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Retro: Louisville/Lexington/Cincinnati Monday May 12, 1975

From TV Guide, Kentucky Edition:

WAVE Ch. 3 Louisville (NBC)

6 AM Folk Literature
6:30 Today In WAVE Country
7 AM Today (Jim Hartz/Barbara Walters)
9 AM Morning Show (Tiny Tim is a guest)
10 AM Celebrity Sweepstakes
10:30 Wheel Of Fortune
11 AM High Rollers
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N News
12:30 Mike Douglas
1:30 Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
4 PM Movie: "Strange Bedfellows"
5:30 Mickey Mouse Club
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News (John Chancellor)
7 PM To Tell The Truth
7:30 $25,000 Pyramid
8 PM Smothers Brothers (a second unsuccessful
attempt to revive their late-'60s classic--
the first had been on ABC in the summer of 1970)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Buck And The Preacher"
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show (Tennessee Ernie Ford subs for
Johnny)

WLWT Ch. 5 Cincinnati (NBC)

6:20 Good Morning
6:30 Dick Van Dyke
7 AM Today
9 AM Hollywood Squares
9:30 High Rollers
10 AM Celebrity Sweepstakes
10:30 Phil Donahue
11:30 Midday
12 N Bob Braun's 50-50 Club
1:30 Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
4 PM Family Affair
4:30 Beverly Hillbillies
5 PM I Dream Of Jeannie
5:30 Jackpot!
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM To Tell The Truth
7:30 Celebrity Sweepstakes
8 PM Indy 500 Qualification Highlights
9 PM Movie: "Rough Night In Jericho"
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
1 AM Tomorrow

WCPO Ch. 9 Cincinnati (CBS)

6:20 Farm News
6:30 Impact
7 AM CBS News (Hughes Rudd)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Uncle Al
10 AM Joker's Wild
10:30 Gambit
11 AM Now You See It
11:30 Tattletales
12 N Noon Report
1 PM Search For Tomorrow
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Guiding Light
2:30 Edge Of Night
3 PM Price Is Right
3:30 Match Game '75
4 PM Movie: "The Bridge On The River
Kwai" (Part 1 of 2)
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
7 PM Truth Or Consequences
7:30 Price Is Right (still listed as "New
Price Is Right")
8 PM Gunsmoke
9 PM Maude
9:30 Rhoda
10 PM Medical Center
11 PM News
11:30 CBS Movie: "My Darling Daughters'
Anniversary"
1 AM Christopher Closeup
1:15 News

WHAS Ch. 11 Louisville (CBS)

6:30 WHAS News Conference (rerun from
Sunday 7 PM--"60 Minutes" didn't
take over that slot until December)
7 AM CBS News
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Dick Van Dyke
9:30 Young And The Restless
10 AM Joker's Wild
10:30 Gambit
11 AM Now You See It
11:30 Love Of Life
11:55 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
12 N News
12:30 Omelet (local talk show)
1 PM Search For Tomorrow
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Guiding Light
2:30 Edge Of Night
3 PM Price Is Right
3:30 Match Game '75
4 PM Tattletales
4:30 Gomer Pyle, USMC
5 PM Beverly Hillbillies
5:30 Andy Griffith
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Preview: Crusade '75 (the annual WHAS
Children's Crusade--pre-empts "Beat The
Clock")

NOTE: Ch. 11 may carry a Colonels ABA finals game
tonight.

7:30 Jimmy Dean
8 PM Gunsmoke
9 PM Maude
9:30 Rhoda
10 PM Medical Center
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Westerner"
1:30 News

WKRC Ch. 12 Cincinnati (ABC)

6 AM Viewpoint On Nutrition
6:30 Speak Out
6:55 Graham Kerr (probably "Take Kerr")
7 AM A.M. America (Bill Beutel/Stephanie
Edwards)
9 AM Movie: "GI Blues" (Elvis Presley)
10:30 Money Maze
11 AM Nick Clooney (these two shows mean
90 minutes of George's dad)
12 N Password
12:30 Split Second
1 PM All My Children
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Strikes And Spares
2:30 Big Showdown
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 One Life To Live
4 PM Dinah!
5:30 News
6 PM ABC News (Howard K. Smith/
Harry Reasoner)
6:30 Diamond Head
7 PM Bowling For Dollars
7:30 Treasure Hunt
8 PM The Rookies
9 PM S.W.A.T.
10 PM Caribe
11 PM News
11:30 The FBI
12:30 Wide World Mystery: "Good Salary,
Prospects, Free Coffin"

WKPC Ch. 15 Louisville (PBS)

7 AM Sesame Street
8 AM Electric Company
8:30 In-school programs
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Villa Alegre
6 PM Electric Company
6:30 Kentucky GED Series
7 PM Evening At Symphony
8 PM Thin Edge (documentary about anxiety)
9 PM Tim Weisberg: Jazz Rock
9:30 One Of A Kind (guests: Dan Hicks and His
Hot Licks)
10 PM Camera South
11 PM Captioned ABC News
sign off 11:30 PM

WLEX Ch. 18 Lexington (NBC)

7 AM Today
9 AM Mike Douglas
10 AM Celebrity Sweepstakes
10:30 Wheel Of Fortune
11 AM High Rollers
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N News
12:30 Blank Check
12:55 NBC News (Edwin Newman)
1 PM Jackpot!
1:30 Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
4 PM Somerset
4:30 Tarzan
5:30 News
6 PM Metro Report
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Beverly Hillbillies
7:30 Jeopardy! (short-lived prime-access
version with Art Fleming)
8 PM Smothers Brothers
9 PM NBC Movie: "Buck And The Preacher"
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
1 AM Tomorrow

WXIX Ch. 19 Cincinnati (Ind.)

