Retro: Kentucky Sunday, November 12, 1972

[bpatrick]

From TV Guide, Kentucky Edition:

WAVE Ch. 3 Louisville (NBC)

7 AM Insight
7:30 Farm Report
8 AM Gospel Jubilee
8:55 Jot
9 AM The Story (Lexington-based religious
program with a small syndication)
9:30 This Is The Life
10 AM Jetsons (delay from Sat 8:30 AM)
10:30 Please Don't Eat The Daisies
11 AM Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea
12 N Story Theatre (Paul Sills' repertory troupe in
three stories: "Three Snake Leaves" (a Grimm
tale about a dead princess brought to life),
"Clever Gretel" (a cook who cheats her employer
out of dinner), "Theft Of A Smell" (a fool outwits
a baker.) (I remember only one other station carrying
this show, Ch. 7 in Washington, DC, Fridays at 7:30 in
the 1971-72 season.)
12:30 Meet The Press
1 PM NFL Football: Raiders-Bengals
4 PM Movie: "A Man Called Gannon" (time approximate) (the
reference is not to Harry Morgan's character Bill Gannon;
Tony Franciosa plays the title role)
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News (Garrick Utley)
7 PM Wild Kingdom
7:30 Clerow Wilson And The Miracle Of P.S. 14 (animated Flip
Wilson special, pre-empts Disney)
8 PM Snoopy's International Ice Follies (Charles Schulz hosts)
9 PM The Trouble With People (five Neil Simon short plays: "The
Greasy Diner" with James Coco and Dena ("It's not nice to
fool Mother Nature") Dietrich; "The Man Who Got A Ticket"
with George C. Scott (a computer error sends a man 369
summonses for one parking violation; "The Night Visitor"
with Renee Taylor and Joseph Campanella (he's a detective
trying to catch a prowler, she's the lure who ends up chasing
Campanella; "The Office Sharers" with Gene Wilder and Jack
Weston (think "The Odd Couple" in an office); "Double Trouble"
(Alan Arkin and Valerie Harper as a couple, both of whom are ill,
trying to make it through the night)
10 PM Night Gallery (Ozzie and Harriet as an inept couple of scientists
trying to complete an experiment in immortality)
10:30 The Evil Touch (Julie Harris is an invalid who witnesses a gangland
murder and becomes their next target--imagine what Hitchcock
could have done with this.)
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Movie Murderer" (an arsonist destroying movie films)

WLWT Ch. 5 Cincinnati (NBC)

7:30 Agriculture Today
8 AM Catholic Mass
8:30 Sunday Soul
9 AM Cadle Chapel (a fixture on the WLW stations for years; even
Ch. 11 in Atlanta ran it in its WLW-A days)
9:30 Church By The Road
10 AM World Front (students from Taylor University discuss Haiti and
the Dominican Republic)
10:30 NAACP Presents
11 AM Springer School (a school for children with mild learning disabilities--
wonder if this is connected in any way to Jerry Springer?)
11:15 TBA
11:30 Notre Dame Highlights (Notre Dame-Air Force, played the preceding day)
12:30 Meet The Press
1 PM NFL Football: Chiefs-Steelers (the Bengals must have been blacked out)
4 PM World Of Survival (time approximate)
4:30 Movie: "Out Of Sight" (this 1966 musical features a couple of the era's
hottest groups: Gary Lewis and the Playboys, and Freddie and the Dreamers)
6 PM News
6:30 Only The Strong (the U.S.-USSR arms race)
7 PM This Is Your Life (David Hartman is surprised by Jerry Lewis, Carol Channing,
and E.G. Marshall)
7:30 Clerow Wilson And The Miracle Of P.S. 14
8 PM Snoopy's International Ice Follies
9 PM The Trouble With People
10 PM Night Gallery
10:30 The Protectors
11 PM News
11:30 Sunday Tonight Show (Dr. Irwin Stillman, author of "Doctor's Quick
Weight Loss Diet"; Dr. David Reuben, author of "Everything You Always
Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask"; singer Lana
Cantrell)

WCPO Ch. 9 Cincinnati (CBS)

