(SOURCE: TV Guide, New York Metropolitan Edition, Jan. 25-31, 1969 issue)
(C) - in color
WNYE-TV 25 (Educational; owned by Board of Education of City of New York)
9:05 Classroom
12:00 Classroom
WNYC-TV 31 ("Independent"; owned by Municipal Broadcasting System)
10:00 Staff Meeting - "All My Rainbows"
11:00 Human Rights Forum - "The Politics of Confrontation" (C)
12:00 Films - 1. "A Shoebox Full of Dreams"
2. "How Good Are Our Schools? - Dr. Conant Reports" (narrated by Ralph Bellamy)
1:00 Interlude
3:00 Young Musical Artists (pianist Craig Sheppard performs selections by Bach, Schumann and Debussy)
3:30 Navy Film (C)
4:00 Around the Clock (produced by New York Police Department)
4:30 Perspective
5:00 Films from France
5:30 Wings to the World
6:00 Staten Island Today - "Staten Island Commerce and Industry" (guest: Edward W. Thompson, president of the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce) (C)
6:30 News - Paul Manacher (C)
7:00 Consultants at Large (guest: Dr. Albert Weeks)
7:30 Brooklyn College (guest: actress Irene Dailey)
8:00 Film
8:30 Astronomy - "The Rotation of the Earth" (lecturer: Professor Harry Crull)
9:00 Sight and Sound (guest: folk singer Robert Edwin) (C)
9:30 News - Herbert Boland (C)
9:45 Film
10:00 In the Law Library
10:30 Latin America - "Latin America on the Eve of Nationhood" and "The Wars for Independence in World Perspective"
followed by sign-off
WNJU-TV 47 (Independent; owned by New Jersey Television Broadcasting Corp.)
5:25 News
5:30 Movie: "Persecsion Sin Tregua" (1947; dubbed in Spanish) - Steve Brodie, Nan Leslie
7:00 Habla El Duque de Casalta (C)
7:30 Club de la Familia (C)
8:00 Movie: "La Marca Del Cuervo" (1958; in Spanish) - Tony Aguilar, Marta Valdes
9:30 Spanish Drama
10:00 Variety Hour with Jose Lanza (C)
10:30 News - Kevin Corrigan (C)
10:45 Variety Hour (continued) (C)
11:15 Movie (repeat of 5:30 P.M. showing)
12:45 News - Arturo Rodriguez
followed by sign-off
(NOTE: WLIW-TV 21 [owned by the Long Island Educational Television Council] and WXTV 41 [owned by Trans-Tel Corp. and affiliated with SIN] were already on the air at this point, but their program listings were not yet in TV Guide; WXTV would be added to the lineup with the June 21-27, 1969 issue, and WLIW-TV would be added in 1970.)
(C) - in color
WNYE-TV 25 (Educational; owned by Board of Education of City of New York)
9:05 Classroom
12:00 Classroom
WNYC-TV 31 ("Independent"; owned by Municipal Broadcasting System)
10:00 Staff Meeting - "All My Rainbows"
11:00 Human Rights Forum - "The Politics of Confrontation" (C)
12:00 Films - 1. "A Shoebox Full of Dreams"
2. "How Good Are Our Schools? - Dr. Conant Reports" (narrated by Ralph Bellamy)
1:00 Interlude
3:00 Young Musical Artists (pianist Craig Sheppard performs selections by Bach, Schumann and Debussy)
3:30 Navy Film (C)
4:00 Around the Clock (produced by New York Police Department)
4:30 Perspective
5:00 Films from France
5:30 Wings to the World
6:00 Staten Island Today - "Staten Island Commerce and Industry" (guest: Edward W. Thompson, president of the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce) (C)
6:30 News - Paul Manacher (C)
7:00 Consultants at Large (guest: Dr. Albert Weeks)
7:30 Brooklyn College (guest: actress Irene Dailey)
8:00 Film
8:30 Astronomy - "The Rotation of the Earth" (lecturer: Professor Harry Crull)
9:00 Sight and Sound (guest: folk singer Robert Edwin) (C)
9:30 News - Herbert Boland (C)
9:45 Film
10:00 In the Law Library
10:30 Latin America - "Latin America on the Eve of Nationhood" and "The Wars for Independence in World Perspective"
followed by sign-off
WNJU-TV 47 (Independent; owned by New Jersey Television Broadcasting Corp.)
5:25 News
5:30 Movie: "Persecsion Sin Tregua" (1947; dubbed in Spanish) - Steve Brodie, Nan Leslie
7:00 Habla El Duque de Casalta (C)
7:30 Club de la Familia (C)
8:00 Movie: "La Marca Del Cuervo" (1958; in Spanish) - Tony Aguilar, Marta Valdes
9:30 Spanish Drama
10:00 Variety Hour with Jose Lanza (C)
10:30 News - Kevin Corrigan (C)
10:45 Variety Hour (continued) (C)
11:15 Movie (repeat of 5:30 P.M. showing)
12:45 News - Arturo Rodriguez
followed by sign-off
(NOTE: WLIW-TV 21 [owned by the Long Island Educational Television Council] and WXTV 41 [owned by Trans-Tel Corp. and affiliated with SIN] were already on the air at this point, but their program listings were not yet in TV Guide; WXTV would be added to the lineup with the June 21-27, 1969 issue, and WLIW-TV would be added in 1970.)
We wouldn't have that many channels again until our first venture into cable a couple years later (a basic 12-channel system, though even several of those were "filler").