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)
Morning
6:00
20 AG-USA
6:30
8 G.E.D. Preparation
10 Big Blue Marble
19 Better Way
20 U.S. Farm Report
6:45
9 News
7:00
3-8-19 Scooby's All-Stars
4-7-31 Popeye
6-10-20-25 Alvin and the Chipmunks
9 U.S. Farm Report
7:30
6-10-20-25 Fantastic Four
9 Daniel Boone
8:00
4-7-31 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
6-10-20-25 Godzilla
8:30
3-8-19 Superfriend
9 Movie (BW): "Jinx Money" (1948)
9:30
4-7-31 Tarzan & the Super 7
6-10-20-25 Daffy Duck
44 Movie (BW): "Jack Slade" (1953)
10:00
3-8-19 Fangface
6-10-20-25 Fred and Barney
9 Movie (BW): "Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout" (1943)
10:30
3-8-19 Pink Panther
6-10-20-25 Jetsons
11:00
3-8-19 ABC Weekend Special: "The Baby with Four Fathers"
4-7-31 Space Academy
6-10-20-25 Buford
11:30
3-8-19 American Bandstand (Guests: Dream Express and Carrie Lucas)
4-7-31 Fat Albert
6-10-20 Fabulous Funnies
9 Chicagoland
25 U.S. Farm Report
44 700 Club
Afternoon
12:00
4-31 Ark II
6 All You Need Is Love
7 U.S. Farm Report
9 Sea Hunt (BW)
10 By the Way
20 Consumer Buyline
25 American Farmer
12:30
3-10-25 Indianapolis 500 Festival Parade
4-7 CBS Children's Film Festival: "The Great Snail Race"
8 Television in America
9 This Week in Baseball
19 World of Survival
20 Pulse
31 Movie: "Evil Roy Slade" (Made for TV; 1972)
1:00
4 This Is Augustana
6 Candid Camera
7 Ark II (delay from 12 P.M.)
8 Like It Is
9 Movie: "The Great Sioux Uprising" (1953)
19 Mr. Wizard
20 Saturday Report
44 Baseball Warm-Up
1:15
44 Baseball: California Angels vs. Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park (Live)
1:30
4 Next Step Beyond
6 Mission: Impossible
7 Big Blue Marble
8 Wrestling
19 Star Trek
20 Wild Kingdom
2:00
4 Midwest Outdoorsman
7 Quincy Schools in Action
20 Next Step Beyond
2:30
3 Bill Dance Outdoors
4-7-31 Golf: Third-round play in the Memorial Tournament (Live)
6 That Nashville Music (Guests: Sonny James, Johnny Gimble, Ed Bruce, and Ruby Falls)
8 Adam-12
9 Movie (BW): "The Naughty Nineties" (1945)
10 Kids Komments
19 Love, American Style
20 Hee Haw Honeys
25 Sha Na Na
3:00
3 Wrestling
6-10-20-25 Baseball Warm-Up
8 Star Trek
19 FBI
3:15
6-10-20-25 Baseball: Cincinnati Reds at the L.A. Dodgers (Live)
4:00
3-8-19 ABC Wide World of Sports
4-7-31 CBS Sports Spectacular
9 Soul Train
12 Magic Method of Oil Painting
4:15
44 To Be Announced
4:30
12 To Be Announced
44 Have Gun, Will Travel (BW)
5:00
4 Dolly (Guest: Ray Stevens)
7 News
9 Andy Griffith
12 Wonders of the Sea
31 TV Topic
44 Untouchables (BW)
47 Que Pasa, U.S.A.?
5:05
7 Business Report
5:10
7 Face the Tri-States
5:30
3 Donna Fargo (Guest: Rose Marie)
4-7 CBS Evening News (Bob Schieffer)
