Retro: Louisville/Lexington/Cincinnati Thursday, October 31, 1968

[bpatrick]

From TV Guide, Kentucky Edition:

WAVE Ch. 3 Louisville (NBC)

6:45 Today On The Farm
7 AM Today
9 AM Morning Show
9:55 News
10 AM Snap Judgment
10:25 NBC News (Nancy Dickerson)
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Personality
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N Jeopardy!
12:30 Eye Guess
12:55 NBC News (Edwin Newman)
1 PM Run For Your Life
2 PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say!
4 PM Movie: "Reprisal!"
5:30 Flintstones
6 PM News
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Death Valley Days
7:30 Daniel Boone
8:30 Ironside
9:30 Dragnet 1969
10 PM Billy Graham Crusade (from
Pittsburgh)
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show

WLWT Ch. 5 Cincinnati (NBC)

6:15 Moment Of Meditation
6:20 Good Morning
6:30 University Of Michigan
7 AM Today
9 AM Paul Dixon
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Personality
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N Bob Braun's 50-50 Club
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say!
4 PM Vivienne! (Vivienne is Cincinnati-
born singer Vivienne Della Chiesa)
5:30 News
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM I Love Lucy
7:30 Daniel Boone
8:30 Ironside
9:30 Dragnet 1969
10 PM Dean Martin
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show

WCPO Ch. 9 Cincinnati (CBS)

5:50 Farm News
6 AM Sunrise Semester: "Philosophy"
6:30 Young World
7 AM News
7:05 CBS News (Joseph Benti)
7:30 Kid Stuff
7:45 Film
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Uncle Al
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van ----
12 N Noon Report
12:30 Steve Allen
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored
Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
3:55 Republican Political Talk
4 PM Search For Tomorrow
4:25 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
4:30 I Spy
5:30 McHale's Navy
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
7 PM Truth Or Consequences
7:30 Big Bands
8 PM Hawaii Five-O
8:55 Republican Political Talk
9 PM CBS Movie: "The Nanny" (Bette
Davis, not Fran Drescher)
10:55 Republican Political Talk
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Doctor Blood's Coffin"
1:30 Bible Answers
2 AM News

WHAS Ch. 11 Louisville (CBS)

6:40 Howdy, Neighbors
7:05 Sunrise Semester
7:35 CBS News
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Art Linkletter's House Party
9:30 Edge Of Night
10 AM The Lucy Show
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van ----
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News (Joseph Benti)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM News
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored
Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 T-Bar-V Ranch
4:30 Perry Mason
5:30 News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Movie: "The Happy Years"
9 PM CBS Movie: "The Nanny"
10:55 Republican Political Talk
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Hong Kong Confidential"

WKRC Ch. 12 Cincinnati (ABC)

7 AM Across The Fence
7:30 Cartoon Cut-Ups
8 AM Skipper Ryle
9 AM Dark Shadows
9:30 One Life To Live
10 AM News (and if you think this is
strange, WTVC/9 Chattanooga
has been doing it for years)
10:30 Dick Cavett
12 N 12 Noon
1 PM Dream House
1:30 Pay Cards!
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 Dating Game
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 Mike Douglas
5 PM Perry Mason
6 PM Merv Griffin
7:20 News
7:30 Ugliest Girl In Town (this
is long before "Ugly Betty")
8 PM Flying Nun
8:30 Bewitched
9 PM That Girl
9:30 Republican Political Talk
10:30 Peyton Place (delay from Wed.)
11 PM News
11:30 Joey Bishop

WFPK (WKPC) Ch. 15 Louisville (NET)

8:55 In-school programs
2:30 Off the air until
8 PM What's New
8:30 NET Jazz
9 PM NET Festival
sign off 10 PM

WLEX Ch. 18 Lexington (NBC)

7 AM Today
9 AM Steve Allen
10 AM Snap Judgment
10:25 NBC News
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Personality
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N Noon Today
12:30 Eye Guess
12:55 NBC News
1 PM Jeopardy!
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say!
4 PM Match Game
4:25 NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
4:30 Password
5 PM Jungle Jim
5:30 News
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Buck Owens
7:30 Daniel Boone
8:30 Man From U.N.C.L.E.
9:30 Dragnet 1969
10 PM Dean Martin
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
1 AM Film

WXIX Ch. 19 Cincinnati (Ind.)

