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Retro: Louisville/Lexington/Cincinnati Wednesday, March 2, 1966

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From TV Guide, Kentucky Edition:

WAVE Ch. 3 Louisville (NBC)

6:45 Today On The Farm
7 AM Today (COLOR)
9 AM Morning Show (COLOR)
9:30 Speculation (COLOR)
9:55 News
10 AM Eye Guess (COLOR)
10:25 NBC News (Edwin Newman)
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Morning Star (COLOR)
11:30 Paradise Bay (COLOR)
12 N Jeopardy! (COLOR)
12:30 Let's Play Post Office (COLOR)
(This game show is not what you're
thinking--contestants had to identify
celebrities from letters they might have
written. The set looked like a small-town
post office, and host Don Morrow was referred
to as the "Postmaster of Ceremonies." For
whatever it's worth, Morrow always wore a
regular suit and not a mail carrier's uniform.)
12:55 NBC News (Frank McGee)
1 PM Hawaiian Eye
2 PM Days Of Our Lives (COLOR)
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say! (COLOR)
4 PM Movie: "Son Of Dracula"
(Lon Chaney Jr. plays the title role)
5:30 Yogi Bear (COLOR)
6 PM News (COLOR)
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report (COLOR)
7 PM Littlest Hobo
7:30 The Virginian (COLOR)
9 PM Bob Hope Chrysler Theater (William
Shatner in "Wind Fever," as an American
doctor charged with malpractice when a
Malaysian merchant's daughter dies of a
tropical disease.) (COLOR)
10 PM I Spy (COLOR)
11 PM News (COLOR)
11:30 Tonight Show (Hugh Downs subs for Johnny.
Appropriate, since Downs was Jack Paar's
announcer and had to take over when Paar
walked off over the "water closet" joke.)
(COLOR)

WLW-T Ch. 5 Cincinnati (NBC)

6 AM University Of Michigan
6:30 Good Morning
6:55 Five Minutes To Live By
7 AM Today (COLOR)
9 AM Paul Dixon (COLOR)
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Morning Star (COLOR)
11:30 Paradise Bay (COLOR)
12 N Ruth Lyons (COLOR)
1:30 Let's Make A Deal (COLOR)
1:55 NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
2 PM Days Of Our Lives (COLOR)
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say! (COLOR)
4 PM Match Game (COLOR)
4:25 NBC News (Nancy Dickerson)
4:30 Of Lands And Seas (COLOR)
5:30 Sea Hunt
6 PM News (COLOR)
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report (COLOR)
7 PM Wonders Of The World (COLOR)
7:30 The Virginian (COLOR)
9 PM Bob Hope Chrysler Theater (COLOR)
10 PM I Spy (COLOR)
11 PM News (COLOR)
11:30 Tonight Show (COLOR)
1 AM Pageant (some sort of documentary)

WCPO Ch. 9 Cincinnati (CBS)

5:50 Farm News
6 AM Sunrise Semester: "Classical Myths"
6:30 Chance To Advance (subject is
"Production and Marketing")
7 AM News
7:05 CBS News (Mike Wallace, who has said
his system never recovered from having
to get up in the middle of the night to do
this broadcast)
7:30 Bozo The Clown (COLOR)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Uncle Al
10:30 Real McCoys
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van Dyke
12 N Noon Report (Al Schottelkotte)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Leave It To Beaver
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (COLOR)
(Bennett Cerf discusses humor.)
3 PM To Tell The Truth
3:25 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Mike Douglas (Henry Morgan is co-host)
6 PM Lawman
6:30 Woody Woodpecker (COLOR)
7 PM News
7:30 Lost In Space
8:30 Beverly Hillbillies (COLOR)
9 PM Green Acres (COLOR)
9:30 Dick Van Dyke
10 PM Danny Kaye (COLOR) (Joanne Woodward
makes a rare television appearance as
guest, along with Robert Goulet, then doing
"Blue Light" on ABC.)
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Samson And The Mighty Challenge"
(COLOR)
1:10 Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
1:25 News

WHAS Ch. 11 Louisville (CBS)

7:05 Sunrise Semester
7:35 CBS News
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM T-Bar-V Ranch
10 AM I Love Lucy
10:30 Real McCoys
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van Dyke
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 News (presumably CBS, since
Ch. 11 had local news at 1 PM,
but no anchor given)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM News, Markets, Weather
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (COLOR)
3 PM To Tell The Truth
3:25 CBS News
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Popeye's Cartoon Circus
5:15 Leave It To Beaver
5:45 Small Talk
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
7 PM Grand Ole Opry
7:30 Lost In Space
8:30 Beverly Hillbillies (COLOR)
9 PM Green Acres (COLOR)
9:30 Dick Van Dyke
10 PM Danny Kaye (COLOR)
11 PM News
11:25 Movie: "A Dangerous Profession"

WKRC Ch. 12 Cincinnati (ABC)

