Source: TV Guide, Western Illinois Edition
Quad Cities
4 WHBF-TV (CBS)
6 WOC-TV (NBC) (now KWQC)
8 WQAD-TV (ABC)
Quincy
7 KHQA-TV (CBS)
10 WGEM-TV (NBC) (also secondary ABC, but not listed as such)
Springfield
20 WICS-TV (NBC) (now ABC)
Peoria
19 WRAU-TV (ABC) (now WHOI)
25 WEEK-TV (NBC)
31 WMBD-TV (CBS)
47 WTVP-TV (PBS)
Chicago
2 WBBM-TV (CBS) (12 Mid. to 5 A.M. only)
9 WGN-TV (Ind.) (now CW)
44 WSNS-TV (Ind.) (now Telemundo)
Iowa City
12 KIIN-TV (PBS) (part of Iowa Public Television)
Kirksville (Mo.)-Ottumwa
3 KTVO (ABC)
For programs on 71 LaSalle-Peru, see 31
All programs in color except those designated by (BW)
(the Chicago and Iowa City stations were designated as out-of-market/cable stations and were denoted with combination black-and-white bullets)
Evening
6:00
3-4-6-7-8-10-20-25-31 News
9 Dick Van Dyke (BW)
12 Over Easy (Hugh Downs)
19 Carol Burnett and Friends (Guest: John Byner)
44 Rifleman (BW)
47 Consumer Survival Kit
6:25
6 Comment
6:30
3 Muppet Show (Guest: Raquel Welch)
4-19-20 Newlywed Game
6 Family Feud
7 Brady Bunch
8 Inquiry (interviews with WQAD staff members)
9 Odd Couple
10 My Three Sons
12 Mary Jane Odell
25 Joker’s Wild
31 Odd Couple
44 Sports Spotlight
47 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
6:45
44 Baseball Warm-Up
7:00
3 Anne Murray’s Ladies’ Night (includes Marilyn McCoo, Phoebe Snow, Carroll Baker, Charity Brown, Salome Bey, and Gloria Kay)
4-7-31 Incredible Hulk
6 $100,000 Name That Tune
8-19 Operation Petticoat
9 Soap Factory Disco
10-20-25 Diff’rent Strokes (rerun of the pilot episode)
12-47 Washington Week in Review
44 Baseball: Chicago White Sox at the New York Yankees (Live)
7:30
6 Bob Newhart
8-19 Welcome Back, Kotter
10, 20, 25 Hello, Larry
12-47 Wall Street Week (Louis Rukeyser)
8:00
3-8-19 ABC Friday Night Movie: “Cruise into Terror” (Made for TV; 1978)
4-7-31 Dukes of Hazzard
6-10-20-25 Rockford Files
9 The Rebels (Part 1 of a 4-hr. syndicated miniseries)
12 Farm Digest
47 Royal Heritage
8:30
12 Irish Rovers (Guest: Anne Murray)
9:00
4-7-31 Dallas
6-10-20-25 Quincy
12 Prime of Miss Jane Brodie (Part 4)
47 Masterpiece Theatre: “Lillie,” Part 12
10:00
3-4-6-7-8-9-10-19-20-25-31 News
12-47 Dick Cavett (Guest: Edward Albee)
44 Wanted: Dead or Alive (BW)
10:30
3 PTL Club (2 hrs.)
4 Hee Haw (Guests: Don Williams and the Kendalls)
6-10-20-25 Johnny Carson (Guest: Tom Snyder)
7 Anne Murray’s Ladies’ Night (same as Ch. 3 at 7 P.M.)
8 Movie: “The Vatican Affair” (Italian; 1969)
9 Movie: “Warlock” (1959)
12 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
19 Dating Game
31 Movie: “The Virgin Soldiers” (English; 1969)
44 Rookies
47 Captioned ABC News (Frank Reynolds)
11:00
12 Movie (BW): “Sherlock Holmes Faces Death” (1943)
19 Soap (one-week delay from 10:30 P.M.)
11:30
4-44 700 Club
7 To Be Announced (Ch. 7 had about 10 minutes to fill between the end of the syndicated Anne Murray special and the start of the “2nd feature” of the “CBS Late Movie”)
