December 1979

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Not a lot of films scheduled this month, 
lots of sports programming.

DECEMBER 01 1979

12:30 PM Channel 5

The Body Snatcher (1945)

Trailer.

1:30 PM Channel 4

Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

Trailer.  

2:00 PM Channel 5
Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
Clip.

3:30 PM Channel 5
 Dakota (1945)
 Trailer.

DECEMBER 08 1979

All three stations had sports programming.

DECEMBER 15 1979

12:30 PM Channel 12

Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster (1971)  

Trailer.

DECEMBER 22 1979

3:30 PM Channel 5

In Old Oklahoma (1943) AKA War of the Wildcats 
Watch the whole movie.

DECEMBER 29 1979

12:30 PM Channel 12

Daikaijû kettô: Gamera tai Barugon (1966) AKA War of the Monsters 
Watch the whole film!

2:15 PM Channel 12

Hopalong Cassidy Returns (1936) 

3:00 PM Channel 5

The Westerner (1940) 

November 1979

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Of special note this month 
was a full page ad in both newspapers
 announcing the arrival of cable television to San Antonio on November the 4th and on November 11th they added cable channels to their TV guide schedules.

NOVEMBER 03 1979

12:30 PM Channel 5

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954

Trailer.

1:30 PM Channel 4

Che! (1969)
 

2:00 PM Channel 5
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Trailer.

NOVEMBER 10 1979

12:30 PM Channel 5

Frankenstein's Bloody Terror (1968)  
Watch the whole film.

1:30 PM Channel 4

The Guru (1969)
Clip. 

 

2:00 PM Channel 5

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Trailer.

 3:30 PM Channel 5
 Angel and the Badman (1947)
 Watch the whole film.

NOVEMBER 17 1979

12:30 PM Channel 5

The Frozen Ghost (1945) 

2:00 PM Channel 5

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955) 
Trailer.

3:30 PM Channel 5
Dark Command (1940)
Watch the whole film.

NOVEMBER 24 1979

12:30 PM Channel 5

The Invisible Man (1933) 
Trailer.

1:30 PM Channel 4

Journey to the Unknown (1968)  
A British horror anthology TV series. Most likely 2 episodes strung together to make it seem like a film.
Clip

2:00 PM Channel 5

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949) 

3:30 PM Channel 5

The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
Didn't they just show this 2 months ago? Yes they did.

October 1979

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OCTOBER 06 1979

12:30 PM Channel 5

King of the Zombies (1941)

Watch the whole film.

2:00 PM Channel 4

On the Threshold of Space (1956)
 

2:00 PM Channel 5
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
Trailer.

OCTOBER 13 1979

12:30 PM Channel 5

Mark of the Vampire (1935) 
Trailer

1:30 PM Channel 4

They Call It Murder (1971)
 

2:00 PM Channel 5

Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Clip.

 3:30 PM Channel 5
 Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)

OCTOBER 20 1979

12:30 PM Channel 5

Hands of the Ripper (1971) 

Trailer.

1:30 PM Channel 4

Paper Man (1971) 
Made for TV film with Dean Stockwell.

Clip

2:00 PM Channel 5
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
Watch the whole film.

3:30 PM Channel 5

Flying Tigers (1942)
Watch the whole film. 

OCTOBER 27 1979

12:30 PM Channel 5

Dracula's Daughter (1936) 
Clip

1:30 PM Channel 4

The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) 
Trailer.

2:00 PM Channel 5

Lost in Alaska (1952) 

3:30 PM Channel 5

In Old California (1942)
Watch the whole film.

September 1979

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August archive features January 1980 - December 1982.

SEPTEMBER 01 1979

12:30 PM Channel 12

Tarzan's Secret Treasure 
1941

Trailer.

2:15 PM Channel 12

Tarzan's Greatest Adventure 1959
Trailer

SEPTEMBER 08 1979

12:30 PM Channel 12

It's Alive (1974) 
Trailer

2:00 PM Channel 12

Teenage Cave Man (1958)
Trailer. 

SEPTEMBER 15 1979

12:30 PM Channel 5

The Raven (1963) 

Watch the whole film.

1:00 PM Channel 4

A Flea in Her Ear (1968) 
A clip from the musical with 
Rex Harrison and Rosemary Harris

2:00 PM Channel 5
An unidentified Abbott & Costello movie.

3:30 PM Channel 5

Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
A non-western John Wayne flick.
Trailer. 

SEPTEMBER 22 1979

12:30 PM Channel 5

Revenge of the Creature (1955) 
Trailer

Or watch the MST 3K episode of it.

2:00 PM Channel 5
Oddly Ch. 5 lists an either/or John Wayne film. 
Either this one:

Wheel of Fortune AKA A Man Betrayed (1941)  
Or this one:
War of the Wildcats AKA In Old Oklahoma (1943)

SEPTEMBER 29 1979

12:30 PM Channel 5

Tales of Terror (1962) 
Trailer.

2:00 PM Channel 5

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953) 
Trailer.

3:30 PM Channel 5 
The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) 
A clip from the film dubbed into German.