6:55 Daily Word
7 AM Jack LaLanne
7:30 Skipper Ryle
9 AM Movie: "Her Bodyguard"
10:30 Where The Action Is (I have never
understood ABC affiliates that ran
this show in the morning when its
target audience--teenagers--would
have been in school.)
11 AM Supermarket Sweep
11:30 Dating Game
12 N Donna Reed
12:30 Father Knows Best
1 PM Ben Casey
2 PM The Nurses
2:30 A Time For Us
2:55 ABC News (Marlene Sanders)
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 Merv Griffin
4:30 Movie: "Gorilla At Large"
6 PM News
6:15 ABC News (Peter Jennings)
6:30 Superman
7 PM Rifleman
7:30 Batman (Cesar Romero as the Joker)
(COLOR)
8 PM Patty Duke
8:30 Blue Light (COLOR)
9 PM Big Valley (COLOR)
10 PM Movie: "Two Women"
12 M News
12:30 Continental Comment

WLEX Ch. 18 Lexington (NBC/CBS)

7 AM Today (COLOR)
9 AM Leisure (local variety show) (COLOR)
9:30 To Tell The Truth
9:55 Take Five (COLOR)
10 AM Eye Guess (COLOR)
10:25 NBC News
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Morning Star (COLOR)
11:30 Paradise Bay (COLOR)
12 N Jeopardy! (COLOR)
12:30 Let's Play Post Office (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News
1 PM Secret Storm
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Days Of Our Lives (COLOR)
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say! (COLOR)
4 PM Match Game (COLOR)
4:25 NBC News
4:30 Let's Make A Deal (COLOR)
4:55 Popeye (COLOR)
5 PM Superman
5:30 Popeye Theater (COLOR)
5:45 News, Livestock Report And
Sports (COLOR)
6:10 News, Stock Market Report
And Weather (COLOR)
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report (COLOR)
7 PM I Dream Of Jeannie (delay from
Saturday 8 PM)
7:30 The Virginian (COLOR)
9 PM Bob Hope Chrysler Theater (COLOR)
10 PM Danny Kaye (COLOR)
11 PM News (COLOR)
11:30 Tonight Show (COLOR)

WKYT Ch. 27 Lexington (ABC/CBS)

7 AM God Is The Answer
7:15 News And Weather
7:30 Mickey Mouse Club
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Jack LaLanne
9:30 Dateline 27
10 AM Father Knows Best
10:30 Real McCoys
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van Dyke
12 N Donna Reed
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Ben Casey
2 PM The Nurses
2:30 A Time For Us
2:55 ABC News
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 Young Marrieds
4 PM Never Too Young
4:30 Where The Action Is
5 PM Merry Antics
5:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
6 PM News
6:15 ABC News
6:30 Zorro
7 PM Bill Anderson
7:30 Batman (COLOR)
8 PM Patty Duke
8:30 Blue Light (COLOR)
9 PM Big Valley (COLOR)
10 PM Movie: "The Court Martial
Of Billy Mitchell" (Gary Cooper
as the WWI-era general who
pushed against opposition for
air power in combat. News follows
the movie.)

WLKY Ch. 32 Louisville (ABC)

9:15 Movie: "Wells Fargo" (this dates
back to 1937)
11 AM Supermarket Sweep
11:30 Dating Game
12 N Donna Reed
12:30 Father Knows Best
1 PM Ben Casey
2 PM The Nurses
2:30 A Time For Us
2:55 ABC News
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 Young Marrieds
4 PM Never Too Young
4:30 Where The Action Is (Chs. 27
and 32 are running different shows:
Ch. 27's is on delay--the same show
Ch. 12 ran that morning--Ch. 32's is
in pattern.)
5 PM Superman
5:30 News
5:45 ABC News
6 PM You Asked For It (the later years of the
original run, with Smilin' Jack Smith as host)
6:30 Adventures In Paradise
7:30 Batman (COLOR)
8 PM Patty Duke
8:30 Blue Light (COLOR)
9 PM Big Valley (COLOR)
10 PM The Long Hot Summer
11 PM News
11:15 Living Camera (a profile of "young actress"
Jane Fonda as she prepares for a stage play,
"The Fun Couple"--BTW, ABC turned down a
pilot for this play as a series that fall)
 
Some comments:

1) "Let's Play Post Office" was packaged by Merv Griffin; Griffin revived the format somewhat in 1985 on the short-lived syndicated "Headline Chasers," hosted (and co-packaged) by Wink Martindale.

2) Since Mike Wallace is pushing 91, I don't think anybody ought to shed too many tears about his digestive problems, or whatever it is you're referring to.

3) As for WKRC's handling of "Where the Action Is," it is obvious that the station thought it could get far more revenue from spot ads in an old movie than by clearing ABC. Since ABC was the weakest of the three networks, its affils had a lot more power at the time to put shows where they wanted (shades of what happened to NBC in the late 1970s). Channel 12 had a gap to fill between the morning movie and the start of ABC daytime, and it chose a tape-delayed network show to do it. However, that makes one wonder about why WKRC simply didn't run 2-hour-long movies, instead of 90-minute ones, at 9 a.m.
 
I was referring to Mike Wallace's inability to get
a full night's sleep. I've read that, during the years
when he anchored the 7:05 AM newscast, he'd have
to get up around 3 AM. His internal clock had to make
a huge adjustment, and he has said that he can't sleep
past 3 to this day.

Also, I know the rationale behind WKRC's decision not
to carry "Where The Action Is" at 4:30; our ABC affiliate
in Norfolk, WVEC, ran "Action" at 8 AM because the market's
number-one kids' show, "Bungles And His Friends," was on
WVEC at 4:30. But I still have to wonder who was watching
"Where The Action Is" in the morning.
 
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