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Retro: North Texas--Tue, Mar 16, 1971

M

Mike Stroud

TV Guide, North Texas edition--cover, Gene Barry, Robert Stack ("Name of the Game")

NOTE: Channels in parentheses were originally designated by black bullets; those in brackets by white. The Austin stations were designated by notched slugs inside white bullets, and could, according to the description, "be received by some Community Antenna TV subscribers" (the term used at the time for cable)

Dallas, Texas:
(4) KDFW (CBS)--now FOX owned-and-operated
(8) WFAA (ABC)
(13) KERA (PBS)
(39) KDTV (Ind.)--now KXTX, a Telemundo affiliate

Fort Worth, Texas:
(5) WBAP (NBC)--now KXAS, NBC owned-and-operated (majority ownership)
(11) KTVT (Ind.)--now CBS owned-and-operated

Tyler, Texas:
(7) KLTV (NBC/ABC/CBS joint)--now exclusively ABC affiliate

Wichita Falls, Texas:
[3] KFDX (NBC)
[6] KAUZ (CBS)

Ardmore, Oklahoma/Sherman, Texas/Denison, Texas:
[12] KXII (NBC, CBS secondary)--now CBS affiliate

Lawton, Oklahoma/Wichita Falls, Texas:
[7] KSWO (ABC)

Temple/Waco, Texas:
(6) KCEN (NBC)--now on digital channel 9 (no PSIP virtual channel 6)

Waco, Texas:
(10) KWTX (CBS, ABC secondary)

Abilene, Texas:
(9) KRBC (NBC)
(12) KTXS (ABC primary, CBS secondary)--now exclusively ABC affiliate

Austin, Texas:
<7> KTBC (CBS, ABC secondary)--now FOX affiliate
<9> KLRN (PBS)--actually San Antonio; KLRU began in Austin on channel 18 in 1979
<42> KHFI (NBC)--now KXAN, on channel 36 (the current occupant of channel 42, KEYE, a CBS affiliate, started independently, nine years after KHFI's channel move in 1973)

{COLOR}--program broadcast in color

MORNING
6:00
(8) Operation Lift--unknown {COLOR}

6:20
(8) R.F.D.--local farm show, hosted by Murray Cox {COLOR}

6:30
(4) Sunrise Semester {COLOR}
(5) Good Morning--local {COLOR}
(8) Real McCoys--rerun
(12) Farm and Ranch News {COLOR}

6:35
[3] R.F.D. 3--local {COLOR}

6:45
(6) R.F.D. 6--local; hosted by Clark Bolt {COLOR}
(11) KTVT News--Larry Ratliff, anchor {COLOR}

6:55
(7) For Times Like These--possibly local public affairs {COLOR}
<7> Farm Report, Weather {COLOR}

7:00
[3] (5) (6) (7) (9) [12] <42> Today Show--Hugh Downs, Barbara Walters {COLOR}
(4) [6] <7> (10) (12) CBS Morning News--John Hart, anchor {COLOR}
(8) News 8, Etc.--local morning show {COLOR}
(11) Slam Bang Theatre--probably cartoons {COLOR}

7:15
<9> Sesame Street {COLOR}

7:25
[6] Paul Harvey {COLOR}

7:30
[6] KAUZ News {COLOR}

7:35
[6] Good Morning--local {COLOR}

8:00
(4) [6] <7> (10) (12) Captain Kangaroo--"Boat Day in the Treasure House" {COLOR}
(13) Driver Education

8:15
<9> What's New--children's show (unsure if PBS)

8:30
[7] Movie--"Fifth Avenue Girl," 1939 (shown again at 3:40 p.m.)
(8) Movie--"Panic in the Streets," 1950
(11) Romper Room {COLOR}
(13) Mister Rogers {COLOR}

8:45
<9> Project History/World Geography--unusual for PBS affiliates/networks, KLRN actually listed its in-school program lineup throughout the day

