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Retro: Gulf Coast--Sun, Jan 27, 1974

TV Guide, Gulf Coast edition--cover, David Carradine ("Kung Fu")

NOTE: Channels in parentheses were originally designated by black bullets; those in brackets by white bullets.

Mobile, Alabama:
(5) WKRG (CBS)
(10) WALA (NBC)--now FOX affiliate
(42) WEIQ (PBS)*

Biloxi, Mississippi:
(13) WLOX (ABC)
(19) WMAH (PBS)#

Hattiesburg, Mississippi:
(7) WDAM (NBC)

Pensacola, Florida:
(3) WEAR (ABC)
(23) WSRE (PBS)

Panama City, Florida:
[7] WJHG (ABC)--now NBC affiliate

New Orleans, Louisiana
[4] WWL (CBS)
[6] WDSU (NBC)
[8] WVUE (ABC)--now FOX affiliate
[12] WYES (PBS)

*transmitter of Alabama Public Television network
#transmitter of Mississippi Educational Television network

MORNING
6:00
(5) Community Service--probably local public affairs

6:15
[4] Lessons for Life--probably religion

6:30
[4] Sacred Heart--religion
(5) You and Your Community--local public affairs
[8] Children's Gospel Hour

6:45
(3) WEAR News
[4] Chapel of the Air--religion
(7) This is the Life--long-running religion anthology series

6:55
(3) Agriculture

7:00
(3) Reach Out--probably local public affairs
[4] Lift for Life--probably religion
(5) Gospel Extravaganza
[6] This is the Answer--religion anthology series
[7] Gospel Singing Jubilee
[8] Farm Fare--agriculture
(13) Bible Speaks--religion

7:15
[4] Focus--local public affairs
(7) Newsmaker--local public affairs
(10) With This Ring--religion

7:30
(3) Gospel Singing Jubilee
[4] Catholic Mass--local
(5) Gospel Lore--probably Southern Gospel music
[6] This is the Life
[8] Norman Vincent Peale--famed "positive-thinking" preacher's televangelistic show
(10) Social Security--syndicated public affairs
(13) Christophers--religion

7:45
(7) Goodwill Crusade--religion
(10) Dialogue--local public affairs
(13) Gospel Singers

8:00
[4] Rev. Lovelady
(5) Hair Bear Bunch--CBS cartoon
[6] Church Service--Assembly of God
(7) America Sings--probably Southern Gospel music
[7] Day of Discovery--religion
[8] Rex Humbard--religion
(10) Kathryn Kuhlman--religion; noted faith healer
(13) Christ for the Crisis--religion

8:30
(3) (13) James Robison--religion
[4] Oral Roberts--religion
(5) Amazing Chan--CBS cartoon
[6] Catholic Mass--local
(7) Gospel Singing Jubilee
[7] Living Word of Faith--religion
(10) Day of Discovery

9:00
(3) Jess Moody--probably religion
[4] Rev. Bob Harrington--famed "Chaplain of Bourbon Street;" televangelist's home TV market
(5) Oral Roberts
[6] Hour of Power--religion; the Rev. Robert Schuller once shared this program with several other ministers in a rotation
[8] Church Service--Assembly of God
(10) Old Time Gospel Hour--religion; the eventually controversial televangelist Jerry Falwell built his massive operation on the strength of this hourlong telecast from Thomas Road Baptist Church, Lynchburg, Virginia
(13) Kid Power--ABC cartoon

9:30
(3) Pastor's Forum--local religion
[4] Popeye and Pals
(5) Your Health--probably local discussion
(7) My Favorite Martian
[7] Rex Humbard
[8] (13) Osmonds--ABC cartoon

10:00
(3) Aunt Beka's Bible Stories--probably children's religion
[4] Day of Discovery
(5) Jaycee TV Forum--public affairs
[6] Film--no title given
(7) Movie--"Eyes of Texas," 1948
[8] (13) H.R. Pufnstuf--ABC children's show
(10) Life Every Voice--probably Gospel music

