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Retro: Puget Sound, Mon. Aug. 3, 1970 5pm-sign off

Source: TV Guide

C=Color
CHANNELS
2 CBUT Vancouver (CBC)
4 KOMO Seattle (ABC)
5 KING Seattle (NBC)
6 CHEK Victoria (CBC/CTV)
7 KIRO Seattle (CBS)
8 CHAN Vancouver (CTV)
9 KCTS Seattle (PBS)
11 KTNT Tacoma (Ind)
12 KVOS Bellingham (CBS)
13 KTVW Tacoma (Ind)

5PM
2 Super 6 C
4 What's My Line? C
This week's panel: Joanna Barnes, Bert Convy, Arlene Francis and Soupy Sales.
6 8 I Dream of Jeannie C
7 Candid Camera
Host Duward Kirby tackles a squirting grapefruit; kids bake cookies; a disappearing act.
9 Mister Rogers
Animals with built-in protection.
11 Rifleman
"The Apprentice Sheriff." A killing results when acting marshal Dan Willard tries to lay down the law to a band of Texas cowpokes. Williard: Robert Vaughn.


5:30
2 Beverly Hillbillies
The Clampetts head home to the hills. Jed: Buddy Ebsen. Granny: Irene Ryan.
4 News-Jack Eddy C
5 News-Wike/Wallace C
6 8 Lucille Ball
7 Gomer Pyle, USMC C
Con artists zero in on Gomer. Gomer: Jim Nabors.
9 Working with Glass
11 I Love Lucy
Lucy and Ethel try to show their superior knowledge of the French language while ordering in a French restaurant. Lucy: Lucille Ball.
12 Movie-Western
"The Silver Whip" (1953) Young Jess Harker gets a job driving the Silver City stage-and on the first trip out of town, the stage is attacked by bandits. Dale Robertson, Rory Calhoun, Robert Wagner, Kathleen Crowley, Lola Albright. (1 hour, 25 min)

EVENING
2 Ghost and Mrs. Muir C
With a little help from her friend (the Captain), Mrs. Muir tries to make Claymore a swinging bachelor. Mrs. Muir: Hope Lange. Captain: Edward Mulhare. Claymore: Charles Nelson Reilly (three years before Match Game '7X) Helen: Reva Rose.
4 ABC News-Reynolds/Smith C
6 8 News-Cameron Bell C
7 CBS News-Walter Cronkite C
9 Now See This
Topic: festive party snacks.
11 Tom Kennedy C
Guests include singer Susan Cowsill (of the Cowsills) and the Grass Roots. (60 min)
13 Arrest and Trial
"Funny Man with a Monkey." A nightclub comic is suspected of killing a doctor to get narcotics. Script by Jerome Ross. Hoagy Blair: Mickey Rooney. Sergeant Gregson: Bert Freed. Linda Blair: Mary Murphy. Harry Needles: Joe Mantell. (90 min)

6:30
2 News, Sports, Weather C
4 News-Jack Eddy C
5 NBC News C
7 News-Clif Kirk C
9 Business Trends
Prof. James Crutchfield and Bert Cole, commissioner of public lands, discuss the economics of drilling for oil in Puget Sound.
12 CBS News-Walter Cronkite C

7:00
4 Exploration Northwest C
"Up, Up and Away" features the 1968 Abbotsford, BC air show.
5 Truth or Consequences C
6 I Dream of Jeannie C
7 Dick Van Dyke
"Brother, Can You Spare $2500?" Rob, Sally and Buddy worked all night on a script-which Rob promptly lost at Grand Central Station. Ro: Dick Van Dyke. Laura: Mary Tyler Moore. Tramp: Gene Baylos.
8 Here's Lucy C
Vivian Vance joins Lucy and Harry on a trip to Tijuana, where a shop owner spots them as perfect patsies for his smuggling operation. Lucy: Lucille Ball. Harry: Gale Gordon. Kim: Lucie Arnez. Craig: Desi Arnez, Jr.
9 Telecourse-Drama
11 Beat the Clock C
Monday's guest: actor Bert Convy.
12 Movie-Cont.

7:25
12 News

7:30
2 Governor and J.J. C
The course of true love is as bumpy as ever: J.J. enjoys a marvelous weekend with a handsome blind date, who then packs up and leaves without bothering to call. J.J.: Julie Sommars. Governor: Dan Dailey. George: James Callahan. Sara: Nora Marlowe. Maggie: Neva Patterson.
4 8 It Takes a Thief C
"Project X." A drama of suvival unfolds aboard an aircraft carrying Mundy and five renowned scientists to an international conference. A deranged mind has devised a fiendish plan to kill them one by one...as an unscheduled in-flight movie justifies the murders. Mundy: Robert Wagner. Wally: Edward Binns. (60 min)
5 Call of The West C
"Tribute to the Dog." Lawyer George Vest, a candidate for the U.S. Senate, files suit against a man who recklessly shot a young boy's dog. George Vest: Ronald Reagan. Charles Cooper: Carter Johnson.
6 One Man Show C
Comic Robert King kids traffic cops and sports cars.
7 12 Gunsmoke C
"The Victim." Dillon helps the frightened sheriff of Martin's Bend stave off a lynch mob (and keep an accused murderer alive) as they await the arrival of the circuit judge. Dillon: James Arness. (60 min)
9 Law In Action
Washington State attorney general Slade Gorton hosts a discussion on women's liberation and the law.
11 Perry Mason
"The Festive Felon." Bebe Brent's relatives are in for a surprise-she's leaving a million dollars to her nurse. Max Randall: Jon Hall. Mason: Raymond Burr. Burger: William Talman. Della: Barbara Hale. (60 min)
13 Passport to Travel

