Retro: Fort Wayne/South Bend/Lima Sat, Feb 8, 1969

[Bluenoser]

from TV Guide-Northern Indiana edition
Fort Wayne/Lima stations listed ET, South Bend stations listed CT (TVG listed all 3 markets in ET, but added a note for South Bend viewers to subtract an hour from the listings)

WANE 15-CBS Fort Wayne
7:30 Sunrise Semester "English Literature" (c)
8:00 Go-Go Gophers (c)
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner (c)
9:30 Wacky Races (c)
10:00 Archie (c)
10:30 Batman/Superman (c)
11:30 Laurel & Hardy (c)
12:30 Jonny Quest (c)
1:00 Moby Dick (c)
1:30 Lone Ranger (c)
2:00 Showplace Homes (c)
2:30 College Basketball: Notre Dame-Detroit (c)
4:30 College Sound (c/talent from local colleges)
5:30 Porter Wagoner (c)
6:00 Wilburn Brothers (c/guest Tom T. Hall)
6:30 CBS News (c)
7:00 News/Sports/Weather (c)
7:30 Jackie Gleason (c/guests Jack E. Leonard, George Gobel, and the Lennon Sisters)
8:30 My Three Sons (c)
9:00 Hogan's Heroes (c)
9:30 Petticoat Junction (c)
10:00 Mannix (c)
11:00 News/Weather/Sports (c)
11:30 Movie "City for Conquest"

WNDU 16-NBC South Bend
7:00 Cartoon Carnival (c)
8:00 Super 6 (c)
8:30 Top Cat (c)
9:00 Flintstones (c)
9:30 Banana Splits (c)
10:30 Young Samson (c)
11:00 Storybook Squares (c)
11:30 Untamed World (c)
noon True Adventure (c)
12:30 Upbeat (c)
1:30 College Basketball: Notre Dame-Detroit (c)
3:30 Film (c)
3:45 Aceent on Action (c)
4:00 Shell's Wonderful World of Golf: Frank Beard, Julius Boros, and Gardner Dickinson square off in Jamaica (c)
5:00 Bob Hope Desert Classic golf (c)
6:00 NBC News (c)
6:30 Adam-12 (c)
7:00 Get Smart (c)
7:30 Ghost & Mrs. Muir (c)
8:00 Movie "Taras Bulba" (c)
10:30 Movie "Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!"
mid. Professors

WPTA 21-ABC Fort Wayne
8:30 Wells Fargo
9:00 Casper (c)
9:30 Gulliver (c)
10:00 Spider-Man (c)
10:30 Fantastic Voyage (c)
11:00 Journey to the Center of the Earth (c)
11:30 Fantastic Four (c)
noon George of the Jungle (c)
12:30 American Bandstand (c/guests Al Wilson, and the People)
1:30 Happening (c/guests Canned Heat; Enzo Cerusico, Gary Lewis and Stephen Young judge the amateur band contest)
2:00 Wrestling (c)
3:00 Car & Track (c)
3:30 Pro Bowlers Tour: Denver Open (c)
5:00 Wide World of Sports (c): Winternational Drag Racing Championships/National Figure Skating Championships/International Cresta Racing (Crestas are smaller versions of toboggans that can hit over 80mph going downhill)
6:30 News/Weather/Sports (c)
7:00 College Talent (c)
7:30 Dating Game (c)
8:00 Newlywed Game (c)
8:30 Lawrence Welk (c)
9:30 Hollywood Palace (c/host Robert Goulet with guests the Mills Brothers, Kay Thompson, Dusty Springfield, Hendra & Ullett, Jake Wakefield, and Nina Logatsheva)
10:30 Movie "Spartus" (c/pt 1)
12:30 News (c)
12:45 News/Weather/Sports (c)
1:00 Movie "Safari"
3:00 News/Weather/Sports (c)

WSBT 22-CBS South Bend
6:30 Sunrise Semester "French Literature" (c)
7:00 Go-Go Gophers (c)
7:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner (c)
8:30 Wacky Races (c)
9:00 Archie (c)
9:30 Batman/Superman (c)
10:30 Herculoids (c)
11:00 Shazzan! (c)
11:30 Jonny Quest (c)
noon Moby Dick (c)
12:30 Lone Ranger (c)
1:00 College Basketball: Minnesota-Indiana (c/Bill Flemming calls the action, relayed from WTTV?)
3:00 CBS Golf Classic: Bob Charles/Bruce Devlin v Miller Barber/Billy Casper (c)
4:00 Changing Times (c)
4:15 TBA
5:00 Beverly Hillbillies (c)
5:30 CBS News (c)
6:00 News/Sports/Weather (c)
6:30 Jackie Gleason (c)
7:30 My Three Sons (c)
8:00 Hogan's Heroes (c)
8:30 Petticoat Junction (c)
9:00 Mannix (c)
10:00 News/Weather/Sports (c)
10:25 Movie "Snows of Kilimanjaro"

