Retro TV: Philadelphia - fall 1979

[Markd]

Fall 1979 – November 4-10 - New Jersey Herald

KYW-TV 3 (NBC) Westinghouse

Sunday November 4, 1979
6AM PATTERN FOR LIVING-Drama
6:30 AMERICAN PEOPLES
7AM COPING WITH KIDS
7:30 PICTURE SHOW
8 AM CHALLENGE-Game
8:30 INSIGHT-Drama
9AM SUNDAY-Religion
9:30 REPORT FROM
10AM CATCH THE VISION
10:30 PENN STATE HIGHLIGHTS
11:30 WILD WILD WORLD OF ANIMALS
NOON MEET THE PRESS-Interview
12:30 NFL 79
1PM NFL FOOTBALL - Philadelphia Eagles At Cleveland Browns
4PM MOVIE - Stallag 53
6PM EYEWITNESS NEWS
6:30 NBC NEWS
7PM DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD
9 PM NBC SUNDAY MOVIE - McArthur (1977)
11PM EYEWITNESS NEWS
11:30 MOVIE - A New Kind Of Love (1963)
1:30 ROCK CONCERT-Music
2:30 IRONSIDE-Drama
3:30 IRONSIDE-Drama
4:30 SIGN OFF

Monday–Friday
6AM EYEWITNESS NEWS
6:05 AMERICAN PEOPLES
6:35 FARM HOME & GARDEN
7AM TODAY
9AM CARD SHARKS-Game
9:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES-Game
10AM MORNING SHOW-Talk
11AM WHEEL OF FORTUNE-Game
11:30 HIGH ROLLERS-Game
NOON EYEWITNESS NEWS
12:30 PASSWORD-Game
1PM DAYS OF OUR LIVES-Serial
2PM DOCTORS-Serial
2:30 ANOTHER WORLD-Serial
4PM MIKE DOUGLAS-Talk
5:30 EYEWITNESS NEWS
6:30 NBC NEWS
7PM EVENING MAGAZINE-Magazine
7:30 CROSS WITS-Game

Monday
8PM LITTLE HOUSE ON A PRAIRIE-Adventure
9 PM NBC MONDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES - Heroes (1977)
Tuesday
8 PM BJ AND THE BEAR-Adventure
9 PM SHERIFF LOBO-Adventure
10 PM NEW CANDID CAMERA-Comedy
Wednesday
8 PM REAL PEOPLE-Magazine
9 PM DIFF’RENT STROKES-Comedy
9:30 HELLO LARRY-Comedy
10 PM BEST OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE-Comedy
Thursday
8 PM BUCK ROGERS-Science Fiction
9 PM QUINCY-Drama
10 PM KATE LOVES A MYSTERY-Drama
Friday
8 PM SHIRLEY-Drama
9 PM ROCKFORD FILES-Drama
10 PM EISCHED-Drama

Monday-Friday
11PM EYEWITNESS NEWS
11:30 TONIGHT SHOW - Johnny Carson
1AM TOMORROW - Tom Snyder
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (Friday)
2 AM EYEWITNESS NEWS
2:30 MOVIE - Green Fall Jungle (1956) Mon
Bounty Killer (1964) Tues
Horror Rises (1970) Wed
Death Rides A Horse (1969) Thurs
MARCUS WELBY MD (Friday)
3:30 MARCUS WELBY MD (Friday)
4:30 SIGN OFF

Saturday November 10, 1979
6 AM CONSOLATION
6:30 MAN BUILDS MAN DESTROYS
7 AM CARRASCOLENDIS-Children
7:30 CHALLENGE-Game
8 AM DAFFY DUCK-Cartoon
8:30 CASPER AND THE ANGELS-Cartoons
9 AM FRED & BARNEY-Cartoons
10 AM GLOBETROTTERS-Cartoon
10:30 THE SHMOO-Cartoon
11 AM FLASH GORDON-Cartoon
11:30 GODZILLACartoon
12 NOON JOHNNY QUEST-Cartoon
12:30 JETSONS-Cartoon
1 PM MOVIE - Plearure Of His Company (1961)
3 PM IN SEARCH OF
3:30 GREATEST SPORTS LEGENDS
4 PM NBC SPORTSWORLD
6 PM EYEWITNESS NEWS
6:30 NBC NEWS
7 PM MEETING HOUSE
7:30 CITY LIGHTS
8 PM CHiPS-Drama
9 PM BJ & THE BEAR-Adventure
10 PM A MAN CALLED SLOAN-Drama
11 PM EYEWITNESS NEWS
11:30 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
1 AM SECOND CITY TV
1:30 MOVIE - Long Ago Tomorrow (1971)
3:30 IRONSIDE
4:30 SIGN OFF
I am amazed at there were NO preemptions at the start of the 1977-78 season on astation like KYW which had a huge reputation for preemptions. In 76-77 they only preempted an hour a day which Channel 48 ran. This would not last. The Next summer when NBC revamped the schedule KYW would increase preemptiuons. In 1980 they were up to three hours of preemptions of daytime programming as Channel 17 ran most of the preemptions around their religious shows.


