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Retro: Louisville/Lexington/Cincinnati Saturday, November 23, 1968

From TV Guide, Kentucky Edition:

WAVE Ch. 3 Louisville (NBC)

6:45 Light Time
7 AM Farming With Jack Crowner (an Indiana
farmer demonstrates how to freeze-brand
cattle)
7:30 Movie: "Panther Island" (Bomba the Jungle Boy,
whose movies helped launch Fred Silverman's
career when he played them on WGN)
8:55 Jot
9 AM Super 6
9:30 Top Cat
10 AM Flintstones (the NBC version, although Ch. 3
ran the syndicated version weekdays at 5:30)
10:30 Banana Splits
11:30 Underdog
12 N Birdman And The Galaxy Trio
12:30 Super President
1 PM Kentucky Afield
1:30 Fishing With Gadabout Gaddis
2 PM Championship Bowling
2:30 McHale's Navy
3 PM Bronco
4 PM GE College Bowl
4:30 High Q
5 PM Stoneman Family
5:30 Porter Wagoner
6 PM News
6:30 Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In
(the Banana Splits are guests)
7:30 Mouse On The Mayflower
8:30 The Cowsills (a pilot turned down by
both NBC and ABC, although the latter
network did a show about a fictional
family rock group: "The Partridge Family")
9 PM NBC Movie: "Companions In Nightmare"
(made for TV)
11 PM News
11:15 Movie: "Night Passage"

WLWT Ch. 5 Cincinnati (NBC)

8:25 Moment Of Meditation
8:30 Farm Front
9 AM Super 6
9:30 Top Cat
10 AM Flintstones
10:30 Banana Splits
11:30 Underdog
12 N Birdman And The Galaxy Trio
12:30 Super President
1 PM Opportunity Line
1:30 Movie: "The Deadly Companions"
3:15 Changing Times
3:30 Lowell Thomas (I'm wondering if this
is one of his travelogues)
4 PM Fishing With Gadabout Gaddis
4:30 Horse Race: Gallant Fox Handicap
(from Aqueduct)
5 PM GE College Bowl
5:30 News
6 PM Death Valley Days
6:30 Midwestern Hayride
7:30 Mouse On The Mayflower
8:30 The Cowsills
9 PM Movie: "Lover Come Back"
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Great Impostor"
1 AM Movie: "The Deep Six"

WCPO Ch. 9 Cincinnati (CBS)

5:50 Farm News
6 AM Sunrise Semester: "Philosophy"
6:30 College Guide
7 AM Funny Company
7:30 Play It Safe
8 AM Cartoons A Go-Go
9:30 Wacky Races
10 AM Archie Show
10:30 Batman/Superman Hour
11:30 Herculoids
12 N Shazzan!
12:30 Jonny Quest
1 PM Moby Dick And The Mighty
Mightor
1:30 Lone Ranger (animated)
2 PM Upbeat
3 PM The Deputy
3:30 Movie: "Sherlock Holmes Faces
Death"
5 PM All-American College Show
5:30 It's Academic
6 PM News
6:30 Outer Limits
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Hogan's Heroes
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Tall Men"
1 AM Movies: "The Reckless Moment,"
"Legend Of The Lost," "The Concrete
Jungle"

WHAS Ch. 11 Louisville (CBS)

7 AM Sunrise Semester
7:30 Fisbie Funnies
8 AM Go-Go Gophers
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9:30 Wacky Races
10 AM Archie Show
10:30 Batman/Superman Hour
11:30 Herculoids
12 N Shazzan!
12:30 Jonny Quest
1 PM Moby Dick And The Mighty
Mightor
1:30 Lone Ranger (animated)
2 PM Movie: "Gulliver's Travels" (Max
and Dave Fleischer's 1939 animated
version)
3:30 Wild Wild West
4:30 Horse Race: Clark Handicap (from
Churchill Downs)
5 PM Bill Anderson
5:30 Hi-Varieties
6:25 News
6:30 CBS News (Roger Mudd)
7 PM Hayloft Hoedown
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Hogan's Heroes
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Tiger Bay"

WKRC Ch. 12 Cincinnati (ABC)

6:45 Davey And Goliath
7 AM Discovery
7:30 Linus The Lionhearted
8 AM King Kong
8:30 Bullwinkle (note that Ch. 12
is carrying ABC's Sunday kids'
block before the network comes up)
9 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
9:30 Adventures Of Gulliver
10 AM Spider-Man
10:30 Fantastic Voyage
11 AM Journey To The Center Of
The Earth (Ted Knight did voices
on both these shows)
11:30 Fantastic Four
12 N Addams Family
12:30 Big Time Wrestling
1:30 Wide World Of Sports
2:45 NCAA Pregame Show
3 PM NCAA Football: Nebraska at
Oklahoma (IMO, no college game
will ever top their Thanksgiving Day
1971 faceoff)
6 PM NCAA Football: USC-UCLA (time approximate)
9 PM Lawrence Welk (time approximate)
10 PM Hollywood Palace
11 PM ABC News (Keith McBee)
11:15 Movie: "Madame"
1:15 Film: "Sons Of The Wildwood"
1:45 Insight

WLEX Ch. 18 Lexington (NBC)