WSJV 28-ABC South Bend
8:00 Casper (c)
8:30 Gulliver (c)
9:00 Spider-Man (c)
9:30 Fantastic Voyage (c)
10:00 Journey to the Center of the Earth (c)
10:30 Fantastic Four (c)
11:00 George of the Jungle (c)
11:30 American Bandstand (c)
12:30 Happening (c)
1:00 Roller Derby (c)
2:00 Championship Bowling: Buzz Fazio/Fred Lening v Ray Bluth/Don Glover (c)
2:30 Pro Bowlers Tour: Denver Open (c)
4:00 Wide World of Sports (c)
5:30 Country Carnival (c/guests Tommy Cash, Carl & Pearl Butler, and Penny DeHaven)
6:00 Buck Owens (c)
6:30 Dating Game (c)
7:00 Newlywed Game (c)
7:30 Lawrence Welk (c)
8:30 Hollywood Palace (c)
9:30 Movie "Sands of the Kalahari" (c)
11:45 Wrestling (c)
12:45 News (c)

WKJG 33-NBC Fort Wayne
8:00 Deputy Dawg (c)
8:30 Rocky & His Friends (c/Bullwinkle)
9:00 Super 6 (c)
9:30 Top Cat (c)
10:00 Flintstones (c)
10:30 Banana Splits (c)
11:30 Underdog (c)
noon Storybook Squares (c)
12:30 Untamed World (c)
1:00 Roller Derby (c)
2:00 College Basketball: Minnesota-Indiana (c)
4:00 Changing Times (c)
4:15 Space Highlights (c)
4:30 Championship Bowling: Ted Hoffman/Bud Horn v Ray Bluth/Don Glover (c)
5:00 Shell's Wonderful World of Golf (c)
6:00 Bob Hope Desert Classic golf (c)
7:00 NBC News (c)
7:30 Adam-12 (c)
8:00 Get Smart (c)
8:30 Ghost & Mrs. Muir (c)
9:00 Movie "Taras Bulba" (c)
11:30 News/Sports (c)
11:50 Movie "Sunrise at Campobello" (c)

WIMA 35-NBC/ABC Lima
9:00 Super 6 (c)
9:30 Top Cat (c)
10:00 Flintstones (c)
10:30 Banana Splits (c)
11:30 Underdog (c)
noon Storybook Squares (c)
12:30 Untamed World (c)
1:00 Route 66
2:00 Shell's Wonderful World of Golf (c/TVG has 35 listed as carrying the same show that aired on 16/33)
3:00 College Basketball: Bowling Green-Miami (Ohio) (commentators Jim McIntyre/Arlin Bockhorn, did WIMA produce the coverage or was this syndied?)
5:00 Film (c)
5:30 NHRA Drag Nationals (c)
6:00 Bob Hope Desert Classic golf (c)
7:00 Porter Wagoner
7:30 Adam-12 (c)
8:00 Get Smart (c)
8:30 Ghost & Mrs. Muir (c)
9:00 Movie "Taras Bulba" (c)
11:30 News/Weather/Sports
11:45 Movie "Violent Saturday" (c)

 

[Corky Marlowe]

The 1968-69 season may have been the best ever for Saturday morning shows! Classics on every network! How many people remember "Storybook Squares"? It was a kids' version of "Hollywood Squares", with some of the "Squares" regulars appearing as Mother Goose characters...Wonder how hard Paul Lynde fought to play Little Miss Muffet?

 

[Ultimajock]

WPTA 21-ABC Fort Wayne
2:00 Wrestling (c)

WSJV 28-ABC South Bend
11:45 Wrestling (c)

...I'm assuming here that the WPTA and WSJV wrestling was Dick "The Bruiser" Afflis' World Wrestling Association (WWA) out of Indianapolis...

 

[Corky Marlowe]

...I'm assuming here that the WPTA and WSJV wrestling was Dick "The Bruiser" Afflis' World Wrestling Association (WWA) out of Indianapolis...

Don't know the name of the organization for sure, but he was on a lot, along with Baron Von Raschke, the Valiant Brothers (Handsome Jimmy and Luscious John), Pretty Boy Bobby Heenan (pre-Brain, obviously), and Bobo Brazil. Lots of the matches were held at the Coliseum in Fort Wayne.

 

[Ultimajock]

...I'm assuming here that the WPTA and WSJV wrestling was Dick "The Bruiser" Afflis' World Wrestling Association (WWA) out of Indianapolis...

Don't know the name of the organization for sure, but he was on a lot, along with Baron Von Raschke, the Valiant Brothers (Handsome Jimmy and Luscious John), Pretty Boy Bobby Heenan (pre-Brain, obviously), and Bobo Brazil. Lots of the matches were held at the Coliseum in Fort Wayne.

...if Afflis, Bobby Heenan and Bobo Brazil were all involved, that pretty much locks it in that it was WWA product. Afflis and Brazil also appeared in Ed "The Sheik" Farhat's Detroit NWA promotion (also a possibility for Michiana station coverage), but I don't recall Heenan doing so around this time, and knowing Farhat's insistence on maintaining kayfabe even in business and bookings meetings, I don't think Heenan would have put up with him for any length of time...

 

[kirkiefan]

Dick The Bruiser DID work out of Indy..but it was Bob Luce out of Chicago that promoted the Indy wrestling franchise...Luce also provided wrestlers for the Twin Cities area as well as Indy and Chicago.

Bobo Brazil, Baron VonRashke and the "original sheik" (Ed Farhat) was part of World Wide Sports' "Big Time Wrestling" based out of Detroit which Farhat himself owned in the late 60s/early 70s.