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Retro: Oklahoma Saturday, April 7, 1979

From TV Guide, Oklahoma State Edition:

KTEW (KJRH) Ch. 2 Tulsa (NBC)

5:30 Time For Timothy
6 AM Children's Gospel Hour
6:30 Bay City Rollers
7 AM Alvin And The Chipmunks
7:30 Fantastic Four
8 AM Godzilla Super 90
9:30 Daffy Duck
10 AM New Fred And Barney Show
10:30 Jetsons
11 AM Buford And The Galloping Ghost
11:30 Brady Bunch
12 N Wrestling
1 PM Baseball: Rangers-Tigers
3:30 TBA
4 PM Women's Golf: Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's
Circle (third round)
5:30 NBC News (Jessica Savitch)
6 PM Candid Camera (a dummy with a loudspeaker voice
occupies a table in a restaurant; a woman endorses
"White Bird Soap" as the product suddenly takes wing)
6:30 Muppet Show (guests: Roy Rogers and Dale Evans)
7 PM CHiPs
8 PM Your Choice For The Oscars (Jack Albertson and Florence
Henderson reveal the results of a poll conducted in the
U.S., Canada, and the Philippines: the four acting categories,
Best Picture, and Best Song.)
10 PM News
10:30 Saturday Night Live (host Richard Benjamin; musical guest is
not listed)
12 M Dick Tracy (I assume this is an old movie serial.)
1 AM Movie: "Interlude"
2:30 Movie: "The Over-The-Hill Gang Rides Again"
4 AM Movie: "The Forgotten Man"

KOET Ch. 3 Eufaula/KOED Ch. 11 Tulsa/KWET Ch. 12 Cheyenne/
KETA Ch. 13 Oklahoma City (PBS)

8:30 Other School System
9 AM Footsteps (the problems of moving to a new neighborhood)
9:30 Cookin' Cajun
10 AM Journey Into Art
10:30 Folk Guitar Plus
11 AM Stitch Along
11:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
12 N Oklahoma Gardening
12:30 Farm Digest
1 PM The Scarlet Letter (Parts 1 and 2)
3 PM TBA
3:30 Cinema Showcase
4 PM Pro Soccer
5 PM Que Pasa, U.S.A.?
5:30 Another Voice
6 PM Consumer Survival Kit
6:30 Once Upon A Classic ("John Halifax, Gentleman," Part 8)
7 PM Untamed World
7:30 Second City Television
8 PM Austin City Limits (Pure Prairie League, Bobby Bare, singer
Tracy Nelson, guitarist Ronnie Montrose)
9 PM Doctor Who (x2)
10 PM Monty Python's Flying Circus
10:30 Academy Leaders ("Closed Mondays" (1974), "Don't" (1974),
"That's Me" (1963, an early one with Alan Arkin), "Floating
Free" (1977, the National Frisbee Championships))
sign off 11:30 PM

KFDX Ch. 3 Wichita Falls, TX (NBC)

7 AM Alvin And The Chipmunks
7:30 Fantastic Four
8 AM Godzilla Super 90
9:30 Daffy Duck
10 AM New Fred And Barney Show
10:30 Jetsons
11 AM Buford And The Galloping Ghost
11:30 Fabulous Funnies
12 N Nashville On The Road
12:30 That Nashville Music (Tommy Overstreet, Janie Fricke,
Jacky Ward, Johnny Gimble)
1 PM Baseball Warm-Up
1:15 Baseball: Brewers-Yankees (rain game: Phillies-Cardinals)
4 PM Women's Golf: Colgate-Dinah Shore Winners Circle (third
round, time approximate)
5:30 NBC News
6 PM Lawrence Welk (salute to Jerome Kern)
7 PM CHiPs
8 PM BJ And The Bear
9 PM Supertrain
10 PM News
10:30 Saturday Night Live
12 M Gunsmoke

KTVY (KFOR) Ch. 4 Oklahoma City (NBC)

7 AM Alvin And The Chipmunks
7:30 Fantastic Four
8 AM Godzilla Super 90
9:30 Daffy Duck
10 AM New Fred And Barney Show
10:30 Bugs Bunny And Friends
11 AM Buford And The Galloping Ghost
11:30 Creative Crafts
12 N Unity (Roy Ramirez)
12:30 Pop Goes The Country
1 PM Baseball: Rangers-Tigers
3:30 TBA
4 PM Women's Golf: Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle
(third round)
5:30 That Nashville Music (Cal Smith, Johnny Russell, Johnny
Gimble)
6 PM News
6:30 Saturday Magazine (Steve Neumann)
7 PM CHiPs
8 PM BJ And The Bear
9 PM Supertrain
10 PM News
10:30 Saturday Night Live
12 M Movie: "Cry Rape"

