The TV Guide Historian: August 2014

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Ride the High Country Ad

Here's an ad for the movie Ride the High Country, which aired on WGN(9). From the Chicago Sun-Times' TV Prevue, dated February 23-March 1, 1975.

WGN Channel 9 TV Schedule for Thursday, February 27, 1975

Morning

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5:45 am Five Minutes to Live By

5:50 am News

6:00 am Romper Room

6:30 am Top O' the Morning

6:55 am News

7:00 am Ray Rayner & His Friends

8:00 am Garfield Goose & Friends

8:30 am Bewitched

9:00 am Movie "Johnny Eager"

11:00 am Phil Donahue Show

Afternoon

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12 noon Bozo's Circus

1:00 pm Father Knows Best

1:30 pm Love, American Style

2:00 pm I Love Lucy

2:30 pm Dealer's Choice

3:00 pm Flintstones

3:30 pm Mickey Mouse Club

4:00 pm Gilligan's Island

4:30 pm Bugs Bunny

4:45 pm News with Jack Taylor

5:00 pm Hogan's Heroes

5:30 pm Bewitched

Evening

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6:00 pm Andy Griffith

6:30 pm Dick Van Dyke

7:00 pm Movie "Casablanca"

9:00 pm FBI

10:00 pm News with Jack Taylor

10:30 pm Movie "Circus World"

Early Friday, February 28, 1975

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12:45 am News with Carl Greyson

1:45 am One Step Beyond

2:15 am Biography

Friday, August 29, 2014

Horror of Dracula Ad

Here's an ad for the movie Horror of Dracula, which aired on WLS(7)' 3:30 Movie as part of Monster Week. From the Chicago Sun-Times' TV Prevue, dated February 23-March 1, 1975.

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Merv Griffin Ad # 1

Here's one of the ads for the Merv Griffin Show, with Rex Reed & Jack Cassidy as guests & airing on WFLD(32). From the Chicago Sun-Times' TV Prevue, dated February 23-March 1, 1975.

WSNS Channel 44 TV Schedule for Wednesday, February 26, 1975

Morning
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10:30 am 700 Club

Afternoon
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12 noon Esmeralda
1:00 pm Not for Women Only
1:30 pm Movie "Hold Back the Night"
3:00 pm Robin Hood
3:30 pm Popeye with Steve Hart
4:00 pm Spiderman
4:30 pm Superman (TV series)
5:00 pm Leave It to Beaver
5:30 pm Get Smart

Evening
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6:00 pm Gomer Pyle, USMC
6:30 pm Big Valley
7:30 pm Movie "Man-Eater of Kumaon"
9:00 pm In the Footsteps of D.L. Moody
10:00 pm I Spy
11:00 pm 700 Club

WFLD Channel 32 TV Schedule for Wednesday, February 26, 1975

Morning
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10:55 am Newstalk
11:30 am New Zoo Revue

Afternoon
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12 noon Popeye Hour with Magilla
1:00 pm Petticoat Junction
1:30 pm Green Acres
2:00 pm That Girl
2:30 pm Banana Splits
3:00 pm Popeye
3:30 pm Little Rascals
4:00 pm Speed Racer
4:30 pm Three Stooges (shorts)
5:00 pm Batman

Evening
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6:00 pm It Takes a Thief
7:00 pm Diamond Head Game
7:30 pm Truth or Consequences
8:00 pm Merv Griffin (guests: Sally Kellerman, Lily Tomlin, Terri Garr, & Sarah
Kernochan)
9:30 pm Bill Burrud's Travel World
10:00 pm Best of Groucho
10:30 pm Untouchables
11:30 pm Thriller

Early Thursday, February 27, 1975
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12:30 am Bill Hoffman Ski Show

Phantom of the Opera Ad

Here's an ad for the movie Phantom of the Opera (the 1962 film), which aired as part of Monster Week on the 3:30 Movie on WLS(7). From the Chicago Sun-Times' TV Prevue, dated February 23-March 1, 1975.

