Source: TV Guide (received today from eBay)
CHANNELS
2 KCKT Great Bend NBC (Box 689)
3 KARD Wichita NBC (833 N. Main)
6 KTVC Dodge City/Ensign CBS (Box 157, 67801)
7 KAYS-TV Hays CBS/ABC (2300 Hall St.)
10 KAKE Wichita ABC (1500 N. West St)
11 KGLD Garden City NBC (zip code 67846)
12 KTVH Wichita CBS (37th and Hillside)
13 KUPK Garden City ABC (Box 216, Copeland KS)
NOTE: KPTS/8 wouldn't sign on until January 1970 as an NET station.
Satellite Stations
8 Oberlin, see 2 (KOMC-TV, now KSNK)
10 Goodland, see 7 (KLOE-TV, now KBSL)
18 Salina, see 3 (this is now KAAS, repeating KSAS/24 FOX)
70 Arkansas City, see 12
70 Hays, 71 Great Bend, 71 Herinton, 75 Junction City, 75 Russell, 79 Manhattan, see 10. Odd that they didn't list a Colby translator, knowing KAKE had KLBY by the mid '80s (they started as an independent...no kidding, in a town of just over 5,000! No idea what they ran however, maybe some shows were // with KWGN?)
12/4/1969, C=Color
6:45
2 3 11 Kansas Today C
7AM
2 3 11 Today C
Tentatively scheduled: conservationist Roger Caras and Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.) discussing ecology; author Morris West ('The Shoes of the Fisherman.')
12 Community Window C
7:15
6 7 12 Agriculture Today-John Nagel C
13 Film
7:30
6 Cartoons
7 12 News-Benti C
13 Early Bird Report
7:45
10 Kansas Scene C (interesting how KUPK went on the air 30 minutes BEFORE KAKE...)
8AM
6 7 12 Captain Kangaroo C
Guests: the Amandis, an acrobatic act; the Captain continues his Apollo 12 feature.
10 13 Underdog C
8:30
10 13 Jack La Lanne C
9AM
2 3 11 It Takes Two C
Guests: George Carlin, Harvey Korman and wives; Raymond St. Jacques and date Judy Pace.
6 7 12 Joyce Livingston C (local?)
10 13 Romper Room C
9:25
2 3 11 News-Nancy Dickerson C
9:30
2 3 11 Concentration C
10 13 Beverly Hillbillies
Jed sends Elly May off to a French couturire.
10AM
2 3 11 Sale of the Century C
6 7 12 Andy Griffith C
Oscar winner Jack Albertson plays a con man posing as a tycoon.
10 13 Dennis the Menace
10:30
2 3 11 Hollywood Squares C
Guests: Edie Adams, Sammy Davis Jr., Pat Henry, Peter Lawford, Lee Majors and Leslie Uggams.
6 7 12 Love of Life C
10 13 Galloping Gourmet C
11AM
2 3 11 Jeopardy C
6 7 12 Where the Heart Is C
10 13 Bewitched C
The search is on for an alley cat-a victim of Serena's witchery.
11:25
6 7 12 News-Edwards
11:30
2 3 11 Name Droppers C
Guests: Amanda Blake, James Farentino and Jan Murray. Hosts: Al Lohman and Roger Barkley.
6 7 12 Search for Tomorrow C
10 13 Fashions in Sewing C
11:40
10 13 Freddy Fudd & The Little Rascals C
11:55
2 3 11 News-Kalbert
Noon
2 3 11 12 News C
6 7 News, Weather
12:10
6 12 13 Markets, Weather
10 News, Weather C
12:15
2 3 11 Elmer Childress C
12:20
6 12 Woman's World C
12:30
2 3 11 You're Putting Me On C
Guests: Jack Cater, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen, Alejandro Rey, Brenda Vaccaro and Gwen Verdon.
6 7 12 As the World Turns C
10 13 Let's Make a Deal C
1PM
2 3 11 Days of Our Lives C
6 7 12 Love is a Many-Splendored Thing C
10 13 Newlywed Game C
1:30
2 3 11 Doctors C
6 7 12 Guiding Light C
10 13 Dating Game C
2PM
2 3 11 Another World C
6 7 12 Secret Storm C
10 13 General Hospital C
2:30
2 3 11 He Said! She Said! C (preempting Bright Promise)
6 7 12 Edge of Night C
10 13 One Life to Live
3PM
2 3 11 Letters to Laugh-In C
Guests: Ruth Buzzi, Norm Crosby, Louis Nye and Carolyn Jones.