8:55
(39) Dr. Donald Curtis--possibly religion? {COLOR}

9:00
[3] (5) (6) (7) (9) [12] <42> Dinah Shore--today's show: eggplant cooking, a yoga expert, and James Brolin {COLOR}
(4) [6] <7> (10) Lucille Ball--CBS rerun of "Lucy Show"{COLOR}
(11) Jack LaLanne {COLOR}
(12) Ann Nunn--probably local women's show, although listed as "discussion" {COLOR}
(13) Sesame Street {COLOR}
(39) KDTV News

9:10
<9> Changing Earth/Science Shed--in-school

9:15
(39) Stock Market Observer--business/market ticker scrolled across screen until 3 p.m.; this was a format used by some big-market indies in the daytime during this period, especially second- or third-place stations on UHF like KDTV

9:30
[3] (5) (6) (7) (9) [12] <42> Concentration--Bob Clayton hosted this durable rebus puzzle game {COLOR}
(4) [6] <7> (10) Beverly Hillbillies--strangely listed as simply "Hillbillies"--did CBS change the title for daytime? {COLOR}
<9> Drugs/Earth Science/Uncommon Men--in-school
(11) Password--rerun of original 1961-67 CBS version; ABC brought back the game in daytime later in the year, thanks to the syndie success of these reruns {COLOR}
(12) Let's Make a Deal--tape-delayed from ABC the previous day or week {COLOR}

9:50
<9> Project History/World Geography--in-school

10:00
[3] (5) (6) (7) (9) [12] <42> Sale of the Century {COLOR}
(4) [6] <7> (10) (12) Family Affair--CBS rerun {COLOR}
[7] All My Children--tape-delayed from ABC {COLOR}
<9> Japanese Brush Painting--probably in-school
(11) Peyton Place--rerun
(13) Roundabout--children's show

10:10
<9> Cover to Cover/Science Shed--in-school

10:15
(13) Spanish I--KERA listed its in-school programs also; possibly TV Guide practice at the time

10:30
[3] (5) (6) (7) (9) [12] <42> Hollywood Squares--"Paul Lynde for the block, please" {COLOR}
(4) [6] <7> (10) Love of Life--this soap had developed a somewhat stodgy image by this point {COLOR}
[7] (8) (12) That Girl--ABC rerun {COLOR}
<9> Drugs/Earth Science/Uncommon Men
(11) Alfred Hitchcock (Presents)
(13) Spanish II--in-school

10:45
(13) Uncommon Men/Great Ideas (wonder if these were PBS-packaged, or by a Texas state ETV agency?)

10:50
<9> Project History/World Geography

11:00
[3] (5) (6) (7) (9) [12] <42> Jeopardy!--"yes, sir, that is correct"--Art Fleming said it several times per show; when was the last time Trebek ever said that to a contestant? {COLOR}
(4) [6] <7> (10) Where the Heart Is--incest was an overarching theme on this sudser {COLOR}
[7] (8) (12) Bewitched--ABC rerun; Dick York as Darrin {COLOR}
(11) Farmer's Daughter--rerun of rarely-seen 1963-66 ABC adaptation of 1940 film, with Inger Stevens in the title role
(13) Physics--in-school

11:10
<9> Changing Earth/Science Shed

11:15
(13) Gutentag--German lessons; in-school

11:25
(4) [6] <7> (10) CBS News--Douglas Edwards {COLOR}

11:30
[3] (5) (6) (9) <42> Who, What or Where Game {COLOR}
(4) [6] <7> (10) (12) [12] Search for Tomorrow {COLOR}
(7) Movie Game--syndicated {COLOR}
[7] A World Apart--ABC serial {COLOR}
(8) All My Children--tape-delayed {COLOR}
<9> Drugs/Earth Science/Uncommon Men
(11) Galloping Gourmet--Graham Kerr, cooking it up {COLOR}
(13) Exploring Science

