Channels Listed in the Western Illinois Edition
(C) Indicates color program.
Rock Island
4 WHBF-TV (CBS)
Quincy
7 KHQA-TV (CBS)
10 WGEM (NBC)
Peoria
19 WIRL-TV (ABC) (now WHOI)
25 WEEK-TV (NBC)
31 WMBD-TV (CBS)
Moline
8 WQAD-TV (ABC)
Jacksonville
14 WJJY-TV (ABC) (defunct)
Springfield
20 WICS (NBC) (now ABC)
Ottumwa
3 KTVO-TV (ABC, CBS, NBC) (now exclusively ABC with a CBS subchannel)
Davenport
6 WOC-TV (NBC) (now KWQC)
For Programs on 35 LaSalle, see 25
For Programs on 71 LaSalle-Peru, see 31
Morning
6:45 7 Sacred Heart (C)
6:55 19 Somebody Loves You (C)
7:00 7 This Is the Life (C)
8 Midwest Sportsman
10 The Answer (C)
19 Christophers (C)
20 Conversations of 1970 (C)
7:30 3-4-7 Revival Fires (C)
8 Gospel Singing (C)
10 Modern Almanac (C)
19 Rex Humbard (C)
20 Consultation (C)
31 Mass for Shut-Ins (C)
8:00 3 Herald of Truth (C)
4-31 Tom & Jerry (C)
6 Hi Jerry (C)
7 Rex Humbard (C)
8 Dialogue (C)
10 Consultation (C)
14 Lester Family (C)
20 Education Today (C)
8:15 25 Sacred Heart (C) (not another listing for Ch. 25 until 9:45)
8:30 3 Country Gospel Time (C)
4-31 Penelope Pitstop (C)
6 Our Wonderful World (C)
8 Project 8 (Lee Harley)
10 Oral Roberts (C)
14 Smokey Bear (C)
19 Chapel Vision (C)
20 Herald of Truth (C)
9:00 4-7-31 Lamp unto My Feet (C)
6 Uncle Waldo (C)
8-14 Jonny Quest (C)
10 Mass for Shut-Ins (C)
19 Oral Roberts (C)
20 Faith for Today (C)
9:25 6 Rocky and His Friends (C)
9:30 3 Gospel Light (C)
4-7-31 Look Up and Live (C)
8-14-19 Cattanooga Cats (C)
10 Cartoon Carnival (C)
20 Movie: "The Sea Wolf" (1941)
9:45 25 Sacred Heart (C)
9:50 6 Underdog (C)
10:00 3-25 Children's Gospel Hour (C)
4-7 Camera Three (C)
8-10 Skippy
14-19 Bullwinkle (C)
31 Religious Resources (C)
10:15 6 Conversation (C)
10:30 3 Lester Family (C)
4 Oral Roberts (C)
6 Worship Service (C) (no denomination given)
7 Tom & Jerry (C) (delay from 8:00)
8-10-19 Notre Dame Highlights (C)
14 Discovery (C)
25 The Story (C)
31 Patterns for Living (C)
11:00 3 College Football 1970 (C)
4-25 This Is the Life (C)
6 Kaleidoscope (C)
7 Penelope Pitstop (C) (delay from 8:30)
14 Church Service (Baptist) (C)
31 Camera Three (C) (delay from 10:00)
11:15 14 This Is the Life (C)
20 Davey and Goliath (C)
11:30 4-31 Face the Nation (C) (delay from 10:30)
6-10-20-25 Meet the Press (C)
7 Pre-Game Show (C)
8 Like It Is (C)
19 Faith for Today (C)
11:45 14 Church Service (Lutheran) (C)
Afternoon
12:00 3 Film (C)
4 Outdoor Newsreel (C)
6 World in Color (C)
7 Pro Football (C) (Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins)
8 All-Star Wrestling (C)
10 Paul Harvey (C)
14 Directions (C)
19 Herald of Truth (C)
20 Portrait (Lee Marvin) (C)
31 Death Valley Days (C)
12:05 10 TV Party Line (C)
12:15 3 Showcase III (C)
12:30 3-14 Issues and Answers (C)
4-31 Pre-Game Show (C)
19 Day of Discovery (C)
1:00 3 U.S. Farm Report (C)
4-31 Pro Football (C) (Green Bay Packers vs. Minnesota Vikings)
