Stations Listed:
Athens, Ohio
20 WOUB NET (PBS)
Cincinnati
5 WLWT NBC
9 WCPO CBS
12 WKRC ABC
19 WXIX Ind.
48 WCET (NET)
Columbus
4 WLWC NBC (Now WCMH)
6 WTVN ABC (now WSYX)
10 WBNS CBS
34 WOSU (NET)
Oxford (Miami U. Ohio)
14 WMUB-TV (NET) (Now WPTO)
Dayton
2 WLWD (ABC NBC CBS) (now WDTN)
7 WHIO (CBS NBC ABC)
22 WKEF (NBC ABC CBS)
Kettering-Dayton
16 WKTR Ind. (Now WPTD-partnered with WPTO-14)
Springfield
26 WSWO-Ind. (Now WBDT-WB 26 for Dayton)
Lima
35 WIMA NBC ABC (Now WLIO-NBC Only)
Newark
28 WGSF NET
Channel 28 was later used for WTTE Columbus (Now Fox) WGSF moved to Channel 31 for a time then disappeared
Zanesville
18 WHIZ NBC ABC
(over half of the programming was in color so if there isnt a color designation I will put a BW symbol)
Also: The Apollo 8 Space Mission was launched this week..So there were pre-Emptions for coverage I am sure.
Daytime Programming
9AM
6 Bowling For Dollars
18 Dating Game-BW
10AM
18 22 35 Snap Judgment-Ed Mc Mahon
"The Show's New Format features word communication ala "Password" and Home-audience participation-Guests:Gene Rayburn, Joan Fontaine"
(Pre-empted Wed.. by a Christmas Service from Washington on 2 4 5 and 18 and a film on 22 and 35)
10:25
18 22 35 NBC News-Dickerson
10:30
5 18 35 Concentration-Downs (22 aired ABC's Dick Cavett)
(2 aired Phil Donahue and 4 Nick Clooney)
11AM
5 18 35 Personality-Larry Blyden
Guests:Betsy Palmer, Nipsey Russell and Dick Shawn On Film-George C. Scott
11:30
4 5 18 35 Hollywood Squares-Peter Marshall
Sebastian Cabot, Judy Carne, Wally Cox, Henry Gibson, Arte Johnson, Rose Marie, Charley Weaver, JoAnne Worley and Mickey Dolenz Peter Jones and Mike Nesmith of the Monkees (in the same square apparantely)
2 in Dayton aired ABC's Bewitched reruns
Noon
22 35 Jeopardy!-Art Fleming
2, 4 and 5 aired Bob Braun's 50-50 Club
18 aired Bewitched reruns
12:30
6 Pay Cards!-Syndicated
18 35 Eye Guess-Bill Cullen
22 Treasure Isle-ABC
Final week for this series..Funny You Should Ask moved to this slot.
1PM
6 12 18 22 Dream House-ABC
7 Truth Or Consequences-Bob Barker-Syndicated
1:30
2 4 5 18 Let's Make A Deal-Monty Hall
6 12 22 Funny You Should Ask-Lloyd Thaxton-ABC
Guests:Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, Henry Gibson, Jan Murray and Minnie Pearl
This would be the final week of LMAD on NBC-Would move to ABC Monday Dec. 30, 1968 at 1:30 ET Funny You Should Ask was moved to 12:30 ET
No word on what replaced LMAD on NBC.
2PM
2 6 12 Newlywed Game-Bob Eubanks
2:30
2 6 12 Dating Game-Jim Lange
3PM
7 You Don't Say! Tom Kennedy
3:30
4 5 18 35 You Don't Say! Kennedy
Guests: June Lockhart, Leonard Nimoy (same as 7 above)
The contestants are children this week.Holiday thing likely.
(Dayton's channel 2 had General Hospital at 3:30 which is why YDS! aired on 7 at 3PM)
4PM
35 Match Game-Gene Rayburn
Bess Myerson, Gordon MacRae
(Channels 2, 4 and 5 aired Vivenne! a Variety show probably part of the Crosley-AVCO stable of programs (Bob Braun Ruth Lyons, etc.)
18 aired Award Theater-Anthology rerun likely
22 had Dark Shadows-ABC
4:25
35 NBC News-Kalber
7PM
4 9 Truth Or Consequences-Bob Barker
PrimeTime/Weekends
Tuesday Dec. 24, 1968
48 It's Academic-Lloyd Baldwin
(Repeat of WCPO 9 Saturday airing)
Saturday Dec. 21
7AM
9 Play It Safe-Quiz
12:30
6 Pinbusters-Bowling
5PM
5 GE College Bowl-Robert Earle
St. Louis University vs. winner of Oberlin(Ohio)/Duke
5:30
9 It's Academic-Quiz-Lloyd Baldwin
Mother Of Mercy , Loveland and Simon Kenton High Schools compete
(Repeat on WCET-48 Tues. 6:30 PM)
6:30
10 In the Know-Hunt Carlile
Columbus Mifflin, Columbus Grandview High Schools Compete
7:30
6 22 Dating Game-Jim Lange
Guest:Dancer Lada Edmund Jr.
8PM
6 22 Newlywed Game-Eubanks
Sunday Dec. 22 1968
Noon
4 GE College Bowl-Earle
Same as 5PM Saturday on 5 in Cincinnati
5:30
9 Amateur Hour-Ted Mack
Summary:
Prime Time Network Game Shows were out of favor by this time..There wew a few syndicated shows but they would pick up within the next year. The programming was different in that there were a lot of movies-Double and triple features on the weekends..Whiile the holiday season affected the schedule obviously Game Shows except in weekday daytime were at a low point.
Tim Lones