8/12/1976
Source: Yakima Herald-Republic
CHANNELS
23 KNDO Yakima NBC
29 KIMA Yakima CBS
35 KAPP Yakima ABC
47 KYVE Yakima PBS
(No other channels were included...I checked thinking maybe KSTW or KPTV would be in there - Yakima may have not had cable at that time.)
7AM
23 Today
35 Good Morning America
7:55
29 Program Previews
8AM
29 Captain Kangaroo
8:30
35 Cartoon Time (most likely local)
9AM
23 Sanford & Son (NBC rerun)
29 The Price is Right (The show had just went to 60-minutes running time the year before)
35 Morning Moneyman Movie
"Red Skies of Montana." (1952) Richard Widmark, Jeffrey Hunter. After battling a forest fire, fireman Cliff Mason (Richard Widmark) is found wandering in a daze, unable to remember how co-worker "Pop" Miller (Joe Sawyer) died. Though an investigation clears him of any suspicion, Miller's son, Ed (Jeffrey Hunter), suspects Cliff was responsible for his father's death. Unable to remember what happened and worried he might be a coward, Cliff leads his men against several dangerous fires in an attempt to prove his courage.
9:30
23 Celebrity Sweepstakes (Just less than 2 months from the time of listing, it was cancelled by NBC)
10AM
23 Wheel of Fortune
29 Gambit
10:30
23 Hollywood Squares
29 Love of Live
10:55
29 CBS News
11AM
23 Fun Factory
29 The Young and the Restless
35 Hot Seat
11:30
23 The Gong Show
29 Search for Tomorrow
35 Family Feud
11:55
23 NBC News Report
Noon
23 Newservice Noon Report
29 Barbara Walters Show
35 $20,000 Pyramid
12:30
23 Days of Our Lives
29 As the World Turns
35 All My Children
1PM
35 Ryan's Hope
1:30
23 The Doctors
29 Guiding Light
35 One Life to Live
2PM
23 Another World
29 All in the Family (CBS rerun)
2:15
35 General Hospital
2:30
29 Match Game '76
3PM
23 Somerset
29 Tattletales
35 The Edge of Night
3:30
23 The Virginian
29 Uncle Jimmy's Clubhouse (local show)
35 Lassie
4PM
29 Mickey Mouse Club
35 The Flintstones
47 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (I suspect that KYVE likely was on the air before 4, but aired ITV programming that was not listed in the newspaper.)
4:30
29 Mike Douglas
35 Happy Days
47 Sesame Street
5PM
23 To Tell the Truth
35 Action News (39 years later, KIMA would be using the same title for their news broadcasts...)
5:30
23 NBC Nightly News
35 ABC News
47 The Electric Company
6PM
23 KNDO Newservice
29 Northwest Newsbeat
35 Family Affair
47 Zoom
6:30
23 The Merv Griffin Show
29 CBS News
35 The Mod Squad
47 Public Policy Forum
"Is Nuclear Power Safe?" Part II.
7PM
29 Gunsmoke
Kitty's conscience is torn between her sense of obligation to a man (James Daly) who saved her life and her concern for the law and Marshal Matt Dillon.
7:30
35 Let's Make a Deal
47 The Robert MacNeil Report
8PM
23 Come Into My Parlor
Special. A close-up examination of a few of the more than 20,000 varieties of spiders.
29 The Waltons
John-Boy suddenly has almost within his eager grasp the reality of being the publisher of a weekly country newspaper.
35 Welcome Back, Kotter
Mr. Kotter must cope with a runaway wife, his, a school dropout, Barbarino, and a sweathog who lets power go to his head, Washington.
47 Upstairs, Downstairs
Lady Prudence causes a small crisis in the servants quarters by committing the already overworked staff to the tea party for wounded officers.
8:30
35 What's Happening!!
Roger shirks his responsibility to baby-sit for his sister Dee and attends a party, then believes that she mysteriously disappeared.
