Retro: KFIZ-TV/34 Fond du Lac WI, April 1-7, 1972
Source: TV Guide Wisconsin Edition, 1 April 1972
[c] indicates color program.
Saturday, 1 April 1972
AFTERNOON
1:00 Roller Game Of The Week [c] (Los Angeles Thunderbirds vs. New York Bombers, relayed from WVTV/18 Milwaukee)
2:30 Roller Derby [c] (tape-delayed from WITI/6 Milwaukee 1:30 PM)
3:30 Hogan’s Heroes [c]
4:00 Dennis the Menace
4:30 RFD 34 [c] (locally-produced agricultural newscast anchored by Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter farm correspondent Harley Bucholz)
5:00 Bowl-a-Thon [c] (Jeff Bonnett of Oshkosh vs. John Suprenard of Oakfield)
EVENING
6:30 Call of The West [c]
7:00 Lloyd Bridges’ Water World [c] (scuba diving and treasure hunting off the island of Tortuga)
7:30 Movie [Bikini Theater] (Runaway Daughters, 1956 drama starring Maria English and Anna Sten)
9:30 Wrestling (AWA “All-Star Wrestling” from WTCN-TV/11 Minneapolis; curiously, TV Guide indicates this rerun of the previous Sunday’s first-run is in black&white while tomorrow night’s first-run is to be in color)
10:30 Movie [Shock Theater] (It Conquered The World, 1956 science fiction starring Peter Graves, Beverly Garland and Lee Van Cleef)
Sunday, 2 April 1972
AFTERNOON
12:00 Dick Rodgers Polka Show [c] (polka hour from WLUK/11 Green Bay but relayed from WVTV)
1:00 Gospel Jubilee [c] (relayed from WVTV)
1:30 Alvin Styczinski [c] (polka hour tape-delayed from WBAY-TV/2 Green Bay 12:00)
2:30 Sunday Afternoon Movie 34 [c] (In the Year 2889, 1967 science fiction starring Paul Petersen; color remake of Roger Corman's The Day the World Ended)
4:00 Roy Rogers
5:00 Movie [Sci-Fi Theater] [c] (Man in Outer Space, 1964 science fiction starring Fernando Rey and Lisa Gaye)
EVENING
6:30 Wrestling [c] (another tape of the AWA “All-Star Wrestling” from WTCN-TV)
7:30 Kup’s Show [c] (Irv Kupcinet’s talk show from WMAQ-TV/5 Chicago, relayed from WVTV; this week’s guests include film producers John Houseman and Al Ruddy, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, Hugh Downs, Robert Vaughn and anthropologist Ashley Montagu)
9:00 Death Valley Days [c]
9:30 It Takes a Thief [c]
10:30 Sunday Late Movie 34 [c] (The King’s Pirate, 1967 adventure starring Doug McClure and Jill St. John; tongue-in-cheek remake of Errol Flynn’s Against All Flags)
Monday through Friday, 3-7 April 1972
MORNINGS
From 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, KFIZ-TV broadcast in-classroom educational programs under a contract with Northeastern Wisconsin In-School Television (NeWIST). When WPNE-TV/38 Green Bay signed on the air as a semi-satellite of NET/PBS charter affiliate WHA-TV/21 Madison in September, KFIZ-TV lost the NeWIST contract, partially hastening the demise of KFIZ-TV the following November.
11:30 Sesame Street [c] (relayed from WMVS/10 Milwaukee)
AFTERNOONS
12:30 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood [c] (relayed from WMVS)
2:15 The Electric Company [c] (relayed from WMVS)
3:00 Tempo with Steve Peterson & Wylma [c] (local chat show; Peterson was a disc jockey for KFIZ/1450 Fond du Lac and Wylma was a columnist for the Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter)
3:30 Sesame Street [c] (relayed from WMVS)
4:30 Uncle Doug’s Cartoon Club [c]
5:30 Land of the Giants [c]
EVENING
6:30 Hogan’s Heroes [c]
7:00 Dragnet [c]
Monday Evening, 3 April 1972
7:30 Movie 34 (Hercules of the Desert, 1964 Italian-produced adventure starring Kirk Morris and Hélène Chanel)
9:00 Movie 34 (The Moon is Down, 1943 war drama starring Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Henry Travers and Lee J. Cobb)
10:30 The Untouchables
Tuesday Evening, 4 April 1972
7:30 Movie 34 (The Bigamist, 1953 drama starring Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino and Edmond O’Brien)
9:00 Movie 34 (Roadracers, 1959 adventure starring Joel Lawrence)
10:30 The Untouchables
11:30 Election Returns [c] (this was the date of the 1972 Wisconsin Primary)
Wednesday Evening, 5 April 1972
7:30 Movie 34 (Tarzan’s Desert Mystery, 1943 adventure starring Johnny Weissmuller, Nancy Kelly and Johnny Sheffield)
9:00 Bowl-a-Thon [c] (repeat of Saturday’s match)
10:30 The Untouchables
Thursday Evening, 6 April 1972
7:30 Barbershop Harmony Time [c] (Doug McGrath hosts a program of barbershop quartets from Oshkosh, Fond du Lac and Ripon at Oshkosh’s Park Plaza Mall)
9:00 Movie 34 (Frontier Gambler, 1956 Western starring John Bromfield, Coleen Gray and Jim Davis)
10:30 The Untouchables
Friday Evening, 7 April 1972
7:30 Movie 34 (Seven Guns to Mesa, 1958 Western starring Charles Quinlivian and Lola Albright)
9:00 Movie 34 (The She-Creature, 1956 melodrama starring Chester Morris and Marla English)
10:30 The Untouchables
Source: TV Guide Wisconsin Edition, 1 April 1972
[c] indicates color program.