8:00
2 6 Green Acres C
Oliver hires ex-convict Willie Dunhill. The Douglases warm up to Willie immediately, but he's flustered by both farming and freedom. Oliver: Eddie Albert. Lisa: Eva Gabor. Haney: Pat Buttram. Eb: Tom Lester.
5 Monday Theatre C
"Southern Fried." In a small Southern town, a young stock-car racer and his girlfriend are duped into running moonshine. Song: "Will You Be My? Yes I Will." Script by William Price Fox; directed by Gene Reynolds (Room 222).
9 World Press C
13 Western Star Theater

8:30
2 6 Five Years C
A profile of three Canadian couples who share a communal farm in Southern Ontario. The couples tell why they chose an alternative to urban society, describe their austere pioneer life, and comment on the problems they face in their retreat.
4 Movie-Western C
"The Denver and Rio Grande" (1952), a railroad-pioneering Western. Action is the keynote in this tale about rival lines battling to be first through Colorado's Royal Gorge. (2 hrs)
5 Movie-Drama C
"Samson and Delilah" (1949), a blockbuster spectacle by master showman Cecil B. DeMille (The Ten Commandments). Samson the Danite seeks to marry Semadar of the Philistines, but her people oppose the match and Semadar dies in the ensuing revolt. Her sister Delilah, vowing revenge, plans to find the secret of Samson's strength and destroy him. The film was nominated for five Academy awards in technical fields. (2 hours, 30 min)
7 Lucille Ball C
Joan Crawford made her TV comedy debut in this episode, which finds the film star cast in "Speakeasy Daze", a '20s comedy with Lucy and her pal Viv as dime-a-dance girls. Viv: Vivian Vance. Mooney: Gale Gordon.
8 Barbara McNair C
Barbara's guests: Meredith MacRae, comic Scoey Mitchill, Paul Revere and the Raiders and TV game show host Monty Hall. (60 min)
11 David Frost C
Guests: singer John Gary, actor Charles Nelson Reilly and Jane Howard, author of a book about group therapy. (90 min)
12 Perry Mason
"The Mythical Monkeys." A frightened secretary is certain that someone wants to kill her. Gladys Doyle: Louise Fletcher. Mauvis Meade: Beverly Garland. Mason: Raymond Burr. Burger: William Talman. (60 min)
13 McKeever

9:00
2 6 Name of the Game C
"The Skin Game" Dan Farrell's destination is Africa, where a small nation is plagued by lethally diluted medical supplies. Joined by a lovely lady author, Farrell (Robert Stack) deals with murder, a hostile bureaucracy and the shadowy European magnate who owns the drug firm involved. (90 min)
7 Mayberry, R.F.D. C
Mayberry citizens are pleased as punch that a famous New York sculptor is creating a statue just for their town. That's before they see it, a far-out abstraction no one can fathom. Sam: Ken Berry. Aunt Bee: Francis Bavier. Millie: Arlene Golonka. Howard: Jack Dobson. Mike: Buddy Foster. Emmett: Paul Hartman.
9 NET Journal
"Hiroshima-Nagasaki," a documentary on the effects of the A-bombs. (60 min)
13 Bob Corcoran

9:30
7 Doris Day C
Doris is ecstatic about her upcoming date with a film star...until the big day finds her trapped into playing family nurse and baseball umpire. Buck: Denver Pyle. Myrna: Rose Marie.
8 Pig 'N' Whistle C
Guests: singers Pat Dawson, Angelo Ruffo and Terry Nagle. John Hewer, Kay Turner, Billy Meek, Carlton Showband, Roland Dancers.
12 Rat Patrol C
An elderly Arab refuses to evacuate his people from a German warehouse that Troy must destroy. Troy: Christopher George.