9PM
23 NBC Thursday Night at the Movies
"Klute." [1971] This acclaimed thriller stars Jane Fonda as Bree Daniel, a New York City call girl who becomes enmeshed in an investigation into the disappearance of a business executive. Detective John Klute (Donald Sutherland) is hired to follow Daniel, and eventually begins a romance with her, but it appears that he hasn't been the only person on her trail. When it becomes clear that Daniel is being targeted, it's up to her and Klute to figure out who is after her before it's too late.
29 Hawaii Five-O
Three criminals, who are threatening to destroy the entire Hawaiian cane sugar industry, become the Five-O targets.
35 The Streets of San Francisco
Inspector Steve Keller's life is in jeopardy when he tries to protect a girl who was a witness to her boyfriend's murder.
47 The Men Who Made the Movies
"Frank Capra." Capra's enormous success in the 1930's transformed a tiny studio, Columbia Pictures, into one of the giants of the industry.
10PM
29 Barnaby Jones
A calculating young girl, who has infiltrated a social horsey set to set up burglaries for her boyfriend, decides she wants to make the arrangement permanent.
35 Harry O
Lt. Trench is taken captive and his life placed in jeopardy putting Harry Orwell on the spot as he races against the clock to save him.
10:30
47 Black Perspective on the News
11PM
23 KNDO Newservice
29 Northwest Nightbeat
35 Action News
11:30
23 The Tonight Show
29 CBS Late Movie
"Amy Prentiss: Baptism of Fire." [1974] William Shatner, Jessica Walter. First episode from the Amy Prentiss television series, which aired on NBC. Amy assumes her duties as San Francisco's first female police chief. Her first assignment: an old friend is suspected of murder, and a mad bomber is striking the city.
35 Mannix
Three attempts are made on Mannix's life within 24 hours and the only man with a motive is dead.
12:30
35 The Magician
Anthony Blake attempts to thwart the kidnappers of a singer who is appearing with him in a Las Vegas nightclub.
Source: Yakima Herald-Republic
CHANNELS
23 KNDO Yakima NBC
29 KIMA Yakima CBS
35 KAPP Yakima ABC
47 KYVE Yakima PBS
(No other channels were included...I checked thinking maybe KSTW or KPTV would be in there - Yakima may have not had cable at that time.)
7AM
23 Today
35 Good Morning America
7:55
29 Program Previews
8AM
29 Captain Kangaroo
8:30
35 Cartoon Time (most likely local)
9AM
23 Sanford & Son (NBC rerun)
29 The Price is Right (The show had just went to 60-minutes running time the year before)
35 Morning Moneyman Movie
"Red Skies of Montana." (1952) Richard Widmark, Jeffrey Hunter. After battling a forest fire, fireman Cliff Mason (Richard Widmark) is found wandering in a daze, unable to remember how co-worker "Pop" Miller (Joe Sawyer) died. Though an investigation clears him of any suspicion, Miller's son, Ed (Jeffrey Hunter), suspects Cliff was responsible for his father's death. Unable to remember what happened and worried he might be a coward, Cliff leads his men against several dangerous fires in an attempt to prove his courage.
9:30
23 Celebrity Sweepstakes (Just less than 2 months from the time of listing, it was cancelled by NBC)
10AM
23 Wheel of Fortune
29 Gambit
10:30
23 Hollywood Squares
29 Love of Live
10:55
29 CBS News
11AM
23 Fun Factory
29 The Young and the Restless
35 Hot Seat
11:30
23 The Gong Show
29 Search for Tomorrow
35 Family Feud
11:55
23 NBC News Report
Noon
23 Newservice Noon Report
29 Barbara Walters Show
35 $20,000 Pyramid
12:30
23 Days of Our Lives
29 As the World Turns
35 All My Children
1PM
35 Ryan's Hope
1:30
23 The Doctors
29 Guiding Light
35 One Life to Live
2PM
23 Another World
29 All in the Family (CBS rerun)
2:15
35 General Hospital
2:30
29 Match Game '76
3PM
23 Somerset
29 Tattletales
35 The Edge of Night
3:30
23 The Virginian
29 Uncle Jimmy's Clubhouse (local show)
35 Lassie
4PM
29 Mickey Mouse Club
35 The Flintstones
47 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (I suspect that KYVE likely was on the air before 4, but aired ITV programming that was not listed in the newspaper.)
