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Retro: Montreal/Ottawa (Saturday, October 4, 1975)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1975
SOURCE: THE MONTREAL GAZETTE

This is the day Mirabel International Airport opened, and was supposed to succeed the older Dorval International Airport; long story short, ultimately did not turn out that way.

CBFT Channel 2 Montreal (Radio-Canada)
9:00: Sesame
9:30: Roquet, Belles Oreilles
10:00: Vers L’Aventure
10:30: Fifi Brindacier
11:00: Mirabel Inauguration
12:30: Emile
1:00: John, L’Intrepide
1:30: Les Heros du Samedi
2:30: Sportheque
3:30: Nanny
4:00: Chasse et Peche
5:00: Bagatelle
6:00: Declic
6:30: Telejournal
6:45: Le XVIIe Siecle, le Retrouve (“The 17th Century”)
7:00: Lise Lib
8:00: Cinema: “Kamouraska” (1973; Genevieve Bujold, Richard Jordan)
10:15: Rien N’Est Plus Comme Avant
10:30: Telejournal
11:00: Cinema: “La Statue en or Massif” (“The Oscar”) (1966; Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer)
1:00: Cinema: “Miracle a l’Italienne” (“Between Miracles”) (1971; Lionel Stander, Delia Boccardo)

WCAX Channel 3 Burlington, VT (CBS)
6:30: Sunrise Semester
7:00: Bonanza
8:00: Pebbles and Bam Bam
8:30: Bugs Bunny
9:30: Scooby Doo
10:00: Shazam/Isis Hour
11:00: Far Out Space Nuts
11:30: Ghost Chasers
12:00: Valley of the Dinosaurs
12:30: Fat Albert
1:00: Children’s Film Festival
2:00: People
2:30: Film Short
3:00: Hocus Pocus
4:00: NFL Game of the Week
4:30: CBS Sports Spectacular
6:00: News/Weather/Sports
6:30: CBS News
7:00: Bobby Vinton Show
7:30: Candid Camera
8:00: The Jeffersons
8:30: Doc
9:00: Mary Tyler Moore Show
9:30: Bob Newhart Show
10:00: Carol Burnett Show
11:00: News/Weather/Sports
11:30: Movie: “Dear Heart” (1965; Glenn Ford, Geraldine Page)

CBOT Channel 4 Ottawa, ON (CBC)
9:30: Parade
10:30: Peanuts and Popcorn
12:00: Hi Diddle Day
12:30: The Brady Kids
1:00: Reach for the Top
1:30: Football Huddle
2:00: Sports: Team Canada ’74 Hockey Highlights
3:00: Celebrity Tennis
4:00: U.N. Concert
5:00: Bugs Bunny
5:30: Welcome Back Kotter
6:00: News/Weather/Sports
6:30: Monty Python’s Flying Circus
7:00: Summer Evening
7:30: Phyllis
8:00: Canadian Snowmobile Test
9:00: The Sinners
10:00: Billy Liar
10:30: CBC News
10:35: CFL Football: Calgary Stampeders @ BC Lions (Calgary defeated BC 38-12)
1:00: National News

WPTZ Channel 5 Plattsburgh, NY (NBC)
8:00: Emergency Plus Four
8:30: Sigmund and the Sea Monsters
9:00: Secret Life of Waldo Kitty
9:30: The Pink Panther
10:00: Land of the Lost
10:30: Run, Joe, Run
11:00: Beyond the Planet of the Apes
11:30: Westwind
12:00: Josie and the Pussycats
12:30: Go-U.S.A.
1:00: Major League Championship: Doubleheader, teams to be announced and time to be confirmed
7:00: Space 1999 (time approximate)
8:00: Emergency
9:00: Movie: “Shamus” (1973; Burt Reynolds, Dyan Cannon)
11:00: News/Weather/Sports
11:30: Weekend (we assume this was the last time Johnny Carson reruns aired here; what we know now as SNL debuted one week later in this slot)

