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Retro: Southern Ohio Saturday, October 13, 1979

From TV Guide, Dayton Edition:

WDTN Ch. 2 Dayton (NBC)

6 AM Health Field (treatments for diabetes)
6:30 Big Blue Marble (a 9-year-old race driver, a 10-
year-old boy who entertains tourists in Peru)
7 AM Marlo And The Magic Movie Machine (Marlo herds
sheep in Australia.)
7:30 Bay City Rollers
8 AM Daffy Duck
8:30 Casper And The Angels
9 AM New Fred And Barney Show
10 AM Super Globetrotters
10:30 New Shmoo
11 AM Flash Gordon
11:30 Godzilla
12 N Jonny Quest
12:30 Jetsons
1 PM I Love Lucy
1:30 Movie: "Godzilla" (watch for Raymond Burr from '56,
the year before he began playing Perry Mason)
3 PM Movie: "The Big Country"
6 PM $1.98 Beauty Show (the Unknown Comic, Marilyn Beck,
and David Hasselhoff are the panelists)
6:30 News
7 PM Sha Na Na (guest James Darren sings "Gidget")
7:30 Muppet Show (guests: Shields & Yarnell)
8 PM CHiPs
9 PM BJ And The Bear
10 PM A Man Called Sloane
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live (fifth-season premiere: host Steve Martin,
musical guests Blondie; NOTE: this was the final season with
the original cast (except for Chevy Chase) and Bill Murray)
1 AM Second City Television Network
1:30 Norm Crosby's The Comedy Shop

WCMH Ch. 4 Columbus (NBC)

6:30 Battle Of The Planets
7 AM Marlo And The Magic Movie Machine (Marlo journeys back to
the Colonial period.)
7:30 World Of Survival
8 AM Daffy Duck
8:30 Casper And The Angels
9 AM New Fred And Barney Show
10 AM Super Globetrotters
10:30 Little Rascals
11 AM Tom & Jerry
12 N Movie: "Demetrius And The Gladiators"
2 PM Movie: "Tarzan And The She-Devil" (Lex Barker as Tarzan,
from '53)
3:30 Movie: "Tarzan's Savage Fury" (Lex Barker again, from '52)
5 PM Star Trek
6 PM News
6:30 Dance Fever (judges: Jamie Farr, Mary Frances Crosby, Scott
Baio; musical guest Stephanie Mills)
7 PM Lawrence Welk (farm-country tunes)
8 PM CHiPs
9 PM BJ And The Bear
10 PM A Man Called Sloane
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live
1 AM Movie: "Desiree"

WTTV Ch. 4 Indianapolis (Ind.)
listed EDT

8 AM La Voz Latina
8:30 Lessons For Living
9 AM Jerry Falwell
10 AM Focus
10:30 Symphony
11 AM Citizens Forum
11:15 Hoosier Hinterland
11:30 Brian Bex
12 N Wrestling
1 PM 1979 U.S. Nationals Drag Racing (Big Daddy Don Garlits
is one of the participants.)
2 PM Tennis: Island Holidays Pro Classic from Maui (men's singles
final)
3 PM Movie: "The D.I." (Jack Webb, from '57)
5 PM The Racers (the SCCA D Productions Sports Car Finals from
Atlanta)
5:30 News
6 PM All In The Family
6:30 Sanford And Son
7 PM Starsky & Hutch
8 PM Dance Fever (judges: Jane Seymour and Benji, Bobby Van,
Robert Shields; musical guest: Evelyn "Champagne" King)
8:30 Country Roads
9 PM Nashville On The Road (guest: Margo Smith)
9:30 Porter Wagoner (guest: Mickey Gilley)
10 PM Pop Goes The Country (Jimmy Dean, Rex Allen Jr., Peggy Sue)
10:30 That Nashville Music (Billy "Crash" Craddock, Susie Allanson,
Charlie Louvin)
11 PM Movie: "Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde" ('71 version from England)
1 AM Juke-Box
1:30 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (Olivia Newton-John, Smokey
Robinson, Heart)
3 AM Soul Train (Bonnie Pointer, Switch)
4 AM Movie: "Julia Misbehaves"
6 AM Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea"

WLWT Ch. 5 Cincinnati (NBC)