3:30 Larry Smith Puppets
4 PM Super Heroes
4:30 Johnny Cypher
5 PM Marine Boy
5:30 Superman
6 PM Flintstones
6:30 Voyage To The Bottom Of
The Sea
7:30 Run For Your Life
8:30 Country And Western Showcase
9 PM Movie: "The Devil And Daniel Webster"
11 PM One Step Beyond
sign off 11:30 PM

WKYT Ch. 27 Lexington (CBS)

6:30 TV Party Line
7:30 CBS News
7:55 News
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Town Talk
10 AM The Lucy Show
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van ----
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 Paul Harvey
12:30 Mike Douglas
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored
Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
3:55 Republican Political Talk
4 PM Movie: "Hondo"
5:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Paul Harvey
7:05 McHale's Navy
7:30 Blondie
8 PM Hawaii Five-O
8:55 Republican Political Talk
9 PM CBS Movie: "The Nanny"
10:55 Republican Political Talk
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Doctor And The
Girl"

WLKY Ch. 32 Louisville (ABC)

7:55 Inspiration
8 AM Underdog
8:30 Romper Room
9 AM Movie: "The Silent World"
(Jacques Cousteau)
10:30 Dick Cavett
12 N Bewitched
12:30 Treasure Isle
1 PM Dream House
1:30 Funny You Should Ask
1:55 Children's Doctor
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 Dating Game
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 Gilligan's Island
4 PM Merv Griffin
5:30 News
6 PM Movie: "Tropic Zone"
7:30 Ugliest Girl In Town
8 PM Flying Nun
8:30 Bewitched
9 PM That Girl
9:30 Republican Political Talk
10:30 Twilight Zone
11 PM News
11:30 Joey Bishop
1 AM Inspiration

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

9 AM Romper Room
10 AM Ed Allen Time
10:30 Dick Cavett
12 N Bewitched
12:30 Treasure Isle
1 PM Dream House
1:30 Funny You Should Ask
1:55 Children's Doctor
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 Dating Game
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 One Life To Live
4 PM Dark Shadows
4:30 Perry Mason
5:30 News
6 PM ABC News (Frank Reynolds)
6:30 Merv Griffin
7:30 Ugliest Girl In Town
8 PM Flying Nun
8:30 Bewitched
9 PM That Girl
9:30 Republican Political Talk
10:30 Felony Squad
11 PM News
11:30 Joey Bishop

 

[Braves2005]

WLEX - Lexington Ch. 18 (NBC)

8:30 P.M. Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Wonder why they showed reruns of Man From U.N.C.L.E. instead of Ironside?

And what were the Republican Political Talks all about? CBS had theirs for 5 minutes at a time while ABC had theirs for an hour.

 

[gr8oldies]

Those were paid political ads/informercials (no, Barack was not the first).

 

[Cincinnati Kid]

WXIX - Channel 19 - had only been on the air for a few months in October, 1969. Interestingly, the station was licensed to not only Cincinnati, but Newport, Ky. as well. There had been talk for some years before that the license had been granted to the same people who owned WNOP Radio - at 740 AM in Newport which was famous for its personality, Leo Underhill.

 

[radiorob2.0]

WXIX - Channel 19 - had only been on the air for a few months in October, 1969. Interestingly, the station was licensed to not only Cincinnati, but Newport, Ky. as well. There had been talk for some years before that the license had been granted to the same people who owned WNOP Radio - at 740 AM in Newport which was famous for its personality, Leo Underhill.

Technically it is licensed on paper to Newport. Metromedia owned them through the seventies and early 80's but I'm not sure if they signed on the station. IIRC the original allocation was for Channel 74 but was moved to 19.

 

[Cincinnati Kid]

I meant to say WXIX - Channel 19 - had only been on the air for a few months in October, 1968 (not 1969). The only show originated at at the Channel 19 studios was the "Larry Smith Puppets". Larry is originally from Dayton, Ohio. At one time, he (his puppets) has been on shows that were seen on Channels 7 & 2 in Dayton and Cincinnati Channels 9, 5, 48 as well as 19. (For those who might wonder about Channels 5 & 2, his puppets were on Midwestern Hayride's Christmas shows which were seen on the Crosley/Avco stations in Cincinnati, Dayton and Columbus).

