Television Tonight May 23 1979 Guide Network Listings
Wednesday programming spans news talk movies and soaps from NBC CBS and ABC with primetime lineup including The Nightly News Tonight Show and Merv Griffin Family shows. Notable features include A Cry For Justice Two Barry Manilow John Denver special and fall of Eagles episodes plus daytime soaps As The World Turns All My Children One Life To Live search for Tomorrow and General Hospital.
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Dennis Weaver
Robert Culp
Barry Manilow
John Denver
Doctors
ONE Life TO Live News
FBI
Willie Boy
Dick Cavett
Guiding Light
Tom Hall's Saturday Morning Songs LP a playful country set
Country artist Tom T. Hall releases Saturday Morning Songs with two upbeat sing along tunes Rattlemouse and the title track. Hall wrote all songs recorded at ToyBox Studio Brentwood Tenn with Chip Young Ray Edenton Bob Moore Dale Sellers Bobby Emmons and Buddy Harmon. includes lyrics and a coloring book featuring Pisty The Rattlemouse and other characters. The album is billed as a children's LP yet suited for listeners of all ages with wholesome themes and no adult subjects.
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Hall
Pisty
Halls
ToyBox
Brentwood
Tenn
Chip Young
Ray Edenton
Bob Moore
Dale Sellers
Bobby Emmons
Buddy Harmon
Lea Jane
Rattlemouse
Dessel Trucks
Salute To Agriculture essay contest sponsors near rodeo telecast
Hesston Corporation and Dozier Tractor with North American Hesston dealers sponsor a Salute To Agriculture essay contest for FFA members. Entrants write 100 words on agriculture’s importance for a chance at 2500 in prizes. First prize 500, four 250s, ten 100s. Entries due September 30 1979. Winners announced November 7 at the National FFA Convention in Kansas City. The winning entry becomes a 60 second public service message aired on the Hesston Rodeo television network during the National Finals Rodeo broadcast.
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Hesston Corporation
Dozier Tractor and Implements
Hesston
North America
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Canada
Kansas City
Hesson Rodeo
United States
Oklahoma City
Jim Ramsbottom
Belleville, Kansas
U.S
Kansas
Atta
Billboard Hot 100 and Top LPs Hits for May 26
The week’s chart highlights list top singles and top albums with act names and labels, including Reunited by Peaches & Herb, Hot Stuff by Donna Summer, In The Navy by Village People, Love You Inside Out by Bee Gees, and Goodnight Tonight by Wings. Top LPs feature Breakfast In America by Supertramp, Desolation Angels by Bad Company, Minute By Minute by Doobie Brothers, and Spirts Having Flown by Bee Gees. End Release Weekend Editions Friday 18 and thereafter.
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Peaches & Herb
Polydor
MVP
Donna Summers
Casablanca
Navy
Village People
Bee Gees
RSO
Wings
Columbia
Sister Sledge
Cotillion
Jacksons
Epic
Randy Vanwarmer
Bearsville
Stumblin
Suzi Quatro
Chris Norman
Love Is the
England
Dan
John Uord
Colley Big Tree
America
Supertramp
A&m
Desolation Angels
Bad Company
Swan Song
Doobie Brothers
Warner Bros
Bad Girls
Donna Summer
van Halen II
van Halen
Sledge
Cheap Trick
Budokan
NBC Loses Late Night Lead After Decades
CBS edges NBC in January to April ratings as Tonight Show host Johnny Carson is frequently absent. CBS relies on Rockford Files and M A S H reruns while NBC contends the loss stems from Carson's limited appearances. The shift signals CBS and ABC re-evaluating their late night strategies.
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Johnny Carson
Clark Terry Symins
Mannix
Pepper
CBS
Hawaii Five-O
Jack Lord
James MacArthur
Los Angeles
NBC
Steve Allen
Jack Paar
ABC
Tonight
M-A-S-H
Becker
Carson
Fred Silverman
Winter Kills and Hanover Street at the movies
Reviewers find Winter Kills fails to sustain suspense despite an opening confession and Jeff Bridges pursuit of truth. Hanover Street charms with 1940s romance between Lesley-Anne Down and Harrison Ford, aided by wartime intrigue and stilted dialogue. Both are rated for mature themes and romance.
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Linda Deutsch
Associated Press
Winter
Kills
Richard Condon
John F. Kennedy
Condon
Keegan
Jeff Bridges
John Houston
Bridges
Belinda Bauer
Hanover Street
Lesley-Anne Down
Georgina
Harrison Ford
London
Christopher Plummer
Miss Down
Ford
Cronkite's daughter lands TV series part in Hizzoner
Kathy Cronkite, five years in California pursuing acting, wins a role as Annie in NBC comedy Hizzoner about a Midwestern mayor. She faces network uncertainty over future seasons while reflecting on a tough five year wait and her desire to avoid TV stardom tied to her father.
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Peter J. Boyer
Los Angeles
Papa
Kathy Cronkite
California
NBC
Walter
Network TV
Kathy
Hizzoner
Richard
Walter Cronkite
Schwartz
Hollywood
Reeves County Rigs Rise in Weekly Permian Survey
Reed Rock Bit Co reports 232 drilling rigs active across Reeves County and surrounding Permian Basin in West Texas and Southeast New Mexico, up one unit from last week. Lea County New Mexico leads with 37 rigs, Eddy County at 22, Pecos 17, Ward 11, Yoakum 10, and Andres Crockett Upton counties each with eight rigs.
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Permian
West Texas
New Mexico
Reed Rock Bit Co
Reed Survey
Reeves County
Lea County
N.M
Eddy County
Pecos County
Ward County
Yoakum County
Andres, Crockett
Upton
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Dan Tanna
Renee Blakely
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People’s Republic of China
University of Minnesota
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Goldie Hawn
Ben Johnson
Texas
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Tom Snyder
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Young and the Restless
NEW Mexico Today
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Senior Citizens Center
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Dozier Tractor Co
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