:15 Town & Country
12:30 Family Feud
1 $20,000 Pyramid
1:30 One Life To Live
2:15 General Hospital
3 Edge of Night
3:30 All My Children
4 Marcus Welby M.D.
5 Price Is Right
5:30 ABC News
6 News
6:30 Andy Williams
7 Donny & Marie
8 ABC Friday Night Movie: “Love Boat II”
10 News
10:30 PTL Club

KHQA (7-CBS) HANNIBAL
AM
7 CBS Morning News
8 Captain Kangaroo
9 Education
9:30 Studio 7
10 Double Dare
10:30 Love of Life
11 Young and the Restless
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
PM
12 News
12:15 Datebook
12:30 As The World Turns
1:30 Guiding Light
2 All In The Family
2:30 Match Game
3 Tattletales
3:30 Price Is Right
4:30 Bewitched
5 Dragnet
5:30 CBS News
6 News
6:30 Name That Tune
7 Code R
8 Sonny & Cher
9 Executive Suite
10 News
10:30 CBS Movie: “Innocent Bystanders”

WGEM-TV (10-NBC/ABC) QUINCY, ILL.
AM
6 Bozo
7 Today
9 Sanford & Son
9:30 Hollywood Squares
10 Wheel of Fortune
10:30 Shoot For the Stars
11 Name That Tune
11:30 Lovers & Friends
PM
12 Gong Show
12:30 Days Of Our Lives
1 :30 The Doctors
2 Another World
3 Edge of Night
3:30 All My Children
4 Dinah
5:30 NBC News
6 News
6:30 Adam-12
7 Sanford & Son
7:30 Bob Hope special (spoof of movies of ‘76)
9 Rockford Files
10 News
10:30 Tonight
12M Midnight Special (host Judy Collins)

 

[SteveRichards]

Wow, a lot of memories here. Keep in mind, I was 6 at the time, so some things are a little fuzzy...

KOMU 8 (NBC)
3:30 Woman’s World

A locally-produced show from KOMU. Within a year or so, it would be moved to a morning time slot, but I can't remember exactly what time...an NBC game show would be pre-empted to make room.

KRCG 13 (CBS)
9 Sesame Street (from PBS)

I knew KRCG had carried "Sesame Street," but didn't realize they were still carrying it this late in the decade.

7 Hee Haw (pre-empts Code R on CBS)

I didn't realize KRCG was running "Hee Haw" on Fridays at 7 at this point. However, I know they pre-empted "Wonder Woman" with "Hee Haw" on Friday nights the following fall. KOMU eventually picked up "Wonder Woman" from CBS and aired it Saturdays at 6PM. KRCG added "Wonder Woman" at it's regular time either in the summer or fall of 1978.

"The PTL Club" was definitely in its heyday...running for 2 hours in the morning on both KCBJ and KTVO. According to these listings, KTVO was also running it at night following the 10PM news...not sure how long that lasted. I don't know when KCBJ (now KMIZ) dropped PTL, but KTVO finally dropped in 1981 or so (I think), but still carried it once a week late Sunday nights for a time. The show was down to an hour at that point. KTVO also dropped its noon newscast at the same time as the weekday PTL show. As far as I know, that marked the first time that KTVO had cleared the entire ABC daytime line-up in pattern since becoming a primary ABC affiliate in 1968.

KHQA (7-CBS) HANNIBAL
AM
7 CBS Morning News
8 Captain Kangaroo
9 Education
9:30 Studio 7

Not sure what "Education" is at 9:00. It wouldn't be long until "Studio 7" was truncated to 15 minutes and aired at 7:15AM following Chuck Kuppler's Morning Farm Report at 7. "Romper Room" (the national version) would follow at 7:30. "The CBS Morning News" was moved to 6AM (from the East Coast feed).

4:30 Bewitched

KHQA got a LOT of mileage out of those "Bewitched" reruns. I can't remember exactly when KHQA started airing them or took them off (early 80s, I think), but it was on FOREVER! The following fall, KHQA would start a 6-year love affair with "The Brady Bunch."

WGEM-TV (10-NBC/ABC) QUINCY, ILL.
3 Edge of Night

I never realized WGEM carried "The Edge of Night" from ABC. It wouldn't be long until WGEM replaced it with "Family Feud" from ABC.