There's a real similarity between these stations and those which I grew up with in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Our Channel 4 was a CBS affiliate, and so is their's. Our Channel 5 was an NBC affiliate; so is their's. Our Channel 11 is an independent - guess what? We had Channel 2 and Channel 9 as main stations, but our Channel 2 belonged to PBS, while here it's ABC. Our Channel 9 was ABC; here it's PBS. So it's the same, but different. Anyway, let's see what these stations have to offer.
KTVI, Channel 2 (ABC) | ||
Morning | ||
06:30a | Kidsworld | |
07:00a | Good Morning America | |
09:00a | Phil Donahue (guest Marlo Thomas) | |
10:00a | Family Feud | |
10:30a | Happy Days | |
11:00a | Don Ho | |
11:30a | Ryan’s Hope | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | News (local) | |
12:30p | All My Children | |
01:00p | The $20,000 Pyramid (guests John Schuck, Jo Anne Worley) | |
01:30p | One Life to Live | |
02:15p | General Hospital | |
03:00p | The Edge of Night | |
03:30p | The Partridge Family | |
04:00p | ABC Afterschool Special | |
05:00p | News (local) | |
05:30p | ABC Evening News With Harry Reasoner and Barbara Walters | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | The $25,000 Pyramid (guests Lee Meriwether, John Schuck) | |
06:30p | To Tell the Truth (panelists Nipsey Russell, Peggy Cass, Charles Nelson Reilly, Kitty Carlisle) | |
07:00p | Wonder Woman | |
08:00p | Baretta | |
09:00p | Charlie’s Angels | |
10:00p | News (local) | |
10:30p | The Rookies | |
11:40p | Mystery of the Week | |
01:10a | Peter Gunn (B&W) | |
01:40a | Perception | |
KMOX, Channel 4 (CBS) | ||
Morning | ||
05:35a | News (local) | |
05:45a | People Speak | |
06:00a | PS 4 | |
06:30a | Sunrise Semester (Teaching the Learning Disabled) | |
07:00a | CBS Morning News (Bruce Morton, Hughes Rudd) | |
08:00a | Captain Kangaroo (guest Alan Arkin) | |
09:00a | The Price is Right | |
10:00a | Double Dare | |
10:30a | Love of Life | |
10:55a | CBS News (Douglas Edwards) | |
11:00a | The Young and the Restless | |
11:30a | Search for Tomorrow | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | Tattletales (guests Martin and Judy Millner, Ken Dudney and Barbara Mandrell, Bobby Van and Elaine Joyce) | |
12:30p | As the World Turns | |
01:30p | The Guiding Light | |
02:00p | All in the Family | |
02:30p | Match Game (guests Bill Daily, Richard Dawson, Elaine Joyce, Charles Nelson Reilly, Brett Somers, Betty White) | |
03:00p | Mike Douglas (guests Doc Severinsen, David Soul, Earl Holliman, David Lander) | |
04:00p | Dinah! (guests Mary Tyler Moore, Valerie Harper, David Groh, Julie Kavner) | |
05:00p | News (local) | |
05:30p | CBS Evening News With Walter Cronkite | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | News (local) | |
06:30p | Bobby Vinton (guests Phyllis Diller, Gabe Kaplan, Rene Simard) | |
07:00p | Monte Carlo Circus Festival (special) | |
08:00p | Movie – “A Man Called Horse” | |
10:20p | News (local) | |
10:50p | Movie – “The FBI Story: The FBI vs. Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One” | |
12:50a | People Speak | |
01:05a | The Name of the Game | |
02:35a | News (local) | |
03:05a | Movie – “The Geisha Boy” | |
I've always had a fondness for KMOX - not from television, but radio. You see, when I lived in the World's Worst Town™, the clear-channel KMOX was one of the stations I could bring in, so I was treated to Jack Buck calling the Cardinals games, a very young Bob Costas (before he became so full of himself) doing call-in shows, and the odd basketball game featuring the Spirits of St. Louis. Good times.