KOCO 5 Alive Oklahoma City (ABC)

6:30 Better Way
7 AM Scooby's All-Stars
8:30 Superfriends
10 AM Fangface
10:30 Ho Ho Show
11 AM ABC Weekend Special (Melvyn Douglas in "Portrait Of
Grandpa Doc," about an artist whose grandfather encouraged
his artistic ambitions.)
11:30 American Bandstand (Linda Clifford, Shalamar)
12:30 Black Review (Joyce Jackson)
1 PM Bill Dance Outdoors
1:30 North American Soccer League Preview
2:30 Pro Bowlers Tour (BPAA U.S. Open from Windsor Locks, CT)
4 PM Wide World Of Sports (the Harlem Globetrotters perform in
Nashville; country-music stars on hand include Charley Pride,
Loretta Lynn, Ronnie Milsap)
5:30 News
6 PM Hee Haw (Bobby Goldsboro, John Ritter, the Oak Ridge Boys)
7 PM What's Happening!!
7:30 Delta House
8 PM Love Boat (passengers: David Doyle, Grant Goodeve, Sonny Bono,
Marty Ingels)
9 PM Fantasy Island (Samantha Eggar gets a second trip, this time to
find the man she loves; Red Buttons wants to be "the toughest
man alive.")
10 PM News
10:30 Movie: "Young Winston"
1:20 Movie: "Piranha, Piranha"
3 AM ABC News (Tom Jarriel)

KOTV Ch. 6 Tulsa (CBS)

6:30 Big Blue Marble
7 AM All-New Popeye Hour
8 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
9:30 Tarzan And The Super 7
11 AM Space Academy
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N Ark II
12:30 30 Minutes (topics: high-school football injuries,
how San Francisco students are trying to combat
campus vandalism and littering problems)
1 PM Who, What, How Do You Know?
1:30 Razzmatazz (two New Jersey brothers who competed
in the 1978 National Horse Show; the underwater section
of a national park in the Virgin Islands, delay from a weekday
at 3 PM the previous week, but I don't know which day)
2 PM Encyclopedia Britannica: Dinosaurs
2:30 Bass Fishin' America
3 PM Nashville On The Road
3:30 That Nashville Music
4 PM Porter Wagoner
4:30 Pop Goes The Country
5 PM News
5:30 Inside Native America
6 PM Hee Haw
7 PM Bad News Bears
7:30 The First Easter Rabbit (Burl Ives narrates a tale of a stuffed
animal magically brought to life as the First Easter Rabbit;
voices include Robert Morse, Paul Frees, and Stan Freberg.)
8 PM CBS Movie: "The Seeding Of Sarah Burns"
10 PM News
10:30 Movie: "Petulia"
12:30 News

KAUZ Ch. 6 Wichita Falls, TX (CBS)

7 AM All-New Popeye Hour
8 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
9:30 Tarzan And The Super 7
11 AM Space Academy
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N Ark II
12:30 30 Minutes
1 PM PTL Club
3 PM Masters Golf Special: "The Lighthearted Shadow
Of A Man" pays tribute to Robert Tyre Jones Jr.,
who, along with Clifford Roberts, founded the
Masters tournament.
4 PM CBS Sports Spectacular (Long Beach Celebrity
Grand Prix with Clint Eastwood, James Brolin,
Jayne Kennedy, and Kent McCord among the
drivers; the time trials for the U.S. Grand Prix
West Formula 1 Race; Minnesota Fats vs. Allen
Hopkins in the Money Players Pool Shootout)
5 PM Marty Robbins' Spotlight (Chet Atkins and Floyd
Cramer help salute Boots Randolph.)
5:30 CBS News (Bob Schieffer)
6 PM Hee Haw (Bill Anderson, Mary Lou Turner)
7 PM Bad News Bears
7:30 The First Easter Rabbit
8 PM CBS Movie: "The Seeding Of Sarah Burns"
10 PM News
10:30 Movie: "The Purple Plain"

KSWO Ch. 7 Lawton, OK/Wichita Falls, TX (ABC)

7 AM Scooby's All-Stars
8:30 Superfriends
10 AM Fangface
10:30 Pink Panther
11 AM Marlo And The Magic Movie Machine
11:30 American Bandstand
12:30 Tennis (no details given)
1:30 North American Soccer League Preview
2:30 Pro Bowlers Tour
4 PM Wide World Of Sports
5:30 Pop Goes The Country
6 PM Donna Fargo
6:30 Sha Na Na (guest: Patti Page)
7 PM What's Happening!!
7:30 Delta House
8 PM Love Boat
9 PM Fantasy Island
10 PM News
10:30 Movie: "The Return Of Doctor X" (Humphrey Bogart in
an unusual role as an electrocuted doctor kept alive
by others' blood, from '39)
12 M Soap Factory Disco
12:30 Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints World Conference