CBMT Channel 6 Montreal (CBC)
9:30: Sesame Street
10:30: Skipper and Co.
11:00: Mirabel Inauguration
12:00: U.K. Magazine
12:30: Peanuts and Popcorn
2:00: Sports: Team Canada ’74 Hockey Highlights
3:00: Celebrity Tennis
4:00: U.N. Concert
5:00: Bugs Bunny
5:30: Welcome Back Kotter
6:00: News/Weather/Sports
6:30: Monty Python’s Flying Circus
7:00: Barney Miller
7:30: Phyllis
8:00: Canadian Snowmobile Test
9:00: The Sinners
10:00: Billy Liar
10:30: CBC News
10:35: CFL Football: Calgary Stampeders @ BC Lions
1:00: National News
1:15: Movie: “The Valachi Papers” (1972; Charles Bronson, Gerald S. O’Laughlin)

CKGN (CIII) Channel 6 Ottawa, ON (Global)
10:30: Canadian Cavalcade
11:00: Circle Square
11:30: Niven Miller
12:00: Canadian Stage Band Festival
1:30: Let’s Go
2:00: The Canadians
2:30: Stampede Wrestling
3:30: The Pink Panther
4:00: Merrie Melodies
4:30: Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
5:00: George Anthony With…
5:30: Going Places
6:00: Global Newsweek
6:30: Sports Probe
7:00: Money Talks
7:30: The Number to Call
9:30: Doctor on the Go
10:00: Movie: “The Lusty Men” (1952; Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy)
12:30: Movie: “The Knack and How to Get It” (1965; Michael Crawford, Rita Tushingham)

CHLT Channel 7 Sherbrooke (TVA)
8:30: Patof Raconte
9:00: Banana Splits
9:30: Les Cadets de la Foret (“The Forest Rangers”)
10:00: Les P’Tits Amis
11:00: Les Sentinelles de L’Air
12:00: Bon Weekend
2:00: Pour Vous Mesdames
2:30: Pere Ambrose
3:00: Sur Le Matelas
4:00: Dimension Estrie
5:00: Ca Prend Un Voleur
6:00: Soiree Canadienne
7:00: Cinema: “Le Mystere de la Chambre Forte” (“The Spy With My Face”) (1965; Robert Vaughn, David McCallum)
8:45: Cinema: “Les Esclaves de Babylone” (“Slaves of Babylon”) (1953; Richard Conte, Linda Christian)
10:30: Les Nouvelles TVA
11:00: Informa 7
11:25: Cinema: “La Rage de Suvivre” (“Rage”) (1966; Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens)

WMTW Channel 8 Poland Spring, ME (ABC) (Serves Portland, ME)
7:00: Across the Fence
7:30: Puff’n Stuff
8:00: Word of Life
8:30: Tom and Jerry/Grape Ape Show
9:30: Lost Saucer
10:00: New Adventures of Gilligan
10:30: Uncle Croc’s Block
11:30: The Odd Ball Couple
12:00: Speed Buggy
12:30: American Bandstand: Guests Faith, Hope & Charity, Gino Vannelli, and Ted Knight (that info compiled from a quick Google search)
1:30: Rock ’n Fun Magic Show
2:30: Movie: “King of the Khyber Rifles” (1954; Tyrone Power, Michael Rennie)
4:00: The F.B.I.
5:00: Wide World of Sports
6:30: Wally’s Workshop (hosted by Wally Bruner, formerly of “What’s My Line?”)
7:00: Barney Miller
7:30: On the Rocks
8:00: Howard Cosell Show
9:00: College Football: Ohio State @ UCLA (Ohio State won 41-20; UCLA won the rematch 23-10 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on January 1, 1976)
12:00: ABC News
12:15: Rock Concert: Guests Black Sabbath, Mahogany Rush, New Birth

