This was Derby Week in Louisville, and WHAS had
Derby-related programming most afternoons (the
parade, the Kentucky Oaks, etc.). From TV Guide,
Kentucky Edition:
WAVE Ch. 3 Louisville (NBC)
6:45 Today On The Farm (COLOR)
7 AM Today (COLOR)
9 AM Morning Show (COLOR)
9:55 News (COLOR)
10 AM Snap Judgment (COLOR)
10:25 NBC News (Nancy Dickerson) (COLOR)
10:30 Concentration (COLOR)
11 AM Personality (COLOR)
11:30 Hollywood Squares (COLOR)
12 N Jeopardy! (COLOR)
12:30 Eye Guess (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News (Edwin Newman) (COLOR)
1 PM Pat Boone In Hollywood (COLOR)
("Dialing For Dollars" airs in color during
breaks.)
2 PM Days Of Our Lives (COLOR)
2:30 The Doctors (COLOR)
3 PM Another World (COLOR)
3:30 You Don't Say! (COLOR)
4 PM Movie: "The Golden Horde" (COLOR)
(watch for Marvin Miller, of "The Millionaire"
fame)
5:30 Flintstones (COLOR)
6 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report (COLOR)
7 PM Death Valley Days (COLOR)
7:30 Daniel Boone (COLOR) (At one time this
was the number-one show in Louisville.)
8:30 Hallmark Hall Of Fame: "The Admirable
Crichton" (COLOR) (pre-empts Ironside
and Dragnet)
10 PM Dean Martin (COLOR)
11 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
11:30 Tonight Show (COLOR)
WLWT Ch. 5 Cincinnati (NBC)
6:15 Moment Of Meditation (COLOR)
6:20 Good Morning (COLOR)
6:30 University Of Michigan
7 AM Today (COLOR)
9 AM Paul Dixon (COLOR)
10:30 Concentration (COLOR)
11 AM Personality (COLOR)
11:30 Hollywood Squares (COLOR)
12 N Bob Braun's 50-50 Club (COLOR)
1:30 Let's Make A Deal (COLOR)
2 PM Days Of Our Lives (COLOR)
2:30 The Doctors (COLOR)
3 PM Another World (COLOR)
3:30 You Don't Say! (COLOR)
4 PM Vivienne! (Vivienne della Chiesa)
(COLOR)
5:30 News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report (COLOR)
7 PM I Love Lucy
7:30 Daniel Boone (COLOR)
8:30 Hallmark Hall Of Fame (COLOR)
10 PM Dean Martin (COLOR)
11 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
11:30 Tonight Show (COLOR)
WCPO Ch. 9 Cincinnati (CBS)
5:50 Farm News
6 AM Sunrise Semester: "Russian Literature"
(COLOR)
6:30 Young World (COLOR)
7 AM Local News (COLOR)
7:05 CBS News (Joseph Benti) (COLOR)
7:30 Kid Stuff (COLOR)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo (COLOR)
9 AM Uncle Al (COLOR)
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 AM Political Talk (COLOR)
11:30 Dick Van dyke
12 N Noon Report (COLOR)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow (COLOR)
12:45 Guiding Light (COLOR)
1 PM Secret Storm (delay from 4 PM)
1:30 As The World Turns (COLOR)
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
(COLOR)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (COLOR)
3 PM To Tell The Truth (COLOR)
3:25 CBS News (Douglas Edwards) (COLOR)
3:30 Edge Of Night (COLOR)
4 PM Mike Douglas (COLOR)
5:30 McHale's Navy
6 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
6:30 CBS News (COLOR)
7 PM Truth Or Consequences (COLOR)
7:30 John Gary (COLOR) (He'd been Danny
Kaye's summer replacement in 1966,
before getting a short-lived talk show.)
