WRFT/27 was the "other" ABC affiliate for the Roanoke/Lynchburg
market in the early '70s (along with ABC's oldest affiliate south of
Washington, DC: WLVA (WSET)/13, which had some coverage problems
given the mountainous terrain). I'm not sure how long WRFT lasted;
today it's Fox affiliate WFXR. Nevertheless, here's a week of their
programming from 1971. From TV Guide, Central Virginia Edition:
SATURDAY 9 AM Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
10 AM Will The Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down?
10:30 Here Come The Doubledeckers
11 AM Hot Wheels
11:30 Sky Hawks
12 N Motor Mouse
12:30 Hardy Boys
1 PM Opportunity Line (pre-empts "American Bandstand")
1:15 Holiday
1:30 Movies: "Enemy Agent" and "Chinatown Squad"
3:30 Pro Bowlers Tour (on this Saturday, the Denver Open)
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (International Grand Prix Motocross,
International Ski Jumping Championship)
6:30 Upbeat
7:30 Arthur Godfrey's America (the environmental threat
to the Everglades)
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 The Most Deadly Game
10:30 America Sings
11 PM ABC News
11:15 Movies: "Pillow Of Death" and "Son Of Dracula"
sign off approximately 12:45 AM
SUNDAY 10 AM Jonny Quest
10:30 Cattanooga Cats
11 AM not given, may have been a church service
12 N America Sings
12:30 Discovery (delay from 11:30 AM)
1 PM Golden Years
1:30 Issues And Answers
2 PM Underway For Peace (NBC has the Super Bowl, so
ABC is not programming this afternoon)
2:30 Quest For Adventure
3 PM Big Picture
3:30 Perspective
4 PM Across The Fence
4:30 Herald Of Truth
5 PM Profiles Of Progress
5:30 Faith For Today
6 PM Discourse
6:30 Christophers
6:45 Sacred Heart
7 PM Film
8 PM The FBI
9 PM ABC Movie: "Waterhole No. 3"
11 PM ABC News
sign off 11:15 PM
MONDAY-FRIDAY
11 AM Bewitched (day-behind)
11:30 That Girl
12 N Film
12:30 A World Apart
1 PM All My Children
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 Dating Game
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 One Life To Live
4 PM Film (pre-empts "Dark Shadows")
4:30 Ebb And Andy (local variety show)
5:30 Rainbow Theatre
6 PM ABC News (Smith/Reasoner)
6:30 Quest For Adventure (are these the same people
who owned Ch. 40 Anderson, SC?
MONDAY 7 PM Mike Dobbins (somebody local, don't know who)
7:30 Let's Make A Deal
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 The Reel Game (Jack Barry's last short-lived comeback
show; next for him is "The Joker's Wild")
9 PM ABC Movie: "Cat Ballou"
11 PM Movie Game (this week's guests are Ann Blyth, Abby Dalton,
Glenn Ford, and James Franciscus)
11:30 Dick Cavett (guests: Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson,
conductor Michael Tilson Thomas)
TUESDAY 7 PM Vital Hours
7:30 Mod Squad
8:30 ABC Movie: "Dr. Cook's Garden" (Bing Crosby in a suspense
drama about a small town where bad people die before their
time and good people live longer--like the flowers in Dr. Cook's
garden.)
10 PM Marcus Welby, M.D.
11 PM Movie Game
11:30 Dick Cavett (guests: the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
WEDNESDAY
7 PM Film
7:30 Courtship Of Eddie's Father
8 PM Room 222
8:30 The Smith Family (premiere of Henry Fonda's series
about the working and home life of a cop)
9 PM Johnny Cash
10 PM Young Lawyers
11 PM Movie Game
11:30 Dick Cavett (Ben Gazzara, rock group the Brothers Kane)
THURSDAY
7 PM Discourse (local discussion program)
7:30 Alias Smith And Jones (premiere)
8:30 Bewitched (Imogene Coca plays the tooth fairy)
9 PM Make Room For Granddaddy (Lucille Ball in her "Here's
Lucy" role of Lucy Carter joins Danny Thomas.)
