Retro: The City of the Angels and Environs, Oct 1, 1972

[Mike Stroud]

It's time to go out to Tinsel-town in this season of tinsel.


Los Angeles, California:
(2) KNXT (CBS O&O; now KCBS on digital 43; PSIP 2)
(4) KNBC (NBC O&O; now digital 36; PSIP 4)
(5) KTLA (Independent; now CW affiliate on digital 31; PSIP 5)
(7) KABC (ABC O&O; now digital 7; PSIP same)
(9) KHJ (Independent; now KCAL on digital 9; PSIP same)
(11) KTTV (Independent; now FOX O&O on digital 11; PSIP same)
(13) KCOP (Independent; now MyNetworkTV affiliate on digital 13; PSIP same)
(22) KWHY (Independent; now Spanish-language station on digital 42; PSIP 22)
(28) KCET (PBS; now Independent public station on digital 28; PSIP same)
(34) KMEX (Spanish-language Independent; now digital 34; PSIP same)
(40) KLXA (Spanish-language Independent; now Trinity Broadcasting Network O&O on digital 33; PSIP 40)

Glendale, California:
(30) KHOF (religious Independent; now ION affiliate licensed to San Bernardino on digital 38; PSIP 30)

Corona, California:
(52) KBSC (Independent; now KVEA, a Telemundo O&O on digital 39; PSIP 52)

Santa Barbara, California:
[3] KEYT (ABC; now digital 27; PSIP 3)

San Bernardino, California:
[24] KVCR (PBS; now digital 26; PSIP 24)

Palm Springs, California:
[36] KMIR (NBC; now digital 46; PSIP 36)
[42] KPLM (ABC; now KESQ on digital 42; PSIP same)

For programs on channel 8 in Santa Barbara, see KEYT; for programs on channel 82 in Palm Springs, see KPLM


MORNING
6:15 a.m.
(11) Christopher Closeup

6:30
(11) Bible Answers--religion

7:00
(2) Archie's Fun House--CBS Sunday-morning cartoon
(4) Christopher Closeup (different episode from KTTV)
(5) Stream of Faith--probably local religion
(9) Hour of Deliverance
(11) Unit One--local public affairs
(13) Ask Congress (unsure if local or syndicated)

7:15
(13) Social Security--government film (I beileve)

7:30
(2) Harlem Globetrotters--CBS
(4) Around the World in 80 Days--NBC cartoon (?)
(5) Mormon Tabernacle Choir
(9) Billy James Hargis and His All-American Kids--the right-wing evangelist takes on "America's sea strength, Vietnam and X-rated movies"
(11) Elementary News--probably local public affairs, apparently about education
(13) Sacred Heart---Catholic devotional

7:45
(13) Christopher Closeup--yet another different episode

8:00
(2) Lamp Unto My Feet--long-running CBS show about religion
(4) Talking With a Giant--appears to be local show for teenagers
(5) Rex Humbard
(7) It Is Written
(9) Herald of Truth
(11) Wonderama--syndicated version of sister Metromedia station WNEW's famed kiddie show, hosted by Bob McAllister
(13) Revival Fires

8:30
(2) Look Up and Live--another CBS religious show
(4) Serendipity--local childrens' show with an emphasis on education
(7) Campus Profile--local public affairs
(9) Day of Discovery
(13) I Believe in Miracles

9:00
(2) Today's Religion--apparently local
(4) Challenge My Sermon--you read right; a local pastor submitted his thoughts to a panel of college kids, who in turn, grilled him on the topic (that's 1970s California for you right there in a nutshell--try that in Alabama or Iowa or elsewhere)
(5) Day of Discovery
(7) Kingdom of Carealot--probably local children's show
(9) Oral Roberts
(13) Brother Al--probably local religion
(34) Musica Y Palabras