7 AM Agriculture U.S.A.
7:30 That Special Child
8 AM Dennis The Menace
8:30 Comedy Time
9 AM Super 6
9:30 Top Cat
10 AM Flintstones
10:30 Banana Splits
11:30 Underdog
12 N Birdman And The Galaxy
Trio
12:30 Super President
1 PM Bluegrass Personalities
1:30 Homemakers Today (boy, is
that dated)
2 PM Movie: "Big Jim McLain"
4 PM Greatest Show On Earth
5 PM You Asked For It (spotlighted:
a school for baseball umpires--
some fans probably wonder how
they ever graduated)
5:30 Grand Ole Opry
6:30 Ironside (delay from Thursday 8:30)
7:30 Mouse On The Mayflower
8:30 The Cowsills
9 PM NBC Movie: "Companions In Nightmare"
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Planet Of Blood"

WXIX Ch. 19 Cincinnati (Ind.)

2 PM Film: "Steel And America" (Donald Duck
explains how steel is made)
2:30 Film
3 PM Roller Derby
4 PM Ed Hurst (music)
5 PM Patty Duke
5:30 Hey Landlord!
6 PM Movie: "Oliver Twist"
8 PM Combat!
9 PM David Susskind
11 PM One Step Beyond
sign off 11:30 PM

WKYT Ch. 27 Lexington (CBS)

6:30 Across The Fence
7 AM Cartoon Carnival
7:45 Davey And Goliath
8 AM Go-Go Gophers
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9:30 Wacky Races
10 AM Archie Show
10:30 Batman/Superman Hour
11:30 Herculoids
12 N Tobacco Talk
12:15 Farm News And Weather
12:30 Jonny Quest
1 PM Moby Dick And The Mighty
Mightor
1:30 Lone Ranger (animated)
2 PM Movie: "Rio Bravo"
4:30 Bill Anderson
5 PM Falls City Fishing
5:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM McHale's Navy
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Hogan's Heroes
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Cash McCall"

WLKY Ch. 32 Louisville (ABC)

9 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
9:30 Adventures Of Gulliver
10 AM Spider-Man
10:30 Fantastic Voyage
11 AM Journey To The Center Of
The Earth
11:30 Fantastic Four
12 N George Of The Jungle
12:30 American Bandstand
1 PM Frank Camp (U of L football
coach, perhaps?)
1:30 Wide World Of Sports
2:45 NCAA Pregame Show
3 PM NCAA Football: Nebraska-
Oklahoma
6 PM NCAA Football: USC-UCLA
(time approximate)
9 PM Lawrence Welk (time approximate)
10 PM Hollywood Palace
11 PM ABC Movie: "Caprice" (delay from
Wed. 9 PM)
1 AM ABC News
1:15 Movie: "The Giant Gila Monster"

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

9 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
9:30 Adventures Of Gulliver
10 AM Spider-Man
10:30 Fantastic Voyage
11 AM Journey To The Center Of
The Earth
11:30 Fantastic Four
12 N George Of The Jungle
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 Wide World Of Sports
2:45 NCAA Pregame Show
3 PM NCAA Football: Nebraska-
Oklahoma
6 PM NCAA Football: USC-UCLA
(time approximate)
9 PM Lawrence Welk (time approximate)
10 PM Hollywood Palace
11 PM ABC News
11:15 NCAA Football: Indiana-Purdue (taped)
 
WAVE Ch. 3 Louisville (NBC)
6:30 Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In
(the Banana Splits are guests)

Interesting story about WAVE preempting Laugh-In.

WAKY radio had just hired a new afternoon DJ, his air name in Memphis was Johnny Apollo. There was already two Johnny's on the air so a new name had to be used. This guy had a big voice and sounded like "This is Gary Owens from beautiful downtown Burbank" so he was named Gary Burbank (From beautiful downtown Louisville, this is Gary Burbank). Management dressed him up like Owens so listeners could see him do his thing in the showcase studio. The cherry atop of the gag was WAVE's preemption of Laugh In. WAKY had the audio of Laugh In taped Monday Night and by the end of the week Gary Burbank was using the Laugh In bits on the air. Because of this time shifting it sounded like Gary Owens was ripping off Gary Burbank.
 
WAVE Ch. 3 Louisville (NBC)
6:30 Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In
(the Banana Splits are guests)

Interesting story about WAVE preempting Laugh-In.

WAKY radio had just hired a new afternoon DJ, his air name in Memphis was Johnny Apollo. There was already two Johnny's on the air so a new name had to be used. This guy had a big voice and sounded like "This is Gary Owens from beautiful downtown Burbank" so he was named Gary Burbank (From beautiful downtown Louisville, this is Gary Burbank). Management dressed him up like Owens so listeners could see him do his thing in the showcase studio. The cherry atop of the gag was WAVE's preemption of Laugh In. WAKY had the audio of Laugh In taped Monday Night and by the end of the week Gary Burbank was using the Laugh In bits on the air. Because of this time shifting it sounded like Gary Owens was ripping off Gary Burbank.
I forgot Garish (real name:Bill Purser) used the name "Johnny Apollo"...One of the creepier airnames ever, to be sure (at least pre-Bubba The Love Sponge).
 
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