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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1976
Page
14
A compact listing of ABC NBC CBS and local programs for Wednesday evening with shows like Truth or G, Name That Tune, Match Game, The $25,000 Pyramid, Ava's Sports World, Masterpiece Theatre, Charlie's Angels and Gunsmoke across networks at 7 to 10 pm plus late news and Almanac type segments.
A list of TV listings featuring Dinah, One Life To Live, Antiques, Big Valley, Merv Griffin, Emergency I, Brady Bunch, Movie, Dinah, Star Trek, Bonanza, Mr Rogers Neighborhood, Family Affair, Adam 12, Bonanza, and Electric Company across 3 4 15 18 20 time slots, highlighting familiar 1960s 70s programs.
NBC schedule lists Truth or Consequences and Best Sellers at early hours with networks including WSAZ NBC listings for Huntington and Ohio area stations. ABC features The Waltons and Hawaii Five-O with CBS and PBS affiliates also shown. Local stations WBNS WOWK WTAP WHIZ WOUB present nationwide programs and film entries throughout the evening.
ABC topped the premiere week Nielsen list with 11 of the 20 highest rated shows while NBC trailed with six and CBS three. The week featured extended episodes and schedule shifts including the Ford Carter debate, making early trends unreliable.
Prime time features Francis Gary Powers true story The U2 spy incident with Lee Majors and William Daniels. Midnight to 2 am showcases Once Before I Die and Mystery at Malibu with a late night double. Georgia Girl and Death Takes A Holiday bookend the night with timeless drama and romance.
Kathleen Beasley reports Anne Hobbs Purdy, who arrived as a 19 year old teacher, recalls life in early Alaska. She says modern development has commercialized the land but she will not leave, counting 50 years there as part of Alaska and coauthoring the biographical novel Tisha.
Ohio University will run three fall seminars on communication skills for workers and administrators of social and health organizations in Southeast Ohio. Led by Charles Carlson and Gordon Wiseman of the School of Interpersonal Communication, the sessions cover small group communication interviewing and public communication. Each meets Wednesdays 7 to 10 p.m. in room 460 Radio-TV Building, with dates spread across October and November. Registration is possible for credit or non credit at the first class or via Kantner Hall Communications Skills Program.
Brad Atwood a Kent State University graduate with experience at TV-2 joins OU TV-4 Film Department as clerk editor. Howard Williams an Ohio University graduate and former WOUB-TV staff member becomes clerk editor with senior cameraman experience.
A former Alaska teacher recalls pioneering life in Chicken facing permafrost isolation and racial prejudice. She cared for a half Eskimo lover, adopted eight children, and survived isolation while continuing to teach and shape lives amid harsh conditions.
Anthropologist Asen Balikci filmed Netsilik Eskimos at Pelly Bay showing traditional life. Ten years later influenza and modernization bring radios washing machines motorcycles electric guitars. elders discuss loss and adaptation as netsilik adopt Hondas motorboats and rifles in seal hunts.
TV Scouts review of The Quest chronicles the U-2 spy incident with Lee Majors as Powers, praising the near documentary tone and strong cast. The column lists multiple prime time programs across channels, highlighting Westerns, Good Times, The Bionic Woman and more with brief notes on tone and plot.
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