6-20-25 Pro Football (C) (Buffalo Bills at Chicago Bears)
8-14-19 College Football 1970 (C) (not sure if this is syndicated or ABC; same as Ch. 3 at 11:00)
10 Pro Football (C) (Denver Broncos at New Orleans Saints)
1:30 3 Kitty Wells (C)
2:00 3 You and the Law (C)
8 Farm Report (C)
14 Movie (To Be Announced)
19 Inside Peoria (C)
2:30 3 Film (C)
8 Nanny (C)
19 Issues and Answers (delay from 12:30)
2:40 3 Film (C)
3:00 7 Pro Football (C) (St. Louis Cardinals at Kansas City Chiefs)
8 Young Rebels (C) (one-week delay from 6PM)
14 Film (C)
19 To Be Announced
3:15 19 Film (Hunting) (C)
3:30 3 Championship Bowling (C)
4-31 Pro Football (C) (St. Louis Cardinals at Kansas City Chiefs) (presumably joined in progress at the network
level following the 1PM game)
19 Outdoor Newsreel (C)
4:00 3 World of Disney (C): "Snow Bear," Conclusion (from NBC; at least a two-week delay from 6:30PM)
6-20 Drag Racing (C) (Inaugural Supernational Drag Races at Ontario Motor Speedway)
8 Movie (C): "The Far Horizons" (1955) (obvious misprint in TVG says this movie is from 1911!)
10 Ozarkland Jamboree (C)
14 Movie (To Be Announced)
19 Movie: "The Errand Boy" (1961)
4:30 10-25 Eternal Light (C)
5:00 3 Bonanza (C) (from NBC; at least a one or two-week delay from 8PM)
5:30 10-25 NBC Nightly News (C)
Evening
6:00 3-14-19 Young Rebels (C)
4-7-31 Lassie (C) (TVG indicates that Ch. 31 aired a different episode than Chs. 4 and 7...not sure why that
would be, unless a misprint)
6 College Football Highlights (C)
8 Judd (C)
10-20-25 Wild Kingdom
6:30 4-7-31 Hogan's Heroes (C)
6-10-20-25 World of Disney (C): Movie: "Monkeys Go Home," Conclusion (1967)
7:00 3-8-14-19 FBI (C)
4-7-31 Ed Sullivan (C) ("A Tribute to Richard Rodgers")
7:30 6-10-20-25 Bill Cosby (C)
8:00 3-14 ABC Sunday Night Movie (C): "Rough Night in Jericho" (1967)
4-7-31 Glen Campbell (C) (Guests: Eddy Arnold, comics Sheky Green and Don Rice III, and Sunday's Child)
6-10-20-25 Bonanza (C)
8 Movie (C): "The Naked Jungle" (1954)
19 Movie (C): "Some Came Running" (1958)
9:00 4-7 Tim Conway (C)
6-10-20-25 Bold Ones (C)
31 It Takes a Thief (C)
10:00 3 ABC News (Bill Beutel) (C)
4-6-7-8-10-14-20-25-31 News, Weather, Sports (C)
10:15 3 News (Ken Sylvester) (C)
4 CBS Sunday Night News (C) (delay from 10:00)
10:20 6 Movie (C): "PT 109" (1962)
19 News, Weather, Sports (C)
10:30 4 At Issue (Don Wooten) (C)
7 CBS Sunday Night News (C) (delay from 10:00)
8 Movie: "Behind the High Wall" (1956) (ABC News follows)
10-25 Johnny Carson (C)
14 Ginny Scott (C)
20 Movie: "The Man in the Net" (1959)
31 Merv Griffin (C) (Guest: Jack L. Warner) (delay from Friday 10:30PM)
10:45 3 Movie (C): "Counterpoint" (1968)
7 Run for Your Life (C)
14 Movie (To Be Announced)
10:50 19 Movie (C): " The War of the Worlds" (1953) (ABC News follows)
11:45 7 Weather and News (C)
12:00 10 Weather (C)
25 Art Instruction (C)
31 News (C)
12:10 31 That's All (C)
(C) Indicates color program.