9:30 Dan August
10:30 Film
11 PM Movie Game
11:30 Dick Cavett (Paul Jones and Jeremy Clyde--the Jeremy
of Chad and Jeremy--from the Broadway show "Conduct
Unbecoming," opera soprano Martina Arroyo)
FRIDAY 7 PM Clinton King (local music show)
7:30 Brady Bunch
8 PM Nanny And The Professor
8:30 Partridge Family
9 PM State Of The Union Address
10 PM Love, American Style (time approximate)
11 PM Movie Game
11:30 Dick Cavett (Rep. Shirley Chisholm, Gloria Steinem)
market in the early '70s (along with ABC's oldest affiliate south of
Washington, DC: WLVA (WSET)/13, which had some coverage problems
given the mountainous terrain). I'm not sure how long WRFT lasted;
today it's Fox affiliate WFXR. Nevertheless, here's a week of their
programming from 1971. From TV Guide, Central Virginia Edition:
SATURDAY 9 AM Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
10 AM Will The Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down?
10:30 Here Come The Doubledeckers
11 AM Hot Wheels
11:30 Sky Hawks
12 N Motor Mouse
12:30 Hardy Boys
1 PM Opportunity Line (pre-empts "American Bandstand")
1:15 Holiday
1:30 Movies: "Enemy Agent" and "Chinatown Squad"
3:30 Pro Bowlers Tour (on this Saturday, the Denver Open)
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (International Grand Prix Motocross,
International Ski Jumping Championship)
6:30 Upbeat
7:30 Arthur Godfrey's America (the environmental threat
to the Everglades)
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 The Most Deadly Game
10:30 America Sings
11 PM ABC News
11:15 Movies: "Pillow Of Death" and "Son Of Dracula"
sign off approximately 12:45 AM
SUNDAY 10 AM Jonny Quest
10:30 Cattanooga Cats
11 AM not given, may have been a church service
12 N America Sings
12:30 Discovery (delay from 11:30 AM)
1 PM Golden Years
1:30 Issues And Answers
2 PM Underway For Peace (NBC has the Super Bowl, so
ABC is not programming this afternoon)
2:30 Quest For Adventure
3 PM Big Picture
3:30 Perspective
4 PM Across The Fence
4:30 Herald Of Truth
5 PM Profiles Of Progress
5:30 Faith For Today
6 PM Discourse
6:30 Christophers
6:45 Sacred Heart
7 PM Film
8 PM The FBI
9 PM ABC Movie: "Waterhole No. 3"
11 PM ABC News
sign off 11:15 PM
MONDAY-FRIDAY
11 AM Bewitched (day-behind)
11:30 That Girl
12 N Film
12:30 A World Apart
1 PM All My Children
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 Dating Game
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 One Life To Live
4 PM Film (pre-empts "Dark Shadows")
4:30 Ebb And Andy (local variety show)
5:30 Rainbow Theatre
6 PM ABC News (Smith/Reasoner)
6:30 Quest For Adventure (are these the same people
who owned Ch. 40 Anderson, SC?
MONDAY 7 PM Mike Dobbins (somebody local, don't know who)
7:30 Let's Make A Deal
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 The Reel Game (Jack Barry's last short-lived comeback
show; next for him is "The Joker's Wild")
9 PM ABC Movie: "Cat Ballou"
11 PM Movie Game (this week's guests are Ann Blyth, Abby Dalton,
Glenn Ford, and James Franciscus)
11:30 Dick Cavett (guests: Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson,
conductor Michael Tilson Thomas)
TUESDAY 7 PM Vital Hours
7:30 Mod Squad
8:30 ABC Movie: "Dr. Cook's Garden" (Bing Crosby in a suspense
drama about a small town where bad people die before their
time and good people live longer--like the flowers in Dr. Cook's
garden.)
10 PM Marcus Welby, M.D.
11 PM Movie Game
11:30 Dick Cavett (guests: the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
WEDNESDAY
7 PM Film
7:30 Courtship Of Eddie's Father
8 PM Room 222
8:30 The Smith Family (premiere of Henry Fonda's series
about the working and home life of a cop)
9 PM Johnny Cash
10 PM Young Lawyers
11 PM Movie Game
11:30 Dick Cavett (Ben Gazzara, rock group the Brothers Kane)
THURSDAY
7 PM Discourse (local discussion program)
7:30 Alias Smith And Jones (premiere)
8:30 Bewitched (Imogene Coca plays the tooth fairy)
9 PM Make Room For Granddaddy (Lucille Ball in her "Here's
Lucy" role of Lucy Carter joins Danny Thomas.)
9:30 Dan August
10:30 Film
11 PM Movie Game
11:30 Dick Cavett (Paul Jones and Jeremy Clyde--the Jeremy
of Chad and Jeremy--from the Broadway show "Conduct
Unbecoming," opera soprano Martina Arroyo)
FRIDAY 7 PM Clinton King (local music show)
7:30 Brady Bunch
8 PM Nanny And The Professor
8:30 Partridge Family
9 PM State Of The Union Address
10 PM Love, American Style (time approximate)
11 PM Movie Game
11:30 Dick Cavett (Rep. Shirley Chisholm, Gloria Steinem)
