Retro: Great Falls, MT Monday, Nov. 11, 1974

[Tim-In-Houston]

Source: Great Falls Pennant (This newspaper was published from 11/9/1974 to 12/19/1974 during a Newspaper Guild strike against the Great Falls Tribune and the newspaper temporarily ceased daily publication).

This is quite an interesting look back into the past of Great Falls television. However, I am having trouble deciphering the listings as it seems rather convoluted and includes stations that either no longer exist or were piped in from out of town. The listing doesn’t, unfortunately, include a breakdown of stations.

KRTV-3 (NBC-CBS, listed as 3-11. 11 is the current Bresnan cable location for this station, but I have no idea if it actually represents a cable position at that point in time)

AM
6:15 – Understanding our world
6:45 – Salute to Agriculture
7:00 – Today (NBC)
8:00 – Today in Montana
9:00 – Now You See It (CBS)
9:30 – Hollywood Squares (NBC)
10:00 – Jackpot (NBC)
10:30 – Celebrity Sweepstakes (NBC)
11:00 – Winning Streak (NBC)
11:30 – As the World Turns (CBS)
PM
12:00 – Days of Our Lives (NBC)
12:30 – The Doctors (NBC)
1:00 – Another World (NBC)
1:30 – Match Game (CBS)
2:00 – Tattletales (CBS)
2:30 – Mike Douglas
4:00 – Joker’s Wild (CBS)
4:30 – Cronkite News (CBS)
5:00 – NBC News
5:30 – MTN News
6:00 – Gunsmoke
7:00 – Born Free (NBC
8:00 – Movie: “Pete ‘n Tillie” (1972)
10:00 – MTN News
10:30 – Tonight Show
AM
12:00 – Tomorrow Show



KFBB-TV 5 (ABC-CBS-NBC, listed as 5-9, same information/question from above)

AM
6:55 – Farm News
7:00 – Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
8:00 – CBS (Morning?) News
9:00 – Audrey
9:30 – Jack LaLanne (ABC)
10:00 – Young and the Restless (CBS)
10:30 – Search for Tomorrow (CBS)
11:00 – All My Children (ABC)
11:30 – Let’s Make a Deal (ABC)
PM
12:00 – Newlywed Game (ABC)
12:30 – TV-5 News
1:00 – General Hospital (ABC)
1:30 – One Life to Live (ABC)
2:00 – $20,000 Pyramid (ABC)
2:30 – Name That Tune (NBC)
3:00 – Jeopardy! (NBC)
3:30 – Girl in My Life
4:00 – Split Second (ABC)
4:30 – Brady Bunch
5:00 – Password (ABC)
5:30 – TV-5 News
6:00 – ABC News
6:30 – Truth or Consequences
7:00 – Monday Night Football: Minnesota @ St. Louis
10:00 – TV-5 News
10:30 – Movie: Gypsy Moths

CJOC-7 Lethbridge (now CISA-Global)

AM
6:00 – Pinocchio
6:30 – Wizard of Oz
7:00 – Klara’s Korner
7:30 – Mon Ami
8:00 – Juliette
8:30 – Ed Allen
9:00 – Come Alive
10:00 – Schools
10:30 – Dress Up
11:00 – Sesame Street
PM
12:00 – Magic Show
12:30 – Partridge Family
1:00 – Movie
2:30 – Edge of Night
3:00 – Our Town
3:30 – Take 30
4:00 – Family Court
4:30 – Dr. Zonk
5:00 – Hollywood Squares
5:30 – CJOC News
6:00 – Rhoda
6:30 – Lawrence Welk
7:30 – Bingo
8:00 – Mary Tyler Moore
8:30 – This is the Law
9:00 – Cannon
9:30 – Caught in the Act
10:00 – Old Timers
10:30 – People of Our Times
11:00 – National
11:30 – Wide World of Entertainment
AM
12:00 – Movie: “Days of Wine and Roses"

Channel 10 (unknown, possibly a cable position for KCPX{KTVX}-Salt Lake City – this might explain the missing listings during the daytime and primetime hours.)

AM
6:25 – Guideposts
6:30 – Viewer’s Digest
7:00 – Hotel Balderdash (this was a local Salt Lake City children’s show that aired on KCPX/KTVX)
8:30 – News
8:45 – Shelly Thomas
8:55 – Doctor in the House
9:00 – Beverly Hillbillies
10:00 - No Listing
PM
3:30 – Gilligan
4:00 – Star Trek
5:30 – Andy Griffith
6:00 – News
6:30 – Truth or Consequences
7:00 – No listing
10:00 – Mod Squad
11:00 – News
11:30 – Wide World of Entertainment

Channel 6 (unknown, but possibly KHQ-Spokane)

