Retro: Indianapolis/Terre Haute/Lafayette Sat, Mar 20, 1971

[Bluenoser]

from TV Guide: Central Indiana edition

2 WTWO-NBC/ABC Terre Haute * 4 WTTV-Ind Indianpolis * 6 WFBM-NBC Indianapolis *
8 WISH-CBS Indianapolis * 10 WTHI-CBS/ABC Terre Haute *
13 WLWI-ABC Indianapolis * 18 WLFI-CBS Lafayette * 20 WFYI-PBS Indianapolis *
22 WVUT-PBS Vincennes * 30 WTIU-PBS Bloomington * 49 WLBC-NBC Muncie

Morning

6:30
4 Hoosier Roundup
8 Sunrise Semester

7:00
6 Heckle & Jeckle
8 Town & Country
13 Time for Timothy

7:30
2 Consumer Report
4 Lessons for Living
6 Woody Woodpecker
8 Jetsons
13 Agriscope

8:00
2-6 Tomfoolery
4 Cool McCool
8-10-18 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
13 Here & Now

8:30
2 Heckle & Jeckle
4 Popeye
6 Three Stooges
13 Safety Corner

9:00
2 Woody Woodpecker
6 Fun Club
8-10-18 Sabrina
13 Lancelot Link/Secret Chimp

9:30
2 Bugaloos
4 Underdog

10:00
2-6 Dr. Dolittle
4 Sampson
8-10-18 Josie & the Pussycats
13 Jerry Lewis

10:30
2-6 Pink Panther
4 Cartoon Corral
8-10-18 Harlem Globetrotters
13 Here Come the Doubledeckers

11:00
2-6 H.R. PufNStuf
4 Focus
8-10-18 Archie
13 Hot Wheels

11:30
2 Here Comes the Grump
4 Dialogue
6 Uncle Uri's Treasure
13 Skyhawks
18 Film

11:45
18 Pre-Game Show

Afternoon

Noon
2 Hot Dog
4 Laurel & Hardy
6-10 Pre-Game Show
8 Clowning Around
13 Motor Mouse

12:15
4 Hoosier Hinterland
6-10-18 IHSAA Basketball semi-finals (Tom Carnegie/Verne Payne/Tony Hinkle commentate on 6/10, while Hilliard Gates and Dick DeFay do likewise for 18)

12:30
2 Jambo
4 My Favorite Martian
13 Hardy Boys

1:00
2-13 American Bandstand
4 Roller Derby
8 Dastardly & Muttley

1:30
8 Roads to Learning

2:00
2 NCAA Basketball Tournament: doubleheader-East quarter final from Relaigh and either Mideast quarter-final from Athens, GA or Midwest action from Wichita
4 Movie "The Desperado"
8 Children's Film Fesival "John & Julie"
13 Sports Challenge

2:30
13 American Sportsman

3:00
6 NCAA Basketball Tournament (JIP; see 2pm 2 for info)
10 Time Tunnel
18 Post-Game Show

3:15
13 Sports Line

3:30
4 NBA Highlights
8 Movie "The Pearl of Death"
13 Pro Bowlers Tour: Fair Lanes Open from DC
18 Pioneers

4:00
4 Outdoors
10 Rat Patrol
18 CBS Golf Classic: quarterfinal action- Frank Beard/Larry Hinson v R.H. Sikes/Homero Blancas

4:30
4 Pet Set
10 Face to Face

5:00
4 Wagon Train
8 Flying Nun
10 Interns
13 ABC Wide World of Sports (Tournament of Thrills Auto Daredevil Championships/International Professional Skiing Championships/World Four-Man Bobsled Championships)
18 Insight

5:30
8 Tarzan
18 Wanted: Dead of Alive

Evening

6:00
2 ABC Wide World of Sports (JIP; see 5pm 13 for info)
4 Dick Van Dyke
6-10 News/Weather/Sports (in color on 6)
18 Hugh X. Lewis
49 Children's Gospel Hour

6:30
2-6-49 NBC News
4 Daniel Boone
8 News/Weather/Sports
10 CBS News
13 Midwestern Hayride
18 Big Picture

7:00
2 Bewitched
6 Death Valley Days
8-18 CBS News
10 Rat Patrol
49 Hot Dog

7:30
2 Andy Williams
4 Star Trek
6-10-18-49 Pre-Game Show
8 Mission: Impossible
13 Lawrence Welk

8:00
6-10-18-49 IHSAA Basketball Championshp Final (6/10's commentators also do coverage for 49)

