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Guest
Pittsburgh, Pensylvania - Saturday November 22, 1975 - from Pittsburgh Press
2-KDKA (CBS) Westinghouse
5:30 INTERNATIONAL ZONE
6AM SUNRISE SEMESTER
6:30 CAMPUS CONNECTION
7AM CHALLENGE
7:30 VILLA ALGRE
8 AM PEBBLES & BAMM BAMM
8:26 IN THE NEWS
8:30 BUGS BUNNY/ROAD RUNNER
9:26 IN THE NEWS
9:30 SCOOBY DOO
9:56 IN THE NEWS
10 AM SHAZAM/ISIS
10:26 IN THE NEWS
10:30 HUDSON BROTHERS
10:56 IN THE NEWS
11 AM FAR OUT SPACE NUTS
11:26 IN THE NEWS
11:30 GHOSTBUSTERS - Comedy show not the cartoon
11:56 IN THE NEWS
12 NOON VALLEY OF THE DINOSAURS
12:26 IN THE NEWS
12:30 FAT ALBERT
1 PM WOMAN IS
1:30 INTERNATIONAL ZONE
2 PM MOVIE – Escape From The Mindiano (1968)
4 PM MOVIE – Damion Planet (1966)
6PM EYEWITNESS NEWS
6:30 CBS NEWS
7PM EXACTLY WHAT
7:30 JULIUS SHOW
8PM CHARLIE BROWN THANKSGIVING
ALL IN THE FAMILY normally Aired here
8:30 JEFFERSONS
9PM MARY TYLER MOORE
9:30 BOB NEWHART
10 PM CAROL BURNETT & FRIENDS
11 PM EYEWITNESS NEWS
11:30 LATE MOVIE – Wait For Dark (1962)
1:30 EYEWITNESS NEWS
2 AM LATE MOVIE – 5 Branded Women (1960)
4 AM SIGN OFF
4 WTAE-TV (ABC) Hearst
5 AM IT IS WRITTEN
5:30 WORLD TOMORROW
6 AM TRI-STATE FARMER
6:30 DAVEY & GOLIATH
7 AM BULLWINKLE
8 AM HONG KUNG PHOOEY
8:26 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
8:30 TOM & JERRY/GRAPE APE
9:26 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
9:30 LOST SAUCER
9:56 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
10 AM NEW ADVENTURES OF GILLIGAN
10:26 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
10:30 GROOVY GOOLIES
10:56 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
11 AM BOWLING
12 NOON COLLEGE FOOTBALL
6 PM ACTION NEWS
7 PM HEE HAW
8 PM HOWARD COSELL
9 PM SWAT
10 PM MATT HELM
11 PM ACTION NEWS
11:30 MOVIE – Ask Any Girl (1961)
1:30 ADAM 12
2 AM LATE MOVIE – The Blob (1958)
4 AM SIGN OFF
11-WIIC (NBC) Cox
5:30 FARM HOME & GARDEU
6 AM FRIENDS OF MAN
6:30 TREEHOUSE CLUB
7 AM KIDSBURGH
7:30 BULLWINKLE
8 AM EMERGENCY
8:30 JOSIE & THE PUSSYCATS
9 AM WALDO KITTY
9:30 PINK PANTHER
10AM LAND OF THE LOST
10:30 RUN JOE RUN
11 AM BEYOND THE PLANET
11:30 WESTWIND
12 Noon JETSONS
12:30 GO
1 PM GET SMART
1:30 GET SMART
2 PM FLYING NUN
2:30 PETTICOAT JUNCTION
3 PM MARCUS WELBY MD
4 PM MOVIE – Bikini World (1964)
6 PM STEEL CITY NEWS
7 PM LAWERNCE WELK
8 PM EMERGENCY
9 PM NBC SATURDAY AT THE MOVIES – Dr. Zwingo (1975)
11 PM STEEL CITY NEWS
11:30 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
1 AM CHILLER THEATRE – Mummy Ghost (1944)
3 AM SIGN OFF
53 WPGH (Ind./ABC/CBS/NBC) Boyd Broadcasters
6 AM BLACK FORUM
6:30 FOR YOU BLACK WOMAN
7 AM LASSIE & TIMMY
7:30 LASSIE & TIMMY
8 AM JEFF’S COLLIE
8:30 JEFF’S COLLIE
9 AM LONE RANGER
9:30 LONE RANGER
10 AM CISCO KID
10:30 CISCO KID
11 AM SPEED BUGGY
11:26 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
11:30 ODDBALL COUPLE
11:56 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
12 NOON UNCLE CROCK’S BLOCK
12:26 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
12:30 AMERICAN BANDSTAND
