Retro: Tampa Bay Commercial stations - Weekdays - October 13-17, 1975

[Markd]

October 14-18, 1975 - From Sarasota Herald Tribune

8 WFLA TV (NBC) Media General

Monday-Friday
6 AM SUNRISE ALMINAC
6:30 TODAY IN FLORIDE
7 AM TODAY
9 AM BEVERLY HILLBILLIES-Comedy
9:30 ANDY GRIFFITH-Comedy
10 AM ROMPER ROOM-Children
10:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES-Game
11 AM WHEEL OF FORTUNE-Game
11:30 HIGH ROLLERS-Game
12 NOON MAGNIFICENT MARBLE MACHINE-Game
12:30 THREE FOR THE MONEY-Game
1 PM CELEBRITY SWEEPSTAKES-Game
1:30 DAYS OF OUR LIVES-Serial
2:30 DOCTORS-Serial
3 PM ANOTHER WORLD-Serial
4 PM SOMERSET-Serial
4:30 MERV GRIFFIN-Variety
6 PM NEWS
6:30 NBC NEWS
7 PM CONCENTRATION-Game

Monday
7:30 WORLD AT WAR
8 PM MOVIN’ ON-Drama
9 PM NBC MOVIE – Charro (1969)
Tuesday
7:30 LET’S MAKE A DEAL-Game
8 PM BASEBALL – WORLD SERIES – Cincinnati Reds & Boston Red Sox
Normally Aired
8 PM INVISIBLE MAN-Drama
9 PM JOE FORESTER-Drama
10 PM POLICE STORY-Drama
Wednesday
7:30 PRICE IS RIGHT-Game
8 PM BASEBALL – WORLD SERIES – Cincinnati Reds & Boston Red Sox
Normally Aired
8 PM LITTLE HOUS EON THE PRAIRIE-Adventure
9 PM DOCTORS’ HOSPITAL-Drama
10 PM PETROCELLI-Drama
Thursday
7:30 LET’S MAKE A DEAL-Game
8 PM BASEBALL – WORLD SERIES – Cincinnati Reds & Boston Red Sox
Normally Aired:
8 PM MONTAFUSCOS-Comedy
8:30 FAY-Comedy
9 PM ELLERY QUEEN-Drama
10 PM MEDICAL STORY-Drama
Friday
7 PM 25,000 DOLLAR PYRAMID-Game
8 PM SANFORD & SON-Comedy
8:30 CHICO & THE MAN-Comedy
9 PM ROCKFORD FILES-Drama
10 PM POLICE WOMAN-Drama

Monday-Friday
11 PM NEWS
11:30 TONIGHT-Johnny Carson
1 AM TOMORROW-Tom Snyder (except early Saturday)
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (Early Saturday)
2 AM LATE MOVIE – The Chase (1966) Early Tues
Nothing But A Man (1964) Early Wed
Kelly & Me (1957) Early Thurs
Baby & The Battleship (1956) Early Fri
Rosie (1968) Early Sat
4 AM SIGN OFF


10 WLCY (ABC) Rahall Communications

6 AM 700 CLUB
7 AM RUSS BIRD-Children
7:30 NEW ZOO REVUE-Children
8 AM A.M. AMERICA
10 AM FBI-Drama
11 AM TO TELL THE TRUTH-Game
11:30 HAPPY DAYS-Comedy
12 NOON SHOWOFFS-Came
12:30 ALL MY CHILDREN-Serial
1 PM RYAN’S HOPE-Serial
1:30 LET’S MAKE A DEAL-Game
2 PM 10,000 DOLLAR PYRAMID-Game
2:30 RHYME & REASON-Game
3 PM GENERAL HOSPITAL-Serial
3:30 ONE LIFE TO LIVE-Serial
4 PM HAZEL-Comedy
4:30 I DREAM OF JEANNIE-Comedy
5 PM PERRY MASON-Drama
6 PM NEWS
6:30 ABC NEWS
7 PM BOWLING FOR DOLLARS-Game