8 Donna Fargo (Guest: Gary Burghoff)
9 My Three Sons
12 Another Voice
19 Love, American Style
31 Dolly (Guest: K.C. and the Sunshine Band)
47 Big Blue Marble
Evening
6:00
3-4-10-19 Lawrence Welk
6 Diff'rent Strokes (delay from Friday 7 P.M.)
7-20 Hee Haw (Guests: Don Williams and the Kendalls)
8-25-31 News
9 Dick Van Dyke (BW)
12 Hocking Valley Bluegrass
44 Dragnet
47 Consumer Survival Kit
6:30
6 Hello, Larry (delay from Friday 7:30 P.M.)
8 Bonkers! (Guest: Joey Heatherton)
9-31 Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia Phillies (Live)
12 Wild, Wild World of Animals
25 Muppet Show (Guest: Marisa Berenson)
44 Science Fiction Theatre (BW)
47 Here's to Your Health
7:00
3-8-19 Love Boat (90 min.)
4-7 Bad News Bears
6-10-20-25 CHiPs
12 Meeting of Minds
44 Movie (BW): "Meet John Doe" (1941)
47 American Outdoors
7:30
4-7 A Boy Named Charlie Brown
47 Abbott and Costello (BW)
8:00
6-10-20-25 BJ and the Bear
12 Movie: "Anchors Aweigh" (1945)
47 Austin City Limits
8:30
3-8-19 Fantasy Island (90 min.)
4-7 CBS Saturday Night Movie: "The Lords of Flatbush" (1974)
9:00
6-10-20-25 Pilot: "The Buffalo Soldiers"
31 CBS Saturday Night Movie (joined in progress; same as Ch. 4 at 8:30)
44 Dimensions '79
47 Movie (BW): "Monkey Business" (1931)
9:30
9 That Nashville Music (Guests: Bobby Bare, Reba McEntire, Roy Head, and Johnny Gimble)
44 Journey to Adventure
10:00
3-4-6-7-8-9-10-19-20-25-31 News
44 Wanted: Dead or Alive (BW)
10:15
3 ABC News Weekend Report (Tom Jarriel) (delay from 10 P.M.)
10:20
47 Movie (BW): "I'm No Angel" (1933)
10:30
3 Movie: "Valley of the Dolls" (1967)
4 Hee Haw Honeys
6-10-20-25 Saturday Night Live (Buck Henry hosts with musical guest Bette Midler) (Live)
7 Marty Robbins' Spotlight (Guest: Bashful Brother Oswald)
8 Movie (BW): "The Longest Day" (1962)
9 Movie: "Brannigan" (1975)
12 Second City Television Network
19 Movie: "The Sugarland Express" (1974)
31 Movie: "Support Your Local Sheriff" (1969)
44 Movie: "Suicide Commandos" (Italian; 1968)
11:00
4 Marty Robbins' Spotlight (Guests: Chet Atkins and Floyd Cramer)
7 That Nashville Music (Guests: Mel and Pam Tillis, Leroy Van Dyke, Jack Clement, and Johnny Gimble)
12 Skating Spectacular '78
11:30
4 Pop! Goes the Country
7 Nashville on the Road (Guests: Dave & Sugar)
12:00
4 Comedy Shop
6 Gong Show
7 Pop! Goes the Country (Guests: Charley Pride, Steve Wariner, and Cristy Lane)
10 Wrestling
20 Consumer Buyline
25 Movie (BW): "Flame of the Barbary Coast" (1945)
12:30
4 Comedy Shop
6 Candid Camera
7 Porter Wagoner (Guest: Marty Robbins)
20 People Beat
12:45
9 News
12:50
3 Movie (BW): "First Yank into Tokyo" (1945)
19 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (The Temptations, Alicia Bridges, the Outlaws, Switch, and Black Sabbath)