11:45
(13) Physics

11:50
<9> Project History/World Geography

11:55
[3] (5) (6) (9) <42> NBC News--Floyd Kalber {COLOR}

AFTERNOON
12:00
[3] KFDX News {COLOR}
(4) KDFW News {COLOR}
(5) WBAP News {COLOR}
(6) KCEN News {COLOR}
[6] KAUZ News {COLOR}
(7) KLTV News {COLOR}
[7] Profile--probably local women's show {COLOR}
<7> Women's World--local {COLOR}
(8) WFAA News {COLOR}
(9) KRBC News {COLOR}
(10) Ten Acres--local farm show {COLOR}
(11) TV Bingo--local game show, hosted by John Borders {COLOR}
(12) KTXS News/Weather/Farm
[12] Twelve Acres--same concept as KWTX; name "_____ Acres" may have been franchised or copyrighted {COLOR}
<42> Midday--local variety show {COLOR}

12:10
<9> Cover to Cover/Science Shed

12:15
(6) Cathy's Corner--probably local women's show {COLOR}
[6] Paul Harvey {COLOR}
(9) Potpourri--probably local women's show {COLOR}

12:20
[6] KAUZ Weather {COLOR}

12:30
[3] (5) (6) (9) <42> Joe Garagiola's Memory Game--five contestants memorized questions and answers, and NBC fixture Garagiola asked them afterwards; Merv Griffin packaged this short-lived vehicle, before Garagiola moved over to "Sale of the Century" {COLOR}
(4) [6] <7> (9) (10) [12] As the World Turns--"and now, presented live for the next thirty minutes ..." {COLOR}
(7) [7] (8) Let's Make a Deal--it appears that TV Guide botched up this one, listing it as "Make a Deal" {COLOR}
<9> Drugs/Earth Science/Uncommon Men
(11) KTVT News/Weather/Community Capsule

12:50
<9> Project History/World Geography

1:00
[3] (5) (6) (7) (9) [12] <42> Days of Our Lives {COLOR}
(4) [6] <7> (10) (12) Love is a Many Splendored Thing {COLOR}
[7] (8) Newlywed Game {COLOR}
(11) Movie--"The Redhead from Wyoming," 1953
(13) Spanish I

1:10
<9> Changing Earth/Science Shed

1:15
(13) Spanish II

1:30
[3] (5) (6) (7) (9) [12] <42> The Doctors {COLOR}
(4) [6] <7> (10) (12) Guiding Light {COLOR}
[7] (8) Dating Game--"will it be Bachelor #1, Bachelor #2, or Bachelor #3?" {COLOR}
<9> Drugs/Earth Science/Uncommon Men
(13) Exploring Science

1:45
(13) Physics

1:50
<9> Project History/World Geography

2:00
[3] (5) (6) (7) (9) [12] <42> Another World {COLOR}
(4) [6] <7> (10) Secret Storm {COLOR}
[7] (8) (12) General Hospital--still at this timeslot today {COLOR}
(13) Ready, Set, Go--children's show

2:10
<9> Cover to Cover/Science Shed

2:30
[3] (5) (6) (7) (9) [12] <42> Bright Promise--NBC sudser {COLOR}
(4) [6] <7> (10) (12) Edge of Night--"Presented Live!!!" {COLOR}
[7] (8) One Life to Live--if this were a serial about cats, the name of the show would be ...--!!! {COLOR}
<9> Drugs/Earth Science/Uncommon Men (will school never end for the day?)
(13) Roundabout--children's show

2:45
(13) Places in the News--either children's or educational

2:50
<9> Project History/World Geography (**SIGH**)
(11) Lucille Rivers--time for some sewing lessons for Mom or Grandma {COLOR}

3:00
[3] (5) (6) (7) (9) [12] <42> Somerset {COLOR}
(4) [6] <7> (10) Gomer Pyle, USMC--CBS rerun {COLOR}
[7] (8) Dark Shadows--serial was good to the last bite--! {COLOR}
(11) Popeye {COLOR}
(12) Dating Game--tape-delayed from ABC earlier
(39) Space Angel--probably 1962-64 cartoon series about astronauts {COLOR}

3:10
<9> Changing Earth/Science Shed (just 20 more minutes until the school bell ...)

