RETRO: NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1975

[gregg75]

From TV GUIDE

2 non-color programs listed as (BW)
Central Day-light time
** listed as ABC seconday, although only one station used ABC once on this day

Stations follow their network schedules unless listed otherwise

ABC CBS NBC PBS
FARGO FARGO FARGO FARGO
11 KTHI 4 KXJB 6 WDAY 13 KFME

BISMARK BISMARK
12 KXMB** 5 KFYR**

MINOT MINOT
13 KXMC** 10 KMOT**

WILLISTON WILLISTON
11 KXMD** 8 KUMV**

PEMBINA DEVILS LAKE GRAND FORKS
12 KCND 8 WDAZ 2 KGFE

FRIDAY August 1, 1975

6:30 11 abc Fargo
FARM REPORT
6:40
11 abc Fargo
NEW ZOO REVIEW

6:45
5 nbc Bismark, 8 nbc Williston, 10 nbc Minot ( LOCAL NBC, sister stations ????? )
RURAL REPORT

7:00
CBS NEWS (Rudd)
NBC TODAY
Idaho is the setting for this week’s Bicentennial salute.
12 cbs Bismark
A.M. AMERICA (abc)

7:10
11 abc Fargo
CARTOONS

7:30
11 abc Fargo
A.M. AMERICA (joined in progress)

8:00
CBS CAPTAIN KANGAROO

9:00
CBS SPIN-OFF (game show)
NBC CELEBRITY SWEEPSTAKES
Anne Meara, Clifton Davis, Steve Forrest, Dan Rowan, Jan Murray
4 cbs Fargo
PANORAMA (local) (30 min.)
11 abc Fargo
MOVIE - “Beach Cassanova” (Italian comedy 1962) (90 min.)
12 abc Pembina
GOOD MORNING (local) (60 min.)

9:30
CBS GAMBIT (game show)
NBC WHEEL OF FORTUNE

10:00
CBS TATTLETALES
Sammy Davis Jr., Adrian Barbeau.
NBC HIGH ROLLERS
12 abc Pembina
JACK LALANNE

10:30
ABC BRADY BUNCH
Marcia dates Greg’s worst enemy.
CBS LOVE OF LIFE
NBC HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
Pearl Bailey, Robert Blake, Sandy Duncan, McLean Stevenson,
Charo, Kent McCord, Hudson Brothers, Paul Lynde, Peter Marshall,
British host of “Celebrity Squares” Bob Monkhouse.

10:55
CBS NEWS (Edwards)

11:00
ABC SHOWOFFS (game show)
Guest Richard Dawson.
CBS YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
NBC MAGNIFICENT MARBLE MACHINE (game show)
Adrene Barbeau, Jimmy Walker, Host: Art James.

11:30
ABC ALL MY CHILDREN
CBS SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
NBC JACKPOT! (game show)

11:55
NBC NEWS (Edwin Newman)

12:00
Local CBS stations LOCAL NEWS (4 Fargo, 11 Williston, 12 Bismark, 13 Minot)
(15 min. except 4 Fargo 20 min.)
NBC NOON FEATURES (??)
11 abc Fargo
DIALING FOR DOLLARS
12 abc Pembina
AROUND THE COUNTRY (??)

12:15
Local CBS stations NOON SHOW

12:20
4 cbs Fargo
WOMAN’S WORLD (local)

12:30
ABC LET’S MAKE A DEAL
CBS AS THE WORLD TURNS
NBC DAYS OF OUR LIVES
12 abc Pembina
COLOUR CARTOON PARTY

1:00
ABC $10,000 PYRAMID
Jerry Stiller, June Lockhart.
CBS GUIDING LIGHT

1:30
ABC RHYME AND REASON (game show)
Jack Carter, Della Reese, Dick Clark, Nipsey Russell.

2:00
ABC GENERAL HOSPITAL
CBS PRICE IS RIGHT
NBC ANOTHER WORLD

2:30
ABC ONE LIFE TO LIVE
CBS MATCH GAME
Kate Jackson, Avery Schreiber, Fannie Flagg, Brett Somers,
Charles Nelson Reilly, Richard Dawson.

3:00
ABC YOU DON’T SAY (game show)
Guests include Betty White, Barbara McNair. Host: Tom Kennedy.
CBS MUSICAL CHARIS (game show)
NBC SOMERSET
6 nbc Fargo & 8 nbc Devils Lake (sister stations)
PARTY LINE (variety) (60 min.)
11 abc Fargo
MOVIE (to be announced) (2 hours)

3:30
ABC RYAN’S HOPE
CBS TO TELL THE TRUTH
Nipsey Russell, Kitty Carlisle, Bill Cullen, Peggy Cass.
NBC BE OUR GUEST (variety)

4:00
Local CBS stations MIKE DOUGLAS
Uri Geller is the co-host for a show on psychic phenomena. (90 min.)
Local NBC stations HUCK AND YOGI CARTOONS
6 nbc Fargo & 8 nbc Devils Lake
SOMERSET (delayed from nbc 3:00)
12 abc Pembina
FLINTSTONES
PBS MISTER ROGERS (both channel 2 & 13 have the same schedules)

4:30
Local NBC stations I DREAM OF JEANNIE
Jeannie prepares for her dog to give birth.
6 nbc Fargo & 8 nbc Devils Lake
BEWITCHED
Darrin is turned into an ape.
12 abc Pembina
COLOUR CARTOON PARTY (second airing of the day)
PBS SESAME STREET

5:00
Local NBC stations TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
6 nbc Fargo & 8 nbc Devils Lake
BOBBY GOLDSBORO
( Only seen on Fridays. Various other shows throughout the week. )
11 abc Fargo LOCAL NEWS
12 abc Pembina
LET’S MAKE A DEAL (delayed from 12:30)

