Retro: Tampa Bay Area Commercial Stations - Sunday October 3, 1976

[Markd]

October 3, 1976 Sunday - Sarasota Herald Tribune

8 WFLA TV (NBC) Media General

7 AM RELIGION IN TODAY’S WORLD
7:30 CHAPEL 8
8 AM DAY OF DISCOVERY
8:30 HARVEST TEMPLE
9 AM CHRISTOPHER CLOSEUP
9:15 SUNDAY MASS
10 AM DAVEY AND GOLIATH
10:30 ORAL ROBERTS
11 AM REX HUMBARD
12 NOON MEET THE PRESS
12:30 WORLD AT WAR
1:30 GRANDSTAND
2 PM NFL FOOTBALL – Baltimore Colts At Tampa Bay Buccaneers
5 PM EXPLORERS
5:30 UNITED WORLD MISSION
6 PM NEWS
6:30 NBC NEWS
7 PM WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY
8 PM THE BIG EVENT – Earthquake Part 2 (1974)
9:30 NBC SUNDAY MYSTERY
11 PM NEWS
11:30 CANDIDATES AND THE CAMPAIGN
12:30 MOVIE – Executive Suite (1954)
2:30 SIGN OFF


10 WLCY (ABC) Rahall Communications

5:50 PASTOR’S STUDY
6 AM CHURCH NEWS
6:15 4H SPOTLIGHT
6:30 FOCUS ON RELIGION
6:45 GROWING THINGS
7 AM JERRY FAWELL
8 AM JESSIE MOODY
8:30 STEEPLE TIME
9 AM BOB JONES UNIVERSITY: SHOW MY PEOPLE
9:30 JIMMY SWAGGART
10 AM ROBERT SCHULLER
11 AM CHURCH SERVICE-Baptist
12 NOON DAY OF DISCOVERY
12:30 THE WAY
1 PM PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING
2 PM DANIEL BOONE-Western
3 PM STUDIO SEE
3:30 SEA WORLD
4 PM CELEBRITY SWEEPSTAKES
4:30 JACQUES COUSTEAU
5:30 HEE HAW-Music
6:30 WILD KINGDOM
7 PM COS-Adventure
8 PM SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN-Adventure
9 PM ABC MOVIE – The Way We Were (1973)
11 PM NEWS
11:30 12 OCLOCK HIGH
12:30 DANIEL BOONE-Western
1:30 SIGN OFF



13 WTVT (CBS) Gaylord

7 AM GOSPEL SINGING JUBILEE
8 AM HERALD OF TRUTH
8:30 DAN GRIFFIN
9 AM BOB LIONS
9:30 LOCAL CHURCH SERVICE (unsure of what religion)
10 AM LAMP UNTO MY FEET
10:30 LOOK UP AND LIVE
11 AM CAMPAIGN 1976
11:30 FACE THE NATION
12 NOON DOUG DICKERY
12:30 NFL TODAY
1 PM NFL FOOTBALL – Atlanta Falcons At Philadelphia Eagles
4 PM NFL FOOTBALL – Los Angeles Rams At Miami Dophins
7 PM 60 MINUTES (Yes it was here by 1976)
8 PM SONNY & CHER-Variety
9 PM KOJAK-Drama
10 PM DELVECHIO-Drama
11 PM NEWS
11:30 CBS MOVIE – Paper Moon (1973)
1:30 MOVIE – Lady Gangster (1942)
3:30 SIGN OFF


44 WTOG (Ind.) Hubbard

5:30 BOB JONES UNIVERSITY: SHOW MY PEOPLE
6 AM JIMMY SWAGGART
6:30 BIG BLUE MARBLE-Children
7 AM HOT FUDGE-Children
7:30 LITTLE RASCALS-Comedy
8 AM BUGS BUNNY-Cartoons
8:30 BULLWINKLE-Cartoons
9 AM FLINTSTONES-Cartoon
9:30 BRADY BUNCH-Comedy
10 AM MOVIE – Cheaper By The Dozen (1950)
11:30 ABBOTT & COSTELLO MOVIE – Wistful Widow Of Wagon Gap (1947)
1 PM MOVIE – The Stooge (1953)
3 PM MOVIE – White Witch Doctor (1954)
5 PM STAR TREK-Science Fiction
6 PM UNTOUCHABLES-Drama
7 PM WILD WILD WEST-Western
8 PM BLACK FORUM
8:30 FORUM 44
9 PM IN TOUCH
9:30 CHANGED LIVES
10 PM JERRY FAWELL
11 PM WAYNE TYLER
11:30 MEDIX
12 MID SIGN OFF