3:15
(13) Spanish I--unfortunately, school in Dallas will last until 4:30

3:30
[3] Galloping Gourmet--Graham Kerr cooks cubed veal and pork with a mushroom-and-tomato sauce {COLOR}
(4) Merv Griffin (90-minute version) {COLOR}
(5) [6] Mike Douglas (90-minute version; different episodes) {COLOR}
(6) Dennis the Menace--watch out for that tornado in the intro
(7) One Life to Live--tape-delayed from ABC earlier
[7] Lucille Rivers {COLOR}
<7> That Girl--tape-delayed from ABC earlier
(8) Movie--"Sinbad the Sailor," 1963 {COLOR}
(9) Movie--"The Actress," 1953
<9> School Talk--probably for teachers
(10) Better Living--probably local women's show (odd timeslot for that, though) {COLOR}
(11) Batman--described as "children," but likely rerun of 1966-68 twice-weekly live-action show {COLOR}
(12) Newlywed Game--tape-delayed from ABC earlier
[12] Woman's World--local; it appears the farm shows on KWTX and KXII at Noon displaced these
(13) Spanish II
(39) Bugs Bunny {COLOR}
<42> Cartoon Corner--no word whether there was still a live host (not very likely by this point)

3:40
[7] Movie--"Fifth Avenue Girl" (same as 8:30 a.m.)

3:45
(13) Gutentag

4:00
[3] (11) [12] Flintstones (probably different episodes)
(6) Movie--"Happy Go Lovely," 1951
(7) General Hospital--tape-delayed from ABC earlier
<7> Uncle Jay--certainly local children's show {COLOR}
<9> Sesame Street {COLOR}
(10) That Girl (first of 90-minute block of tape-delayed ABC daytime shows)
(12) Dark Shadows--tape-delayed from ABC earlier {COLOR}
(13) Spanish II (hold tight ... 30 more minutes ...)
(39) Bozo's Big Top--probably locally staged {COLOR}
<42> Gilligan's Island--rerun

4:30
[3] (11) Munsters--probably different episodes
(7) <7> (10) Bewitched--tape-delayed from ABC the previous week (same episode on KLTV and KTBC)
(12) Beverly Hillbillies--episode description: "an armor-clad Jethro hunts dragons"--! {COLOR}
[12] Star Trek--two years after the most infamous cancellation in TV history, who would have thought ... ?
(13) Mister Rogers {COLOR}
<42> Dennis the Menace

5:00
[3] Country Place--music (three guesses as to the genre, and the first two do not count) {COLOR}
(4) KDFW News {COLOR}
(5) [6] Truth or Consequences--probably different episodes {COLOR}
(7) Good News for Today--probably local religion {COLOR}
[7] (8) ABC Evening News--Howard K. Smith, Harry Reasoner {COLOR}
<7> Let's Make a Deal--tape-delayed from ABC earlier
<9> Mister Rogers {COLOR}
(10) General Hospital
(11) Leave it to Beaver--Ward, June, Wally, and you-know-who
(12) Gomer Pyle, USMC--tape-delayed from CBS earlier {COLOR}
(13) Sesame Street {COLOR}
(39) Speed Racer--legendary cartoon {COLOR}
<42> Ed Brandon--local "discussion" show {COLOR}

5:25
(9) Paul Harvey {COLOR}

5:30
[3] (5) (6) (7) (9) [12] <42> NBC Nightly News--John Chancellor, David Brinkley (source: Vanderbilt TV News Archive) {COLOR}
(4) [6] <7> (10) CBS Evening News--Walter Cronkite {COLOR}
[7] Rifleman--rerun
(8) WFAA News {COLOR}
<9> Who Knows the Answer?--local high-school quiz show??? {COLOR}
(11) I Love Lucy--and especially at dinnertime
(12) ABC Evening News {COLOR}
(39) Little Rascals

EVENING
6:00
[3] KFDX News {COLOR}
(4) KDFW News {COLOR}
(5) WBAP News {COLOR}
(6) KCEN News {COLOR}
[6] KAUZ News {COLOR}
(7) KLTV News {COLOR}
[7] KSWO News {COLOR}
<7> KTBC News {COLOR}
(9) KRBC News {COLOR}
<9> What's New--children's show
(10) KWTX News {COLOR}
(11) Have Gun--Will Travel--Richard Boone played the most improbable of cowboys in this six-season CBS Western
(12) KTXS News {COLOR}
[12] KXII News
(13) Driver Education
(39) Patty Duke--strangely, ABC cancelled this show in 1966 due to estimated costs of converting show to color
<42> KHFI News {COLOR}