AM
7:00 – Farm Home Report
7:30 – Not for Women Only
8:00 – No listing, but possibly NBC’s Today
8:25 – Earl Nightingale
9:25 – Eyewitness News
9:30 – Today Show
10:00 – Nothing listed.
11:00 – High Rollers
PM
12:00 – Nothing listed
12:30 – Kaleidoscope
1:00 – Nothing listed
3:30 – Somerset
4:00 – Bewitched
4:30 – Huckleberry Hound
5:00 – Merv Griffin
6:30 – News
7:00 – NBC News
7:30 – To Tell the Truth
8:00 – Truth or Consequences
8:30 – Jimmy Dean
9:00 – Nothing listed
10:00 – Movie: "Taming of the Shrew"
AM
12:00 – News

Channel 4 (unknown, but possibly KXLY-Spokane)

AM
7:25 – Farm Repots
7:30 – Sunrise Semester
8:00 – No listing
9:00 – Captain Kangaroo
10:00 – No listing
11:30 – Love of Life
11:15 – CBS News (this is how it is listed)
12:00 – No listing
1:00 – Dialing for Dollars
2:30 – Edge of Night
3:00 – Price is Right
3:30 – No listing
4:00 – Guiding Light
4:30 – Gilligan
5:00 – Movie: Carter’s Army
6:30 – News
7:00 – CBS News
7:30 – Best of Groucho
8:00 – Hogan’s Heros
8:30 – TBA
10:00 – Maude
10:30 – No listing
11:00 – Medical Center
AM
12:00 – News
12:30 – Mating Game

Channel 2 (unknown, but possibly KREM-Spokane)

AM
8:00 – Various
8:15 – Intersect
8:30 – Zoo Review
9:00 – Kartoon Korner
9:30 – No listing
10:00 – Mike Douglas
PM
12:00 – Girl in My Life
12:30 – World Today
1:00 – No listing
4:30 – Dealer’s Choice
5:00 – Flintstones
5:30 – Partridge Family
6:00 – FBI
7:00 – ABC News
7:30 – World Today
8:00 – No listing
11:00 – Tony & Lena
AM
12:00 – News
12:30 – Rock Concert

Channel 8 (unknown PBS affiliate, and I do not have a clue where this is originating from)

AM
9:10 – Electric Company
10:00 – Sesame Street
11:00 – No listing
PM
3:30 – Yoga and You
4:00 – Villa Allergra
4:30 – Electric Company
5:00 – Misterogers
5:30 – Sesame Street
6:30 – Zoom
7:00 – Seven Scene
7:30 – Washington Talk
8:00 – In Performance
9:30 – Caught in the Act
10:00 – Bikinians
10:30 – Motion Picture History
11:00 – ABC News

 

[oldiesfan6479]

The Spokane station guesstimates are no doubt just that. Many of the program
listings are Pacific time (left coast feed) plus one hour.

 

[azumanga]

Channel 8 (unknown PBS affiliate, and I do not have a clue where this is originating from)
7:00 – Seven Scene

On that clue alone, I would think it's either KSPS Spokane (most-logical, as the system offers other Spokane channels) or KUED Salt Lake City.

Does anyone have listings for around this same period for Spokane or SLC?

As for listings marked "No Listing" -- for the commercial stations, I believe these were network and some syndicated shows that were blacked out locally, due to a "syndex" rule used at the time; it was lifted in the early-1980s, but reinstituted in 1990. As for the PBS station, the "no listing" likely represented in-school programming at the time.

 

[Tim-In-Houston]

I should have been a bit more clear that "No Listing" is my notation, not the "Pennant"'s.

As I read more into it, I assumed the lack of listings during certain hours were due to black-outs. But I didn't realize Syndex rules applied to network programming, piped in from out-of-market, as well as syndicated programming.

 

[Mr. Mike]

Speaking of labor disputes involving newspapers, what was the main reason for the Great Falls strike? Did it have to do with disagreements with management over the state of the paper? Who was the owner of the main daily paper in Great Falls at the time?

 

[azumanga]

Who was the owner of the main daily paper in Great Falls at the time?

The Great Falls Tribune was, and still is, the only daily in Great Falls. Gannett is its current owner, but I don't know who owned it back then.

 

[Mr. Mike]

Who was the owner of the main daily paper in Great Falls at the time?

The Great Falls Tribune was, and still is, the only daily in Great Falls. Gannett is its current owner, but I don't know who owned it back then.

If you're wondering why I was asking about the ownership of the Tribune at the time, I'd like to point out that it was known as the only daily paper in the state of Montana that wasn't owned by the Anaconda Mining Company, a relatively large mining conglomerate that ceased to exist in the late 1970s. Before that, in 1959 the company sold all of its newspaper properties to present owner Lee Enterprises.

 

[Tim-In-Houston]

Who was the owner of the main daily paper in Great Falls at the time?

The Great Falls Tribune was, and still is, the only daily in Great Falls. Gannett is its current owner, but I don't know who owned it back then.

The paper was owned by Cowles Media from 1965 to Gannett's purchase in 1990. And here's an article I found, published this past year during the Trib's 125th Anniversary. It explains that it was a typical labor dispute, contract negotiations broke down between the two sides and the pressworkers honored the picket line, effectively shuttering the paper until a new contract was put into place.