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Retro: Northern Indiana/Lima Sat, July 5, 1969

from TV Guide-Northern Indiana edition

WANE 15-CBS Fort Wayne
7:30 Black Heritage (the black experience in North and South, pt 4)
8:00 Go-Go Gophers
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9:30 Wacky Races
10:00 Archie
10:30 Batman/Superman Hour
11:30 Herculoids
noon Shazzan!
12:30 Jonny Quest
1:00 Moby Dick & the Mighty Mightor
1:30 Lone Ranger
2:00 Down to Earth
2:30 Showplace Homes
3:00 Movie "Killers of Kilimanjaro"
4:30 Animal World (profile of Amazon jungle trapper Mike Tsalickis)
5:00 Buick Open Invitational golf
6:00 Wilburn Brothers (guest Sharon Higgins)
6:25 Business Report
6:30 CBS News
7:00 News/Sports/Weather
7:30 Jackie Gleason (guests Red Buttons, Jan Murray, and Nipsey Russell)
8:30 My Three Sons
9:00 Hogan's Heroes
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10:00 Mannix "Death Run"
11:00 News/Weather/Sports
11:30 Movie "David and Bathsheba"

WNDU 16-NBC South Bend
7:30 Movie "Gunsight Ridge" (bw)
9:00 Super 6
9:30 Cool McCool
10:00 Flintstones
10:30 Banana Splits Adventure Hour
11:30 Underdog
noon Storybook Squares
12:30 Wimbledon men's singles finals
2:00 Baseball Pre-Game
2:15 Baseball: Oakland-Minnesota (alt game: Baltimore-Detroit)
5:00 Wimbledon women's singles and men's double finals
6:00 Car & Track
6:30 NBC News
7:00 True Adventure "Huckleberry Finn Adventure" (Bill Burrud takes 50 boys ages 10-15 canoeing down the Colorado River)
7:30 Adam-12
8:00 Get Smart
8:30 Ghost & Mrs. Muir "Make Me a Match"
9:00 Movie "Sorry, Wrong Number" (bw)
11:00 Movie "The Wonderful Country"

WPTA 21-ABC Fort Wayne
8:00 Leave It to Beaver" (bw)
8:30 Zoo's Who
9:00 New Casper Cartoon Show
9:30 Adventures of Gulliver
10:00 Spider-Man
10:30 Fantastic Voyage
11:00 Journey to the Center of the Earth
11:30 Fantastic Four
noon George of the Jungle
12:30 American Bandstand (guests the Impressions, and Jerry Butler)
1:30 Happening (guests Three Doug Night; Stephen Young, Peter Tork, and Kathy Garver judge the band contest)
2:00 Scene 70
3:00 Wrestling
4:00 Car & Track
4:30 Miniature Golf
5:00 ABC Wide World of Sports (Firecracker 400 auto race/International White Water Boat Racing Championship)
6:30 News/Weather/Sports
7:00 College Talent (judges Eartha Kitt, Mickey Rooney, and Shelley Berman; contestants Rick Lane (singer/Minnesota), Barbara Bollinger (singer/Louisiana State), the Crystal Palace Singers (Texas), and a string band from San Jose State College)
7:30 Dating Game (celeb guest Alexandra Hay)
8:00 Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk (starting its 15th year on the air, with Clay Hart joining the show)
9:30 Johnny Cash (guests the Cowsills, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Doug McClure, and Minnie Pearl)
10:30 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Jack Palance plays both the title roles; this spikes the ABC movie)
12:55 News (ABC?)
1:15 News/Weather/Sports

WSBT 22-CBS South Bend
7:30 Black Heritage (Southern Reconstruction, pt 5; South Bend was a week behind Fort Wayne in episodes)
8:00 Go-Go Gophers
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9:30 Wacky Races
10:00 Archie
10:30 Batman/Superman Hour
11:30 Herculoids
noon Shazzan!
12:30 Jonny Quest
1:00 Moby Dick & the Mighty Mightor
1:30 Dial-a-Job
2:00 Movies "Alias Nick Beal"/"And Now Tomorrow" (bw)
5:00 Buick Open Invitational golf
6:00 News/Weather/Sports
6:30 CBS News
7:00 Ripcord "Semper Paratus-Any Time"
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 My Three Sons
9:00 Hogan's Heroes
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10:00 Mannix "Death Run"
11:00 News/Weather/Sports
11:25 Movie "Song of Surrender" (bw)

WSJV 28-ABC South Bend
9:00 New Casper Cartoon Show
9:30 Adventures of Gulliver
10:00 Spider-Man
10:30 Fantastic Voyage
11:00 Journey to the Center of the Earth
11:30 Fantastic Four
noon George of the Jungle
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 Happening
2:00 Roller Derby
3:00 Wrestling
4:00 77 Sunset Strip "The Silent Caper" (bw/written by Roger Smith, who played Jeff Spencer)
5:00 ABC Wide World of Sports
6:30 Billy Walker (guests include Ray Pennington)
7:00 Buck Owens (guests include Wanda Jackson, Waylon Jennings, and Faron Young)
7:30 Dating Game
8:00 Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk (season premiere)
9:30 Johnny Cash
10:30 Movie "Mickey One"
12:20 Alfred Hitchcock "And So Died Riabouchinska" (bw)
12:50 News

WKJG 33-NBC Fort Wayne
8:00 Deputy Dawg
8:30 Ruff 'n' Reddy
9:00 Super 6
9:30 Cool McCool
10:00 Flintstones
10:30 Banana Splits Adventure Hour
11:30 Underdog
noon Storybook Squares
12:30 Wimbledon men's singles finals
2:00 Baseball Pre-Game
2:15 Baseball: Oakland-Minnesota (alt game: Baltimore-Detroit)
5:00 Wimbledon women's singles and men's doubles finals
6:00 Dennis the Menace "Dennis and the TV Set" (bw/it's duelling remotes as the Ellwoods and Wilsons both get new TVs and Dennis figures out how to control the Wilsons' set)
6:30 NBC News
7:00 F Troop
7:30 Adam-12
8:00 Get Smart
8:30 Ghost & Mrs. Muir "Make Me a Match"
9:00 Movie "Sorry, Wrong Number" (bw)
11:00 News/Weather/Sports
11:20 Movie "It's Always Fair Weather"

WIMA 35-NBC/ABC Lima
9:00 Super 6
9:30 Cool McCool
10:00 Flintstones
10:30 Banana Splits Adventure Hour
11:30 Underdog
noon Storybook Squares
12:30 Wimbledon men's finals
2:00 Baseball Pre-Game
2:15 Baseball: Oakland-Minnesota (alt game: Baltimore-Detroit)
5:00 Wimbledon women's singles and men's doubles finals
6:00 Film (following Art Scholl, the "Flying Professor")
6:30 NBC News
7:00 Porter Wagoner
7:30 Adam-12
8:00 Get Smart
8:30 Ghost & Mrs. Muir "Make Me a Match"
9:00 Movie "Sorry, Wrong Number" (bw)
11:00 News/Weather/Sports
11:15 Movie "The Diary of Anne Frank" (bw)
 
I didn't realize WLIO had a secondary ABC affiliation back in the day.

Of course, with WLIO's parent company buying the LPTV network affiliates in the Lima market, they're once again operating Lima's ABC affiliate (the former WLQP-LP 18, now a subchannel on one of their two digital transmitters).
 
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