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RETRO: Madison, WI, October 25, 1971

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RandTV

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Continuing with my series of retro TV schedules from where I was living depending on the date, this post is in honor of the 50th anniversary of the debut of The Electric Company on PBS. Most of the hosts (i.e. game shows, news) are the same as from my January 11, 1971 Chicago listings, unless otherwise noted.

3 WISC (CBS)

AM
6:30 Sunrise Semester
7:00 CBS Morning News
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
9:00 The Lucy Show
9:30 The Beverly Hillbillies
10:00 Family Affair
10:30 Love of Life
11:00 Where the Heart Is
11:25 CBS Midday News
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
PM
12:00 Farm Hour
1:00 What's My Line?
1:30 The Guiding Light
2:00 The Secret Storm
2:30 The Edge of Night
3:00 Gomer Pyle, USMC
3:30 As the World Turns
4:00 Circus Three (local kids show)
4:30 The Big Valley
5:30 CBS Evening News
6:00 Local News
7:00 Gunsmoke
8:00 Here's Lucy
8:30 Doris Day Show
9:00 My Three Sons
9:30 Arnie
10:00 Local News
10:30 Dan Devine (Green Bay Packers coach)
11:00 Merv Griffin Show
11:45 The Rifleman

15 WMTV (NBC)

AM
7:00 Today
9:00 Dinah's Place
9:30 Concentration
10:00 Sale of the Century (Joe Garagiola)
10:30 Hollywood Squares
11:00 Jeopardy!
11:30 The Who, What or Where Game
11:55 NBC Midday News
PM
12:00 The Movie Game (Larry Blyden)
12:30 Three on a Match
1:00 Days of Our Lives
1:30 The Doctors
2:00 Another World
2:30 Bright Promise
3:00 Somerset
3:30 Batman
4:00 Star Trek
5:00 Hogan's Heroes
5:30 NBC Nightly News
6:00 Local News
6:30 The Partners
7:00 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
8:00 NBC Monday Night at the Movies
10:00 Local News
10:30 Tonight Show w/ Johnny Carson
AM
12:00 Local News
12:05 Movie

21 WHA (PBS)

AM
11:30 Sesame Street
PM
12:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
1:00 Varied Instructional Programs
3:00 Hathayoga
3:30 Consultation
4:00 Sesame Street
5:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 The Electric Company (DEBUT)
6:00 Tavelogue
6:30 Hathayoga
7:00 Special of the Week
8:30 Book Beat
9:00 David Susskind Show

27 WKOW (ABC)

AM
9:50 America's Problems and Challenges
10:20 Fashions in Sewing w/Lucille Rivers
10:30 That Girl
11:00 Bewitched
11:30 Password
PM
12:00 All My Children
12:30 Let's Make a Deal
1:00 The Newlywed Game
1:30 The Dating Game
2:00 General Hospital
2:30 One Life to Live
3:00 Love, American Style
3:30 Movie
5:00 ABC Evening News
5:30 Dick Van Dyke Show
6:00 Local News
6:30 Revival Fires
7:30 John Jardine (U of Wisconsin football coach)
8:00 Monday Night Football - Baltimore Colts at Minnesota Vikings (moment of silence held for Detroit Lions wide receiver Chuck Hughes who died of a heart attack the day before at Tiger Stadium; to date the only NFL player to die on the field during a game)
10:45 Local News (approximate after MNF)
11:15 Quarterback Club
11:45 Christophers
AM
12:00 The Galloping Gourmet
 
Not sure that I understand what WISC is doing with Merv Griffin, which was on CBS from 10:30 to midnight. Even if WISC joined Merv in progress at 11, the show still should have gone till midnight. Did WISC leave Merv in progress?
 
SteveRichards said:
Not sure that I understand what WISC is doing with Merv Griffin, which was on CBS from 10:30 to midnight. Even if WISC joined Merv in progress at 11, the show still should have gone till midnight. Did WISC leave Merv in progress?
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I goofed with that schedule. I'll fix it. Thanks for pointing that out. It should say the Rifleman at 12 midnight.
 
I wish this site would allow us to edit what we've put up there.
 