9:30
(2) Pro Football Pre-Game Show (except for the 1974 season when CBS did some experimenting with the format, the "NFL Today" titled has been used since 1964, according to Wikipedia)
[3] Film--no title given
(4) Meet the Press--Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern's wife Eleanor was the guest today
(5) Amazing Prophecies--religion
(7) Angie's Garage (no idea about this one ...)
(9) I Believe in Miracles (I think you would about have to to watch this instead of football--!!!)
(13) Old Time Gospel Hour--of course, Jerry Falwell's broadcast from the Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia
(34) Esta Es La Vida

9:45
[3] Accion De La Comunidad--local Spanish-speaking public affairs (almost has to be)

10:00
(2) NFL Football--Los Angeles Rams vs. Atlanta Falcons (played on the road; no blackout)
[3] (7) Curiosity Shop--ABC children's educational series
(4) [36] NFL Football--Baltimore Colts vs. Buffalo Bills
(5) Hour of Power--Robert Schuller's broadcast from the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California (for info about the deteriorating state of that church now, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Cathedral)
(9) Movie--"The Trap," 1959
(34) Frente A La Vida

10:30
(13) Faith for Today
(30) Social Security
(34) Voces Del Seminario

10:40
(11) Baseball Pre-Game Show

10:45
(30) Focus on Faith

11:00
[3] (7) [42] Bullwinkle--ABC cartoon
(5) Old Time Gospel Hour
(13) Church in the Home--possibly local religion
(30) Church Service--denomination unspecified
(34) Pantalla Dominical

11:10
(11) Major League Baseball--Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Cincinnati Reds (Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett commentators)

11:30
[3] (7) [42] Make a Wish--ABC educational children's show, hosted by Tom Chapin
(9) Movie--"Union Station," 1950

AFTERNOON
12:00 p.m.
[3] Consultation--"medicine," whatever that means
(5) Baron--rerun of 1960s British/ITC spy drama
(7) Movie--"Domino Kid," 1957
(13) Essentially Sex--on Sunday? Yep, this is L.A. at its swingingest
(30) Deaf Hear--religion
[42] NFL Game of the Week--syndicated

12:30
[3] Voice of Agriculture--appears to be local
(13) Open Forum--local public affairs
(30) Treehouse Club--local children's show, perhaps?
[42] Sports Challenge--game show hosted by Dick Enberg

1:00
(2) Face the Nation--tape-delayed because of football
[3] World Horizons
(4) [36] NFL Football: San Diego Chargers vs. Oakland Raiders
(5) Movie--"Come and Get It," 1936
(9) Movie--"Arabian Nights," 1942
(13) KCOP News
(28) Phoenix Women's Tennis Classic--Bud Collins, Ann Jones commentators
(30) Church Service--denomination unspecified
(34) Tribuna Publica
[42] Ski Scene--maybe local

1:30
(2) Camera Three--CBS show about the fine arts
[3] (7) [42] Issues and Answers
(13) Voice of Calvary--religion
[42] Roller Game--part of the roller derby craze at the time

2:00
(2) Belief--local religious show (probably delayed from the morning, where it likely aired when football didn't air)
[3] University Dialogue--probably local public affairs
(7) Movie--"Just for You," 1952
(11) Outer Limits--rerun of 1960s sci-fi show
(13) Day of Discovery
(30) Amazing Prophecies
(34) Festival Filmico

2:30
(2) Dr. Irene Kassorla--local psychologist had her own show
[3] Forum--local public affairs
(13) Swingin' Wheels--about cars, maybe?
[24] Electric Company (first of a "stack" of five episodes, probably from previous week)
(30) The Answer--religious drama

3:00
(2) Newsmakers--local public affairs; interview (this was the title also used by sister station WCBS and perhaps WBBM)
[3] Youth in the '70s
(5) Portuguese Bend Horse Show--"Portuguese Bend" refers to the area around the Palos Verdes peninsula south of L.A.
(9) Movie--"Casablanca," 1942 (yes, the original)
(11) Movie--"First Man Into Space," 1959
(13) Virginian
[24] Electric Company
(30) Prayer Group--religion

