"The Mother of All TV Listings"--part 2

[Mike Stroud]

"The Mother of All Television Listings"--back in the 1960s through the 1980s, the Louisville Courier-Journal's statewide edition carried listings not only for Louisville stations, but for every TV signal that entered the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Every single state (seven in all) that borders Kentucky had a station carried in the listings. Some 33 stations appeared daily on one page. At the time, that was probably a record for any U.S. newspaper, and certainly far more than ever appeared in any one edition of TV Guide.

Here is part two, containing listings for the eastern Kentucky in-state stations for Friday, August 9, 1974. See part one for explanations and descriptions.

Program listings for Lexington, Kentucky:


WLEX (18) NBC
(now digital 39, PSIP 18)

A.M.
7:00 Today Show
9:00 Name That Tune
9:30 Winning Streak
10:00 High Rollers
10:30 Hollywood Squares
11:00 Jackpot!
11:30 Celebrity Sweepstakes
11:55 NBC News
P.M.
12:00 Noon Today--local
12:30 Jeopardy!
1:00 Days of Our Lives
1:30 The Doctors
2:00 Another World
2:30 How to Survive a Marriage
3:00 Somerset
3:30 Merv Griffin (60-minute version)
4:30 Beverly Hillbillies
5:00 WLEX News
5:30 NBC Nightly News
6:00 WLEX News
6:30 Buck Owens Ranch Show
7:00 Sanford and Son
7:30 Brian Keith Show
8:00 NBC Movie
10:00 WLEX News
10:30 Tonight Show
A.M.
12:00 Midnight Special
1:30 Take Five


WKYT (27) CBS
(now digital 13, PSIP 27)

A.M.
7:00 Captain Kangaroo
8:00 Town Talk--local
9:00 The Joker's Wild
9:30 Gambit
10:00 Now You See It
10:30 Love of Life
10:55 CBS News
11:00 The Young and the Restless
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
P.M.
12:00 WKYT News
12:30 As the World Turns
1:00 The Guiding Light
1:30 Edge of Night
2:00 The Price is Right
2:30 Match Game
3:00 Tattletales
3:30 I Dream of Jeannie
4:00 The Virginian
5:30 CBS Evening News
6:00 WKYT News
6:30 Wild Kingdom
7:00 Your Hit Parade
7:30 Good Times
8:00 CBS Movie
10:00 It Takes a Thief
11:00 WKYT News
11:30 Movie--"The Blue Angel"


WTVQ (62) ABC
(now digital 40, PSIP 36)

A.M.
8:55 In Beginning--probably local devotional
9:00 New Zoo Revue
9:30 Tennessee Tuxedo
10:00 Dick Van Dyke Show
10:30 Brady Bunch
11:00 Password
11:30 Split Second
P.M.
12:00 All My Children
12:30 Let's Make a Deal
1:00 The Newlywed Game
1:30 Girl in My Life
2:00 General Hospital
2:30 One Life to Live
3:00 The $10,000 Pyramid
3:30 The Big Valley
4:30 Get Smart
5:00 That Girl
5:30 ABC Evening News
6:00 WTVQ News
6:30 To Tell the Truth
7:00 The Six Million Dollar Man
8:30 Toma
9:30 PGA Highlights
10:00 WTVQ News
10:30 Wide World of Entertainment Special


Program listings for Hazard, Kentucky:


WKYH (57) NBC
(now WYMT, a CBS affiliate, on digital 12, PSIP 57)

A.M.
7:00 Today Show
9:00 NBC daytime until 12 p.m. (see WLEX above)
P.M.
12:00 Midday--local
12:30 NBC daytime until 3:30 p.m.
3:30 Trails West
4:00 Bullwinkle
4:30 Kid Time--probably local children's show
5:30 NBC Nightly News
6:00 WKYH News
6:30 Light in the Hills--possibly Gospel music show or local religion
7:00 NBC primetime until 10 p.m.
10:00 WKYH News
10:30 Tonight Show
A.M.
12:00 Midnight Special

 

[radiorob2.0]

4:30 Kid Time--probably local children's show

IIRC, WKYH replayed an hour of Saturday morning network cartoons each day.

 

[bpatrick]

I've always been curious about "Light In The Hills" on Ch. 57.
I know it was a religious program of some sort, and if you go
to WYMT's website, it talks about the early WKYH years and
says that Southern gospel and bluegrass shows were a big
part of the schedule in those days. I wouldn't be surprised
if this was Southern gospel and maybe (since it's only 30
minutes) a brief inspirational message. Anybody know?

On Saturdays, Ch. 57 had an hour of locally-produced
(what I assume to be) country and bluegrass called
"Jamboree."