Author Topic: Retro:Game Shows/Cleveland TV Guide (Read 8018 times)

Tim L · « **on:** October 10, 2004, 10:46:52 PM »

Some of you are aware of the website Radio-info.com which has many message boards about broadcasting of various types. They have started a "Classic TV" board which has a number of "Retro" Schedules of stations in a Market on a given day or time period.
I thought I would carry this idea over to The Forums here to see if there might be any interest..Take a particular day and point out the Game Shows from that day with celebrity panels, if available.

July 23, 1975

Stations
Cleveland
3 NBC
5 ABC
8 CBS
25 PBS
43 IND.

Youngstown
21 NBC
27 CBS
33 ABC
45 PBS (Alliance, Ohio)

Toledo
11 CBS
13 NBC
(24 ABC Not listed)

Akron
23 ABC

Canton
17 Ind.

Columbus
4 NBC
6 ABC
10 CBS
34 PBS

Erie
12 NBC
24 ABC
35 CBS
54 PBS

Wheeling W. Va./Steubenville, Ohio
7 NBC
9 CBS-The Cleveland TV Guide was especially large at this time

9:30 AM

11 27 Musical Chairs-Adam Wade
Dionne Warwick:Marilyn Michaels, The Tokens

12 What's My Line-Larry Blyden
Arlene Francis Werner Klemperer Soupy Sales, Marcia Rodd

13 Jackpot!

10AM
4 7 12 13 21 Celebrity Sweepstakes-Jim McKrell
Gavin McLeod, Bo Donaldson, Mitzi McCall Dick Martin Buddy Hackett Carol Wayne

5 Showoffs Bobby Van
Sally Stuthers, Orson Bean, Stubby Kaye Marcia Wallace

10:30
3 4 7 12 13 21 Wheel Of Fortune-Woolery

8 9 10 11 27 35 Gambit-Martindale

11AM
3 4 7 12 13 21 High Rollers-Alex Trebek

5 You Don't Say!-Kennedy
Abby Dalton, Linda Kaye Henning, Pat Harrington, Alex Karras

8 9 10 11 27 35 Tattletales-Bert Convy
William Shatner/Marcy Lafferty Barbara Stuart/Dick Gautier Larry Coates/Conny Van Dyke

11:30 3 4 7 12 13 21 Hollywood Squares-Marshall
Richard Crenna Rose Marie Leslie Uggams Florence Henderson Gabe Kaplan Karen Grassle Marty Allen George Gobel Paul Lynde

Noon
3 12 21 Magnificient Marble Machine-Art James
Vicki Lawrence Robert Reed

23 24 33 Showoffs
Same as 10 AM on Channel 5

12:30
3 7 12 21 Jackpot!

1PM
3 Celebrity Sweepstakes
Same as 10 AM on other NBC Channels

7 Magnificient Marble Machine
Same as Noon On 3 12 21

1:30
5 6 23 24 33 Lets Make A Deal-Monty Hall

2PM
5 6 23 24 33 $10,000 Pyramid-Clark
Lainie Kazan, Soupy Sales

2:30
5 6 23 24 33 Rhyme And Reason-Bob Eubanks
Jamie Farr, Dick Sargent, Meredith MacRae, Jessica Walter,Kaye Stevens, Nipsey Russell

3PM
8 9 10 11 27 35 Price Is Right-Barker

3:30
8 9 10 11 27 35 Match Game-Rayburn
JoAnn Pflug, Bert Convy, Joyce Bulifant Charles Nelson Reilly Richard Dawson, Brett Somers

4PM
8 9 35 Musical Chairs
Same as 9am 11 27

23 24 You Dont Say!
Same As 11AM on Channel 5

4:30
3 Diamond Head-Bob Eubanks
35 New Dating Game

6PM
12 To Tell The Truth Garry Moore
Alan Alda, Bill Cullen Vogue Editor Shirley Lord, Peggy Cass

7PM
5 To Tell The Truth
Nipsey Russell, Kitty Carlisle, Bill Cullen, Peggy Cass

13 What's My Line?
Arlene Francis, Soupy Sales, actress Carole Shelley Film Critic Leonard Harris

7:30
3 Jeopardy!Art Fleming

5 $25,000 Pyramid-Cullen

Joan Rivers, Tony Randall

8 Treasure Hunt-Geoff Edwards

9 12 Price Is Right-Dennis James

27 To Tell The Truth (No Panel Listed)

(Sorry For The post length-usually there would be fewer stations to list)

