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Retro: This Week in TV Guide, November 3, 1973 - MN State Edition

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Mitchell H

The great Jim McKay, only a year after his historic reporting of the Munich Olympics massacre, is the focal point of this week's issue. But there's more: In Concert vs. The Midnight Special, a ratings win for the World Series, and - well, did Deirdre Lenihan ever become the Next Big Thing?

http://www.itsabouttv.com/2012/11/this-week-in-tv-guide-november-3-1973.html

I'll have a snapshot of some daily listings later this week. In the meantime as always, your comments, positive and negative, are welcome.
 
As promised, listings from select stations for Sunday, November 4, 1973. All are Minneapolis-St. Paul stations except where noted. I tried to offer a mix of network affiliations to indicate any network preemptions that local stations might have had.

KTCA Channel 2 (PBS)
Evening
06:00 Zoom
06:30 The Men Who Made the Movies (documentary - Raoul Walsh)
08:00 Masterpiece Theatre (Lord Peter Wimsey in “Clouds of Witness)
09:00 Firing Line (guest B.F. Skinner)

KDAL Channel 3 (Duluth, CBS)
Morning
08:00 Hair Bear Bunch
08:30 Amazing Chan & Chan Clan
09:00 Lamp Unto My Feet
09:30 Look Up and Live
10:00 Camera Three
10:30 Face the Nation
11:00 Film
11:30 NFL Pre-Game
Afternoon
12:00 NFL Football (Los Angeles Rams-Atlanta Falcons)
03:00 NFL Football (San Francisco 49ers-Detroit Lions)
Evening
06:00 Get Smart
06:30 New Perry Mason
07:30 Mannix
08:30 Barnaby Jones
09:30 All in the Family
10:00 News (local)
10:20 CBS News (Bob Schieffer)
10:35 Movie (Fun in Acapulco)

WCCO Channel 4 (CBS)
Morning
07:00 Sunday Morning (local)
07:45 Jobs Now!
08:00 Hair Bear Bunch
08:30 Amazing Chan & Chan Clan
09:00 CBS Children’s Film Festival
10:00 Laurel & Hardy (BW)
11:00 Face the Nation
11:30 Sportsman’s Holiday
11:45 World of Aviation
Afternoon
12:00 News (local)
12:30 Movie (Montana)
01:45 Cal Stoll (University of Minnesota Football)
02:15 Pro Football Preview
02:30 Pro Football Pre-Game
12:00 NFL Football (Los Angeles Rams- Atlanta Falcons)
03:00 NFL Football (San Francisco 49ers-Detroit Lions)
Evening
06:00 News (local)
06:30 New Perry Mason
07:30 Mannix
08:30 Barnaby Jones
09:30 Moore on Sunday
10:00 News (local)
10:50 College Football Highlights (Minnesota-Northwestern)
11:20 Movie (Then Came Bronson; pilot for the series)

KSTP Channel 5 (NBC)
Morning
06:30 Hymn Time
07:00 Gospel Jubilee
08:00 Oral Roberts
08:30 Day of Discovery
09:00 Faith For Today
09:30 Amer Rel Twn Hall Meeting
10:00 Hour of Power
11:00 Henry Wolf (guest: Washington Governor Daniel Evans)
11:30 Meet the Press
Afternoon
12:00 Youth and the Bible
12:30 Wild Kingdom
01:00 NFL Football (Cleveland Browns-Minnesota Vikings)
04:00 The American Presidency
05:00 National Geographic
Evening
06:00 Dusty’s Trail
06:30 World of Disney
07:30 Columbo
09:30 Police Surgeon
10:00 News (local)
10:30 Charlie McCarty (local talk)
12:00 Ski Scene
12:35 Henry Wolfe (replay of 11:00 airing)

KCMT Channel 7 (Alexandria, NBC/ABC)
Morning
07:00 Fit Sew Well
07:30 Old Time Gospel Hour
08:30 Revival Fires
09:00 Challenge of Truth
09:30 Lutheran Hour
10:30 Day of Discovery
11:00 Catholic Hour
11:30 Meet the Press
Afternoon
12:00 Film
12:30 Country Jubilee
01:00 NFL Football (Cleveland Browns-Minnesota Vikings)
04:00 Call of the West
04:30 His Land
05:30 Lawrence Welk
Evening
06:30 World of Disney
07:30 Columbo
09:30 Police Surgeon (different from Channel 5 episode)
10:00 News (local)
10:30 Commentary
10:35 Movie (Way, Way Out)

KMSP Channel 9 (ABC)
Morning
07:00 Old Time Gospel Hour
08:00 Kathryn Kuhlman
08:30 Vision On
09:00 Kid Power
09:30 Osmonds
10:00 H.R. Pufnstuf
10:30 Make a Wish
11:00 College Football ‘73
Afternoon
12:00 Vikings Football Show
12:30 Issues and Answers
01:00 Young Issues
01:30 Senior Citizens’ Forum
02:00 Name of the Game
03:30 The Explorers
04:00 Movie (The Barbarian and the Geisha)
Evening
06:00 The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters
06:30 The FBI
07:30 Movie (Valdez is Coming)
09:30 Great Mysteries
10:00 News (local)
10:30 Movie (The Snake Pit)
12:30 ABC News (Bill Beutel)

