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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 26, 1971

Page

8

Television Guide Listings Snapshot

NBC News with Brinkley Chan cellor McGee headlines a schedule that includes Truth or Consequences WCBS News Cronkite The Big Valley Porter Wagoner Dick Van Dyke News What's My Line and ABC News Howard Smith Reasoner Judy Lynn Show Wells Fargo Mister Rogers Neighborhood The New Andy Griffith Show OU Hockey The Name Of The Game The Girl Movie selections dominate with daytime and primetime slots across multiple networks.

NBC News David Brinkley John Chancellor Frank McGee WCBS Walter Cronkite Big Valley Children’s Fair Porter Wagoner Dick van Dyke ABC News Howard K. Smith Harry Reasoner Judy Lynn Wells Fargo

TV Guide Style Schedule Highlights and Lineup

A dense listing of radio and TV programs across dayparts including cartoons like Bugs Bunny and Road Runner Hour, sports events such as MAC Basketball Ohio U versus Tol and OSU versus Michigan, variety shows with Judy Garland and Lawrence Welk, and news blocks. The schedule features multiple channels and time slots, reflecting a full entertainment lineup.

Radio and TV Listings for Sunday Schedule Highlights

The Messenger presents a dense Sunday slate with numerous shows across channels. Notable items include Revival Fires and The Answer segments, NHL Hockey Boston vs Toronto, Meet the Press, and major network lineups featuring NBC CBS ABC and local station guides.

Topper film inspired the classic TV series

The 1937 film starred Roland Young as Topper with Billie Burke as his wife and Cary Grant with Constance Bennett as the flamboyant millionaire couple who return as spirits to influence Topper.

Roland Young Topper Billie Burke Cary Grant Constance Bennett

A Step Out of Line leads Friday Night Movies lineup

The Friday Night Movies presents the TV film A Step Out of Line with Peter Falk Vic Morrow and Peter Lawford as three friends in a desperate bid for money to save a sick father. Joy Carlin Jo Ann Pflug Tom Bosley and others co star.

Peter Falk Vic Morrow Peter Lawford Falk S. S. Schweitzer Steve Shagan Joy Carlin TV Scout Lawford Jo Ann Pflug Tom Bosley Susan Adams John Randolp Lynn Carlin Hal Frederick Ron O’neal Fred

Boxing and TV schedule from the era at Olympic Auditorium

Boxing at the Olympic Auditorium sets the night with a 7:30 p.m. start, while collegiate hockey features the Ohio University Bobcats against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Bird Arena. Broadcasts include Nanny and the Professor, The Game, Don’s stag party on That Girl, The Odd Couple, The Strange Report, and Love, American Style, with notable actors and plot twists across multiple time slots.

Night TV Lineup Mixes Movies and History on Friday

A sprawling schedule features Anatomy of a Murder with James Stewart and Lee Remick, Houdini with Tony Curtis, and Frankenstein Conquers the World. Also listed are Voyage to the End of the Universe, The Comancheros, The Dirty Game, and Dunkirk among other color and black and white titles spanning 1940 to 1970.

James Stewart Lee Remick Ben Gazzara Houdini Tony Curtis Janet Leigh Rock Hudson Claudia Cardinale New York Sal Mineo Barbara Eden Gary Crosby Terry Moore Jim Backus Mexico Mabuse Humphey Bogart Lizabeth Scott Dunkirk John Mills Richard Attenborough

Icers' Hockey Telecast on WOUB Channel 20 Friday

WOUB TV Channel 20 will carry live hockey Friday at 7:30 p.m. featuring Ohio University versus Ohio State University in Bird Arena. Stan Wenciewicz and Denny Phillips provide play by play for the preempted schedule, with Newswatch 20 airing after the game.

Ohio University Bobcats Ohio State Buckeyes Bird Arena Stan ,Wenciewicz Denny Phillips Woub-Tv Channel 20 Ohio University Ohio State University Bobcat Buckeye Woub Radio Stan Wenciewicz Newswatch 20

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