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Retro: Eastern Illinois Sat, Nov 30, 1963

B

Bluenoser

from TV Guide-Eastern Illinois edition

WCIA 3-CBS Champaign
6:30 Sunrise Semester "Outlines of Art"
7:00 Captain Kangaroo
8:00 Alvin
8:30 Tennessee Tuxedo
9:00 Quick Draw McGraw
9:30 Mighty Mouse
10:00 Rin Tin Tin
10:30 Roy Rogers
11:00 Sky King
11:30 History Telecourse "New Dealism: Second Phase"
noon College Football: Army-Navy Game
3:00 Football Scoreboard
3:15 CBS All-America Team (selecting America's best college football players)
3:45 Cartoon Carnival
4:00 I Search for Adventure "Thirty Days Before the Mast"
4:30 What Do You Say?
5:00 Hop
6:00 News/Weather/Sports
6:30 Jackie Gleason
7:30 Defenders "The Seal of Confession"
8:30 Phil Silvers "Harry Who?"
9:00 Gunsmoke
10:00 Wanted-Dead or Alive "Prison Trail"
10:30 News/Weather/Sports
11:00 Movie "The Detective"

WTVP 17-Decatur, W70AF-Champaign/Urbana (ABC)
9:30 Jetsons
10:00 Casper
10:30 Beany & Cecil
11:00 Bugs Bunny
11:30 Allakazam
noon My Friend Flicka
12:30 American Bandstand (guests Chubby Checker and Donald Jenkins)
1:30 Bourbon Street Beat "Interrupted Wedding"
2:30 Texan "The Duchess of Denver"
3:00 ABC Wide World of Sports: 1963 Grey Cup, from Vancouver as the hometown BC Lions fall to Hamilton 21-10
6:00 Laughs for Sale
6:30 Hootenanny (guests the Tarriers, Josh White, the Brothers Four, Ian & Sylvia (Tyson), Will Holt, Elan Stuart, John Carignon and Woody Allen; taped at the University of Pittsburgh)
7:30 Lawrence Welk
8:30 Jerry Lewis (guests Pearl Bailey, Phil Foster, Peter Nero, Jack Jones, and Lucho Navarro)
10:30 Untouchables
11:30 Roaring 20s "Coney Red Hots"

WTVH 19-Peoria, W78AC-LaSalle/Peru (ABC)
9:00 My Friend Flicka
9:30 Jetsons
10:00 Casper
10:30 Beany & Cecil
11:00 Bugs Bunny
11:30 Allakazam
noon Farm Report
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 Bids from the Kids
2:30 Sea Hunt
3:00 ABC Wide World of Sports: 1963 Grey Cup
6:00 Laughs for Sale
6:30 Hootenanny
7:30 Lawrence Welk
8:30 Jerry Lewis
10:30 Untouchables "The Big Squeeze"
11:30 Rebel "Berserk"
mid. Movie "Convicted"

WICS 20-Springield/WICD 24-Danville/WCHU 33-Champaign (NBC) (24 had no color facilities)
8:30 Ruff & Reddy (c)
9:00 Hector Heathcote (c)
9:30 Fireball XL-5
10:00 Dennis the Menace
10:30 Fury
11:00 Sergeant Preston
11:30 Bullwinkle (c)
noon Exploring (c/medicine is the episode theme)
1:00 Mr. Wizard
1:30 Religious Instruction "Judean Ministry"
2:30 Roller Derby
3:30 Great Moments in Music
3:45 TBA
4:00 NFL Highlights
4:30 Captain Gallant
5:00 Championship Bowling: Pat Patterson v Ray Schanen
6:00 News
6:10 Bowling Tips
6:15 NBC News
6:30 Lieutenant "Fall from a White Horse"
7:30 Joey Bishop "Joey Jr's TV Debut" (c)
8:00 Saturday Night at the Movies "Count Your Blessings" (c)
10:00 News
10:10 Local News
10:15 Weather
10:20 Sports
10:30 Hollywood & the Stars "The Great Lovers"
11:00 Movie "Lifeboat"

WMBD 31-Peoria, W71AE LaSalle/Peru (CBS)
6:30 Sunrise Semester "Outlines of Art"
7:00 Captain Kangaroo
8:00 Alvin
8:30 Tennessee Tuxedo
9:00 Quick Draw McGraw
9:30 Mighty Mouse
10:00 Rin Tin Tin
10:30 Roy Rogers
11:00 Sky King
11:30 CBS News
11:45 Football Feature: preview of the Army-Navy Game
noon College Football: Army-Navy Game
3:00 Football Scoreboard
3:15 CBS All-America Team (selecting America's best college football players)
3:45 Air Force Story
4:00 Film Feature "South of Germany"
4:30 Peter Gunn "Wings of an Angel"
5:00 Hop
6:00 News/Weather/Sports
6:30 Jackie Gleason
7:30 Defenders "The Seal of Confession"
8:30 Phil Silvers "Harry Who?"
9:00 Gunsmoke
10:00 News
10:15 Weather
10:20 Sports
10:30 Movie "The Invisble Man's Revenge"
11:55 Movie "Chinatown Squad"