WCIU Channel 26 TV Schedule for Wednesday, February 26, 1975

Morning
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9:00 am Business News

Afternoon
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12 noon Business News
3:30 pm Today's Headlines
3:45 pm My Opinion
4:00 pm Harambee
4:15 pm Soul Train
5:00 pm Black's View of the News
5:15 pm Ana del Aire
5:45 pm Entre Brumas

Evening
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6:45 pm Informacion with Lopez & Lopez
7:00 pm Cazando Estrellas
8:00 pm Spanish Wrestling
9:00 pm Noches Nortena
10:00 pm Informacion with Lopez & Lopez
10:30 pm Mi Primeir Amor

WTTW Channel 11 TV Schedule for Wednesday, February 26, 1975

Morning
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7:00 am Sesame Street
8:00 am Electric Company
8:30 am Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
9:00 am Sesame Street
10:00 am Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
10:30 am Villa Alegre
11:00 am Electric Company
11:30 am Inside Out
11:45 am All About You

Afternoon
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12 noon Consultation
12:30 pm Your Senator Reports
1:00 pm Electric Company
1:30 pm America
2:00 pm Western Civilization
2:15 pm Inside Out
2:30 pm Lilias, Yoga, & You
3:00 pm French Chef
3:30 pm Sesame Street
4:30 pm Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:00 pm Sesame Street

Evening
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6:00 pm Electric Company
6:30 pm Zoom
7:00 pm Public News Center
7:30 pm Assignment America
8:00 pm Movie "Cesar & Rosalie"
10:00 pm Arabs & Israelis "Ali Darwish & Hanna Meron" (part 5 of 5)
10:30 pm Public News Center
11:00 pm Consumer Game
11:30 pm Capital Crisis

Early Thursday, February 27, 1975
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12 midnight Captioned ABC News

Newsfive Ad

Here's a vintage ad for Newsfive, the 10 p.m. newcast featuring Johnny Morris, Floyd Kalber, & Jim Tilmon, which aired onWMAQ(5). From the Chicago Sun-Times' TV Prevue, dated February 23-March 1, 1975.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

WBBM(2) News Ad.

Here's a vintage ad for WBBM(2)'s newcasts, anchored by Bill Kurtis & Walter Jacobson. From the Chicago Sun-Times' TV Prevue, dated February 23-March 1, 1975.

The FBI Ad

Here's an ad for reruns of The FBI, which aired on WGN(9). From the Chicago Sun-Times' TV Prevue, dated February 23-March 1, 1975.

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

It Takes a Thief Ad

Here's an ad for reruns of It Takes a Thief, then airing on WFLD(32). From the Chicago Sun-Times' TV Prevue, dated February 23- March 1, 1975.

I, Monster Ad

Here's a vintage ad for the movie I, Monster that aired as part of Monster Week on WLS(7)' 3:30 Movie. From the Chicago Sun-Times' TV Prevue, dated February 23, 1975.

WLS Channel 7 TV Schedule for Tuesday, February 25, 1975

Morning

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6:19 am Reflections

6:23 am News

6:30 am Perspectives

6:55 am Earl Nightingale

7:00 am A.M. America

9:00 am A.M. Chicago

10:30 am Brady Bunch

11:00 am Password All-Stars

11:30 am Split Second

Afternoon

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12 noon All My Children

12:30 pm Let's Make a Deal

1:00 pm $10,000 Pyramid

1:30 pm Big Showdown

2:00 pm General Hospital

2:30 pm One Life To Live

3:00 pm Money Maze

3:30 pm Movie "Phantom of the Opera" (1962 film)

5:00 pm News with Drury & Brown

5:30 pm ABC News with Smith & Reasoner

Evening

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6:00 pm News with Flynn & Daly

7:00 pm Happy Days "Get a Job"
7:30 pm Movie "You Lie So Deep, My Love"
9:00 pm Marcus Welby, M.D. "Unindicted Wife"
10:00 pm News with Flynn & Daly
10:30 pm Wide World of Mystery "The Crazy Kill"

Early Wednesday, February 25, 1975
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12 midnight Midnight
12:30 am Passage to Adventure
1:00 am News

Chato's Land Ad

Here's an ad for the Charles Bronson movie Chato's Land, which aired on WLS(7). From the Chicago Sun-Times' TV Prevue, dated February 23-March 1, 1975.

Monday, August 25, 2014

A Star Is Born Ad

Here's an ad for the original version of A Star Is Born, featuring Janet Gaynor instead of Judy Garland & airing on WGN(9). From the Chicago Sun-Times' TV Prevue, dated February 23-March 1, 1975.

Sunday Eyewitness News Ad

Here's a vintage ad for the Sunday Eyewitness News with Jay Levine & Nancy Becker, which aired on WLS(7). From the Chicago Sun-Times' TV Prevue, dated February 23-March 1, 1975.