3:30
(2) Movie--"Tammy and the Bachelor," 1957
[3] (52) Campus Profile--presumably syndicated show about medical/health topics (what an odd title, though)
[24] Electric Company
(30) Old Fashioned Gospel Hour (NOT Jerry Falwell; evangelist here unknown)
[42] It Is Written

4:00
[3] (7) College Football '72--ABC weekly wrap-up of NCAA games from previous day, hosted by Bill Flemming (not to be confused with Art Fleming of "Jeopardy!"--note the single "m" in his name)
(4) Sunday--local public affairs
(5) College Football--tape-delayed broadcast of USC-Michigan State game (probably blacked out from previous day); Chick Hearn, commentator
[24] Electric Company
(28) Consultation--medical/health show
(34) Toros De Espana
[36] This Is The Life
(40) Panorama Latino En Domingo
[42] Rex Humbard
(52) Corona Now--local public affairs

4:30
(11) Movie--"A Night at the Opera," 1935
(13) Batman--rerun of campy 1960s ABC show
(22) You!--medical/health show
[24] Electric Company
(28) World Press
(30) Challenge of Truth--religion
[36] Edge of Eternity
(52) Felix the Cat

5:00
(2) Young People's Concert--periodic CBS classical music broadcast for kids; performances this day included Haydn's Symphony No. 97 in C Major, Strauss' "Blue Danube Waltz," Ravel's "La Valse," and a scherzo from Beethoven's "Eroica"
[3] Sportscope--unknown if local or syndicated
(7) Celebrity Bowling--this was actually a game show, not a tournament
(9) [42] Notre Dame Highlights--Lindsey Nelson, Paul Hornung, hosts
(13) Daniel Boone
(22) Garner Ted Armstrong
[24] World Press
(28) What Shall We Do With Thursday's Child?--PBS special about the debate over how much handicapped children should be educated
(30) Perspective--actually a music program, according to listings
(34) Fanfarria Falcon
[36] Mantovani
(52) Kimba--Japanese anime cartoon

5:30
[3] Dragnet
(4) John McKay--USC football coach's show
(7) KABC News--Barney Morris, anchor
(22) Korean Variety Hour
[24] to be announced
(30) American Religious Town Hall--long-running inter-religious debate show
(34) Do-Re-Mi--variety show
[36] Lee Trevino's Golf for Swingers
(52) Speed Racer

5:45
[24] West of Wall Street--possibly a show about local finance

EVENING
6:00
(2) 60 Minutes--according to the listing, it would be shown sporadically during the football station (this is somewhat different from what had been previously known about the scheduling of it before 1975)
[3] Movie--"Now You See It, Now You Don't," 1968
(4) Primus--syndicated adventure series
(5) Movie--"Nevada Smith," 1966
(7) I Am Somebody--local public affairs, with an emphasis on consumerism (apparently)
(9) Explorers--Leslie Nielsen hosted this syndie series
(13) Tom Jones
(22) Korean News Highlights
[24] 20th Century Dialogues--probably PBS
(30) Hour of Power
(34) Noticero
[36] Travelogue
(40) Teatro Del Domingo
[42] Mobile World--probably travelogue (note competitor KMIR--36--above)
(52) Three Stooges

6:30
(4) Thrillseekers--probably another syndie adventure show
(7) Eyewitness--local public affairs
(9) Beverly Hillbillies
(11) Movie--"Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women," 1966 (that's what it says, folks ...)
(22) Korean Drama
(28) A Public Affair/Election '72--a look at voters in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
(34) Lucecita
[36] Call of the West--obscure old Western (any info on this?)
(52) to be announced

