Continuing live coverage of the Watergate hearings.                       

Continuing live coverage of John Ehrlichman's testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee.            

Continuing coverage of Watergate hearings.           

Live third day coverage of the appearance of former White House Chief Of Staff H.R. Halderman before the Senate Select Committee.                        

Continuing coverage of Watergate hearings.          

Continuing live coverage of Watergate hearings.         

Continuing live coverage of Watergate hearings.                      

Live coverage of opening testimony by the acting director of the FBI, L. Patrick Gray.             

Live coverage of testimony by former CIA officer E. Howard Hunt.            

Live coverage of testimony by former presidential assistant Patrick J. Buchanan.             

Continuing coverage of Watergate hearings.           

Live radio coverage of testimony by former political operative for President Nixon, Donald H. Segretti.              

Live coverage of testimony by former Assistant Regional Director of The Bureau of Narcotics, John L. Kelly.             

Game 2 of the 1973 World Series between the New York Mets and Oakland A's. The Mets defeat the A's in 12 innings 10-7, to even the series at one game apiece.                          

Game 4 of the 1973 World Series between the Oakland A's and the New York Mets from Shea Stadium in New York. The Mets win 6-1. 

Lindsey Nelson and Tony Kubek report.          

Flip Wilson is host for this comic look at aging in an hour of satiric vignettes and music. Guests: Valerie Harper, Barbara Feldon, Roscoe Lee Browne, Joan Darling, Rosemary DeCamp, Art Linkletter, Richard Schaal, Rose Marie, Harold J. Stone, Dick Patterson & Harry Morgan.             

January 1, 1973-September 5, 1975. ABC's Wide World of Entertainment late-night programming consisting of TV movies, variety programs, and rock music specials including "In Concert" produced by Dick Clark.

Helen Reddy and Paul Williams are co-hosts at the finals of the first annual American Song Festival, held Sept. 2 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Winning entries are performed by Jose Feliciano, Richie Havens, Sarah Vaughan, Molly Bee, the Lettermen, the Limeliters, Al Wilson, Etta James, the Hagers, the Oak Ridge Boys, and the Rev. James Cleveland and the Cleveland Singers. Also: interviews with competing songwriters Kenny Loggins, Alex Harvey and Tim Moore.  

NOTE:

   September 2, 1974: (Monday) The finals of the American Song Festival was held in Saratoga Springs, New York on this date. The finals started 45 minutes late and ended at almost 6:00 the following morning. (September 3rd) Woodstock's Tim Moore's "Charmer" was declared the winner by Skitch Henderson of the judge's panel. He was awarded $30,500 and a Yamaha grand piano. Etta James performed "Charmer" during the finals. Her performance was issued on an LP WINNERS! - Live At America's First International Songwriting Competition on Buddah BDS 5624 along with performances of other festival winners.  The finals were taped by ABC - TV to be aired on October 18, 1974. The festival opened on Friday, August 30th with the semi-finals which lasted for three days before the finals. 

October 18, 1974: (Friday) The finals of The American Song Festival aired as a 90 minute ABC Wide World Special starting at 11:30 p. m.  Etta James' performance of "Charmer" was featured in the broadcast. 

This broadcast was re-run on January 2, 1975.
#6785: WIDE WORLD EVENT
1975-01-02, ABC, 90 min.
        

A five-hour local telethon to raise funds for world hunger. 
Dr. Lester Brown, president of Worldwatch Institute in Washington, D.C. and noted authority on the world food crisis, is among the respected scholars who share some informative and surprising facts about the causes and cures of world hunger.

A landmark television experience-a sweeping five-hour presentation that will show you how more than two billion of the world's people are living every day with the heartbreak and despair of constant hunger. 

Thirty filmed reports from three continents will take you beyond statistics and headlines to life-and-death experiences of real people living with the personal agony of hunger.

America's top entertainers will join with leaders of our government to share their concern.

Respected educators will dispel the myths about the causes and the cures for a hungry world.

Ordinary people from all over the USA will tell how they are helping to bring life and hope into the heartbreak and despair of a hungry, hurting world. They will share what it means to them and their families.