8 AM Perspective
8:30 New Zoo Revue
9 AM Cartoons
9:30 Flintstones (2 episodes)
10:30 Wheel Of Fortune
11 AM Blank Check
11:25 News
11:30 Somerset
12 N Young And The Restless
12:30 Love Of Life
12:55 CBS News
1 PM Movie: "Wake Of The Red Witch"
3 PM Bugs Bunny And Friends
3:30 Popeye
4 PM Flintstones
4:30 Gilligan's Island
5 PM Mickey Mouse Club
5:30 Bewitched
6 PM Star Trek
7 PM Ironside
8 PM The Lucy Show
8:30 Merv Griffin
10 PM Boris Karloff Presents Thriller
11 PM Dragnet
11:30 Movie: "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"

WKYT Ch. 27 Lexington (CBS)

7 AM CBS News
8 AM Town Talk
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM Joker's Wild
10:30 Gambit
11 AM Now You See It
11:30 Love Of Life
11:55 CBS News
12 N News
12:15 Bulletin Board
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Young And The Restless
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Guiding Light
2:30 Edge Of Night
3 PM Price Is Right
3:30 Mickey Mouse Club
4 PM The Virginian
5:30 News
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Hogan's Heroes
7:30 Bobby Goldsboro
8 PM Gunsmoke
9 PM Maude
9:30 Rhoda
10 PM Medical Center
11 PM News
11:30 CBS Movie: "My Darling Daughters'
Anniversary"

WLKY Ch. 32 Louisville (ABC)

6:30 New Zoo Revue
7 AM A.M. America
9 AM Dinah!
10:30 One Life To Live
11 AM Money Maze
11:30 Blankety Blanks
12 N Password
12:30 Split Second
1 PM All My Children
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM $10,000 Pyramid
2:30 Big Showdown
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 Movie: "The War Wagon"
5:30 News
6 PM ABC News
6:30 Hogan's Heroes
7 PM Hollywood Squares
7:30 What's My Line?
8 PM The Rookies
9 PM Movie: "5 Card Stud"
11 PM News
11:30 Perry Mason
12:30 Wide World Mystery (same as Ch. 12)

WDRB Ch. 41 Louisville (Ind.)

11 AM Introspect
11:30 Reed Farrell (Jim Nabors is guest from
Las Vegas)
12 N It's A New Day
12:30 700 Club
2 PM Manna
2:30 Bozo's Big Top
3 PM Presto The Clown
4 PM Three Stooges
4:30 Leave It To Beaver
5 PM Batman (2 episodes)
6 PM Gilligan's Island
6:30 Rifleman
7 PM Bewitched
7:30 The Lucy Show
8 PM Dealer's Choice
8:30 Merv Griffin
10 PM The Avengers
11 PM Movie: "Blood Alley"
1 AM Movie: "Flame Of The Islands"

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

6:50 New Zoo Revue
7:20 Romper Room
7:50 Graham Kerr
7:55 Farm Report
8 AM A.M. America
9 AM Movie: "Journey To Shiloh"
11 AM One Life To Live
11:30 Blankety Blanks
12 N Password
12:30 Split Second
1 PM All My Children
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM $10,000 Pyramid
2:30 Big Showdown
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 Addams Family
4 PM Gilligan's Island
4:30 That Girl
5 PM Truth Or Consequences
5:30 News
6 PM ABC News
6:30 Movie: "Tarzan And The Mermaids"
8 PM The Rookies
9 PM S.W.A.T.
10 PM Caribe
11 PM News
11:30 Wide World Mystery (same as Ch. 12)

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

8 AM Kentucky GED Series
8:30 In-school programs
3 PM Matter Of Fact/Fiction
3:30 Human Relations/School Discipline
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Villa Alegre
6 PM Electric Company
6:30 Zoom
7 PM Kentucky GED Series
7:30 Human Relations/School Discipline
8 PM Kentucky Magazine
8:30 Dialogue With Dr. Louis B. Leakey
(on the origins of man, produced at
Western Kentucky University)
9 PM Commonwealth Call-In (people can
phone in with questions about WHAS's
Children's Crusade)
10 PM L'Chaim! To Life!
11 PM Captioned ABC News
sign off 11:30 PM (in the Central Time Zone
counties this is 10:30, awfully early, I'd think)
 
bp, KET's sign-off at 11:30/10:30 was not unusual by any means. Prior to the 1990s, as we know, ETV stations were almost universally the last stations to sign on for the day and the first to sign off at night. I recall Nashville's WDCN (now WNPT) signing off at 10:30 during the 1980s, while Alabama Public Television hit the hay at 11. And it's a matter of common sense; with far less money to work than commercial stations, programming schedules had to of necessity be tighter, focused around the in-school needs, the kids' shows in the late afternoon, and documentaries and fine arts for adults in the evening. What this amounts to is that PBS didn't have the cash or the interest to slug it out with Johnny Carson.
 
Point partially conceded; I guess it looks strange to
me because KERA/13 Dallas often stayed on well past
midnight; Dallas is, of course, in the Central time zone.

But here in the Eastern time zone, as an indication of
how things have changed in nearly 35 years, UNC-TV
stays on 24 hours. Any other PBS stations or statewide
networks do this?
 
It is worth noting The Paul Dixon Show had just ended a twenty year run on WLW-T. Dixon had passed away a few months earlier and management decided to end the program than to find another host.
 
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