CJOH Channel 8/13 Ottawa/Cornwall, ON (CTV)
6:00: University of the Air
7:00: Cartoon Party
7:30: Circle Square
8:00: Flintstones and Friends
9:00: Rocket Robin Hood
9:30: Fantastica
10:00: Kidstuff
11:00: Movie: “Ma and Pa Kettle” (1949; Marjorie Bain, Percy Kilbride)
12:30: Willy and Floyd
1:00: Sports is Fun
1:30: Outdoor Sportsman
2:00: Movie: “East of Sumatra” (1953; Jeff Chandler, Marilyn Maxwell)
3:30: All Star Wrestling
4:30: Wide World of Sports
6:00: News/Weather/Sports
6:30: Regional Contact
7:00: Emergency
8:00: Movie: “Shamus” (1973; Burt Reynolds, Dyan Cannon)
10:00: Hawaii Five-O
11:00: News/Weather/Sports
11:30: Liam Clancy Show
12:00: Movie: “Downhill Racer” (1969; Robert Redford, Gene Hackman)

Cable Channel 9 Montreal
11:30: Politiques Municipales
12:30: Secourisme au Foyer
1:00: German Diary
5:30: Learning/Teaching
6:00: Tourlou
6:30: Les Sept Mers
7:30: Cinema: “La Grande Epoque” (Ben Turpin, Laurel & Hardy)
10:00: Las Vegas Fight of the Week
11:00: Cowtown Rodeo
12:00: Tele Sports Digest

National Cablevision Channel 9 Montreal
10:30: Las Vegas Fight of the Week
11:30: Cowtown Rodeo
12:30: Tele Sports Digest
2:30: The Checkered Flag
3:00: NFL’s Greatest Games
3:30: Tele Sports Digest
5:00: Plein Air
6:00: Tourlou
6:30: Les Sept Mers
7:30: Cinema: “La Grande Epoque” (Ben Turpin, Laurel & Hardy)
10:00: Festival de Longueuil
12:30: Tele Sports Digest
2:30: NFL’s Greatest Games
3:00: Des Concerts Avec Vous
3:30: Divers Pour L’Automne

CBOFT Channel 9 Ottawa, ON (Radio-Canada)
8:00: Cours Scolaires
9:00: Sesame
9:30: Roquet, Belles Oreilles
10:00: Vers L’Aventure
10:30: Fifi Brindacier
11:00: Mirabel Inauguration
12:30: Emile
1:00: John, L’Intrepide
1:30: Les Heros du Samedi
2:30: Sportheque
3:30: Nanny
4:00: Chasse et Peche
5:00: Bagatelle
6:00: Destination Monde
6:30: Telejournal
6:45: Le XVIIe Siecle, le Retrouve (“The 17th Century”)
7:00: Lise Lib
8:00: Cinema: “Kamouraska” (1973; Genevieve Bujold, Richard Jordan)
10:15: Rien N’Est Plus Comme Avant
10:30: Telejournal
11:00: Cinema: “La Statue en or Massif” (“The Oscar”) (1966; Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer)
1:00: Cinema: “Miracle a l’Italienne” (“Between Miracles”) 1971; Lionel Stander, Delia Boccardo)

CFTM Channel 10 Montreal (TVA)
8:30: Patof Raconte
9:00: Banana Splits
9:30: Les Cadets de la Foret (“The Forest Rangers”)
10:00: Robin Fusee
10:30: Le Cirque a Son Meilleur
11:00: Les Sentinelles de L’Air
12:00: Bon Weekend
2:00: Pour Vous Mesdames
2:30: Pere Ambrose
3:00: Sur Le Matelas
4:00: Horizon Sports
4:30: C’est Arrive Cette Semaine
5:00: Ca Prend Un Voleur
6:00: A L’Heure Olympique
7:00: Cinema: “Le Mystere de la Chambre Forte” (“The Spy With My Face”) (1965; Robert Vaughn, David McCallum)
8:45: Cinema: “Les Esclaves de Babylone” (“Slaves of Babylon”) (1953; Richard Conte, Linda Christian)
10:30: Les Nouvelles TVA
11:00: Les Couleur du Temps
11:25: Cinema: “La Rage de Suvivre” (“Rage”) (1966; Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens)
1:00: Cinema: “Trafic de Filles” (1968; Christine Aurel, Henri Lambert)