KSD, Channel 5 (NBC) | ||
Morning | ||
06:30a | Focus Your World | |
07:00a | Today | |
09:00a | Sanford and Son | |
09:30a | The Hollywood Squares (guests George Gobel, Gabe Kaplan, Paul Lynde, Karen Valentine, Marcia Wallace, Richard Anderson, Pearl Bailey, John Byner, Robert Fuller) | |
10:00a | Wheel of Fortune | |
10:30a | Shoot for the Stars (guests Tony Randall, Lynn Redgrave) | |
11:00a | Name That Tune | |
11:30a | Lovers and Friends | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | News (local) | |
12:30p | Days of Our Lives | |
01:30p | The Doctors | |
02:00p | Another World | |
03:00p | Merv Griffin (guests Richard Hatch, Ronnie Schell, Rick Moses) | |
04:00p | The Big Valley | |
05:00p | News (local) | |
05:30p | NBC Nightly News With John Chancellor and David Brinkley | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | News (local) | |
06:30p | Newsbeat (Dick Ford/John Auble) | |
07:00p | Grizzly Adams | |
08:00p | CPO Sharkey | |
08:30p | McLean Stevenson | |
09:00p | Tales of the Unexpected | |
10:00p | News (local) | |
10:30p | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (guests Tony Bennett, Joey Heatherton, Thalassa Cruso) | |
12:00a | Tomorrow (guest James Dickey) | |
KSD is now known as KSDK, and was the first television station in Missouri. Like so many other NBC affiliates, it was also the first to broadcast in color. Unfortunately, the NBC programs they broadcast in 1977 aren't much worth watching, color or not. I think, although I'm not sure, Grizzly Adams was the longest running of the programs on tonight, although it could have been CPO Sharkey. It sure wasn't The McLean Stevenson Show.
KETC, Channel 9 (PBS) | ||
Morning | ||
06:30a | Captioned ABC Evening News | |
07:00a | Lilias, Yoga and You | |
07:30a | Technology | |
Afternoon | ||
03:00p | Sesame Street | |
04:00p | Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood | |
04:30p | The Electric Company | |
05:00p | Sesame Street | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | The Electric Company | |
06:30p | Zoom | |
07:00p | Nova | |
08:00p | Childhood (debut) | |
09:00p | Documentary Showcase | |
10:00p | Chris Moore | |
10:30p | Movie – “Richard III” | |
12:00a | St. Louis Sings | |
KPLR, Channel 11 (Ind.) | ||
Morning | ||
06:00a | News (local) | |
06:30a | Bozo’s Big Top | |
07:00a | The Lone Ranger (B&W) | |
07:30a | Popeye/Bugs Bunny | |
08:00a | George and Friends | |
08:30a | The Flintstones | |
09:00a | Andy Griffith (B&W) | |
09:30a | I Love Lucy (B&W) | |
10:00a | The Lucy Show | |
10:30a | Dick Van Dyke (B&W) | |
11:00a | Not For Women Only | |
11:30a | The Gong Show | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | The Jetsons | |
12:30p | Lassie | |
01:00p | Movie – “Come Back, Little Sheba” (B&W) | |
03:00p | The Flintstones | |
03:30p | The Archies | |
04:00p | Gilligan’s Island (B&W) | |
04:30p | Gomer Pyle, USMC | |
05:00p | Bewitched | |
05:30p | Emergency One! | |
Evening | ||
06:30p | Hogan’s Heroes | |
07:00p | Gunsmoke | |
08:00p | Ironside | |
09:00p | Love, American Style | |
09:30p | News (local) | |
10:00p | Cross-Wits (guests Bill Cullen, Fannie Flagg, Elaine Joyce, Rick Hurst) | |
10:30p | Movie – “The Mountain” | |
01:00a | News (local) | |
01:30a | Good Day! (guest David Toma) | |
KDNL, Channel 30 (Ind.) | ||
Morning | ||
07:00a | Popeye | |
07:30a | The Little Rascals (B&W) | |
08:00a | Ultra Man | |
08:30a | Underdog | |
09:00a | I Dream of Jeannie | |
09:30a | Financial Reports | |
10:30a | 700 Club | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | Financial Reports | |
03:00p | Popeye | |
03:30p | Spiderman | |
04:00p | Aquaman, Batman and Superman | |
04:30p | Superman (B&W) | |
05:00p | My Three Sons | |
05:30p | The Brady Bunch | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | The Brady Bunch | |
06:30p | Adam-12 | |
07:00p | Maverick (B&W) | |
08:00p | Movie – “The Wheeler Dealers” | |
10:00p | Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman | |
10:30p | Star Trek | |
11:30p | The 700 Club | |