Retro: DC//Baltimore/Delmarva Sat, Mar 5, 1977

[Bluenoser]

from TV Guide-Washington/Baltimore edition

WMAR 2-CBS Baltimore
6:30 Sunrise Semester "Religions and Civilizations of the Near East"
7:00 Tarzan
7:30 Clue Club
8:00 Sylvester & Tweety
8:30 Flintstones
9:00 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
10:00 Professor Kool
10:30 Batman (animated)
11:00 Shazam!/Isis
noon Fat Albert
12:30 Ark II
1:00 Way Out Games (Quarterfinals: Arizona, Florida and Washington state square off)
1:30 Tennis: Ilie Nastase v Jimmy Connors in a best of 5 sets challenge from Puerto Rico with $250K on the line
4:30 CBS Sports Spectacular: 15 round WBC light-heavyweight title bout between champ John Conteh (29-1) and challenger Len Hutchins (26-2-1), plus Michael and Leon Spinks take on opponents in prelim action
6:00 Hee Haw (guests Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius)
7:00 News
7:30 To Tell the Truth
8:00 Mary Tyler Moore (guest star Johnny Carson)
8:30 College Basketball: ACC Tournament Championship Final
10:30 TBA
11:00 News
11:30 Movie "Any Second Now"

WRC 4-NBC Washington
6:45 Faith & Life
7:00 Beth & Bower Half Hour
7:30 Big Blue Marble
8:00 Woody Woodpecker
8:30 Pink Panther
10:00 Speed Buggy
10:30 Monster Squad
11:00 Space Ghosts/Frankenstein Jr.
11:30 Big John, Little John
noon Land of the Lost
12:30 College Basketball: San Francisco-Notre Dame
2:30 Golf: Florida Citrus Open
4:00 College Basketball: ECAC Tournament
6:00 Kidsworld
6:30 NBC Nightly News
7:00 Price is Right
7:30 New Place
8:00 Emergency!
9:00 Movie "The Wrath of God"
11:00 News
11:30 Weekend (A Florida orange grower takes on the Government quota system)
1:00 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (guests Lou Rawls, Dr. Hook, Jim Samuels & Marty Cohen, and Natural Gas)

WTTG 5-Ind Washington
5:00 Movies cont'd
7:00 Bullwinkle
7:30 Jackson 5
8:00 Underdog
8:30 H.R. Pufnstuf
9:00 Porky Pig
9:30 Casper
10:00 Flintstones
10:30 Jetsons
11:00 Movie "The Gift of Love"
1:00 Movie "The Mortal Storm" (bw)
3:00 Movie "Return of the Badmen"
4:30 Ghost & Mrs. Muir
5:00 Soul Train
6:00 My Three Sons
6:30 Family Affair
7:00 Andy Griffith
7:30 King of Kensington (was this just syndied on Metromedia stations, or did this air in other markets as well?)
8:00 Animal World
8:30 Merv Griffin (guests Jan-Michael Vincent, Norm Crosby, Jackie Vernon, Marin Mull, and Ellen Faley)
10:00 News
10:30 Black Reflections
11:00 Miss Virginia Pageant
12:30 Movie "Johnny O'Clock" (bw)
2:30 Movie "Slim" (bw)
4:15 Movie "Thoroughbreds Don't Cry" (bw)

WMAL 7-ABC Washington
6:30 Treehouse Club
7:00 Animals, Animals, Animals
7:30 GED TV Series "Grammar VI"
8:00 Tom & Jerry/Mumbly
8:30 Jabberjaw
9:00 Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt
10:30 Krofft Supershow
11:30 Superfriends
noon Oddball Couple
12:30 American Bandstand (guests Rufus (with Chaka Khan) and Parker McGee)
1:30 Movie "Billie"
3:30 Pro Bowling: Monro-Matic Open
5:00 ABC Wide World of Sports: World Figure Skating Championships
6:30 News
7:00 Muppet Show (guest Juliet Prowse)
7:30 Future Cop (premiere)
8:30 College Basketball: ACC Tournament Championship Final
10:30 Dog & Cat (premiere)
11:30 News
mid. Movie "Thunder Road" (bw)
1:30 ABC News

