PBS stations carrying non-public TV fare

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Some PBS stations that are owned by schools or colleges/universities have sports highlight programs or sometimes live sports

Not a PBS, but non-com Becon TV WBEC-TV Boca Raton FL often has taped high school sports.  With the low budget, it seems like one to three cameras only for football.  Almost like the old days of TV.

...the Wisconsin Badgers football, hockey and basketball games have been carried for decades on the Wisconsin Public Television network; the broadcasts had started in the days before the network even existed, when University of Wisconsin-owned WHA-TV/21 Madison telecast the games locally (usually using play-by-play announcers from NBC affiliate WMTV/15 or ABC affiliate WKOW-TV/27). WMVS/10 and WMVT/36 Milwaukee also carried soccer matches from The U.K., France and West Germany in the '70s and '80s...

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WMVS/10 and WMVT/36 Milwaukee also carried soccer matches from The U.K., France and West Germany in the '70s and '80s...

During the 1970s and 1980s, most PBS stations carried "Soccer Made in Germany", which featured highlights of a selected West German soccer match. The series was produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting in association with one of the West German broadcasters.

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WMVS/10 and WMVT/36 Milwaukee also carried soccer matches from The U.K., France and West Germany in the '70s and '80s...

During the 1970s and 1980s, most PBS stations carried "Soccer Made in Germany", which featured highlights of a selected West German soccer match. The series was produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting in association with one of the West German broadcasters.

....with Toby Charles, who rarely mentioned his name, at the mic.   WPBT in Miami, and IIRC, and even KSKA in Anchorage, carried it when I was in the USAF there.  Used to be must-see on Sunday night.....yes, I was the one.

Closing music was from "Shame" by Evelyn King.....

The only time Charles was in front of the camera was during (possibly some live) matches for World Cup on PBS in 1982, for commentary.

We digress, IMO.....I think soccer is perfect for public TV, as there are no stoppages of play.  When a player is injured, or substituted, the clock still runs, and is made-up-for later.  (Couldn't figure that one out....how do players know when the final whistle blows?  Maybe the mystery is why fans outside the US, and a few inside, love the sport.

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Another show that WKPC in Louisville aired about 20 years ago was the "Nat King Cole Show."  It might have aired on that station for 2 years, but Ithe original NBC run only lasted 60 weeks.  WKPC might have aired the complete series twice.

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Back at the beginning of his US syndication run (late 70s/early 80s) Benny Hill was picked up by a few PBS stations which figured he fit in with their airing of Britcoms like Are You Being Served? A few of those included, IIRC, WCNY in Syracuse and WSKG in Binghamton.

Of course Benny HIll was mostly seen on commercial indies like WOR-TV in NYC, WUTV in Buffalo and WUHF in Rochester, and for a while was a singificant syndicated hit. (He was reportedly one of Walter Cronkite's favorite TV comedians--Cronkite thought Hill reminded him of longtime CBS star Red Skelton.) But a few PBS stations joined the parade for his first US syndication run until he caught fire and moved entirely to commercial stations for his second season. Hill retained a following for the rest of his days, and was said not only to be preparing a one-man Broadway show but in talks for a sitcom on CBS when he passed away in 1992.

I just found this:

http://bennyhillyourself.com/