9 PM CBS Movie: "Rampage" (COLOR)
11 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
11:30 Pat Boone In Hollywood (COLOR)
1 AM Bible Answers
1:30 Local News
WHAS Ch. 11 Louisville (CBS)
6:40 Howdy, Neighbors
7:05 Sunrise Semester (COLOR)
7:35 CBS News (COLOR)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo (COLOR)
9 AM T-Bar-V Ranch
10 AM Candid Camera
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van dyke
12 N Love Of Life (COLOR)
12:25 CBS News (Joseph Benti) (COLOR)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow (COLOR)
12:45 Guiding Light (COLOR)
1 PM Focus
1:30 As The World Turns (COLOR)
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
(COLOR)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (COLOR)
3 PM To Tell The Truth (COLOR)
3:30 Edge Of Night (COLOR)
4 PM Secret Storm (COLOR)
4:30 Popeye's Cartoon Circus
5 PM Churchill Downs Handicap (COLOR)
5:30 News, Weather, Sports
6:25 Political Talk (inexplicably pre-empts
Walter Cronkite or there's a typo at 6:30)
7 PM Arthur Smith
7:30 Kentucky Derby Parade
9 PM CBS Movie: "Rampage"
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:30 Political Talk
11:35 Movie: "The Heart Of The Matter"
NOTE: WHAS was the last network affiliate in
this edition (other than NET) to get local color capability.
WKRC Ch. 12 Cincinnati (ABC)
7 AM Across The Fence
7:30 Uncle Waldo (COLOR)
8 AM Skipper Ryle (COLOR)
9 AM Woody Woodbury (COLOR)
10 AM Local News (COLOR)
10:30 Dick Cavett (COLOR)
12 N 12 Noon (COLOR)
1 PM Dream House (COLOR)
1:30 Wedding Party (COLOR) (This unbelievable
show, from a former producer of "Who Do
You Trust?," had host Alan Hamel talk to
couples about their romances. In the game
portion, such as it was, the couple won a
prize only if they picked--separately--the
same one. That was it. It was gone by July.)
2 PM Newlywed Game (COLOR)
2:30 Baby Game (COLOR) (was there some sort of
pattern in ABC's game-show block?)
2:55 Children's Doctor (COLOR)
3 PM General Hospital (COLOR)
3:30 Dark Shadows (COLOR)
4 PM Maverick
5 PM Perry Mason (a classic two hours if I
ever saw one)
6 PM Merv Griffin (COLOR)
7:20 News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
7:30 Second Hundred Years (COLOR)
8 PM Flying Nun (COLOR)
8:30 Bewitched (COLOR)
9 PM That Girl (COLOR)
9:30 Peyton Place (COLOR)
10 PM Leslie Uggams Special (COLOR) (delay
from Wednesday 8:30--oddly, it was
CBS that carried her short-lived 1969
Sunday-night show)
11 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
11:30 Joey Bishop (COLOR)
WFPK (WKPC) Ch. 15 Louisville (NET)
In-school programming 8:35 AM-2:30 PM
8 PM Men Who Teach
9 PM NET Festival
sign off 10 PM
WLEX Ch. 18 Lexington (NBC/ABC)
7 AM Today (COLOR)
9 AM Homemakers Today (COLOR)
9:25 Take Five (COLOR)
9:30 Dennis The Menace
10 AM Snap Judgment (COLOR)
10:25 NBC News (COLOR)
10:30 Concentration (COLOR)
11 AM Personality (COLOR)
11:30 Hollywood Squares (COLOR)
12 N Noon Today (COLOR)
12:30 Eye Guess (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News (COLOR)
1 PM Real McCoys
1:30 Let's Make A Deal (COLOR)
2 PM Days Of Our Lives (COLOR)
2:30 The Doctors (COLOR)
3 PM Another World (COLOR)
3:30 You Don't Say! (COLOR)
4 PM Match Game (COLOR)
4:25 NBC News (Floyd Kalber) (COLOR)
4:30 Jeopardy! (COLOR)
5 PM Churchill Downs Handicap (COLOR)
5:30 Popeye And Felix (COLOR)
5:45 News And Livestock Report (COLOR)
6 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report (COLOR)
7 PM Buck Owens (COLOR) (this is before
"Hee Haw")
7:30 Daniel Boone (COLOR)
8:30 Hallmark Hall Of Fame (COLOR)
10 PM Dean Martin (COLOR)
11 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
11:30 Tonight Show (COLOR)
WKYT Ch. 27 Lexington (CBS/ABC)
6:30 TV Party Line (COLOR)
7:30 CBS News (COLOR)
7:55 News And Weather (COLOR)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo (COLOR)
9 AM Town Talk (COLOR)
10 AM Dating Game (delay from 4 PM)
10:30 Bewitched (delay from noon)
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van dyke
12 N Love Of Life (COLOR)
12:25 News And Weather (COLOR)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow (COLOR)
12:45 Guiding Light (COLOR)
1 PM Secret Storm (COLOR)
1:30 As The World Turns (COLOR)
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
(COLOR)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (COLOR)
3 PM General Hospital (COLOR)
3:30 Edge Of Night (COLOR)
4 PM Mike Douglas (COLOR)
5 PM Merry Antics (COLOR)
5:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
6 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
6:30 CBS News (COLOR)
7 PM McHale's Navy
7:30 Cimarron Strip (COLOR)
9 PM CBS Movie: "Rampage"
11 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
11:30 Movie: "House Of Women"
I have a feeling WKYT was preparing for the
debut of the new ABC affiliate, WBLG (WTVQ),
since CBS programs now predominated.