7 AM Kentucky Afield
7:30 Movie: "Magoo In The King's Service" (three episodes of "The Famous
Adventures Of Mr. Magoo," with him playing D'Artagnan in "The Three
Musketeers"; Cyrano in "Cyrano de Bergerac"; and Merlin the Magician
in "King Arthur")
9 AM Archie's Fun House
9:30 Harlem Globetrotters (animated)
10 AM Focus On Environment
10:30 Police Call (the Hamilton County Disaster Council)
11 AM Call The Doctor (topic: dentistry)
12 N Movie: "Blood Alley" (John Wayne--this is the movie he plugged during
his "I Love Lucy" appearance)
2 PM Suspense Theatre
3 PM Face The Nation
3:30 The NFL Today
4 PM NFL Football: Lions-Vikings
7 PM Impact (time approximate)
7:30 Anna And The King
8 PM M*A*S*H
8:30 Sandy Duncan Show
9 PM The New Dick Van Dyke Show (the cast members get to play
their favorite personalities: Van Dyke as Mark Twain and Fred
Astaire; Hope Lange as Lena Horne; Nancy Dussault as Barbra
Streisand; Fannie Flagg as Lady Bird Johnson)
9:30 Mannix
10:30 Half The George Kirby Comedy Hour (guest: Pat Paulsen)
11 PM News
11:30 CBS Movie: "Hornets' Nest" (delayed from Fri, either 9 or 11:30 PM)

WHAS Ch. 11 Louisville (CBS)

7:30 Lamp Unto My Feet (delay from 10 AM)
8 AM Look Up And Live (delay from 10:30 AM)
8:30 Day Of Discovery
9 AM Town And Country
9:30 Harlem Globetrotters
10 AM Here Come The Brides
11 AM Church Service (probably Walnut Street Baptist Church)
12 N Face The Nation
12:30 The NFL Today
1 PM NFL Football: Giants-Redskins
4 PM NFL Football: Lions-Vikings (time approximate)
7 PM Jefferson County Youth Orchestra (time approximate)
7:30 Anna And The King
8 PM M*A*S*H
8:30 Sandy Duncan Show
9 PM New Dick Van Dyke Show
9:30 Mannix
10:30 CBS News (Dan Rather)
10:45 News
11 PM Movie: "Rio Bravo"

WKRC Ch. 12 Cincinnati (ABC)

6:30 Noel Gospel Singers
7 AM Old-Time Gospel Hour (Jerry Falwell)
8 AM Rex Humbard
9 AM Oral Roberts
9:30 Dialogue
10 AM Toward The Year 2000
10:30 Perspective
11 AM Skipper Ryle
12:30 Day Of Discovery
1 PM Movie: "Gaslight"
3:30 Movie: "A Day At The Races" (usually considered one
of the Marx Brothers' best, along with "Night At The
Opera" and "Duck Soup")
5:30 Wagon Train
7 PM Untamed World
7:30 News
8 PM The FBI
9 PM ABC Movie: "True Grit"
11:30 News
12 M Issues And Answers (delay from 1:30 PM)
12:30 Directions (delay from 1 PM)
1 AM ABC News (Bill Beutel)

WKPC Ch. 15 Louisville (PBS)

6:30 Mormon Tabernacle Choir
7 PM Zoom
7:30 The Just Generation (topic: no-fault insurance)
8 PM Family Game (topic: is the church relevant to
young people?)
8:30 French Chef
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre: "Cousin Bette," Part 2
10 PM Firing Line (guest: former British Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan)
sign off 11 PM

WLEX Ch. 18 Lexington (NBC)

7 AM Old-Time Gospel Hour
8 AM Rev. Walter Strong
8:30 Revival Fires
9 AM Gospel Jubilee
10 AM New Shapes: Education
10:30 Church Service
11:30 This Week In Pro Football (this is the year the
Dolphins completed modern pro football's only
perfect season; they had played Buffalo the
week before)
12:30 Meet The Press
1 PM NFL Football: Chiefs-Steelers
4 PM Man From U.N.C.L.E. (time approximate)
5 PM Special Issues (topic: minority representation
in government)
5:30 Film
6 PM Hollywood Squares (Raymond Burr, Buddy Hackett,
Florence Henderson, Carl Reiner, and Paul Lynde
are listed.)
6:30 NBC News
7 PM John Ray (football highlights; I'm wondering if this
is Eastern Kentucky University, since WKYT was
and is UK's station for sports)
7:30 Clerow Wilson And The Miracle Of P.S. 14
8 PM Snoopy's International Ice Follies
9 PM The Trouble With People
10 PM Night Gallery
10:30 This Is Your Life (same as Ch. 5)
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness"

WXIX Ch. 19 Cincinnati (Ind.)