KTUL Ch. 8 Tulsa (ABC)

6 AM Kids Are People Too (Reggie Jackson, Billy Carter, Mad magazine
editor Al Feinstein, "Simon Says" buff Lou Goldstein, delay from
Sun 9 AM but Ch. 8 carries only 60 of 90 minutes)
7 AM Scooby's All-Stars
8:30 Superfriends
10 AM Fangface
10:30 Pink Panther
11 AM Azalea Parade
12 N Adam-12
12:30 Comedy Shop
1 PM Rifleman
1:30 North American Soccer League Preview
2:30 Pro Bowlers Tour
4 PM Wide World Of Sports
5:30 News
6 PM Lawrence Welk (salute to Academy Award-
winning songs)
7 PM What's Happening!!
7:30 Delta House
8 PM Love Boat
9 PM Fantasy Island
10 PM News
10:30 Star Trek
11:30 Movie: "High Sierra" (the last time Humphrey Bogart
got less than top billing, from '41)
1 AM Soul Train

KVIJ Ch. 8 Sayre, OK (satellite of KVII/7 Amarillo and no longer
on the air) (ABC)

6:30 U.S. Farm Report
7 AM Scooby's All-Stars
8:30 Superfriends
10 AM Fangface
10:30 Pink Panther
11 AM ABC Weekend Special
11:30 American Bandstand
12:30 That Nashville Music (Jack Greene, Jeannie Seely, Kenny
Dale, Johnny Gimble)
1 PM Marty Robbins' Spotlight (Billy Walker is saluted by Faron
Young and Ray Pennington.)
1:30 North American Soccer League Preview
2:30 Pro Bowlers Tour
4 PM Wide World Of Sports
5:30 What's Happening!! (week-behind from 7 PM)
6 PM News
6:30 Hee Haw (same as Ch. 5)
7:30 Delta House
8 PM Love Boat
9 PM Fantasy Island
10 PM ABC News
10:15 News
10:45 Movie: "Solomon And Sheba"
12:30 Movie: "Patterns"

KWTV Ch. 9 Oklahoma City (CBS)

6:30 Marlo And The Magic Movie Machine (profile
of Isaac Newton; interview with Arthur Ashe)
7 AM All-New Popeye Hour
8 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
9:30 Tarzan And The Super 7
11 AM Space Academy
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N Ark II
12:30 30 Minutes
1 PM Baseball: Rangers-Tigers (why two stations in Oklahoma
City carried this game is beyond me)
3:30 TBA
4 PM Wrestling
5 PM Newsroom 9 Presents
5:30 CBS News
6 PM News
6:30 Lawrence Welk (same as KVIJ)
7:30 The First Easter Rabbit
8 PM CBS Movie: "The Seeding Of Sarah Burns"
10 PM News
10:30 Movie: "Baffled!"
12 M The Next Step Beyond

KTEN Ch. 10 Ada, OK (ABC)

6 AM Kids Are People Too (same as KTUL)
7 AM Scooby's All-Stars
8:30 Superfriends
10 AM Fangface
10:30 Pink Panther
11 AM ABC Weekend Special
11:30 American Bandstand
12:30 Fishing With Roland Martin
1 PM Baseball Warm-Up (NBC)
1:15 Baseball: Brewers-Yankees (rain game: Phillies-Cardinals,
NBC)
4 PM Women's Golf: Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle (third
round, time approximate, NBC)
5:30 NBC News
6 PM Friends (not the classic sitcom but a kid-oriented comedy-
drama that aired Sundays at 6 PM (CT))
7 PM What's Happening!!
7:30 Delta House
8 PM Love Boat
9 PM Fantasy Island
10 PM News
10:15 ABC News
10:30 Saturday Night Live (NBC)
sign off 12 M

KTVT Ch. 11 Fort Worth (Ind.)

8:15 News In Review
8:45 Political Talk (Republican)
9 AM Extension '79 (farm show)
9:30 Fifty Plus
10 AM Championship Fishing
10:30 What About People?
11 AM Los Tiempos
11:15 Time Out With Scott
11:30 Parents In Action
12 N Signs Of The Times
12:30 Voter's Digest
1 PM Bill Dance Outdoors
1:30 Movie: "Footlight Glamour" (Blondie (Penny Singleton)
helps produce a play written by the daughter of a
show-business-hating client of Dagwood's (Arthur Lake),
from '43)
3 PM Fiesta Mexicana
3:30 Variedades Musicales
4 PM Newton/Weaver Western Hour
5 PM Lawrence Welk (same as KTUL)
6 PM Outdoors With Julius Boros
6:30 Rat Patrol
7 PM Pop Goes The Country
7:30 That Nashville Music (Eddie Rabbitt, Billie Jo Spears, Don
Gibson, Johnny Gimble)
8 PM Marty Robbins' Spotlight (Charley Pride helps salute Don
Williams.)
8:30 Porter Wagoner (guest: Matt Davenport)
9 PM High Chaparral
10 PM Wrestling
11:30 Ironside
12:30 News