1:30 CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL
2:26 IN THE NEWS
2:30 LINUS THE LION
3 PM MOVIE – Blackboard Jungle (1955)
5 PM KUNG FU
6PM WRESTLING
7 PM SOUL TRAIN
8 PM MOVIE – Magnificent Doll (1946)
10 PM MOVIE - Doctor Phibes (1952)
12 MID NIGHT GALLERY
12:30 NIGHT GALLERY
1 AM SIGN OFF
2 KDKA - preemptions Westinghouse Style - just the hour of the CBS Saturday kids lineup - tail end of it in the 1 PM hour which aired on WPGH - other than that nothing unusual for Saturday - Still even with a roof antenna Pittsburgh viewers could pull in the CBS station in Steubinville/Wheeling area which likely ran anything KD did not. Also there was Channel 10 in Altonna which began to bring in a signal east of the city though not as easily as Channel 9 Steubenville.
4 WTAE - preempting Hearst style - last 2 and a half hours of the ABC Saturday lineup including Bandstand is not airing. Bad news is both Wheeling and Johnstown/Altonna lack ABC stations so WTAE is the only recieveable ABC signal for those areas. WPGH ran preempted ABC shows but that station likely did not reach neighboring markets.
11 WIIC - no preemptions on Saturday - I guess NBC shows had that high ratings - NBC viewers were pretty much in luck with affiliates in neighboring markets to run anything WIIC did not. They were the better of the three evils.
53 WPGH - an also ran back then - was the clearinghouse for tons of network preempted shows and they ran an hour of teh CBS and a couple hours of ABC shows. Syndicated shows there were low budget. More like a third independent than the only independent in the market.
2-KDKA (CBS) Westinghouse
5:30 INTERNATIONAL ZONE
6AM SUNRISE SEMESTER
6:30 CAMPUS CONNECTION
7AM CHALLENGE
7:30 VILLA ALGRE
8 AM PEBBLES & BAMM BAMM
8:26 IN THE NEWS
8:30 BUGS BUNNY/ROAD RUNNER
9:26 IN THE NEWS
9:30 SCOOBY DOO
9:56 IN THE NEWS
10 AM SHAZAM/ISIS
10:26 IN THE NEWS
10:30 HUDSON BROTHERS
10:56 IN THE NEWS
11 AM FAR OUT SPACE NUTS
11:26 IN THE NEWS
11:30 GHOSTBUSTERS - Comedy show not the cartoon
11:56 IN THE NEWS
12 NOON VALLEY OF THE DINOSAURS
12:26 IN THE NEWS
12:30 FAT ALBERT
1 PM WOMAN IS
1:30 INTERNATIONAL ZONE
2 PM MOVIE – Escape From The Mindiano (1968)
4 PM MOVIE – Damion Planet (1966)
6PM EYEWITNESS NEWS
6:30 CBS NEWS
7PM EXACTLY WHAT
7:30 JULIUS SHOW
8PM CHARLIE BROWN THANKSGIVING
ALL IN THE FAMILY normally Aired here
8:30 JEFFERSONS
9PM MARY TYLER MOORE
9:30 BOB NEWHART
10 PM CAROL BURNETT & FRIENDS
11 PM EYEWITNESS NEWS
11:30 LATE MOVIE – Wait For Dark (1962)
1:30 EYEWITNESS NEWS
2 AM LATE MOVIE – 5 Branded Women (1960)
4 AM SIGN OFF
4 WTAE-TV (ABC) Hearst
5 AM IT IS WRITTEN
5:30 WORLD TOMORROW
6 AM TRI-STATE FARMER
6:30 DAVEY & GOLIATH
7 AM BULLWINKLE
8 AM HONG KUNG PHOOEY
8:26 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
8:30 TOM & JERRY/GRAPE APE
9:26 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
9:30 LOST SAUCER
9:56 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
10 AM NEW ADVENTURES OF GILLIGAN
10:26 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
10:30 GROOVY GOOLIES
