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Retro: Eastern Virginia Saturday, March 7, 1970

Highlight today: a total eclipse of the sun, covered by
all three networks. Personal note: my cousin, who was
in the Boy Scouts, observed the eclipse as a Scout project,
using a homemade device to protect his eyes. You may know
what kind of device I'm talking about.

From TV Guide, Eastern Virginia Edition:

WTAR (WTKR) Ch. 3 Norfolk (CBS)

6:30 Sunrise Semester: "African Social Anthropology"
7 AM Flibbertigibbet
8 AM Jetsons
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9:30 Dastardly And Muttley In Their Flying Machines
10 AM Wacky Races
10:30 Scooby-Doo
11 AM Archie Comedy Hour
12 N Monkees
12:30 Perils Of Penelope Pitstop
1 PM Solar Eclipse
2 PM 4-H TV Science Club (time approximate)
2:30 One Reach One
3 PM Project 1040 (viewers can call in with questions
about their income tax returns)
4 PM Golf: Florida Citrus Open Invitational (third round)
5 PM Wilburn Brothers
5:30 Porter Wagoner
6 PM News, Weather, Sports
6:30 CBS News (Roger Mudd)
7 PM Death Valley Days (Dale Robertson is hosting)
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 ACC Basketball Championship (South Carolina, in
its last season in the conference, wins it all.)
10:30 TBA
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:30 Tackle Box
11:40 Movie: "Splendor In The Grass"

WSVA (WHSV) Ch. 3 Harrisonburg (NBC/ABC)

7:30 4-H Action Club
8 AM Adventures Of Gulliver
8:30 Smokey Bear
9 AM Cattanooga Cats
10 AM Hot Wheels
10:30 Hardy Boys (animated)
11 AM Sky Hawks
11:30 George Of The Jungle
12 N Get It Together (on film: Ringo Starr; in
the studio: Rick Nelson and Mama Cass)
12:30 American Bandstand
1 PM Solar Eclipse
2 PM NCAA Basketball Tournament: NBC has March
Madness; games are Notre Dame-Mid American
Conference Champ and Jacksonville (FL)-Western
Kentucky (first-round games)
6 PM Gilligan's Island (time approximate)
6:30 News, Weather, Sports (still in black and white)
7 PM That Good Ole Nashville Music
7:30 Let's Make A Deal
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 ACC Basketball Championship
10:30 Movie: "Strangers When We Meet" (time approximate)

WTVR Ch. 6 Richmond (CBS)

6:30 Sunrise Semester: "Iranian Culture"
7 AM Tom And Jerry (delay from Sun 9 AM)
7:30 Sooper Dog
8 AM Jetsons
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9:30 Dastardly And Muttley In Their Flying Machines
10 AM Wacky Races
10:30 Scooby-Doo
11 AM Archie Comedy Hour
12 N Monkees
12:30 Perils Of Penelope Pitstop
1 PM Solar Eclipse
2 PM Laramie (time approximate)
3 PM Upbeat
4 PM CBS Golf Classic: Quarterfinal match pits Julius
Boros and Don January against Al Geiberger and
Dave Stockton.
5 PM Wrestling (from the sublime to the ridiculous ;D)
6 PM Death Valley Days
6:30 CBS News
7 PM News, Weather, Sports
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 ACC Basketball Championship
10:30 News, Weather, Sports (time approximate)
11 PM Movie: "8 1/2"
12:30 Movie: "Man In Outer Space"

WXEX (WRIC) Ch. 8 Petersburg-Richmond (ABC)

7 AM Fort Lee Hi-Lites
7:15 Social Security
7:30 4-H Action
8 AM Adventures Of Gulliver
8:30 Smokey Bear
9 AM Cattanooga Cats
10 AM Hot Wheels
10:30 Hardy Boys
11 AM Sky Hawks
11:30 George Of The Jungle
12 N Get It Together
12:30 American Bandstand
1 PM Solar Eclipse
2 PM TBA
2:30 Lawman
3 PM Outdoors With Joe Foss
3:30 Pro Bowlers Tour (finals of the Greater
Buffalo Open)
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (Billy Kidd's debut
as a pro skier; the Tournament of Thrills
Auto Daredevil Championships)
6:30 That Good Ole Nashville Music
7 PM Wilburn Brothers
7:30 Let's Make A Deal
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Jimmy Durante Presents The Lennon Sisters
Hour
10:30 The Virginian (pre-empted on Ch. 12 Wed 7:30)
12 M Joe Pyne
1:30 News (I presume this is ABC)