WEEK 43-Peoria/WEEQ 35-LaSalle (NBC)
8:00 Captain Gallant
8:30 Ruff & Reddy (c)
9:00 Hector Heathcote (c)
9:30 Fireball XL-5
10:00 Dennis the Menace
10:30 Fury
11:00 Sergeant Preston
11:30 Bullwinkle (c)
noon Exploring (c/medicine is the episode theme)
1:00 Movie "Cannibal Attack"
2:00 Movie "Jesse James vs the Daltons"
3:00 Chicago Wrestling
4:00 NFL Highlights
4:30 Top Star Bowling
5:00 Dragnet
6:00 News/Weather/Sports
6:30 Lieutenant "Fall from a White Horse"
7:30 Joey Bishop "Joey Jr's TV Debut" (c)
8:00 Saturday Night at the Movies "Count Your Blessings" (c)
10:00 News
10:10 Local News
10:15 Weather
10:20 Sports
10:30 Movie "Bernardine"
 
Bluenoser said:
WICS 20-Springield/WICD 24-Danville/WCHU 33-Champaign (NBC) (24 had no color facilities)
noon Exploring (c/medicine is the episode theme)

WEEK 43-Peoria/WEEQ 35-LaSalle (NBC)
noon Exploring (c/medicine is the episode theme)
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According to the Kentucky TVG listings for the same weekend, the NBC stations in that region were showing an "Exploring" episode featuring an animated adaptation of Androcles and the Lion.

Comment?
 
azumanga said:
Bluenoser said:
WICS 20-Springield/WICD 24-Danville/WCHU 33-Champaign (NBC) (24 had no color facilities)
noon Exploring (c/medicine is the episode theme)

WEEK 43-Peoria/WEEQ 35-LaSalle (NBC)
noon Exploring (c/medicine is the episode theme)
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According to the Kentucky TVG listings for the same weekend, the NBC stations in that region were showing an "Exploring" episode featuring an animated adaptation of Androcles and the Lion.

Comment?
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Medicine was the theme tying the segments together...along with the Androcles segment (narrated by Tom Bosley), the Ritts Puppets examine medical equipment, the Geoffrey Holder dancers perform ancient witch-doctor rituals, and host Albert Hibbs offers a history of medical practice and also speaks on Dr Waltyer Reed's fight against yellow fever.
 
Do you have the Western Illinois edition of TV Guide from that same date (which also had Peoria in addition to Quincy, the Quad Cities, and KTVO Kirksville, MO/Ottumwa, IA)? If so, could you post those listings if possible?
 
Bluenoser said:
azumanga said:
Bluenoser said:
WICS 20-Springield/WICD 24-Danville/WCHU 33-Champaign (NBC) (24 had no color facilities)
noon Exploring (c/medicine is the episode theme)

WEEK 43-Peoria/WEEQ 35-LaSalle (NBC)
noon Exploring (c/medicine is the episode theme)
Click to expand...

According to the Kentucky TVG listings for the same weekend, the NBC stations in that region were showing an "Exploring" episode featuring an animated adaptation of Androcles and the Lion.

Comment?
Click to expand...

Medicine was the theme tying the segments together...along with the Androcles segment (narrated by Tom Bosley), the Ritts Puppets examine medical equipment, the Geoffrey Holder dancers perform ancient witch-doctor rituals, and host Albert Hibbs offers a history of medical practice and also speaks on Dr Waltyer Reed's fight against yellow fever.
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That's absolutely correct. The Tom Bosley "Androcles" segment leaped out at me to the point I ignored the rest of the show.
"Exploring" aired in pattern on the NBC stations in the Kentucky edition that carried the show (WAVE, WLWT) as well as on those Eastern Illinois stations that carried it at noon (CT).

Now I have an unrelated question: when did WEEK switch to Ch. 25?
 
bpatrick said:
Now I have an unrelated question: when did WEEK switch to Ch. 25?
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1964 (IIRC October of that year). And then channel 43 in the Peoria/Bloomington areas would remain vacant for 18 years until the then-WBLN signed on in October 1982 (WYZZ since fall 1985 and Fox since the following year). Apparently after WEEK left channel 43 for 25, the COL for 43 must have been changed to Bloomington--because I recall reading in the local history section of the Springfield public library a few years back regarding an effort to get an early cable system here in Springfield around 1967--which I don't know if it got off the ground by that time. Apparently there was an effort to get channel 43 back on the air as a Bloomington-based indy (and IIRC an affiliate of the ill-fated Overmeyer network) around '67, and the proposed Springfield cable system planned on including that station on their channel lineup. AFAIK, 43 never signed on back in '67, and we all know what happened to the Overmeyer network.
 
The 1963 Army-Navy game was notable for 2 things...Navy's Heisman-winning quarterback, one Roger Staubach, and the fact that it was the first time instant replay was used on a sports telecast.
 
Tim from Springfield said:
Do you have the Western Illinois edition of TV Guide from that same date (which also had Peoria in addition to Quincy, the Quad Cities, and KTVO Kirksville, MO/Ottumwa, IA)? If so, could you post those listings if possible?
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Unfortunately, I don't...the two editions I posted from are the only ones I've got for that date...
 
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