 

[LKellerIII]

Those were paid political ads/informercials (no, Barack was not the first).

It was just a few days before election day 1968 - so I'm sure those Republican political "talks" would be for Richard Nixon, who beat Democrat Vice President Hubert Humphrey just a few days later. Humphrey suffered from Lyndon Johnson's failed Vietnam War policies...though Nixon really didn't change strategy when he came into office. All Nixon would say in the campaign is that he had a "secret plan" to end the war. He couldn't talk about it of course. Segregationist Alabama Governor George Wallace came in third, but swept all the Southern states as the candidate of the American Independent Party.

It's interesting to me that all 3 network stations still had only 30 minute evening newscasts. In the major markets (LA, New York), a lot of the network stations were already running two one hours news blocks, from 5:00 to 6:00, and 6:00 to 7:00, with network news (Cronkite, etc.) from 7:00 to 7:30.

 

[Ultimajock]

It was just a few days before election day 1968 - so I'm sure those Republican political "talks" would be for Richard Nixon, who beat Democrat Vice President Hubert Humphrey just a few days later. Humphrey suffered from Lyndon Johnson's failed Vietnam War policies...though Nixon really didn't change strategy when he came into office. All Nixon would say in the campaign is that he had a "secret plan" to end the war. He couldn't talk about it of course.

...he couldn't talk about it because, as Nixon later admitted, it didn't exist. And what Humphrey really suffered from was the image of Richard J. Daley's Chicago cops wailing on all those middle-class White collegiate heads in the streets of the Loop. When those films and tapes spilled out of television screens across America, it soured so many Democrats that, rather than vote for Nixon or Wallace instead, they just didn't bother to show up at the polls and vote in the first place....

 

[bpatrick]

Those were paid political ads/informercials (no, Barack was not the first).

It was just a few days before election day 1968 - so I'm sure those Republican political "talks" would be for Richard Nixon, who beat Democrat Vice President Hubert Humphrey just a few days later. Humphrey suffered from Lyndon Johnson's failed Vietnam War policies...though Nixon really didn't change strategy when he came into office. All Nixon would say in the campaign is that he had a "secret plan" to end the war. He couldn't talk about it of course. Segregationist Alabama Governor George Wallace came in third, but swept all the Southern states as the candidate of the American Independent Party.

It's interesting to me that all 3 network stations still had only 30 minute evening newscasts. In the major markets (LA, New York), a lot of the network stations were already running two one hours news blocks, from 5:00 to 6:00, and 6:00 to 7:00, with network news (Cronkite, etc.) from 7:00 to 7:30.

WLWT, WHAS, and WLEX had hour-long newscasts starting at 5:30, with
the network news at 6:30. But you'll note that only one ABC affiliate
(Lexington) carried its network news.

 

[LKellerIII]

It was just a few days before election day 1968 - so I'm sure those Republican political "talks" would be for Richard Nixon, who beat Democrat Vice President Hubert Humphrey just a few days later. Humphrey suffered from Lyndon Johnson's failed Vietnam War policies...though Nixon really didn't change strategy when he came into office. All Nixon would say in the campaign is that he had a "secret plan" to end the war. He couldn't talk about it of course.

...he couldn't talk about it because, as Nixon later admitted, it didn't exist. And what Humphrey really suffered from was the image of Richard J. Daley's Chicago cops wailing on all those middle-class White collegiate heads in the streets of the Loop. When those films and tapes spilled out of television screens across America, it soured so many Democrats that, rather than vote for Nixon or Wallace instead, they just didn't bother to show up at the polls and vote in the first place....

The secret plan to end the war didn't exist? Yeah - I was 16 years old at the time, but smart enough to know that. What's depressing is that so many people were willing to believe it. Good point about the Chicago riots. I remember watching them on television and becoming more radicalized by the minute. My lefty-liberal parents had been huge HHH fans until he became VP and LBJ's yes man. I think they voted for the Peace and Freedom candidates that year. Even then I argued with them that a vote for the P&F candidate (whoever that was) was a vote for Nixon, just like I argued with my friends in 2000 that a vote for Nader was a vote for Bush.

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