I hope that beings back a few memories..Just something I thought I'd Try..Let me know your thoughts

Tim Lones

brianhenke · « **Reply #1 on:** October 11, 2004, 02:14:02 AM »

[quote name=\'Tim L\' date=\'Oct 10 2004, 09:46 PM\']Some of you are aware of the website Radio-info.com which has many message boards about broadcasting of various types. They have started a "Classic TV" board which has a number of "Retro" Schedules of stations in a Market on a given day or time period.
I thought I would carry this idea over to The Forums here to see if there might be any interest..Take a particular day and point out the Game Shows from that day with celebrity panels, if available.

July 23, 1975

Tim Lones

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I can tell you I was in Florida that day. We went seemingly everywhere that week in July 1975 - Disney World (it rained), Kennedy Space Center (the day the Apollo-Soyuz rendezvous ship returned to Earth after docking with its Soviet counterpart), Marineland, etc. - and I was based in Jacksonville that week. Obviously, game shows were out of my mind at that time.

Brian

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Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #2 on:** October 11, 2004, 02:37:50 AM »

The TPIR was the Dennis James version. I have a TVG from Western Ontario which I purchased in Sarnia, Ontario from April 75 which has a similar treasure trove, with listings for Cleveland, Toledo and Detroit plus the Canadian markets with listings for CTV and Global plus Channel 11 from Hamilton, ON, which was an indie with lots of game shows.

Tim L · « **Reply #3 on:** October 11, 2004, 11:29:19 AM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Oct 11 2004, 02:37 AM\']The TPIR was the Dennis James version. I have a TVG from Western Ontario which I purchased in Sarnia, Ontario from April 75 which has a similar treasure trove, with listings for Cleveland, Toledo and Detroit plus the Canadian markets with listings for CTV and Global plus Channel 11 from Hamilton, ON, which was an indie with lots of game shows.

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Jimmy:
Thanks for the Clarification on the Dennis James TPIR...For those who might notice such things, the actual date of these listings is Wednesday, July 23, 1975..When I started this I put the incorrect date in the thread title..and I Can't edit that as far as I know..

Tim Lones

The Pyramids · « **Reply #4 on:** October 11, 2004, 01:56:15 PM »

At an antique store I came accross some old issues of the local the television magazine came with the Sunday paper.

As usual, game shows rulled from 9AM to 3pm, both network and syndicated.

In the half hour before primetime, the NBC affilate ran a local show callled 'Newsbeat.' The CBS station ran the daily 'To Tell the Truth.' The ABC station had a 'wheel' of shows every week that consited of the various weekly syndicated shows that included 'TPIR', "Hollywood Squares,' 'LMAD' and more.

On Saturday evenings before prime time both 'Match Game PM' and the 'The 25,000 Pyramid' came on.

As an aside after the late news one of the independent stations ran 'The Honeymooners' and probably did okay. The rest of the stations otherwise surrended to 'The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson' and just ran movies.

That same station probably did well for itself on Saturday evenings when it ran two conscutive reruns of 'Star Trek'.

I was just five at the time. From that time I have memories of 'TPIR' and 'Match Game' and dim recollections of Monty Hall, the Hollywood Sqaure board and the Wheel of Fortune.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #5 on:** October 11, 2004, 02:08:45 PM »

[quote name=\'Tim L\' date=\'Oct 11 2004, 11:29 AM\']For those who might notice such things, the actual date of these listings is Wednesday, July 23, 1975..When I started this I put the incorrect date in the thread title..and I Can't edit that as far as I know..[/quote]
...yeah, but I can!

Tim L · « **Reply #6 on:** October 11, 2004, 02:16:25 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Oct 11 2004, 02:08 PM\'][quote name=\'Tim L\' date=\'Oct 11 2004, 11:29 AM\']For those who might notice such things, the actual date of these listings is Wednesday, July 23, 1975..When I started this I put the incorrect date in the thread title..and I Can't edit that as far as I know..[/quote]
...yeah, but I can!