WGAL 8-NBC Lancaster
6:30 Lone Ranger (bw)
7:00 Max B. Nimble
7:30 Sunshine Corners
8:00 Woody Woodpecker
8:30 Pink Panther
10:00 Speed Buggy
10:30 Monster Squad
11:00 Space Ghosts/Frankenstein Jr.
11:30 Big John, Little John
noon Land of the Lost
12:30 College Basketball: San Francisco-Notre Dame
2:30 Golf: Florida Citrus Open
4:00 College Basketball: ECAC Tournament
6:00 News
6:30 NBC Nightly News
7:00 City Hall Report
7:30 Spotlight Series
8:00 Emergency!
9:00 Movie "The Wrath of God"
11:00 News
11:30 Weekend
1:00 News

WTOP 9-CBS Washington
6:00 Agriculture USA
6:30 Sunrise Semester "Religions and Civilizations of the Near East"
7:00 Arthur & Company
8:00 Villa Alegre
8:30 Clue Club
9:00 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
10:00 Sneakers
10:30 Batman (animated)
11:00 Shazam!/Isis
noon Fat Albert
12:30 Ark II
1:00 Way Out Games
1:30 Tennis: Nastase-Connors
4:30 CBS Sports Spectacular
6:00 News
6:30 CBS Evening News
7:00 Agronsky & Company
7:30 Harambee
8:00 Mary Tyler Moore
8:30 Bob Newhart
9:00 All in the Family
9:30 Alice
10:00 Carol Burnett (guest Hal Linden)
11:00 News
11:30 Movie "Isadora"

WBAL 11-NBC Baltimore
7:00 Learning to Read
7:30 Focus on Faith
7:45 Davey & Goliath
8:00 Better Way...
8:30 At Home in Maryland
9:00 Garden Living
9:30 Courtship of Eddie's Father
10:00 Speed Buggy
10:30 Monster Squad
11:00 Space Ghosts/Frankenstein Jr.
11:30 Big John, Little John
noon Land of the Lost
12:30 TBA
1:00 Soul Train
2:00 Adventures of the Lone Ranger
3:30 Wagon Train
5:00 FBI
6:00 Bowling
7:00 News
7:30 Hollywood Squares
8:00 Emergency!
9:00 Movie "The Wrath of God"
11:00 News
11:30 Weekend
1:00 FBI

WJZ 13-ABC Baltimore
6:00 Sign-In
6:30 Problem in the Classroom
7:00 Vegetable Soup
7:30 Bob Turk & the Sunshine Kids
8:00 Tom & Jerry/Mumbly
8:30 Jabberjaw
9:00 Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt
10:30 Krofft Supershow
11:30 Superfriends
noon Oddball Couple
12:30 Blackpoint
1:00 Mata: Means Woman
1:30 Lawrence Welk
2:30 What's Happening!!
3:00 Blansky's Beauties
3:30 Pro Bowling: Monro-Matic Open
5:00 ABC Wide World of Sports
6:30 ABC Evening News
7:00 News
7:30 For Real
8:00 Future Cop (premiere)
9:00 Starsky & Hutch
10:00 Dog & Cat (premiere)
11:00 News
11:30 Movie "Zorba the Greek" (bw)
2:15 News
2:25 ABC News
2:40 Movie "Lucky Partners" (bw)

WBOC 16-CBS/NBC/ABC Salisbury
6:30 Sunrise Semester "Religions and Civilizations of the Near East"
7:00 Peninsula Perspective
7:30 At Home Today
8:00 Sylvester & Tweety
8:30 Clue Club
9:00 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
10:30 Batman (animated)
11:00 Shazam!/Isis
noon Fat Albert
12:30 Ark II
1:00 Way Out Games
1:30 Tennis: Nastase-Connors
4:30 CBS Sports Spectacular
6:00 Peninsula Perspective
6:30 CBS Evening News
7:00 Lawrence Welk
8:00 Mary Tyler Moore
8:30 Bob Newhart
9:00 All in the Family
9:30 Alice
10:00 Carol Burnett
11:00 News
11:30 Movie "Interrupted Melody"

WDCA 20-Ind Washington
6:45 Consultation/Update on Health
7:00 Hot Fudge
7:30 Soul of the City
8:30 God's Good News
9:00 Swiss Family Robinson
9:30 Dr. Dolittle
10:00 Lost in Space
11:00 Star Trek
noon Movie "Beyond the Time Barrier" (bw)
1:30 Movie "Abbott and Costello Go to Mars"
3:00 Movie "The Caretakers" (bw)
5:00 UFO
6:00 Star Trek
7:00 Emergency One!
8:00 Movie "Our Little Girl"
9:30 Lone Ranger (bw)
10:00 Challenge
10:30 Petey Greene's Washington
11:00 Movie "The Island of Living Horror"
12:30 700 Club
2:00 Rock (this was religious)