WAVY Ch. 10 Norfolk (NBC)

6:30 Film
7 AM Laughing Place
8 AM Heckle And Jeckle
9 AM Here Comes The Grump
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM H.R. Pufnstuf
10:30 Banana Splits
11:30 Flintstones
12 N Solar Eclipse
1:30 Cartoons (time approximate)
2 PM NCAA Basketball Tournament (see Ch. 3
Harrisonburg for details)
6 PM News, Weather, Sports (time approximate)
6:30 Saturday Huntley/Brinkley Report
7 PM All-American College Show
7:30 Andy Williams (guests Kenny Rogers and the
First Edition, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles,
Ray Stevens, and cameos by James Garner, Tiny
Tim, Arte Johnson, and Carl Ballantine)
8:30 Adam-12
9 PM NBC Movie: "The War Lord"
11:30 News, Weather, Sports
12 M Movie: "The Underwater City"
1:30 News, Weather, Sports

WWBT Ch. 12 Richmond (NBC)

7 AM Telecollege
8 AM Heckle And Jeckle
9 AM Here Comes The Grump
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM H.R. Pufnstuf
10:30 Banana Splits
11:30 Flintstones
12 N Hazel
12:30 Movie: "Okinawa"
2 PM NCAA Basketball Tournament (see
Ch. 3 Harrisonburg for details)
6 PM Bill Anderson (time approximate)
6:30 Saturday Huntley/Brinkley Report
7 PM Tommy Faile (from WBTV Charlotte)
7:30 Andy Williams
8:30 Adam-12
9 PM NBC Movie: "The War Lord"
11:30 Movie: "Cape Fear" (the original, with
Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum)

WVEC Ch. 13 Norfolk (ABC)

7 AM Telecollege
8 AM Adventures Of Gulliver
8:30 Smokey Bear
9 AM Cattanooga Cats
10 AM Hot Wheels
10:30 Hardy Boys
11 AM Sky Hawks
11:30 George Of The Jungle
12 N Get It Together
12:30 American Bandstand
1 PM Solar Eclipse
2 PM Movie: "Beast Of Babylon Against The
Son Of Hercules" (time approximate)
3:30 Pro Bowlers Tour
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 Hawaiian Eye
7:30 Let's Make A Deal
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Jimmy Durante Presents The Lennon Sisters
Hour
10:30 Movie: "Run Silent, Run Deep"
12:30 News (presumably ABC)
12:45 News, Weather

WHRO Ch. 15 Norfolk (NET)
off air on Saturday

WCVE Ch. 23 Richmond (NET)

8:30 Sesame Street
9:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
10 AM Sesame Street
11 AM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
11:30 Sesame Street
12:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
sign off 1 PM

WYAH (WGNT) Ch. 27 Portsmouth (Ind.)

5 PM Jim And Tammy (their kids' show)
6 PM Captain's Galley (oyster recipes)
6:30 Hour 27
7:30 Andrew's Answer
8 PM America Sings
8:30 Word Of Life
9 PM The Answer
9:30 Tomorrow's Lesson
10 PM Billy Graham (don't know if this is one
of his crusades--no info given)
 
I remember that eclipse and the associated hoopla well. We were still living in New Jersey, just weeks (maybe even just days) before moving to Florida. The path of totality ran right up the Eastern seaboard, but we were a little too far out of the path for it to be a major spectacular. Just some gloomy dimness, no more so than if a dark cloud had passed in front of the sun for a minute or two. (You can see the path here -- note that it pretty much stayed offshore once it passed the Norfolk area, except for slightly brushing over the fringes of Cape Cod and just missing Newfoundland.)
 
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