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Retro: Iowa Sat, June 23, 1973

from TV Guide-Iowa edition

WMT 2-CBS Cedar Rapids
6:30 Summer Semester "The Immigrant in American Life"
7:00 Bugs Bunny
7:30 Sabrina the Teenage Witch
8:00 Amazing Chan & the Chan Clan
8:30 Movie "The Spooky Fog" (Scooby-Doo movie spoofs Mayberry RFD, with Don Knotts as a cop who enlists the help of Scooby and the gang to solve a mystery)
9:30 Josie & the Pussycats in Outer Space
10:00 Flintstones Comedy Hour
11:00 Archie's TV Funnies
11:30 Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids
noon CBS Children's Film Festival "Adventure in Golden Bay" (a 1956 Czech award-winner)
1:00 Roller Derby
3:00 Champions
4:00 Movie "Fury at Showdown" (bw)
5:30 CBS Evening News
6:00 News
6:30 Tell It to the Judge
7:00 All in the Family
7:30 Bridget Loves Bernie
8:00 Mary Tyler Moore
8:30 Bob Newhart
9:00 Mission: Impossible
10:00 News
10:30 Movie "Road to Hong Kong" (bw)
12:15 Evil Touch
12:45 sign-off

KTVO 3-ABC/NBC/CBS Kirksville/Ottumwa
6:55 Great Bible Stories
7:00 H.R. Pufnstuf
7:30 Jackson Five
8:00 Osmonds
8:30 Movie "Tabitha and Adam and the Clown Family" (the Bewitched kids in animated form having fun under the big top)
9:30 Brady Kids
10:00 Bewitched
10:30 Kid Power
11:00 Funky Phantom
11:30 Lidsville
noon American Bandstand's 20th Anniversary Show (guests include Paul Anka, Bobby Darin, Neil Diamond, Annette Funicello, Paul Simon, Johnny Mathis, Frankie Avalon and Fabian)
1:00 Lloyd Bridges' Water World
1:30 Rollin'
2:00 Untamed World
2:30 American Golf Classic
4:00 Wide World of Sports (International Invitational Swimming & Diving Championships)
5:30 Reasoner Report
6:00 Lawrence Welk
7:00 Here We Go Again (finale)
7:30 Coaches' All-America Football Game (East, coached by Shug Jordan (Auburn) vs West, coached by John McKay (USC) in the 13th annual game, live from Lubbock)
10:30 ABC News
10:45 News
11:00 Movie "A Matter of Humanities" (Marcus Welby)
1:15 Movie "The Half-Breed"
3:30 Movie "They Won't Believe Me" (bw)
4:50 sign-off

WHBF 4-CBS Quad Cities
6:55 Great Bible Stories
7:00 Bugs Bunny
7:30 Sabrina the Teenage Witch
8:00 Amazing Chan & the Chan Clan
8:30 Movie "The Spooky Fog"
9:30 Josie & the Pussycats in Outer Space
10:00 Flintstones Comedy Hour
11:00 Archie's TV Funnies
11:30 Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids
noon CBS Children's Film Festival "Adventure in Golden Bay"
1:00 Bible Telecasts
2:00 This is the Life
2:30 Movie "Rebel Flight to Cuba" (bw)
4:00 TBA
4:45 Your Senator's Report
5:00 Flipside (Columbia Records' boss Clive Davis talks about getting started in the recording industry; music by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show)
5:30 CBS Evening News
6:00 Lawrence Welk
7:00 All in the Family
7:30 Bridget Loves Bernie
8:00 Mary Tyler Moore
8:30 Bob Newhart
9:00 Mission: Impossible
10:00 News
10:30 UFO
11:30 Outer Limits (bw)
12:30 sign-off

WOI 5-ABC Ames
7:00 H.R. Pufnstuf
7:30 Jackson Five
8:00 Osmonds
8:30 Movie "Tabitha and Adam and the Clown Family"
9:30 Brady Kids
10:00 Bewitched
10:30 Kid Power
11:00 Funky Phantom
11:30 Lidsville
noon American Bandstand's 20th Anniversary Show
1:00 Call of the West
1:30 Celebrity Bowling
2:00 Championship Fishing
2:30 American Golf Classic
4:00 Wide World of Sports
5:30 Reasoner Report
6:00 Lawrence Welk
7:00 Here We Go Again (finale)
7:30 Coaches' All-America Football Game
10:30 ABC News
10:45 News
11:00 Boris Karloff Presents Thriller "A Third for Pinochle" (bw)
mid. Alfred Hitchcock "I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury" (bw)
1:00 sign-off