Monday
7:30 NAME THAT TUNE-Game (Mon)
TREASURE HUNT-Game (Tues)
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES-Game (Wed-Thurs)
WAIT TILL YOUR FATHER GETS HOME-Cartoon (Fri)
8 PM BARBARY COAST-Drama
9 PM NFL FOOTBALL – St Louis Cardinals At Washington Redskins
12 MID NEWS
12:30 LATE MOVIE – Lady Eve (1941)
2:30 SIGN OFF
Tuesday
8 PM HAPPY DAYS-Comedy
8:30 WELCOME BACK KOTTER-Comedy
9 PM ROOKIES-Drama
10 PM MARCUS WELBY MD-Drama
Wednesday
8 PM WHEN THINGS WERE ROTTON-Comedy
8:30 THAT’S MY MAMA-Comedy
9 PM BARETTA-Drama
10 PM STARSKY & HUTCH-Drama
Thursday
8 PM BARNEY MILLER-Comedy
8:30 ON THE ROCKS-Comedy
9 PM STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO-Drama
10 PM HARRY O-Drama
Friday
8 PM MOBILE ONE-Drama
9 PM ABC MOVIE – Thief That Came To Dinner (1975)

Tuesday/Early Wednesday-Friday/Early Saturday
11 PM NEWS
11:30 ABC WIDE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT
1 AM LATE MOVIE – Flight Of Freedom (1941) Early Wed
Far Horizons (1955) Early Thurs
Roustabout (1964) early Fri
Career (1959) Early Sat
3 AM SIGN OFF


13 WTVT (CBS) Gaylord

5 AM PTL CLUB-Jim Bakker
6 AM BREAKFAST BEAT
7 AM CBS NEWS
8 AM CAPTAIN KANGAROO-Children
9 AM MIKE DOUGLAS-Talk
10:30 PRICE IS RIGHT-Game
11:30 LOVE OF LIFE-Serial
12 NOON PULSE PLUS
12:30 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW-Serial
1 PM YOUNG & THE RESTLESS-Serial
1:30 AS THE WORLD TURNS-Serial
2 PM GUIDING LIGHT-Serial
2:30 EDGE OF NIGHT-Serial
3 PM MATCH GAME-Game
3:30 TATTLETALES-Game
4 PM ADAM 12-Drama
4:30 DRAGNET-Drama
5 PM IRONSIDE-Drama
6 PM NEWS
7 PM CBS NEWS
7:30 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES-Game

Monday
8 PM RHODA-Comedy
8:30 PHYLLIS-Comedy
9 PM ALL IN THE FAMILY-Comedy
9:30 MAUDE-Comedy
10 PM MEDICAL CENTER-Drama
Tuesday
8 PM GOOD TIMES-Comedy
8:30 JOE & SONS-Comedy
9 PM SWITCH-Drama
10 PM BEACON HILL-Drama
Wednesday
8 PM TONY ORLANDO & DAWN-Variety
9 PM CANNON-Drama
10 PM CBS REPORTS
Thursday
8 PM WALTONS-Drama
9 PM CBS MOVIE – They Only Kill Their Masters (1973)
Friday
8 PM M*A*S*H-Comedy
8:30 BIG EDDIE-Comedy
9 PM HAWAII-FIVE-O-Drama
10 PM BARNABY JONES-Drama

Monday/Early Tuesday-Friday/Early Saturday
11 PM NEWS
11:30 CBS MOVIE – Fade In (1968) Early Tues
Death Race (1973) Early Wed
Scar Tissue (1969) Early Thurs
Santee (1973) Early Fri
MOVIE – Ball Of Fire (1942) Early Sat
1:30 BONANZA-Western
2:30 AVENGERS-Drama
3:30 ONE STEP BEYOND

A Gaylord station - still no sitcoms to speak of and programmed the opposite of Gaylord independents like KTVT Dallas and KSTW Seattle and WVTV Milwaukee.