8:30
2-4 Movie "The Misfits"
8 My Three Sons
13 Pearl Bailey

9:00
8 Arnie

9:30
8 Mary Tyler Moore
13 Johnny Cash

10:00
6 Englebert Humperdinck
8-10-18 Mannix
49 Like Young

10:30
13 News/Weather/Sports

11:00
2-4-6-8-10 News/Weather/Sports (color on 4-6-8)
13 Movie "The Playboy of the Western World"
18 Perry Mason
49 Homestead USA

11:15
2 ABC News

11:30
2 Johnny Carson
4 Movie "Overland Stage Raiders"
6 This is Your Life
8 Double Feature Movie "Winchester 73" and "Creature from the Black Lagoon"
10 Movie "The View from Pompey's Head"
18 Perry Mason

Late Night

Midnight
4 News/Weather/Sports
6 Double Feature Movie "Middle of the Night" and "Bombers B-52"
18 Twilight Zone

12:45
4 Championship Wrestling

1:00
2 News

1:15
13 Triple Feature Movie "Curse of the Voodoo", "The Blob", and "The Maniac"

1:45
4 News<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Bluenoser on 02/20/06 02:56 PM.</FONT></P>

 

[rugrats1]

> 11:00
> 8-10-18 Archie
>
> 11:30
> 18 Film
>

What was on 8 & 10 when 18 had "Film"? Was "Archie" an hour-program then, with 18 leaving the show early?

> 6:00
> 49 Children's Gospel Hour
>
> 7:00
> 49 Hot Dog
>
Apparently, 49 was on its last legs as an NBC affiliate, with an evening sign-on, and "Hot Dog", a Saturday (or Sunday) morning program seen in the evening.

Looks like the had an early sign-off, too.

 

[Braves2005]

> > 11:00
> > 8-10-18 Archie
> >
> > 11:30
> > 18 Film
> >
>
> What was on 8 & 10 when 18 had "Film"? Was "Archie" an
> hour-program then, with 18 leaving the show early?

Yes,The Archie Comedy Hour(as it was called at that time) was an hour and quite possibly because they aired the pre-game show of Illinois High School Basketball Playoffs at 11:45 A.M. on 18 and aired for 30 minutes while the other stations started their pre-game shows at Noon for 15 minutes. 8 and 10 carried the whole show in its entirety. 18 showed the first 30 minutes only for that week.

I always wonder what "Film" may have been. Public service announcements maybe?

 

[KeithE]

> > 6:00
> > 49 Children's Gospel Hour
> >
> > 7:00
> > 49 Hot Dog
> >
> Apparently, 49 was on its last legs as an NBC affiliate,
> with an evening sign-on, and "Hot Dog", a Saturday (or
> Sunday) morning program seen in the evening.
>
> Looks like the had an early sign-off, too.

IIRC, WLBC-TV was sold to Ball State University and became WIPB in October 1971. Also, I don't think they ever broadcasted in color as WLBC.

 

[rugrats1]

> I don't think they ever
> broadcasted in color as WLBC.
>
Yet they used the NBC Peacock, the network's symbol of color, as part of their logo.

 

[brian_stevens]

> from TV Guide: Central Indiana edition
>
> 10:30
>
> 4 Cartoon Corral

The show that provided one of the classic bloopers of live Indy kids TV. Cartoon Corral opened with host Cowboy Bob singing the theme song live on camera. Until the one Saturday when kiddies were shocked to see CB's guitar string break and snap him in the face. Complete with CB's snap response of throwing down the guitar while shouting "Go- da--! So- of a bi---!" Quick switch to screen black followed by the cold start of a "Snuffy Smith" cartoon.

> 11:30
>
> 6 Uncle Uri's Treasure

Locally produced kid show. Wasn't it hosted by Mimi Constanza - Jim Gerard's sidekick on the local daily talker "Afternoon Channel 6." I seem to recall 6 being forced to produce the show in response to charges that the Time-Life stations weren't offering enough multicultural programming.

> 1:15 (Sunday AM)
> 13 Triple Feature Movie "Curse of the Voodoo", "The Blob",
> and "The Maniac"

Would this be the infamous "Freeze Dried Movie" show hosted by Dave Letterman?

 

[uh_clem]

>
> Yes,The Archie Comedy Hour(as it was called at that time)
> was an hour and quite possibly because they aired the
> pre-game show of Illinois High School Basketball Playoffs at
> 11:45 A.M. on 18 and aired for 30 minutes while the other
> stations started their pre-game shows at Noon for 15
> minutes. 8 and 10 carried the whole show in its entirety. 18
> showed the first 30 minutes only for that week.
>
> I always wonder what "Film" may have been. Public service
> announcements maybe?
>

WLFI ran the INDIANA High School basketball playoff from Hinkle Fieldhouse.
East Chicago Washington came out of the Lafayette semi-state the week before and won the state championship over Elkhart in the night game.

"Film" could have been a public domain educational film that 18 used to fill time before their state tournament coverage.