WOC 6-NBC Quad Cities
7:00 Houndcats
7:30 Roman Holidays
8:00 Jetsons
8:30 Pink Panther
9:00 Underdog
9:30 Barkleys
10:00 Sealab 2020
10:30 Runaround
11:00 Around the World in 80 Days
11:30 Talking with a Giant (host-and ex Cleveland mayor-Carl Stokes leads a discussion on criminal justice and voter registration)
noon Car 54, Where are You? (bw)
12:30 Generations in Speed (Indy 500 highlights)
1:00 Baseball Pre-Game
1:15 Baseball: Detroit-Yankees (alt game: California-Minnesota)
4:00 It Takes a Thief
5:00 Lassie
5:30 NBC Nightly News
6:00 Movie "Sword of Lancelot"
8:00 Movie "Viva Maria!"
10:20 News
10:50 Movie "The Longest Hundred Miles"
12:40 sign-off

KWWL 7-NBC Waterloo
7:00 Houndcats
7:30 Roman Holidays
8:00 Jetsons
8:30 Pink Panther
9:00 Underdog
9:30 Barkleys
10:00 Sealab 2020
10:30 Runaround
11:00 Around the World in 80 Days
11:30 Talking with a Giant
noon Combat! (bw)
1:00 Baseball Pre-Game
1:15 Baseball: Detroit-Yankees (alt game: California-Minnesota)
4:00 Wrestling
5:00 Bobby Goldsboro
5:30 NBC Nightly News
6:00 News
6:30 Untamed World
7:00 Emergency!
8:00 Movie "Viva Maria!"
10:20 News
10:50 Movie "Panic in the City"
12:20 sign-off

WQAD 8-ABC Quad Cities
6:30 Extension '73
7:00 H.R. Pufnstuf
7:30 Jackson Five
8:00 Osmonds
8:30 Movie "Tabitha and Adam and the Clown Family"
9:30 Brady Kids
10:00 Magic Shoppe
10:30 Runaround
11:00 Funky Phantom
11:30 Lidsville
noon American Bandstand's 20th Anniversary Show
1:00 Quad City Youth (bw)
1:30 Opportunity Line
2:00 Neighbor to Neighbor
2:30 American Golf Classic
4:00 Wide World of Sports
5:30 Wrestling
6:30 Gomer Pyle (bw)
7:00 Here We Go Again (finale)
7:30 Coaches' All-America Football Game
10:30 News
10:45 Movie "The Proud and the Profane" (bw)
12:45 Movie "Monster on Campus" (bw)
2:15 ABC News
2:30 News
followed by sign-off

KRNT 8-CBS Des Moines
6:30 Rural America
7:00 Bugs Bunny
7:30 Sabrina the Teenage Witch
8:00 Amazing Chan & the Chan Clan
8:30 Movie "The Spooky Fog"
9:30 Zoo Show
9:45 Huck & Yogi
10:00 Flintstones Comedy Hour
11:00 Archie's TV Funnies
11:30 Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids
noon CBS Children's Film Festival "Adventure in Golden Bay"
1:00 Josie & the Pussycats in Outer Space
1:30 Star Trek
2:30 Movie "Union Station" (bw)
4:00 Iowa Varieties
4:30 Lassie
5:00 State Fair Talent Search
5:30 CBS Evening News
6:00 News
6:30 Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
7:00 All in the Family
7:30 Bridget Loves Bernie
8:00 Mary Tyler Moore
8:30 Bob Newhart
9:00 Department S
10:00 News
10:30 Movie "Boom!"
12:30 Movie "Trapped in Tangiers" (bw)
1:45 sign-off

KCRG 9-ABC Cedar Rapids
7:00 H.R. Pufnstuf
7:30 Jackson Five
8:00 Osmonds
8:30 Movie "Tabitha and Adam and the Clown Family"
9:30 Brady Kids
10:00 Bewitched
10:30 Kid Power
11:00 Funky Phantom
11:30 Lidsville
noon American Bandstand's 20th Anniversary Show
1:00 Earth Lab
2:00 Humanist Alternative
2:30 American Golf Classic
4:00 Wide World of Sports
5:30 Reasoner Report
6:00 Lawrence Welk
7:00 Here We Go Again (finale)
7:30 Parent Game (were any of the other Iowa ABCs on cable in the market to air the football game?)
8:00 Movie "Carmen Jones"
10:00 News
10:30 Movie "The World in His Arms"
mid. In Concert (Edgar Winter Group/Doobie Brothers/Jim Croce)
1:30 ABC News
1:45 sign-off