WPVI-TV 6 (ABC) Capital Cities (prior to owning ABC)

Sunday November 4, 1979
6 AM CHRISTOPHER CLOSEUP-Religion
6:30 THIS IS THE LIFE-Drama
7 AM DIRECTIONS
7:30 SUNDAY SESSION
8 AM DIALOGUE
8:30 SUNDAY MASS-Catholic
9 AM PANORAMA-Children
9:30 KIDS ARE PEOPLE TOO-Children
10:15 CAPTAIN NOAH-Children
10:45 KIDS ARE PEOPLE TOO-Children
10:56 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
11 AM AL ALBERTS-Children/Variety
12 NOON MATINEE MOVIE - Wonder Woman (1974)
2 PM LARRY FERRARI-Children/Variety
2:30 ISSUES AND ANSWERS
3 PM ACTION NEWS ISSUES AND ANSWERS
3:30 PERSPECTIVE
4 PM MOVIE - Ambushers (1977)
6 PM ACTION NEWS
6:30 ABC NEWS
7 PM SALVAGE-Drama
8 PM MORK AND MINDY-Comedy
8:30 BENSON-Comedy
9 PM ABC MOVIE - Jaws (1975)
11:30 ACTION NEWS
12 AM MOVIE - Candidate (1972)
2 AM PERSPECTIVE
2:30 SIGN OFF

Monday-Friday November 5-9, 1979
5:30 PERSPECTIVE - WPVI’s longtime public affairs program.
6AM OPERATION ALPHABET-Children
6:30 CAPTAIN NOAH-Children
7AM GOOD MORNING AMERICA
9AM PHIL DONAHUE-Talk
10 AM PHILADELPHIA-Talk
11 AM LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY-Comedy
11:30 FAMILY FEUD-Game
NOON ACTION NEWS
12:30 RYAN'S HOPE-Serial
1PM ALL MY CHILDREN-Serial
2 PM ONE LIFE TO LIVE-Serial
3 PM GENERAL HOSPITAL-Serial
4PM MERV GRIFFIN - Variety(Edge Of Night was preempted and run on Channel 48 at 10:30 AM weekdays and a day behind- Also Channel 6 preempted Pyramid and it would air on 48 as well.)
5:30 ACTION NEWS
6PM ACTION NEWS
6:30 ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
7PM TIC TAC DOUGH-Game
Monday
7:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES-Game
8 PM THAT’S INCREDIBLE-Magazine
9 PM NFL FOOTBALL – Houston Oilers At Miami Dopphins
12 AM EYEWITNESS NEWS
12:35 ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE
1:10 CHARLIE’S ANGELS-Drama
2:20 MOVIE – Ride In The Whirlwind (1971)
4:20 SIGN OFF
Tuesday
7:30 PRICE IS RIGHT-Game
8 PM HAPPY DAYS-Comedy
8:30 LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY-Comedy
9 PM THREE’S COMPANY-Comedy
9:30 TAXI-Comedy
10 PM HART TO HART-Drama
Wednesday
7:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES-Game
8 PM EIGHT IS ENOUGH-Comedy/Drama
9 PM BARETTA-Drama
10 PM CHARLIE’S ANGELS-Drama
Thursday
7:30 NAME THAT TUNE-Game
8 PM MORK AND MINDY-Comedy
8:30 ANGIE-Comedy
9 PM BARNEY MILLER-Comedy
9:30 SOAP-Comedy
10 PM 20/20-Newsmagazine
Friday
7:30 NAME THAT TUNE-Game
8 PM FAMILY FEUD SPECIAL-Game
9 PM MOVIE – New Topper (1979)