10:00
7 12 Wild Wild West C
Gothic horrors unfold as West and Artemus probe a senator's refusal to leave his heavily guarded home. With an enormous beast prowling the premises, the spooked household conspires to keep a terrible family secret. West: Robert Conrad. Artemus: Ross Martin. (60 min)
8 NBC News Special C
Special: "Once Before I Die," a real-life drama of man against mountain. Seven Americans set out on a five-week expedition in 1968. Their goal: the summit of Koh-i-Tundi, which stands 20,000 feet high in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountain range. This chronicle begins with a look at the climbers and their reasons for joining the expedition. The second half of the film is devoted to the trek across Afghanistan and the assault on Koh-i-Tundi. In these sequences, the climbers' struggle up the slopes is vividly captured by the camerawork of Michael Wadleigh (Woodstock). Ross Martin is the narrator. (60 min, Ironside pre-empted)
11 News-Charles Burd C

10:30
2 6 Memorandum C
A visit to two federal museums in Ottawa: the Aviation museum and the War Museum. Examined: the problems of separating military history from legend. Nelson Davis and Brian Smyth are the hosts.
4 Now C
"Help", a report on interracial co-operation in Asheville, NC. Two years ago, an organization called SHARE was formed to build up black businesses in the economically depressed city. With help from the Small Business Administration and AFRAM (a black capitalist organization), the group started a black owned and operated company that manufactured disposable garments. The story of the venture is told by two founders of SHARE. The program also views a meeting of the Committee, a group working for better relations between races. Don Farmer is the reporter.

11:00
2 6 CBC News-Warren Davis C
4 News-Bill Brubaker C
5 News-John Komen C
7 News-Jack Williams C
8 CTV News-Kirck/Phillips
11 Judd C
Part 1. Judd represents a guru accused of murdering a man whose wife was the guru's disciple. Judd: Carl Betz. (60 min)
12 Wanted-Dead or Alive
"Ricochet." A woman asks Josh to find her husband. Josh: Steve McQueen. Dora: Jean Willes.

11:20
2 Viewpoint C
6 8 News-Raines/Pascall C

11:25
2 News, Sports C

11:30
4 Dick Cavett C
Scheduled: conservative spokesman-educator Max Rafferty. (90 min)
5 Johnny Carson C
Scheduled: impressionist David Frye, singers Hines, Hines & Dad, and author Erich Segal ("Love Story").
7 Movie-Mystery
"Stage Fright" (1950) Alfred Hitchcock directed this story about a young drama student who is accused of murder. Marlene Dietrich, Jane Wyman. (90 min)
12 Merv Griffin C
Scheduled: Sandler and Young, Mamie Van Doren, Jacqueline Susann and singer Jimmy Martinez. (90 min)

11:40
2 Movie-Comedy
"Ma and Pa Kettle at Home" (1954) The Kettles are in a stew-important visitors are coming and the farm is a shambles. Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride. (1 hr, 20 min)
6 8 Perry's Probe C

MIDNIGHT
13 Movie-To Be Announced

12:10
8 University of the Air

1:00
5 News-John Raye C
12 News

1:05
5 Movie-Western C
"Masacre at Marble City" (1966) Indian tribes join forces to protect their lands from greedy gold prospectors. Brad Harris, Horst Frank. (2 hrs)
12 Manhunt
"Matinee Mobster" Police are perplexed by a thief who strikes in the afternoon while housewives are out. Victor Jory, Patrick McVey.

-crainbebo
 
Ch. 11 and 13 were the only ones that we didn't have on cable in Vancouver at that time. KCTS was still in B&W. I was 5 years old at this time. Thanks.
 
visaman said:
Ch. 11 and 13 were the only ones that we didn't have on cable in Vancouver at that time. KCTS was still in B&W. I was 5 years old at this time. Thanks.
Umm.....Unless technology was somehow years ahead in Canada as opposed to the United States, there's no way you could've had cable IN 1970 because NO ONE had cable back then

That's because it hadn't been invented yet.....

Cheers & 73 ;D
 
Not correct Pat. There was cable in the early 70s, but it was all local and distants with one channel sometimes being a weather channel with a rotating camera and sometimes B/EZ music.

By the mid 70s, the HBO/Showtime/ESPN/PTL craze started and cable TV REALLY started taking off...

-crainbebo
 
Pat Cook said:
visaman said:
Ch. 11 and 13 were the only ones that we didn't have on cable in Vancouver at that time. KCTS was still in B&W. I was 5 years old at this time. Thanks.
Umm.....Unless technology was somehow years ahead in Canada as opposed to the United States, there's no way you could've had cable IN 1970 because NO ONE had cable back then

That's because it hadn't been invented yet.....

Cheers & 73 ;D

What the heck?

Cable TV has been around since 1949, when it first appeared in the hills of Pennsylvania in order to bring reception of Philly TV stations to areas that otherwise didn't get decent off air reception.

In 1970, cable TV in the US was still largely confined to rural areas with limited off-air reception plus a few urban areas with unusual reception challenges, but it certainly had been invented. And cable became popular in more populated areas of Canada well before it spread to the large cities of the US.
 
Cable existed in the late 60's in Lake Forest Park, a suburb of Seattle. My understanding as a young child, was this was because OTA signals could not provide service to these upper middle class neighborhoods. So these Seattle suburbs were viewing Vancouver stations at this time, in addition to the Seattle stations. It was rare, but it was indeed cable television. 1969. My first exposure to it.
 
Yes, I should have clarified that. In 1970, we, in Vancouver had 9 channels on cable, including a community access channel. 5 of those channels were from Washington State. In contrast, my family had just moved from Saskatoon, where we had just 1 local channel.
 
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