6:30
[3] (5) (6) (9) [12] Julia--moderately successful sitcom vehicle for Diahann Carroll {COLOR}
(4) [6] <7> (10) Beverly Hillbillies--AGAIN shortened in the listings to "Hillbillies" {COLOR}
(7) [7] (8) (12) Mod Squad--the trio tries to break an industrial spy racket in this episode {COLOR}
<9> KLRN News
(11) Daniel Boone {COLOR}
(13) Newsroom--local news "analysis"
(39) Star Trek {COLOR}
<42> Drug Scene--KHFI documentary about Austin's narcotics users (plentiful because of the University of Texas attracting hordes of young people) {COLOR}

7:00
[3] (5) (6) (9) [12] <42> Don Knotts--variety hour did not quite "nip it in the bud" in terms of ratings; he likely fell victim to NBC's version of the 1971 "rural purge" that cleaned out the successor to his old show on CBS {COLOR}
(4) [6] <7> (10) Green Acres--and speaking of the rural purge ... {COLOR}
<9> Southern Perspective--probably public affairs

7:15
(13) Personal Country--unknown; shown again at 10:45 p.m.

7:30
(4) [6] Hee Haw--Tammy Wynette and George Jones, then husband and wife, headlined tonight's show (note that only two stations cleared it--strange for Texas) {COLOR}
(7) [7] <7> (8) (10) (12) Grammy Awards--13th annual presentation with Andy Williams hosting and Duke Ellington and John Wayne (?) presenting; for first time, winners were kept secret before air time {COLOR}
(11) Perry Mason--Raymond Burr classic
(13) Book Beat--PBS interview show
(39) David Frost--British interviewer's short-lived 90-minute Group W-packaged talkfest

8:00
[3] (5) (9) <42> Movie--"Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!," 1966 {COLOR}
(6) Movie--"Moby Dick," 1956
<9> (13) Advocates--PBS political debate show; in later years, "Firing Line" would use the formal debate format occasionally {COLOR}
[12] Movie--"The Ride to Hangman's Tree," 1966 {COLOR}

8:30
(4) [6] All in the Family--early episode in which Archie stays up all night in order to find out whether he has lost his job or not {COLOR}
(11) Petticoat Junction {COLOR}

9:00
(4) [6] <7> 60 Minutes--Mike Wallace, Morley Safer (KTBC "may join in progress," according to the listing) {COLOR}
(7) [7] (8) (10) (12) Marcus Welby, M.D. (time approximate after the Grammy Awards) {COLOR}
<9> Making Things Grow--gardening
(11) Movie--"Lady Godiva," 1955 (interrupted at 10 p.m. for a 15-minute newscast)
(13) William F. Buckley, Jr. ("Firing Line") {COLOR}
(39) Movie--"Thunder Road," 1958

9:30
<9> Periodico--Spanish-language discussion/public affairs {COLOR}

10:00
[3] KFDX News {COLOR}
(4) KDFW News {COLOR}
(5) WBAP News {COLOR}
(6) KCEN News {COLOR}
[6] KAUZ News {COLOR}
(7) KLTV News {COLOR}
[7] KSWO News {COLOR}
<7> KTBC News {COLOR}
(8) WFAA News {COLOR}
(9) KRBC News {COLOR}
<9> Feminine Fitness
(10) KWTX News {COLOR}
(12) KTXS News {COLOR}
[12] KXII News
(13) Newsroom (probably rebroadcast from earlier)
<42> KHFI News {COLOR}

10:15
[6] Paul Harvey {COLOR}

10:20
[6] KAUZ Weather/Sports {COLOR}

10:30
[3] (5) (6) (7) (9) [12] <42> Tonight Show--Johnny Carson
[6] Movie--"Sorry, Wrong Number," 1948
[7] (12) Dick Cavett {COLOR}
<7> Merv Griffin--low clearances like this doomed Griffin on CBS {COLOR}
<9> San Francisco Mix--experimental PBS documentary {COLOR}
(10) Movie--"Wild Heritage," 1958 {COLOR}

10:45
(13) Personal Country (same as 7:15 p.m.)

