Retro-TV Guide. Washington-Baltimore. March 20, 1974

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WASHINGTON FREDERICKSBURG HAGERSTOWN
4 WRC - NBC 69 WHFV – NBC 25 WHAG - NBC
5 WTTG – IND
7 WMAL – ABC BALTIMORE SALISBURY
9 WTOP – CBS 2 WMAR - CBS 16 WBOC – ABC/CBS/NBC
20 WDCA – IND 11 WBAL – NBC 26 WETA – PBS
13 WJZ – ABC 28 WCPB - PBS same programs as ch. 67
45 WBFF - IND
67 WMPB – PBS
ANNANDALE 73 same programs as ch. 67 LANCASTER, PA
53 WNVT – PBS 8 WGAL – NBC



WMAR 2 – CBS
6:30 Sunrise Semester
7:00 CBS News – Hughes Rudd
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
9:00 Romper Room
9:30 Dialing for Dollars
10:00 Joker’s Wild
10:30 $10,000 Pyramid
11:00 Gambit
11:30 Love of Life
11:55 News
12m Young & the Restless
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1:00 Woman’s Angle
1:30 As the World Turns
2:00 Guiding Light
2:30 Edge of Night
3:00 Price is Right
3:30 Match Game
4:00 Flintstones
4:30 Bonanza
5:30 I Dream of Jeannie
6:00 News
6:30 CBS News – Cronkite
7:00 News
7:30 To Tell the Truth
8:00 Sonny & Cher
9:00 Cannon
10:00 Kojak
11:00 News
11:30 Movie – Western
“Tribute to a Bad Man” 1956

WRC 4 – NBC
6:05 News
6:10 Faith & Life
6:20 Down To Earth
6:25 Station Exchange
6:55 Events 4 Washington
7:00 Today – McGee/Walters
9:00 Not for Women Only
9:30 Take it from Here
10:00 Dinah Shore
10:30 Jeopardy
11:00 Wizard of Odds
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12m Jackpot
12:30 Baffle
12:55 NBC News
1:00 New Dating Game
1:30 Three On A Match
2:00 Days of Our Lives
2:30 Doctors
3:00 Another World
3:30 How to Survive a Marriage
4:00 Somerset
4:30 Mike Douglas
6:00 News
6:30 NBC News – Chancellor
7:00 News
7:30 New Price is Right
8:00 Chase
9:00 Movie – Drama
“The Caretakers” 1963
11:00 News
11:30 Johnny Carson – w/Ethel Merman, Dr. David Reuben & Rodney Dangerfield
1:am Tomorrow

WTTG 5 – IND
6:30 Educational Show
7:00 New Zoo Revue
7:30 Porky Pig
8:00 Deputy Dawg
8:30 Banana Splits
9:00 Flintstones
9:30 Hazel
10:00 Mothers-in-Law
10:30 McHale’s Navy
11:00 Green Acres
11:30 Dealer’s Choice
12m Panorama
2:00 Movie – Comedy
“One Big Affair” 1952
3:30 Dennis the Menace
4:00 I Dream of Jeannie
4:30 Flintstones
5:00 Father Knows Best
5:30 I Love Lucy
6:00 Dick Van Dyke
6:30 That Girl
7:00 Mission Impossible
8:00 Billy Graham Crusade (“special”)
9:00 Merv Griffin w/Glen Campbell, Jackie Vernon & Teresa Brewer
10:00 News
11:00 Perry Mason
12:am Alfred Hitchcock
12:30 Movie – Western
“The Outcast” 1954

WMAL 7 – ABC
7:00 Garner Ted Armstrong
7:30 Medical Symposium
8:00 Magic Door
9:00 Mayberry R.F.D.
9:30 Tattletales
10:00 Password w/Sandy Duncan & Tom Kennedy
10:30 Love American Style
11:30 Brady Bunch
12m News
12:30 Split Second
1:00 All My Children
1:30 Let’s Make A Deal
2:00 Newlywed Game
2:30 Girl in My Life
3:00 General Hospital
4:00 Movie – Musical
“Small Town Girl” 1953
6:00 News
7:00 ABC News – Smith/Reasoner
7:30 Truth or Consequences
8:00 Local Energy Report [“special”] (live)
10:00 Energy Report “ABC News Closeup” – (Special)
11:00 News
11:30 Birth & Babies