1:00
4-7-10-20 News
1:15
9 Movie: "Firecreek" (1968)
1:25
2 Common Ground
2:00
8 News
2:20
19 News
2:50
19 ABC News Weekend Report (Tom Jarriel) (delay from 10 P.M.)
3:15
9 To Be Announced
3:55
2 Movie (BW): "Battle Hell" (English; 1957
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)
Morning
6:00
20 AG-USA
6:30
8 G.E.D. Preparation
10 Big Blue Marble
19 Better Way
20 U.S. Farm Report
6:45
9 News
7:00
3-8-19 Scooby's All-Stars
4-7-31 Popeye
6-10-20-25 Alvin and the Chipmunks
9 U.S. Farm Report
7:30
6-10-20-25 Fantastic Four
9 Daniel Boone
8:00
4-7-31 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
6-10-20-25 Godzilla
8:30
3-8-19 Superfriend
9 Movie (BW): "Jinx Money" (1948)
9:30
4-7-31 Tarzan & the Super 7
6-10-20-25 Daffy Duck
44 Movie (BW): "Jack Slade" (1953)
10:00
3-8-19 Fangface
6-10-20-25 Fred and Barney
9 Movie (BW): "Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout" (1943)
10:30
3-8-19 Pink Panther
6-10-20-25 Jetsons
11:00
3-8-19 ABC Weekend Special: "The Baby with Four Fathers"
4-7-31 Space Academy
6-10-20-25 Buford
11:30
3-8-19 American Bandstand (Guests: Dream Express and Carrie Lucas)
4-7-31 Fat Albert
6-10-20 Fabulous Funnies
9 Chicagoland
25 U.S. Farm Report
44 700 Club
Afternoon
12:00
4-31 Ark II
6 All You Need Is Love
7 U.S. Farm Report
9 Sea Hunt (BW)
10 By the Way
20 Consumer Buyline
25 American Farmer
12:30
3-10-25 Indianapolis 500 Festival Parade
4-7 CBS Children's Film Festival: "The Great Snail Race"
8 Television in America
9 This Week in Baseball
19 World of Survival
20 Pulse
31 Movie: "Evil Roy Slade" (Made for TV; 1972)
1:00
4 This Is Augustana
6 Candid Camera
7 Ark II (delay from 12 P.M.)
8 Like It Is
9 Movie: "The Great Sioux Uprising" (1953)
19 Mr. Wizard
20 Saturday Report
44 Baseball Warm-Up
1:15
44 Baseball: California Angels vs. Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park (Live)
1:30
4 Next Step Beyond
6 Mission: Impossible
7 Big Blue Marble
8 Wrestling
19 Star Trek
20 Wild Kingdom
2:00
4 Midwest Outdoorsman
7 Quincy Schools in Action
20 Next Step Beyond
2:30
3 Bill Dance Outdoors
4-7-31 Golf: Third-round play in the Memorial Tournament (Live)
6 That Nashville Music (Guests: Sonny James, Johnny Gimble, Ed Bruce, and Ruby Falls)
8 Adam-12
9 Movie (BW): "The Naughty Nineties" (1945)
10 Kids Komments
19 Love, American Style
20 Hee Haw Honeys
25 Sha Na Na
3:00
3 Wrestling
6-10-20-25 Baseball Warm-Up
8 Star Trek
19 FBI
3:15
6-10-20-25 Baseball: Cincinnati Reds at the L.A. Dodgers (Live)
4:00
3-8-19 ABC Wide World of Sports
4-7-31 CBS Sports Spectacular
9 Soul Train
12 Magic Method of Oil Painting
4:15
44 To Be Announced
4:30
12 To Be Announced
44 Have Gun, Will Travel (BW)
5:00
4 Dolly (Guest: Ray Stevens)
7 News
9 Andy Griffith
12 Wonders of the Sea
31 TV Topic
44 Untouchables (BW)
47 Que Pasa, U.S.A.?
5:05
7 Business Report
5:10
7 Face the Tri-States
5:30
3 Donna Fargo (Guest: Rose Marie)
4-7 CBS Evening News (Bob Schieffer)
