SOURCE: San Diego Union and San Diego Evening Tribune from San Diego, California, Times-Advocate in Escondido, California.
Here is the complete schedule of the December 1976 Membership Campaign from PBS affiliate KPBS-TV in San Diego, CA from Saturday December 4th through Tuesday December 14th 1976.
NOTE: KPBS is conducting its usual local Membership Campaign called "KPBS Membership Days" but the third December National membership campaign for PBS and it will include Membership Pledge Breaks between regularly scheduled programs, so I don't know if the station had another membership pledge campaign after the February 1974 Public Television Membership Week or before the December 1974 Awareness Week or before the 1975 Membership Drives, Festival' 76 (March 7-21, 1976) and the August 1976 membership week and any other membership pledge drive in 1972 and 1973.
SO PRETTY PLEASE Let me know in the comments or questions or suggestions for any concern... DON'T HESITATE, COMMENT ANYTIME!!
Part 1: SATURDAY DECEMBER 4TH, 1976
7:00 AM Sesame Street
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:00 AM The Electric Company
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:30 AM Zoom
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
9:00 AM Once Upon a Classic
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
9:30 AM Rebop
10:00 AM Infinity Factory
10:30 AM Villa Alegre
11:00 AM Carrascolendas
11:30 AM Villa Alegre
12:00 PM Vegetable Soup
12:30 PM Instructional Television
1:00 PM Early Childhood Reading
1:30 PM NOVA: The Woman Rebel
Repeat of Wed. Dec. 1, 8:00 PM
2:30 PM Soundstage
3:30 PM Agronsky at Large
4:00 PM Black Perspective on the News
4:30 PM Bikes, Bikes, Bikes
5:00 PM The Adams Chronicles (Captioned)
"Charles Francis Adams: Minister, to Great Britain (1861-1863)." As the Civil War rages in America, Charles Francis Adams, son of John Quincy, is appointed Minister to Great Britain. He travels to England with his wife. Abigail Brooks, their sons, Brooks and Henry, the latter serving as his father's secretary and their daughter, Mary. Two other sons, Charles Francis II and John Quincy II, remain behind' in the Union army.
6:00 PM Washington Week in Review
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
6:30 PM Wall Street Week
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
7:00 PM Firing Line
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:00 PM The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Rare newsreel footage and movie films trace Valentino's career from poor Italian immigrant to the king of the silent screen.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:55 PM Movie: Blood and Sand (1922)
A poor farm boy finds success and tragedy in the bull ring who became Spain's most celebrated killer (matador in Spanish).
Starring Rudolph Valentino and Lila Lee.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
10:30 PM The Ragtime Years
Max Morath presents a one-man show combining music, humor, history and satire.
Encore presentation from Festival '76 (March 7-21, 1976).
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
11:30 PM
SUNDAY DECEMBER 5TH, 1976
7:00 AM Sesame Street
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:00 AM Villa Alegre
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:30 AM Sesame Street
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
9:30 AM Rebop
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
10:00 AM Big Blue Marble
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
10:30 AM Once A Upon a Classic
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
11:00 AM Evening at Symphony
Repeat of Sun. Nov. 28, at 8:00 PM.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
12:00 PM Menotti: Landscapes & Remembrances
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
1:00 PM In Performance At Wolf Trap: Dionne Warwick
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
2:00 PM MOVIE: Welfare(1975)
This documentary makes an inside look at the New York City welfare system, circa 1974, when NYC was a huge mess.
It repeats Wed. Dec. 8 at 8:00 PM.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
5:00 PM The Magic of Oil Painting
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
5:30 PM Crockett's Victory Garden
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
6:00 PM It's Hard To Be A Penguin
Encore presentation from Festival '76 (March 7-21, 1976).
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
7:00 PM Dear Love
Encore presentation from Festival '76 (March 7-21, 1976).
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:10 PM Evening at Symphony
Mendelssohn's familiar "Wedding March" and Sir Edward Edgar's Violin Concerto are featured in tonight's program. Principal guest conductor Colin Davis leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra with violin soloist Joseph Silverstein.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
9:15 PM Masterpiece Theatre: How Green Was My Valley
In this episode, The townsfolk crowd into the Morgan home to hear Ifor tell of his meeting with the Queen. Huw, now a prefect at school, again gets into trouble with the teacher.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
10:20 PM The Dawn of Laurel & Hardy (A KPBS Membership Week Special)
America's Favorite Cinema Clowns in Excerpts from their Greatest Silent Films! Comedy at it's Best!
Encore presentation from Festival '76 (March 7-21, 1976).
This special will continue all week from Monday Through Friday at 6:00 PM.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
11:30 PM
NOTE: Each of the special programs during the December 1976 Membership Campaign will include KPBS membership breaks where they will be asking for membership support by calling: (714) 583-2120, Memberships start at $15 a year, although any amount is welcomed. With this minimum membership, the individual is sent the monthly "KPBS Guide" which previews upcoming programs through articles and listings. With a $30 a year membership, a person is entitled to receive special book premiums and for a $50 membership, members will receive both of the book premiums, and it goes for a $75 membership, and for a $100 membership to KPBS, All Memberships are tax-deductible and All Memberships are for 12 months and Bankamericard or Mastercharge are accepted.
MEMBERSHIP LEVELS
$15/Year (Basic Membership), $30/Year, $50/Year, $75/Year, $100/Year or more...
WAYS TO PAY YOUR MEMBERSHIP
Cash, Check, Bankamericard or Mastercharge. "KPBS Chexplan (installment plan)" still not yet debuted.
CALL US NOW!! 583-2120!!
