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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1979
Page
6
A dense listing of programs and air times across channels includes sports and entertainment. Highlights feature The Persuaders, Star Trek, Hogan's Heroes, Hee Haw, and iconic films such as A Bridge Too Far and The Poseidon Adventure while noting news, weather, and special features.
A dense guide shows channels, call signs, and time slots across Syracuse Rochester and nearby markets. It lists stations WCAB and affiliates WHEC WROC WTVH WOKR and others with network blocks, local programming, movies, sports and religious programs throughout the day.
A guide to today’s TV shows and specials across stations WIXT WSYR WTVH WCNY WIVH. Highlights include The Love Boat reunion episode with Julie and guests, and a range of sports and drama features from gymnastics legends to boxing profiles.
A collage of radio and TV listings highlights Jewish history and benefactors. Programs feature Chaim Potok reading from Wanderings on WSYR AM, a Northern Syracuse church talk on WMHR FM, and a Cathedral of Tomorrow family conference excerpt with music. The Jewish Journal doc continues with Anne Frank’s father interview on WIVH TV and tributes from Lulu Roman on Rex Humbard broadcasts.
WTVH announced the purchase of PM Magazine a Group W syndicated series. It will air weeknights at 730 in a magazine format featuring two main human interest stories nightly plus three short segments on leisure, nutrition and health. The show will be filmed on location with portable video gear marking a first for the 7 8 p m slot locally.
Actress Louise Lasser stars as Mary Hartman in the Fernwood Ohio satire Mary Hartman Mary Hartman from producer Norman Lear. The show plans a late night CBS airing next year, highlighting a perplexed housewife in a fictional town.
On Prime Time Sunday anchor Tom Snyder discusses consumer complaints about General Motors transmissions. Reporter Chris Wallace outlines the shift to the lighter model 200 in 1976 and its use in larger cars from 1977, noting over a thousand complaints to the Center for Auto Safety in four months. Dealers and owners are described as uninformed about the switch and its potential snow and mountain driving implications.
CHIEFS BASEBALL Tribe vs Richmond Braves at 7:25 on WCNY-FM. YANKEE BASEBALL Yankees vs Baltimore Orioles at 7:30 on WSYR AM. BILL STEWART Stereo recordings by Syd Dale Paul Weston and Geoff Caravelli at 7 on WNTQ-FM. SOUNDS OF JAZZ Rayhill spotlights Art Tatum recordings at 10 on WCNY-FM.
English actress Lynn Redgrave is added to the Beggarman Thief cast, playing Kate the pregnant wife of Tom Jordache as the NBC mini series based on Irwin Shaw’s sequel to Rich Man Poor Man begins. Also featured are Jean Simmons Glenn Ford Jean Pierre Aumont Tovah Feldshuh Andrew Stevens Bo Hopkins and Tom Nolan.
An unusual bridge hand today featured North and South miscommunicating on their bidding agreement. South played decisively and left no doubt about his approach, despite their misplaced confidence in the prior bidding.
In a bridge column note, North elevates to four spades after a misread three clubs, South retreats to five clubs, East doubles, and the play proceeds with a sequence leading to the doubled contract. The vignette ends with a reminder that strong bids and special agreements can be risky yet entertaining.
American soprano Anna Moffo has been contacted by the Teatro Colon’s managing director to discuss a return engagement in a revival of Mascagni’s Isabeau. She recently performed a two night national telecast from Luna Park.
A diverse TV slate features Mixed Company from 1974 with Barbara Harris and Joseph Bologna, plus Pabst’s Pandora’s Box, The Longest Day part two, The Secret Invasion, Victory at Sea, The Last Woman on Earth, The Next Victim, Wake of the Red Witch, Five Weeks in a Balloon, Prudence and the Pen, Behave Yourself, The Stranger, and The 2:30 a.m. airing of The Stranger.
CBS will air Can You Hear the Laugh the Story of Freddie Prinze on Sept 11. Ira Augustain stars as Prinze with Kevin Hooks Randee Heller and Devon Ericson in supporting roles. Based on Peter S Greenberg's magazine piece. Burt Brinckerhoff directs from Darlene Young script.
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