10:56 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
11 AM BOWLING
12 NOON COLLEGE FOOTBALL
6 PM ACTION NEWS
7 PM HEE HAW
8 PM HOWARD COSELL
9 PM SWAT
10 PM MATT HELM
11 PM ACTION NEWS
11:30 MOVIE – Ask Any Girl (1961)
1:30 ADAM 12
2 AM LATE MOVIE – The Blob (1958)
4 AM SIGN OFF
11-WIIC (NBC) Cox
5:30 FARM HOME & GARDEU
6 AM FRIENDS OF MAN
6:30 TREEHOUSE CLUB
7 AM KIDSBURGH
7:30 BULLWINKLE
8 AM EMERGENCY
8:30 JOSIE & THE PUSSYCATS
9 AM WALDO KITTY
9:30 PINK PANTHER
10AM LAND OF THE LOST
10:30 RUN JOE RUN
11 AM BEYOND THE PLANET
11:30 WESTWIND
12 Noon JETSONS
12:30 GO
1 PM GET SMART
1:30 GET SMART
2 PM FLYING NUN
2:30 PETTICOAT JUNCTION
3 PM MARCUS WELBY MD
4 PM MOVIE – Bikini World (1964)
6 PM STEEL CITY NEWS
7 PM LAWERNCE WELK
8 PM EMERGENCY
9 PM NBC SATURDAY AT THE MOVIES – Dr. Zwingo (1975)
11 PM STEEL CITY NEWS
11:30 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
1 AM CHILLER THEATRE – Mummy Ghost (1944)
3 AM SIGN OFF
53 WPGH (Ind./ABC/CBS/NBC) Boyd Broadcasters
6 AM BLACK FORUM
6:30 FOR YOU BLACK WOMAN
7 AM LASSIE & TIMMY
7:30 LASSIE & TIMMY
8 AM JEFF’S COLLIE
8:30 JEFF’S COLLIE
9 AM LONE RANGER
9:30 LONE RANGER
10 AM CISCO KID
10:30 CISCO KID
11 AM SPEED BUGGY
11:26 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
11:30 ODDBALL COUPLE
11:56 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
12 NOON UNCLE CROCK’S BLOCK
12:26 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
12:30 AMERICAN BANDSTAND
1:30 CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL
2:26 IN THE NEWS
2:30 LINUS THE LION
3 PM MOVIE – Blackboard Jungle (1955)
5 PM KUNG FU
6PM WRESTLING
7 PM SOUL TRAIN
8 PM MOVIE – Magnificent Doll (1946)
10 PM MOVIE - Doctor Phibes (1952)
12 MID NIGHT GALLERY
12:30 NIGHT GALLERY
1 AM SIGN OFF
2 KDKA - preemptions Westinghouse Style - just the hour of the CBS Saturday kids lineup - tail end of it in the 1 PM hour which aired on WPGH - other than that nothing unusual for Saturday - Still even with a roof antenna Pittsburgh viewers could pull in the CBS station in Steubinville/Wheeling area which likely ran anything KD did not. Also there was Channel 10 in Altonna which began to bring in a signal east of the city though not as easily as Channel 9 Steubenville.
4 WTAE - preempting Hearst style - last 2 and a half hours of the ABC Saturday lineup including Bandstand is not airing. Bad news is both Wheeling and Johnstown/Altonna lack ABC stations so WTAE is the only recieveable ABC signal for those areas. WPGH ran preempted ABC shows but that station likely did not reach neighboring markets.
11 WIIC - no preemptions on Saturday - I guess NBC shows had that high ratings - NBC viewers were pretty much in luck with affiliates in neighboring markets to run anything WIIC did not. They were the better of the three evils.
53 WPGH - an also ran back then - was the clearinghouse for tons of network preempted shows and they ran an hour of teh CBS and a couple hours of ABC shows. Syndicated shows there were low budget. More like a third independent than the only independent in the market.