KDIN 11-PBS Des Moines/KIIN 12-PBS Iowa City (Iowa Public TV)
4:00pm Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
4:30 Sesame Street
5:30 What's New
6:00 Folk Guitar (bw)
6:30 Electric Company
7:00 Session (John Hicks and his jazz quartet)
7:30 Playhouse New York Biography "Rembrandt"
8:30 Actor's Choice: John Donne "The Anatomy of Love"
9:00 Rich at the Top (Buddy Rich and his band in a mix of blues, Beatles and big band music)
10:00 From Conception to Consumption (how beef prices are set)
11:00 David Susskind (2 hrs; "Confessions of 3 Drug Pushers", followed by Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Herbert Dennenberg)
1:00 sign-off

WHO 13-NBC Des Moines
6:30 Agriculture, USA
7:00 Houndcats
7:30 Roman Holidays
8:00 Jetsons
8:30 Pink Panther
9:00 Underdog
9:30 Barkleys
10:00 Sealab 2020
10:30 Runaround
11:00 Around the World in 80 Days
11:30 Talking with a Giant
noon Wrestling
1:00 Baseball Pre-Game
1:15 Baseball: Detroit-Yankees (alt game: California-Minnesota)
4:00 Bowling (bw)
4:30 Sea Hunt (bw)
5:00 Consultation
5:30 NBC Nightly News
6:00 News
6:30 Inside Iowa
7:00 Emergency!
8:00 Movie "Viva Maria!"
10:20 News
10:50 Tonight Show
12:20 sign-off

KVFD 21-NBC Fort Dodge
7:00 Houndcats
7:30 Roman Holidays
8:00 Jetsons
8:30 Pink Panther
9:00 Underdog
9:30 Barkleys
10:00 Sealab 2020
10:30 Runaround
11:00 Around the World in 80 Days
11:30 Talking with a Giant
noon News
12:30 Wally's Workshop
1:00 Baseball Pre-Game
1:15 Baseball: Detroit-Yankees (alt game: California-Minnesota)
4:00 Lee Trevino's Golf for Swingers (guests Glen Campbell and David Doyle)
4:30 Navy Film
5:00 Blackwood Family
5:30 NBC Nightly News
6:00 Lawrence Welk
7:00 Emergency!
8:00 Movie "Viva Maria!"
10:20 News
10:50 Tonight Show
12:20 sign-off

KDUB 40-ABC Dubuque
7:00 H.R. Pufnstuf
7:30 Jackson Five
8:00 Osmonds
8:30 Movie "Tabitha and Adam and the Clown Family"
9:30 Brady Kids
10:00 Bewitched
10:30 Kid Power
11:00 Funky Phantom
11:30 Lidsville
noon Stagecoach West (bw)
1:00 McKeever & the Colonel (bw)
1:30 American Bandstand's 20th Anniversary Show
2:30 American Golf Classic
4:00 Wide World of Sports
5:30 Reasoner Report
6:00 Wild Wild West
7:00 Here We Go Again (finale)
7:30 Coaches' All-America Football Game
10:30 CFL: repeat of 1972 Grey Cup game between Hamilton and Saskatchewan (launch of a 11 week game package; I know one of the Bay Area stations also ran the games-KBHK, I think? What were some of the other stations that ran CFL in those days?)
1:00 sign-off
 
KCRG 9-ABC Cedar Rapids
7:30 Parent Game (were any of the other Iowa ABCs on cable in the market to air the football game?)

No, there wasn't any cable in Cedar Rapids or Waterloo in 73. There was in Dubuque, and they probably got another ABC affiliate from somewhere.

I don't know why KCRG would have dropped the football game. The might have been running a regular local Saturday night movie, but I don't think so, at least I don't remember them doing so.
 
jh said:
KCRG 9-ABC Cedar Rapids
7:30 Parent Game (were any of the other Iowa ABCs on cable in the market to air the football game?)

No, there wasn't any cable in Cedar Rapids or Waterloo in 73. There was in Dubuque, and they probably got another ABC affiliate from somewhere.

I don't know why KCRG would have dropped the football game. The might have been running a regular local Saturday night movie, but I don't think so, at least I don't remember them doing so.

So what was the reason for two ABC affiliates in the Cedar Rapids/Waterloo/Dubuque market? Was there some reception issues with channel 9 in Dubuque?
 
Dubuque gets very poor reception from the CR/Waterloo stations. Dubuque had one of the first cable systems in the country due to the terrain there.

There were two ABC affiliates in the market because somebody with KDUB bribed someone at ABC to get the affiliation. This must have been in the late 60s, I think there eventually were some criminal charges filed. KDUB was never all that successful, since KCRG was always on cable. KDUB folded in the mid-70s, then after maybe a couple of years came back under different ownership, still ABC.

Years later, after the Fox affiliate in CR went broke and left the air, somebody bought it and KDUB, and put together a Fox simulcast. Eventually they decided the Dubuque Fox station was no longer needed and it was sold off to a religious organization.
 
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