11:35
19 Baretta (one week delay from 11:05 P.M.)
11:40
7 CBS Late Movie: “Mousey” (Made for TV; 1975)
12:00
6-10-20-25 Midnight Special (highlights from past shows)
12:10
12 Captioned ABC News (Frank Reynolds)
12:15
8 Beverly Hillbillies (BW)
12:20
9 News
12:45
8 My Three Sons
19 Movie (BW): “The Wild One” (1953)
12:50
9 Movie (BW): “Wheel of Fortune” (1951)
1:00
4 News
1:15
2 Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert (Electric Light Orchestra, the Sylvers, Nick Gilder, Walter Murphy, and comic Mike Preminger)
7 Studio 7
8 News
1:30
7-10-20-25 News
2:45
2 News
3:00
2 Common Ground
3:15
9 To Be Announced
Quad Cities
4 WHBF-TV (CBS)
6 WOC-TV (NBC) (now KWQC)
8 WQAD-TV (ABC)
Quincy
7 KHQA-TV (CBS)
10 WGEM-TV (NBC) (also secondary ABC, but not listed as such)
Springfield
20 WICS-TV (NBC) (now ABC)
Peoria
19 WRAU-TV (ABC) (now WHOI)
25 WEEK-TV (NBC)
31 WMBD-TV (CBS)
47 WTVP-TV (PBS)
Chicago
2 WBBM-TV (CBS) (12 Mid. to 5 A.M. only)
9 WGN-TV (Ind.) (now CW)
44 WSNS-TV (Ind.) (now Telemundo)
Iowa City
12 KIIN-TV (PBS) (part of Iowa Public Television)
Kirksville (Mo.)-Ottumwa
3 KTVO (ABC)
For programs on 71 LaSalle-Peru, see 31
All programs in color except those designated by (BW)
(the Chicago and Iowa City stations were designated as out-of-market/cable stations and were denoted with combination black-and-white bullets)
Evening
6:00
3-4-6-7-8-10-20-25-31 News
9 Dick Van Dyke (BW)
12 Over Easy (Hugh Downs)
19 Carol Burnett and Friends (Guest: John Byner)
44 Rifleman (BW)
47 Consumer Survival Kit
6:25
6 Comment
6:30
3 Muppet Show (Guest: Raquel Welch)
4-19-20 Newlywed Game
6 Family Feud
7 Brady Bunch
8 Inquiry (interviews with WQAD staff members)
9 Odd Couple
10 My Three Sons
12 Mary Jane Odell
25 Joker’s Wild
31 Odd Couple
44 Sports Spotlight
47 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
6:45
44 Baseball Warm-Up
7:00
3 Anne Murray’s Ladies’ Night (includes Marilyn McCoo, Phoebe Snow, Carroll Baker, Charity Brown, Salome Bey, and Gloria Kay)
4-7-31 Incredible Hulk
6 $100,000 Name That Tune
8-19 Operation Petticoat
9 Soap Factory Disco
10-20-25 Diff’rent Strokes (rerun of the pilot episode)
12-47 Washington Week in Review
44 Baseball: Chicago White Sox at the New York Yankees (Live)
7:30
6 Bob Newhart
8-19 Welcome Back, Kotter
10, 20, 25 Hello, Larry
12-47 Wall Street Week (Louis Rukeyser)
8:00
3-8-19 ABC Friday Night Movie: “Cruise into Terror” (Made for TV; 1978)
4-7-31 Dukes of Hazzard
6-10-20-25 Rockford Files
9 The Rebels (Part 1 of a 4-hr. syndicated miniseries)
12 Farm Digest
47 Royal Heritage
8:30
12 Irish Rovers (Guest: Anne Murray)
9:00
4-7-31 Dallas
6-10-20-25 Quincy
12 Prime of Miss Jane Brodie (Part 4)
47 Masterpiece Theatre: “Lillie,” Part 12
10:00
3-4-6-7-8-9-10-19-20-25-31 News
12-47 Dick Cavett (Guest: Edward Albee)
44 Wanted: Dead or Alive (BW)
10:30
3 PTL Club (2 hrs.)
4 Hee Haw (Guests: Don Williams and the Kendalls)
6-10-20-25 Johnny Carson (Guest: Tom Snyder)
7 Anne Murray’s Ladies’ Night (same as Ch. 3 at 7 P.M.)
8 Movie: “The Vatican Affair” (Italian; 1969)
9 Movie: “Warlock” (1959)
12 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
19 Dating Game
31 Movie: “The Virgin Soldiers” (English; 1969)
44 Rookies
47 Captioned ABC News (Frank Reynolds)
11:00
12 Movie (BW): “Sherlock Holmes Faces Death” (1943)
19 Soap (one-week delay from 10:30 P.M.)
11:30
4-44 700 Club
7 To Be Announced (Ch. 7 had about 10 minutes to fill between the end of the syndicated Anne Murray special and the start of the “2nd feature” of the “CBS Late Movie”)
11:35
19 Baretta (one week delay from 11:05 P.M.)
11:40
7 CBS Late Movie: “Mousey” (Made for TV; 1975)
12:00
6-10-20-25 Midnight Special (highlights from past shows)
12:10
12 Captioned ABC News (Frank Reynolds)
12:15
8 Beverly Hillbillies (BW)
12:20
9 News
12:45
8 My Three Sons
19 Movie (BW): “The Wild One” (1953)
12:50
9 Movie (BW): “Wheel of Fortune” (1951)
1:00
4 News
1:15
2 Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert (Electric Light Orchestra, the Sylvers, Nick Gilder, Walter Murphy, and comic Mike Preminger)
7 Studio 7
8 News
1:30
7-10-20-25 News
2:45
2 News
3:00
2 Common Ground
3:15
9 To Be Announced