CKWS Channel 11 Kingston, ON (CBC)
9:00: Circle Square
9:30: House of Frightenstein
10:30: The Flying Nun
11:00: Harrigan
11:30: Wild Kingdom
12:00: World Tomorrow
12:30: It’s a Musical World
1:00: What’s New
1:30: Howie Meeker Hockey School
1:45: Mr. Chips
2:00: Sports: Team Canada ’74 Hockey Highlights
3:00: Celebrity Tennis
4:00: U.N. Concert
5:00: Bugs Bunny
5:30: Welcome Back Kotter
6:00: Gospel Echoes
6:30: Saturday Night
7:00: Tommy Makem
7:30: Phyllis
8:00: Canadian Snowmobile Test
9:00: The Sinners
10:00: Billy Liar
10:30: CBC News
10:35: CFL Football: Calgary Stampeders @ BC Lions
1:00: National News

CFCF Channel 12 Montreal (CTV)
6:00: University of the Air
6:30: The Community
7:00: Circle Square
7:30: Abbott and Costello
8:00: Rocket Robin Hood
8:30: The Pink Panther
9:00: Merrie Melodies
9:30: The Flintstones
10:00: Kidstuff
11:00: Fantastica
11:30: Spiderman
12:00: Star Trek
1:00: Movie: “The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao” (1964; Tony Randall, Arthur O’Connell)
3:00: Superstars of the Mat
4:00: Sports Beat ’75
4:30: Wide World of Sports
6:00: Lawrence Welk
7:00: Emergency
8:00: Movie: “Shamus” (1973; Burt Reynolds, Dyan Cannon)
10:00: The Funny Farm
10:30: Maude
11:00: News/Weather/Sports
12:00: Movie: “Grand Prix” (1966; James Garner, Eva Marie Saint)

CIVM Channel 17 Montreal (Radio-Quebec)
6:00 pm: Tourlou
6:30: Les Sept Mers
7:30: Cinema: “La Grande Epoque” (Ben Turpin, Laurel & Hardy)

WEZF (WVNY) Channel 22 Burlington, VT (ABC)
8:00: Hong Kong Phooey
8:30: Tom and Jerry/Grape Ape Show
9:30: Lost Saucer
10:00: New Adventures of Gilligan
10:30: Uncle Croc’s Block
11:30: The Odd Ball Couple
12:00: Speed Buggy
12:30: American Bandstand
1:30: Twilight Zone
2:30: Films
4:30: Twilight Zone
5:00: Wide World of Sports
6:30: ABC News
7:00: The Big Valley
8:00: Howard Cosell Show
9:00: College Football: Ohio State @ UCLA
12:00: ABC News
12:15: Movie: “She Devil” (1957; Marie (sic) Blanchard, Albert Dekker)

WETK Channel 33 Burlington, VT (PBS; erroneously identified in the paper as NET)
8:00: Sesame Street
9:00: The Electric Company
9:30: Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood
10:00: Sesame Street
11:00: The Electric Company
11:30: Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood
12:00: Vision On
(There is nothing else on Channel 33 listed past “Vision On”.)
 
WPTZ Channel 5 Plattsburgh, NY (NBC)

11:30: Weekend (we assume this was the last time Johnny Carson reruns aired here; what we know now as SNL debuted one week later in this slot)

...this wasn't The Weekend Tonight Show; Weeekend was Lloyd Dobyns' once-a-month newsmagazine which ran after the late news on either Saturday or Sunday nights, depending on which NBC affiliate was in question. It started running in this time slot on 20 October 1974...
 
NBC dropped 'Weekend' in 1979, although it continued to skip 'SNL' one weekend a month, on occasion, for years thereafter( in the '70s, it was either for sports events, or for comedy specials that were meant to appeal to the 'SNL' audience; in the '80s and early '90s, it was wrestling shows).
 
WMTW Channel 8 Poland Spring, ME (ABC) (Serves Portland, ME)

8:00: Howard Cosell Show

Which was also known as "Saturday Night Live" (albeit "Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell") during its ill-fated run. Hence why the more well-known SNL which debuted the following Saturday went by "NBC's Saturday Night" or just "Saturday Night" during its first season or so.
 
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