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Retro: Madison, WI - Sunday, August 27, 1972

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Around this date, we were preparing our return to Chicagoland (Villa Park) after a year in Madison (2 houses) from Oak Park.

3 WISC (CBS)
6:30 Sunrise Semester
7:00 Oral Roberts
7:30 Rex Humbard
8:00 Groovie Goolies
9:00 Tom & Jerry
9:30 Look Up and Live
10:00 Camera Three (from CBS, not WISC Channel 3)
10:30 Mass for Shut-Ins
11:30 Face the Nation - Guest: TBA at the time
NOON This is the Life
12:30 Kid Talk
1:00 AAU International Championships (taped Aug. 15-16 in Munich)
2:00 CBS Tennis Classic: John Newcombe vs. Ken Rosewall (final match), from Hilton Head, SC
3:00 Golf: U.S. Professional Match and Liggett & Myers Open (first golf doubleheader), from Pinehurst, NC
4:30 Fishing
5:00 Campaign '72
6:00 Eyewitness News
6:30 CBS Sunday Night Movies: "Assignment K" (1968) - Stephen Boyd, Camilla Sparv, Michael Redgrave
8:30 CBS Special: "The Life of Leonardo da Vinci" (Part 3 of 5)
9:30 That Good Ole Nashville Music (synd.)
10:00 Eyewitness News
10:30 CBS Sunday News - Dan Rather
10:45 Movie: "Games" (1967) - Simone Signoret, Katherine Ross, James Caan

15 WKOW (NBC)
8:30 Hour of Hope
9:00 Movie: "Ghost of the China Sea" (1958) - David Brian, Lynn Berney
10:30 Major Adams
11:30 Insight
NOON Meet the Press - Guest: Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew
12:30 Bill Anderson
1:00 MLB Baseball: San Francisco Giants vs. Chicago Cubs
4:00 Death Valley Days
4:30 Stan Gunn
5:00 Comment
5:30 NBC Nightly News - Garrick Utley
6:00 Wild Kingdom
6:30 Wonderful World of Disney: "Pablo and the Dancing Chihuahua" (Part 2 of 2)
7:30 Dragnet (locally pre-empting The Jimmy Stewart Show)
8:00 Bonanza
9:00 Bold Ones
10:00 15 News Service
10:30 Tonight Show (from August 5, 1971) - Guests: Bob Newhart, Suzanne Pleshette (year before they were cast for Nehwart's namesake sitcom which premiered on CBS the following month), Dick Gregory; Performers: Ike & Tina Turner

21 WHA (PBS)
4:30 (PM) Film Odyssey
6:00 Mason Williams
7:00 Firing Line
8:00 Masterpiece Theatre: "The Last of the Mohicans" (Part 4 of 8)
9:00 Evening at Pops - Featured: The Boston Ballet
10:00 Speak Freely

27 WKOW (ABC)
7:00 Baptist Church
7:30 Chrisian Echoes
8:30 Revival Fires
9:00 Reluctant Dragon
9:30 Double Deckers
10:00 Bullwinkle
10:30 Make a Wish
11:00 Riverside Ballroom
NOON Dick Rodgers
1:00 Faith for Today
1:30 Issues and Answers - Guest: Former Texas Gov. John B. Connally, who had recently stepped down as U.S. Treasury Secretary to start the "Democrats for Nixon" campaign.
2:00 Wisconsin Outdoors
2:30 1972 Summer Olympics - Events: Boxing, Basketball, Men's and Women's Gymnastics, Women's Springboard Diving, Volleyball, Weightlifting, Freestyle Wrestling
5:00 Roller Derby
6:00 Lassie
6:30 Untamed World
7:00 1972 Summer Olympics - Events: same as listed for 2:30, plus Rowing
8:00 NFL Pre-Season Football: Los Angeles Rams vs. Kansas City Chiefs, at the new Arrowhead Stadium
10:45 Wisconsin Report
11:15 Backyard Barbecue
11:30 Late Show: "Ocean's 11" (1960) - The Rat Pack: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop
 
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CORRECTION: The Kansas City Chiefs' first game at Arrowhead Stadium was actually on August 12, the day it opened, for an exhibition game against the St. Louis (now Arizona) Cardinals.
 
I also goofed on Channel 15's callsign, which should be WMTV.
 
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