In hopes of shedding some light (and I don't claim
that 1972 was the year) on the question of when
Mountain stations began following Central time zone
scheduling patterns, here are Denver's schedules from
35 years ago today. From the Denver Post.
KWGN Ch. 2 (Ind.)
8 AM Flintstones
8:30 New Zoo Revue
9 AM Blinky's Fun Club
9:30 Jack LaLanne
9:50 Fashions In Sewing
10 AM Phil Donahue
11 AM Flying Nun
11:30 Green Acres
12 N Beat The Clock
12:30 What's My Line?
1 PM Movie (title illegible)
3 PM Perry Mason
4 PM Gilligan's Island
4:30 McHale's Navy
5 PM Hogan's Heroes
5:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
6 PM That Girl
6:30 Andy Griffith
7 PM Truth Or Consequences
7:30 Dragnet
8 PM Ponderosa (Bonanza reruns)
9 PM News
10 PM Movie: "Man With The Power"
11:15 Movie (title illegible)
1:05 Movie: (title illegible)
2:30 News
2:45 Reflections
KOA (KCNC) Ch. 4 (NBC)
6:30 World Tomorrow
6:55 News
7 AM Today
8:25 Merrie Lynn
9 AM Dinah's Place (delay from 8 AM MT/10 AM ET)
9:30 Hollywood Squares
10 AM Jeopardy!
10:30 Who, What Or Where Game
10:55 NBC News
11 AM Sale Of The Century (delay from 9 AM)
11:30 Three On A Match
12 N News
12:30 The Doctors
1 PM Another World
1:30 Return To Peyton Place
2 PM Somerset
2:30 Days Of Our Lives (delay from noon)
3 PM Concentration (delay from 8:30 AM MT/10:30 AM ET)
3:30 Movie: "Battle Stations"
5 PM NBC News (7 PM ET)
5:30 News
6 PM To Tell The Truth
6:30 Price Is Right
7 PM Sanford And Son
7:30 The Little People
8 PM Ghost Story
9 PM Banyon
10 PM News
10:30 Tonight Show
12 M Movie (title illegible)
1:30 News
KRMA Ch. 6 (PBS)
8:30 School Of The Air
9:30 Sesame Street
10:30 School Of The Air
2 PM Electric Company
2:30 You Can Do It
4:30 Sesame Street
5:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
6 PM Electric Company
6:30 Your Week In Perspective
7 PM Joyce Chen Cooks
7:30 Book Beat
8 PM Washington Week In Review
8:30 Take Des Moines, Please
9:30 Jacob Bronowski: Twentieth-
Century Man
10 PM French Chef
10:30 Inform
sign off 11 PM
KMGH Ch. 7 (CBS)
6 AM Summer Semester
6:30 CBS Morning News
6:55 Evan Slack Reporting
7 AM Captain Kangaroo
8 AM Cartoons (pre-empts Joker's Wild)
8:30 Price Is Right
9 AM Gambit
9:30 Love Of Life
10 AM Where The Heart Is
10:25 CBS News
10:30 Search For Tomorrow
11 AM News
11:30 As The World Turns
12 N Guiding Light
12:30 Edge Of Night
1 PM Love Is A Many Splendored
Thing
1:30 Secret Storm
2 PM Movie: "Baby The Rain Must
Fall"
4 PM Family Affair (delay from 2 PM)
4:30 Petticoat Junction
5 PM News
6 PM CBS News (delay, may be tape of 7 PM ET feed)
6:30 Colorado University Tomorrow:
preview of Minnesota game
7 PM Sonny And Cher
8 PM CBS Movie: "Valley Of The Dolls"
10:20 News
10:50 Movie: "The Iron Mistress" (that's
what it looks like) (don't know if local or CBS)
1:05 Movie: "A Place For Lovers"
3:05 Movie: "Slaughter On Tenth Avenue"
4:50 Movie: "Flight From Singapore"
KBTV (KUSA) Ch. 9 (ABC)
7 AM Curiosity Shop
8 AM Not For Women Only
8:30 Mike Douglas
10 AM Password
10:30 Split Second
11 AM All My Children
11:30 Let's Make A Deal
12 N Today At Noon
12:30 Dating Game
1 PM General Hospital
1:30 One Life To Live
2 PM Love, American Style
2:30 Newlywed Game (delay from noon)
3 PM Bewitched (delay from 9:30 AM)
3:30 Merv Griffin
5 PM ABC News (7 PM ET)
5:30 News
6 PM It's Your Bet
6:30 Wait Till Your Father Gets
Home
7 PM Brady Bunch
7:30 Partridge Family
8 PM Room 222
8:30 Odd Couple
9 PM Love, American Style
10 PM News
11 PM Dick Cavett (delay from 10:30)
12:30 Movie (title illegible)
Sorry for the illegible movie titles; the copying
machine I used is in dire need of fresh ink.
We can see, however, that things had changed
since the '60s: prime time was on a Central time
zone schedule, although daytime was on a simultaneous
feed with the East (except for the Today show) and
some shows were delayed. This would still be true
later in the '70s; the first Mountain schedules I ever
saw were for Albuquerque and El Paso in 1977, and
they took the Eastern feeds in the daytime.
that 1972 was the year) on the question of when
Mountain stations began following Central time zone
scheduling patterns, here are Denver's schedules from
35 years ago today. From the Denver Post.