6:30 Circle Square
7 AM U.S. Farm Report
7:30 Hot Fudge
8 AM Daffy Duck
8:30 Casper And The Angels
9 AM New Fred And Barney Show
10 AM Super Globetrotters
10:30 New Shmoo
11 AM Flash Gordon
11:30 Godzilla
12 N Jonny Quest
12:30 Jetsons
1 PM Greatest Sports Legends (tribute to Wilma Rudolph)
1:30 Whitney And The Robot
2 PM Miss National Teen-Ager Pageant (host Pat Boone;
featured are Michael McKean and David L. Lander (aka
Lenny and Squiggy from "Laverne & Shirley") and contestants
from all 50 states; taped in Atlanta Aug. 10)
3:30 Movie: "Godzilla" (same as Ch. 2)
5 PM Archie Campbell (guests: the Cathedral Quartet)
5:30 Sha Na Na (guest: Barbara Mandrell)
6 PM News
6:30 Consumer Buyline (topic: credit)
7 PM Lawrence Welk
8 PM CHiPs
9 PM BJ And The Bear
10 PM A Man Called Sloane
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live
1 AM Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (War, Natalie Cole, Murray
Langston (aka The Unknown Comic))

WTVN (WSYX) Ch. 6 Columbus (ABC)

7:30 Matters Of Life
8 AM Superfriends
9 AM Plastic Man Comedy-Adventure Show
11 AM Spider-Woman
11:30 MVP...World Series Edition (World Series MVPs since 1954)
12:30 World Series: Orioles-Pirates (Game 4; Pittsburgh won the
Series, 4 games to 3)
3:30 College Football Today (time approximate)
3:45 College Football: Oklahoma-Texas (from Dallas)
7 PM Hee Haw (Gene Autry, the Statler Brothers, Randy Barlow,
Joe Frazier (correct me if I'm wrong, but it's not that
Joe Frazier, is it?), time approximate)
8 PM The Ropers
8:30 Detective School
9 PM Love Boat (passengers: Martha Scott, Don Ameche, Jaye P.
Morgan, Joanna Cassidy, Conrad Janis)
10 PM Hart To Hart
11 PM News
11:15 ABC News (anchor not given)
11:30 Miss World-America Beauty Pageant (Gene Rayburn and
Marjorie Wallace co-host from the Virgin Islands, winner goes
on to the Miss World Pageant in London)
sign off 1:30 AM

WHIO Ch. 7 Dayton (CBS)

7 AM Sunrise Semester: "Drama In Education"
7:30 Urban And Suburban
8 AM Mighty Mouse/Heckle And Jeckle
9 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
10:30 All-New Popeye Hour
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N Courthouse Square
12:30 Tarzan And The Super 7
1:30 30 Minutes (teen-age homosexuality; two New York
Yankee infield prospects)
2 PM Movie: "Don't Raise The Bridge, Lower The River" (Jerry
Lewis from '68)
4 PM That Nashville Music (Sonny James, Dottsy, Mel McDaniel,
Johnny Gimble)
4:30 Pop Goes The Country (the Statler Brothers, Billie Jo Spears)
5 PM Porter Wagoner (guest: Connie Smith)
5:30 Dolly (guest: Chuck Woolery)
6 PM News
6:30 Hee Haw
7:30 Match Game PM (Richard Paul, Don Galloway, Joyce Bulifant,
Mary Ann Mobley)
8 PM Working Stiffs
8:30 Bad News Bears
9 PM Big Shamus, Little Shamus
10 PM Paris (the quick cancellations of this and "The Lazarus Syndrome,"
both of which had African-American stars (James Earl Jones and
Louis Gossett Jr., respectively) caused negative criticism of CBS
and ABC, respectively)
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "A Killer In Every Corner"
1 AM Ironside
2 AM News

WCPO Ch. 9 Cincinnati (CBS)

5:55 Farm News
6 AM Sunrise Semester
6:30 Call The Doctor (plastic and reconstructive surgery, rerun from
Sun 11 AM)
7:30 Mayberry R.F.D.
8 AM Mighty Mouse/Heckle And Jeckle
9 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
10:30 All-New Popeye Hour
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N Jason Of Star Command
12:30 Kidsworld (Rev. Jesse Jackson, the sports of polo and kayaking)
1 PM Movie: "Battle Of The Bulge"
4:30 CBS Sports Spectacular (Part 2 of the Pacific International Gymnastics
Championships from Vancouver, Parts 5 and 6 of World's Strongest Men)
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (Bob Schieffer)
7 PM Make Me Laugh (the comics are Howard Itzkowitz, Skip Stephenson,
and Vic Dunlop; celebrity contestant: Kaye Stevens)
7:30 Joker! Joker!! Joker!!!
8 PM Working Stiffs
8:30 Bad News Bears
9 PM Big Shamus, Little Shamus
10 PM Paris
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "McQ"
2 AM Here And Now
2:30 News

WBNS Ch. 10 Columbus (CBS)