8 Donna Fargo (Guest: Gary Burghoff)
9 My Three Sons
12 Another Voice
19 Love, American Style
31 Dolly (Guest: K.C. and the Sunshine Band)
47 Big Blue Marble
Evening
6:00
3-4-10-19 Lawrence Welk
6 Diff'rent Strokes (delay from Friday 7 P.M.)
7-20 Hee Haw (Guests: Don Williams and the Kendalls)
8-25-31 News
9 Dick Van Dyke (BW)
12 Hocking Valley Bluegrass
44 Dragnet
47 Consumer Survival Kit
6:30
6 Hello, Larry (delay from Friday 7:30 P.M.)
8 Bonkers! (Guest: Joey Heatherton)
9-31 Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia Phillies (Live)
12 Wild, Wild World of Animals
25 Muppet Show (Guest: Marisa Berenson)
44 Science Fiction Theatre (BW)
47 Here's to Your Health
7:00
3-8-19 Love Boat (90 min.)
4-7 Bad News Bears
6-10-20-25 CHiPs
12 Meeting of Minds
44 Movie (BW): "Meet John Doe" (1941)
47 American Outdoors
7:30
4-7 A Boy Named Charlie Brown
47 Abbott and Costello (BW)
8:00
6-10-20-25 BJ and the Bear
12 Movie: "Anchors Aweigh" (1945)
47 Austin City Limits
8:30
3-8-19 Fantasy Island (90 min.)
4-7 CBS Saturday Night Movie: "The Lords of Flatbush" (1974)
9:00
6-10-20-25 Pilot: "The Buffalo Soldiers"
31 CBS Saturday Night Movie (joined in progress; same as Ch. 4 at 8:30)
44 Dimensions '79
47 Movie (BW): "Monkey Business" (1931)
9:30
9 That Nashville Music (Guests: Bobby Bare, Reba McEntire, Roy Head, and Johnny Gimble)
44 Journey to Adventure
10:00
3-4-6-7-8-9-10-19-20-25-31 News
44 Wanted: Dead or Alive (BW)
10:15
3 ABC News Weekend Report (Tom Jarriel) (delay from 10 P.M.)
10:20
47 Movie (BW): "I'm No Angel" (1933)
10:30
3 Movie: "Valley of the Dolls" (1967)
4 Hee Haw Honeys
6-10-20-25 Saturday Night Live (Buck Henry hosts with musical guest Bette Midler) (Live)
7 Marty Robbins' Spotlight (Guest: Bashful Brother Oswald)
8 Movie (BW): "The Longest Day" (1962)
9 Movie: "Brannigan" (1975)
12 Second City Television Network
19 Movie: "The Sugarland Express" (1974)
31 Movie: "Support Your Local Sheriff" (1969)
44 Movie: "Suicide Commandos" (Italian; 1968)
11:00
4 Marty Robbins' Spotlight (Guests: Chet Atkins and Floyd Cramer)
7 That Nashville Music (Guests: Mel and Pam Tillis, Leroy Van Dyke, Jack Clement, and Johnny Gimble)
12 Skating Spectacular '78
11:30
4 Pop! Goes the Country
7 Nashville on the Road (Guests: Dave & Sugar)
12:00
4 Comedy Shop
6 Gong Show
7 Pop! Goes the Country (Guests: Charley Pride, Steve Wariner, and Cristy Lane)
10 Wrestling
20 Consumer Buyline
25 Movie (BW): "Flame of the Barbary Coast" (1945)
12:30
4 Comedy Shop
6 Candid Camera
7 Porter Wagoner (Guest: Marty Robbins)
20 People Beat
12:45
9 News
12:50
3 Movie (BW): "First Yank into Tokyo" (1945)
19 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (The Temptations, Alicia Bridges, the Outlaws, Switch, and Black Sabbath)
1:00
4-7-10-20 News
1:15
9 Movie: "Firecreek" (1968)
1:25
2 Common Ground
2:00
8 News
2:20
19 News
2:50
19 ABC News Weekend Report (Tom Jarriel) (delay from 10 P.M.)
3:15
9 To Be Announced
3:55
2 Movie (BW): "Battle Hell" (English; 1957