6 7 12 Gomer Pyle, USMC C
A night-club owner is determined to pirate Gomer's golden voice.
10 13 Dark Shadows C
3:30
2 3 11 Major Astro C (the long-running Kansas children's show)
6 7 12 Mike Douglas C
Guests: Shelley Berman, Sam Levenson, actress Butterfly McQueen and Little Anthony & The Imperials. Paul Smith orchestra.
10 13 Movie
'Dick Tracy, Detective.' (1945) Master detective Tracy and sideick Pat Patton are on the trail of a scarfaced criminal. Based on the comic-strip characters created by Chester Gould. Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys.
4:30
2 3 11 Perry Mason
'The Garrulous Go-Between.' Clairvoyant Mme. Zillia foretells a death in Amy Scott's life-and then Amy's landlord is murdered. Amy: Sue Randall. Zillia: Lori March.
10 13 Santa Claus C
5PM
6 7 12 Truth or Consequences C
10 13 ABC News-Reynolds/Smith C
5:30
2 3 11 NBC News-Huntley/Brinkley C
6 7 12 CBS News-Cronkite C
10 News, Weather C
13 News, Weather, Markets
6PM
2 3 11 12 News C
6 7 News, Weather, Sports
10 13 Lawman
Deputy McKay arrives in town, bloody and blind-folded. Outlaw Cole Reese has given him instructions for Troop-telling him how to get Lily Merrill back alive. Troop: John Russell. McKay: Peter Brown. Reese: Paul Comi.
6:30
2 3 11 Daniel Boone C
Detroit Lion Alex Karras makes his TV acting debut in 'The Cache.' Josh is headed for Kentucky's highest hanging tree unless Daniel nails the poaches who framed him for murdering a trapper and hiding his pelts. Josh: Jimmy Dean. Williams: Alex Karras.
6 7 12 Family Affair C
'Number One Boy.' French faces competition from a foreign import when Ng Ho, Bill's efficient and ambitious servant from Hong Kong, moves into the Davis domicile-lock, stock and chopsticks. French: Sebastian Cabot. Bill: Brian Keith. Ng Ho: Benson Fong.
10 13 Jacques Cousteau C
Special: 'The Desert Whales,' telecast in October to wide critical acclaim, is rerun. Cousteau and the men of Calypso study the California grey whale as it migrates from the arctic to breeding grounds in Baja California. Dr. Ted Walker of the Scripps Institution joins the expedition to learn more about ways to save the 30-ton mammals from extinction. Film highlights include courtship and mating of the greys, a diver's short-lived ride on a grey and efforts of the men to save a calf stranded on a sand bar. Rod Sterling and Cousteau narrate.
7PM
6 7 12 Jim Nabors C
Jim's guest is Bobbie Gentry. In sketches, Bobbie (as sexy Delta Dawn) schemes to marry Beau Weevil (Jim), heir to a large plantation; the Brothers-in-Law try to rig a foolproof burglar alarm. Finale: the cast offers a musical salute to mountain country. Frank Sutton, Ronnie Schell, Karen Morrow, Nabors Kids, Tony Mordente dancers. Southern medley: 'Stars Fell on Alabama,' 'Jackson,' 'Alabamy Bound' (Jim, Bobbie); 'Greyhound Goin' Somewhere' (Bobbie).
7:30
2 3 11 Ironside C
'L'Chayim.' Ironside tries to recover a priceless Torah stolen from a vandalized synagogue. The danger is that the thieves will destroy the ancient scroll once they discover it's of value to no one but the members of the small congregation.Rabbi Farber: David Opatoshu. Jim Trannon: Shelly Novack.
10 13 Bewitched C
Samantha juggles an unlikely and unwieldy pair of house guests: Mother Goose (courtesy of Esmeralda's inept magic) and mother Stephens (courtesy of her husband, whom she has left). Mother Goose: Jane Connell. Mrs. Stephens: Mabel Albertson.
8PM
6 7 12 Movie
'Ten Little Indians,' (1965) the Agatha Christie mystery classic. Eight disparate strangers are summoned to a remote Alpine castle, where a recorded voice informs them they will not leave alive. A remake of the 1945 film 'And Then There Were None.' Hugh O'Brian, Shirley Eaton, Leo Genn.