Tuesday-Friday
11 PM ACTION NEWS

Tuesday/Early Wednesday
11:30 ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE
12:05 BARNEY MILLER-Comedy
12:40 ABC LATE MOVIE - Beautiful But Deadly (1973)
2:50 ACTION NEWS
3:20 MOVIE – Sweet Hostage (1977)
5:20 SIGN OFF
Wednesday/Early Thursday
11:30 ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE
12:05 LOVE BOAT-Comedy
1:15 BARETTA-Drama
2:25 EYEWITNESS NEWS
2:55 MOVIE – Ride The Man Down (1953)
5:55 TEST PATTERN
Thursday/Early Friday
11:30 ABC NEWS NIGHTLIONE
12:05 POLICE WOMAN-Drama
1:15 QUINCY-Drama
2:25 EYEWITNESS NEWS
2:55 MOVIE – Year 2889 (1960)
4:55 SIGN OFF
Friday/Early Saturday
11:30 ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE
12:05 CHARLIE’S ANGELS –Drama
1:15 MOVIE – Night Slaves (1968)
3:25 MOVIE – Curses On A Fly (1965)

Saturday November 10, 1979
6 AM SCOOBY & SCRAPPY DOO-Cartoon
6:26 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
6:30 CHIEF HALFTOWN-Children
7 AM ANIMALS ANIMALS ANIMALS-Children
7:30 WEEKEND SPECIAL-Variety
7:56 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
8 AM SUPERFRIENDS-Cartoons
8:26 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
8:30 PLASTIC MAN AND FRIENDS-Cartoons
8:56 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
9 AM SCOOBY DOO’S ALL STAR LAFF OLYMPICS-Cartoons
10:56 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
11 AM CAPTAIN NOAH- Children
12 NOON SPIDERWOMAN-Cartoon
12:26 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
12:30 AMERICAN BANDSTAND-Music
1:30 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
4 PM COLLEGE FOOTBALL
6:30 ACTION NEWS
7 PM VISIONS
7:30 PRIME TIME
8 PM LOVE BOAT-Comedy
9 PM LOVE BOAT-Comedy
10 PM FANTASY ISLAND-Fantasy
11 PM ACTION NEWS
11:30 LATE MOVIE - Last Of Shiela (1973)
1:30 LATE LATE MOVIE - Kiss The Girls & Make Them Die (1967)
3:30 SIGN OFF

WCAU-TV 10 (CBS) CBS

Sunday November 4, 1979
5 AM TEST PATTERN
5:30 AM SUNDAY
6:30 TURN TO 10
7 AM SKATEBIRDS-Cartoon
7:26 IN THE NEWS
7:30 MARLO & THE MAGIC MOVIE MACHINE
8 AM EARTHWATCH
9 AM CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING
10:30 INSIDE STORY
11 AM UPDATE
11:30 FACE THE NATION
12 NOON DICK VERMEIL
12:30 NFL TODAY
1 PM NFL FOOTBALL - Washington Redskins At Pittsburgh Steelers
4 PM MOVIE - Gunfight At Okay Corralle (1957)
6 PM NEWS
6:30 CBS NEWS
7 PM 60 MINUTES
8 PM ARCHIE BUNKER'S PLACE-Comedy
8:30 ONE DAY AT A TIME-Comedy
9 PM ALICE-Comedy
9:30 JEFFERSONS-Comedy
10 PM TRAPPER JOHN MD-Drama
11 PM NEWS
11:30 NAME OF THE GAME-Drama
1 AM LATE MOVIE - Proud Ones (1956)
3 AM NAME OF THE GAME-Drama
4:30 TEST PATTERN

