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urbanpreppie05

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« on: April 05, 2005, 02:09:35 AM »
Not trying to sound like a broken record, But I was always curious about a few things-

I remember Kennedy TPIR running at 7/7:30 weeknights on WKYC...was I right on this?

When did 70's nighttime TPIR run-and which station?

Who ran the "checkerboard" shows?

And finally, did Youngstown's three stations (at the time) run anything?
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Don Howard

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« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2005, 06:48:25 AM »
[quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' date=\'Apr 5 2005, 01:09 AM\']When did 70's nighttime TPIR run-and which station?
Who ran the "checkerboard" shows?
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Answer to the first: Saturdays at 7:30pm on TV-3.
To the second: Channel 3 from 7:30-8pm {they ran NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley at 7pm until the 6:00 edition of Action3News with Doug Adair and Mike Landess was shrunk by 30 minutes at which time the 7-7:30 slot was taken by Liars' Club in 1977}. Among the 7:30pm checkboard shows on TV-3 were Celebrity Sweepstakes, The Hollywood Squares and Wild Kingdom. Channel 5 from 7:30-8pm. To Tell The Truth ran at 7pm until 1977 when that half hour went to The Cross-Wits and in late 1978 Tic Tac Dough took the 7pm spot. Among the 7:30pm checkerboard shows on TV-5 were The $25,000 Pyramid, The $100,000 Name That Tune and The Ohio Lottery Show starring Don Webster and Barney Tremblay. Channel 8 from 7-8pm until 1977 when Bowling For Dollars starring Dick Goddard made its debut at 7:00 followed by The Joker's Wild at 7:30. Until that year, Television 8's (later TV-8 when the call letters changed from WJW to WJKW) checkboard offerings included The New Treasure Hunt, Match Game PM and The $128,000 Question.
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« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2005, 09:08:15 AM »
OMG are you from Youngstown?  I'm from Boardman!

Not sure about Kennedy's TPiR, but Davidson's NPiR94 ran at 1:30am on WUAB43 Thurs - Sat mornings.

urbanpreppie05

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« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2005, 09:53:21 AM »
[quote name=\'jmangin\' date=\'Apr 5 2005, 08:08 AM\']OMG are you from Youngstown?  I'm from Boardman!

Not sure about Kennedy's TPiR, but Davidson's NPiR94 ran at 1:30am on WUAB43 Thurs - Sat mornings.
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 Actually, Im not from Youngstown (Im from Akron) But I have friends there...and I have been to Boardman quite a bit! (YOu know, Southern Park mall and all)
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« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2005, 10:57:22 AM »
[quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' date=\'Apr 5 2005, 08:53 AM\']Southern Park mall
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ACK!  Well at least Southern Park is better than that crap-den Eastwood! :)

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« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2005, 11:52:52 AM »
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Answer to the first: Saturdays at 7:30pm on TV-3.
To the second: Channel 3 from 7:30-8pm {they ran NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley at 7pm until the 6:00 edition of Action3News with Doug Adair and Mike Landess was shrunk by 30 minutes at which time the 7-7:30 slot was taken by Liars' Club in 1977}.
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Not too long after that, Channel 3/WKYC aired the Nighttime Family Feud in the 7:30 spot once occupied by Liars Club.  And, IIRC, they were airing Liars Club reruns in the early 80s, once a week on Fridays around 5PM????  They might have been doing a late afternoon checkerboard block of game shows then, but darned if I remember the other ones.

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Among the 7:30pm checkboard shows on TV-3 were Celebrity Sweepstakes, The Hollywood Squares and Wild Kingdom. Channel 5 from 7:30-8pm. To Tell The Truth ran at 7pm until 1977 when that half hour went to The Cross-Wits and in late 1978 Tic Tac Dough took the 7pm spot. Among the 7:30pm checkerboard shows on TV-5 were The $25,000 Pyramid, The $100,000 Name That Tune and The Ohio Lottery Show starring Don Webster and Barney Tremblay.
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Add to that TV-5 checkerboard LMAD...And BTW, Barney was a lady!!!  I also think HSq was also seen on 5 for a time.