6 AM Societies In Transition
6:30 U.S. Farm Report
7 AM It's Your Business (topic: Social Security)
7:30 Not For Women Only
8 AM Mighty Mouse/Heckle And Jeckle
9 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
10:30 Movie: "Justice Of The West" (compilation of
"Lone Ranger" episodes)
12:30 Hogan's Heroes
1 PM In The Know
1:30 30 Minutes
2 PM Movie: "Journey To The Unknown" (two episodes
of the short-lived 1968 ABC series)
4 PM Nashville On The Road (guest: T.G. Sheppard)
4:30 Pop Goes The Country (T.G. Sheppard, Charly McClain (a
female), George Jones)
5 PM Dolly (perhaps the best show she ever did, either in syndication
or on ABC: guests are Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris)
5:30 Porter Wagoner (guest: Mickey Gilley)
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Bugs Bunny
7:30 Kicks (Edwin Starr, disco group Arpeggio)
8 PM Working Stiffs
8:30 Bad News Bears
9 PM Big Shamus, Little Shamus
10 PM Paris
11 PM News
11:30 Earle Bruce: Football (highlights of Indiana-Ohio State, played
earlier today)
12 M Movie: "Goodbye, Columbus"

WKRC Ch. 12 Cincinnati (ABC)

6 AM Kids Are People Too (Wolfman Jack, Lenny and Squiggy, Joan Embery,
bodybuilder Franco Columbu, Richard Hatch (of "Battlestar Galactica,"
not "Survivor," delay from Sun 10 AM)
7:30 Marlo And The Magic Movie Machine (the 10-year anniversary of the first
moon landing)
8 AM Superfriends
9 AM Plastic Man Comedy-Adventure Show
11 AM Spider-Woman
11:30 Scooby And Scrappy-Doo
12 N Bowling
12:30 World Series (Game 4, see Ch. 6)
3:30 College Football Today (time approximate)
3:45 College Football: Oklahoma-Texas
7 PM Hee Haw (time approximate)
8 PM The Ropers
8:30 Sanford And Son
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM Hart To Hart
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Escape From The Planet Of The Apes"
1:30 Movie: "Rio Rita" (Abbott and Costello, from '42)
3:40 Movie: "Lost In A Harem" (Abbott and Costello, from '44)

WPTO Ch. 14 Oxford, OH/WPTD Ch. 16 Dayton (PBS)
Ch. 14's transmitter was being replaced when this issue went to press;
if it is back up, normal programming will air, so I'm listing the lineup here.

9 AM Footsteps
9:30 Japan: The Living Tradition
10 AM Japan: The Changing Tradition
10:30 Connections (or did you know the origins of the atomic bomb can
be traced back 2700 years to the development of gold assay?)
11:30 Nova ("Life On A Silken Thread," about spiders)
12:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
1 PM Camera Three ("Dreams," a dance about victims of the Holocaust)
1:30 Volunteer Jam
3 PM World (the death of Bulgarian defector Georgi Markov, from a poison
pellet allegedly injected by a passerby on a London street in 1978)
4 PM Poldark (Part 15)
5 PM Freestyle
5:30 Feelings
6 PM Masterpiece Theatre ("Love For Lydia," Part 3)
7 PM Ohio Journal
7:30 In Touch (tips on buying seafood)
8 PM Evening At Symphony (Seiji Ozawa conducts the Boston Symphony
in Johann Christian Bach's Symphony for Double Orchestra, Opus 18.)
9 PM Movie: "A Delicate Balance"
11:15 Movie: "On The Town"

WXIX Ch. 19 Cincinnati (Ind.)

6:15 Perspective
7 AM Brady Kids
7:30 Woody Woodpecker
8 AM Bugs And Porky
8:30 Tom & Jerry
9 AM Popeye
9:30 Spiderman
10 AM Movie: "Abbott And Costello Meet The Keystone
Cops"
11:30 Movie: "The Burning Hills"
1:30 Movie: "The Sins Of Rachel Cade"
4 PM Movie: "For A Few Dollars More"
6 PM Happy Days Again
6:30 M*A*S*H
7 PM Soap Factory Disco (Bunny Sigler, McFadden & Whitehead)
7:30 Soap Factory Disco (Witch Queen, Kathy Barnes)
8 PM Dolly
8:30 Pop Goes The Country (Jim Ed Brown, Helen Cornelius, John
Conlee)
9 PM Porter Wagoner (Little David Wilkins)
9:30 Country Roads
10 PM Nashville On The Road
10:30 That Nashville Music (Bill Anderson, Reba McEntire, John Conlee)
11 PM Juke-Box (Rod Stewart, Alicia Bridges, the Tubes)
oddly, nothing is listed after this

WKEF Ch. 22 Dayton (ABC)

