SOURCE: San Diego Union and San Diego Evening Tribune from San Diego, California, Times-Advocate in Escondido, California.
Here is the complete schedule of the August 1976 Membership Campaign from PBS affiliate KPBS-TV in San Diego, CA from Saturday August 21st through Sunday August 29th, 1976 (PBS' Second National August Membership Drive since 1975).
NOTE: KPBS is conducting its usual local Membership Campaign called "KPBS Membership Days" but PBS' second August National Annual Membership Fund-raising and public awareness campaign, and it will include Membership Appeals between regularly scheduled programs, so I don't know if KPBS had another membership pledge campaign after the February 1974 Public Television Membership Week or before the December 1974 Awareness Week or before the 1975 membership drives and Festival' 76 (March 7-21, 1976), and any other membership pledge drive in 1972 and 1973.
SO PRETTY PLEASE Let me know in the comments or questions or suggestions for any concern... DON'T HESITATE, COMMENT ANYTIME!!
Part 1: SATURDAY AUGUST 21ST, 1976
7:00 AM Sesame Street
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:00 AM The Electric Company
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:30 AM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
9:00 AM Sesame Street
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
10:00 AM The Electric Company
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
10:30 AM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
11:00 AM Zoom
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
11:30 AM College for Canines
12:00 PM Pastels in the Land of Cabrillo
12:30 PM Erica
1:00 PM The Romangolis' Table
1:30 PM Entertaining at Home
2:00 PM American Indian Artists
2:30 PM NOVA: Inside the Shark
Is the shark really as scary as he looks? Of the more than 300 species of sharks, most are perfectly harmelss, living on diets that include almost anything except man But some sharks do attack, maim and kill bathers. NOVA finds out why, and takes a look at recent developments in shark repellents.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
3:30 PM Guppies to Groupers
4:00 PM U.S.A.: People and Politics
5:00 PM The Olympiad
"Women Gold Medal Winners" pays tribute to some of the swifter, stronger and higher-jumping women athletes.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
6:00 PM Washington Week in Review
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
6:30 PM Wall Street Week
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
7:00 PM Big Band Cavalcade
Encore presentation from Festival '75 (March 7-March 17, 1975).
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:00 PM The 1976 Drum Corps International Championships
The top 12 Drum Corps from the U.S. and Canada all compete in four hours of drum and bugle pageantry from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
12:00 AM
SUNDAY AUGUST 22ND, 1976
7:00 AM Sesame Street
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:00 AM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:30 AM Sesame Street
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
9:30 AM The Electric Company
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
10:00 AM Big Blue Marble
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
10:30 AM Zoom
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
11:00 AM Five String Breakdown: Advanced Banjo
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
11:30 AM Evening at Pops: Roy Clark (Repeat)
Country-western star Roy Clark joins Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
12:30 PM The Good Old Days of Radio
Host: Steve Allen.
Encore presentation from Festival '76 (March 7-21, 1976).
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
2:00 PM Grand Prix Tennis Tournament
Semi-finals in Rothman's Canadian Open Championships from Toronto, Canada.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
6:00 PM A Tribute to Johann Strauss
Encore presentation from Festival '76 (March 7-21, 1976).
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
7:00 PM Upstairs, Downstairs: "If You Were The Only Girl"
Hazel scandalizes Lady Prudence by going dancing with a young flying officer.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:00 PM Evening at Pops: Ray Bolger
Song and dance man Ray Bolger joins Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops. Bolger sings a medley of "The Wizard of Oz" and soft-shoes his way through "Once In Love With Amy".
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
9:00 PM Masterpiece Theatre: Shoulder To Shoulder: "Outrage."
To dramatize the suffragette cause, Emily Wilding Davison throws herself under the hoofs of the King's horse at the Derby.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
10:00 PM Great Performances: "Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill."
Mrs. Patrick Campbell succeeds in getting Jennie's play produced but her real interest is in George. Jennie is furious when she learns that George is leaving her for Mrs. Pat. Starring Lee Remick.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
11:00 PM At the Top: Count Basie
Count Basie, backed by his strongest group in 40 years, provides an evening of big-band jazz.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
12:00 AM
NOTE: Each of the special programs during the August 1976 Membership Campaign will include KPBS membership breaks where they will be asking for membership support by calling: (714) 583-2120, Memberships start at $15 a year, although any amount is welcomed. With this minimum membership, the individual is sent the monthly "KPBS Guide" which previews upcoming programs through articles and listings. With a $30 a year membership, a person is entitled to receive special book premiums and for a $50 membership, members will receive both of the book premiums, and it goes for a $75 membership, and for a $100 membership to KPBS, All Memberships are tax-deductible and All Memberships are for 12 months and Bankamericard or Mastercharge are accepted.