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And it is much appreciated!

Jay Temple · « **Reply #7 on:** October 11, 2004, 11:40:10 PM »

Thanks for the walk down memory lane. Was there a better time for a kid who loves game shows to be on summer vacation?

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #8 on:** October 12, 2004, 01:10:38 AM »

I think the best time was early June of 75, you had TJW, NYSI, TBS, SS, MM and Password plus Blank Check and Blankety Blanks which, IMO was a better slate than the one in late July.

Ian Wallis · « **Reply #9 on:** October 12, 2004, 09:22:10 AM »

One thing I enjoy about my back collection of TVGuides are all the old game show listings (sometimes I wish there was such a thing as a time machine - I'd go back and tape them all!) It's interesting that in the East, 9:30 a.m. was quite a popular slot for network games (the actual network schedules didn't start until 10).

Most of the time a show which aired at 12 noon, or 4 p.m. would turn up there on a one-day tape delay. Maybe the particular station didn't take the show live, but at least they aired it!

aaron sica · « **Reply #10 on:** October 12, 2004, 10:29:18 AM »

[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Oct 12 2004, 09:22 AM\']One thing I enjoy about my back collection of TVGuides are all the old game show listings (sometimes I wish there was such a thing as a time machine - I'd go back and tape them all!) It's interesting that in the East, 9:30 a.m. was quite a popular slot for network games (the actual network schedules didn't start until 10).

Most of the time a show which aired at 12 noon, or 4 p.m. would turn up there on a one-day tape delay. Maybe the particular station didn't take the show live, but at least they aired it!

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WCAU in Philadelphia typically did this....9:30 a.m. was home to "Tattletales", "Body Language", and "Press Your Luck".......WHP in Harrisburg, however, slotted PYL at 4:30 in the afternoon once Eubanks CS premiered.....

zachhoran · « **Reply #11 on:** October 12, 2004, 10:36:57 AM »

Aaron S. wrote:

WCAU in Philadelphia typically did this....9:30 a.m. was home to "Tattletales", "Body Language", and "Press Your Luck".......WHP in Harrisburg, however, slotted PYL at 4:30 in the afternoon once Eubanks CS premiered.....

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Zach wrote:

KDKA in Pittsburgh aired 80's Tattletales and Body Language at 9:30AM EST but replaced the 9-10AM shows with Hart to Hart once Eubanks CS premiered, thus no longer airing PYL when the time slot changed. Pittsburghers who got WTRF in Wheeling could see PYL in 1986 at 5PM EST.

Don Howard · « **Reply #12 on:** October 12, 2004, 10:42:21 AM »

During the 1970s, when I lived in that area, the ABC affiliate in Washington would show the previous weekday's 4pm CBS show at 9:30am. Because of this, I was able to enjoy Adam Wade's hosting debut.

aaron sica · « **Reply #13 on:** October 12, 2004, 10:53:58 AM »

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Oct 12 2004, 10:42 AM\']During the 1970s, when I lived in that area, the ABC affiliate in Washington would show the previous weekday's 4pm CBS show at 9:30am. Because of this, I was able to enjoy Adam Wade's hosting debut.

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From some of my TV Guides, Don is definitely right - 7 (Washington's ABC) also aired "Gambit" and "Tattletales" as well....

Along those same lines, I have 9 (Washington's CBS) not showing TPiR on their schedule as late as at least 1980....

Jay Temple · « **Reply #14 on:** October 12, 2004, 09:17:27 PM »

[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Oct 12 2004, 08:22 AM\'](sometimes I wish there was such a thing as a time machine - I'd go back and tape them all!)

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I've been thinking nearly the same thing. My plan: Travel back to 1973. Once I've convinced my parents that I'm their son from the future, I can probably persuade them to let me tape The $xx,000 Pyramid from now until 1980. From their perspective, I'm bringing a new tape in every other week. From my perspective, I'm covering several months per Saturday. Tivo isn't feasible, but converting them to DVD afterward certainly is. And the first time I do it, I'll have the answer to the great question: When Rob Reiner gave away the first $10,000, was it the very first trip to the Winner's Circle or not?

When I asked whether there was a better time, I was referring to summer 1975 as a whole.