WGAL 8 – NBC
6:30 Country Music
7:00 Today – McGee/Walters
9:00 Mike Douglas
10:00 Dinah Shore
10:30 Jeopardy
11:00 Wizard of Odds
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12m Jackpot
12:30 Noonday on 8
1:00 What’s My Line w/Soupy Sales, film critic Leonard Harris
1:30 Three On A Match
2:00 Days of Our Lives
2:30 Doctors
3:00 Another World
3:30 How to Survive a Marriage
4:00 Somerset
4:30 Merv Griffin
6:00 News
6:30 NBC News – Chancellor
7:00 Truth or Consequences
7:30 Hogan’s Heroes
8:00 Chase
9:00 Movie – Drama
“The Caretakers” 1963
11:00 News
11:30 Johnny Carson – w/Ethel Merman, Dr. David Reuben & Rodney Dangerfield
1:am Tomorrow
2:00 News

WTOP 9 – CBS
6:00 Spectrum
6:30 Sunrise Semester
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
9:00 Harambee
9:30 Concentration
10:00 Joker’s Wild
10:30 $10,000 Pyramid
11:00 Every Woman
11:30 Love of Life
11:55 CBS News
12m Young & the Restless
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1:00 News
1:30 As the World Turns
2:00 Guiding Light
2:30 Edge of Night
3:00 Price is Right
3:30 Match Game
4:00 Lucy Show
4:30 Mod Squad
5:30 News
7:00 CBS News - Cronkite
7:30 Great Mysteries
8:00 Sonny & Cher
9:00 Cannon
10:00 Kojak
11:00 News
11:30 Sarge
12:30 Rat Patrol

WBAL 11 – NBC
6:30 Learning to Read
7:00 Today – McGee/Walters
9:00 Trimnastics
9:30 Your Wonderful World
10:00 Dinah Shore
10:30 Jeopardy
11:00 Wizard of Odds
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12m Jackpot
12:30 Baffle
12:55 NBC News
1:00 Beverly Hillbillies
1:30 Dick Van Dyke
2:00 Days of Our Lives
2:30 Doctors
3:00 Another World
3:30 How to Survive a Marriage
4:00 Bewitched
4:30 Merv Griffin w/Paul Williams
6:00 Duckpins & Dollars
6:30 NBC News – Chancellor
7:00 News
7:30 Hollywood Squares w/Joey Bishop, Amanda Blake, Sandra Dee, Harvey Korman, Hugh O’Brian, Doc Severinsen, Karen Valentine, Wally Cox & Paul Lynde
8:00 Chase
9:00 Movie – Drama
“The Caretakers” 1963
11:00 News
11:30 Johnny Carson – w/Ethel Merman, Dr. David Reuben & Rodney Dangerfield
1:am Tomorrow

WJZ 13 – ABC
6:10 News
6:20 Making of a Jew
6:50 Consumer Checkout
7:00 News
7:30 Cartoon Carnival
8:30 Leave it to Beaver
9:00 Larry Angel
10:00 Mike Douglas w/James Coco, Jane Fonda, Rex Reed, Hugh O’Brian
11:30 Brady Bunch
12m Password
12:30 Split Second
1:00 News
1:30 Let’s Make A Deal
2:00 Newlywed Game
2:30 Girl in My Life
3:00 General Hospital
3:30 One Life to Live
4:00 Perry Mason
5:00 Dealer’s Choice
5:30 News
6:00 ABC News – Smith/Reasoner
6:30 News
7:00 Truth or Consequences
7:30 Family Counselor
8:00 The Cowboys
8:30 Movie – Adventure
“Men of the Dragon” 1974 TV-movie
10:00 Energy Report “ABC News Closeup” – Special
11:00 News
11:30 Birth & Babies
1:am News
1:05 Movie – Adventure
“The Pirates of Blood River” 1962

WBOC 16 – ABC/CBS/NBC
6:30 Sunrise Semester
7:00 Today
9:00 Romper Room
9:30 Password
10:00 Joker’s Wild
10:30 $10,000 Pyramid
11:00 Gambit
11:30 Love of Life
11:55 CBS News
12m Young & the Restless
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1:00 All My Children
1:30 As the World Turns
2:00 Guiding Light
2:30 Edge of Night
3:00 Price is Right
3:30 Match Game
4:00 Somerset
4:30 Love American Style
5:00 Virginian
6:30 CBS News – Cronkite
7:00 News
7:30 Let’s Make A Deal
8:00 Sonny & Cher
9:00 Cannon
10:00 Kojak
11:00 News
11:30 Johnny Carson