10:15
[6] Look Back into History--possibly documentary

10:30
(3) Pensacola Public Affairs
[4] Face the Nation--George Herman
(5) Operation Understanding--probably children's show
[6] Cafecito Dominical En El 6--Spanish-language; probably public affairs
[7] Oral Roberts
[8] Movie--"The Mad Magician," 1954
(10) Catholic Mass--local
(13) Make a Wish--ABC children's show

10:45
[6] Let's Tell a Story--children

11:00
(3) Chaplain of Bourbon Street
[4] Spotlight on Youth--discussion
(5) Sunday Devotions--probably local religion
[6] Spectrum '50--unknown
(7) Church Service--Baptist
[7] (10) (13) Church Service--denomination unspecified

11:30
(3) Billy James Hargis--religion; controversial televangelist known for anti-Communist activism
[4] Rat Patrol--rerun of 1960s action series
(5) Face the Nation
[6] Meet the Press--Lawrence E. Spivak

AFTERNOON
12:00
(3) Rex Humbard--religion
[4] CBS Sports Spectacular--boxing
(5) Congressional Report--probably local
[6] Wild, Wild West
(7) Movie--"The Caine Mutiny," 1954
[7] [8] (13) Directions--religious documentary
(10) Limits of Man--possibly religion

12:30
(5) One Man's China--documentary
[7] [8] (13)--Issues and Answers--ABC's Sunday political interview show; forerunner to "This Week with David Brinkley/George Stephanopoulos"
(10) News Conference--local public affairs

1:00
(3) [7] [8] (13) The Superstars--inter-sports competitions
(5) Hollywood Squares
[6] (10) National Hockey League game--Philadelphia Flyers vs. Boston Bruins
(42) Speaking Freely--probably local public affairs

1:30
[4] (5) National Basketball Association game--Atlanta Hawks vs. New York Knicks; Pat Summerall, Elgin Baylor and Rod Hundley, commentators

1:45
[12] With This Ring--religion

1:55
(19) Art for the Day

2:00
(7) Women in Blue--unknown
[12] Insight--religion
(19) Movie--"Holiday," 1938
(42) Movie--"In Name Only," 1939

2:15
(3) [7] [8] (13) Howard Cosell's Sports Magazine

2:30
(3) [7] [8] (13) Wide World of Sports
(7) Fishing with the Pros
[12] Christopher Closeup--religion

3:00
(7) Dixie Quiz--local high-school game show, akin to "It's Academic"
[12] Country Music Spectacular

3:30
[6] (7) (10) Pro Tennis--finals of U.S. Pro Indoor Tennis Championship; Bud Collins and Donald Dell, commentators
[12] The Powers of the Presidency--special documentary prepared in light of the Watergate scandal
(19) Hodgepodge Lodge--children
(23) Pattern for Living--probably religion

4:00
(3) [7] [8] (13) Andy William San Diego Open--golf
[4] (5) CBS Eye on Sports--magazine
(19) Sesame Street
(23) Insight--religion
(42) On the Move--probably public affairs

4:30
[4] It Pays to be Ignorant
(5) Energy--documentary
(23) The Powers of the Presidency

5:00
[4] (5) 60 Minutes--Mike Wallace, Morley Safer
[6] Car 54
(7) Voice of Agriculture
(10) Meet the Press--tape-delayed
[12] Garden Show
(19) Electric Company
(42) Montagemobile--local public affairs

5:30
[6] (7) (10) NBC Nightly News--Floyd Kalber
[12] Prep Quiz Bowl--local high-school game show
(19) Your Future is Now--educational
(42) Abortion: A Court Decision--documentary

