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
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