44 WTOG (Ind.) Hubbard

6:25 SUNRISE REPORT
6:30 THREE STOOGES-Comedy
7 AM BUGS BUNNY-Cartoons
7:30 POPEYE-Cartoons
8 AM YOGI BEAR-Cartoons
8:30 FLINTSTONES-Cartoon
9 AM LEAVE IT TO BEAVER-Comedy
9:30 FATHER KNOWS BEST-Comedy
10 AM GOMER PYLE USMC-Comedy
10:30 GREEN ACRES-Comedy
11 AM PHIL DONAHUE-Talk
12 NOON NEWS
12:30 MOVIE – Fireball (1966) Mon
Spy In Your Eye (1965) Tues
Captain Carry USA (1960) Wed
Quebec (1951) Thurs
This Is Our Lives (1945) Fri
2:30 MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
3 PM UNDERDOG-Cartoons
3:30 BUGS BUNNY-Cartoons
4 PM LITTLE RASCALS-Comedy
4:30 FLINTSTONES-Cartoon
5 PM BEADY BUNCH-Comedy
5:30 PARTRIDGE FAMILY-Comedy
6 PM GILLIGAN’S ISLAND-Comedy
6:30 BEWITCHED-Comedy
7 PM LUCY SHOW-Comedy
7:30 I LOVE LUCY-Comedy
8 PM DINAH SHORE-Talk
9 PM MOVIE – Elizabeth The Queen (1961) Mon
Winter Meeting (1948) Tues
The Great Lie (1941) Wed
Stolen Life (1946) Thurs
Crawlspace (1971) Fri)
11 PM LOVE AMERICAN STYLE-Comedy
11:30 I LOVE LUCY-Comedy
12 MID HOGAN’S HEROES-Comedy
12:30 HONEYMOONERS-Comedy
1 AM MOD SQUAD-Drama
2 AM LATE MOVIE – Anthony Adverse (1936) Early Tues
Operation Kid Brother (1967) Early Wed
Red Garters (1954) Early Thurs
World Of Suzy Wong (1960) Early Fri
Run Of The Arrow (1947) Early Sat
4 AM MOVIE – Girl Trouble (1942) Early Sat

A Hubbard Station - began 7 AM and earlier signon in the late summer 1974. Really improved overall in the past year before this.

40 WXLT (ABC/NBC/CBS) Calkins Media

5 AM PTL CLUB
7 AM A.M. AMERICA
9 AM GAMBIT-Game
9:30 TATTLETALES-Game
10 AM A.M. GULF COAST
10:30 NEW ZOO REVUE-Children
11 AM YOU DON’T SAY-Game
11:30 HAPPY DAYS-Comedy
12 NOON SHOWOFFS-Came
12:30 ALL MY CHILDREN-Serial
1 PM RYAN’S HOPE-Serial
1:30 LET’S MAKE A DEAL-Game
2 PM 10,000 DOLLAR PYRAMID-Game
2:30 RHYME & REASON-Game
3 PM GENERAL HOSPITAL-Serial
3:30 ONE LIFE TO LIVE-Serial
4 PM CELEBRATION SWEEPSTAKES-Game
4:30 DINAH SHORE-Talk
6 PM NEWS
6:30 ABC NEWS
7 PM TO TELL THE TRUTH-Game
7:30 CONCENTRATION-Game

Monday
8 PM BARBARY COAST-Drama
9 PM NFL FOOTBALL – St Louis Cardinals At Washington Redskins
12 MID NEWS
12:30 SIGN OFF
Tuesday
8 PM HAPPY DAYS-Comedy
8:30 WELCOME BACK KOTTER-Comedy
9 PM ROOKIES-Drama
10 PM MARCUS WELBY MD-Drama
Wednesday
8 PM WHEN THINGS WERE ROTTON-Comedy
8:30 THAT’S MY MAMA-Comedy
9 PM BARETTA-Drama
10 PM STARSKY & HUTCH-Drama
Thursday
8 PM BARNEY MILLER-Comedy
8:30 ON THE ROCKS-Comedy
9 PM STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO-Drama
10 PM HARRY O-Drama
Friday
8 PM MOBILE ONE-Drama
9 PM ABC MOVIE – Thief That Came To Dinner (1975)

Tuesday/Early Wednesday-Friday/Early Saturday
11 PM NEWS
11:30 ABC WIDE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT
1 AM SIGN OFF

Basically cleared the entire ABC lineup. I guess this is why they existed as well - Mystery to me was that while Channel 10 was a bit farther north and did not have a good signal in Sarasota - How did the UHF stations have a better signal. Back in 1995 when Channel 40 wound up keeping ABC affiliation - its surprising they did not switch to CBS due it it moving to Channel 10. I guess in the end the 28 signal was no better there than Channel 10 was???

 

[ShawnHill1]

WLCY (WTSP) Channel 10's transmitter was located further north of the other Tampa Bay-area stations was because of spacing issues with Miami's Channel 10 (WPLG); it's much the same reason why the transmitter of Miami's Channel 6 (WCIX, and later WTVJ) was placed futher south than its fellow South Florida stations.

 

[bpatrick]

I have a few questions about these schedules, because my
parents were living in the Bay Area in 1975.