7:00
(2) KNXT News--Clete Roberts, anchor
(4) Wild Kingdom--topic: animals caught in a forest fire in Montana
(7) Family Classics--animated; "Cinderella" and "Hiawatha" (NOT the same as the long-running show on WGN in Chicago; that program was live-action films)
(9) This Is Your Life--Ralph Edwards trying to make a go of a remake
(13) Passport to Travel
(22) Japanese Family Drama
[24] (28) Zoom
(30) Impact--probably religious drama
[36] Lassie
[42] Lawrence Welk

7:30
(2) Anna and the King--short-lived Yul Brynner vehicle
(4) [36] Wonderful World of Disney--tonight, a California songwriter and his pet coyote try to make in Nashville--before hunters get to the animal first
(9) Movie--"Move Over, Darling," 1963
(13) Three Passports to Adventure
[24] (28) Just Generation--PBS show about law, with a sketch format
(30) Quest for Life
(34) La Criada Bien Criada
(52) Addams Family

8:00
(2) M*A*S*H--brand new show
[3] (7) [42] FBI--Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. on the trail of cons, crooks, and other miscreants
(11) Movie--"Viva Zapata," 1952 (rebroadcast from Saturday afternoon)
(13) David Frost--Orson Welles, guest
(22) Nippon No Uta--Japanese-language show
[24] (28) Family Game--NOT the 1960s Chuck Barris game hosted by Bob Barker; this was PBS show about conflicts between teenagers and parents (the so-called "generation gap" of the day)
(30) Living Faith
(34) El Carruaje
(40) Cine Del Domingo
(52) Movie--"The Life of Emile Zola," 1937

8:30
(2) Sandy Duncan Show--short-lived reformatting of her "Funny Face" the previous season; this ran until December
(4) [36] NBC Sunday Mystery Movie: McCloud
(5) Roller Game--"L.A. T-Birds meet the Brooklyn Devils"--!!
[24] (28) French Chef--Julia Child's recipe: three-course chicken dinner

9:00
(2) New Dick Van Dyke Show (first format)
[3] (7) [42] Movie--"Love Story," 1970
(22) Samurai Revolution--Japanese-language public affairs, perhaps?
[24] (28) Masterpiece Theatre--"Vanity Fair," part one
(34) Y Ahora Silvia

9:30
(2) Mannix
(9) KHJ News
(13) Big Question--probably local public affairs
(30) It Is Written

10:00
(4) [36] Night Gallery
(5) KTLA News
(9) Community Feedback--local public affairs
(11) KTTV News
(22) Japanese News Highlights
[24] Firing Line--Jimmy Hoffa (that's right), guest
(28) Gregor Piatigorsky--local profile of a USC music instructor
(30) Church Service--denomination unspecified
(34) Pandorama--variety show
(40) Tempo Italiano
(52) Lou Gordon--Detroit-based talk show seen on the Kaiser stations (KBSC was one)

10:15
(22) Film

10:30
(2) Protectors--another British ITC import
(4) Film--no title given
(5) Garner Ted Armstrong
(13) KCOP News--Chuck Cecil, anchor

11:00
(2) KNXT News--Clete Roberts, anchor
[3] ABC News--Bill Beutel
(4) KNBC News--Jess Marlow, anchor
(5) Rex Humbard
(7) KABC News--Barney Morris, anchor
(9) Movie--"Molin Rouge," 1952
(11) Movie--"Lafayette," French; 1963
(13) I Believe in Miracles (all right, enough, already ... !)
(28) David Susskind--hard-hitting talk for a full two hours
[42] Movie--title not given

11:15
(2) CBS News--Dan Rather

11:30
(2) Name of the Game--rerun of 1968-71 "wheel show"
(4) Tonight Show--NBC rerun
(7) ABC News
(13) Movie--"Hercules, Samson and Ulysses," Italian; 1963

11:45
(7) Movie--"Tom Jones," English; 1963

1:00 a.m.
(2) Movie--"The Guy Who Came Back," 1951
(4) KNBC News

1:30
(13) Movie--"Black Sheep," 1935

2:30
(2) KNXT News

2:55
(13) KCOP News

 

[azumanga]

(5) Hour of Power--Robert Schuller's broadcast from the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California (for info about the deteriorating state of that church now, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Cathedral)

The Crystal Cathedral was recently sold in bankruptcy court to the Diocese of Orange, who will lease back the building to the Crystal Cathedral church for three years, then let that church relocate to one of the diocese's churches while the diocese takes over the Crystal Cathedral building.