Monday-Friday November 5-8, 1979
5 AM TEST PATTERN
5:40 AG NEWS
6AM SUNRISE SEMESTER-Instruction
6:30 GROWING UP (Mon;Wed)
PARTY OF THE FIRST PART (Tues;Thurs)
MIGHTY MOUSE/HECKLE & JACKLE-Cartoon (Fri)
6:56 IN THE NEWS (Fri)
7AM CBS MORNING
8AM CAPTAIN KANGAROO-Children
9AM JOEL A SPICAK-Talk
9:30 MATCH GAME-Game (Except Tuesday)
TURN TO 10 (Tuesday)
10AM BEAT THE CLOCK-Game
10:30 WHEW-Game
11 AM PRICE IS RIGHT-Game
12 NOON LOVE OF LIFE-Serial
12:30 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW-Serial
1PM YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS-Serial
1:30 AS THE WORLD TURNS-Serial
2:30 GUIDING LIGHT-Serial
3:30 ONE DAY AT A TIME-Comedy
4PM AFTERNOON MOVIE - Andromeda Strain Part One (1971) Mon
SCHOOLBREAK SPECIAL – Going Places (Tuesday)
Day The Earth Moved (1974) Wed
Trapped Beneath The Sea (1974) Thurs
Skyway To Death (1973) Fri
5 PM AFTERNOON MOVIE - Andromeda Strain Part Two (1971) Tues
6PM NEWS
6:30 CBS NEWS
7PM NEWLYWED GAME-Game

Monday
7:30 DOLLAR 98 BEAUTY SHOW-Game
8 PM WHITE SHADOW-Drama
9 PM M*A*S*H-Comedy
9:30 FLO-Comedy
10 PM LOU GRANT-Drama
Tuesday
7:30 MUPPET SHOW-Children/Variety
8 PM CALIFORNIA FEVER-Drama
9 PM CBS MOVIE – 11TH Victim (1979)
Wednesday
7:30 SHA NA NA-Music
8 PM CBS REPORTS
9 PM CBS MOVIE – Suicide’s Wife (1979)
Thursday
7:30 MUPPET SHOW-Children/Variety
8 PM WALTONS-Drama
9 PM HAWAII-FIVE-O-Drama
10 PM BARNABY JONES-Drama
Friday
7:30 SHA NA NA-Music
8 PM INCREDIBLE HULK-Adventure
9 PM DUKES OF HAZARD- Western
10 PM DALLAS-Serial/Drama

Monday-Friday
11PM NEWS
Monday/Early Tuesday
11:30 HARRY O-Drama
12:40 MCCLOUD-Drama
2:15 NEWS
2:50 LATE MOVIE - Snake Pit (1948)
4 AM NAME OF THE GAME-DRama

Tuesday/Early Wednesday
11:30 BARNABY JONES-Drama
12:40 CBS MOVIE – Las Vegas Lady (1976)
2:50 NEWS
3:20 MOVIE – Rocky Mountain (1950)
5:40 TEST PATTERN
Wednesday/Early Thursday
11:30 BLACK SHEEP SQUALDRON-Drama
12:40 HAWAII-FIVE-O-Drama
1:50 NEWS
2:20 MOVIE – Marjorie Morningster (1958)
4 AM NAME OF THE GAME-Drama
5:35 TEST PATTERN
Thursday/Early Friday
11:30 CBS LATE MOVIE – Columbo: Try & Catch (1977)
1:20 CBS LATE LATE MOVIE – Banacek (1972)
2:50 NEWS
3:30 MOVIE – Secret Adventure (1941)
5:30 TEST PATTERN
Friday/Early Saturday
11:30 NIGHT STALKER
12:40 CBS LATE LATE MOVIE – Beyond The Door (1975)
2:50 NEWS
3:30 MOVIE – Return From The Sea (1954)
5:45 TEST PATTERN

Saturday November 10, 1979
5 AM TEST PATTERN
5:50 AG NEWS
6 AM SUNRISE SEMESTER-Instruction
6:30 PARTY OF THE FIRST PART
7 AM CREDO-Religion
8 AM CANDY APPLE NEWS COMPANY-Children
8:15 THREE ROBONIC STOOGES-Cartoon
8:41 IN THE NEWS
8:45 CANDY APPLE NEWS COMPANY-Children
9 AM BUGS BUNNY/ROAD RUNNER-Cartoons
10:26 IN THE NEWS
10:30 ALL NEW POPEYE-Cartoons
11:26 IN THE NEWS
11:30 FAT ALBERT-Cartoons
11:56 IN THE NEWS
12 NOON JASON OF STAR COMMAND-Adventure
12:26 IN THE NEWS
12:30 TARZAN & THE SUPER 7-Cartoons
1:26 IN THE NEWS
1:30 30 MINUTES-Magazine
1:56 IN THE NEWS
2 PM DRAK PACK-Cartoon
2:26 IN THE NEWS
2:30 KIDSWORLD
3 PM MOVIE- JUngle (1952)
4:30 CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR
6 PM NEWS
6:30 CBS NEWS
7 PM GONG SHOW-Game
7:30 GONG SHOW-Game
8 PM LOST TREASURE OF THE CONCEPCION-Drama
9 PM CBS MOVIE - Act Of Violence (1979)
11 PM NEWS
11:30 MOVIE - Savage Boss (1976)
1:30 NAME OF THE GAME
3 AM MOVIE - Untamed (1955)