40 WXLT (ABC) Calkins Media (did this act as the ABC station for Ft Meyers/Naples??)

6 AM PUBLIC POLICY FORUM
6:30 JOURNEY TO ADVENTURE
7 AM CONVERSATION
7:30 YOU AND YOUR SKIN
8 AM CHAPLAIN OF BOURBON STREET
8:30 GERALD DERSTINE
9 AM JERRY FAWELL
10 AM WAY OF LIVING
10:30 JIMMY SWAGGART
11 AM POWER IN PRAISE
11:30 ORAL ROBERTS
12 NOON PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING
1 PM BILL DANCE
1:30 NFL GAME OF THE WEEK
2 PM ISSUES AND ANSWERS
2:30 DIRECTIONS
3 PM CHAMPIONS
4 PM ARA’S SPORTS WORLD
5 PM PICTURE OF HEALTH
5:30 COME DANCE
6 PM CAPTAIN & TENILLE-Variety (delay)
7 PM COS-Adventure
8 PM SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN-Adventure
9 PM ABC MOVIE – The Way We Were (1973)
11 PM ABC NEWS
11:30 PTL CLUB WEEKEND
1:30 SIGN OFF


11 WINK-TV (CBS) McBride Family

6 AM JERRY FAWELL
7 AM CHRISTOPHER CLOSEUP
7:30 REX HUMBARD
8:30 ORAL ROBERTS
9 AM THY KINGDOM COME
9:30 SUNDAY MASS
10:30 DAY OF DISCOVERY
11 AM RIVERSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH
12 NOON FACE THE NATION
12:30 NFL TODAY
1 PM NFL FOOTBALL – Atlanta Falcons At Philadelphia Eagles
4 PM NFL FOOTBALL – Los Angeles Rams At Miami Dophins
7 PM 60 MINUTES (Yes it was here by 1976)
8 PM SONNY & CHER-Variety
9 PM KOJAK-Drama
10 PM DELVECHIO-Drama
11 PM NEWS
11:30 CBS NEWS
12 MID SIGN OFF


20 WBBH (NBC) Waterman

7 AM DAVEY & GOLIATH
7:30 MEDIX
8 AM AMAZING GRACE
8:30 JERRY FAWELL
9:30 GOD OF OUR FATHERS
10 AM NORMAN VINCENT PEALE
10:30 DOUG DICKEY
11 AM GOSPEL SINGING JUBILEE
12 NOON MEET THE PRESS
12:30 RABBI LEWIS FINKLESTEIN
1 PM TED WILLIAMS
1:30 GRANDSTAND
2 PM NFL FOOTBALL – Baltimore Colts At Tampa Bay Buccaneers
5 PM FACES OF HOPE
6 PM CAMPAIGN & THE CANDIDATES
6:30 NBC NEWS
7 PM WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY
8 PM THE BIG EVENT – Earthquake Part 2 (1974)
9:30 NBC SUNDAY MYSTERY
11 PM NEWS
11:30 MOVIE – Beneath The Planet Of The Apes (1970)
1:30 SIGN OFF

 

[cowboybud]

October 3, 1976 Sunday - Sarasota Herald Tribune

8 WFLA TV (NBC) Media General


2 PM NFL FOOTBALL – Baltimore Colts At Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Tampa Bay played at Baltimore (the Bucs were in the AFC their first year).

Pretty sure they lost.. ;D

 

[Markd]

You are right - did not look closely - I do not know which teams were AFC or which were NFC, know some but not all - Were these two teams in different leagues back then? I know the Giants are NFC and the Jets are AFC and the Cowboys are NFC.

 

[cowboybud]

You are right - did not look closely - I do not know which teams were AFC or which were NFC, know some but not all - Were these two teams in different leagues back then? I know the Giants are NFC and the Jets are AFC and the Cowboys are NFC.

When Tampa Bay and Seattle joined the league in 1976, Tampa Bay was in the AFC and Seattle in the NFC. They played the 13 other teams in their conference once, and one game against each other (14 game schedule at the time). For 1977, they swapped into their permanent conferences (although Seattle went back to the NFC in 2002).