7 AM Brother Al
7:30 Bob Harrington (the "Chaplain of Bourbon Street")
8 AM Wonderama
11 AM Flintstones (x2)
12 N Movie: "Sands Of Iwo Jima"
2 PM Movie: "Charlie Chan At The Olympics"
3:30 Movie: "Tarzan And The Valley Of Gold"
5:30 Movie: "The Walking Dead" (who else but Boris Karloff?)
7 PM Lassie
7:30 Mancini Generation (guests: Ed Ames and George Kirby)
8 PM Lawrence Welk (salute to George Gershwin)
9 PM Roller Game Of The Week
11 PM CBS News (pre-empted on Ch. 9)
11:15 David Susskind (Arab and Israeli grad students discuss
the U.S.)

WKYT Ch. 27 Lexington (CBS)

7 AM Mormon Tabernacle Choir
7:30 Tobacco Talk
8 AM Rex Humbard
9 AM Archie's Fun House
9:30 Harlem Globetrotters
10 AM Day Of Discovery
10:30 Right On!
11 AM It Is Written
11:30 Face The Nation
12 N Roy Terry (probably UK football highlights)
12:30 NFL Today
1 PM NFL Football: Giants-Redskins
4 PM NFL Football: Lions-Vikings (time approximate)
7 PM Wild Kingdom (time approximate)
7:30 Anna And The King
8 PM M*A*S*H
8:30 Sandy Duncan Show
9 PM New Dick Van Dyke Show
9:30 Mannix
10:30 The Adventurer (Gene Barry)
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Comancheros"

WLKY Ch. 32 Louisville (ABC)

7 AM Agriscope
7:30 Don Young (religion)
8 AM Outreach '72
8:30 Rex Humbard
9:30 Oral Roberts
10 AM Reason And Controversy
10:30 Church Service
11:30 Make A Wish
12 N College Football '72 (highlights of Ohio
State-Michigan State, UCLA-Washington)
1 PM Directions
1:30 Issues And Answers
2 PM Wrestling
3 PM Movie: "My Six Loves" (Debbie Reynolds as
a Broadway star who becomes foster mother
to six orphans.)
4:45 Changing Times
5 PM The Explorers
5:30 Police Surgeon (guest star: Leslie Nielsen)
6 PM Movie: "Some Like It Hot"
8 PM The FBI
9 PM ABC Movie: "True Grit"
11:30 Movie: "Shane"

WDRB Ch. 41 Louisville (Ind.)

7:30 Bob Harrington
8 AM Billy James Hargis And His All-American
Kids
8:30 Revival Fires
9 AM It Is Written
9:30 TBA
10 AM Kathryn Kuhlman
10:30 Herald Of Truth
11 AM Flipper
11:30 Movie: "Heidi" (Shirley Temple...forget the
1968 NBC version that cut off the end of
the Jets-Raiders game)
1 PM Movie: "Gentle Giant" (movie that spawned
"Gentle Ben")
3 PM Lancer
4 PM Movie: "Red River"
6 PM Tarzan
7 PM Lassie
7:30 Johnny Mann's Stand Up And Cheer (guest:
Lou Rawls)
8 PM Lawrence Welk
9 PM Mancini Generation (guests: the Lennon Sisters
and Henny Youngman)
9:30 Judd For The Defense
10:30 Movie: "The Chapman Report"

WBLG Ch. 62 (WTVQ Ch. 36) Lexington (ABC)

8:30 Outreach '72
9 AM Old-Time Gospel Hour
10 AM Curiosity Shop
11 AM Church Service
12 N College Football '72
1 PM CORE Soul Den
1:30 Issues And Answers
2 PM Recreation Today
2:30 Wrestling
3:30 Movie: "Little Miss Broadway" (Shirley Temple)
5 PM Movie: "The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre"
7 PM I Spy
8 PM The FBI
9 PM ABC Movie: "True Grit"
11:30 ABC News
11:45 News
12 M TBA

E Kentucky Educational Television (WKZT/23 Elizabethtown,
WKSO/29 Somerset, WKMR/38 Morehead, WKLE/46 Lexington,
WKON/52 Owenton, WCVN/54 Covington, WKMJ/68 Louisville)

7 PM Zoom
7:30 The Just Generation
8 PM Family Game
8:30 French Chef
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre
10 PM Firing Line

 

[mleach]

WLKY Ch. 32 Louisville (ABC)

11:30 Movie: "Shane"

I wonder if WLKY's decision to had picked this movie to air had anything to do with the then-recent and tragic death of one of the main stars of the movie "Shane", Brandon De Wilde? Brandon was only 30 and had recently got married only to die in a Denver area motorcycle crash. Even though Brandon had died in July, I would imagine many were still shocked by the time of these listings.