 

[chris12]

Could you post listings from March and June 1981.

 

[azumanga]

KYW-TV 3 (NBC) Westinghouse

Sunday November 4, 1979
8 AM CHALLENGE-Game

Sure this was a gamew show? It look like it's in the middle of the public affairs block.

WPVI-TV 6 (ABC) Capital Cities (prior to owning ABC)

Monday-Friday November 5-9, 1979
6AM OPERATION ALPHABET-Children

Actually, this was an early literacy program for adults who couldn't read. This black and white series was produced by what was WFIL-TV around 1965-1966, then repeated over and over again through the early-1980s.

 

[Markd]

Actuallu "Challenge" on KYW was a game show for children with children as contestants at that time.

 

[perf2k4]

KYW-TV 3 (NBC) Westinghouse

Sunday November 4, 1979
8 AM CHALLENGE-Game

Sure this was a gamew show? It look like it's in the middle of the public affairs block.

Yes, as Markd pointed out. A children's quiz show hosted by Anita Klever.

WPVI-TV 6 (ABC) Capital Cities (prior to owning ABC)

Monday-Friday November 5-9, 1979
6AM OPERATION ALPHABET-Children


Actually, this was an early literacy program for adults who couldn't read. This black and white series was produced by what was WFIL-TV around 1965-1966, then repeated over and over again through the early-1980s.

Produced by WFIL in the early 1960s, in association with the School District of Philadelphia. It was indeed for adult education. Hosted by Dr. Alexander Shevlin.

---Perf2k8

 

[ixnay]

Fall 1979 – November 4-10 - New Jersey Herald

[...]

Sunday November 4, 1979
1PM NFL FOOTBALL - Philadelphia Eagles At Cleveland Browns

[...]

According to p. 149 of The Pro Football Encyclopedia (Macmillan, 1997 ed.) that game was played in Philly, not Cleveland. The Browns won 24-19.

I watched it in the TV room of my dormitory at what is now Kutztown University, where I was a freshman. Four things I recall from that telecast...

1) Harold Carmichael, #17 of the Eagles, with the build and gait of an oil derrick, catching a short pass (on maybe the second play from scrimmage of the game) to give himself 105(?) consecutive games with a pass reception, breaking the NFL record held by Danny Abramowicz

1a) Carmichael, at halftime, receiving a trophy for his receiving streak that was about twice as tall as his 6'8" frame

2) Wilbert Montgomery, #31, rushing for nearly 200 yards

3) NBC interrupting the telecast sometime in the second quarter to show footage of the hostages from the U.S. embassy in Iran being paraded through Teheran. They'd been taken hostage earlier that day. I'd heard the news that morning on KYW 1060 but didn't think about the import of the event for a few days or so, much less that they would be held for 444 days.

ixnay

 

[perf2k4]

Okay, a few annotations to your excellent post:

Fall 1979 – November 4-10 - New Jersey Herald

KYW-TV 3 (NBC) Westinghouse

Sunday November 4, 1979
8 AM CHALLENGE-Game

As mentioned, this was the long-running locally-produced kids' quiz show hosted by Anita Klever.

Monday–Friday
6:35 FARM HOME & GARDEN

Another long-running KYW staple (ran from the mid-1950s to the late 1980s), hosted by station announcer Gary Geers.

9AM CARD SHARKS-Game
9:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES-Game
10AM MORNING SHOW-Talk

CS and HSQ were on a one-day tape delay, pre-empted by the program that followed them here, the MORNING SHOW.

4PM MIKE DOUGLAS-Talk

Mike was in Hollywood by now, having moved his show from KYW's 5th & Market studios a year earlier.

