Schedule shifts traumatize viewers in 1971 reflections
Viewers recount 1971 schedule changes on television shaking routines and trust. Shifts from 1:30 pm to 7:30 pm for Miss Graham’s show caused nervousness and communication gaps. ABC TV changes drew headlines with Lawrence Welk and Guy Lombardo scheduling debates, provoking comments on promised appearances versus reality.
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Virginia Graham
Miss Graham
Graham
ABCTV
Lawrence Welk
Welk
Sincce
Game Show History Discussed by Veterans on KGET TV
A one hour special on KGET Channel 28 titled Game Show Show explores the history of game shows. Chuck Barris Dennis James Monty Hall Jack Barry and Ralph Andrews provide insights on show creation packaging and selling to networks. Billy Adler Tod Margolies host and Telethon founder exhibits discussed about TV fealty and early experiments.
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Chuck Barris
Dennis James
Monty Hall
Jack Barry
Ralph Andrews
KGET
Channel 28
Billy Adler
Tod Margolies
Andrews
Barry
Dames
Hell
James
Cowen Named VP at ABC in Washington Office
Eugene Cowen, a former aid to President Nixon, is elected vice president of the American Broadcasting Co for the broader division. He replaces retiring Alfred R Beekman and will head the Washington DC office after resigning as deputy assistant to the President for Congressional relations.
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New York
UPI
Eugene
Cowen
Nixon
American Broadcasting Co
Alfred R. Beekman
House
Washington, D.C
New Year's Eve TV Schedule Highlights 1971
A dense late 1971 TV guide listing channels KNXT KHJ KCET XNBC KITV KMEX XTLA KCOP KLXA KABC KWHY K8SC plus KNXT News anchors. It details a color lineup for December 31 1971 with daytime and primetime shows from Sesame Street Jeopardy and The Love of Life to movie nights and New Year’s Eve specials. Notable items include Gunslinger parades, bowl games, and a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical special slated for primetime. Community and quiz show blocks run alongside news updates from Walter Cronkite and John Chancellor.
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KNXT
KHJ
KCET
XNBC
KITV
KMEX
XTLA
KCOP
KLXA
KABC
KWHY
K8sc
Priday
Amer Tia
Tolsuce
Toam
John Hart
Frank Meffee
Chuck Henry
Thunderbirds
Cartad
Law
Vic Dennis the Menace
Hobo Kelly
Captain Kangaroo
Ralph Story
Flying Nun
Sally Fi
Hathayoga
Mitchcoc
Jack LaLanne
Shirley Booth
Gumby
Lucille
Dinah Shore
Sonny & Cher
Fernando del Rione
Jeanne Crain
Tincie Waldo
Clayton
Johnny Trouble
Stuart Whitman
Regis Philbin
Belar Keith
Mana ArJrew
Virginia Graham
Natalie Schacter
Tab Hunter
Arthur Hailey
Amalfi
Ida Lupino
Cornel Wilde
Richard Wid
Bintch
B. Cutten
Gomer Pye
USMC
Bet Kennedy
Li Tennesse
Rocky & His
Tony Curtis
Gilbert Roland
Astrodome
Colorado
Houston
Ray Scott
John Saver
Benji Schubeck
Dennis Weaver
Clint Howard
KCET poll finds majority against handgun ban
KCET viewers voted on a national handgun ban during The Advocates debate aired November 16. Among 31,000 responses, 3 percent disapproved, 25.6 percent opposed, 5 percent in favor, and 49 percent held other views. Senator Ted Stevens and former Senator Joseph Tydings participated as advocates.
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Elby
KCET
Public TV
WGL
Ted Stevens
Ralaska
Congress
Maryland
Joseph Tydings
Widmark to star as cop in Brock TV film
Richard Widmark is set to star in Brock a world premiere motion picture for television to air on WRC. The project will anchor a new network series with co production by Oden Productions Universal Television and Tal-B.
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Widmark
Cop
Brock
Richard Widmark
WRC
Oden Productions
Universal Television
Annual Music Review and Year in Review Broadcasts
On December 31 the station schedule lists KMPC annual music review for 1871 and KNX year in review with Mike Wallace, KMPC big band remote from Grove, KPIA Sar Parade of Bands, plus a Lombardo homage and reflection on Lombardo’s music and the idea that “we play music for people in love.”
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KMPC
KNX
Mike Wallace
Grove
KPI
Au-Sar
Lombardo
Guy
TV Guide Listings Sound Like A Night Of TV Melodies
TV listings show Cinderella with Lesley Warren at 8 p.m. on channel 2 and a parade hosted by Atita Bryant and Joe Garagiola on channel 4. Burgess Meredith narrates a sea tale at 9:30 p.m. on channel 4, while Guy Lombardo hosts New Year’s Eve at 11:30 p.m. on channel 2. Sports fans can watch Georgia versus North Carolina at 11 a.m. on channel 4, plus the Last-West Shrine Game at 1 p.m. on channel 7 and the Blue Bonnet Bowl at 4:30 p.m. on channel 6. Also noted is a film about a New York cop turned suburban resident directed by Boris Sagal from a script by Don Mankiewicz and Gordon Cutler.
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Guy Lombardo
Lombardo
Heaven
Royal Canadians
CBS
Lomardo
Bucs
Mark
Jacksonville
Georgia
North Carolina
Charlie Jones
Doug Eadwards
M. Thomas
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Stock Exchange
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Montgomery Pete Miller
Ask Congress
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Lange
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Mary Brian
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Shirley Booth
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Marie McDonald
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USO
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Pat O'Brien
George Putnam
News
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Michele Lee
Desi Arnaz Jr
Council
Jack
Lesley Warren
Atita Bryant
Joe Garagiola
Biscayne Boulevard
Guy ‘Lombardo
Colorado
Houston
Ent Associates
Norton Simon Inc
Brock
Widwiark
New York
Boris Sagal
Don Mankiewicz
Gordon Cutler
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Uikewaon Blvd
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Call
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Santa FE Ave
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Medical Reducing
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