First, I never recall Channel 10 carrying ABC News at 6:30
in the entire time we lived there (1973-76); we always got
ABC at 6, NBC at 6:30, and CBS at 7. Channel 10 also carried
ABC's 4 PM program at least from the time "Pyramid" moved from
CBS to ABC in 1974; they also carried "The Money Maze," You Don't
Say!," and "Edge Of Night" at 4 at least up until we left in October
1976 and probably beyond that.

Second, Channel 13 carried an hour of news from 12-1 called
"Pulse Plus!", followed by "Search For Tomorrow" at 1. We did
not get "The Young And The Restless."

Russ Byrd's show was not a kids' show; it was an early-morning
news/talk show.

Finally, I remember a 1 PM newscast on WFLA; I never remember
"Celebrity Sweepstakes" at 1.

Can you verify these schedules with either TV Guide or the Tampa
Tribune?

 

[Markd]

Just took a better look

Channel 8 was accurate
except for 1 PM - news WAS on then. Wierd time for news -

Channel 44 was accurate

Channel 10

10 WLCY (ABC) Rahall Communications

6-11 The Same
11 AM I DREAM OF JEANNIE-Comedy
11:30 -3:30 the same
4 PM NAME THAT TUNE-Game (Mon)
TREASURE HUNT-Game (Tues)
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES-Game (Wed-Thurs)
WAIT TILL YOUR FATHER GETS HOME-Cartoon (Fri)
4:30 PERRY MASON-Drama
5:30 NEWS
6 PM ABC NEWS
6:30 WHAT'S MY LINE-Game
7 PM BOWLING FOR DOLLARS-Game
7:30 TO TELL THE TRUTH-Game
8 PM ON - the same

13 WTVT (CBS) Gaylord

5 AM - 10:30 THE SAME
10:30 PRICE IS RIGHT-Game
11 AM GAMBIT-Game
11:30 LOVE OF LIFE-Serial
12 NOON PULSE PLUS - did go till 1 PM
1 PM SEARCH FOR TOMORROW-Serial
1:30 - 6 PM - the SAME
6 PM ON - THE SAME

Channel 40 was correct with the exception of the 7 p.m. hour.
They ran various public affairs shows and syndicated shows in that hour
Monday 7 PM - Space 1999
Tuesday 7 PM - The Scene - Music
Wednesday 7 PM - Candid Camera and Pyramid (25.000 dollar)
Thursday 7 PM -Hee Haw (Yes They did run that someplace)
Friday 7 PM - Wild Kingdom and Price Is Right

So that is what I found looking closer - No Young & The Restless is quite unusual.

Sometimes I cut and paste a NYC schedule for network shows and sometimes overlook local differences and take for granted an odd hour like 1 PM would be the same everyehere - I will take closer looks and look for things that are unusual for today.

 

[RALfan]

10 WLCY (ABC) Rahall Communications

6-11 The Same
11 AM I DREAM OF JEANNIE-Comedy

4:30 PERRY MASON-Drama

No, I think you're wrong. I looked at those same listings on Google News Archive and they say that I Dream of Jeannie aired at 10 followed by Perry Mason at 10:30, and The FBI was on at 4:30. The St. Petersburg Times and the Lakeland Ledger say the same thing. If you don't believe me, here's the link:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=A7-hzOuI2KQC&dat=19751012&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

Turn to page 55.

 

[RALfan]

10 WLCY (ABC) Rahall Communications

6-11 The Same
11 AM I DREAM OF JEANNIE-Comedy

4:30 PERRY MASON-Drama

No, I think you're wrong. I looked at those same listings on Google News Archive and they say that I Dream of Jeannie aired at 10 followed by Perry Mason at 10:30, and The FBI was on at 4:30. The St. Petersburg Times and the Lakeland Ledger say the same thing. If you don't believe me, here's the link:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=A7-hzOuI2KQC&dat=19751012&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

Turn to page 55.

Oh, yeah...and WTVT's afternoon lineup was really:

4:00 Dragnet
4:30 Ironside
5:30 Adam 12

 

[Marckd]

Channel 13 was in the wrong order - right shows -

Channel 10 may well have had both lineups mentioned at different points. Here in the NYC Market when stations changed lineups some publications had them sooner than others. But up here Channel 5 then WNEW TV was notorious for changing lineups before TV Guide could make changes. Some papers changed right away and others took as long as TV Guide to change. So its possible different publications listed things differently back then. Though network affiliates I would think had more stable lineups.