 

[Charles1]

John Ray was the football coach at UK, so I think it's safe to assume that Channel 18 was showing the UK coach's show. Not sure about the show on Channel 27.

 

[radiorob2.0]

John Ray was the football coach at UK, so I think it's safe to assume that Channel 18 was showing the UK coach's show. Not sure about the show on Channel 27.

1972 was the last year WLEX was the UK station. The coaches show and games moved to WKYT the following season.

WLEX Ch. 18 Lexington (NBC)
10:30 Church Service

The church service is from Immanuel Baptist Church. This is from the WLEX Wikipedia entry:

First station to air regularly-scheduled church service telecast in Kentucky (Immanuel Baptist)

They don't give a year but the relationship might still exist today.

 

[bpatrick]

WKYT has been the UK station as long as I've been following
Kentucky television, so I wasn't aware that WLEX had UK sports
at the time. The coaches' show on 27 may have been EKU or
possibly Kentucky State (I think it's called), a predominantly-
black school in Frankfort.

Immanuel Baptist Church does sound right re WLEX's Sunday
church service.

 

[radiorob2.0]

WKYT has been the UK station as long as I've been following
Kentucky television, so I wasn't aware that WLEX had UK sports
at the time. The coaches' show on 27 may have been EKU or
possibly Kentucky State (I think it's called), a predominantly-
black school in Frankfort.

Immanuel Baptist Church does sound right re WLEX's Sunday
church service.

WLEX was dominant over WKYT until the very early seventies in may ways including UK coverage. It was only when WKYT was purchased Garvis Kincaid (Kentucky Central/WVLK) that they challenged Channel 18 and won. Kentucky Central Television poured money into the facility replacing and upgrading about everything. The story goes that after the sale Kincaid asked what was needed to compete. Someone answered, "You see that red light atop the tower? Everything below that needs to be replaced or upgraded." The thing that helped WKYT with UK coverage is when they commissioned the construction of "The Million Dollar Baby". It was a tractor trailer converted into a mobile television production facility. It was used and leased extensively for sports broadcasting. I'm not sure if it is still in use today or was replaced or retired.

Lexington television was basically WLEX and WKYT while WTVQ (formally WBLG) was a distant third and would remain that way until the late eighties when their owners decided to compete.

 

[azumanga]

Lexington television was basically WLEX and WKYT while WTVQ (formally WBLG) was a distant third and would remain that way until the late eighties when their owners decided to compete.

In WBLG/WTVQ's case, it's litteral as well, until 1980, when the station moved from 62 to 36.

 

[radiorob2.0]

Lexington television was basically WLEX and WKYT while WTVQ (formally WBLG) was a distant third and would remain that way until the late eighties when their owners decided to compete.

In WBLG/WTVQ's case, it's litteral as well, until 1980, when the station moved from 62 to 36.

The move to 36 was a band aid as everything else remained the same. Their news ratings were always distant third compared to WKYT and WLEX. It wasn't until about 1987 the owner invested in their news presence. A couple of years later they hired long time weatherman Brad James from WKYT and later reunited him with long time anchor John Lindgren formally of WKYT. Lindgren had left the market for a quick stint in Nashville. Through the nineties WTVQ finally made news a three station race often on the heels of WKYT.

 

[dxtrfn]

1 PM NFL Football: Chiefs-Steelers (the Bengals must have been blacked out)

all NFL games were blacked out in home markets regardless if sold out or not until 1973.

 

[DToTheJ]

WLWT Ch. 5 Cincinnati (NBC)
11 AM Springer School (a school for children with mild learning disabilities--
wonder if this is connected in any way to Jerry Springer?)

Did they sell adult diapers back in 1972? :

 

[Stanislav]

WLWT Ch. 5 Cincinnati (NBC)
11 AM Springer School (a school for children with mild learning disabilities--
wonder if this is connected in any way to Jerry Springer?)

Did they sell adult diapers back in 1972? :

Springer's "guests" need diapers on their mouths, not the other end.....