CORRECTION: WISC's listing of Gunsmoke at the very botton should be at 12 midnght, NOT 11:45 which I misread.

SOURCE: Wisconsin State Journal via newspapers.com
 
RandTV said:
Continuing with my series of retro TV schedules from where I was living depending on the date, this post is in honor of the 50th anniversary of the debut of The Electric Company on PBS. Most of the hosts (i.e. game shows, news) are the same as from my January 11, 1971 Chicago listings, unless otherwise noted.

3 WISC (CBS)

AM
6:30 Sunrise Semester
7:00 CBS Morning News
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
9:00 The Lucy Show
9:30 The Beverly Hillbillies
10:00 Family Affair
10:30 Love of Life
11:00 Where the Heart Is
11:25 CBS Midday News
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
PM
12:00 Farm Hour
1:00 What's My Line?
1:30 The Guiding Light
2:00 The Secret Storm
2:30 The Edge of Night
3:00 Gomer Pyle, USMC
3:30 As the World Turns
4:00 Circus Three (local kids show)
4:30 The Big Valley
5:30 CBS Evening News
6:00 Local News
7:00 Gunsmoke
8:00 Here's Lucy
8:30 Doris Day Show
9:00 My Three Sons
9:30 Arnie
10:00 Local News
10:30 Dan Devine (Green Bay Packers coach)
11:00 Merv Griffin Show
11:45 The Rifleman

15 WMTV (NBC)

AM
7:00 Today
9:00 Dinah's Place
9:30 Concentration
10:00 Sale of the Century (Joe Garagiola)
10:30 Hollywood Squares
11:00 Jeopardy!
11:30 The Who, What or Where Game
11:55 NBC Midday News
PM
12:00 The Movie Game (Larry Blyden)
12:30 Three on a Match
1:00 Days of Our Lives
1:30 The Doctors
2:00 Another World
2:30 Bright Promise
3:00 Somerset
3:30 Batman
4:00 Star Trek
5:00 Hogan's Heroes
5:30 NBC Nightly News
6:00 Local News
6:30 The Partners
7:00 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
8:00 NBC Monday Night at the Movies
10:00 Local News
10:30 Tonight Show w/ Johnny Carson
AM
12:00 Local News
12:05 Movie

21 WHA (PBS)

AM
11:30 Sesame Street
PM
12:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
1:00 Varied Instructional Programs
3:00 Hathayoga
3:30 Consultation
4:00 Sesame Street
5:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 The Electric Company (DEBUT)
6:00 Tavelogue
6:30 Hathayoga
7:00 Special of the Week
8:30 Book Beat
9:00 David Susskind Show

27 WKOW (ABC)

AM
9:50 America's Problems and Challenges
10:20 Fashions in Sewing w/Lucille Rivers
10:30 That Girl
11:00 Bewitched
11:30 Password
PM
12:00 All My Children
12:30 Let's Make a Deal
1:00 The Newlywed Game
1:30 The Dating Game
2:00 General Hospital
2:30 One Life to Live
3:00 Love, American Style
3:30 Movie
5:00 ABC Evening News
5:30 Dick Van Dyke Show
6:00 Local News
6:30 Revival Fires
7:30 John Jardine (U of Wisconsin football coach)
8:00 Monday Night Football - Baltimore Colts at Minnesota Vikings (moment of silence held for Detroit Lions wide receiver Chuck Hughes who died of a heart attack the day before at Tiger Stadium; to date the only NFL player to die on the field during a game)
10:45 Local News (approximate after MNF)
11:15 Quarterback Club
11:45 Christophers
AM
12:00 The Galloping Gourmet
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Merv had a 45 minute edit? I remember 60 and 90 min versions
 
Tim from Springfield IL said:
Did the State Journal's TV insert at the time also carry out of market stations (e.g., Milwaukee, Rockford, Wausau)?
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Yes, they did, along with Green Bay, Davenport, La Crosse, Fond du Lac, and Dubuque. Oddly, there is only one Rockford station listed (WREX 13), considering their fairly close proximity. However, I chose only the Madison stations for my listings since that's where I was living then, and less work with that.
 
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