Rock Island
4 WHBF-TV (CBS)
Quincy
7 KHQA-TV (CBS)
10 WGEM (NBC)
Peoria
19 WIRL-TV (ABC) (now WHOI)
25 WEEK-TV (NBC)
31 WMBD-TV (CBS)
Moline
8 WQAD-TV (ABC)
Jacksonville
14 WJJY-TV (ABC) (defunct)
Springfield
20 WICS (NBC) (now ABC)
Ottumwa
3 KTVO-TV (ABC, CBS, NBC) (now exclusively ABC with a CBS subchannel)
Davenport
6 WOC-TV (NBC) (now KWQC)
For Programs on 35 LaSalle, see 25
For Programs on 71 LaSalle-Peru, see 31
Morning
6:45 7 Sacred Heart (C)
6:55 19 Somebody Loves You (C)
7:00 7 This Is the Life (C)
8 Midwest Sportsman
10 The Answer (C)
19 Christophers (C)
20 Conversations of 1970 (C)
7:30 3-4-7 Revival Fires (C)
8 Gospel Singing (C)
10 Modern Almanac (C)
19 Rex Humbard (C)
20 Consultation (C)
31 Mass for Shut-Ins (C)
8:00 3 Herald of Truth (C)
4-31 Tom & Jerry (C)
6 Hi Jerry (C)
7 Rex Humbard (C)
8 Dialogue (C)
10 Consultation (C)
14 Lester Family (C)
20 Education Today (C)
8:15 25 Sacred Heart (C) (not another listing for Ch. 25 until 9:45)
8:30 3 Country Gospel Time (C)
4-31 Penelope Pitstop (C)
6 Our Wonderful World (C)
8 Project 8 (Lee Harley)
10 Oral Roberts (C)
14 Smokey Bear (C)
19 Chapel Vision (C)
20 Herald of Truth (C)
9:00 4-7-31 Lamp unto My Feet (C)
6 Uncle Waldo (C)
8-14 Jonny Quest (C)
10 Mass for Shut-Ins (C)
19 Oral Roberts (C)
20 Faith for Today (C)
9:25 6 Rocky and His Friends (C)
9:30 3 Gospel Light (C)
4-7-31 Look Up and Live (C)
8-14-19 Cattanooga Cats (C)
10 Cartoon Carnival (C)
20 Movie: "The Sea Wolf" (1941)
9:45 25 Sacred Heart (C)
9:50 6 Underdog (C)
10:00 3-25 Children's Gospel Hour (C)
4-7 Camera Three (C)
8-10 Skippy
14-19 Bullwinkle (C)
31 Religious Resources (C)
10:15 6 Conversation (C)
10:30 3 Lester Family (C)
4 Oral Roberts (C)
6 Worship Service (C) (no denomination given)
7 Tom & Jerry (C) (delay from 8:00)
8-10-19 Notre Dame Highlights (C)
14 Discovery (C)
25 The Story (C)
31 Patterns for Living (C)
11:00 3 College Football 1970 (C)
4-25 This Is the Life (C)
6 Kaleidoscope (C)
7 Penelope Pitstop (C) (delay from 8:30)
14 Church Service (Baptist) (C)
31 Camera Three (C) (delay from 10:00)
11:15 14 This Is the Life (C)
20 Davey and Goliath (C)
11:30 4-31 Face the Nation (C) (delay from 10:30)
6-10-20-25 Meet the Press (C)
7 Pre-Game Show (C)
8 Like It Is (C)
19 Faith for Today (C)
11:45 14 Church Service (Lutheran) (C)
Afternoon
12:00 3 Film (C)
4 Outdoor Newsreel (C)
6 World in Color (C)
7 Pro Football (C) (Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins)
8 All-Star Wrestling (C)
10 Paul Harvey (C)
14 Directions (C)
19 Herald of Truth (C)
20 Portrait (Lee Marvin) (C)
31 Death Valley Days (C)
12:05 10 TV Party Line (C)
12:15 3 Showcase III (C)
12:30 3-14 Issues and Answers (C)
4-31 Pre-Game Show (C)
19 Day of Discovery (C)
1:00 3 U.S. Farm Report (C)
4-31 Pro Football (C) (Green Bay Packers vs. Minnesota Vikings)
6-20-25 Pro Football (C) (Buffalo Bills at Chicago Bears)
