WAOW TV 9 Listings August 14th - 20th

For almost 11 years WSAU TV was the only game in town in Central Wisconsin. They were the affiliate for CBS, ABC and NBC. All that changed on June 12th, 1965 when WAOW went on the air. Here's a look at the early days of WAOW TV.



Saturday August 14th 
Morning
9:30 Discovery '65
10:00 Casper
10:30 Porky Pig
11:00 Bugs Bunny
11:30 Hoppity Hopper

 Afternoon
12:00 Today's Farm and Home
12:30 Baseball Twins vs Indians
3:30 TBA
4:00 PGA Championship
5:30 Congressman Laird

Evening
6:00 Popeye
6:30 King Family
7:30 Lawrence Welk
8:30 Hollywood Palace
9:30 Call Mr. D
10:00 News
10:20 Movie - Highway Dragnet (1954)
10:50 

Sunday August 15th 
Morning
8:15 Christopher Program
8:30 Fisher Family
9:00 Faith for Today
9:30 Bullwinkle
10:00 Beany and Cecil
10:30 Movie - Guilty of Treason (1950)

Afternoon
12:00 Baseball Twins vs Indians
3:00 PGA Championship
5:00 TBA
5:30 American Bandstand

 Evening
6:30 Wagon Train
7:30 Broadside
8:00 Movie - The Road to Hong Kong
10:00 Movie - The Lady Says No (1952)

Monday August 16th 
Morning
9:00 Cartoon Corral
9:30 Jack La Lanne
10:00 Rebus
10:30 Price is Right
11:00 Donna Reed
11:30 Father Knows Best

Afternoon
12:00 Cartoon Corral
12:30 News
12:40 Postscripts with Pat
1:00 Where the Action is
1:30 A Time for Us
2:00 General Hospital
2:30 Young Marrieds
3:00 Trail Master
4:00 Cartoon Corral
4:45 Maverick
5:45 ABC News

Evening
6:00 News
6:30 Voyage
7:30 No Time for Sergeants
8:00 Wendy and Me
8:30 Farmer's Daughter
9:00 Ben Casey
10:00 News
10:30 Night Life

 Tuesday August 17th 
Morning
9:00 Cartoon Corral
9:30 Jack La Lanne
10:00 Rebus
10:30 Price is Right
11:00 Donna Reed
11:30 Father Knows Best

Afternoon
12:00 Cartoon Corral
12:30 News
12:40 Postscripts with Pat
1:00 Where the Action is
1:30 A Time for Us
2:00 General Hospital
2:30 Young Marrieds
3:00 Trail Master
4:00 Cartoon Corral
4:45 Maverick
5:45 ABC News

Evening
6:00 News
6:30 Combat
7:30 McHale's Navy
8:00 Tycoon
8:30 Peyton Place
9:00 Fugitive
10:00 News
10:30 Night Life

 Wednesday August 18th 
Morning
9:00 Cartoon Corral
9:30 Jack La Lanne
10:00 Rebus
10:30 Price is Right
11:00 Donna Reed
11:30 Father Knows Best

Afternoon
12:00 Cartoon Corral
12:30 News
12:40 Postscripts with Pat
1:00 Where the Action is
1:30 A Time for Us
2:00 General Hospital
2:30 Young Marrieds
3:00 Trail Master
4:00 Cartoon Corral
4:45 Maverick
5:45 ABC News

 Evening
6:00 News
6:30 Ozzie and Harriet
7:00 Patty Duke
7:30 Shindig
8:30 Burke's Law
9:30 Rifleman
10:00 News
10:30 Night Life



Thursday August 19th 
Morning
9:00 Cartoon Corral
9:30 Jack La Lanne
10:00 Rebus
10:30 Price is Right
11:00 Donna Reed
11:30 Father Knows Best

Afternoon
12:00 Cartoon Corral
12:30 News
12:40 Postscripts with Pat
1:00 Where the Action is
1:30 A Time for Us
2:00 General Hospital
2:30 Young Marrieds
3:00 Trail Master
4:00 Cartoon Corral
4:45 Maverick
5:45 ABC News

Evening
6:00 News
6:30 Jonny Quest
7:00 Donna Reed
7:30 My Three Sons
8:00 Bewitched
8:30 Peyton Place
9:00 Jimmy Dean
10:00 News
10:30 Night Life
Friday August 20th 
Morning
9:00 Cartoon Corral
9:30 Jack La Lanne
10:00 Rebus
10:30 Price is Right
11:00 Donna Reed
11:30 Father Knows Best

Afternoon
12:00 Cartoon Corral
12:30 News
12:40 Postscripts with Pat
1:00 Where the Action is
1:30 A Time for Us
2:00 General Hospital
2:30 Young Marrieds
3:00 Trail Master
4:00 Cartoon Corral
4:45 Maverick
5:45 ABC News

Evening
6:00 News
6:30 Flintstones
7:00 FDR - Documentary
7:30 Addams Family
8:00 Valentines Day
8:30 Peyton Place
9:00 12 O'Clock High
10:00 News
10:30 Movie - An Annapolis Story (1955)



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