10 13 Tom Jones C
Last of six shows taped in Hollywood. Guests: Glen Campbell, Janis Joplin and the Committe, comedy troupe (appearing in sketches about automatic elevators, graffiti and life-sized talking dolls). Jack Parnell orchestra. Highlights: 'Someday Soon,' 'The Impossible Dream' (Glen), 'Little Girl Blue' (Janis), 'Didn't We?', 'In the Midnight Hour,' 'You Came a Long Way from St. Louis,' 'My Girl Maria,' 'Raise Your Hand' (Tom, Janis), 'Land of 1000 Dances' (Tom), 'I Want to Thank You' (Tom, Glen).
8:30
2 3 11 Dragnet 1970 C
The police mount a rolling stakeout to nab robbers burglarizing businesses in the north end of town. The only clue is a bizarre trademark left hanging on the doors: a red cloth marked with an 'X'.
9PM
2 3 11 Billy Graham Crusade C
Special: Evangelist Billy Graham sermonizes on 'The Future Life-Heaven or Hell' in this taped segment of his October Southern California Crusade. Guests include singers Norma Zimmer and George Beverly Shea. Cliff Barrows directs the Crusade Choir.
10 13 It Takes a Thief C
Alister Mundy (Fred Astaire) has triple trouble: thwarting the assassinations of himself and son Al, squelching an enemy threat on the U.S. economy and keeping a lady columnist off base as she probes his affinity for high-level thievery. Al: Robert Wagner.
10PM
2 3 6 7 11 12 News, Weather, Sports
10 12 13 News C
10:25
13 News, Sports (this is in B&W, guessing the color news was a KAKE simulcast?)
10:30
2 3 11 Johnny Carson C
6 7 12 Merv Griffin C
Scheduled: George Jessel and comic George Carlin.
10 13 Joey Bishop C
12AM
6 12 Movie
'The Charge at Feather River.' (1953) A Calvary unit heads out to search for two women captured by the Cheyennes. Guy Madison, Frank Lovejoy, Vera Miles.
CHANNELS
2 KCKT Great Bend NBC (Box 689)
3 KARD Wichita NBC (833 N. Main)
6 KTVC Dodge City/Ensign CBS (Box 157, 67801)
7 KAYS-TV Hays CBS/ABC (2300 Hall St.)
10 KAKE Wichita ABC (1500 N. West St)
11 KGLD Garden City NBC (zip code 67846)
12 KTVH Wichita CBS (37th and Hillside)
13 KUPK Garden City ABC (Box 216, Copeland KS)
NOTE: KPTS/8 wouldn't sign on until January 1970 as an NET station.
Satellite Stations
8 Oberlin, see 2 (KOMC-TV, now KSNK)
10 Goodland, see 7 (KLOE-TV, now KBSL)
18 Salina, see 3 (this is now KAAS, repeating KSAS/24 FOX)
70 Arkansas City, see 12
70 Hays, 71 Great Bend, 71 Herinton, 75 Junction City, 75 Russell, 79 Manhattan, see 10. Odd that they didn't list a Colby translator, knowing KAKE had KLBY by the mid '80s (they started as an independent...no kidding, in a town of just over 5,000! No idea what they ran however, maybe some shows were // with KWGN?)
12/4/1969, C=Color
6:45
2 3 11 Kansas Today C
7AM
2 3 11 Today C
Tentatively scheduled: conservationist Roger Caras and Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.) discussing ecology; author Morris West ('The Shoes of the Fisherman.')
12 Community Window C
7:15
6 7 12 Agriculture Today-John Nagel C
13 Film
7:30
6 Cartoons
7 12 News-Benti C
13 Early Bird Report
7:45
10 Kansas Scene C (interesting how KUPK went on the air 30 minutes BEFORE KAKE...)
8AM
6 7 12 Captain Kangaroo C
Guests: the Amandis, an acrobatic act; the Captain continues his Apollo 12 feature.
10 13 Underdog C
8:30
10 13 Jack La Lanne C
9AM
2 3 11 It Takes Two C
Guests: George Carlin, Harvey Korman and wives; Raymond St. Jacques and date Judy Pace.