Saturday, 1 April 1972
AFTERNOON
1:00 Roller Game Of The Week [c] (Los Angeles Thunderbirds vs. New York Bombers, relayed from WVTV/18 Milwaukee)
2:30 Roller Derby [c] (tape-delayed from WITI/6 Milwaukee 1:30 PM)
3:30 Hogan’s Heroes [c]
4:00 Dennis the Menace
4:30 RFD 34 [c] (locally-produced agricultural newscast anchored by Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter farm correspondent Harley Bucholz)
5:00 Bowl-a-Thon [c] (Jeff Bonnett of Oshkosh vs. John Suprenard of Oakfield)
EVENING
6:30 Call of The West [c]
7:00 Lloyd Bridges’ Water World [c] (scuba diving and treasure hunting off the island of Tortuga)
7:30 Movie [Bikini Theater] (Runaway Daughters, 1956 drama starring Maria English and Anna Sten)
9:30 Wrestling (AWA “All-Star Wrestling” from WTCN-TV/11 Minneapolis; curiously, TV Guide indicates this rerun of the previous Sunday’s first-run is in black&white while tomorrow night’s first-run is to be in color)
10:30 Movie [Shock Theater] (It Conquered The World, 1956 science fiction starring Peter Graves, Beverly Garland and Lee Van Cleef)
Sunday, 2 April 1972
AFTERNOON
12:00 Dick Rodgers Polka Show [c] (polka hour from WLUK/11 Green Bay but relayed from WVTV)
1:00 Gospel Jubilee [c] (relayed from WVTV)
1:30 Alvin Styczinski [c] (polka hour tape-delayed from WBAY-TV/2 Green Bay 12:00)
2:30 Sunday Afternoon Movie 34 [c] (In the Year 2889, 1967 science fiction starring Paul Petersen; color remake of Roger Corman's The Day the World Ended)
4:00 Roy Rogers
5:00 Movie [Sci-Fi Theater] [c] (Man in Outer Space, 1964 science fiction starring Fernando Rey and Lisa Gaye)
EVENING
6:30 Wrestling [c] (another tape of the AWA “All-Star Wrestling” from WTCN-TV)
7:30 Kup’s Show [c] (Irv Kupcinet’s talk show from WMAQ-TV/5 Chicago, relayed from WVTV; this week’s guests include film producers John Houseman and Al Ruddy, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, Hugh Downs, Robert Vaughn and anthropologist Ashley Montagu)
9:00 Death Valley Days [c]
9:30 It Takes a Thief [c]
10:30 Sunday Late Movie 34 [c] (The King’s Pirate, 1967 adventure starring Doug McClure and Jill St. John; tongue-in-cheek remake of Errol Flynn’s Against All Flags)
Monday through Friday, 3-7 April 1972
MORNINGS
From 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, KFIZ-TV broadcast in-classroom educational programs under a contract with Northeastern Wisconsin In-School Television (NeWIST). When WPNE-TV/38 Green Bay signed on the air as a semi-satellite of NET/PBS charter affiliate WHA-TV/21 Madison in September, KFIZ-TV lost the NeWIST contract, partially hastening the demise of KFIZ-TV the following November.
11:30 Sesame Street [c] (relayed from WMVS/10 Milwaukee)
AFTERNOONS
12:30 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood [c] (relayed from WMVS)
2:15 The Electric Company [c] (relayed from WMVS)
3:00 Tempo with Steve Peterson & Wylma [c] (local chat show; Peterson was a disc jockey for KFIZ/1450 Fond du Lac and Wylma was a columnist for the Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter)
3:30 Sesame Street [c] (relayed from WMVS)
4:30 Uncle Doug’s Cartoon Club [c]
5:30 Land of the Giants [c]
EVENING
6:30 Hogan’s Heroes [c]
7:00 Dragnet [c]
Monday Evening, 3 April 1972
7:30 Movie 34 (Hercules of the Desert, 1964 Italian-produced adventure starring Kirk Morris and Hélène Chanel)
9:00 Movie 34 (The Moon is Down, 1943 war drama starring Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Henry Travers and Lee J. Cobb)
10:30 The Untouchables
Tuesday Evening, 4 April 1972
7:30 Movie 34 (The Bigamist, 1953 drama starring Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino and Edmond O’Brien)
9:00 Movie 34 (Roadracers, 1959 adventure starring Joel Lawrence)
10:30 The Untouchables
11:30 Election Returns [c] (this was the date of the 1972 Wisconsin Primary)
Wednesday Evening, 5 April 1972
7:30 Movie 34 (Tarzan’s Desert Mystery, 1943 adventure starring Johnny Weissmuller, Nancy Kelly and Johnny Sheffield)
9:00 Bowl-a-Thon [c] (repeat of Saturday’s match)
10:30 The Untouchables
Thursday Evening, 6 April 1972
7:30 Barbershop Harmony Time [c] (Doug McGrath hosts a program of barbershop quartets from Oshkosh, Fond du Lac and Ripon at Oshkosh’s Park Plaza Mall)
9:00 Movie 34 (Frontier Gambler, 1956 Western starring John Bromfield, Coleen Gray and Jim Davis)
10:30 The Untouchables
Friday Evening, 7 April 1972
7:30 Movie 34 (Seven Guns to Mesa, 1958 Western starring Charles Quinlivian and Lola Albright)
9:00 Movie 34 (The She-Creature, 1956 melodrama starring Chester Morris and Marla English)
10:30 The Untouchables