4:30
29 Mike Douglas
35 Happy Days
47 Sesame Street
5PM
23 To Tell the Truth
35 Action News (39 years later, KIMA would be using the same title for their news broadcasts...)
5:30
23 NBC Nightly News
35 ABC News
47 The Electric Company
6PM
23 KNDO Newservice
29 Northwest Newsbeat
35 Family Affair
47 Zoom
6:30
23 The Merv Griffin Show
29 CBS News
35 The Mod Squad
47 Public Policy Forum
"Is Nuclear Power Safe?" Part II.
7PM
29 Gunsmoke
Kitty's conscience is torn between her sense of obligation to a man (James Daly) who saved her life and her concern for the law and Marshal Matt Dillon.
7:30
35 Let's Make a Deal
47 The Robert MacNeil Report
8PM
23 Come Into My Parlor
Special. A close-up examination of a few of the more than 20,000 varieties of spiders.
29 The Waltons
John-Boy suddenly has almost within his eager grasp the reality of being the publisher of a weekly country newspaper.
35 Welcome Back, Kotter
Mr. Kotter must cope with a runaway wife, his, a school dropout, Barbarino, and a sweathog who lets power go to his head, Washington.
47 Upstairs, Downstairs
Lady Prudence causes a small crisis in the servants quarters by committing the already overworked staff to the tea party for wounded officers.
8:30
35 What's Happening!!
Roger shirks his responsibility to baby-sit for his sister Dee and attends a party, then believes that she mysteriously disappeared.
9PM
23 NBC Thursday Night at the Movies
"Klute." [1971] This acclaimed thriller stars Jane Fonda as Bree Daniel, a New York City call girl who becomes enmeshed in an investigation into the disappearance of a business executive. Detective John Klute (Donald Sutherland) is hired to follow Daniel, and eventually begins a romance with her, but it appears that he hasn't been the only person on her trail. When it becomes clear that Daniel is being targeted, it's up to her and Klute to figure out who is after her before it's too late.
29 Hawaii Five-O
Three criminals, who are threatening to destroy the entire Hawaiian cane sugar industry, become the Five-O targets.
35 The Streets of San Francisco
Inspector Steve Keller's life is in jeopardy when he tries to protect a girl who was a witness to her boyfriend's murder.
47 The Men Who Made the Movies
"Frank Capra." Capra's enormous success in the 1930's transformed a tiny studio, Columbia Pictures, into one of the giants of the industry.
10PM
29 Barnaby Jones
A calculating young girl, who has infiltrated a social horsey set to set up burglaries for her boyfriend, decides she wants to make the arrangement permanent.
35 Harry O
Lt. Trench is taken captive and his life placed in jeopardy putting Harry Orwell on the spot as he races against the clock to save him.
10:30
47 Black Perspective on the News
11PM
23 KNDO Newservice
29 Northwest Nightbeat
35 Action News
11:30
23 The Tonight Show
29 CBS Late Movie
"Amy Prentiss: Baptism of Fire." [1974] William Shatner, Jessica Walter. First episode from the Amy Prentiss television series, which aired on NBC. Amy assumes her duties as San Francisco's first female police chief. Her first assignment: an old friend is suspected of murder, and a mad bomber is striking the city.
35 Mannix
Three attempts are made on Mannix's life within 24 hours and the only man with a motive is dead.
12:30
35 The Magician
Anthony Blake attempts to thwart the kidnappers of a singer who is appearing with him in a Las Vegas nightclub.