6 7 12 Joyce Livingston C (local?)
10 13 Romper Room C
9:25
2 3 11 News-Nancy Dickerson C
9:30
2 3 11 Concentration C
10 13 Beverly Hillbillies
Jed sends Elly May off to a French couturire.
10AM
2 3 11 Sale of the Century C
6 7 12 Andy Griffith C
Oscar winner Jack Albertson plays a con man posing as a tycoon.
10 13 Dennis the Menace
10:30
2 3 11 Hollywood Squares C
Guests: Edie Adams, Sammy Davis Jr., Pat Henry, Peter Lawford, Lee Majors and Leslie Uggams.
6 7 12 Love of Life C
10 13 Galloping Gourmet C
11AM
2 3 11 Jeopardy C
6 7 12 Where the Heart Is C
10 13 Bewitched C
The search is on for an alley cat-a victim of Serena's witchery.
11:25
6 7 12 News-Edwards
11:30
2 3 11 Name Droppers C
Guests: Amanda Blake, James Farentino and Jan Murray. Hosts: Al Lohman and Roger Barkley.
6 7 12 Search for Tomorrow C
10 13 Fashions in Sewing C
11:40
10 13 Freddy Fudd & The Little Rascals C
11:55
2 3 11 News-Kalbert
Noon
2 3 11 12 News C
6 7 News, Weather
12:10
6 12 13 Markets, Weather
10 News, Weather C
12:15
2 3 11 Elmer Childress C
12:20
6 12 Woman's World C
12:30
2 3 11 You're Putting Me On C
Guests: Jack Cater, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen, Alejandro Rey, Brenda Vaccaro and Gwen Verdon.
6 7 12 As the World Turns C
10 13 Let's Make a Deal C
1PM
2 3 11 Days of Our Lives C
6 7 12 Love is a Many-Splendored Thing C
10 13 Newlywed Game C
1:30
2 3 11 Doctors C
6 7 12 Guiding Light C
10 13 Dating Game C
2PM
2 3 11 Another World C
6 7 12 Secret Storm C
10 13 General Hospital C
2:30
2 3 11 He Said! She Said! C (preempting Bright Promise)
6 7 12 Edge of Night C
10 13 One Life to Live
3PM
2 3 11 Letters to Laugh-In C
Guests: Ruth Buzzi, Norm Crosby, Louis Nye and Carolyn Jones.
6 7 12 Gomer Pyle, USMC C
A night-club owner is determined to pirate Gomer's golden voice.
10 13 Dark Shadows C
3:30
2 3 11 Major Astro C (the long-running Kansas children's show)
6 7 12 Mike Douglas C
Guests: Shelley Berman, Sam Levenson, actress Butterfly McQueen and Little Anthony & The Imperials. Paul Smith orchestra.
10 13 Movie
'Dick Tracy, Detective.' (1945) Master detective Tracy and sideick Pat Patton are on the trail of a scarfaced criminal. Based on the comic-strip characters created by Chester Gould. Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys.
4:30
2 3 11 Perry Mason
'The Garrulous Go-Between.' Clairvoyant Mme. Zillia foretells a death in Amy Scott's life-and then Amy's landlord is murdered. Amy: Sue Randall. Zillia: Lori March.
10 13 Santa Claus C
5PM
6 7 12 Truth or Consequences C
10 13 ABC News-Reynolds/Smith C
5:30
2 3 11 NBC News-Huntley/Brinkley C
6 7 12 CBS News-Cronkite C
10 News, Weather C
13 News, Weather, Markets
6PM
2 3 11 12 News C
6 7 News, Weather, Sports
10 13 Lawman
Deputy McKay arrives in town, bloody and blind-folded. Outlaw Cole Reese has given him instructions for Troop-telling him how to get Lily Merrill back alive. Troop: John Russell. McKay: Peter Brown. Reese: Paul Comi.
6:30
2 3 11 Daniel Boone C
Detroit Lion Alex Karras makes his TV acting debut in 'The Cache.' Josh is headed for Kentucky's highest hanging tree unless Daniel nails the poaches who framed him for murdering a trapper and hiding his pelts. Josh: Jimmy Dean. Williams: Alex Karras.