11:00
(4) Movie--"Good Luck Charlie," French; 1959
(8) Dick Cavett (same as KSWO and KTXS at 10:30 p.m.) {COLOR}
<9> Thirty Minutes--interview; possibly local {COLOR}
(39) Movie--"Free For All," 1949

11:15
(11) Movie--"Mission to Paradise," 1965

11:30
<9> Joyce Chen Cooks--Chinese, of course

12:00 a.m.
(5) WBAP News {COLOR}
(7) KLTV News {COLOR}
<7> KTBC News {COLOR}

12:05
(5) Kup's Show--Chicago TV personality/newspaper columnist Irv Kupcinet hosted this syndicated "open-ended" talkfest, akin to David Susskind {COLOR}
(7) For Times Like These (see 6:55 a.m.) {COLOR}

1:00
(11) KTVT News--Pat Waldorf, anchor {COLOR}
 
Two possible reasons for the low clearances on
"Hee Haw": (1) the Grammy Awards, (2) ABC's
"Movie Of The Week" usually aired at 7:30 (CT)
and was a monster hit for the then-third-place
network. (Don't forget that Tuesday's block of
"Mod Squad," "Movie Of The Week," and "Marcus
Welby, M.D." was ABC's strongest in those days.)
However, when "Hee Haw" went into
syndication there were few if any Texas markets that
didn't carry it Saturdays at 6 (CT), which was not true
of Lawrence Welk.

"Hillbillies" is not the name for CBS's daytime reruns of
"The Beverly Hillbillies"; I suspect some editor was trying
to save some space; likewise, with "Make A Deal" instead
of "Let's Make A Deal." I remember the Northern Alabama
edition listing "Marcus Welby" instead of "Marcus Welby, M.D."

I also noticed the name Ed Brandon. Is this the
same as the KTRK anchor?
 
CORRECTION: At 12 Noon, KXII's "Twelve Acres" did NOT broadcast in color. The station apparently did not yet have local color capability, as none of its newscasts or other local originations were all in B&W. Apologies.
 
Was Dark Shadows in color at that point? My memory, which may be failing me now, seems to indicate that it was one of the very last black and white shows - and was shown in glorious black and white into the early 1970s.
 
Mike Stroud said:
2:30
<9> Drugs/Earth Science/Uncommon Men (will school never end for the day?)
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...exaberated by the fact that this combination of programs aired five times that day -- apparently, KLRN had a rather thin in-school schedule back then. That, or they really want to hammer the anti-drug message into viewers' heads (with "Earth Science" and "Uncommen Men" being filler).
 
BRNout said:
Was Dark Shadows in color at that point? My memory, which may be failing me now, seems to indicate that it was one of the very last black and white shows - and was shown in glorious black and white into the early 1970s.
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As I understand it, pretty much all of the Big Three's daytime output was in color by no later than 1968. What you remember were either the first two years or so of "DS", or watching the later years (or even the episodes in syndication) on a B&W set. The networks then proudly brandished their color capabilities in program intro bumpers (e.g., the NBC peacock), so I seriously doubt that any first-run (as opposed to some sitcom reruns) daytime shows still shot in B&W, and certainly not by 1971.

Any and all B&W shows from this listings were old movies, old sitcoms, most public TV broadcasts (they were, of course, usually several steps behind their commercial brethren technically), and small-market stations like KXII in Ardmore/Sherman/Denison. Of course, a majority of Americans still had B&W sets, but the networks knew the future.
 
azumanga said:
Mike Stroud said:
2:30
<9> Drugs/Earth Science/Uncommon Men (will school never end for the day?)
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...exaberated by the fact that this combination of programs aired five times that day -- apparently, KLRN had a rather thin in-school schedule back then. That, or they really want to hammer the anti-drug message into viewers' heads (with "Earth Science" and "Uncommen Men" being filler).
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Both issues you raise, about the anti-drug propaganda and a seeming loop of in-school segments, can likely be blamed on the Texas Board of Education. I suspect Texas' conservative (i.e., Southern) state government at the time really put down the hammer on superintendents, principals, and teachers to lecture kids about the dangers of marijuana and LSD. This was a time, remember, of great animosity toward the "counter-culture" and hysterical fears emerged among parents and authority figures about drugs supposedly bombing teenagers' brains out--long before Nancy Reagan made "just say no" a catchword. Also note the special at 6:30 p.m. on Austin's KHFI about the very same thing. One wonders if showing a 1960s episode of "Dragnet" might not have done more good (!)