KWGN Ch. 2 (Ind.)
8 AM Flintstones
8:30 New Zoo Revue
9 AM Blinky's Fun Club
9:30 Jack LaLanne
9:50 Fashions In Sewing
10 AM Phil Donahue
11 AM Flying Nun
11:30 Green Acres
12 N Beat The Clock
12:30 What's My Line?
1 PM Movie (title illegible)
3 PM Perry Mason
4 PM Gilligan's Island
4:30 McHale's Navy
5 PM Hogan's Heroes
5:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
6 PM That Girl
6:30 Andy Griffith
7 PM Truth Or Consequences
7:30 Dragnet
8 PM Ponderosa (Bonanza reruns)
9 PM News
10 PM Movie: "Man With The Power"
11:15 Movie (title illegible)
1:05 Movie: (title illegible)
2:30 News
2:45 Reflections
KOA (KCNC) Ch. 4 (NBC)
6:30 World Tomorrow
6:55 News
7 AM Today
8:25 Merrie Lynn
9 AM Dinah's Place (delay from 8 AM MT/10 AM ET)
9:30 Hollywood Squares
10 AM Jeopardy!
10:30 Who, What Or Where Game
10:55 NBC News
11 AM Sale Of The Century (delay from 9 AM)
11:30 Three On A Match
12 N News
12:30 The Doctors
1 PM Another World
1:30 Return To Peyton Place
2 PM Somerset
2:30 Days Of Our Lives (delay from noon)
3 PM Concentration (delay from 8:30 AM MT/10:30 AM ET)
3:30 Movie: "Battle Stations"
5 PM NBC News (7 PM ET)
5:30 News
6 PM To Tell The Truth
6:30 Price Is Right
7 PM Sanford And Son
7:30 The Little People
8 PM Ghost Story
9 PM Banyon
10 PM News
10:30 Tonight Show
12 M Movie (title illegible)
1:30 News
KRMA Ch. 6 (PBS)
8:30 School Of The Air
9:30 Sesame Street
10:30 School Of The Air
2 PM Electric Company
2:30 You Can Do It
4:30 Sesame Street
5:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
6 PM Electric Company
6:30 Your Week In Perspective
7 PM Joyce Chen Cooks
7:30 Book Beat
8 PM Washington Week In Review
8:30 Take Des Moines, Please
9:30 Jacob Bronowski: Twentieth-
Century Man
10 PM French Chef
10:30 Inform
sign off 11 PM
KMGH Ch. 7 (CBS)
6 AM Summer Semester
6:30 CBS Morning News
6:55 Evan Slack Reporting
7 AM Captain Kangaroo
8 AM Cartoons (pre-empts Joker's Wild)
8:30 Price Is Right
9 AM Gambit
9:30 Love Of Life
10 AM Where The Heart Is
10:25 CBS News
10:30 Search For Tomorrow
11 AM News
11:30 As The World Turns
12 N Guiding Light
12:30 Edge Of Night
1 PM Love Is A Many Splendored
Thing
1:30 Secret Storm
2 PM Movie: "Baby The Rain Must
Fall"
4 PM Family Affair (delay from 2 PM)
4:30 Petticoat Junction
5 PM News
6 PM CBS News (delay, may be tape of 7 PM ET feed)
6:30 Colorado University Tomorrow:
preview of Minnesota game
7 PM Sonny And Cher
8 PM CBS Movie: "Valley Of The Dolls"
10:20 News
10:50 Movie: "The Iron Mistress" (that's
what it looks like) (don't know if local or CBS)
1:05 Movie: "A Place For Lovers"
3:05 Movie: "Slaughter On Tenth Avenue"
4:50 Movie: "Flight From Singapore"
KBTV (KUSA) Ch. 9 (ABC)
7 AM Curiosity Shop
8 AM Not For Women Only
8:30 Mike Douglas
10 AM Password
10:30 Split Second
11 AM All My Children
11:30 Let's Make A Deal
12 N Today At Noon
12:30 Dating Game
1 PM General Hospital
1:30 One Life To Live
2 PM Love, American Style
2:30 Newlywed Game (delay from noon)
3 PM Bewitched (delay from 9:30 AM)
3:30 Merv Griffin
5 PM ABC News (7 PM ET)
5:30 News
6 PM It's Your Bet
6:30 Wait Till Your Father Gets
Home
7 PM Brady Bunch
7:30 Partridge Family
8 PM Room 222
8:30 Odd Couple
9 PM Love, American Style
10 PM News
11 PM Dick Cavett (delay from 10:30)
12:30 Movie (title illegible)
Sorry for the illegible movie titles; the copying
machine I used is in dire need of fresh ink.
We can see, however, that things had changed
since the '60s: prime time was on a Central time
zone schedule, although daytime was on a simultaneous
feed with the East (except for the Today show) and
some shows were delayed. This would still be true
later in the '70s; the first Mountain schedules I ever
saw were for Albuquerque and El Paso in 1977, and
they took the Eastern feeds in the daytime.