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Retro: WLS-TV, Chicago, July 10, 1971

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Hollykinkade

Saturday, July 10, 1971
7:30 a.m.-Consultation
8:00 a.m.-Lancelot Link
9:00 a.m.-Jerry Lewis
9:30 a.m.-Doubledeckers
10:00 a.m.-Hot Wheels
10:30 a.m.-Skyhawks
11:00 a.m.-Motor Mouse
11:30 a.m.-Hardy Boys
12:00 p.m.-American Bandstand
1:00 p.m.-Black On Black
2:00 p.m.-Oiga Amigo!
2:30 p.m.-Movie-“Arena”
4:00 p.m.-Golf-British Open
5:30 p.m.-Outdoors
6:00 p.m.-News
6:30 p.m.-Lawrence Welk
7:30 p.m.-Val Doonican
8:30 p.m.-Movie (90 minutes)
10:00 p.m.-ABC News
10:30 p.m.-Movie-“Up Periscope”
12:55 a.m.-Movie-“Lovers On A Tightrope”
 
Wow! Did their Saturday mornings start late or what! I can tell you now that in July of 1971, KABC-7 in Los Angeles was on earlier in the morning on Saturdays, and I very much suspect (though we hadn't rented a Phoenix house yet) that KTVK-TV 3 was also starting earlier on that date as well.

Also, I note that the 10pm news listed was "ABC News." Usually, at that time of day, it was local news that aired that late in the evening.
 
ted chittenden said:
Also, I note that the 10pm news listed was "ABC News." Usually, at that time of day, it was local news that aired that late in the evening.
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ABC and CBS ran 15 minute late night network newscasts on Saturdays and Sundays for many years. I think they ended by sometime around the late 1980s/early 1990s. Having said that, I would've expected WLS-TV to have aired a 15 minute local newscast within that half hour. I don't think the network newscast would've run the entire half hour...
 


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