WDCA 20 – IND
6:30 George & Diane
7:00 Spiderman
7:30 Bugs Bunny
8:30 Magilla Gorilla
9:00 Little Rascals
9:30 Leave it to Beaver
10:00 700 Club
12m Beverly Hillbillies
12:30 Movie – Drama
“13 Rue Madeleine” 1946
2:30 Bozo
3:00 Marine Boy
3:30 Bugs Bunny
4:00 Speed Racer
4:30 Ultra Man
5:00 Batman
5:30 Gilligan’s Island
6:00 Bewitched
6:30 Get Smart
7:00 Hogan’s Heroes
7:30 Hogan’s Heroes
8:00 Untouchables
9:00 Movie – Comedy
“The Flim-Flam Man” 1967
11:00 Bill Cosby
11:30 Movie – Western
(see Ch. 2 @11:30)

WHAG 25 – NBC
7:00 Today – McGee/Walters
9:00 Sesame Street
10:00 Dinah Shore
10:30 Jeopardy
11:00 Wizard of Odds
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12m Jackpot
12:30 Baffle
12:55 NBC News
1:00 Concentration
1:30 Three On A Match
2:00 Days of Our Lives
2:30 Doctors
3:00 Another World
3:30 How to Survive a Marriage
4:00 Somerset
4:30 I Love Lucy
5:00 Perry Mason
6:00 News
6:30 NBC News – Chancellor
7:00 Billy Graham Crusade (special)
8:00 Chase
9:00 Movie – Drama
“The Caretakers” 1963
11:00 News
11:30 Johnny Carson – w/Ethel Merman, Dr. David Reuben & Rodney Dangerfield
1:am Tomorrow

WETA 26 – PBS
8:00 Electric Company
8:30 Mister Rogers
9:00 Sesame Street
12m Lilias, Yoga & You
12:30 Antiques
1:00 Electric Company
1:45 Course of Our Times
3:30 Taking Better Pictures
4:00 Sesame Street
5:00 Mister Rogers
5:30 Electric Company
6:00 Sesame Street
7:00 Man-Made World
7:30 Martin Agronsky: Evening Edition
8:00 Washington Connection
8:30 Theater in America
10:00 Ebony Reflections
10:30 Book Beat
11:00 ABC News
“captioned edition for the deaf”
11:30 Day at Night

WBFF 45 – IND
9:00 News
9:30 Little Rascals
10:00 Movie – Crime Drama
“The Depraved” 1957
11:30 Patty Duke
12m Gomer Pyle USMC
12:30 Ozzie & Harriet
1:00 Movie – Musical
“Jolson Sings Again” 1949
2:30 Captain Chesapeake
3:30 Mister Ed
4:00 Three Stooges
4:30 Little Rascals
5:00 Star Trek
6:00 Gilligan’s Island
6:30 Addams Family
7:00 Gomer Pyle USMC
7:30 Untouchables
8:30 Movie – Drama
“A Bullet is Waiting” 1954
10:00 Billy Graham Crusade (special)
11:05 Movie – Thriller
“Monster from the Surf” 1964

WNVT 53 – PBS
4:00 Electric Company
4:30 Mister Rogers
5:00 Hodgepodge Lodge
5:30 Sesame Street
6:30 Electric Company
7:00 Erica
7:30 Interschool
8:00 Great Decisions
8:30 All About Welfare
9:30 Course of Our Times
10:00 Evening at Pops featuring saxophonist Boots Randolph
11:00 Janaki

WMPB 67 – PBS
6:35 Man-Made World
7:00 Basic Education: Teaching the Adult
7:30 Your Future Is Now
8:00 Hathayoga
8:30 Modern Supervisory Techniques
9:00 Calculus
11:00 Electric Company
3:00 Eight Steps to Excellence
3:30 Mister Rogers
4:00 Sesame Street
5:00 Hodgepodge Lodge
5:30 Electric Company
6:00 Fundamentals of Biology
6:45 Fundamentals of Math
7:30 Maryland Weekend
8:00 Washington Connection
8:30 Theater in America
10:00 Point Blank
11:00 Logic
11:45 Janaki