CALL US NOW!! 583-2120!!
Here is the complete schedule of the August 1976 Membership Campaign from PBS affiliate KPBS-TV in San Diego, CA from Saturday August 21st through Sunday August 29th, 1976 (PBS' Second National August Membership Drive since 1975).
NOTE: KPBS is conducting its usual local Membership Campaign called "KPBS Membership Days" but PBS' second August National Annual Membership Fund-raising and public awareness campaign, and it will include Membership Appeals between regularly scheduled programs, so I don't know if KPBS had another membership pledge campaign after the February 1974 Public Television Membership Week or before the December 1974 Awareness Week or before the 1975 membership drives and Festival' 76 (March 7-21, 1976), and any other membership pledge drive in 1972 and 1973.
SO PRETTY PLEASE Let me know in the comments or questions or suggestions for any concern... DON'T HESITATE, COMMENT ANYTIME!!
Part 1: SATURDAY AUGUST 21ST, 1976
7:00 AM Sesame Street
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:00 AM The Electric Company
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:30 AM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
9:00 AM Sesame Street
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
10:00 AM The Electric Company
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
10:30 AM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
11:00 AM Zoom
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
11:30 AM College for Canines
12:00 PM Pastels in the Land of Cabrillo
12:30 PM Erica
1:00 PM The Romangolis' Table
1:30 PM Entertaining at Home
2:00 PM American Indian Artists
2:30 PM NOVA: Inside the Shark
Is the shark really as scary as he looks? Of the more than 300 species of sharks, most are perfectly harmelss, living on diets that include almost anything except man But some sharks do attack, maim and kill bathers. NOVA finds out why, and takes a look at recent developments in shark repellents.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
3:30 PM Guppies to Groupers
4:00 PM U.S.A.: People and Politics
5:00 PM The Olympiad
"Women Gold Medal Winners" pays tribute to some of the swifter, stronger and higher-jumping women athletes.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
6:00 PM Washington Week in Review
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
6:30 PM Wall Street Week
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
7:00 PM Big Band Cavalcade
Encore presentation from Festival '75 (March 7-March 17, 1975).
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:00 PM The 1976 Drum Corps International Championships
The top 12 Drum Corps from the U.S. and Canada all compete in four hours of drum and bugle pageantry from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
12:00 AM
SUNDAY AUGUST 22ND, 1976
7:00 AM Sesame Street
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:00 AM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:30 AM Sesame Street
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
9:30 AM The Electric Company
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
10:00 AM Big Blue Marble
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
10:30 AM Zoom
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
11:00 AM Five String Breakdown: Advanced Banjo
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
11:30 AM Evening at Pops: Roy Clark (Repeat)
Country-western star Roy Clark joins Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
12:30 PM The Good Old Days of Radio
Host: Steve Allen.
Encore presentation from Festival '76 (March 7-21, 1976).
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
2:00 PM Grand Prix Tennis Tournament
Semi-finals in Rothman's Canadian Open Championships from Toronto, Canada.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
6:00 PM A Tribute to Johann Strauss
Encore presentation from Festival '76 (March 7-21, 1976).
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
7:00 PM Upstairs, Downstairs: "If You Were The Only Girl"
Hazel scandalizes Lady Prudence by going dancing with a young flying officer.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:00 PM Evening at Pops: Ray Bolger
Song and dance man Ray Bolger joins Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops. Bolger sings a medley of "The Wizard of Oz" and soft-shoes his way through "Once In Love With Amy".
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
9:00 PM Masterpiece Theatre: Shoulder To Shoulder: "Outrage."
To dramatize the suffragette cause, Emily Wilding Davison throws herself under the hoofs of the King's horse at the Derby.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
10:00 PM Great Performances: "Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill."
Mrs. Patrick Campbell succeeds in getting Jennie's play produced but her real interest is in George. Jennie is furious when she learns that George is leaving her for Mrs. Pat. Starring Lee Remick.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
11:00 PM At the Top: Count Basie
Count Basie, backed by his strongest group in 40 years, provides an evening of big-band jazz.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS AUGUST 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
12:00 AM
NOTE: Each of the special programs during the August 1976 Membership Campaign will include KPBS membership breaks where they will be asking for membership support by calling: (714) 583-2120, Memberships start at $15 a year, although any amount is welcomed. With this minimum membership, the individual is sent the monthly "KPBS Guide" which previews upcoming programs through articles and listings. With a $30 a year membership, a person is entitled to receive special book premiums and for a $50 membership, members will receive both of the book premiums, and it goes for a $75 membership, and for a $100 membership to KPBS, All Memberships are tax-deductible and All Memberships are for 12 months and Bankamericard or Mastercharge are accepted.
CALL US NOW!! 583-2120!!
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