12:30
(30) Treehouse Club--local children's show, perhaps?

Actually, this was a syndicated program produced by a ministry in Missouri (I think), which aired through the early-1980s. Not to be confused with another children's show produced in Canada by CKCO-TV Kitchener, which also aired around this time.

5:30
(4) John McKay--USC football coach's show

He would later become the first coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, during the first 8 seasons of its Creamsicle orange era (1976 to 1984):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McKay_(American_football)

6:30
(4) Thrillseekers--probably another syndie adventure show

"Thrillseekers" was a reality show series hosted by Chuck Conners, which featured various extreme sports and stunts.

[36] Call of the West--obscure old Western (any info on this?)

These were repeats of "Death Valley Days".

 

[cd637299]

"Challenge My Sermon" might work in a lotta places....any sermon may contain God's Word, but that doesn't make it 100% God's Word.

As to John McKay....as many know, he was at the helm as Tampa Bay lost their first 26 regular season games. Once he was asked to comment about his team's execution, and he replied, "I'm all in favor of it!"

cd

 

[Braves2005]

I think Talking With A Giant was a Saturday morning show on NBC and possibly a delay from the day before. I know I've seen TWAG as a Saturday morning show in many retros on here.

 

[F.M.Hertz]

That day maked Johnny Carson's 10th anniversary as host of the "Tonight Show," and the start of his fifth month after moving the show from New York to "Beautiful Downtown" Burbank. When did the big, lavish special air when they replaced his desk with couches and all of the guests wore tuxedos?

Here's the only clip I could find on youtube from that show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvw11a5nPtg

It seems as if most of the segments have been removed.

 

[bpatrick]

Jerry Falwell's program was called the "Old Time Gospel Hour,"
so you're right in that the "Old Fashioned Gospel Hour" was not
his.

KABC aired "Festival Of Family Classics," which, IIRC, was produced
by Rankin-Bass. I remember WGHP carrying that show on Fridays
at 7:30. There was a separate, live-action "Family Classics" (I don't
know who produced it) which aired on WAGA on Thursdays until about
midseason that year, at which point they moved the nighttime, syndicated
"Price Is Right" (Dennis James) from Friday to Thursday.

Interestingly, there were two animated shows in access time that year,
"Wait Till Your Father Gets Home" being the other. But it would be almost
two decades before the next animated show made it in a nighttime slot and
that, of course, was "The Simpsons."

 

[DToTheJ]

(13) Old Time Gospel Hour--of course, Jerry Falwell's broadcast from the Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia

11:00
(5) Old Time Gospel Hour

Maybe one of these is the "Old Fashioned Gospel Hour" also?

 

[onairb]

That day maked Johnny Carson's 10th anniversary as host of the "Tonight Show," and the start of his fifth month after moving the show from New York to "Beautiful Downtown" Burbank. When did the big, lavish special air when they replaced his desk with couches and all of the guests wore tuxedos?

Here's the only clip I could find on youtube from that show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvw11a5nPtg

It seems as if most of the segments have been removed.

I've seen 'anniversary shows' from '72 and '74 on YouTube, but they aired in Carson's normal late-night slot. I recall reading that the prime-time specials were Fred Silverman's idea, because they were among the few programs guaranteed to get good ratings on NBC in the late '70s. From what I remember, the 17th anniversary special from 1979 actually went into syndication several years later(during the era of 'Carson's Comedy Classics') I don't know if '79 was the first time they marked the anniversary with a prime time show, but NBC continued that practice until Johnny's last(the 29th) in 1991.