Maryland Public Television (PBS)
WAPB 22-Annapolis, WCPB 28-Salisbury, WWPB 31-Hagerstown, WMPB 67-Baltimore (TVG listed 22/67 in its listings)
7:25 Psychological Perspectives
7:50 Systems Management
8:15 GED: High School Diploma
8:45 English Literature
9:30 It's Everybody's Business
10:00 Cultural Anthropology
10:30 Introduction to Mathematics
11:00 Writing for a Reason
11:30 American Government
noon Afro-American Perspectives
12:30 Business of Writing
1:00 Crockett's Victory Garden
1:30 Book Beat
2:00 Viewer's Choice '77
4:30 Critics' Place
5:30 Speak for Yourself
6:00 Studio See
6:30 Consumer Survival Kit
7:00 Maryland Newsrap
7:30 Agronsky & Company
8:00 Masterpiece Theatre "Upstairs, Downstairs" (pt 7)
9:00 Forsyte Saga (bw)
10:00 Classic Theatre "The Duchess of Malfi"

WHAG 25-NBC Hagerstown
7:00 Changed Lives
7:30 Open Door Hour
8:00 Woody Woodpecker
8:30 Pink Panther
10:00 Speed Buggy
10:30 Monster Squad
11:00 Space Ghosts/Frankenstein Jr.
11:30 Big John, Little John
noon Land of the Lost
12:30 College Basketball: San Francisco-Notre Dame
2:30 Golf: Florida Citrus Open
4:00 College Basketball: ECAC Tournament
6:00 Country Carnival (guest Jerry Reed)
6:30 NBC Nightly News
7:00 Hee Haw (guests Bill Anderson, Mary Lou Turner, and Gerald Smith)
8:00 Emergency!
9:00 Movie "The Wrath of God"
11:00 Dolly
11:30 Weekend

WETA 26-PBS Washington
7:30 Villa Alegre
8:00 Sesame Street (x2)
10:00 Once Upon a Classic "David Copperfield" (pt eight)
10:30 Zoom
11:00 Infinity Factory
11:30 Rebop
noon Carrascolendas
12:30 Book Beat
1:00 US National Indoor Tennis Championships semifinals
5:00 Nova "Bye Bye Blackbird"
6:00 Pro Soccer: English playoffs-Aston Villa v Port Vale
7:00 Studio See
7:30 Once Upon a Classic "David Copperfield" (pt 9)
8:00 Lowell Thomas Remembers (clips from 1971)
8:30 Winston Churchill "Beginning of the End" (bw)
9:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
10:00 Movie "Caesar and Cleopatra"

WBFF 45-Ind Baltimore
7:00 Popeye/Cartoons (bw)
7:45 Three Score & More
8:00 Know Your FBI
8:15 Baltimore Department of Social Services
8:30 Baltimore Community Relations Commission
8:45 Baltimore Urban Services Agency
9:00 Swiss Family Robinson
9:30 World of Survival
10:00 Rifleman (bw/x2)
11:00 Bat Masterson (bw)
11:30 Lone Ranger (bw)
noon Movie "Frontier Horizon" (bw)
12:55 Mystery Squadron (bw)
1:00 Movie "Brave Warrior"
3:00 Champions (World Cup skiing)
3:30 Lefty Driesell (Maryland basketball)
4:00 Wrestling (20 aired wrestling Thurs midnight, but I can't say if the same show aired in both markets)
5:00 Partridge Family
5:30 Gilligan's Island
6:00 I Dream of Jeannie
6:30 Get Smart
7:00 Hogan's Heroes
7:30 Lucy Show (bw)
8:00 Space: 1999
9:00 Movie "Yesterday's Enemy" (bw)
11:20 News
11:30 Movie "Mystery of the White Room" (bw)
12:30 Movie "The Mystery of Marie Roget" (bw)
1:35 Mystery Squadron (bw)
1:55 News

WNVT 53-PBS Annandale
relayed on 14 Washington
3:30pm Keep It Running
4:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
5:00 Microbes & Men
6:00 Documentary Showcase "The World's Worst Air Crash-An Avoidable Accident?" (looks at the 1974 Turkish Airlines crash that killed 346 persons, a discussion updates the film)
7:30 High School Sports: Virginia Girls' Gymnastics Finals
9:30 Soundstage (guest Loudon Wainwright)
10:30 Price of Peace & Freedom

 

[azumanga]

WTTG 5-Ind Washington
7:30 King of Kensington (was this just syndied on Metromedia stations, or did this air in other markets as well?)