EVENING
6:00
(3) That Good Ole Nashville Music--syndicated country-music show
[4] WWL News
(5) WKRG News
[6] WDSU News
(7) Bobby Goldsboro--syndicated variety show
[7] Untamed World--wildlife
[8] Wacky World of Jonathan Winters
(10) Wild Kingdom
[12] (19) (23) (42) Zoom--children
(13) Day of Discovery--religion

6:30
(3) [7] [8] (13) FBI
[4] (5) New Perry Mason
[6] (7) (10) World of Disney--"Hog Wild;" conclusion
[12] (23) (42) Evening at Pops
(19) Beauty and the Beast

7:00
(19) Taking Better Pictures--educational

7:30
(3) [7] [8] (13) Movie--"The Boston Strangler," 1968
[4] (5) Mannix
[6] (7) (10) McMillan and Wife--NBC Mystery Movie
[12] (23) (42) Religious America--documentary
(19) Washington Connection--probably political/public affairs

8:00
[12] (19) (23) (42) Masterpiece Theatre-- part 4, "Upstairs, Downstairs"

8:30
[4] (5) Barnaby Jones

9:00
[6] (7) (10) NBC News Presents: Special Edition--Don Oliver, reporter
[12] (19) (23) (42) Firing Line--William F. Buckley, Jr., host

9:30
(3) Movie--"Do Not Disturb," 1965
[4] Sunday Journal--local public affairs, hosted by Jim Metcalf
(5) Movie--"Valley of the Dolls," 1967
[7] Great Mysteries
[8[ WVUE News
(13) ABC News--Bill Beutel (15 minutes)

9:45
(13) WLOX News

10:00
[4] WWL News
[6[ WDSU News
(7) WDAM News
[7] ABC News
[8] Movie--"The Dark at the Top of the Stairs," 1960
[12] Movie--"The Crowd," 1928
(13) Star Trek
(19) Job Bank
(23) Taris Talks With ...--discussion
(42) Interface--probably public affairs

10:10
(19) Art for the Day

10:15
[7] WJHG News

10:30
[4] Movie--"The Last Angry Man," 1959
[6] Newsmaker--public affairs
(7) Tonight Show--Johnny Carson: rerun
[7] Movie--"Wake of the Red Witch," 1948
(10) Felony Squad--rerun of 1960s crime drama
(42) Alpha Epsilon Rho-Crimson Collage--documentary

11:00
[6] Name of the Game--rerun of 1968-71 crime drama
(10) Department S--crime drama (British import)

11:30
(3) Original All Night Sing--Gospel music
(5) CBS News--Bob Schieffer (15 minutes)

11:45
(5) Alfred Hitchcock

12:00 a.m.
[8] ABC News

12:30
(3) Issues and Answers--tape-delayed
 
Mike Stroud said:
AFTERNOON
12:00
(3) Rex Humbard--religion
[4] CBS Sports Spectacular--boxing
(5) Congressional Report--probably local
[6] Wild, Wild West
(7) Movie--"The Caine Mutiny," 1954
[7] [8] (13) Directions--religious documentary
(10) Limits of Man--possibly religion

12:00 a.m.
[8] ABC News

12:30
(3) Issues and Answers--tape-delayed

"The Gulf Coast Congressional Report" was indeed local and aired on WKRG-TV from 1973 until its early, but sudden hiatus in 2006 and mysterious cancellation. WEAR-TV's delay of "Issues and Answers" in 1974 can be compared to the station's scheduling of "Nightline" at 11:00 PM and 11:30 PM over the past 25 years (at least), as both programs have aired at times when folks are sleeping or getting ready for sleep.

Nowadays WALA-TV and WKRG-TV rarely delay network programming except in cases of "Billy Graham" specials, "St. Jude's" specials, and live Mardi Gras broadcasts for the latter station.

Thank you for posting this schedule, as the Mobile-Pensacola TV market is an interesting broadcast area to live in where severe weather can cost you your favorite program and an ABC affiliate doesn't show "World News" on the weekend.
 
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