WHFV 69 – NBC
7:00 Today – McGee/Walters
9:00 Children’s World
9:30 Make Room for Daddy
10:00 Dinah Shore
10:30 Jeopardy
11:00 Wizard of Odds
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12m Jackpot
12:30 Baffle
12:55 NBC News
1:00 Not for Women Only
1:30 Three On A Match
2:00 Days of Our Lives
2:30 Doctors
3:00 Another World
3:30 How to Survive a Marriage
4:00 Somerset
4:30 Dick Van Dyke
5:00 I Love Lucy
5:30 Gomer Pyle USMC
6:00 News
6:30 NBC News – Chancellor
7:00 Have Gun Will Travel
7:30 Andy Griffith
8:00 Chase
9:00 Movie – Drama
“The Caretakers” 1963
11:00 News
11:30 Johnny Carson – w/Ethel Merman, Dr. David Reuben & Rodney Dangerfield

 

[bk77]

WHFV Fredericksburg's channel 69:

Until recently very very little information was available online about WHFV. Heck most people in Fredericksburg had no idea their city was once home of their own local TV station. But here it is....
The story on WHFV-TV...

http://www.pmsimon.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=1&tag=Television&limit=20

Oddly enough history would repeat itself 2 decades later with Martinsburg ( West Virginia ), Winchester ( Virginia ) and Hagerstown ( Maryland )'s WYVN FOX 60, only in their case the loss was into the millions, not thousands like WHFV.

 

[Mike Stroud]

WHFV Fredericksburg's channel 69:

Until recently very very little information was available online about WHFV. Heck most people in Fredericksburg had no idea their city was once home of their own local TV station. But here it is....
The story on WHFV-TV...

http://www.pmsimon.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=1&tag=Television&limit=20

Oddly enough history would repeat itself 2 decades later with Martinsburg ( West Virginia ), Winchester ( Virginia ) and Hagerstown ( Maryland )'s WYVN FOX 60, only in their case the loss was into the millions, not thousands like WHFV.

And to think that Springfield/Jacksonville/Quincy, Illinois' WJJY-TV was previously considered the most notorious UHF flop of that era. This one clocked almost exactly the same number of months on air as WJJY (20 months in both cases). BTW, about WJJY, consult this site: http://www.brainmist.com/wjjy_tv/wjjy_tv.htm

 

[mleach]

WHFV Fredericksburg's channel 69:

Until recently very very little information was available online about WHFV. Heck most people in Fredericksburg had no idea their city was once home of their own local TV station. But here it is....
The story on WHFV-TV...

http://www.pmsimon.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=1&tag=Television&limit=20

Oddly enough history would repeat itself 2 decades later with Martinsburg ( West Virginia ), Winchester ( Virginia ) and Hagerstown ( Maryland )'s WYVN FOX 60, only in their case the loss was into the millions, not thousands like WHFV.

And to think that Springfield/Jacksonville/Quincy, Illinois' WJJY-TV was previously considered the most notorious UHF flop of that era. This one clocked almost exactly the same number of months on air as WJJY (20 months in both cases). BTW, about WJJY, consult this site: http://www.brainmist.com/wjjy_tv/wjjy_tv.htm

In terms of drama and the amount of money lost, not too mention the rather large number of people who ended up getting screwed, the "honor" for the biggest flop of a local TV station ever has to go to Martinsburg, West Virginia's Flying A Communications WYVN-TV FOX 60. WYVN was to local TV as "Pink Lady & Jeff" was to NBC. It really was that bad. From local live call-in shows where the host was so desperate for a phone call that the host LIVE on the air ended up calling the local Dominos Pizza just to talk to someone. The owner holding up stacks of bills in front of the camera saying "..how in the hell am I supposed to pay for all of this..advertise on FOX 60 !!" Then there was that live news report on FOX 60 News@Ten of the grand opening of a local hardware store where the reporter was holding up a toilet plunger only to make a crack "...now this is a good way to punish Helen Keller..leave this in the toilet and hide !!". BAD !! BAD!! BAD!! WYVN chances are would had made WHFV and WJJY look like major market television.

And like WHFV and WJJY, WYVN lasted for 20 months during their FOX days before the plug was finally pulled. Must be something about that magic number.

Oh keep your eye on You Tube as every once in awhile some clip of WYVN's fine programming does pop up on that site. The former staff doesn't call WYVN "We're Your Valley Nightmare" for nothing.