KXII Ch. 12 Ardmore, OK/Sherman/Denison, TX (NBC/CBS)

7 AM All-New Popeye Hour
8 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
9:30 Tarzan And The Super 7
11 AM Space Academy
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N Ark II
12:30 30 Minutes
1 PM Baseball: Rangers-Tigers
3:30 TBA
4:15 Rumble Of Wheels, Jingle Of Chains (the Clydesdales)
4:30 Lawrence Welk
5:30 Wild Kingdom
6 PM Hee Haw
7 PM Movie: "The Big Fisherman" (the story of Simon Peter)
10 PM News
10:30 Derrell Felts (country music)
11 PM Nashville On The Road (guest: Jim Stafford)
11:30 Pop Goes The Country (the Oak Ridge Boys, Johnny Paycheck)
sign off 12 M

KXTX Ch. 39 Dallas (Ind.)

7 AM Mighty Mouse
7:30 Woody Woodpecker
8 AM The Archies
9 AM Popeye And Bugs Hour
9:30 Superman (animated)
10 AM Batman (animated)
10:30 Star Trek (animated)
11 AM Movie: "The Southerner"
1 PM Women's Tennis: Clairol Crown final from Carlsbad, CA
3 PM Bonanza
4 PM Lancer
5 PM Cheyenne (watch for Edd "Kookie" Byrnes, under contract
to Warner Brothers at the time, but I suspect this episode
predates "77 Sunset Strip")
6 PM Big Valley (Lou Rawls plays a gifted rodeo rider who's riding
for the Barkleys--to the displeasure of the evil Morton family.)
7 PM NHL Hockey: Flyers-Blues (taped March 31)
8 PM NBA Basketball: Spurs-Rockets
10 PM 700 Club (time approximate)
11 PM American Angler
11:30 Journey To Adventure
sign off 12 M
 
bpatrick said:
From TV Guide, Oklahoma State Edition:


KTVY (KFOR) Ch. 4 Oklahoma City (NBC)

7 AM Alvin And The Chipmunks
7:30 Fantastic Four
8 AM Godzilla Super 90
9:30 Daffy Duck
10 AM New Fred And Barney Show
10:30 Bugs Bunny And Friends
11 AM Buford And The Galloping Ghost
11:30 Creative Crafts
12 N Unity (Roy Ramirez)
12:30 Pop Goes The Country
1 PM Baseball: Rangers-Tigers

KWTV Ch. 9 Oklahoma City (CBS)

6:30 Marlo And The Magic Movie Machine (profile
of Isaac Newton; interview with Arthur Ashe)
7 AM All-New Popeye Hour
8 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
9:30 Tarzan And The Super 7
11 AM Space Academy
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N Ark II
12:30 30 Minutes
1 PM Baseball: Rangers-Tigers (why two stations in Oklahoma
City carried this game is beyond me)

I'll bet it was a typo; the NBC affiliate probably carried the NBC game, Brewers-Yankees (NBC didn't have Saturday afternoon exclusivity yet).
 
KOCO 5 Alive Oklahoma City (ABC)
10:30 Ho Ho Show


No comment. :-X
 
cowboybud said:
bpatrick said:
From TV Guide, Oklahoma State Edition:


KTVY (KFOR) Ch. 4 Oklahoma City (NBC)

7 AM Alvin And The Chipmunks
7:30 Fantastic Four
8 AM Godzilla Super 90
9:30 Daffy Duck
10 AM New Fred And Barney Show
10:30 Bugs Bunny And Friends
11 AM Buford And The Galloping Ghost
11:30 Creative Crafts
12 N Unity (Roy Ramirez)
12:30 Pop Goes The Country
1 PM Baseball: Rangers-Tigers

KWTV Ch. 9 Oklahoma City (CBS)

1 PM Baseball: Rangers-Tigers (why two stations in Oklahoma
City carried this game is beyond me)

I'll bet it was a typo; the NBC affiliate probably carried the NBC game, Brewers-Yankees (NBC didn't have Saturday afternoon exclusivity yet).
Right, NBC didn't get exclusivity until 1984, as part of the final TV contract for NBC and ABC.
I'm assuming KWTV part of the Rangers' regional TV network, and the 'typo' would be channel 4 showing the NBC telecast?
 
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