 

[bpatrick]

It's one league, split into two conferences. The AFC is the
former American Football League (from 1960 to the merger
of the two leagues in 1970); the Jets, New England, Buffalo,
Miami, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Denver, Houston (now the Tennessee
Titans), San Diego, and Oakland were in the AFL at the time of the
merger; Baltimore (now the Indianapolis Colts), Cleveland, and Pittsburgh
were moved to the AFC to give each conference 13 teams; the NFC
in 1970 consisted of the Giants, Philadelphia, Washington, Atlanta,
New Orleans, Dallas, Chicago, Detroit, Green Bay, Minnesota, St. Louis
(now the Arizona Cardinals), Los Angeles (now the St. Louis Rams), and
San Francisco.

And it is a bit ironic that the Buccaneers started in the AFC, with the
Seahawks in the NFC, yet both are now in the NFC.

On a different point: I remember at one time Channel 10 carried "Best Of
Groucho" at 10 AM on Sundays; I can't recall if it was in 1975 or 1976,
but I know I saw it before my parents moved to Dallas in October 1976.

 

[DToTheJ]

10 WLCY (ABC) Rahall Communications
7 AM JERRY FAWELL

40 WXLT (ABC) Calkins Media
9 AM JERRY FAWELL

11 WINK-TV (CBS) McBride Family
6 AM JERRY FAWELL

20 WBBH (NBC) Waterman
8:30 JERRY FAWELL

With all due respect, the man's name is Jerry Falwell. :-X

 

[Markxxx]

40 WXLT (ABC) Calkins Media (did this act as the ABC station for Ft Meyers/Naples??)

Not really, WXLT was there because the Tampa ABC affiliate was located further north as not to interfere with channel 10 in Miami. WEVU was on in Fort Meyers by 1974.

 

[Markd]

Thanks about Falwell - I never knew that - just never looked closely - Thanks after all thes years.

Yes Channel 10 Tampa had to be 30 miles or so north of the rest of the VHF stations due to Channel 10 Miami. I would still think that a UHF station like 44 would reach equally as far south as Channel 10. I would think that 10 a s a VHF would reach Sarasota easier than 44 or 22 or 28 or 38 back in the 70's 80's, and 90's. Yes when Channel 10 became CBS and 28 became ABC, 40 almost lost ABC affiliation, but being 28 was a UHF station I guess ABC decided to go ahead and just let 40 keep ABC. Personally I think 40 should ahve switched to CBS at that point and I would have thought CBS would have wanted coverage there - but maybe Channel 11 Ft Meyers covered Sarasota better than 10 in Tampa?

Anyhow today with digital my guess is Channel 10 on its new channel number reaches there now. Besides 90 % of people get signals with cable, satellite, or phone line. Very few get over the air signals anymore. In fact people under 30 do not even know these stations can be recieved free if they live about 40 miles from the cities or closer. Most think without cable or satellite you cannot get local channels today. This is true if you live more than 40 miles from the city that serves your area with locals I guess. I live 60 miles from NYC and a few people do get NYC signals over the air today but very few and its a tough thing to do (very strong outdoor antenna, just the right TV and converted, hooked just right) while I know someone that lives in between dallas and Ft Worth that just plugs his TV's in and gets all 15 stations in Dallas plus 3 dozen subchannels. That city has a good selection of over the air programs.

 

[azumanga]

40 WXLT (ABC) Calkins Media (did this act as the ABC station for Ft Meyers/Naples??)

Not really, WXLT was there because the Tampa ABC affiliate was located further north as not to interfere with channel 10 in Miami. WEVU was on in Fort Meyers by 1974.

But early on, WXLT's transmitter was in Venice, close enough to be decently tuned in in Fort Myers. But by the time WEVU signed on in 1974, WXLT relocated its transmitter to Parrish, northeast of Bradenton in Manatee County. In consequence, many Tampa Bay viewers got their ABC from BOTH WLCY/WTSP (later WFTS) and WXLT/WWSB.

 

[DToTheJ]

Then there's the other Channel 40 in Atlantic City, WMGM, which despite being part of the Philadelphia DMA, still retains its NBC affiliation, much to KYW's chagrin (and previously WCAU)...

Thanks about Falwell - I never knew that - just never looked closely - Thanks after all thes years.

Forgiven. Jerry's been in the news a bit due to health problems and what not...

 

[bpatrick]

D, I hope your post was intended as humor. WCAU replaced KYW
as the NBC o&o in Philadelphia when Westinghouse, owners of KYW,
bought CBS. Also, Jerry Falwell's been dead for a few years now.