As I remember things from elementary school in Alabama, ETV lessons were broadcast to accommodate varying classroom schedules. If, say, science was first period in some districts, a lesson would run at 9:15 a.m. or so. For those schools holding those classes after lunch, the ETV station would run the same lesson at 12:45 p.m., or so on. Now, with DVD and Tivo, PBS stations no longer, of course, need to run in-school broadcasts OTA, and, in fact, from the 1990s until very recently, stations began scheduling them in the overnight hours for teachers to record on their VCRs at broadcast at their discretion, instead of having to schedule lectures and schoolwork around airtimes, as was the case from the 1950s to the 1980s.
 
Mike Stroud said:
Also note the special at 6:30 p.m. on Austin's KHFI about the very same thing. One wonders if showing a 1960s episode of "Dragnet" might not have done more good (!)
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Those heavy-handed, unintentionally campy anti-drug episodes of Dragnet would probably have as much of a deterrent effect on young people as the classic movie "Reefer Madness" -- i.e., little to none. ::)
 
Mike Stroud said:
BRNout said:
Was Dark Shadows in color at that point? My memory, which may be failing me now, seems to indicate that it was one of the very last black and white shows - and was shown in glorious black and white into the early 1970s.
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As I understand it, pretty much all of the Big Three's daytime output was in color by no later than 1968. What you remember were either the first two years or so of "DS", or watching the later years (or even the episodes in syndication) on a B&W set. The networks then proudly brandished their color capabilities in program intro bumpers (e.g., the NBC peacock), so I seriously doubt that any first-run (as opposed to some sitcom reruns) daytime shows still shot in B&W, and certainly not by 1971.

Any and all B&W shows from this listings were old movies, old sitcoms, most public TV broadcasts (they were, of course, usually several steps behind their commercial brethren technically), and small-market stations like KXII in Ardmore/Sherman/Denison. Of course, a majority of Americans still had B&W sets, but the networks knew the future.
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You're right about the post 1968 episodes being in color, but I specifically recall seeing some in black and white in 1970 or so. This (http://www.darkshadows.com/main.html) website explains that some episodes were also kinescoped in black and white, which may explain what I saw. We had a color TV; my folks had one for as long as I can recall. I even remember that bright lights (like the flickering flame of a candle) overwhelmed the black and white camera and showed up with a black shadow. That plus the organ made for a really creepy show!
 
Stanislav said:
Mike Stroud said:
Also note the special at 6:30 p.m. on Austin's KHFI about the very same thing. One wonders if showing a 1960s episode of "Dragnet" might not have done more good (!)
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Those heavy-handed, unintentionally campy anti-drug episodes of Dragnet would probably have as much of a deterrent effect on young people as the classic movie "Reefer Madness" -- i.e., little to none. ::)
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The apostrophe beside my comment is a snark, a way of expressing my sarcastic sense of humor. I intended for people to read it just like you did. Of course kids thought Jack Webb was the consummate square, a fuddy-duddy through and through--and so did his admirers.

You can also tell from these postings that I am one of that rare breed, a Webb fan, mainly of his shows from Dragnet 1967-70 onward. Don't ask me why, I just am--chalk it up to a guilty pleasure, I guess.
 