WLKY Ch. 32 Louisville (ABC)
8 AM Bullwinkle (delay from Sunday 11 AM)
8:30 Romper Room (COLOR)
9 AM Mike Douglas (COLOR)
10:30 Dick Cavett (COLOR)
12 N Bewitched
12:30 Treasure Isle (COLOR)
1 PM Dream House (COLOR)
1:30 Wedding Party (COLOR)
2 PM Newlywed Game (COLOR)
2:30 Baby Game (COLOR)
2:55 Children's Doctor (COLOR)
3 PM General Hospital (COLOR)
3:30 Merv Griffin (COLOR)
5 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
(An ad in this week's issue tells us
that "Diane Sawyer has her eye on
the weather at 5 and 11.")
5:30 ABC News (Bob Young) (COLOR)
6 PM Movie: "Barricade" (COLOR)
7:30 Second Hundred Years (COLOR)
8 PM Flying Nun (COLOR)
8:30 Bewitched (COLOR)
9 PM That Girl (COLOR)
9:30 Peyton Place (COLOR)
10 PM Movie: "Psycho" (I remember WGHP,
North Carolina's answer to WLKY in
the '60s and '70s, also running movies
on Thursdays at 10, since ABC was down.)
11 PM News (COLOR)
11:15 Movie continues
12:30 Joey Bishop (COLOR) (joined in progress)
Derby-related programming most afternoons (the
parade, the Kentucky Oaks, etc.). From TV Guide,
Kentucky Edition:
WAVE Ch. 3 Louisville (NBC)
6:45 Today On The Farm (COLOR)
7 AM Today (COLOR)
9 AM Morning Show (COLOR)
9:55 News (COLOR)
10 AM Snap Judgment (COLOR)
10:25 NBC News (Nancy Dickerson) (COLOR)
10:30 Concentration (COLOR)
11 AM Personality (COLOR)
11:30 Hollywood Squares (COLOR)
12 N Jeopardy! (COLOR)
12:30 Eye Guess (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News (Edwin Newman) (COLOR)
1 PM Pat Boone In Hollywood (COLOR)
("Dialing For Dollars" airs in color during
breaks.)
2 PM Days Of Our Lives (COLOR)
2:30 The Doctors (COLOR)
3 PM Another World (COLOR)
3:30 You Don't Say! (COLOR)
4 PM Movie: "The Golden Horde" (COLOR)
(watch for Marvin Miller, of "The Millionaire"
fame)
5:30 Flintstones (COLOR)
6 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report (COLOR)
7 PM Death Valley Days (COLOR)
7:30 Daniel Boone (COLOR) (At one time this
was the number-one show in Louisville.)