Saturday November 10, 1979

7 AM CARRASCOLENDIS-Children

It's "Carrascolendas"--this syndicated Spanish kids' show was a fixture throughout the 70s.

7 PM MEETING HOUSE

This formerly led off KYW's Tuesday night lineup, having replaced NBC fare like "Black Sheep Squadron" and "Grandpa Goes To Washington" during the '70s.

I am amazed at there were NO preemptions at the start of the 1977-78 season on a station like KYW which had a huge reputation for preemptions. In 76-77 they only preempted an hour a day which Channel 48 ran. This would not last. The Next summer when NBC revamped the schedule KYW would increase preemptiuons. In 1980 they were up to three hours of preemptions of daytime programming as Channel 17 ran most of the preemptions around their religious shows.

Don't forget the aforementioned Tuesday night bumping of NBC's 8PM programs, and the occasional pre-emption of network movies. In the early 1980s, some of NBC's daytime sitcom reruns (THE FACTS OF LIFE, DIFF'RENT STROKES) ended up on WTAF-29.

WPVI-TV 6 (ABC) Capital Cities (prior to owning ABC)

Sunday November 4, 1979

7 AM DIRECTIONS

This was ABC's long-running religious program, similar to CBS' LAMP UNTO MY FEET

8:30 SUNDAY MASS-Catholic

WPVI still airs the Catholic mass some thirty years later, though now at 5:30 AM.

10:15 CAPTAIN NOAH-Children
11 AM AL ALBERTS-Children/Variety

Two of WPVI's greatest local kids' shows. It's a great testament to their endurance that both lasted until the mid-1990s, prior to the sale to Disney.

12 NOON MATINEE MOVIE - Wonder Woman (1974)

The Cathy Lee Crosby classic...

2 PM LARRY FERRARI-Children/Variety

Uh, more like a weekly organ recital than a children's variety show. Ferrari was another longtime station staple, whose 40-year run on WPVI only ended with his death in 1997.

8 PM MORK AND MINDY-Comedy

Ah yes, this was ABC's ill-fated attempt to move the Robin Williams vehicle from its successful Thursday timeslot to this one. It didn't work, and the sitcom never really recovered. It was gone two seasons later.

Monday-Friday November 5-9, 1979
6AM OPERATION ALPHABET-Children

As mentioned previously, the adult literacy program produced by then-WFIL-TV and the School District in the early 1960s. You gotta love WPVI for continuing to air this B&W program into the early 1980s.

10 AM PHILADELPHIA-Talk

The early days of this long-running (into the late 1990s before moving to late nights) program were hosted by future INN anchor Claire Carter and future ACTION NEWS weatherman (and David Boreanaz's dad) Dave Roberts.

4PM MERV GRIFFIN - Variety(Edge Of Night was preempted and run on Channel 48 at 10:30 AM weekdays and a day behind- Also Channel 6 preempted Pyramid and it would air on 48 as well.)

Pyramid aired at 12 Noon. Later ABC preemptions went to WTAF-29.

7PM TIC TAC DOUGH-Game

This was shortly before Lt. Thom McKee's then-record-setting $300K+ run on the game show.

Monday
12 AM EYEWITNESS NEWS

Uh, no. It was ACTION NEWS even after Howard Cosell & co.


Well, I need to get some sleep, and this post is long enough . I'll continue this tomorrow.

---Perf2K8, who bids you good night.

 

[Stanislav]

3) NBC interrupting the telecast sometime in the second quarter to show footage of the hostages from the U.S. embassy in Iran being paraded through Teheran. They'd been taken hostage earlier that day. I'd heard the news that morning on KYW 1060 but didn't think about the import of the event for a few days or so, much less that they would be held for 444 days.

An ongoing event and, as we know, the nightly reports about it on ABC eventually morphed into "Nightline" and made Ted Koppel as star.

 

[DToTheJ]

Sunday November 4, 1979
1PM NFL FOOTBALL - Philadelphia Eagles At Cleveland Browns

According to p. 149 of The Pro Football Encyclopedia (Macmillan, 1997 ed.) that game was played in Philly, not Cleveland. The Browns won 24-19.

Then the NFL's rules must have been very lax at that time, as CBS was airing another game right opposite it on Channel 10!