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Channel 8 from 7-8pm until 1977 when Bowling For Dollars starring Dick Goddard made its debut at 7:00 followed by The Joker's Wild at 7:30. Until that year, Television 8's (later TV-8 when the call letters changed from WJW to WJKW) checkboard offerings included The New Treasure Hunt, Match Game PM and The $128,000 Question.
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Wasn't Bowling for Dollars also on TV-8 in the late afternoon as well?  I know when BFD was on Channel 5, Don Webster hosted it in the late afternoon.  BTW, I wonder if Dick Goddard ever bowled in his life -- I can't see him doing it, maybe Don Webster though.

Include in the TV-8 checkerboard Break The Bank, The New Candid Camera Show, and The Muppet Show.  The game show checkerboard at TV-8 was wiped out the next year by "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman".  As far as MGPM, I believe TV-5 had aired all of the nighttime incarnations and was never seen on TV-8.
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« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2005, 12:22:44 PM »
[quote name=\'TimK2003\' date=\'Apr 5 2005, 10:52 AM\']Wasn't Bowling for Dollars also on TV-8 in the late afternoon as well?
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It moved to 5:30pm in 1978 to accomodate TJW's move to 7pm when Tom & Jerry took the 7:30 spot. In early 1979, BfD was canned to make way for Happy Days Again.

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« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2005, 12:58:28 PM »
[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Apr 5 2005, 11:22 AM\'][quote name=\'TimK2003\' date=\'Apr 5 2005, 10:52 AM\']Wasn't Bowling for Dollars also on TV-8 in the late afternoon as well?
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It moved to 5:30pm in 1978 to accomodate TJW's move to 7pm when Tom & Jerry took the 7:30 spot. In early 1979, BfD was canned to make way for Happy Days Again.
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Ah yes, the Tom & Jerry Cartoons!  I never heard of any other major TV station that late in the 70's air CARTOONS in their local access prime time spot!  But then again, it wasn't long after that when PM Magazine (Jim Finnerty & Cathy Brigette) took out the cat & mouse team.

A couple of years later, T&J kicked off the 9AM hour followed by reruns of the CBS run of The Joker's Wild at 9:30.  Then TJW was replaced in the 9:30 slot with Play The Percentages.

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« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2005, 01:16:53 PM »
[quote name=\'TimK2003\' date=\'Apr 5 2005, 10:52 AM\']As far as MGPM, I believe TV-5 had aired all of the nighttime incarnations and was never seen on TV-8.
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Gene Rayburn and his elongated microphone moved to WEWS-TV 5 (catch 5 and you've caught it all) in 1977.

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« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2005, 10:05:16 PM »
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Actually, Im not from Youngstown (Im from Akron) But I have friends there...and I have been to Boardman quite a bit! (YOu know, Southern Park mall and all)
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« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2005, 10:08:20 PM »
[quote name=\'TimK2003\' date=\'Apr 5 2005, 11:58 AM\'][quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Apr 5 2005, 11:22 AM\'][quote name=\'TimK2003\' date=\'Apr 5 2005, 10:52 AM\']Wasn't Bowling for Dollars also on TV-8 in the late afternoon as well?
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It moved to 5:30pm in 1978 to accomodate TJW's move to 7pm when Tom & Jerry took the 7:30 spot. In early 1979, BfD was canned to make way for Happy Days Again.
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Ah yes, the Tom & Jerry Cartoons!  I never heard of any other major TV station that late in the 70's air CARTOONS in their local access prime time spot!  But then again, it wasn't long after that when PM Magazine (Jim Finnerty & Cathy Brigette) took out the cat & mouse team.

A couple of years later, T&J kicked off the 9AM hour followed by reruns of the CBS run of The Joker's Wild at 9:30.  Then TJW was replaced in the 9:30 slot with Play The Percentages.
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Tom & Jerry fared much better in WJKW's prime access than did the disasterous run of Mary Hartman Mary Hartman.
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« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2005, 10:35:55 PM »
[quote name=\'TimK2003\' date=\'Apr 5 2005, 12:58 PM\']
Ah yes, the Tom & Jerry Cartoons!  I never heard of any other major TV station that late in the 70's air CARTOONS in their local access prime time spot!  But then again, it wasn't long after that when PM Magazine (Jim Finnerty & Cathy Brigette) took out the cat & mouse team.

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Although it's not in a prime-time access spot, WHP-21 (CBS) in Harrisburg aired Tom and Jerry cartoons from 4:30-5:30 up until September 1980, when the hour was replaced by "PM Magazine".

ObGameShow: WHP took off "Play the Percentages" at 5pm for the T&J hour.