Here is the complete schedule of the December 1976 Membership Campaign from PBS affiliate KPBS-TV in San Diego, CA from Saturday December 4th through Tuesday December 14th 1976.
NOTE: KPBS is conducting its usual local Membership Campaign called "KPBS Membership Days" but the third December National membership campaign for PBS and it will include Membership Pledge Breaks between regularly scheduled programs, so I don't know if the station had another membership pledge campaign after the February 1974 Public Television Membership Week or before the December 1974 Awareness Week or before the 1975 Membership Drives, Festival' 76 (March 7-21, 1976) and the August 1976 membership week and any other membership pledge drive in 1972 and 1973.
SO PRETTY PLEASE Let me know in the comments or questions or suggestions for any concern... DON'T HESITATE, COMMENT ANYTIME!!
Part 1: SATURDAY DECEMBER 4TH, 1976
7:00 AM Sesame Street
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:00 AM The Electric Company
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:30 AM Zoom
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
9:00 AM Once Upon a Classic
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
9:30 AM Rebop
10:00 AM Infinity Factory
10:30 AM Villa Alegre
11:00 AM Carrascolendas
11:30 AM Villa Alegre
12:00 PM Vegetable Soup
12:30 PM Instructional Television
1:00 PM Early Childhood Reading
1:30 PM NOVA: The Woman Rebel
Repeat of Wed. Dec. 1, 8:00 PM
2:30 PM Soundstage
3:30 PM Agronsky at Large
4:00 PM Black Perspective on the News
4:30 PM Bikes, Bikes, Bikes
5:00 PM The Adams Chronicles (Captioned)
"Charles Francis Adams: Minister, to Great Britain (1861-1863)." As the Civil War rages in America, Charles Francis Adams, son of John Quincy, is appointed Minister to Great Britain. He travels to England with his wife. Abigail Brooks, their sons, Brooks and Henry, the latter serving as his father's secretary and their daughter, Mary. Two other sons, Charles Francis II and John Quincy II, remain behind' in the Union army.
6:00 PM Washington Week in Review
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
6:30 PM Wall Street Week
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
7:00 PM Firing Line
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:00 PM The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Rare newsreel footage and movie films trace Valentino's career from poor Italian immigrant to the king of the silent screen.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:55 PM Movie: Blood and Sand (1922)
A poor farm boy finds success and tragedy in the bull ring who became Spain's most celebrated killer (matador in Spanish).
Starring Rudolph Valentino and Lila Lee.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
10:30 PM The Ragtime Years
Max Morath presents a one-man show combining music, humor, history and satire.
Encore presentation from Festival '76 (March 7-21, 1976).
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
11:30 PM
SUNDAY DECEMBER 5TH, 1976
7:00 AM Sesame Street
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:00 AM Villa Alegre
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:30 AM Sesame Street
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
9:30 AM Rebop
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
10:00 AM Big Blue Marble
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
10:30 AM Once A Upon a Classic
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
11:00 AM Evening at Symphony
Repeat of Sun. Nov. 28, at 8:00 PM.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
12:00 PM Menotti: Landscapes & Remembrances
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
1:00 PM In Performance At Wolf Trap: Dionne Warwick
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
2:00 PM MOVIE: Welfare(1975)
This documentary makes an inside look at the New York City welfare system, circa 1974, when NYC was a huge mess.
It repeats Wed. Dec. 8 at 8:00 PM.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
5:00 PM The Magic of Oil Painting
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
5:30 PM Crockett's Victory Garden
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
6:00 PM It's Hard To Be A Penguin
Encore presentation from Festival '76 (March 7-21, 1976).
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
7:00 PM Dear Love
Encore presentation from Festival '76 (March 7-21, 1976).
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
8:10 PM Evening at Symphony
Mendelssohn's familiar "Wedding March" and Sir Edward Edgar's Violin Concerto are featured in tonight's program. Principal guest conductor Colin Davis leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra with violin soloist Joseph Silverstein.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
9:15 PM Masterpiece Theatre: How Green Was My Valley
In this episode, The townsfolk crowd into the Morgan home to hear Ifor tell of his meeting with the Queen. Huw, now a prefect at school, again gets into trouble with the teacher.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
10:20 PM The Dawn of Laurel & Hardy (A KPBS Membership Week Special)
America's Favorite Cinema Clowns in Excerpts from their Greatest Silent Films! Comedy at it's Best!
Encore presentation from Festival '76 (March 7-21, 1976).
This special will continue all week from Monday Through Friday at 6:00 PM.
***KPBS IS CONDUCTING ITS DECEMBER 1976 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN SO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE INTERRUPTED BY MEMBERSHIP PLEDGE BREAKS***
11:30 PM
NOTE: Each of the special programs during the December 1976 Membership Campaign will include KPBS membership breaks where they will be asking for membership support by calling: (714) 583-2120, Memberships start at $15 a year, although any amount is welcomed. With this minimum membership, the individual is sent the monthly "KPBS Guide" which previews upcoming programs through articles and listings. With a $30 a year membership, a person is entitled to receive special book premiums and for a $50 membership, members will receive both of the book premiums, and it goes for a $75 membership, and for a $100 membership to KPBS, All Memberships are tax-deductible and All Memberships are for 12 months and Bankamericard or Mastercharge are accepted.
MEMBERSHIP LEVELS
$15/Year (Basic Membership), $30/Year, $50/Year, $75/Year, $100/Year or more...
WAYS TO PAY YOUR MEMBERSHIP
Cash, Check, Bankamericard or Mastercharge. "KPBS Chexplan (installment plan)" still not yet debuted.
CALL US NOW!! 583-2120!!