Pittsburgh, of course, was a Westinghouse market for as long as there was a Westinghouse. Using the Google news archive to look at listings for the first three years of prime access (using the first Sunday Pittsburgh Press I found in January 1972, 1973, and 1974):
Stations: KDKA (Westinghouse), WIIC (Cox), WTAE (Hearst) Monday: KDKA 1972 David Frost Revue 1973, 1974 The Better Half (locally produced - starring Marie Torre and Bill Currie) WIIC 1972 Stand Up and Cheer 1973 Wild Kingdom 1974 It Pays To Be Ignorant WTAE 1972, 1973 What's My Line? 1974 To Tell The Truth Tuesday 1972 The networks got this half-hour KDKA 1973 Half the George Kirby Comedy Hour 1974 Wild Wild World of Animals WIIC 1973 Lassie 1974 Dusty's Trail WTAE 1973 What's My Line? 1974 Hollywood Squares Wednesday KDKA 1972 Circus 1973 Doctor in the House 1974 Treasure Hunt WIIC 1972 Hee Haw (the second half hour preempted Adam-12 on NBC) 1973 The Mouse Factory 1974 Truth or Consequences WTAE 1972, 1973 What's My Line? 1974 Concentration Thursday KDKA 1972 Some of My Best Friends 1973 Police Surgeon 1974 Wait Till Your Father Gets Home WIIC 1972 Primus 1973, 1974 Let's Make a Deal WTAE 1972, 1973 What's My Line? 1974 Hollywood Squares Friday KDKA 1972 About a Week 1973 Circus 1974 Animal World WIIC 1972 Adam-12 (which was preempted Wednesday) 1973, 1974 The New Price is Right WTAE 1972, 1973 What's My Line? 1974 Ozzie's Girls Saturday KDKA 1972 Noman Corwin Presents 1973 UFO (second half hour) 1974 The New Dating Game WIIC 1972, 1973, 1974 The Lawrence Welk Show (second half hour) WTAE 1972, 1973 Close-Up 1974 Black Chronicles I'll have to spend some time with Brooks and Marsh for many of these. Now it's The Insider, Wheel of Fortune, and Entertainment Tonight stripped; while much of this was no better, there were occasional attempts to do something more. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