8-14-19 College Football 1970 (C) (not sure if this is syndicated or ABC; same as Ch. 3 at 11:00)
10 Pro Football (C) (Denver Broncos at New Orleans Saints)
1:30 3 Kitty Wells (C)
2:00 3 You and the Law (C)
8 Farm Report (C)
14 Movie (To Be Announced)
19 Inside Peoria (C)
2:30 3 Film (C)
8 Nanny (C)
19 Issues and Answers (delay from 12:30)
2:40 3 Film (C)
3:00 7 Pro Football (C) (St. Louis Cardinals at Kansas City Chiefs)
8 Young Rebels (C) (one-week delay from 6PM)
14 Film (C)
19 To Be Announced
3:15 19 Film (Hunting) (C)
3:30 3 Championship Bowling (C)
4-31 Pro Football (C) (St. Louis Cardinals at Kansas City Chiefs) (presumably joined in progress at the network
level following the 1PM game)
19 Outdoor Newsreel (C)
4:00 3 World of Disney (C): "Snow Bear," Conclusion (from NBC; at least a two-week delay from 6:30PM)
6-20 Drag Racing (C) (Inaugural Supernational Drag Races at Ontario Motor Speedway)
8 Movie (C): "The Far Horizons" (1955) (obvious misprint in TVG says this movie is from 1911!)
10 Ozarkland Jamboree (C)
14 Movie (To Be Announced)
19 Movie: "The Errand Boy" (1961)
4:30 10-25 Eternal Light (C)
5:00 3 Bonanza (C) (from NBC; at least a one or two-week delay from 8PM)
5:30 10-25 NBC Nightly News (C)
Evening
6:00 3-14-19 Young Rebels (C)
4-7-31 Lassie (C) (TVG indicates that Ch. 31 aired a different episode than Chs. 4 and 7...not sure why that
would be, unless a misprint)
6 College Football Highlights (C)
8 Judd (C)
10-20-25 Wild Kingdom
6:30 4-7-31 Hogan's Heroes (C)
6-10-20-25 World of Disney (C): Movie: "Monkeys Go Home," Conclusion (1967)
7:00 3-8-14-19 FBI (C)
4-7-31 Ed Sullivan (C) ("A Tribute to Richard Rodgers")
7:30 6-10-20-25 Bill Cosby (C)
8:00 3-14 ABC Sunday Night Movie (C): "Rough Night in Jericho" (1967)
4-7-31 Glen Campbell (C) (Guests: Eddy Arnold, comics Sheky Green and Don Rice III, and Sunday's Child)
6-10-20-25 Bonanza (C)
8 Movie (C): "The Naked Jungle" (1954)
19 Movie (C): "Some Came Running" (1958)
9:00 4-7 Tim Conway (C)
6-10-20-25 Bold Ones (C)
31 It Takes a Thief (C)
10:00 3 ABC News (Bill Beutel) (C)
4-6-7-8-10-14-20-25-31 News, Weather, Sports (C)
10:15 3 News (Ken Sylvester) (C)
4 CBS Sunday Night News (C) (delay from 10:00)
10:20 6 Movie (C): "PT 109" (1962)
19 News, Weather, Sports (C)
10:30 4 At Issue (Don Wooten) (C)
7 CBS Sunday Night News (C) (delay from 10:00)
8 Movie: "Behind the High Wall" (1956) (ABC News follows)
10-25 Johnny Carson (C)
14 Ginny Scott (C)
20 Movie: "The Man in the Net" (1959)
31 Merv Griffin (C) (Guest: Jack L. Warner) (delay from Friday 10:30PM)
10:45 3 Movie (C): "Counterpoint" (1968)
7 Run for Your Life (C)
14 Movie (To Be Announced)
10:50 19 Movie (C): " The War of the Worlds" (1953) (ABC News follows)
11:45 7 Weather and News (C)
12:00 10 Weather (C)
25 Art Instruction (C)
31 News (C)
12:10 31 That's All (C)