I recall WTOG in Tampa Bay (then a Hubbard station) carrying this as well around this time. I also recalled WFGX in Fort Walton Beach also having it in their schedule around 1985 (though I didn't think any other American program carried the show by then).

 

[oldiesfan6479]

WMAL 7-ABC Washington
7:30 Future Cop (premiere)
8:30 College Basketball: ACC Tournament Championship Final
10:30 Dog & Cat (premiere)
11:30 News

WJZ 13-ABC Baltimore
8:00 Future Cop (premiere)
9:00 Starsky & Hutch
10:00 Dog & Cat (premiere)
11:00 News

Strange, that my (8th) edition of Brooks & Marsh doesn't list
Future Cop. It appears it was on ABC at 8/7, and this is yet
another instance of a station (WMAL-TV) getting a show fed
to them in advance in order to air it before the network time.

Here it appears to be a one-time only (TV speak: "OTO") deal
due to the college basketball game at 8:30. I wonder if they
made good Starsky & Hutch during non-network time Sunday?

 

[Ultimajock]

WTTG 5-Ind Washington
8:30 Merv Griffin (guests Jan-Michael Vincent, Norm Crosby, Jackie Vernon, Marin Mull, and Ellen Faley)

...hmmm -- Griffin on a Saturday? Did WTTG bump this over from a weeknight (probably for a sports event), or would this have been a rerun from a few weeks previously?...

 

[ixnay]

Re USF @ ND:

1) My father (who played HS and small college hoops) and I watched USF/ND on KYW-3 at my cousin's in suburban Wilmington, DE. Marv Albert may have done pxp.

2) IIRC Big Bill Russell played for USF in the '50s before becoming a Celtic.

3) Also IIRC the Irish upset the previously undefeated Dons in USF's regular season finale, just as 3 years earlier ND ended UCLA's 73(?)-game winning streak when the Bruins came to South Bend.

ixnay
(Irish on my mother's side, and who drove through UCLA's campus on my 1981 Cali trip [but went nowhere near USF, or Cal, or Stanford, when I visited SF a few days later])

 

[bk77]

from TV Guide-Washington/Baltimore edition

WHAG 25-NBC Hagerstown

11:00 Dolly

Oh yes Dolly Parton's 70's variety show. Even though the host was Dolly Parton "Dolly" was actually more of a pop music show than it was country since most of her guest stars were in that field of music such as Wild Cherry ( Play That Funky Music ), KC & The Sunshine Band and the disco band Chic. Something tells me that the Jacksons ( including Michael ) had appeared on this show but I am not totally sure on that.

Back in the 70's the big rumor going I can remember going around school ( same at other schools too at the time ) was that Hall & Oates was gay. As the rumor goes just before they sang Rich Girl, on TV Daryl Hall leans over to light John Oates' cigar only to have John inhale and blow the smoke into Daryl's mouth. I also remember some kids were saying that after the cigar both guys had mouthed the words to each other on camera "I Love You". The show where this scene was supposed to had taken place on...DOLLY !!! Of course later on the same kids who had told this story denied ever telling it in the first place, much like the one story going around the playground circuit back then about Mikey from those Life cereal ads and how he was killed by putting pop rocks in his can of Coke. One minute "..did you hear ?" the next "...I never said THAT !!" Oh yeah..yet another TV urban legend.

I seem to remember Hall & Oates talking about this rumor on VH1 several years ago but to date no word from "Mikey". ;D

 

[bpatrick]

I think many critics rank Dolly's '70s syndicated show superior
to her '80s ABC show; there's one episode where she's joined
by Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris that's considered a
near-classic--just the three of them singing, no gimmicks.

Re "King Of Kensington": WAGA ran that show on Sunday nights.
Although a sister station to WTTG now (both are Fox o&os), it
was owned by Storer in 1977. IIRC, it aired at 10 PM, pre-empting
"Delvecchio," but I don't remember what aired at 10:30.