WDIO Channel 10 (Duluth, ABC)
Morning
07:45 Davey and Goliath
08:00 Church Service (Catholic)
09:00 Kid Power
09:30 Osmonds
10:00 H.R. Pufnstuf
10:30 Make a Wish
11:00 Wrestling
Afternoon
12:00 Indian Viewpoint
12:30 Issues and Answers
01:00 Laurel & Hardy (BW)
02:00 That Good Ole’ Nashville Music
02:30 Outdoor Adventure
03:00 Movie (Portrait of a Mobster)
05:00 Wally’s Workshop
05:30 The Rookies
Evening
06:30 The FBI
07:30 Movie (Valdez is Coming)
09:30 North Country Journal
10:00 ABC News (Bill Beutel)
10:15 Sportsman’s Notebook
11:00 Movie (The Day the Fish Came Out)

WTCN Channel 11 (Independent)
Morning
07:00 Church Service
07:30 Speaking of Religion
08:00 Batman
09:00 Flintstones
10:00 Wonderama
Afternoon
01:00 Father Knows Best (BW)
01:30 Here Come the Brides
02:30 Movie (Charlie Chan in Pamama)
04:00 Movie (The Male Animal)
Evening
06:00 Movie (Tarzan’s Desert Mystery)
07:30 Alistair Cooke’s America
08:30 Shootout at Rio Lobo (documentary)
09:30 Mission: Impossible
10:30 Perry Mason (BW)
11:30 News (local)
12:00 High Chaparral
01:00 It Takes a Thief


Notes:
• Times certainly are different, aren't they? Look at all the religious programming on Sunday morning.
• As far as I know, in all the years Channel 4 never carried the CBS Sunday morning lineup of “Lamp Unto My Feet,” “Look Up and Live” and “Camera Three,” nor were they ever shown on any other Twin Cities channel.
• Channel 4 showed local news/”Woodcraft Hobby Show”/”Let’s Go Skiing” in “CBS Children’s Film Festival” Saturday afternoon slot; it was always shown on Sunday morning instead, preempting those network shows listed above.
• Channel 10 showed local movies in “The Rookies” Monday night slot; hence it’s showing on Sunday night.
• Apropos of today being Election Day, the episode of “Columbo” is “Candidate for Crime,” which I mention here http://www.itsabouttv.com/2012/10/12-for-2012-top-political-movies.html.
 
Mitchell H:

You must have made a typo for in posting the TV listings for November 4th, 1975, you indicated that WCCO-4 carried various programs and an NFL game from CBS between 12 Noon and 3 P.M. Central time.

According to Shrp Sports.com, the Minnesota Vikings were at home that day (an NFC team hosting an AFC club was the only way NBC could carry an NFC game back then). I suspect that WCCO, as a CBS station, could not carry any early-afternoon (12:05 P.M. CT) NFL game because the Vikings were playing in a televised home game.

I believe that ever since 1973, when the NFL first allowed sold-out games to be televised in the city they were being played in (and on stations in other markets within 75 miles of the home team's city), if a local team's home game was being televised, no out-of-town game could be televised in the home team's city at the same time.
 
Joseph_Gallant said:
Mitchell H:

You must have made a typo for in posting the TV listings for November 4th, 1975, you indicated that WCCO-4 carried various programs and an NFL game from CBS between 12 Noon and 3 P.M. Central time.

According to Shrp Sports.com, the Minnesota Vikings were at home that day (an NFC team hosting an AFC club was the only way NBC could carry an NFC game back then). I suspect that WCCO, as a CBS station, could not carry any early-afternoon (12:05 P.M. CT) NFL game because the Vikings were playing in a televised home game.

I believe that ever since 1973, when the NFL first allowed sold-out games to be televised in the city they were being played in (and on stations in other markets within 75 miles of the home team's city), if a local team's home game was being televised, no out-of-town game could be televised in the home team's city at the same time.
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You are indeed correct - channel 4 didn't carry the Vikings game that day. Ghastly mistake on my part - I must have been too focused on them not carrying Camera Three! :) Thanks for the catch!
 
That brings to mind stories of bars in The Cities that set up some fairly elaborate, tall antennas to pick up the Mason City, Iowa CBS affiliate channel 3 KGLO-TV (now KIMT) 120 miles south. I think KGLO was reprimanded by the FCC back around this time for operating with unauthorized reduced power during NFL games...seems the Viking brass got a little too chummy with KGLO.

Maybe someone more familiar with this story can weigh in...
 
I'm receiving a Minnesota TVG from 1958 on Friday. I'll post those listings soon.

-crainbebo
 
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