8:30 Hallmark Hall Of Fame: "The Admirable
Crichton" (COLOR) (pre-empts Ironside
and Dragnet)
10 PM Dean Martin (COLOR)
11 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
11:30 Tonight Show (COLOR)
WLWT Ch. 5 Cincinnati (NBC)
6:15 Moment Of Meditation (COLOR)
6:20 Good Morning (COLOR)
6:30 University Of Michigan
7 AM Today (COLOR)
9 AM Paul Dixon (COLOR)
10:30 Concentration (COLOR)
11 AM Personality (COLOR)
11:30 Hollywood Squares (COLOR)
12 N Bob Braun's 50-50 Club (COLOR)
1:30 Let's Make A Deal (COLOR)
2 PM Days Of Our Lives (COLOR)
2:30 The Doctors (COLOR)
3 PM Another World (COLOR)
3:30 You Don't Say! (COLOR)
4 PM Vivienne! (Vivienne della Chiesa)
(COLOR)
5:30 News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report (COLOR)
7 PM I Love Lucy
7:30 Daniel Boone (COLOR)
8:30 Hallmark Hall Of Fame (COLOR)
10 PM Dean Martin (COLOR)
11 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
11:30 Tonight Show (COLOR)
WCPO Ch. 9 Cincinnati (CBS)
5:50 Farm News
6 AM Sunrise Semester: "Russian Literature"
(COLOR)
6:30 Young World (COLOR)
7 AM Local News (COLOR)
7:05 CBS News (Joseph Benti) (COLOR)
7:30 Kid Stuff (COLOR)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo (COLOR)
9 AM Uncle Al (COLOR)
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 AM Political Talk (COLOR)
11:30 Dick Van dyke
12 N Noon Report (COLOR)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow (COLOR)
12:45 Guiding Light (COLOR)
1 PM Secret Storm (delay from 4 PM)
1:30 As The World Turns (COLOR)
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
(COLOR)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (COLOR)
3 PM To Tell The Truth (COLOR)
3:25 CBS News (Douglas Edwards) (COLOR)
3:30 Edge Of Night (COLOR)
4 PM Mike Douglas (COLOR)
5:30 McHale's Navy
6 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
6:30 CBS News (COLOR)
7 PM Truth Or Consequences (COLOR)
7:30 John Gary (COLOR) (He'd been Danny
Kaye's summer replacement in 1966,
before getting a short-lived talk show.)
9 PM CBS Movie: "Rampage" (COLOR)
11 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
11:30 Pat Boone In Hollywood (COLOR)
1 AM Bible Answers
1:30 Local News
WHAS Ch. 11 Louisville (CBS)
6:40 Howdy, Neighbors
7:05 Sunrise Semester (COLOR)
7:35 CBS News (COLOR)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo (COLOR)
9 AM T-Bar-V Ranch
10 AM Candid Camera
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van dyke
12 N Love Of Life (COLOR)
12:25 CBS News (Joseph Benti) (COLOR)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow (COLOR)
12:45 Guiding Light (COLOR)
1 PM Focus
1:30 As The World Turns (COLOR)
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
(COLOR)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (COLOR)
3 PM To Tell The Truth (COLOR)
3:30 Edge Of Night (COLOR)
4 PM Secret Storm (COLOR)
4:30 Popeye's Cartoon Circus
5 PM Churchill Downs Handicap (COLOR)
5:30 News, Weather, Sports
6:25 Political Talk (inexplicably pre-empts
Walter Cronkite or there's a typo at 6:30)
7 PM Arthur Smith
7:30 Kentucky Derby Parade
9 PM CBS Movie: "Rampage"
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:30 Political Talk
11:35 Movie: "The Heart Of The Matter"
NOTE: WHAS was the last network affiliate in
this edition (other than NET) to get local color capability.
WKRC Ch. 12 Cincinnati (ABC)
7 AM Across The Fence
7:30 Uncle Waldo (COLOR)
8 AM Skipper Ryle (COLOR)
9 AM Woody Woodbury (COLOR)
10 AM Local News (COLOR)
10:30 Dick Cavett (COLOR)
12 N 12 Noon (COLOR)
1 PM Dream House (COLOR)
1:30 Wedding Party (COLOR) (This unbelievable
show, from a former producer of "Who Do
You Trust?," had host Alan Hamel talk to
couples about their romances. In the game
portion, such as it was, the couple won a
prize only if they picked--separately--the
same one. That was it. It was gone by July.)
2 PM Newlywed Game (COLOR)
2:30 Baby Game (COLOR) (was there some sort of
pattern in ABC's game-show block?)