It's weird to see (7) KLTV without listings for their long-running ag show, Farm & Ranch News; much less their afternoon syndie blocks of either Star Trek, Bonanza, or The Big Valley (they'd plow through all the eps of one show, then start 1 of the others); or their 6:30 long-running airings of Truth or Consequences. I do remember their years of trying to cram as much ABC and NBC daytime they could in during the day...all that would end when soaps started going to an hour long, and by the end of the 1970s, KLTV would finally decide on mainly ABC lineups among their dayparts. Even though the channel list showed (7) to include CBS, KLTV usually only made use of the Eye to show Dallas Cowboys games (they were one of the closest stations to Dallas to show a Cowboys game, which proved valuable for those in the DFW area trying to find an alternate if a Cowboys game were to be blacked out).

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"Hillbillies" is not the name for CBS's daytime reruns of
"The Beverly Hillbillies"; I suspect some editor was trying
to save some space; likewise, with "Make A Deal" instead
of "Let's Make A Deal." I remember the Northern Alabama
edition listing "Marcus Welby" instead of "Marcus Welby, M.D."
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I remember many TV Guides with title listings that seemed like the publishers/printers were in a hurry. Any title starting with 'The...' usually excluded the 'The'. Example --listings for The Doctors would list as 'Doctors--serial'. Sometimes the description of the show (movie, comedy, serial, news, etc) was excluded. I don't remember specifically about the treatment of The Beverly Hillbillies, but a shortening to just 'Hillbillies' (or the other example about Let's Make a Deal) wouldn't surprise me.
 
BRNout said:
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BRNout said:
Was Dark Shadows in color at that point? My memory, which may be failing me now, seems to indicate that it was one of the very last black and white shows - and was shown in glorious black and white into the early 1970s.
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As I understand it, pretty much all of the Big Three's daytime output was in color by no later than 1968. What you remember were either the first two years or so of "DS", or watching the later years (or even the episodes in syndication) on a B&W set. The networks then proudly brandished their color capabilities in program intro bumpers (e.g., the NBC peacock), so I seriously doubt that any first-run (as opposed to some sitcom reruns) daytime shows still shot in B&W, and certainly not by 1971.

Any and all B&W shows from this listings were old movies, old sitcoms, most public TV broadcasts (they were, of course, usually several steps behind their commercial brethren technically), and small-market stations like KXII in Ardmore/Sherman/Denison. Of course, a majority of Americans still had B&W sets, but the networks knew the future.
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You're right about the post 1968 episodes being in color, but I specifically recall seeing some in black and white in 1970 or so. This (http://www.darkshadows.com/main.html) website explains that some episodes were also kinescoped in black and white, which may explain what I saw. We had a color TV; my folks had one for as long as I can recall. I even remember that bright lights (like the flickering flame of a candle) overwhelmed the black and white camera and showed up with a black shadow. That plus the organ made for a really creepy show!
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AFAIK, all DS episodes were produced and broadcast by the network in color -- however, some of the episodes only survive today as B&W kines (that would have been bicycled to small-market stations with no AT&T hook-up). DS actually has a remarkably good preservation rate for soaps of the era -- the color tapes still survive for most eps, most of the remaining shows survived as kines, and just ONE show is technically "lost," although an audio recording survives and was mated with publicity/production stills for syndication.
 
Stanislav said:
all DS episodes were produced and broadcast by the network in color -- however, some of the episodes only survive today as B&W kines.
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I read somewhere that the first few months of "Dark Shadows" were broadcasted in black and white, with color coming later on. The first color episode featured the announcer proudly saying that Dark Shadows was now in color. (Of course, the only surviving copy of the first color episode was a B&W kinnie.)
 
Mike Stroud said:
(7) [7] <7> (8) (10) (12) Grammy Awards--13th annual presentation with Andy Williams hosting and Duke Ellington and John Wayne (?) presenting; for first time, winners were kept secret before air time {COLOR}
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These were also the first ever live Grammys to be telecast.

ABC had them at first, then they dropped them in 1973 when they learned that that year's show would take place in Nashville. That led to the American Music Awards (created by Dick Clark) in the Grammys' place.

NBC didn't want them (they had the Academy Awards at that time), so producer Pierre Cosette some sort of bedroom meeting with CBS president Bob Wood convincing his network to pick up the rights to the Grammycast; the rest was history.

On an ironic note: Some 30-odd years later, the CMA Awards would be moved from CBS to ABC!
 
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