This is the only time this remarkable television program will ever be shown.                     

A special focusing on unnecessary surgeries women often endure.             

The legend of the Loch Ness monster or "Nessie," a documentary exploring the existence of the aquatic dinosaur that is believed to exist in the depth of Loch Ness, Scotland.              

Jim McKay is the host for the X11 Winter Olympic Games from Innsbruck, Austria.             

The ten women voted for the Woman Of The Year Award by Ladies Home Journal. 

Barbara Walters hosts the fourth Woman of the Year awards broadcast live from New York City. Ten women of outstanding achievement will be honored for their contributions to American life. They will be selected according to standards which reflect both public and professional judgements. Women throughout the country were asked to respond to a questionnaire in the January issue of Ladies Home Journal by taking recommendations in each of 10 categories. A panel of 14 distinguished women made the the final selections guided by the reader preferences but not bound by them,. The winner, who will be announced on the NBC telecast, will each receive a special pendant designed ty Cartier and presented by personalities for the arts show business and government 

The 10 categories in which 1976 "Women of the Year" awards are made is government and diplomacy, political life, business and economics, science and research sports, communications, performing arts, inspirational leadership, educational leadership and humanitarian and community service. 

Carol Burnett, Pearl Bailey, Billie Jean King, Marlo Thomas, Rep. Barbara Jordan and Jill Ruckelshaus serve as special presenters. 

Songs heard on the program include:
"Super Lovin' Lady," "This is my Song," "God Bless the Child by 
Petula Clark.
"God Bless America" by Kate Smith.
"Ease on Down the Road"  and " "Love Hangover" by Fifth Dimension.                                                              

Magician Doug Henning's first television special. 

Host: Gene Kelly. 

Originally telecast on December 26th, 1975.             

The 9th inning of game 4 of the 1976 World Series between the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Yankees is heard in this radio broadcast. Brent Musberger is the host for the post-game interviews. The Reds captured game 4 7-2 to win their second consecutive World Series title.                         

The history of television is examined.
Complete with original commercials.

Host: Charles Kuralt     

  The special is a retrospective of the social history of television programming, circa 1948-1960's. Host Charles Kuralt describes 
 live television and illustrates the kinescope process. Excerpts include coverage of the following topics and people: Burns and Allen; news programs with Edward P. Morgan and Douglas Edwards; newsreels and propaganda; Art Carney and Jackie Gleason; children's programs, including "Captain Video"; the growth of television; performers Milton Berle, Ernie Kovacs, Red Skelton, Alan Young, Dick Van Dyke and Lucille Ball; reporter Edward R. Murrow; the Korean War; blacklisting; Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy; Mary Martin and Noel Coward; the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings; Sid Caesar; President Harry S Truman's 1951 dismissal of General MacArthur; Bishop Fulton J. Sheen; a comedy and entertainment montage; quiz show scandals with comments by Frank Stanton of CBS and a look at how shows were rigged; Rex Harrison rehearsing for "My Fair Lady"; anthology drama with Charlton Heston, James Dean, and others; the 1952 Republican Convention; John F. Kennedy's 1956 bid for vice president; the 1960 presidential campaign; and Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series. Includes commercials.                                            

Host Peter Ustinov reviews 100 years of the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament in London, England.              

Several innings of game 6 plus Reggie Jackson home run. Final game of Series won by Yankees 4 games to 2.   

Announcers: Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell, Tom Seaver. 

From Sea World in Orlando, Florida - Wayne Newton welcomes guests Doc Severinsen, Crystal Gayle, Dave Barry and Ruth Buzzi.             

Game 6 of the 1979 World Series. Pittsburgh wins 4-0.
End only.              

Game 6 of the 1980 World Series between the Kansas City Foyals and Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies take game 6 to win the Series. 

Excerpt only.             

Special: Country singer Waylon Jennings is joined by his wife Jessi Colter and James Garner at a honky-tonk club in Phoenix and the Red Rock Amphitheatre in Denver, where Garner makes his singing debut. Jessi and Waylon are also seen in performance at the recording studio where they met.