6 7 12 Family Affair C
'Number One Boy.' French faces competition from a foreign import when Ng Ho, Bill's efficient and ambitious servant from Hong Kong, moves into the Davis domicile-lock, stock and chopsticks. French: Sebastian Cabot. Bill: Brian Keith. Ng Ho: Benson Fong.
10 13 Jacques Cousteau C
Special: 'The Desert Whales,' telecast in October to wide critical acclaim, is rerun. Cousteau and the men of Calypso study the California grey whale as it migrates from the arctic to breeding grounds in Baja California. Dr. Ted Walker of the Scripps Institution joins the expedition to learn more about ways to save the 30-ton mammals from extinction. Film highlights include courtship and mating of the greys, a diver's short-lived ride on a grey and efforts of the men to save a calf stranded on a sand bar. Rod Sterling and Cousteau narrate.
7PM
6 7 12 Jim Nabors C
Jim's guest is Bobbie Gentry. In sketches, Bobbie (as sexy Delta Dawn) schemes to marry Beau Weevil (Jim), heir to a large plantation; the Brothers-in-Law try to rig a foolproof burglar alarm. Finale: the cast offers a musical salute to mountain country. Frank Sutton, Ronnie Schell, Karen Morrow, Nabors Kids, Tony Mordente dancers. Southern medley: 'Stars Fell on Alabama,' 'Jackson,' 'Alabamy Bound' (Jim, Bobbie); 'Greyhound Goin' Somewhere' (Bobbie).
7:30
2 3 11 Ironside C
'L'Chayim.' Ironside tries to recover a priceless Torah stolen from a vandalized synagogue. The danger is that the thieves will destroy the ancient scroll once they discover it's of value to no one but the members of the small congregation.Rabbi Farber: David Opatoshu. Jim Trannon: Shelly Novack.
10 13 Bewitched C
Samantha juggles an unlikely and unwieldy pair of house guests: Mother Goose (courtesy of Esmeralda's inept magic) and mother Stephens (courtesy of her husband, whom she has left). Mother Goose: Jane Connell. Mrs. Stephens: Mabel Albertson.
8PM
6 7 12 Movie
'Ten Little Indians,' (1965) the Agatha Christie mystery classic. Eight disparate strangers are summoned to a remote Alpine castle, where a recorded voice informs them they will not leave alive. A remake of the 1945 film 'And Then There Were None.' Hugh O'Brian, Shirley Eaton, Leo Genn.
10 13 Tom Jones C
Last of six shows taped in Hollywood. Guests: Glen Campbell, Janis Joplin and the Committe, comedy troupe (appearing in sketches about automatic elevators, graffiti and life-sized talking dolls). Jack Parnell orchestra. Highlights: 'Someday Soon,' 'The Impossible Dream' (Glen), 'Little Girl Blue' (Janis), 'Didn't We?', 'In the Midnight Hour,' 'You Came a Long Way from St. Louis,' 'My Girl Maria,' 'Raise Your Hand' (Tom, Janis), 'Land of 1000 Dances' (Tom), 'I Want to Thank You' (Tom, Glen).
8:30
2 3 11 Dragnet 1970 C
The police mount a rolling stakeout to nab robbers burglarizing businesses in the north end of town. The only clue is a bizarre trademark left hanging on the doors: a red cloth marked with an 'X'.
9PM
2 3 11 Billy Graham Crusade C
Special: Evangelist Billy Graham sermonizes on 'The Future Life-Heaven or Hell' in this taped segment of his October Southern California Crusade. Guests include singers Norma Zimmer and George Beverly Shea. Cliff Barrows directs the Crusade Choir.
10 13 It Takes a Thief C
Alister Mundy (Fred Astaire) has triple trouble: thwarting the assassinations of himself and son Al, squelching an enemy threat on the U.S. economy and keeping a lady columnist off base as she probes his affinity for high-level thievery. Al: Robert Wagner.
10PM
2 3 6 7 11 12 News, Weather, Sports
10 12 13 News C
10:25
13 News, Sports (this is in B&W, guessing the color news was a KAKE simulcast?)
10:30
2 3 11 Johnny Carson C
6 7 12 Merv Griffin C
Scheduled: George Jessel and comic George Carlin.
10 13 Joey Bishop C
12AM
6 12 Movie
'The Charge at Feather River.' (1953) A Calvary unit heads out to search for two women captured by the Cheyennes. Guy Madison, Frank Lovejoy, Vera Miles.