7 AM Better Way...
7:30 Underdog
8 AM Superfriends
9 AM Plastic-Man Comedy-Adventure Show
11 AM Spider-Woman
11:30 Kidsworld (Danielle Brisebois, roller coasters, a cross-country runner)
12 N ABC Weekend Special: "The Contest Kid Strikes Again"
12:30 World Series (game 4, see Ch. 6)
3:30 College Football Today (time approximate)
3:45 College Football (Oklahoma-Texas)
7 PM Family Feud (time approximate)
7:30 Dance Fever (judges: Arthur and Kathryn Murray (how appropriate),
Tina Turner, Bob Seagren; musical guests: the Jones Girls)
8 PM The Ropers
8:30 Detective School
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM Hart To Hart
11 PM Odd Couple
11:30 Earle Bruce: Football
12 M 700 Club

WOSU Ch. 34 Columbus (PBS)

4 PM Other School System
4:30 Footsteps (preparing for parenthood)
5 PM Camera Three
5:30 Ohio Journal
6 PM National Geographic ("Holland Against The Sea"
7 PM Pro Soccer
8 PM Movie: "Wilderness Journey"
9:30 The Explorers
10 PM Countdown To Kick-Off
10:30 College Football: Indiana-Ohio State replay

WLIO Ch. 35 Lima (NBC/ABC)

7:30 U.S. Farm Report
8 AM Daffy Duck
8:30 Casper And The Angels
9 AM New Fred And Barney Show
10 AM Super Globetrotters
10:30 New Shmoo
11 AM Flash Gordon
11:30 Godzilla
12 N Jonny Quest
12:30 Jetsons
1 PM Soul Train (guest: Deniece Williams)
2 PM Mary Tyler Moore
2:30 Wild Kingdom
3 PM This Is The NFL
3:30 College Football Today
3:45 College Football: Oklahoma-Texas
7 PM Lawrence Welk (time approximate)
8 PM CHiPs
9 PM BJ And The Bear
10 PM A Man Called Sloane
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live
sign off 1 AM

WUAB Ch. 43 Cleveland (Ind.)

8:30 For You...Black Woman
9 AM Ernest Angley
10 AM Lorain Conversation (isn't WUAB in Lorain, OH?)
10:30 Movie: "Tarzan's Secret Treasure" (Johnny Weissmuller as
Tarzan, from '41)
12 N Three Stooges
12:20 Three Stooges
12:40 Dick Tracy ('40s short)
1 PM Movie: "War-Gods Of The Deep"
2:30 Movie: "The Skull"
4 PM Movie: "The Happening"
6 PM Star Trek
7 PM Hee Haw
8 PM Lawrence Welk
9 PM Movie: "Knute Rockne--All American"
11 PM Benny Hill
11:30 Benny Hill
12 M Earle Bruce: Football
12:30 Pop Goes The Country (Jim Ed Brown, Helen Cornelius,
John Conlee)
1 AM That Nashville Music (Faron Young, Kelly Warren, David
Houston)
1:30 Country Roads

WCET Ch. 48 Cincinnati (PBS)

9 AM Sesame Street
10 AM Once Upon A Classic: "The Old Curiosity Shop," Part 1
of 10
10:30 Big Blue Marble
11 AM French Chef
11:30 Paint Along With Nancy Kominsky
12 N Lilias, Yoga And You
12:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
1 PM Over Easy (guest: First Lady Rosalynn Carter)
1:30 Here's To Your Health
2 PM Movie: "The Las Vegas Story"
3:30 Footsteps
4 PM Ohio Journal
4:30 Master Classes
5 PM Freestyle
5:30 Feelings
6 PM Like It Is
6:30 Another Voice
7 PM Connections (same as Chs. 14, 16)
8 PM The Scarlet Letter (Part 2)
9 PM All Creatures Great And Small
10 PM Countdown To Kick-Off
10:30 College Football: Indiana-Ohio State replay
 
When did WCVN ch.54, the KET outlet for Covington / Cincinnati become listed? If this edition was sold in the Cincinnati area, I wonder why that station was not listed after being on the air for 10 years?
 
IIRC, Cincinnati had its own edition, which included Dayton (the color scheme
for the two markets was the reverse of that in the Dayton edition) but not Columbus.
The Dayton edition was not sold in Cincinnati, IIRC, so Ch. 54 would have been in the
Cincinnati edition; it was also in the Kentucky edition as part of Kentucky Educational
Television. To my knowledge, Ch. 54 was never listed in the Dayton edition.

Remember that TV Guide had a rule that a station had to reach at least 15% of an
edition's circulation area to be included. Ch. 54's coverage area appears to have been
in Cincinnati and northern Kentucky; after all, it was a Covington (KY) station.
 
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