2:55 Children's Doctor (COLOR)
3 PM General Hospital (COLOR)
3:30 Dark Shadows (COLOR)
4 PM Maverick
5 PM Perry Mason (a classic two hours if I
ever saw one)
6 PM Merv Griffin (COLOR)
7:20 News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
7:30 Second Hundred Years (COLOR)
8 PM Flying Nun (COLOR)
8:30 Bewitched (COLOR)
9 PM That Girl (COLOR)
9:30 Peyton Place (COLOR)
10 PM Leslie Uggams Special (COLOR) (delay
from Wednesday 8:30--oddly, it was
CBS that carried her short-lived 1969
Sunday-night show)
11 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
11:30 Joey Bishop (COLOR)
WFPK (WKPC) Ch. 15 Louisville (NET)
In-school programming 8:35 AM-2:30 PM
8 PM Men Who Teach
9 PM NET Festival
sign off 10 PM
WLEX Ch. 18 Lexington (NBC/ABC)
7 AM Today (COLOR)
9 AM Homemakers Today (COLOR)
9:25 Take Five (COLOR)
9:30 Dennis The Menace
10 AM Snap Judgment (COLOR)
10:25 NBC News (COLOR)
10:30 Concentration (COLOR)
11 AM Personality (COLOR)
11:30 Hollywood Squares (COLOR)
12 N Noon Today (COLOR)
12:30 Eye Guess (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News (COLOR)
1 PM Real McCoys
1:30 Let's Make A Deal (COLOR)
2 PM Days Of Our Lives (COLOR)
2:30 The Doctors (COLOR)
3 PM Another World (COLOR)
3:30 You Don't Say! (COLOR)
4 PM Match Game (COLOR)
4:25 NBC News (Floyd Kalber) (COLOR)
4:30 Jeopardy! (COLOR)
5 PM Churchill Downs Handicap (COLOR)
5:30 Popeye And Felix (COLOR)
5:45 News And Livestock Report (COLOR)
6 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report (COLOR)
7 PM Buck Owens (COLOR) (this is before
"Hee Haw")
7:30 Daniel Boone (COLOR)
8:30 Hallmark Hall Of Fame (COLOR)
10 PM Dean Martin (COLOR)
11 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
11:30 Tonight Show (COLOR)
WKYT Ch. 27 Lexington (CBS/ABC)
6:30 TV Party Line (COLOR)
7:30 CBS News (COLOR)
7:55 News And Weather (COLOR)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo (COLOR)
9 AM Town Talk (COLOR)
10 AM Dating Game (delay from 4 PM)
10:30 Bewitched (delay from noon)
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van dyke
12 N Love Of Life (COLOR)
12:25 News And Weather (COLOR)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow (COLOR)
12:45 Guiding Light (COLOR)
1 PM Secret Storm (COLOR)
1:30 As The World Turns (COLOR)
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
(COLOR)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (COLOR)
3 PM General Hospital (COLOR)
3:30 Edge Of Night (COLOR)
4 PM Mike Douglas (COLOR)
5 PM Merry Antics (COLOR)
5:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
6 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
6:30 CBS News (COLOR)
7 PM McHale's Navy
7:30 Cimarron Strip (COLOR)
9 PM CBS Movie: "Rampage"
11 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
11:30 Movie: "House Of Women"
I have a feeling WKYT was preparing for the
debut of the new ABC affiliate, WBLG (WTVQ),
since CBS programs now predominated.
WLKY Ch. 32 Louisville (ABC)
8 AM Bullwinkle (delay from Sunday 11 AM)
8:30 Romper Room (COLOR)
9 AM Mike Douglas (COLOR)
10:30 Dick Cavett (COLOR)
12 N Bewitched
12:30 Treasure Isle (COLOR)
1 PM Dream House (COLOR)
1:30 Wedding Party (COLOR)
2 PM Newlywed Game (COLOR)
2:30 Baby Game (COLOR)
2:55 Children's Doctor (COLOR)
3 PM General Hospital (COLOR)
3:30 Merv Griffin (COLOR)
5 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
(An ad in this week's issue tells us
that "Diane Sawyer has her eye on
the weather at 5 and 11.")
5:30 ABC News (Bob Young) (COLOR)
6 PM Movie: "Barricade" (COLOR)
7:30 Second Hundred Years (COLOR)
8 PM Flying Nun (COLOR)
8:30 Bewitched (COLOR)
9 PM That Girl (COLOR)
9:30 Peyton Place (COLOR)
10 PM Movie: "Psycho" (I remember WGHP,
North Carolina's answer to WLKY in
the '60s and '70s, also running movies
on Thursdays at 10, since ABC was down.)
11 PM News (COLOR)
11:15 Movie continues
12:30 Joey Bishop (COLOR) (joined in progress)