5:30
ABC NEWS Smith/Reasoner
CBS NEWS Cronkite
NBC NEWS Chanchelor
6 nbc Fargo & 8 nbc Devils Lake
LOCAL NEWS
PBS ELECTRIC COMPANY

6:00
All stations LOCAL NEWS
6 nbc Fargo & 8 nbc Devils Lake
NBC NEWS Chanchelor
11 abc Fargo
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
Guests include Redd Foxx, Joey Bishop, Diana Rigg. Pearl Bailey,
Don Knotts, Rose Marie, Paul Lynde, Charlie Weaver.
(this may be the syndicated version)
(channel 11 shows MOD SQUAD Mon.-Thur.)
12 abc Pembina
ACTION THEATER (??) (60 min.) probably a western
PBS AVIATION WEATHER

6:30
ABC LET’S MAKE A DEAL
CBS GOOD TIMES
A neighbor struggles to make ends meet with social-security.
NBC BARNEY MILLER
Self-appointed lawman puts muggers in the hospital.
6 nbc Fargo & 8 nbc Devil’s Lake
LAWRENCE WELK (60 min.)
PBS NEWS (Martin Agronsky)

7:00
ABC MOVIE “The Tribe” (1974, 90 min.) Drama
CBS MOVIE “The Family Kovack” (1974, 90 min.) Drama
NBC SANFORD AND SON
Fred’s sister has married a white man.
12 abc Pembina
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
(probably the syndicated version)
PBS WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW

7:30
NBC CHICO AND THE MAN
Chico is keeping strange hours and carrying a lot of cash.
12 abc Pembina
WRESTLING
PBS WALL STREET WEEK (Rukeyser)

8:00
NBC ROCKFORD FILES
A girl is living like a peon but hesitates to bank a $10,000 insurance check.
PBS BOOK BEAT
“Breach of Faith: The Fall of Richard Nixon”

8:30
ABC COLLEGE ALL-STAR FOOTBALL GAME
All-Stars vs. Steelers ( Steelers won 24 - 0 )
CBS MOVIE “Catholics” (90 min.) Drama
First telecast in 1973 on “CBS Playhouse 90.”
PBS WOMAN (discussion)
Working conditions of domestics.

9:00
NBC POLICE WOMAN
Pepper serves as a bodyguard for a visiting campus speaker
who is black and a Marxist.
PBS MOVIE “The Front Page” (1931) Comedy-Drama (BW)

10:00
all stations except ABC / PBS…….. LOCAL NEWS

10:30
CBS MOVIE “The Black Scorpion” (1957) Thriller (1 hour 45 min.) (BW)
NBC JOHNNY CARSON
McLean Stevenson is the guest host.
PBS LILIAS, YOGA AND YOU

11:30
11 abc Fargo
LOCAL NEWS
12 abc Pembina
MOVIE “The Vikings” (1958) (90 min.) Adventure

12:00
NBC SPECIAL: NIGHT DREAMS (music)
10 C.C, The Spinners, Black Oak Arkansas, Tanya Tucker, B.J. Thomas.
(pre-empts THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL)
11 abc Fargo
SAINT
A hated movie star is kidnapped.

12:15
CBC NEWS

1:00
11 abc Fargo & 12 abc Pembina
NEWS (not sure if local or ABC)

 

[gregg75]

OBSERVATIONS:
I thought this might be easier than the regular "station" listing, but now I am not so sure.

Interesting how some celebrities probably made a decent living floating from game show to
game show.

Isn't North Dakota known for doing it's OWN thang? 12 ABC Pembina seems to be doing it's own
thing much of the time.

 

[azumanga]

Isn't North Dakota known for doing it's OWN thang? 12 ABC Pembina seems to be doing it's own
thing much of the time.

Not for long -- a month later, KCND would close down, with its transmitting equipment and intellectual property moved to Winnipeg to start up CKND ch.9, now a Global station. KCND's last program and CKND's first program was the Jerry Lewis Telethon. Channel 12 would not be lit up again until the late-1980s, when KNRR, a satellite of Fargo's KVRR, went on the air.

 

[gregg75]

I did notice that KCND Pembina is right at the Canadian border. Maybe they decided they
had more viewers in Canada and went for it.

 

[FreddyE1977]

I did notice that KCND Pembina is right at the Canadian border. Maybe they decided they
had more viewers in Canada and went for it.

Their issue was that they had so many Canadian viewers they were drawing a lot of advertising
away from Canadian stations in Winnipeg. This upset the Canadian government so they started
throwing up roadblocks to cable carriage as that became prevalent. Finally a deal to swap it for
a station in Canada seemed to make financial sense.

 

[gregg75]

Interesting.......How about those other CBS and NBC stations that seem to be showing the
exact same programs, were they sister stations or was it some kind of a translator thing?

 

[compubit]

Interesting.......How about those other CBS and NBC stations that seem to be showing the
exact same programs, were they sister stations or was it some kind of a translator thing?

KFYR/5, KUMV/8 & KMOT/10 (along with KQCD/7/Dickinson) are all sister stations - other than local news, aired the same programming.

Same thing with KXMB/KXMC/KXMD (along with KXMA/2/Dickinson) are also sister stations.

WDAY/WDAZ were also sister stations.

I'm guessing the 12 running A.M. America should have been KCND (not KXMB).

I'm guessing the Dickinson stations weren't listed, as they are in the Mountain Time Zone, and IIRC, run the feeds from the primary stations (KXMB & KFYR respectively) on an hour delay (last I heard).

J